- Epidemiology has a causality problem (Adam Kucharski) Epidemiology frequently confuses correlation and causation.
- Endogenous retroviruses shape pluripotency specification in mouse embryos (Science Advances) Short version: "Junk" DNA arising from viruses that have embedded themselves in our genes controls an embryo's cell differentiation. Without it, we are just a pile of goo.
- Extreme metal guitar skills linked to intrasexual competition, but not mating success (PsyPost) Guitarists who shred it are more likely to be motivated by their sex drive, but they are actually no more successful than less obsessive guitarists at sexual encounters. Pity the poor bass player.
- The NYPD issued more than 100K fare evasion tickets last year. See how many were at your stop. (Gothamist) Surprise, police are focusing largely on poor and minority neighborhoods.
- Elon Musk’s giant payday on trial: everything he said in court (The Verge) The last time I heard of anyone being so thoroughly owned since ……… CaptainWTF on FC. (Mouse over for popup story)
- Injustice Can Make You Crazy As A Bedbug (Popehat) Short version, NYT columnist Brett "Bedbug" Stephens says that the E.Jean Carroll verdicts are unfair because Trump is a Rich White Guy™. This reminds me of what Francis Wilhoit, the composer, not the political scientist, once said, "Conservatism consists of exactly one proposition, to wit: There must be in-groups whom the law protects but does not bind, alongside out-groups whom the law binds but does not protect."
- Moral Bankruptcy (American Prospect) The invaluable Mo Thkacic on the deep corruption of bankruptcy judge David Jones. (I commented on his downfall here)
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