Monthly Archives: December 2017

Links 12/22/17

Posted on December 22, 2017 by mikethemadbiologist

Links for you. Science: Here’s What Oil Drilling Looks Like in the Arctic Refuge, 30 Years Later Real-time search of all bacterial and viral genomic data I was groped by the editor of an OB/GYN medical journal. I’m not the … Continue reading →

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What Does It Mean To Be A Democrat? The Robert Reich Edition

Posted on December 22, 2017 by mikethemadbiologist

A while ago, I noted this about the Democratic Party: Being a Democrat isn’t like joining a union. In a union, there are formal benefits, such as group negotiation, union legal representation, and so on. There are often informal benefits, … Continue reading →

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Links 12/21/17

Posted on December 21, 2017 by mikethemadbiologist

Links for you. Science: NOAA nominee’s financial conflicts, efforts to curb agency’s role draw rare criticism from former chiefs Inside the government’s war on microbes Tiny sea creatures upend notion of how animals’ nervous systems evolved The science that’s never … Continue reading →

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The Problem Self-Driving Cars Would Solve

Posted on December 21, 2017 by mikethemadbiologist

Misanthropic rich people who don’t view themselves as the kind of people who have chauffeurs–or are too cheap to pay for them (boldface mine): “There is this premise that good things must be somehow painful,” he said onstage at a … Continue reading →

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Trickle Down Isn’t Working: The Three Percent Edition

Posted on December 21, 2017 by mikethemadbiologist

You might think this sounds promising (boldface mine): Fifth Third Bancorp will pay more than 13,500 employees a bonus and raise the minimum wage of its workforce to $15 an hour after the passage of the Republican tax plan that … Continue reading →

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Links 12/20/17

Posted on December 20, 2017 by mikethemadbiologist

Links for you. Science: No, Google’s AI Program Can’t Build Your Genome Sequence Extremely Endangered Tiger Losing Habitat—and Fast New CDC head faces questions about financial conflicts of interest HOCW65: Loaf of bread. Pompeii, Italy. 79 CE. Birth Control and … Continue reading →

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It Can’t Believe It’s Not…

Posted on December 20, 2017 by mikethemadbiologist

Observed on P Street NW, between 17th and 18th, Dupont Circle, D.C.:

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People Have To Like This Crap: The Tax Code Simplification Edition

Posted on December 20, 2017 by mikethemadbiologist

France did the experiment for us (boldface mine): Any business would be happy to have lower tax bills. But new research shows that in the real world, the self-employed are willing to pay hundreds of dollars more in exchange for … Continue reading →

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Links 12/19/17

Posted on December 19, 2017 by mikethemadbiologist

Links for you. Science: ‘We shall return’: Eugene Cernan was the last man to walk on the moon. There was no return. As Zika Babies Become Toddlers, Some Can’t See, Walk or Talk CDC gets list of forbidden words: fetus, … Continue reading →

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The Difference Between News With A Point Of View And Propaganda

Posted on December 19, 2017 by mikethemadbiologist

Thy name is Breitbart (boldface mine): In hindsight guys, look, it’s a — there was no option at Breitbart — and I will try to articulate this over and over. There was no option to throw Judge [Roy] Moore under … Continue reading →

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