Glen Scoles
@glenscoles.bsky.social
Retired Scientist: Medical and Veterinary Entomologist with specialty in Ticks and Tick-borne pathogens.
Husband, Father of grown children, wood worker, cook, gardener and bicyclist
Husband, Father of grown children, wood worker, cook, gardener and bicyclist
‘A sigh of relief’: New malaria drug succeeds in large clinical trial | Science | AAAS www.science.org/content/arti...
‘A sigh of relief’: New malaria drug succeeds in large clinical trial
As existing drugs falter because of resistance, the world gets a backup—but hard choices loom on how to use it
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November 13, 2025 at 4:01 PM
‘A sigh of relief’: New malaria drug succeeds in large clinical trial | Science | AAAS www.science.org/content/arti...
I’m struck that there is a lot of talk of the 10 commandments, but nothing about the beatitudes.
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Opinion | He Believes America Should Be a Theocracy. He Says His Influence Is Growing.
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October 11, 2025 at 4:59 PM
I’m struck that there is a lot of talk of the 10 commandments, but nothing about the beatitudes.
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/09/o...
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“Trump seems oblivious to the paradox of enforcing peace abroad and disrupting it badly at home, of soothing violence overseas and inflaming it here……The contradiction is hard to square. It’s not going to win our president a peace prize.”
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Opinion | Peace in Trump’s Time — Except Here
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October 11, 2025 at 4:03 PM
“Trump seems oblivious to the paradox of enforcing peace abroad and disrupting it badly at home, of soothing violence overseas and inflaming it here……The contradiction is hard to square. It’s not going to win our president a peace prize.”
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A friend shared this: worth reading and thinking about
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We Must Not Devolve Into This (Or We Risk 2,500 Years of Progress) - RyanHoliday.net
Before we get into it…with the upcoming release of Wisdom Takes Work—the fourth and final book in my Stoic Virtues series—we’re doing a collector’s set of all four books. There’s a limited run of the...
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September 19, 2025 at 1:52 AM
A friend shared this: worth reading and thinking about
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A very nice history and summary of the biology of Alpha-gal syndrome (acquired red meat allergy) and its relationship to ticks:
www.the-scientist.com/the-alpha-ga...
www.the-scientist.com/the-alpha-ga...
The Alpha-Gal Syndrome Story: How Researchers Traced a Red-Meat Allergy to Ticks
At the intersection of a red meat allergy and a cancer-drug reaction investigations, researchers pinned a lone star culprit.
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August 21, 2025 at 3:22 PM
A very nice history and summary of the biology of Alpha-gal syndrome (acquired red meat allergy) and its relationship to ticks:
www.the-scientist.com/the-alpha-ga...
www.the-scientist.com/the-alpha-ga...
Gerrymandering may be legal, but it’s definitely not ethical. Texas Democrats have already been disenfranchised. Texas voters: 47.5% D, 37.7%R
Congressional delegation: 12D, 25R
Republicans in TX are pissing on the idea of representative democracy just to give their dear leader more power.
Congressional delegation: 12D, 25R
Republicans in TX are pissing on the idea of representative democracy just to give their dear leader more power.
August 16, 2025 at 2:24 PM
Gerrymandering may be legal, but it’s definitely not ethical. Texas Democrats have already been disenfranchised. Texas voters: 47.5% D, 37.7%R
Congressional delegation: 12D, 25R
Republicans in TX are pissing on the idea of representative democracy just to give their dear leader more power.
Congressional delegation: 12D, 25R
Republicans in TX are pissing on the idea of representative democracy just to give their dear leader more power.
“But roller coasters don’t have actual destinations, and sooner or later, even the most dedicated riders will want to get off.”
We can only hope
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We can only hope
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Presidential Pettiness
Donald Trump seems to have no theory of governance beyond personal gain and retribution.
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August 11, 2025 at 2:07 AM
“But roller coasters don’t have actual destinations, and sooner or later, even the most dedicated riders will want to get off.”
We can only hope
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We can only hope
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An interesting invasive species story:
A mushroom that escaped from kitchens could be harming North American wildlife | Science | AAAS www.science.org/content/arti...
A mushroom that escaped from kitchens could be harming North American wildlife | Science | AAAS www.science.org/content/arti...
A mushroom that escaped from kitchens could be harming North American wildlife
The golden oyster mushroom has gone rogue, displacing native fungi that live in dead trees
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July 20, 2025 at 1:50 PM
An interesting invasive species story:
A mushroom that escaped from kitchens could be harming North American wildlife | Science | AAAS www.science.org/content/arti...
A mushroom that escaped from kitchens could be harming North American wildlife | Science | AAAS www.science.org/content/arti...
“The Things We’ll Never Know: A Science Fair of Canceled Grants”
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Democrats stage a science fair of canceled grants to show what’s been lost
Partisan fight over Trump cuts heats up as Congress works on 2026 spending bills.
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July 12, 2025 at 1:29 PM
“The Things We’ll Never Know: A Science Fair of Canceled Grants”
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Great story, but a pretty sensationalized headline for a control approach that has been in use and proven successful for over 70 years!
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Billions of flies to be dumped out of planes in an effort to fight flesh-eating maggot known as "man-eater"
The move is part of the government's plans for protecting the U.S. from the New World screwworm fly, which could devastate its beef industry and even kill household pets.
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July 8, 2025 at 8:27 PM
Great story, but a pretty sensationalized headline for a control approach that has been in use and proven successful for over 70 years!
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I’ve worked in and around universities for my entire career (starting in 1980), and during that time I’ve seen a lot of change, but what is going on now is an inflection point. This article offers a lot to think about:
theconversation.com/universities...
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Universities in Nazi Germany and the Soviet Union thought giving in to government demands would save their independence
Before the Nazis, German universities were among the best in the world. Step by step, the universities gave up their independence until they were instruments of the state.
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April 20, 2025 at 1:29 PM
I’ve worked in and around universities for my entire career (starting in 1980), and during that time I’ve seen a lot of change, but what is going on now is an inflection point. This article offers a lot to think about:
theconversation.com/universities...
theconversation.com/universities...
Explore this gift article from The New York Times. You can read it for free without a subscription. www.nytimes.com/2025/04/16/o...
Opinion | Magical Thinking About a Miracle Mineral (Gift Article)
Quick, everyone! Talk about fluoride, not measles!
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April 16, 2025 at 1:33 PM
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Opinion | A Lot About Trump Doesn’t Add Up (Gift Article)
A very petty man in a very powerful job.
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April 14, 2025 at 1:28 PM
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The fox guarding the henhouse?
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Vaccine skeptic hired to head federal study of immunizations and autism
A long-discredited researcher and vaccine skeptic will conduct a government study on whether vaccines cause autism.
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March 28, 2025 at 4:34 PM
The fox guarding the henhouse?
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Interesting work coming out of my alma-mater, the University of Notre Dame (MS, PhD):
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Rare disease drug nitisinone makes human blood deadly to mosquitoes
A study in Science Translational Medicine found when patients take the drug nitisinone, their blood becomes deadly to mosquitoes.
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March 28, 2025 at 4:28 PM
Interesting work coming out of my alma-mater, the University of Notre Dame (MS, PhD):
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“….with a trivial investment of 0.000008 percent of the federal budget, N.P.G.S. scientists quietly enable and safeguard our food system, worth around $1.5 trillion. Talk about return on investment.”
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Opinion | Why Did Elon Musk Go After Bunkers Full of Seeds? (Gift Article)
Gene banks are like a survivalist cache: our nation’s safeguard against all future challenges to growing the food we need.
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March 22, 2025 at 2:04 PM
“….with a trivial investment of 0.000008 percent of the federal budget, N.P.G.S. scientists quietly enable and safeguard our food system, worth around $1.5 trillion. Talk about return on investment.”
www.nytimes.com/2025/03/22/o...
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Yes, Musk said 'The fundamental weakness of Western civilization is empathy.' Here's context www.snopes.com/fact-check/e...
This is the guy Trump has put in charge, just sayin’
This is the guy Trump has put in charge, just sayin’
Yes, Musk said 'The fundamental weakness of Western civilization is empathy.' Here's context
The X owner delivered the quote during a Feb. 28, 2025, episode of "The Joe Rogan Experience" podcast.
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March 22, 2025 at 1:44 PM
Yes, Musk said 'The fundamental weakness of Western civilization is empathy.' Here's context www.snopes.com/fact-check/e...
This is the guy Trump has put in charge, just sayin’
This is the guy Trump has put in charge, just sayin’