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Mike the Mad Biologist and Tsar of All the Antifas

@mikethemadbiol.bsky.social

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I'm a biologist, mad as in angry. Pro-D.C. statehood since 1969. DCist @[email protected] www.mikethemadbiologist.com 🧪

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Mike the Mad Biologist and Tsar of All the Antifas @mikethemadbiol.bsky.social · Nov 18

TRUE FACT: WHENEVER BLUESKY IS BORKED, IT IS DUE TO INSUFFICIENT WAFFLES IN THE EGGO CHAMBER.

Mike the Mad Biologist and Tsar of All the Antifas @mikethemadbiol.bsky.social · Nov 18

definitely want an eggo chamber tho

a close up of a waffle on a white plate with eggo written on the bottom

Alt: a close up of a waffle on a white plate with eggo written on the top, with syrup poured on it.

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Philip Bump @pbump.com · 6h

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Mike the Mad Biologist and Tsar of All the Antifas @mikethemadbiol.bsky.social · 9h

Kinsley gaffe, the hypothesis testing edition.

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Mike the Mad Biologist and Tsar of All the Antifas @mikethemadbiol.bsky.social · 14h

Kinsley gaffe, the scientific hypothesis edition.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 14h

RFK Jr on Tylenol and autism: "It is not proof. We're doing the studies to make the proof."

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Faine Greenwood @faineg.bsky.social · 9h

It is notable that while a lot of important people are running around right now braying about how AI can replace the work of creative people, pretty much no one is saying the same things about using AI to replace pro athletes - even though it would be very technically feasible, and save money.

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Amy Maxmen, PhD @amymaxmen.bsky.social · 10h

🧵RFK "HIV-doesn't-cause-AIDS" Jr. is now linking circumcision with autism.

This nonsense was posted by his anti-vax group Children's Health Defense years ago, and I looked into it.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=SS9D...

SHOCK CLAIM: RFK Jr. Says Children Circumcised Early Have Twice The Autism Rate Due To Tylenol Use

YouTube video by Forbes Breaking News

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Quinta Jurecic @qjurecic.bsky.social · 10h

Worth emphasizing that there are serious questions about whether or not Lindsey Halligan is even legally in her job

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Lord Businessman II @lordbusinessman.bsky.social · 17h

One of the central tensions in the period of media consolidation to come is that all of the executives interested in buying the news want to use it for RW agitprop purposes but their audience is a bunch of libs whom that pisses off

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norbizness @norbizness.bsky.social · 10h

Look inflation may be going up, the GOP is 99.9% against releasing the Epstein files, he can't tell five-year-old videos from reality, and his vicious incompetence has shut down the government, but he CAN use a barely-lawyer in his campaign to persecute and fire all black women who have wronged him.

The Washington Post @washingtonpost.com · 10h

The Justice Department won an indictment against New York Attorney General Letitia James Thursday.

The indictment makes James the second of President Trump’s political foes to be charged in the Eastern District of Virginia.

Justice Department indicts N.Y. attorney general

Justice Department wins indictment against New York Attorney General Letitia James, accusing her of committing mortgage fraud in 2023.

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Grudgie the Whale @grudgie.bsky.social · Jun 17

Germany had 30% unemployment when fascism rose. We voted for it in the best labor market of anyone’s lifetime.

Nicholas Grossman @nicholasgrossman.bsky.social · Jun 17

Material conditions in 2024 were far from the worst in US history, let alone the world. “Bad material conditions made America go fascist” can’t explain why it didn’t go fascist in worse ones.

When facts and theory come into conflict, scientific says adjust the theory. Ideologues adjust the facts.

The Fig Economy @figgityfigs.bsky.social · Jun 16

This is a deluded fantasy, I’m sorry. We voted in fascism when things were doing extremely well by historical standards.

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Drug Monkey @drugmonkey.bsky.social · 10h

Also they are the same people as they were then. Probably a lot of literal direct descendants, even.

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Harry Dunn @libradunn1.bsky.social · 10h

Letitia James NY attorney general has been indicted by a grand jury in Virginia.

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Mike the Mad Biologist and Tsar of All the Antifas @mikethemadbiol.bsky.social · 10h

Links 10/9/25

Links for you. Science: You’re Probably Wearing Too Much Deodorant CDC scientists say rates of the drug-resistant bacteria rose almost 70% between 2019 and 2023. SARS-CoV-2-derived RNA replicons as safe and effective vaccines (if only we had an HHS that would approve something like…

Links 10/9/25

Links for you. Science: You’re Probably Wearing Too Much Deodorant CDC scientists say rates of the drug-resistant bacteria rose almost 70% between 2019 and 2023. SARS-CoV-2-derived RNA replicons as safe and effective vaccines (if only we had an HHS that would approve something like this...) WHO joins global health leaders rejecting U.S. acetaminophen warnings ‘This May Be the Most Difficult Day in My Career’: Experts React to Trump’s Autism Remarks…

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Mark Jacob @markjacob.bsky.social · 12h

Chicagoans won a temporary restraining order today that prevents federal agents from using tear gas, pepper spray and other weapons against journalists and peaceful protesters.
We’re fighting back peacefully in Chicago because — unlike Trump — we believe in the rule of law.

Judge Rules Feds Can't Pepper-Spray, Tear-Gas Journalists After Block Club Chicago And Others Sue

Block Club and news organizations sued the federal government for its actions against journalists outside the Broadview ICE detention facility. Four of our journalists have been shot with pepper-spray...

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Lonnietoft @lonnietoft.bsky.social · 16h

I'm glad MTG draws a line at child rape. But let's not forget that she used to seek out other children that survived school shootings and harass them in public yelling that they were crisis actors. I'm sure she loved her own children that she left home while she travelled to other states to do this.

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Richard Sever @richardsever.bsky.social · 13h

AI in biology: "I read about some new computational method...get excited because it’s exactly what I need...I try the method...Most of the time things don’t work...I have seen this play out so many times my default assumption is nothing is going to work" blog.genesmindsmachines.com/p/we-still-c...

We still can’t predict much of anything in biology

Biology is hard. Yes, even for AI.

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John Rogers @johnrogers.bsky.social · 13h

ME: Now Mom, just remember, there's a lot of disinformation and AI in your social feed and your friends' Facebook.
MOM: I know! My friend sent me this crazy post where someone used AI to make an image of a giant frog fighting Army troops!
ME: ... okay, no, that one's ... goddamit, Portland.

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"Online Rent-a-Sage" Bret Devereaux @bretdevereaux.bsky.social · 13h

That chant is a banger. Now we gotta get it to the front lines on the Portland front, where it can be shouted by someone wearing an inflatable dinosaur suit.

collin cornell @collincornell.bsky.social · 14h

“One of the chants that has become ubiquitous at these protests at Broadview is, ‘Love your neighbor, love your God, save your soul and quit your job,’” said Black, who pastors at the First Presbyterian Church of Chicago. “Everybody chants that.”

RNS @rns.org · 1d

The pastors’ efforts are part of rising faith-based pushback to the Trump administration as the president seeks to implement plans for mass deportation of immigrants.
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Dan Froomkin/Press Watch/Heads Up News @froomkin.bsky.social · 14h

Illinois judge blocks ICE from using force against peaceful protesters, clergy and journalists. Also requires visible ID. An overdue victory for the First Amendment.
storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

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Grudgie the Whale @grudgie.bsky.social · 14h

I cannot fucking believe this man’s cognitive abilities get no coverage

FactPost @factpostnews.bsky.social · 14h

Trump: These massive vaccines that are twice the size of a jar like that. A glass of water like that into a baby's body.

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Mike the Mad Biologist and Tsar of All the Antifas @mikethemadbiol.bsky.social · 14h

Kinsley gaffe, the scientific hypothesis edition.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 14h

RFK Jr on Tylenol and autism: "It is not proof. We're doing the studies to make the proof."

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Mike the Mad Biologist and Tsar of All the Antifas @mikethemadbiol.bsky.social · 14h

*it would be, not I would be...

Mike the Mad Biologist and Tsar of All the Antifas @mikethemadbiol.bsky.social · 14h

This has been rattling around in my brain for months, but I would be better if a professional historian were to address this.

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Mike the Mad Biologist and Tsar of All the Antifas @mikethemadbiol.bsky.social · 14h

Marge is making a move!

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Josh Marshall @joshtpm.bsky.social · 14h

Fascinating moment in the power of DC Think. Democrats are clearly *not* looking for an off ramp right now. They’re actually saying this. Which is a measure of how badly it’s going for the GOP. It’s the GOP that is actually looking for the offeamp.

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