Monthly Archives: October 2025

Some Thoughts on Calling Portland, Oregon “War Ravaged”

Posted on October 6, 2025 by mikethemadbiologist

Last week, Baghdad Barbie (aka “White House Press Secretary Karolina Leavitt”) uttered the following: “President Trump will end the radical left’s reign of terror in Portland once and for all. The president has directed Secretary Hegseth to provide all necessary … Continue reading →

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Links 10/5/25

Posted on October 5, 2025 by mikethemadbiologist

Links for you. Science: Publisher investigating DNA contamination paper that authors say CDC vaccine committee will consider U.S. Is Losing Race to Return to Moon, Critics Say, Pointing at SpaceX Vaccine panel that limited covid shot scrutinized after chaotic meetings … Continue reading →

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Links 10/4/25

Posted on October 4, 2025 by mikethemadbiologist

Links for you. Science: lung.fish Data Explorer Phages with a broad host range are common across ecosystems This is what could happen to a child who doesn’t get vaccinated Trump administration to award a no-bid contract on research into vaccines … Continue reading →

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In Case You Missed It…

Posted on October 4, 2025 by mikethemadbiologist

…a week of Mad Biologist posts: D.C. Decision to Effectively End Curbside Dining Is a Bad Policy Rank-and-File Democrats Need to Make D.C. Statehood a Priority We Don’t Need to Be Political and Policy Experts Republicans Can End the Shutdown … Continue reading →

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Links 10/3/25

Posted on October 3, 2025 by mikethemadbiologist

Links for you. Science: Hidden Worlds In Shark Blood: How A Latina Scientist Is Leading In Marine Research How Unverified VAERS Reports Are Being Used to Scare Parents About 25 Child Deaths Export by a quorum sensing–controlled drug exporter underlies … Continue reading →

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Republicans Can End the Shutdown Any Time They Want to End It

Posted on October 3, 2025 by mikethemadbiologist

I realize I’m stating the obvious, but stopping fascists requires less of a high-minded Algonquin Round Table approach and more of a strong stomach approach. Despite whatever Republicans say–and Republican-controlled federal agencies say in yet another violation of the Hatch … Continue reading →

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Links 10/2/25

Posted on October 2, 2025 by mikethemadbiologist

Links for you. Science: Tiny Deer in Big Trouble as Chile’s Pudus Face Growing Peril Apparent NCI director candidate wants ‘open, respectful’ post-publication peer review while promoting anonymous site that calls sleuths a ‘mob’ (he also testified that the COVID … Continue reading →

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Links 10/1/25

Posted on October 1, 2025 by mikethemadbiologist

Links for you. Science: Dating the Bacterial Tree of Life Based on Ancient Symbiosis How a Billionaire’s Plan to Reach Another Star Fell Apart. An abandoned plan to visit another star highlights the perils of billionaire-funded science Ostrich and emu … Continue reading →

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We Don’t Need to Be Political and Policy Experts

Posted on October 1, 2025 by mikethemadbiologist

Because it’s not our job. Tom Scocca gets at something about ‘amateur expertise’ that I’ve been trying to express coherently (boldface mine): The image might have convinced me that baseball was too complicated for an amateur to grasp. But down … Continue reading →

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