Mike the Mad Biologist and Tsar of All the Antifas
@mikethemadbiol.bsky.social
I'm a biologist, mad as in angry. Pro-D.C. statehood since 1969.
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TRUE FACT: WHENEVER BLUESKY IS BORKED, IT IS DUE TO INSUFFICIENT WAFFLES IN THE EGGO CHAMBER.
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Over a year ago, we approached WAMU about the possibility of acquiring DCist’s newsletter list and social media accounts.
Last week, we received a final answer: No.
Last week, we received a final answer: No.
November 25, 2025 at 10:45 PM
Over a year ago, we approached WAMU about the possibility of acquiring DCist’s newsletter list and social media accounts.
Last week, we received a final answer: No.
Last week, we received a final answer: No.
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The best way to prevent getting norovirus is to wash hands with warm soap and water for 20 seconds. Hand sanitizer alone does not work well against norovirus. #RSNA25
abcnews.go.com/Health/us-ca...
abcnews.go.com/Health/us-ca...
US cases of norovirus on the rise with double the rate of positive tests since August
Cases of norovirus are rising across the United States, doubling over the last few months, according to updated data from the CDC.
abcnews.go.com
November 26, 2025 at 4:15 AM
The best way to prevent getting norovirus is to wash hands with warm soap and water for 20 seconds. Hand sanitizer alone does not work well against norovirus. #RSNA25
abcnews.go.com/Health/us-ca...
abcnews.go.com/Health/us-ca...
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It’s haaaaaappening
Shorter Days, Signs of Fatigue: Trump Faces Realities of Aging in Office
www.nytimes.com
November 26, 2025 at 3:54 AM
It’s haaaaaappening
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“Oh yes, right there”
November 26, 2025 at 3:36 AM
“Oh yes, right there”
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Although DOGE occasionally pretended to modernize some computer system, the only non-vaporware changes to software they ever oversaw (mostly they didn't write the code themselves, just leaned on someone else to do so) were to remove "DEI" stuff from government websites
November 26, 2025 at 3:20 AM
Although DOGE occasionally pretended to modernize some computer system, the only non-vaporware changes to software they ever oversaw (mostly they didn't write the code themselves, just leaned on someone else to do so) were to remove "DEI" stuff from government websites
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Partisan messages like this violate the Hatch Act and, as nonpartisan civil servants sworn to uphold the law, we would never do this.
But conspiracy-brained people don't know we truly uphold the law, and in this case probably don't even know the law at all.
But conspiracy-brained people don't know we truly uphold the law, and in this case probably don't even know the law at all.
November 26, 2025 at 2:49 AM
Partisan messages like this violate the Hatch Act and, as nonpartisan civil servants sworn to uphold the law, we would never do this.
But conspiracy-brained people don't know we truly uphold the law, and in this case probably don't even know the law at all.
But conspiracy-brained people don't know we truly uphold the law, and in this case probably don't even know the law at all.
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Being among the first interrogated and ultimately fired by DOGE, I certainly felt we were facing the business end of a right-wing conspiracy theory 🧵
DOGE was not a money-saving effort. It was an effort to chase down and prove right-wing conspiracy theories. They went after USAID to prove conspiracy theories about foreign aid. Then they went after SSA to, again, pursue conspiracy theories about Dems paying "illegals" to vote. 1/2
All DOGE accomplished was purging critical government staff, handing private data to outsiders, and sentencing thousands in developing countries to death by gutting USAID.
I don’t say this lightly: if there were any justice in this world, the people responsible for this devastation would be in jail
I don’t say this lightly: if there were any justice in this world, the people responsible for this devastation would be in jail
November 26, 2025 at 2:31 AM
Being among the first interrogated and ultimately fired by DOGE, I certainly felt we were facing the business end of a right-wing conspiracy theory 🧵
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NYT: In 2017, Mr. Trump’s scheduled events started at 10:31 a.m. on average. By contrast, Mr. Trump in his second term has started scheduled events in the afternoon on average, at 12:08 PM
Trump’s total official appearances have decreased by 39%
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/25/u...
Trump’s total official appearances have decreased by 39%
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/25/u...
Shorter Days, Signs of Fatigue: Trump Faces Realities of Aging in Office
www.nytimes.com
November 26, 2025 at 3:35 AM
NYT: In 2017, Mr. Trump’s scheduled events started at 10:31 a.m. on average. By contrast, Mr. Trump in his second term has started scheduled events in the afternoon on average, at 12:08 PM
Trump’s total official appearances have decreased by 39%
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/25/u...
Trump’s total official appearances have decreased by 39%
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/25/u...
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The Trump administration’s war on tourism in red states continues
National parks have SO MANY people from other countries (since they get real vacations!)
And they spend a lot of money on hotels, food, souvenirs, etc.
This is unbelievably dumb, it will destroy entire tourist towns
And they spend a lot of money on hotels, food, souvenirs, etc.
This is unbelievably dumb, it will destroy entire tourist towns
November 26, 2025 at 3:42 AM
The Trump administration’s war on tourism in red states continues
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This. Political reporters as a group (honorable exceptions, etc.) know nothing about science—how it's done and especially, how to read such results.
They are thus patsies for RFK Jr. & anti-vax grifters more generally.
Used to treating quotes as facts, they become conduits for unexamined bullshit.
They are thus patsies for RFK Jr. & anti-vax grifters more generally.
Used to treating quotes as facts, they become conduits for unexamined bullshit.
I need people who are profiling RFK Jr to not recite, uncritically, the number of studies the man says he has read.
One he lies
Two even if he has read them doesn't mean he understands them
Three it's more useful to take one and explain its problems.
One he lies
Two even if he has read them doesn't mean he understands them
Three it's more useful to take one and explain its problems.
November 25, 2025 at 10:53 PM
This. Political reporters as a group (honorable exceptions, etc.) know nothing about science—how it's done and especially, how to read such results.
They are thus patsies for RFK Jr. & anti-vax grifters more generally.
Used to treating quotes as facts, they become conduits for unexamined bullshit.
They are thus patsies for RFK Jr. & anti-vax grifters more generally.
Used to treating quotes as facts, they become conduits for unexamined bullshit.
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No need to delay: Not only did the Board of Elections clearly state that they are ready and capable of implementing ranked choice voting, but the voters already told us how they "assessed the need" by overwhelmingly passing it at the ballot box.
NEWS: Ward 7 Councilmember Wendell Felder is introducing emergency legislation that would delay ranked-choice voting, which is currently set to be rolled out in D.C. in 2026. His bill would mandate that Board of Elections conduct an assessment on what it would need to implement RCV.
November 25, 2025 at 10:43 PM
No need to delay: Not only did the Board of Elections clearly state that they are ready and capable of implementing ranked choice voting, but the voters already told us how they "assessed the need" by overwhelmingly passing it at the ballot box.
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This is Skye. She refuses to let her human leave for college. Willing to do anything to get him to change his mind about this whole "education" thing. 13/10 (IG: skye.redgoldenretriever)
November 25, 2025 at 11:30 PM
This is Skye. She refuses to let her human leave for college. Willing to do anything to get him to change his mind about this whole "education" thing. 13/10 (IG: skye.redgoldenretriever)
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This is the argument for "pre-existing conditions." Like being a woman.
Markwayne Mullin on healthcare: "What the president would like to do is say, hey, if you take care of yourself -- you don't smoke, you don't dip, you're not drinking, you're not overweight, you're working out -- then you should pay less than the guy that obviously is not taking care of himself."
November 25, 2025 at 10:30 PM
This is the argument for "pre-existing conditions." Like being a woman.
no reason not to impeach him right now. These are the worst people.
CDC’s new top deputy had ordered his state health department to stop promoting mass vaccinations amid a flu surge www.washingtonpost.com/health/2025/...
Louisiana health official who halted state vaccine campaign tapped as CDC’s No. 2
Ralph Abraham, a Louisiana health official who stopped promoting mass vaccination vaccines, has been appointed as the CDC's principal deputy director
www.washingtonpost.com
November 25, 2025 at 11:05 PM
no reason not to impeach him right now. These are the worst people.
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Four: Reading 50,000 studies won't matter if the studies themselves are bad, biased, or even fake. Those studies often end up published too, in bad journals and even sometimes in good ones.
I need people who are profiling RFK Jr to not recite, uncritically, the number of studies the man says he has read.
One he lies
Two even if he has read them doesn't mean he understands them
Three it's more useful to take one and explain its problems.
One he lies
Two even if he has read them doesn't mean he understands them
Three it's more useful to take one and explain its problems.
November 25, 2025 at 10:57 PM
Four: Reading 50,000 studies won't matter if the studies themselves are bad, biased, or even fake. Those studies often end up published too, in bad journals and even sometimes in good ones.
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Me discovering I have let somebody’s email sit in my inbox for three months: “Well, obviously I can never email him again. I guess I need to wait for news of his eventual death until I can stop feeling bad about this.”
November 25, 2025 at 10:09 PM
Me discovering I have let somebody’s email sit in my inbox for three months: “Well, obviously I can never email him again. I guess I need to wait for news of his eventual death until I can stop feeling bad about this.”
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1/ ⚠️ Breaking: At CDC, we've been told the US Government will not officially commemorate World AIDS Day this year. No explanation given.
November 25, 2025 at 4:16 PM
1/ ⚠️ Breaking: At CDC, we've been told the US Government will not officially commemorate World AIDS Day this year. No explanation given.
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A new Bond movie, but James Bond is now Jamie Bond and is played by Emily Blunt.
If you were a despotic president, what movie would you force Hollywood to make? I want to see Quentin's Star Trek movie or maybe Kill Bill Vol 3.
November 25, 2025 at 8:25 PM
A new Bond movie, but James Bond is now Jamie Bond and is played by Emily Blunt.
Links 11/25/25
Links for you. Science: James Watson, dead at 97, was a scientific legend and a pariah among his peers The Trump administration is dismantling efforts to fight the next pandemic The Scientists Who Popularized Carbon Capture Have a Warning About It An Information Pandemic Is…
Links for you. Science: James Watson, dead at 97, was a scientific legend and a pariah among his peers The Trump administration is dismantling efforts to fight the next pandemic The Scientists Who Popularized Carbon Capture Have a Warning About It An Information Pandemic Is…
Links 11/25/25
Links for you. Science: James Watson, dead at 97, was a scientific legend and a pariah among his peers The Trump administration is dismantling efforts to fight the next pandemic The Scientists Who Popularized Carbon Capture Have a Warning About It An Information Pandemic Is Supercharging Anti-Science Forces Phenotypic Heterogeneity Shapes Phage Resistance and Cocktail Efficacy in Klebsiella pneumoniae 'It was a horrible scene to witness': How bird flu has decimated elephant seal populations…
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November 25, 2025 at 9:45 PM
Links 11/25/25
Links for you. Science: James Watson, dead at 97, was a scientific legend and a pariah among his peers The Trump administration is dismantling efforts to fight the next pandemic The Scientists Who Popularized Carbon Capture Have a Warning About It An Information Pandemic Is…
Links for you. Science: James Watson, dead at 97, was a scientific legend and a pariah among his peers The Trump administration is dismantling efforts to fight the next pandemic The Scientists Who Popularized Carbon Capture Have a Warning About It An Information Pandemic Is…
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I came here to give you kudos for it 🤣
November 25, 2025 at 8:43 PM
I came here to give you kudos for it 🤣
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CM Anita Bonds just issued the following “Statement Regarding the 11/24/25 BOE Readiness Roundtable”:
“Be clear – this was in no way an attempt to reverse course on ranked choice voting. […] The job now is to ensure that the process is implemented to the best of our ability.”
“Be clear – this was in no way an attempt to reverse course on ranked choice voting. […] The job now is to ensure that the process is implemented to the best of our ability.”
November 25, 2025 at 6:33 PM
CM Anita Bonds just issued the following “Statement Regarding the 11/24/25 BOE Readiness Roundtable”:
“Be clear – this was in no way an attempt to reverse course on ranked choice voting. […] The job now is to ensure that the process is implemented to the best of our ability.”
“Be clear – this was in no way an attempt to reverse course on ranked choice voting. […] The job now is to ensure that the process is implemented to the best of our ability.”
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When this is over we'll have to go through HHS with pressure washers and a smudge stick www.medpagetoday.com/opinion/faus...
Opinion | Top Ivermectin Prescriber Now in CDC's Second Highest Position
Ralph Lee Abraham, MD, has a questionable public health track record
www.medpagetoday.com
November 25, 2025 at 8:25 PM
When this is over we'll have to go through HHS with pressure washers and a smudge stick www.medpagetoday.com/opinion/faus...
A new Bond movie, but James Bond is now Jamie Bond and is played by Emily Blunt.
If you were a despotic president, what movie would you force Hollywood to make? I want to see Quentin's Star Trek movie or maybe Kill Bill Vol 3.
November 25, 2025 at 8:25 PM
A new Bond movie, but James Bond is now Jamie Bond and is played by Emily Blunt.
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Breaking: The six Democrats now confirmed they've been contacted by the FBI.
The lawmakers accuse Trump of using the FBI "as a tool to intimidate and harass members of Congress."
The lawmakers accuse Trump of using the FBI "as a tool to intimidate and harass members of Congress."
MS NOW confirms: The FBI is working with Capitol Police to schedule interviews with the six Democratic lawmakers who urged service members to refuse to comply with illegal orders.
November 25, 2025 at 7:00 PM
Breaking: The six Democrats now confirmed they've been contacted by the FBI.
The lawmakers accuse Trump of using the FBI "as a tool to intimidate and harass members of Congress."
The lawmakers accuse Trump of using the FBI "as a tool to intimidate and harass members of Congress."
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Her, "Thank you Mr. trump for invading DC" stance wasn't popular, I take it?
DC Mayor Muriel Bowser has just announced that she is not running for reelection.
November 25, 2025 at 7:32 PM
Her, "Thank you Mr. trump for invading DC" stance wasn't popular, I take it?