Monthly Archives: August 2019

Links 8/8/19

Posted on August 8, 2019 by mikethemadbiologist

Links for you. Science: Meet the Beetles: Newly Discovered Brooklynites Have 6 Legs The Bizarre, Peaty Science of Arctic Wildfires How a 6,000-Year-Old Dog Cancer Spread Around the World Scientific seminars equip judges to counter opioid crisis Sexism: A revealing … Continue reading →

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Healthcare Is Still Too Damn Expensive

Posted on August 8, 2019 by mikethemadbiologist

And what that means for wages. By way of Axios, we come across this figure: Axios summarizes (boldface mine): Employers consider a block of compensation for every employee. Health insurance, which is exempt from taxes, has eaten up a lot … Continue reading →

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Links 8/7/19

Posted on August 7, 2019 by mikethemadbiologist

Links for you. Science: Greenland Is Melting Away Before Our Eyes Las Vegas’ grasshopper invasion is so big you can see it on weather radar This college dropout was bedridden for 11 years. Then he invented a surgery and cured … Continue reading →

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Who Will Win?

Posted on August 7, 2019 by mikethemadbiologist

Observed at the corner of 15th and U Streets NW, U Street Corridor, D.C.:

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The Failure of Governance: The Dupont Circle Station Edition

Posted on August 7, 2019 by mikethemadbiologist

In a bit, I’m going to dive into some specifics, but there’s a general problem in much of the U.S., which is that governance, on the whole, is not very good. Basically, we have two choices: Republicans who don’t believe … Continue reading →

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Links 8/6/19

Posted on August 6, 2019 by mikethemadbiologist

Links for you. Science: Playing a long game (very interesting) The White House Blocked My Report on Climate Change and National Security Winter is (not) coming: Warming temperatures will affect the overwinter behavior and survival of blue crab Orange is … Continue reading →

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Inslee Is Doing Very Well in the Power Primary

Posted on August 6, 2019 by mikethemadbiologist

A while ago, I discussed what I called the ‘power primary‘: If we briefly allow ourselves to be optimistic about 2021, let’s say Democrats control the House, the presidency, and the Senate. Even in the highly unlikely events of Democrats … Continue reading →

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Links 8/5/19

Posted on August 5, 2019 by mikethemadbiologist

Links for you. Science: Unlike D.C.’s Rivers, Rock Creek Is Nowhere Near Swimmable I’ve Stayed Silent for Too Long: Opossums Deserve Our Love Boar wars: how wild hogs are trashing European cities No, Lyme disease is not an escaped military … Continue reading →

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The Triumph of Incrementalist Nihilism

Posted on August 5, 2019 by mikethemadbiologist

It goes without saying that the entire Trumpist/Palinist movement is nothing more than a revanchist nihilist impulse. Despite some conservatives’ attempts to retcon some sort of ideology onto the Trumpist impulse under the guise of National Conservatism, the movement, such … Continue reading →

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Links 8/4/19

Posted on August 4, 2019 by mikethemadbiologist

Links for you. Science: Lemurs at Duke may aid Alzheimer’s research. But first they need your old phone. How Science Got Trampled in the Rush to Drill in the Arctic That’s not a storm over Las Vegas. It’s a grasshopper … Continue reading →

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