Monthly Archives: December 2016

Links 12/8/16

Posted on December 8, 2016 by mikethemadbiologist

Links for you. Science: Five Lessons From Today’s Pharma Failures Ravenous Bacteria Eats Poop and Produces Power This new study may explain why peer review in science often fails On The Front Lines Of The Overdose Epidemic In Baltimore Solving … Continue reading →

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Democrats Have Always Reached Out To ‘Deplorables’: Lessons From 2008

Posted on December 8, 2016 by mikethemadbiologist

And “reaching out” isn’t the same as pandering to their ‘deplorableness’. But we seem to forget that quite a few Democratic voters vote Democratic in spite their bigotry (boldface mine): Democrats dwelled on the most obvious–and politically convenient–part–which indicates that … Continue reading →

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Links 12/7/16

Posted on December 7, 2016 by mikethemadbiologist

Links for you. Science: The House Science Committee’s tweets are an embarrassment to science Will 10 Million People Die a Year due to Antimicrobial Resistance by 2050? (nope) ECDC: Occurrence of carbapenemase-producing Klebsiella pneumoniae and Escherichia coli in Europe The … Continue reading →

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This Metro Problem Has Nothing To Do With ‘Unions’

Posted on December 7, 2016 by mikethemadbiologist

And everything to do with managers. While it’s almost always a bad idea to read the comment sections of local news blog, when I foolishly do read them about Metro, inevitably the idea that Metro employees are paid too much … Continue reading →

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Links 12/6/16

Posted on December 6, 2016 by mikethemadbiologist

Links for you.Science: Is the Long Hard Road to Academia Worth It? A Third of People Given Antibiotics Don’t Need Them Immigrant and minority scientists shaken by Trump win Great Barrier Reef Hit by Worst Coral Die-Off on Record, Scientists … Continue reading →

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House Democrats Are Not Making Good Leadership Moves

Posted on December 6, 2016 by mikethemadbiologist

Especially compared to the Senate Democrats (boldface mine): But so far no one is talking about a contract-with-America type messaging effort. No one is talking about mastering the intricacies of new online advertising opportunities. No one is talking about a … Continue reading →

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Links 12/05/16

Posted on December 5, 2016 by mikethemadbiologist

Links for you. Science: Source of Elizabethkingia Outbreak Eludes Investigators What data patterns can lie behind a correlation coefficient? African elephants are being born without tusks due to poaching, researchers say A Long-Gone Parasite Returns to Florida, Leaving a Trail … Continue reading →

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On Feelings And Firewalls

Posted on December 5, 2016 by mikethemadbiologist

If you remember back to the Democratic primary, there was a lot of talk about South Carolina, with a large number of black Democratic primary voters, being Clinton’s ‘firewall’: Clinton would do well there and stop Sanders’ momentum. Regardless of … Continue reading →

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Links 12/4/16

Posted on December 4, 2016 by mikethemadbiologist

Links for you. Science: Is PromethION a Strategic Error? (for bacterial genomics, the key thing is lots of parallel sequencing of relatively small amounts of sequence so you don’t have to multiplex) 21st Century Cures Act will distort the meaning … Continue reading →

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Median and Marginal Voters: When Good People Get Conned

Posted on December 4, 2016 by mikethemadbiologist

Before Il Trumpe has been annointed, there’s already a spate of stories about people who are disgusted by Trump’s nominee for Treasury Secretary, Steven Mnuchin, who like many bank CEOs profited by foreclosing on people’s homes (often fraudulently or over … Continue reading →

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