Monthly Archives: January 2020

Links 1/21/20

Posted on January 21, 2020 by mikethemadbiologist

Links for you. Science: New microbes discovered in a red fox, homemade kefir and a tick How Climate Change Influenced Australia’s Unprecedented Fires He helped make burgers safer. Now he’s fighting food poisoning again. Behavioral Economics’ Latest Bias: Seeing Bias … Continue reading →

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We Knew Who Trump Was All Along: The Assassination of New York Edition

Posted on January 21, 2020 by mikethemadbiologist

If you were paying attention. I recently read Robert Fitch’s The Assassination of New York, which is about the transformation of New York City and was published in 1993. It’s always fascinating to see how and if ‘current events’ books … Continue reading →

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Links 1/20/20

Posted on January 20, 2020 by mikethemadbiologist

Links for you. Science: Human body temperature has declined steadily over the past 160 years How A Bad Boss Remade Himself As a Climate Hero Beware a closing of the British mind if we abandon European endeavours Scientists Design Bacteria-Based … Continue reading →

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The NY Times Endorsement and the Hilariousness of Elite Mediocrities

Posted on January 20, 2020 by mikethemadbiologist

So the NY Times has finally released its Democratic primary endorsement and…it’s good news for John McCain! Actually, they decided to go halfsies and endorse Klobuchar as a ‘pragmatist’ (KLOBUCHARGE!) and Warren as passionate. I was hoping they would be … Continue reading →

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Links 1/19/20

Posted on January 19, 2020 by mikethemadbiologist

Links for you. Science: Opioids Are Killing More Than Twice as Many People as We Thought Stress, anxiety, harassment: huge survey reveals pressures of scientists’ working lives Unusual flu virus is hitting children hard, and this season’s vaccine is a … Continue reading →

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Is the Congressional Perspective One Item Among Many?

Posted on January 19, 2020 by mikethemadbiologist

For reasons that aren’t worth getting into, I recently had to go to a couple House and Senate websites to find some information about legislation. When you scroll through their press pages, you start to realize that their offices have … Continue reading →

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Links 1/18/20

Posted on January 18, 2020 by mikethemadbiologist

Links for you. Science: Why the foundations of physics have not progressed for 40 years (dunno) What the hell is the DC Metro’s “climate change will increase shark bites” ad talking about? An investigation Bill to End Religious Exemptions for … Continue reading →

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In Case You Missed It…

Posted on January 18, 2020 by mikethemadbiologist

…a week of Mad Biologist posts: Sherrill at the Renwick How to Rectify the Political Press Corps’ Radical Centrism How to Defeat the Axis of Authoritarianism Prisoners as a Commodity The Green New Deal Is Not the Radical Position, It … Continue reading →

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Links 1/17/20

Posted on January 17, 2020 by mikethemadbiologist

Links for you. Science: New Delhi Metallo-β-Lactamase-5–Producing Escherichia coli in Companion Animals, United States Genetic sequencing of measles suggests a much older history for the virus The Trouble with Crime Statistics ‘The colour is blue’: Strange changes to Mekong River … Continue reading →

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WMATA Needs to Stop Outsourcing

Posted on January 17, 2020 by mikethemadbiologist

Sure, there are functions which are difficult to maintain in house, but too often Metro uses subcontractors as an excuse to provide shoddy work. Here’s the most recent example from a WMATA Inspector General’s report: 1. Audit of Metrorail Stations … Continue reading →

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