Terry McGlynn
@hormiga.bsky.social
Ecologist, entomologist, writer. Chair of Academic Senate and Professor at CSU Dominguez Hills. ScienceForEveryone.science and I'm the Small Pond Science guy.
he/him
Black Lives Matter. In favor of DEI, justice, access, opportunity. Abolish ICE.
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Black Lives Matter. In favor of DEI, justice, access, opportunity. Abolish ICE.
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Terry McGlynn
@hormiga.bsky.social
· Aug 26
This is the account that auto-posts my blog posts. 👇🏻👇🏻👇🏻👇🏻
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#SICB2026 For years I've talked w/ therapists about being +confident +honest. I'm ready. I'm done w/ fitting the academic mold, it's exhausting.
Follow me 2 learn science from the perspective of a wannabe know-it-all hood rat from San Bernardino. Let's learn some shit and casually share our ideas
Follow me 2 learn science from the perspective of a wannabe know-it-all hood rat from San Bernardino. Let's learn some shit and casually share our ideas
January 3, 2026 at 8:32 PM
#SICB2026 For years I've talked w/ therapists about being +confident +honest. I'm ready. I'm done w/ fitting the academic mold, it's exhausting.
Follow me 2 learn science from the perspective of a wannabe know-it-all hood rat from San Bernardino. Let's learn some shit and casually share our ideas
Follow me 2 learn science from the perspective of a wannabe know-it-all hood rat from San Bernardino. Let's learn some shit and casually share our ideas
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It’s hard to believe a president would time an illegal military attack to distract the public’s attention, but today is the statutory deadline for DOJ to release its report on the Epstein file production. Maybe it is just a coincidence.
January 3, 2026 at 6:49 PM
It’s hard to believe a president would time an illegal military attack to distract the public’s attention, but today is the statutory deadline for DOJ to release its report on the Epstein file production. Maybe it is just a coincidence.
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"But Wiles conceded that attacking targets on Venezuela’s mainland would force Trump to get congressional approval. 'If he were to authorize some activity on land, then it’s war, then [we’d need] Congress.'"
- WH Chief of Staff Susie Wiles, Nov 2, 2025 interview
www.vanityfair.com/news/story/t...
- WH Chief of Staff Susie Wiles, Nov 2, 2025 interview
www.vanityfair.com/news/story/t...
Trump’s Inner Circle, On the Record (Part 2 of 2)
Susie Wiles discusses the Epstein files, Pete Hegseth’s war tactics, and “retribution” against Letitia James.
www.vanityfair.com
January 3, 2026 at 1:35 PM
"But Wiles conceded that attacking targets on Venezuela’s mainland would force Trump to get congressional approval. 'If he were to authorize some activity on land, then it’s war, then [we’d need] Congress.'"
- WH Chief of Staff Susie Wiles, Nov 2, 2025 interview
www.vanityfair.com/news/story/t...
- WH Chief of Staff Susie Wiles, Nov 2, 2025 interview
www.vanityfair.com/news/story/t...
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The members who did the "don't follow illegal orders" video absolutely need to immediately do a "hey these were the illegal orders we were talking about and participating in them can expect to face consequences to the fullest extent of the law" video
Uniformed military are involved in this shambolic behavior and they all need to be held to account
A primary goal of the discussion now on dragging dem pols to do the right thing has to be on widespread accountability and where appropriate prosecutions of significant numbers of servicemembers
A primary goal of the discussion now on dragging dem pols to do the right thing has to be on widespread accountability and where appropriate prosecutions of significant numbers of servicemembers
Inexcusable shit.
January 3, 2026 at 8:29 AM
The members who did the "don't follow illegal orders" video absolutely need to immediately do a "hey these were the illegal orders we were talking about and participating in them can expect to face consequences to the fullest extent of the law" video
[that Andor screencap explaining how they commit so many atrocities at the same time to prevent accountability for any of them]
January 4, 2026 at 12:23 AM
[that Andor screencap explaining how they commit so many atrocities at the same time to prevent accountability for any of them]
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Call your reps today even though it’s Saturday. Don’t tweet or post at them, that does nothing. Call, and if you can’t call fax, and if you can’t fax email, and if you can’t email send a postcard.
Then set a weekly reminder in your phone to call, bc there’s always something to yell about.
Then set a weekly reminder in your phone to call, bc there’s always something to yell about.
January 3, 2026 at 11:08 PM
Call your reps today even though it’s Saturday. Don’t tweet or post at them, that does nothing. Call, and if you can’t call fax, and if you can’t fax email, and if you can’t email send a postcard.
Then set a weekly reminder in your phone to call, bc there’s always something to yell about.
Then set a weekly reminder in your phone to call, bc there’s always something to yell about.
Meanwhile, the USPS just delivered to us an eight-month cache of important mail addressed to us that they chose to not deliver, for reasons unknown.
We filed a forwarding address back then and have been receiving forwarded mail all this time. But they kept half of it for some reason?
We filed a forwarding address back then and have been receiving forwarded mail all this time. But they kept half of it for some reason?
January 3, 2026 at 10:52 PM
Meanwhile, the USPS just delivered to us an eight-month cache of important mail addressed to us that they chose to not deliver, for reasons unknown.
We filed a forwarding address back then and have been receiving forwarded mail all this time. But they kept half of it for some reason?
We filed a forwarding address back then and have been receiving forwarded mail all this time. But they kept half of it for some reason?
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This is the number if any of y’all want squid facts:
(833) 724-8398
(833) 724-8398
January 2, 2026 at 8:57 PM
This is the number if any of y’all want squid facts:
(833) 724-8398
(833) 724-8398
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It’s 2026 and one of the first things that has happened is that a major news outlet has announced that it will no longer seek information from experts.
I don’t think this is gonna help with what I think is the most existential threat to our society currently: disinformation.
I don’t think this is gonna help with what I think is the most existential threat to our society currently: disinformation.
January 2, 2026 at 4:00 PM
It’s 2026 and one of the first things that has happened is that a major news outlet has announced that it will no longer seek information from experts.
I don’t think this is gonna help with what I think is the most existential threat to our society currently: disinformation.
I don’t think this is gonna help with what I think is the most existential threat to our society currently: disinformation.
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One of the reasons I was on board with Mamdani from very early on was that he seemed to me, more than any other candidate, to be prepared to offer a roadmap for popular and institutional resistance to Trumpism on the municipal level.
Today is validating my optimism.
Today is validating my optimism.
January 1, 2026 at 11:24 PM
One of the reasons I was on board with Mamdani from very early on was that he seemed to me, more than any other candidate, to be prepared to offer a roadmap for popular and institutional resistance to Trumpism on the municipal level.
Today is validating my optimism.
Today is validating my optimism.
If you’re feeling down, run some errands and wear this hat. When I do, so many people say “I love your hat!” It’s impossible to not smile.
January 1, 2026 at 10:31 PM
If you’re feeling down, run some errands and wear this hat. When I do, so many people say “I love your hat!” It’s impossible to not smile.
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this is such an important thing to recognize and call out
the fascism is mostly done being nice at this point, but it got here through well dressed men politely asking questions while the rest of us were scolded for pointing out where those questions led
the fascism is mostly done being nice at this point, but it got here through well dressed men politely asking questions while the rest of us were scolded for pointing out where those questions led
Mamdani: For too long, those fluent in the good grammar of civility have deployed decorum to mask agendas of cruelty
January 1, 2026 at 8:35 PM
this is such an important thing to recognize and call out
the fascism is mostly done being nice at this point, but it got here through well dressed men politely asking questions while the rest of us were scolded for pointing out where those questions led
the fascism is mostly done being nice at this point, but it got here through well dressed men politely asking questions while the rest of us were scolded for pointing out where those questions led
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Mamdani: For too long, those fluent in the good grammar of civility have deployed decorum to mask agendas of cruelty
January 1, 2026 at 8:00 PM
Mamdani: For too long, those fluent in the good grammar of civility have deployed decorum to mask agendas of cruelty
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i don’t see how any of the benefits of chatgpt and other consumer-facing LLMs can possibly outweigh their incredible ability to induce suicides
Adam Raine’s life hurtled toward tragedy soon after he began talking with ChatGPT about homework. Analysis of his ChatGPT account shows how the chatbot became a confidant as he planned to end his life.
74 suicide warnings and 243 mentions of hanging: What ChatGPT said to a suicidal teen
Analysis of high-schooler Adam Raine’s ChatGPT account by attorneys for his parents shows how the chatbot became a confidant as he planned to end his life.
www.washingtonpost.com
December 28, 2025 at 2:06 AM
i don’t see how any of the benefits of chatgpt and other consumer-facing LLMs can possibly outweigh their incredible ability to induce suicides
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But since you requested this, I will stop holding hands.
His playing is mediocre, which okay so it is with many people.
He is parroting a genre without seeming to know anything about what he is parroting.
Fine for YouTube. Less fine when you go on Colbert like you’re the resistance
His playing is mediocre, which okay so it is with many people.
He is parroting a genre without seeming to know anything about what he is parroting.
Fine for YouTube. Less fine when you go on Colbert like you’re the resistance
I’m curious though: What do y’all want/need from Jesse that has prompted you to join the discourse? What is your expectation of this twenty something from Arkansas with an acoustic guitar and a pen? What is he *not* providing you (particularly you, Grayson Currin) that incited your ire? [3/3]
December 27, 2025 at 5:34 PM
But since you requested this, I will stop holding hands.
His playing is mediocre, which okay so it is with many people.
He is parroting a genre without seeming to know anything about what he is parroting.
Fine for YouTube. Less fine when you go on Colbert like you’re the resistance
His playing is mediocre, which okay so it is with many people.
He is parroting a genre without seeming to know anything about what he is parroting.
Fine for YouTube. Less fine when you go on Colbert like you’re the resistance
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This is the War on Christmas.
ICE has posted a video of Santa Claus arresting immigrants. Your government is hijacking a symbol of charity to spread fear and hate. it’s up to all of us to defeat these twisted fascists.
December 23, 2025 at 2:53 AM
This is the War on Christmas.
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started / going
December 18, 2025 at 12:13 AM
started / going
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Seeing this play out due to a power outage is the best-case scenario; what would happen if the power were out after a quake or other natural disaster, where emergency vehicles needed to deploy through SF or LA at scale?
Failed Waymo robot blocking emergency services during a widespread emergency:
Grant St at Sacramento, heart of Chinatown, San Francisco
I've been warning about this scenario for ~7 yrs. Safety drivers fix this in seconds. SFPD will prob have to drive this out of the way.
OP:tiktok.joolyana
Grant St at Sacramento, heart of Chinatown, San Francisco
I've been warning about this scenario for ~7 yrs. Safety drivers fix this in seconds. SFPD will prob have to drive this out of the way.
OP:tiktok.joolyana
December 21, 2025 at 4:30 AM
Seeing this play out due to a power outage is the best-case scenario; what would happen if the power were out after a quake or other natural disaster, where emergency vehicles needed to deploy through SF or LA at scale?
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It’s the “season of love and giving”…but this year, doesn’t it seem more like a “season of fear and taking”? Like many of you, I’ve been saddened by the human impact of draconian government budget cuts and how angry many housed Americans are at unhoused Americans.
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December 21, 2025 at 2:51 AM
It’s the “season of love and giving”…but this year, doesn’t it seem more like a “season of fear and taking”? Like many of you, I’ve been saddened by the human impact of draconian government budget cuts and how angry many housed Americans are at unhoused Americans.
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"The pause [in a faculty diversity initiative] was shared the same day that Hopkins announced its partnership with the American Enterprise Institute to recruit more conservative voices into academia, Makalani remembers. It was also the anniversary of the assassination of Martin Luther King Jr."
At Johns Hopkins, a once-robust diversity office has quietly withered, shrinking from 14 staffers to three, pausing programs for underrepresented scholars and restricting race-based initiatives on campus. The disappearing diversity programs at Hopkins:
www.thebanner.com/education/hi...
www.thebanner.com/education/hi...
The disappearing diversity programs at Johns Hopkins University
Under Donald Trump, Johns Hopkins University has changed policies and scaled back its diversity office.
www.thebanner.com
December 20, 2025 at 7:04 PM
"The pause [in a faculty diversity initiative] was shared the same day that Hopkins announced its partnership with the American Enterprise Institute to recruit more conservative voices into academia, Makalani remembers. It was also the anniversary of the assassination of Martin Luther King Jr."
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Thus redacted Zarathustra
December 19, 2025 at 10:49 PM
Thus redacted Zarathustra
Colin Wright is an untalented liar who never even put in a sincere attempt at landing an academic job. We don’t need to amplify his absurdities.
December 19, 2025 at 5:00 AM
Colin Wright is an untalented liar who never even put in a sincere attempt at landing an academic job. We don’t need to amplify his absurdities.
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Science has named the seemingly unstoppable growth of renewable energy worldwide as the 2025 Breakthrough of the Year.
Learn more about this year's #BOTY and other big advances in science: https://scim.ag/493Tpgx
Learn more about this year's #BOTY and other big advances in science: https://scim.ag/493Tpgx
December 18, 2025 at 7:05 PM
Science has named the seemingly unstoppable growth of renewable energy worldwide as the 2025 Breakthrough of the Year.
Learn more about this year's #BOTY and other big advances in science: https://scim.ag/493Tpgx
Learn more about this year's #BOTY and other big advances in science: https://scim.ag/493Tpgx
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I’m more optimistic than Terry here about the fundamentals of the review process…. But I think the lack of money will make it so the borderline grants he mentions here (and yep, it definitely happens like he says) won’t be funded anyway bc theres less money overall
Y'all, I just got out of the NSF-BIO webinar where they explained changes to peer review. It's not good. 🧪 scienceforeveryone.science/changes-to-n...
Changes to NSF peer review
They're not good. At all.
scienceforeveryone.science
December 18, 2025 at 9:04 PM
I’m more optimistic than Terry here about the fundamentals of the review process…. But I think the lack of money will make it so the borderline grants he mentions here (and yep, it definitely happens like he says) won’t be funded anyway bc theres less money overall
Now they're going to triage. Every proposal was discussed, and that resulted in better reviews and more informed outcomes. This is such a loss.
Combine triage with allowing decisions to be made with only two reviews -- it's hard to consider this to be the world-class review process that it was.
Combine triage with allowing decisions to be made with only two reviews -- it's hard to consider this to be the world-class review process that it was.
Y'all, I just got out of the NSF-BIO webinar where they explained changes to peer review. It's not good. 🧪 scienceforeveryone.science/changes-to-n...
Changes to NSF peer review
They're not good. At all.
scienceforeveryone.science
December 18, 2025 at 8:02 PM
Now they're going to triage. Every proposal was discussed, and that resulted in better reviews and more informed outcomes. This is such a loss.
Combine triage with allowing decisions to be made with only two reviews -- it's hard to consider this to be the world-class review process that it was.
Combine triage with allowing decisions to be made with only two reviews -- it's hard to consider this to be the world-class review process that it was.