Monthly Archives: November 2023

Links 11/15/23

Posted on November 15, 2023 by mikethemadbiologist

Links for you. Science: The Secrets of Cat Evolution Have Finally Been Revealed Acorn by acorn, volunteers gather seeds to help save forests Tuberculosis exposure at day care prompts ‘urgent’ testing for 500 children What are supervolcanoes and should we … Continue reading →

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What Happened to MBTA?

Posted on November 15, 2023 by mikethemadbiologist

When I lived in Boston, the MBTA, including the trains (the “T”) was pretty good. Not perfect, but it worked well, especially in comparison to D.C.’s Metro, which, shortly after I returned, had years of ‘Back to Good’ repairs that … Continue reading →

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Links 11/14/23

Posted on November 14, 2023 by mikethemadbiologist

Links for you. Science: Immunological profiling in long COVID: overall low grade inflammation and T-lymphocyte senescence and increased monocyte activation correlating with increasing fatigue severity (important, but note that it does not necessarily imply that mild cases without long COVID … Continue reading →

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AI, AMR, and Data Ownership: Blessed Are the Data Generators

Posted on November 14, 2023 by mikethemadbiologist

Our tech overlords are upset that they actually might have to pay people for their labor (boldface mine): Andreessen Horowitz is warning that billions of dollars in AI investments could be worth a lot less if companies developing the technology … Continue reading →

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Links 11/13/23

Posted on November 13, 2023 by mikethemadbiologist

Links for you. Science: Can Seawalls Save Us? How many in the U.S. are disabled? Proposed census changes would greatly decrease count: Revised questions would affect funding for federal and state programs, Long Covid research, and more Study: Persistent CNS … Continue reading →

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Armenians and the Potential for the Misuse of ‘AI’

Posted on November 13, 2023 by mikethemadbiologist

And I put AI in scare quotes because this really has to do with algorithms, not AI per se. First, a blast from the (not, though it should be) past–discrimination against Armenians (boldface mine): People are rightly concerned about the … Continue reading →

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Links 11/12/23

Posted on November 12, 2023 by mikethemadbiologist

Links for you. Science: Association of COVID-19 with respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) infections in children aged 0–5 years in the USA in 2022: a multicentre retrospective cohort study (this seems valid, and it is important) Global burden of new-onset hypertension … Continue reading →

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Duke Zeibert’s

Posted on November 12, 2023 by mikethemadbiologist

No place left in D.C. where you can get a good matzah ball soup and prime rib, sadly. Observed at the D.C. Historical Society: Look at the prices:

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Links 11/11/23

Posted on November 11, 2023 by mikethemadbiologist

Links for you. Science: Study suggests mass vaccination programs cut COVID cases in Japan 65% (paper here) Why Do Frogs Keep Trying to Mate with the Wrong Things? Nature retracts controversial superconductivity paper by embattled physicist Pre-Delta, Delta, and Omicron … Continue reading →

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In Case You Missed It…

Posted on November 11, 2023 by mikethemadbiologist

…a week of Mad Biologist posts: Battleground States Are Tough, That’s Why They’re Called Battlegrounds The State of COVID in D.C.*

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