Monthly Archives: January 2018

Sunday Sermon: Time To Give Them The (Electoral) Business

Posted on January 14, 2018 by mikethemadbiologist

A long time reader once remarked to me that the Democratic reaction to a strong win in 2008 was disappointing: the response should have been, as he put it, “Now it’s our turn to give them the business.” Which brings … Continue reading →

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Links 1/13/18

Posted on January 13, 2018 by mikethemadbiologist

Links for you. Science: At age 16, A Maryland student is working with NASA on a serious project Trump’s Disdain for Science Floods seen as warning of Boston’s future A border wall could drive the jaguar extinct in America Validation … Continue reading →

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In Case You Missed It…

Posted on January 13, 2018 by mikethemadbiologist

…a week of Mad Biologist links: Now That Tax Cuts Are On The Table, We Are Now All MMTers The Ferguson Effect Something Something You Don’t Really Want An Efficient Mass Transit System Psychedelic Aztec We Can Speak To Different … Continue reading →

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Links 1/12/18

Posted on January 12, 2018 by mikethemadbiologist

Links for you. Science: In Silico Flurries Heartbroken scientists lament the likely loss of ‘most of the world’s coral reefs’ Oprah’s long history with junk science: She may be the most powerful crank enabler on the planet. Severe flu brings … Continue reading →

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What Will It Take To Describe Il Trumpe’s Utterances As Racist?

Posted on January 12, 2018 by mikethemadbiologist

And I’m not snarking. In case you missed it, Il Trumpe said this in front of two U.S. senators (boldface mine): President Trump grew frustrated with lawmakers Thursday in the Oval Office when they floated restoring protections for immigrants from … Continue reading →

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Links 1/11/18

Posted on January 11, 2018 by mikethemadbiologist

Links for you. Science: Scanning an Ancient Biblical Text That Humans Fear to Open In Africa, Geneticists Are Hunting Poachers Why dolphins are deep thinkers Har Gobind Khorana deciphered DNA and wrote the dictionary for our genetic language The National … Continue reading →

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New York Avenue Art Deco

Posted on January 11, 2018 by mikethemadbiologist

Observed at the corner of New York Ave. and 11th Street NW, Chinatown, D.C.:

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The Infatuation With Oprah For President Means Some Democrats Still Don’t Get 2016 And 2017

Posted on January 11, 2018 by mikethemadbiologist

Leaving aside the realities of what an Oprah Winfrey run for president would really look like (the woomeistering alone would be brutal*), this thanfully brief infatuation with Oprah Winfrey running as a Democratic candidate tells us that many Democrats still … Continue reading →

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Links 1/10/18

Posted on January 10, 2018 by mikethemadbiologist

Links for you. Science: LOL Something Matters (important; must-read) W.H.O. Approves a Safe, Inexpensive Typhoid Vaccine Coral reefs are bleaching four times as frequently as they did in the 1980s, scientists say Identification of Pre-Existing Adaptive Immunity to Cas9 Proteins … Continue reading →

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Angry Birds?

Posted on January 10, 2018 by mikethemadbiologist

No idea what these are actually. Observed on Florida Ave., between 7th and 8th, Shaw, D.C.:

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