Monthly Archives: July 2023

It’s All About Housing Prices

Posted on July 21, 2023 by mikethemadbiologist

Well, obviously, not everything. But Ned Resnikoff makes a good point about the context in which the entertainment industry strikes are occurring (boldface mine): Characteristically, I’d like to dedicate the rest of this post to discussing the last issue: the … Continue reading →

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Links 7/20/23

Posted on July 20, 2023 by mikethemadbiologist

Links for you. Science: Fossils Where They Don’t Belong? Maybe We Just Didn’t Look Hard Enough. Friend or foe? Study reveals evolution of controversial human gut microbe Surveillance for Multisystem Inflammatory Syndrome in US Children Aged 5–11 Years Who Received … Continue reading →

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Scientific Infrastructure Is Still Not Well-Supported: The ProMED Edition

Posted on July 20, 2023 by mikethemadbiologist

One point I’ve made on this crappy blog is that, despite popular culture depictions to the contrary, scientific infrastructure isn’t well supported. No gleaming labs that look like something out of an architectural design magazine. Most labs (#NotAll) have to … Continue reading →

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Links 7/19/23

Posted on July 19, 2023 by mikethemadbiologist

Links for you. Science: Exploring the ingenious science and science fiction of making things invisible. Greg Gbur chats about his book Invisibility: The History and Science of How Not to be Seen. A Fossil Dream as Big as Texas. Andre … Continue reading →

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The Diagnosis That Shall Not Be Explicitly Stated

Posted on July 19, 2023 by mikethemadbiologist

It is, of course, long COVID. Last Friday, this appeared on the Twitterz: The more often you get COVID, the higher your risk of complications.

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Links 7/18/23

Posted on July 18, 2023 by mikethemadbiologist

Links for you. Science: Additive effects of booster mRNA vaccination and SARS-CoV-2 Omicron infection on T cell immunity across immunocompromised states Omicron subvariant BA.5 efficiently infects lung cells The Tantalizing, Lonely Search for Alien Life Missing Wings on an ‘Alien’ … Continue reading →

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The Crisis of Masculinity Within the Republican Party

Posted on July 18, 2023 by mikethemadbiologist

With the crisis of masculinity having been a HAWT TOPIC in the Discourse last week, it struck me as unintentionally absurd to come across this Kaitlan Collins summary of an interview with Republican Governor Brian Kemp: Trump pressured him to … Continue reading →

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Links 7/17/23

Posted on July 17, 2023 by mikethemadbiologist

Links for you. Science: Undue publicity for flawed fraud detector The Drowning of Doggerland The Great American Shark Slaughter Zoo outbreak highlights human-to-animal COVID-19 risk The distribution of antimicrobial resistance genes across phylogroup, host species and geography in 16,000 publicly-available … Continue reading →

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Shver Tsu Zayn a Yid: the RFK Jr. Edition

Posted on July 17, 2023 by mikethemadbiologist

(from here) In case you missed it, anti-vaccine advocate and Democratic presidential primary candidate (who doesn’t have chance in hell of winning the nomination even if Biden dies) RFK Jr. uttered this over the weekend (boldface mine): Democratic presidential candidate … Continue reading →

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Links 7/16/23

Posted on July 16, 2023 by mikethemadbiologist

Links for you. Science: Rare dinosaur bone bed discovered in D.C. suburb Tuberculosis in prisons goes undetected at alarming rates, global data show Earth is at its hottest in thousands of years. Here’s how we know. Microbial Primer: The logic … Continue reading →

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