Monthly Archives: April 2018

The Phrase We’re Looking For Is ‘Corporate Surveillance’

Posted on April 5, 2018 by mikethemadbiologist

Motherboard gets so close (boldface mine): While we understand why some are describing the data Kogan handed to Cambridge Analytica as a breach, based on what’s been reported so far, we believe that describing this incident as a breach would, … Continue reading →

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The CDC Report On EBSLs & CREs: Better, If Not Good, News

Posted on April 5, 2018 by mikethemadbiologist

This week, the CDC released a report describing trends in carbapenem-resistant enterobacteriaceae (E. coli and relatives that are resistant to all penicillin derivatives, and are also typically resistant to most or all other drugs; CRE) and extended-spectrum beta-lactamase producing organisms … Continue reading →

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Links 4/4/18

Posted on April 4, 2018 by mikethemadbiologist

Links for you. Science: That “New Organ” Everyone Is Freaking Out About Is Probably Not New After 3 Decades, Washington State Bans Atlantic Salmon Farms The EPA ousted science advisers. Now it’s going after the science itself. Along with the … Continue reading →

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The Parkland Survivors Are Exposing The Imaginary Conservative Fallacy

Posted on April 4, 2018 by mikethemadbiologist

At last count, after an ad hominem attack by far-right Fox News show host and elite racist Laura Ingraham, Ingraham’s show had lost 18 sponsors. She’s a horrible excuse for a human being, so I can’t feel sorry for her, … Continue reading →

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Links 4/3/18

Posted on April 3, 2018 by mikethemadbiologist

Links for you. Science: Bug diet of birds has dramatically declined in quality, researchers find There’s No Scientific Basis for Race—It’s a Made-Up Label Why Did Sterile Salt Water Become The IV Fluid Of Choice? Thirty years is enough How … Continue reading →

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They Don’t Make Them Like This Anymore

Posted on April 3, 2018 by mikethemadbiologist

Observed at the corner of 19th and R Streets, NW, Dupont Circle, D.C.:

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When The Republican Party Flirts With Nazis

Posted on April 3, 2018 by mikethemadbiologist

There’s an excellent article about the rise and (beginning of) the fall (hopefully) of the fascist, racist right. What’s disturbing is that no one seems to have picked up on this important part (boldface mine): In Everything You Love Will … Continue reading →

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Links 4/2/18

Posted on April 2, 2018 by mikethemadbiologist

Links for you. Science: New Zealand Just Exterminated 200,000 Mice From a Single Island There’s a biological reason you’re bored at work Once Overlooked, Walruses Turn Out to Be Champion Divers Meet Trump’s New, Homophobic Public Health Quack Where Political … Continue reading →

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Thinking About Stormy Daniels And The GOP Platform

Posted on April 2, 2018 by mikethemadbiologist

One of the mysteries of Il Trumpe’s reaction to Stormy Daniels is that he really doesn’t want her to talk. It doesn’t really make sense, because, at this point, what can one more affair do to his reputation? And while … Continue reading →

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Links 4/1/18

Posted on April 1, 2018 by mikethemadbiologist

Links for you. Science: With great power comes great responsibility The Multiworse Is Coming What’s Behind the Deadliest Outbreak of Listeriosis This Is Why You Don’t See People-Size Salmon Anymore Scientists have discovered a long lost African city by recreating … Continue reading →

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