Category Archives: Fucking Morons

A Proposed Four Percent Funding Rate at the National Cancer Institute

Posted on July 24, 2025 by mikethemadbiologist

On Wednesday, the National Cancer Institute (NCI) at NIH released its funding policy for fiscal year 2025. In it, NCI claims they will be able to fund four percent of applications. That’s not a typo. Four percent. While a few … Continue reading →

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The Republican-Controlled House Appropriations Committee Wants to Turn D.C. into a Free-Fire Zone

Posted on July 22, 2025 by mikethemadbiologist

Another day, another Republican attempt to further reduce the freedoms of the residents of the colonial territory of the District of Columbia. The Republican-controlled Financial Services and General Government Subcommittee released its 2026 bill. In it are some real gems, … Continue reading →

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The Untethering of Professional Republicans from Reality

Posted on July 18, 2025 by mikethemadbiologist

I’m becoming increasingly convinced that a significant fraction of professional Republicans are completely untethered from reality in very fundamental ways. Consider this story about this former DOGE staffer, Steve Davis (boldface mine): Elon Musk’s right-hand man tried to stage a … Continue reading →

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Rep. Majorie Taylor Greene Tries Out the Dumbest Counterargument to Global Warming

Posted on July 7, 2025 by mikethemadbiologist

While it’s still not entirely clear what contributed to the inability to warn Texans about the recent lethal flash floods, the larger context for those floods is that global warming is going to cause more severe weather more often, even … Continue reading →

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Some Thoughts on the Big Butt Ugly Bill

Posted on July 4, 2025 by mikethemadbiologist

In no particular order, some thoughts about the legislative monstrosity the Republicans passed: One critical thing to keep in mind is that, while some Republicans might not like certain provisions of the bill or find certain parts politically radioactive, on … Continue reading →

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The Republican War on Science Continues: The Hurricane Detection Front

Posted on July 1, 2025 by mikethemadbiologist

On Wednesday, I noted that I repeatedly POASTED something along the lines of “If Trump wins, he will break things that most people didn’t even know could be broken.” Well, today’s front in the Republican War on Science is hurricane … Continue reading →

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Mamdani Proposes a ‘PX for the People’ and the Washington Post Loses Its Shit

Posted on June 27, 2025 by mikethemadbiologist

In a squealing, hyperventilating, pants-shitting editorial, the Washington Post editorial board* scribbles (boldface mine): Now, a man who believes that capitalism is “theft” is in line to lead the country’s biggest city and the world’s financial capital. His signature ideas … Continue reading →

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When Totalitarianism Comes to D.C.: The Renaming Edition

Posted on June 26, 2025 by mikethemadbiologist

Not Wor-Shing-Tun, but the mainland colony known as the District of Columbia. MAGA totalitarians want to rename things (boldface mine): Late last month, Florida Republican Rep. Greg Steube introduced a bill that would halt any funding for the Washington Metropolitan … Continue reading →

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Trump Declares War on the Birds and the Bees

Posted on June 25, 2025 by mikethemadbiologist

No, not those birds and bees, ya randy bastids! During the 2024 election, I repeatedly POASTED something along the lines of “If Trump wins, he will break things that most people didn’t even know could be broken.” With that as … Continue reading →

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MAHA, ‘AI’, and Poor Policy Writing

Posted on June 2, 2025 by mikethemadbiologist

In case you haven’t heard, the Trump administration’s MAHA political appointees were caught using an LLM (likely OpenAI) to write their MAHA report. I guess we found the federal employees who can be replaced by AI! Snark aside, this really … Continue reading →

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