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May 20 2013 Published by under BlogBlather

The National Institute on Aging has a new blog, go comment and tell them we want funding data!

Francis Collins was on Hardball discussing the sequester impact.

"Independent Scientist" Perlstein covered in Science, bit titled "Going Rogue". Unfortunately.

Impact Factor Distortions editorial

The San Francisco Declaration on Research Assessment (DORA) is unimpressed with Impact Factor assessment of science.

Dr. Dre and Jimmy Iovine give $70 Million to USC. Scientists everywhere fantasize about finding their own celebrity backers.....

The unsuccessful self-treatment of a case of writer's block (h/t Namnezia)

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The return of double doc

Mar 22 2013 Published by under BlogBlather, Blogging

Our good blog friend drdrA returns!

I’m sure you’ve noticed that I’ve taken three steps back from the blogging business for a while now. Although I don’t want to provide an exhaustive list of reasons for why I did this, I do want to offer a brief explanation. The first, and probably most important reason, is that I don’t feel like I had anything urgent to say- and when I don’t have anything to say it is better just to keep my mouth put my keyboard down rather than to splatter some drivel out there.

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analogies

my blather on the realities of being an NIH extramurally-funded investigator is to "game theory" what screaming and waving in panic is to dogpaddling over to the side and climbing out the pool ladder.

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Scientopia Schwaggage

Jan 25 2013 Published by under BlogBlather, Blogging

I'm doing a face lift over at the Scientopia Blogs CafePress shoppe.

scientopia_performance_dry_tshirtIt's been a little while since I messed around and they have a few new products including this little number for the #phitnessdouchery types. I realize I never really set this up beyond the basics so it may take me a little bit of time to put up the items that I think would be of interest. Meaning that in the event that you know there's something in the cafepress catalog that I haven't put up yet and you want it, drop me a note (drugmnky at the googles mail). I also tend to put images on the back of the shirt where cafepress permits. This is a personal preference. If you want something with the logo on the front drop me a line and we should be able to work that out.

DMScientopiaMugOh, and I got around to making a DrugMonkey logo with the right URL on it finally. Here's the much beloved simple coffee mug. I'll get to the rest later.
The only other news is that I'm adding a $0.50-1.00 markup which will be funneled back into the Scientopia operating fund. This is part and parcel of the effort previously leading to the paypal link and now the Google ads on the sidebar. We're still running a hefty monthly deficit, this is being footed by one of the gang so anything you care to do to chip in will help out a ton.

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How are you enjoying Scientopia blogs?

Jan 09 2013 Published by under BlogBlather, Blogging, Science Outreach

It's been awhile that we've been rolling as a blog collective and I am curious what you think. If you are a reader of any of these blogs that predates the collective, have you missed a beat? Are there things that you dislike (or like better) about your favorite blogs?

For everyone, what do you like and dislike about Scientopia? What would you see as a way to improve?

Open thread, so go nuts.

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Happy New Year

To all of my readers, the bloggers the I read and the Twitts with whom I chat.... Here's wishing a very happy and productive 2013 to you and yours.

Best of luck to the job seekers and the grant supplicants, in particular. Fair winds to all the parents out there...may those of you with really young ones find some sleep. Happy dissertating to the late stage graduate students in the crowd and may all trainees publish a paper or three this year.

I'm not much for resolutions so I'm not prepared to offer any up...but I do have an interest is sustained behavioral change. I was able to improve in two target areas last year, one personal and one professional. The former is exercise related and was assisted by the Tweeperati- I may continue to rely upon you this year. The second target isn't really blogable for obvious reasons but I hope to continue a slightly new approach to my work for the coming year.

I wish you all luck with your goals and resolutions and suggest that you seek online social support for any of them that require sustained behavioral change on your part.

Reinforcement works.

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social media helpful suggestions...-ism busting or too damn stupid as yet

Dec 21 2012 Published by under #FWDAOTI, BlogBlather

in this case it is the gmailz suggesting I add a couple of more email addresses to my group message... Continue Reading »

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You know what starts academics a-blogging?

Dec 14 2012 Published by under #FWDAOTI, BlogBlather, Blogging, NIH, NIH Careerism

Mind bogglingly out of touch statements from people at the higher echelons of the NIH, that's what.

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New Scientopians!

Oct 08 2012 Published by under BlogBlather, ScienceBlogging, Tribe of Science

Thirty-seven

Elephants, Giraffes, Baboons

Transient Interactions

Enjoy!

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Where are you from? The Othering

Oct 04 2012 Published by under BlogBlather

From Kristin Booker at xojane:

But at the end of the day, a simple answer should be sufficient, random stranger. If I decide to answer that question at all, I'm being nice. All further questions past the answer, "I'm Black," will now be met with one answer and one answer only: "I've answered your question."

I am who I am. Who my progenitors had sex with is none of your business. Kindly stop asking. This interview is now over. *throws mic down*

I saw this from a link to jezebel.

In other news, despite being kinda majority culture this woman puts it well.

To completely switch gears on you, I often think of this song in the context of academic genealogy.

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