Monthly Archives: June 2020

Defund the Police? Well, We’ve Defunded Everything Else

Posted on June 10, 2020 by mikethemadbiologist

Ok, so #NotAllPrograms and #NotInAllLocalMuncipalities. Still, when teachers have to go on statewide strikes to get better wages and living conditions, there’s the capacity to cut things, when we want to do so. After all, we managed to massively slash … Continue reading →

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Links 6/9/20

Posted on June 9, 2020 by mikethemadbiologist

Links for you. Science: The ABO blood group locus and a chromosome 3 gene cluster associate with SARS-CoV-2 respiratory failure in an Italian-Spanish genome-wide association analysis Massive 3,000-year-old ceremonial complex discovered in ‘plain sight’ How COVID-19 Made a Harvard Epidemiologist … Continue reading →

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Policing and the Long-Term Problem Democrats Face

Posted on June 9, 2020 by mikethemadbiologist

I won’t say I’m not worried about the 2020 presidential election–even though things are looking good for Biden, the stakes are existential and far too high to be complacent. But a point Ed at Gin and Tacos made about policing … Continue reading →

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Links 6/8/20

Posted on June 8, 2020 by mikethemadbiologist

Links for you. Science: The World Is Still Far From Herd Immunity for Coronavirus Evidence for Limited Early Spread of COVID-19 Within the United States, January–February 2020 Experts dispute reports that coronavirus is becoming less lethal The Fleming Myth and … Continue reading →

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Policing as an Ideology

Posted on June 8, 2020 by mikethemadbiologist

Will Wilkinson recently asked: At the risk of making an actually, well, yes, actually (boldface mine): The incidents in Chicago and Philadelphia are evidence that American police across the country share a coherent ideology. Armed white boys don’t code as … Continue reading →

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Links 6/7/20

Posted on June 7, 2020 by mikethemadbiologist

Links for you. Science: Herd Of Fuzzy Green ‘Glacier Mice’ Baffles Scientists Emergence of Enteroaggregative Escherichia coli within the ST131 Lineage as a Cause of Extraintestinal Infections Geochemist Meyer Rubin, who predicted the Mount St. Helens eruption, dies of covid-19 … Continue reading →

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Saxophonic Rooster

Posted on June 7, 2020 by mikethemadbiologist

Observed in Alley between 13th, 14th, Q, and Corcoran Streets NW, Logan Circle, D.C.:

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Links 6/6/20

Posted on June 6, 2020 by mikethemadbiologist

Links for you. Science: Trees are Getting Shorter and Younger Eye-catching advances in some AI fields are not real The emergence of SARS-CoV-2 in Europe and the US (“Our analyses reveal an extended period of missed opportunity when intensive testing … Continue reading →

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In Case You Missed It…

Posted on June 6, 2020 by mikethemadbiologist

…a week of Mad Biologist links: White Star The Morning After Gotta Go? The McCormick and Schmick’s Edition D.C. Mayor Bowser Needs to Stop Collaborating with Trump and Cancel Tonight’s Curfew A Failure to Communicate Policing, Police States, and a … Continue reading →

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Links 6/5/20

Posted on June 5, 2020 by mikethemadbiologist

Links for you. Science: A SARS-CoV-2 surrogate virus neutralization test (sVNT) based on antibody-mediated blockage of ACE2-spike (RBD) protein-protein interaction Despite the Hype, Gilead’s Remdesivir Will Do Nothing to End the Coronavirus Pandemic How the U.S. Fought the 1957 Flu … Continue reading →

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