Monthly Archives: August 2022

Lego City

Posted on August 21, 2022 by mikethemadbiologist

Observed at the corner of 13th and S NW, Logan Circle, D.C.:

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Links 8/20/22

Posted on August 20, 2022 by mikethemadbiologist

Links for you. Science: Impact of Lifting School Masking Requirements on Incidence of COVID-19 among Staff and Students in Greater-Boston Area School Districts: A Difference-in-Differences Analysis What does ‘splooting’ mean? And why are New York’s squirrels doing it? Imputed genomes … Continue reading →

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In Case You Missed It…

Posted on August 20, 2022 by mikethemadbiologist

…a week of Mad Biologist posts: Unity He’s (NOT) Just a Minor Threat Muddled Messages from the CDC Election Fraud and Self-Projection Republicans Do Have Agency: Not Victims, but Perpetrators The Anger Gap and Prosecuting Trump

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Links 8/19/22

Posted on August 19, 2022 by mikethemadbiologist

Links for you. Science: Some Light on Long Covid How does monkeypox spread? What scientists know COVID rebound is surprisingly common — even without Paxlovid A novel rRNA hybridization-based approach to rapid, accurate Candida identification directly from blood culture COVID-19 … Continue reading →

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The Anger Gap and Prosecuting Trump

Posted on August 19, 2022 by mikethemadbiologist

In the last couple of weeks, there has been a spate of posts and articles about whether the prosecution of Trump would be a good or bad thing, that typically come in two flavors: We don’t want current presidents prosecuting … Continue reading →

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Links 8/18/22

Posted on August 18, 2022 by mikethemadbiologist

Links for you. Science: “God, No, Not Another Case.” COVID-Related Stillbirths Didn’t Have to Happen. Prokaryotic innate immunity through pattern recognition of conserved viral proteins The Cartwheel Galaxy Is the Webb Telescope’s Latest Cosmic Snapshot Evidence of human-to-dog transmission of … Continue reading →

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Republicans Do Have Agency: Not Victims, but Perpetrators

Posted on August 18, 2022 by mikethemadbiologist

And they are using it very poorly. Yesterday, Wyoming Republican Congresswoman Liz Cheney lost her primary bid to a Trump acolyte. Just like Blessed St. Meijer of the Midway, on policy grounds and general ethics, Cheney is no great loss, … Continue reading →

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In Case You Missed It…

Posted on August 17, 2022 by mikethemadbiologist

…a week of Mad Biologist posts: Mumbo, Saucy Will No One Think of Saint Meijer of the Midway? Some Thoughts on the IRA Democrats Feel Good, Now Professional Democrats Need to Mobilize Them The Republican Long Game: Killing Social Security … Continue reading →

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Links 8/17/22

Posted on August 17, 2022 by mikethemadbiologist

Links for you. Science: New Langya virus infects 35 people in China A vaccine for Lyme disease is in its final clinical trial The Efficacy of Facemasks in the Prevention of COVID-19: A Systematic Review Scuba Diving in Search for … Continue reading →

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Election Fraud and Self-Projection

Posted on August 17, 2022 by mikethemadbiologist

Remember Trump Republicans–and most Republicans in practice are Trump Republicans–are always engaged in self-projection. Which brings us to two stories about Republicans illegally accessing voting machines. From the Gret Stet of Michigan (boldface mine): The election had gone smoothly, she … Continue reading →

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