Monthly Archives: September 2017

Someone Tweeted

Posted on September 15, 2017 by mikethemadbiologist

Observed on Dupont Circle, D.C.:

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What Does It Mean To Be A Democrat?

Posted on September 15, 2017 by mikethemadbiologist

For several reasons, there has been a lot of talk about Sanders (and some of his supporters) not being a Democrat, as if that’s a problem (though I suspect that if he were to change his party registration, some would … Continue reading →

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Links 9/14/17

Posted on September 14, 2017 by mikethemadbiologist

Links for you. Science: Neanderthals were distilling tar 200 thousand years ago in Europe A pharma shill working on behalf of an industry-funded group shows how easy it is to publish propaganda as a legitimate op-ed PETA versus the postdoc: … Continue reading →

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Know Your Place

Posted on September 14, 2017 by mikethemadbiologist

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Everyone Should Have Nice Things: Thoughts on GUIs, APIs, And Healthcare

Posted on September 14, 2017 by mikethemadbiologist

When it comes to healthcare policy, people don’t care about the API, they care about the GUI. In English, that means if the end product isn’t liked, it doesn’t matter if the wonky details are nerdvana. Or as we often … Continue reading →

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Links 9/13/17

Posted on September 13, 2017 by mikethemadbiologist

Links for you. Science: Recombination-Driven Genome Evolution and Stability of Bacterial Species Evolution of mobile genetic element composition in an epidemic methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus: temporal changes correlated with frequent loss and gain events. In the middle of massive flooding in … Continue reading →

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Careless Tweets

Posted on September 13, 2017 by mikethemadbiologist

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The Democratic Party Needs Better Campaign Infrastructure

Posted on September 13, 2017 by mikethemadbiologist

While this stuff might seem like insider baseball (ok, it is), as we’ve discussed before, it’s how campaigns are won and lost. And Democrats are losing too many campaigns, so, like it or not, we have to pay attention to … Continue reading →

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Links 9/12/17

Posted on September 12, 2017 by mikethemadbiologist

Links for you. Science: A Few Bad Scientists Are Threatening to Topple Taxonomy First Female Viking Warrior Proved Through DNA I didn’t get the flu shot. Does that make me an anti-vaxxer? The mysterious Voynich manuscript has finally been decoded … Continue reading →

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No Room

Posted on September 12, 2017 by mikethemadbiologist

Observed on Dupont Circle, D.C.:

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