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Archives for July, 2009
Sunday Links
Posted by Mike on July 26, 2009 Merry Sunday! Here are some links. Science:
When Compulsive Centrist Disorder Isn’t Centrist: The Healthcare Edition
Posted by Mike on July 26, 2009 Katrina vanden Heuvel makes a good point about some bad framing in the healthcare debate–the ‘centrists’ aren’t in the center at all:
Boston in the 1920s: Conservative
Posted by Mike on July 25, 2009 By way of Universal Hub, I came across this video of Boston in the 1920s. Not only is neat to see a lot of the same buildings, but I find it really interesting that Boston is described as conservative (whereas today, according to the Real America Propaganda, we are Homofascist Horde central). Of course, Boston…
Saturday Sermon: The Politics of Hopelessness
Posted by Mike on July 25, 2009 There are times I agree with this post by Ian Welsh:
Friday Links
Posted by Mike on July 24, 2009 Here are some links for you. Science:
Some Polling Data About Science Funding
Posted by Mike on July 24, 2009 By way of a post about the popularity of healthcare, I came across some polling results from a survey that asked people whether funding for various things should increase, decrease, or stay the same. The results:
Some Nerdy Genomics Humor: Sequencing Unicornos
Posted by Mike on July 23, 2009 Inspired by this funny satire of mouse genomics research (“Tedious scientists hail uninspiring mouse genome breakthrough“), I dug up this funny article in a newsletter from the genome center at which I work:
The Gates Arrest: The Police As an Occupying Force
Posted by Mike on July 23, 2009 For those who haven’t heard, Harvard professor Henry Louis Gates, Jr. was arrested by the Cambridge Police (the charges were later dropped). According to Gates’ attorney:
Wednesday Links
Posted by Mike on July 22, 2009 Now that ScienceBlogs is unborked, here are some links for you. Science:
So, What Should Scientists Communicate?
Posted by Mike on July 22, 2009 In an earlier post (with the strikethrough eliminated–weird, it didn’t show up when I looked at the preview; it’s been fixed), I mentioned that it was hard to determine what Mooney and Kirshenbaum want scientists to actually communicate. One commenter pulled this from Unscientific America: After all, America doesn’t merely need non-scientists to better understand…