Monthly Archives: October 2019

Links 10/11/19

Posted on October 11, 2019 by mikethemadbiologist

Links for you. Science: Avocado Toast, Meet Gene Editing Future of Genetically Modified Babies May Lie in Putin’s Hands Scientific sinkhole: The pernicious price of formatting Fungus-Farming Ants Might Hold the Secret to Fighting Drug-Resistant Microbes Eat Less Red Meat, … Continue reading →

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What a Difference Two Months Makes: The Lindsey Graham Edition

Posted on October 11, 2019 by mikethemadbiologist

With the Trump administration betrayal of the Kurds, Republican Senator Lindsey Graham managed to extract his head out of Il Trumpe’s Great and Unmatched Ass, and has spent the last week telling everyone how awful Trump’s policy is (though he … Continue reading →

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Links 10/10/19

Posted on October 10, 2019 by mikethemadbiologist

Links for you. Science: The Octopus: An Alien Among Us Komodo Dragons Are So Badass They Have ‘Chain Mail’ Embedded in Their Skin A New Theory of Obesity These Ants Use Germ-Killers, and They’re Better Than Ours 4 in 10 … Continue reading →

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Hospitals, Housing, and a Failure of Governance

Posted on October 10, 2019 by mikethemadbiologist

It appears that hospitals are getting into the housing the homeless business (boldface mine): In the first half of this year alone, the hospital treated more than 100 long-term patients. All had a medical issue that led to their initial … Continue reading →

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One Problem with Right Wing Conspiracism

Posted on October 9, 2019 by mikethemadbiologist

As movement conservatism continues its long descent into nothing more than a mass communicable psychotic break, it leaves behind lots of wreckage. One problem is that the sheer number of hardcore Trumpists means that de-Trumpification will be extremely difficult, if … Continue reading →

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Links 10/8/19

Posted on October 8, 2019 by mikethemadbiologist

Links for you. Science: USDA nixes release of multiple reports over researcher exodus As vaping became widespread with little known about its health effects, US government delayed key regulations Don’t let Trump pollute our lakes and streams Uncovering how microbes … Continue reading →

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It’s the Emoluments, Stupid

Posted on October 8, 2019 by mikethemadbiologist

It has been obvious from nearly day one that Il Trumpe is a non-stop violation of the emoluments clause in the Constitution, since he has not divested from his hotel businesses. Well, he just keeps on keeping on (boldface mine): … Continue reading →

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Links 10/7/19

Posted on October 7, 2019 by mikethemadbiologist

Links for you. Science: Toxoplasma ‘cat poo’ parasite infects billions – so why is it so hard to study? Can you spot the duplicates? Critics say these photos of lionfish point to fraud USDA expects ‘significant delays’ in economic research … Continue reading →

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Power, Politics, and Our Political Press Corps

Posted on October 7, 2019 by mikethemadbiologist

Over the weekend, this tweet came trundling across the Twitter transom: To which some asshole with a blog Twitter feed replied: Alter’s question is really telling about how the political press corps views politics. Many GOP senators like Trump’s policies. … Continue reading →

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Links 10/6/19

Posted on October 6, 2019 by mikethemadbiologist

Links for you. Science: Against neurodiversity: The movement has good intentions, but it favours the high-functioning and overlooks those who struggle with severe autism Farm Animals Are the Next Big Antibiotic Resistance Threat Keeping hives to save bees is like … Continue reading →

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