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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In a rare case of Substack notes usefulness, I just learned that Sarah Kendzior (author of They Knew and a brilliant writer) got bounced from Bluesky. What the hell? new @sarahkendzior.bsky.social
November 11, 2025 at 4:09 AM
In a rare case of Substack notes usefulness, I just learned that Sarah Kendzior (author of They Knew and a brilliant writer) got bounced from Bluesky. What the hell? new @sarahkendzior.bsky.social
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Just in case someone doesn’t know this: one reason individual health insurance was so expensive before was that it’s generally a lot cheaper to insure groups. (Not just bulk discounts but the fact that you don’t need to do individual underwriting.) The ACA turned individuals into a big group.
Trump: "I want the money to go into an account for people where they buy their own health insurance. It's so good. The insurance will be better. It'll cost less. Everybody is gonna be happy. They're gonna feel like entrepreneurs. They're actually able to go out & negotiate their own insurance"
November 11, 2025 at 3:52 AM
Just in case someone doesn’t know this: one reason individual health insurance was so expensive before was that it’s generally a lot cheaper to insure groups. (Not just bulk discounts but the fact that you don’t need to do individual underwriting.) The ACA turned individuals into a big group.
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fetterman literally made cannabis legalization a central plank of his campaign.
November 11, 2025 at 3:15 AM
fetterman literally made cannabis legalization a central plank of his campaign.
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seeing the purple line progress got me this thinking of dc streetcar then and now
November 11, 2025 at 3:46 AM
seeing the purple line progress got me this thinking of dc streetcar then and now
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This is my Chinese cave gecko. It caves less than the Democrats.
November 11, 2025 at 3:41 AM
This is my Chinese cave gecko. It caves less than the Democrats.
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Full house! 🙌 Punk met photography in an unforgettable conversation with Brian Baker & Ian MacKaye for The Road: The Photographs of Brian Baker. Thanks to everyone who came out to celebrate DC’s punk legacy and life on tour! 🎸📸
November 11, 2025 at 2:00 AM
Full house! 🙌 Punk met photography in an unforgettable conversation with Brian Baker & Ian MacKaye for The Road: The Photographs of Brian Baker. Thanks to everyone who came out to celebrate DC’s punk legacy and life on tour! 🎸📸
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PSA for people with NIH grant periods starting January 1st (including most NIGMS MIRAs): your RPPR is due Saturday, but they haven’t sent out the usual automated reminders, presumably due to the shutdown
November 11, 2025 at 1:20 AM
PSA for people with NIH grant periods starting January 1st (including most NIGMS MIRAs): your RPPR is due Saturday, but they haven’t sent out the usual automated reminders, presumably due to the shutdown
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Susan Collins votes against extending ACA tax credits for one year. Angus King voted in favor of the extension. #MEpolitics
UPDATE: The Senate votes 53-47 to shoot down the Baldwin amendment to extend ACA funds for 1 year. A party-line vote with every Republican rejecting it.
An important vote in this series: Tammy Baldwin’s proposal to extend ACA expiring funds for 1 year. It’s structured as a motion to table (i.e. scrap it from the amendment tree). But it’ll show the appetite (or lack thereof) in the Senate to address this issue.
November 11, 2025 at 1:23 AM
Susan Collins votes against extending ACA tax credits for one year. Angus King voted in favor of the extension. #MEpolitics
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same. I also thanked them for voting no on the CR
I called both my senators and told staff that as a constituent I wanted to express the need for new Democratic caucus leadership in the Senate. Took two minutes.
November 11, 2025 at 12:01 AM
same. I also thanked them for voting no on the CR
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After yesterday’s surrender, we’re launching the largest Democratic primary program that we’ve ever run.
We will not back any Senate primary candidate unless they call for Schumer to step down as Minority Leader.
If you’re as pissed as we are, join this campaign to rebuild the Democratic Party. 👇
We will not back any Senate primary candidate unless they call for Schumer to step down as Minority Leader.
If you’re as pissed as we are, join this campaign to rebuild the Democratic Party. 👇
Democratic leaders have failed us again. It's time to get new leaders.
After yet another capitulation by Chuck Schumer and Senate Democrats, it's clear we need new leadership capable of mounting a serious opposition to Trump's authoritarian regime. We're launching our la...
www.indivisible2026.org
November 11, 2025 at 12:00 AM
After yesterday’s surrender, we’re launching the largest Democratic primary program that we’ve ever run.
We will not back any Senate primary candidate unless they call for Schumer to step down as Minority Leader.
If you’re as pissed as we are, join this campaign to rebuild the Democratic Party. 👇
We will not back any Senate primary candidate unless they call for Schumer to step down as Minority Leader.
If you’re as pissed as we are, join this campaign to rebuild the Democratic Party. 👇
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actually, you know what
picketing outside the churchgoing senators’ churches would probably really really really make them uncomfortable
free idea to a good home
picketing outside the churchgoing senators’ churches would probably really really really make them uncomfortable
free idea to a good home
November 10, 2025 at 9:55 PM
actually, you know what
picketing outside the churchgoing senators’ churches would probably really really really make them uncomfortable
free idea to a good home
picketing outside the churchgoing senators’ churches would probably really really really make them uncomfortable
free idea to a good home
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“I’m so relieved that the only problem I cared about - me experiencing mild social discomfort - is now over”
my brother in Christ, do you want to bet
my brother in Christ, do you want to bet
Tim Kaine on backlash he's getting: "I got the first good night's sleep last night that I've gotten since Oct 1, b/c I wasn't worried about being able to look Capitol Police in the eye when I walked in, or what a furloughed fed worker would say to me at church, or what somebody would say about SNAP"
November 10, 2025 at 9:48 PM
“I’m so relieved that the only problem I cared about - me experiencing mild social discomfort - is now over”
my brother in Christ, do you want to bet
my brother in Christ, do you want to bet
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Should an American football stadium be named for a convicted felon and adjudicated rapist?
Just absolutely unfuckinghinged
Just absolutely unfuckinghinged
WJLA POLL: Should the new stadium in DC be named after President Trump?
Should the new stadium in DC be named after President Trump? Vote below!
wjla.com
November 10, 2025 at 8:30 PM
Should an American football stadium be named for a convicted felon and adjudicated rapist?
Just absolutely unfuckinghinged
Just absolutely unfuckinghinged
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huge fucking side-eye from DC residents
Trump is PERMANENTLY blocked from sending troops to Portland thanks to the lawsuit brought by @agdanrayfield.bsky.social.
Dem AGs aren't just complaining about the military occupying American cities, they’re taking action to stop it.
Dem AGs aren't just complaining about the military occupying American cities, they’re taking action to stop it.
November 10, 2025 at 10:23 PM
huge fucking side-eye from DC residents
Links 11/10/25
Links for you. Science: Mathematical proof debunks the idea that the universe is a computer simulation Wave of RSV, particularly dangerous for babies, washing over U.S.; doctors urge vaccination Historic U.S. Civil War Ship Decaying Due to Fungal Invasion Asymptomatic Human…
Links for you. Science: Mathematical proof debunks the idea that the universe is a computer simulation Wave of RSV, particularly dangerous for babies, washing over U.S.; doctors urge vaccination Historic U.S. Civil War Ship Decaying Due to Fungal Invasion Asymptomatic Human…
Links 11/10/25
Links for you. Science: Mathematical proof debunks the idea that the universe is a computer simulation Wave of RSV, particularly dangerous for babies, washing over U.S.; doctors urge vaccination Historic U.S. Civil War Ship Decaying Due to Fungal Invasion Asymptomatic Human Infections With Avian Influenza A(H5N1) Virus Confirmed by Molecular and Serologic Testing DNA Identifies 2 Bacterial Killers That Stalked Napoleon’s Army…
mikethemadbiologist.com
November 10, 2025 at 9:44 PM
Links 11/10/25
Links for you. Science: Mathematical proof debunks the idea that the universe is a computer simulation Wave of RSV, particularly dangerous for babies, washing over U.S.; doctors urge vaccination Historic U.S. Civil War Ship Decaying Due to Fungal Invasion Asymptomatic Human…
Links for you. Science: Mathematical proof debunks the idea that the universe is a computer simulation Wave of RSV, particularly dangerous for babies, washing over U.S.; doctors urge vaccination Historic U.S. Civil War Ship Decaying Due to Fungal Invasion Asymptomatic Human…
Good Gritty, even Seth Moulton thought the Senate Dems' caving was bad. newrepublic.com/post/202923/...
Dems Break into Civil War After 8 Senators Cave to Trump on Shutdown
The deal does not actually include extending Obamacare subsidies.
newrepublic.com
November 10, 2025 at 9:44 PM
Good Gritty, even Seth Moulton thought the Senate Dems' caving was bad. newrepublic.com/post/202923/...
pretty clear Kaine is feeling pressure.
Sen. Kaine on his vote for funding deal
“I got the first good night's sleep last night that I've gotten since Oct. 1, because I wasn't worried about being able to look Capitol Police in the eye when I walked in, or what a furloughed federal worker would say to me at church”
“I got the first good night's sleep last night that I've gotten since Oct. 1, because I wasn't worried about being able to look Capitol Police in the eye when I walked in, or what a furloughed federal worker would say to me at church”
November 10, 2025 at 9:33 PM
pretty clear Kaine is feeling pressure.
concepts of plans
Mike Johnson on the Republican healthcare plan: "We've got notebooks full of ideas."
November 10, 2025 at 9:21 PM
concepts of plans
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Oh the Juggalos are feasting tonight.
November 10, 2025 at 9:17 PM
Oh the Juggalos are feasting tonight.
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Call your senators today to demand Schumer and Durbin step down.
Whoa -- Sen. Durbin went to up Leader Thune during the vote last night to tell him that on the shutdown vote and ACA promise that "8 of us are sticking our neck out that you're going to keep your word. I hope you will. He said 'I assure you I will,'" Durbin says just now
November 10, 2025 at 7:15 PM
Call your senators today to demand Schumer and Durbin step down.
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If nothing else, he seems to be one of the few who understands that there's going to be a whole world of hurt to get to the other side of this, *even if/when we win*. 2/x
November 10, 2025 at 4:10 PM
If nothing else, he seems to be one of the few who understands that there's going to be a whole world of hurt to get to the other side of this, *even if/when we win*. 2/x
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lol - @durbin.senate.gov - the Ranking Democratic member of the Senate Judiciary Committed voted for this before lecturing us about not knowing how the Senate works. 🙃
Buried inside the deal to reopen government is a provision that would give Senators private right of action to sue for millions in damages over their phone records being analyzed by Jack Smith's team.
news.bloomberglaw.com/us-law-week/...
news.bloomberglaw.com/us-law-week/...
Shutdown Deal Would Let Senators Sue Over Jack Smith Searches
Senators whose phone records were sought by Special Counsel Jack Smith would gain authority to sue for millions in damages under a provision buried in the Senate-advanced deal to reopen the government...
news.bloomberglaw.com
November 10, 2025 at 8:58 PM
lol - @durbin.senate.gov - the Ranking Democratic member of the Senate Judiciary Committed voted for this before lecturing us about not knowing how the Senate works. 🙃
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As the authors conclude in the study:
"BANAL-236 did not replicate in wild-type Rhinolophus cell lines.."
".. the S protein of BANAL-236 interacts more efficiently with hACE2 than with its Rhinolophus counterpart.."
Same as SARS-CoV-2.
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
"BANAL-236 did not replicate in wild-type Rhinolophus cell lines.."
".. the S protein of BANAL-236 interacts more efficiently with hACE2 than with its Rhinolophus counterpart.."
Same as SARS-CoV-2.
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
Entry, replication and innate immunity evasion of BANAL-236, a SARS-CoV-2-related bat virus, in Rhinolophus and human cells
Asian Rhinolophus bats are considered the natural reservoirs of an ancestral SARS-CoV-2. However, the biology of SARS-CoV-2-related viruses in bat cells is not well understood. Here, we investigated t...
www.biorxiv.org
November 10, 2025 at 8:09 PM
As the authors conclude in the study:
"BANAL-236 did not replicate in wild-type Rhinolophus cell lines.."
".. the S protein of BANAL-236 interacts more efficiently with hACE2 than with its Rhinolophus counterpart.."
Same as SARS-CoV-2.
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
"BANAL-236 did not replicate in wild-type Rhinolophus cell lines.."
".. the S protein of BANAL-236 interacts more efficiently with hACE2 than with its Rhinolophus counterpart.."
Same as SARS-CoV-2.
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
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Well CNN is running “Dems in disarray” headlines so great job to @kaine.senate.gov and all his buddies you stupid fuckers
November 10, 2025 at 9:02 PM
Well CNN is running “Dems in disarray” headlines so great job to @kaine.senate.gov and all his buddies you stupid fuckers