My content from ESPN.com this week:
* My second attempt to project this year’s first round. I’ll do another one on Tuesday, and a final one the morning of the draft.
* An updated ranking of the top 25 prospects in the minors.
* This week’s Klawchat.
And this week’s links:
- PETA is trying to scam people into thinking there’s a link between dairy consumption and autism. Actual science tip: There isn’t.
- Some actual good news in the fight against antibiotic-resistant bacteria. And we need some good news there, because the alternative is seriously scary shit.
- I know it went viral a bit yesterday, but if you haven’t seen this story about a five-year-old transgendered boy, it’s well worth the seven minutes. That child is lucky to have parents who realized nothing else mattered but taking care of his needs – and that this wasn’t something they could or should try to change.
- Why is giving kids healthy school lunch options a political issue? I know the answer, by the way (it starts with the letter $). But it’s still disgusting.
- Also from NPR, why bacon smells so good, explained via chemistry. That’s important research right there, people.
Finally, the highlight response from my Twitter arguments with a couple of creationists, most of whom trotted out the same tired and very wrong arguments against evolution, was this doozy (and please don’t go on Twitter and harass the poster):
@keithlaw nope. Also worth noting that I don't believe in carbon dating because Bible says atmosphere functioned differently before Flood.
— Andy Black (@IrvingAg13) May 28, 2014
Carbon dating is just another godless conspiracy, I guess.