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CWD
My parents tell me my uncle and my grandma hit and killed a deer, and now they plan to eat it.
My reaction: OMG isn’t there some horrible cervid prion disease out there?! Fuuuuuckkkk!!!!!!! -
Plastic bag ban
Yesterday my city council unanimously approved a ban on plastic shopping bags. Unlike NYC's outdoor smoking ban, I support this legislation, but it's not without potential pitfalls. The obvious issue is that many households use their plastic shopping bags, and this will force people to buy them. I use them to pick up dog poop and line small trash ( Read more... ) -
No smoking
The New England Journal of Medicine published a non-technical article last month about New York City's recent smoking ban entitled, Nowhere Left to Hide? The Banishment of Smoking from Public Spaces. It raises some interesting questions. Nobody disputes the fact that cigarettes are responsible an enormous number of excess death and illness each ( Read more... ) -
Bigots on the Internet
marixxa and I somehow got on the subject of Chatroulette the other day, and last night my curiosity got the best of me. Having checked the site out once before, I decided instead to visit Omegle, which I found to have fewer pervs and naked people (although they're certainly on there). Most people "rejected" me right away, presumably because they were ( Read more... ) -
Ce week-end
This weekend I:
- GRADUATED!
- Cleaned my room
- Got a haircut
I’m feelin’ pretty good. -
Follow your head AND your heart
Adam Frank makes some interesting points in his NPR blog post entitled Science Deniers: Hand Over Your Cellphones! One passage in particular reminded me of an issue that I feel is often overlooked:
In [climate change deniers'] worldview the scientists are in it for the money or the fame or the power. Scientists are overstating the case. They are ( Read more... ) -
Michio Kaku on life expectancy
Michio Kaku is currently promoting his new book, Physics of the Future. Today, for the second time, I heard him make an incredible statement about the genetic basis of human longevity. In episode 94 of Dr. Kiki's Science Hour he says:
"We are 98.5 [percent] identical to the chimpanzee, genetically speaking, and yet we live twice as long. So among ( Read more... ) -
User dictionary
I stumbled upon the user dictionary on my Droid the other day and was amused by the list of words I've added in the months since I bought it:
- apeshit
- autoimmune
- BCR [bean, cheese and rice burrito]
- Bellingham
- chemophobia
