Monthly Archives: May 2017

Trump’s Narcissism Just Damaged Our National Security

And it’s only going to get worse. We’ll get to that in a minute. Il Trumpe just did this (boldface mine): President Trump revealed highly classified information to the Russian foreign minister and ambassador in a White House meeting last … Continue reading

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Links 5/15/17

Links for you. Science: Two experts resign from EPA posts to protest the agency’s science committee shake-up Trump’s Expected Pick for Top USDA Scientist Is Not a Scientist A culture that normalizes hypercritical peers is a problem for scientists who … Continue reading

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The Blut Und Boden Wing Of The Republican Party

You might have heard about the pro-Confederate rally held in Charlottesville to protest the removal of monuments commemorating the reestablishment of white supremacy. The year is 2017 and I had to write that sentence. Anyway, while much has been said … Continue reading

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Well, That Post About Gillibrand Didn’t Age Well

One of the most frustrating things I learned is that this liberal usually had stronger policy allies among socialists than among Democrats (e.g., some people were for some Medicare-for-all-ish plan until Sanders was for it, and then their Sanders Derangement … Continue reading

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Links 5/14/17

Links for you. Science: Foolishness about NIH funding Public health journal’s editorial board tells publisher they have “grave concerns” over new editor A New Addition to the Human Family Tree Is Surprisingly Young Why Everything We Know About Salt May … Continue reading

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Is Fox News Now The Government Approved ‘News’ Station?

Well, this isn’t good (boldface mine): The memo above has been puttering around Facebook for a day or so. It describes a top-down, command-and-control approach to cable-news watching at a unit of the Food and Drug Administration. Fox News, it … Continue reading

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Links 5/13/17

Links for you. Science: Enterococci May Have Evolved Antimicrobial Resistance Millions of Years Ago Horizontal gene transfer is not a hallmark of the human genome Don’t Know Much About Health Care, Health Care Research or Quality – Yet Appointed New … Continue reading

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In Case You Missed It…

…a week of Mad Biologist posts: Being Realistic About Obama’s Legacy An Actual 1950s Style Witch Hunt In Brooklyn If A Democrat Had Done This… Why I Don’t Trust WMATA/Metro New Tag The Census Is Still In Trouble Comey And … Continue reading

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Links 5/12/17

Links for you. Science: Affordable lab space is not the bottleneck to NYC’s Biotech ecosystem trajectory Trump’s pick to run mental health is poised to shake things up. Even some liberals can’t wait To Simulate Climate Change, Scientists Build Miniature … Continue reading

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Dogwood

Observed on 16th Street NW, between T and New Hampshire, Dupont Circle, D.C:

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