Lotsa Links
mikethemadbiologist | July 7, 2009Here are some links for you. Science:
Death, Death, Elitism & Death
Johann Hari: They were great at first - but then the creativity dries up
Tiny frogs and giant spiders: the best of friends
The subsidiary patient
Does Science Lead to Atheism?
"Investigative science journalism" and books I like to read
Other:
Is the new affordable FHFA loan program predatory lending?
Borrower's Remorse: Why fixing the banks will not revive the economy
mikethemadbiologist | July 5, 2009Here are some links for you while you're recovering from the 4th. Science first:
"Contrary to their expectations?" Really? Personal experience in science communication
The Scacco/Beber analysis of the Iranian election is bogus
Prehistoric bloodsucker in Thames
Evidence of fraud in the Iranian election - a reanalysis
It's a good thing people in Brookline have something to eat beside potatoes
Other:
Shelter, or burden? The social benefits of home ownership look more modest than they did and the economic costs much higher
Smells like deflation
The Blogosphere 2.0
mikethemadbiologist | July 3, 2009A little more than 24 hours to go until people blow shit up all across America--in a good way. Until then, here are some links to keep you busy:
Scientists Visit the Creation Museum
On giving Goldman a chance
Healthcare Horror: Care Denied Over $7 Debt for Insured Patient
Democrats to Progressives: We're just not that into you
What the Trucker Knows: A Checkup on the Card-Check Law
Fareed Zakaria's Manifesto
Citi increases credit card rates. Why is it allowed to do so?
Saving the planet starts with unpicking Congress's knots
Sen. Bernie Sanders and the Coalition of the Unwilling
So, Now…
mikethemadbiologist | June 30, 2009Still cloudy and cruddy in Boston, so here are some links for you. Science:
Breaking: Hunter Gatherer Societies Were Incredibly Violent
Are we playing it too safe in cancer research?
Other:
The Parties Are Supposed To Disagree
Centrists are Republican Fucking Lite
EZRA SI, FROOMKIN NO! Ezra Klein obeyed a great rule. Froomkin never did
Privatized Police Force
mikethemadbiologist | June 27, 2009Here are some links for you. Science firstest:
Eating Grad Style: Free Food
Key paper in depression genetics disputed
Naps, Learning and REM
Who should have acess to publications supported by federal money? Well, everyone. See Federal Research Public Access Act
Cracking The Autism Riddle: Common Sense About Vaccines And Autism
Other:
Why Did US Physicians Give Up Their Ability to Enforce Their Own Professional Standards?
More on accomodationism
mikethemadbiologist | June 24, 2009Here are some links for you. Science first:
Market Analysis
Francis Collins "upbeat" about impact of common disease genetics
Ask Dr. Isis -- Mental Illness in Science
Teenage girl discovers new type of supernova
Animals are NOT your children
Cancer Genome Sequencing--A (Pessimistic) Interim Analysis
Other:
Obama on GLBT Rights: A Pattern of Insult and Inaction
Let's Get Some Answers On The Public Option
Literary Lesson: Authors, Poets Write the News
Glenn Beck's New Low, pt 2: The Discreet Charm of Ayn Rand
The Rand Illusion
Jim Ammerman's Lunacy
She finally has a home: Harvard
mikethemadbiologist | June 18, 2009Merry Thursday! Here are some good links for you:
How do scientists become cranks and doctors quacks?
Microbe Wakes Up After 120,000 Years (and what sleepyhead looks like)
What's 100,000 or so deaths "to retain political and professional credibility"?
Media: Why supporting the Iraq War was the smart career move
The Minutemen Are Lunatics
Joe Lieberman has had tax-payer financed health care for most of his adult life. But, he doesn't want us to have options.
Atul Gawande: University of Chicago Medical School Commencement Address
The Founders' Great Mistake
Dr. George Tiller, 1941-2009
Post-…
mikethemadbiologist | June 8, 2009Here are some links for you, while I'm away doing microbiomey stuff. Science:
What Is Jerry Coyne's Complaint?
NHGRI Unveils Wide-Ranging Recommendations Regarding Sequencing Initiatives
Slime Molds
Other:
How mainstream are "pro-life" extremists?
JUST BE NORMAL AGAIN
The Political Process Has Been Closed
Sean Hannity Caught Manipulating Video of Obama's Cairo Speech
The Trouble With Democrats: Reclaiming the Economy for the People
The Management Myth
mikethemadbiologist | June 5, 2009Here's some stuff to read over the weekend:
Gender gap in maths driven by social factors, not biological differences
No gender bias identified in peer-review of grant applications
Operation Rescue
KIDS WERE HAVING SEX IN THE STAIRCASES, BUTT-NAKED-CAUGHT-ON-CAMERA SEX
Blue Cross' response to the recession? Increase rates 29%
Extreme Fundamentalists & Responsibility
The "non-violent" anti-abortion activists
Anti-choice violence and why it puts "common ground" into question
The Changing Face of Israel
Irish America's heart
Immense Good Will
Time To Rethink Your Conscience
mikethemadbiologist | June 2, 2009Here are some links for you. Science first:
Freethinker Sunday Sermonette: is Francis Collins, The Discovery Institute's biggest fear?
How the aphid got its wings
Medicine and evolution, part 12: Using evolution to develop adaptive chemotherapy
Other:
Ten Infinity Bajillion Pounds Of Total Horseshit
A Red State Booster Shot
'Playing It Safe' Is Killing the American Newspaper
Obama Derangement Syndrome
Netanyahu: "What the hell do they want from me?"
Jeffrey Rosen vows never to "blog" again
mikethemadbiologist | May 29, 2009Happy Friday! Some links for you. Science:
Bizarre Anaerobic Ecosystems Discovered In Lake Huron
Let's shut down gender essentialism with something that's called "science."
Study Finds Unexpected Bacterial Diversity on Human Skin
Withdrawal study: Ur doin' it wrong
The bacterial zoo living on your skin
Other:
Speaking in Tongues
Don't pin the recession on AIG's Joe Cassano
New York Times Crashed-and-Burned-and-Smoking Watch (Ombudsman Clark Hoyt Edition)
What Could DC Learn From London?
Conservative Identity Politics
The Cost Conundrum: What a Texas town can teach us about health care.
mikethemadbiologist | May 26, 2009Why aren't three day weekends long enough? Anyway, here are some links for you. Science first:
Harvard study backs bottle concern: Says plastic used leaches bisphenol A
Creation/evolution continuum, or NCSE is too nice to theists...and to atheists!
For the Love of Science
Science-less in Seattle: Facing a Media With Without "Breaking News Detective Science"
Other:
Another "Christian Nation" Resolution
Journalism's many crises
Distinguish between transactional and revolving credit
Everything is Unpopular
Credit Card Reform: Does my credit card's interest rate mean anything?
Poor? Pay Up.…
mikethemadbiologist | May 14, 2009Here are some links for you. Science first:
Swine flu: breaking the acute care system
Swine flu: laboratory surveillance
Don't! The secret of self-control.
Swine flu: estimating pandemic potential with a computer model using early data
Other:
THIS WEEK IN GOD....
Where is Obama's version of Frances Perkins?
Far From Over
Citibank sent me an infuriating piece of spam. They want me to lobby for them against my own interest
Exceptional Dissonance
Legalising drugs: lessons from Portugal
Let's cut Social Security to pay for banker bailouts!
mikethemadbiologist | May 5, 2009Here are some links for you. Science firstest:
But What If You Can't Afford To Stay Home?
Pandemic Lotto
H1N1: Why Do Schools Close, And When Do They Open?
H1N1 flu: confirmed case counts
Other:
The Far Right's First 100 Days: Shifting Into Overdrive
You don't need to eat a veggie burger to be grossed out by poo lagoons
The Top 5 highest and lowest priced Boston condos sold in April
Recast (ARM loans)
The cost of wind, the price of wind, the value of wind
Faith In Teaching is A Paper Nonprofit
A Reader Asks... (about Andrew Sullivan)
Sen. Ben Nelson (D-NE) Opposes Public Health Plan. His…
mikethemadbiologist | April 30, 2009Merry Thursday! Here are some links for you. Science:
Bad Economy Causes Bronx Zoo to Evict Animals
Everything you wanted to know about dying in Massachusetts
Swine flu and Woo
Swine Flu Genes From Pigs Only, Not Humans or Birds
Retrocyclins: a defence against HIV, reawakened after 7 million years
Other:
Devolved
Late Night: Only Socialism Can Save Conservatives Now
A Tale of Two Exurbs
Global pandemics make stupid people even stupider
They Fixed Downtown Too
Oklahoma GOP Platform: Absolutely batshit insane.
Blame It On the Parents
mikethemadbiologist | April 25, 2009Happy Saturday. Here are some links. Science:
The New York Botanical Gardens Today: A Photo Diary
Why Accidents (The Pregnant Kind) Happen
Factors Behind the Relentless Spread of the Alt-Med Meme
Obama's Tech Appointments: Aneesh Chopra (CTO) and Jeffrey Zient (CIO) both health care technocrats
Singaporean spiders spit venomous glue, work together, eat each other
Other:
What Sarah Palin Didn't (and probably couldn't) Tell that Crowd in Indiana
House to Rick: Take this, secessionist!
Politico's understanding of journalistic anonymity
The Wail of the 1%
mikethemadbiologist | April 19, 2009Tomorrow's the Boston Marathon, so here are some links to exercise your brain. Science first:
Child Obesity Is Linked to Chemicals in Plastics
Social media threats hyped by science reporting, not science
Blood Falls - bacteria thrive for millions of years beneath a rusty Antarctic glacier
UC Riverside scientist names lichen for Obama
Found: a cause of Colony Collapse Disorder
Other:
(How) Canadian Banks Avoided Mortgage Meltdown
The teabaggers should give up the services their taxes pay for
Twitter + Stimulus = Conservative Stupidity
The peasant mentality lives on in America
Limbaugh's Dirty…
mikethemadbiologist | April 5, 2009Here are some links for you. Science-related stuff:
Sustainable Science Journalism Toward a Sustainable World
Our Cousins Are Sick
Should You Worry About Data Rot?
Barry the giant sea worm discovered by aquarium staff after mysterious attacks on coral reef
Enter Adam, the Robot Scientist
Believing in Treatments That Don't Work
Other:
Washington's Turnaround Artists. Think government can't fix the auto industry? Then how did it manage to fix the railroad industry--twice?
"This is a joke, isn't it?" My Ex-Nazi Father's Reaction to Fox News
Rod Dreher Continues To Puzzle Me
Bill Moyers…
mikethemadbiologist | April 3, 2009This will keep you busy this weekend. Science first:
Ten Five reasons clumsy excuses to exclude viruses from the tree of life
Vaccine Denial = Scientific Illiteracy
Hyping Health Risks
When the outbreaks begin, they'll start in California
Anti-Vaccination Stupidity, Expertise, and Feeling "Empowered" by Risking Kids Lives
Framing and ethics (part 3).
We Need to Bring Back the OTA
Other:
Cheating is the system, or how my phone bill woes demonstrate what destroyed the economy
Lions, Tigers, and Crowds
23andMe targeting pregnant women using "mommy bloggers"
Support children, support the DREAM…
mikethemadbiologist | March 29, 2009Here are some links for you. Science firstest:
Farah Babbles Incoherently About Fossils
The "Phantom" of Heilbronn and Negative Controls (Or the Lack Thereof)
Media distortion damages both science and journalism
Other:
Just When I Thought Texas Politics Couldn't Get Any Dumber
Ask Not What You Can Do For Your Country, But How Much Your Country Can Pay You To Do It
Free speech for me, but not for thee: The real meaning of 'Academic Freedom' in Oklahoma
The Professional is Personal