Monthly Archives: November 2017

One More Nazi Interviewing Tip

Posted on November 27, 2017 by mikethemadbiologist

To follow up on yesterday’s post about how a Nazi human interest piece means you conducted a bad interview, there’s one other question that should have been asked: since you were at Charlottesville, what do you think about the murder … Continue reading →

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When You Make Working Conditions Bad For Teachers, They Don’t Want To Work In Your Schools

Posted on November 27, 2017 by mikethemadbiologist

Weird, isn’t it? In the six years since Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker signed the union-busting Act 10, which curtailed collective bargaining rights for public employees, the state’s labor movement has been decimated…. Now a new study highlights the unintended consequences … Continue reading →

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Links 11/26/17

Posted on November 26, 2017 by mikethemadbiologist

Links for you. Science: Donald Trump’s science office is a ghost town How Coral Researchers Are Coping With the Death of Reefs The prehistory of biology preprints: A forgotten experiment from the 1960s Here’s the deal with all those turkeys … Continue reading →

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Normalizing Nazis Is Bad Journalism

Posted on November 26, 2017 by mikethemadbiologist

On Saturday, the NY Times inexplicably published an article that essentially normalized a Nazi radical. One weird thing is that there were two different headlines for the story, “In America’s Heartland, the Nazi Sympathizer Next Door” and “A Voice of … Continue reading →

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Links 11/25/17

Posted on November 25, 2017 by mikethemadbiologist

Links for you. Science: California Fishermen Are Throwing Explosives at Sea Lions What’s killing America’s new mothers? Speaking out about sexual harassment in shark science In D.C.’s long-running ‘weather portrait,’ there’s a lot more red than there used to be … Continue reading →

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In Case You Missed It…

Posted on November 25, 2017 by mikethemadbiologist

…a week of Mad Biologist posts: Asset Inflation Republicans Believe Social Security Is Welfare NMAAHC The Republican Cure Is Always Worse Than The Disease: The Property Tax Edition Sign Of The Times? Class War Overreach Evening Red How To Betray … Continue reading →

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Links 11/24/17

Posted on November 24, 2017 by mikethemadbiologist

Links for you. Science: Florida let hepatitis C go untreated in prisons. Now it may cost taxpayers millions. Trump’s health secretary pick helped raise insulin prices 325 percent (it’s a real problem for diabetics) Pathogen-mediated selection in free-ranging elk populations … Continue reading →

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What’s It Like To Be Rep. Louis Gomhert’s Staffer?

Posted on November 24, 2017 by mikethemadbiologist

Recently, Republican congressman Louis Gomhert (R-Crazy Town) used a chart that supposedly demonstrates Hillary Clinton’s involvement in the Uranium One non-scandal. It was so ridiculous, Stephen Colbert spent much of his show mocking it. Here’s the chart: There’s a ton … Continue reading →

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Links 11/23/17

Posted on November 23, 2017 by mikethemadbiologist

Links for you. Science: Your house is a gigantic bug habitat, and there’s nothing you can do about it Do civilisations collapse? Time is Running Out: Why Diagnostic Tests Are A Crucial Tool in Fight Against Antibiotic Resistance Industrial Strength: … Continue reading →

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Happy Thanksgiving

Posted on November 23, 2017 by mikethemadbiologist

Observed on 16th Street NW, between Q and Corcoran, Dupont Circle, D.C.:

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