Monthly Archives: July 2022

Links 7/26/22

Posted on July 26, 2022 by mikethemadbiologist

Links for you. Science: Unvaccinated man in Rockland County, N.Y., diagnosed with polio The Bizarre Bird That’s Breaking the Tree of Life. Darwin thought that family trees could explain evolution. The hoatzin suggests otherwise. (interesting, but a bit melodramatic; also … Continue reading →

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Democrats Need to Push Harder on Social Issues

Posted on July 26, 2022 by mikethemadbiologist

I know their consultants will say otherwise because they don’t believe Democrats can shift polling numbers on issues or manufacture issues*, but Democrats shouldn’t just be passing bills to protect gay marriage and contraception–though that’s very good!–but also codifying the … Continue reading →

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Links 7/25/22

Posted on July 25, 2022 by mikethemadbiologist

Links for you. Science: America Was in an Early-Death Crisis Long Before COVID. Even before the pandemic began, more people here were dying at younger ages than in comparably wealthy nations. How widespread is long COVID? It’s put millions of … Continue reading →

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‘Schedule F’ and Republicans

Posted on July 25, 2022 by mikethemadbiologist

Axios reports that a second Trump administration would be even batshitcrazytarian than the first. Notably, a second Trump administration would reclassify thousands of federal workers, making it possible to fire them, known as ‘Schedule F.’ If nothing else, this would … Continue reading →

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Links 7/24/22

Posted on July 24, 2022 by mikethemadbiologist

Links for you. Science: For 500 days, a Connecticut patient has had COVID – and three unknown variants A Whale Feeding Frenzy in Antarctica Signals a Conservation Success Long COVID and symptom trajectory in a representative sample of Americans in … Continue reading →

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Sign of the Times

Posted on July 24, 2022 by mikethemadbiologist

Observed at the corner of 7th and P Streets NW, Shaw, D.C.:

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Links 7/23/22

Posted on July 23, 2022 by mikethemadbiologist

Links for you. Science: Comparison of bacterial suppression by phage cocktails, dual-receptor generalists, and coevolutionarily trained phages A minimal role for synonymous variation in human disease SARS-CoV-2 oral tablet vaccination induces neutralizing mucosal IgA in a phase 1 open label … Continue reading →

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In Case You Missed It…

Posted on July 23, 2022 by mikethemadbiologist

…a week of Mad Biologist posts: Very Sensible People Should Make Lists of What They Don’t Like About the Left and the Right Thoughts on Vote Harder It’s Possible for Democrats to Manufacture Issues Let’s Not Fall Into the Same … Continue reading →

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Links 7/22/22

Posted on July 22, 2022 by mikethemadbiologist

Links for you. Science: D.C. Has The Highest Number Of Monkeypox Cases Per Capita In The U.S. Broadly neutralizing antibodies target the coronavirus fusion peptide Omicron spike function and neutralizing activity elicited by a comprehensive panel of vaccines Respiratory mucosal … Continue reading →

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Professional Democrats: Legislators, Not Politicians

Posted on July 22, 2022 by mikethemadbiologist

I’ll have to flesh this out some more later, but when I watch the ongoing Senate shenanigans (malarkey, if you will…), I think back to a story about Obama’s time in the Illinois State Senate, in which he learned that … Continue reading →

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