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.
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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. 👇🏻👇🏻👇🏻👇🏻
In 2013, the mayor of Los Angeles set the target of 2025 for a coal-free energy grid.
It’s 2025 and LA has a coal-free energy grid. And 60% of our electrons are carbon-neutral sources.
Just wanted to share some great news.
It’s 2025 and LA has a coal-free energy grid. And 60% of our electrons are carbon-neutral sources.
Just wanted to share some great news.
December 5, 2025 at 2:08 AM
In 2013, the mayor of Los Angeles set the target of 2025 for a coal-free energy grid.
It’s 2025 and LA has a coal-free energy grid. And 60% of our electrons are carbon-neutral sources.
Just wanted to share some great news.
It’s 2025 and LA has a coal-free energy grid. And 60% of our electrons are carbon-neutral sources.
Just wanted to share some great news.
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Don't forget all these repulsive men who helped boost Jeffrey Epstein's reputation even after his horrific deeds were well known.
observer.co.uk/news/interna...
People like Martin Nowak, Steven Pinker, Alan Dershowitz, Larry Summers, Lawrence Krauss, et al
observer.co.uk/news/interna...
People like Martin Nowak, Steven Pinker, Alan Dershowitz, Larry Summers, Lawrence Krauss, et al
The academics who stuck by financier to the end – and those who didn’t | The Observer
observer.co.uk
December 4, 2025 at 5:58 AM
Don't forget all these repulsive men who helped boost Jeffrey Epstein's reputation even after his horrific deeds were well known.
observer.co.uk/news/interna...
People like Martin Nowak, Steven Pinker, Alan Dershowitz, Larry Summers, Lawrence Krauss, et al
observer.co.uk/news/interna...
People like Martin Nowak, Steven Pinker, Alan Dershowitz, Larry Summers, Lawrence Krauss, et al
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Many of us need to keep writing federal grants (both for political reasons and as a Hail Mary to keep people employed) despite the feeling it's a waste of time, so... if you got an NSF or NIH grant funded this year, would you mind bragging about it in the replies, so it feels like the odds are >0%?
December 4, 2025 at 6:10 PM
Many of us need to keep writing federal grants (both for political reasons and as a Hail Mary to keep people employed) despite the feeling it's a waste of time, so... if you got an NSF or NIH grant funded this year, would you mind bragging about it in the replies, so it feels like the odds are >0%?
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This quote from Bianca Bosker's "Get The Picture," a behind the scenes look at the art world, is 🎯 🔥
December 3, 2025 at 7:33 PM
This quote from Bianca Bosker's "Get The Picture," a behind the scenes look at the art world, is 🎯 🔥
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A flatmate was reading philosophy as an undergrad. She's now an educational psychologist.
December 3, 2025 at 3:59 PM
A flatmate was reading philosophy as an undergrad. She's now an educational psychologist.
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As a philosophy major who specializes in science writing…no.
December 3, 2025 at 5:03 AM
As a philosophy major who specializes in science writing…no.
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Philosophy students are among highest scorers on LSATS nationwide.
Philo teaches ethics and critical thinking skills--something sorely needed among the tech industry.
(I'm in a Phil dept so I feel your pain. We've been threatened too but made our case as to why we're crucial to lib arts mission)
Philo teaches ethics and critical thinking skills--something sorely needed among the tech industry.
(I'm in a Phil dept so I feel your pain. We've been threatened too but made our case as to why we're crucial to lib arts mission)
December 3, 2025 at 1:40 AM
Philosophy students are among highest scorers on LSATS nationwide.
Philo teaches ethics and critical thinking skills--something sorely needed among the tech industry.
(I'm in a Phil dept so I feel your pain. We've been threatened too but made our case as to why we're crucial to lib arts mission)
Philo teaches ethics and critical thinking skills--something sorely needed among the tech industry.
(I'm in a Phil dept so I feel your pain. We've been threatened too but made our case as to why we're crucial to lib arts mission)
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I work in tech and I am a cultural anthropologist with a minor in philosophy
December 3, 2025 at 6:21 AM
I work in tech and I am a cultural anthropologist with a minor in philosophy
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I'm an accountant (CPA) and my undergrad degree is philosophy 😭😭😭
December 3, 2025 at 12:08 AM
I'm an accountant (CPA) and my undergrad degree is philosophy 😭😭😭
Some more context on my university’s proposal to discontinue offering a Philosophy degree.
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December 3, 2025 at 3:25 PM
Some more context on my university’s proposal to discontinue offering a Philosophy degree.
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Pete Hegseth says he’s going to court-martial me for saying the same exact thing he said 9 years ago. What changed for Pete? Well to start, he spends all day thinking about how he can suck up to Trump. When Trump says jump, he says how high.
December 3, 2025 at 3:02 AM
Pete Hegseth says he’s going to court-martial me for saying the same exact thing he said 9 years ago. What changed for Pete? Well to start, he spends all day thinking about how he can suck up to Trump. When Trump says jump, he says how high.
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No offense but I think we underestimate how many of our current problems, both cultural and political, are downstream of the decline in reading, the decline in learning and the loss of interest in the humanities.
December 1, 2025 at 8:59 PM
No offense but I think we underestimate how many of our current problems, both cultural and political, are downstream of the decline in reading, the decline in learning and the loss of interest in the humanities.
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When I do career panels, people often ask me what about my PhD was most valuable for becoming an award-winning* science journalist.
Sure, I have a PhD in science
But I have a bachelor's in Philosophy and I use it every day of my life.
*not big awards, but still, I'm not terrible at my job.
Sure, I have a PhD in science
But I have a bachelor's in Philosophy and I use it every day of my life.
*not big awards, but still, I'm not terrible at my job.
So our campus just announced the six undergraduate programs being put on the chopping block.
One of them is Philosophy.
Philosophy.
Can we be a university without offering a Philosophy major?
One of them is Philosophy.
Philosophy.
Can we be a university without offering a Philosophy major?
December 2, 2025 at 10:01 PM
When I do career panels, people often ask me what about my PhD was most valuable for becoming an award-winning* science journalist.
Sure, I have a PhD in science
But I have a bachelor's in Philosophy and I use it every day of my life.
*not big awards, but still, I'm not terrible at my job.
Sure, I have a PhD in science
But I have a bachelor's in Philosophy and I use it every day of my life.
*not big awards, but still, I'm not terrible at my job.
So our campus just announced the six undergraduate programs being put on the chopping block.
One of them is Philosophy.
Philosophy.
Can we be a university without offering a Philosophy major?
One of them is Philosophy.
Philosophy.
Can we be a university without offering a Philosophy major?
December 2, 2025 at 9:54 PM
So our campus just announced the six undergraduate programs being put on the chopping block.
One of them is Philosophy.
Philosophy.
Can we be a university without offering a Philosophy major?
One of them is Philosophy.
Philosophy.
Can we be a university without offering a Philosophy major?
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A day later, American Association of University Professors (AAUP) chapter issued this open letter demanding McCoul to be reinstated.
AAUP @ Texas A&M: Reinstate Prof. Melissa McCoul
CONTACT: Leonard Bright, PhD, President of the American Association of University Professors (AAUP) Chapter at Texas A&M University-College Station, [email protected]
aaup-texas.org
December 2, 2025 at 2:18 AM
A day later, American Association of University Professors (AAUP) chapter issued this open letter demanding McCoul to be reinstated.
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The orchestrated Uni of Oklahoma outrage immediately reminded me of a similar case we witnessed at Texas A&M in September, where the targeted professor was fired. So I looked up the most recent updates on that, and about a week ago, a faculty appeals panel found that the university was at fault.
Faculty panel says Texas A&M wrongly fired professor
Texas A&M did not have good cause to fire a professor after a video of a gender lesson created a political storm, and the school failed to follow due process, a faculty appeal committee found.
www.texastribune.org
December 2, 2025 at 2:16 AM
The orchestrated Uni of Oklahoma outrage immediately reminded me of a similar case we witnessed at Texas A&M in September, where the targeted professor was fired. So I looked up the most recent updates on that, and about a week ago, a faculty appeals panel found that the university was at fault.
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Hey cable news -- the White House press secretary is lying. You don't have to take this live.
December 1, 2025 at 6:42 PM
Hey cable news -- the White House press secretary is lying. You don't have to take this live.
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Very pleased to have had a small part in this new paper showing that the greater chestnut weevil is not, as feared, extinct.
"Rediscovery of the greater chestnut #weevil highlights the power of digital platforms in biodiversity research and conservation" spkl.io/63326Ad07u
@Michael A. Charles & colleagues
@currentbiology.bsky.social
@Michael A. Charles & colleagues
@currentbiology.bsky.social
December 1, 2025 at 6:40 PM
Very pleased to have had a small part in this new paper showing that the greater chestnut weevil is not, as feared, extinct.
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Has this been posted yet
December 1, 2025 at 3:32 AM
Has this been posted yet
@profanity.accountant okay fine let me know
November 30, 2025 at 6:50 AM
@profanity.accountant okay fine let me know
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In case you’re wondering why Pete Hegseth is freaking out about a congressional video reminding the military not to participate in illegal orders:
To put a finer point on this whole thing: "Two people with direct knowledge of the operation" — presumably uniformed military leaders — are accusing the U.S. Secretary of Defense of personally ordering specific war crimes. That's a historic accusation.
Textbook war crime/extrajudicial killing
"Two survivors were clinging to the smoldering wreck. The Special Operations commander overseeing the Sept. 2 attack ... ordered a second strike to comply with Hegseth’s instructions."
Report by @alexhorton.bsky.social @ellenwapo.bsky.social o.bsky.social
"Two survivors were clinging to the smoldering wreck. The Special Operations commander overseeing the Sept. 2 attack ... ordered a second strike to comply with Hegseth’s instructions."
Report by @alexhorton.bsky.social @ellenwapo.bsky.social o.bsky.social
November 29, 2025 at 12:14 AM
In case you’re wondering why Pete Hegseth is freaking out about a congressional video reminding the military not to participate in illegal orders:
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We're gonna need a truth and reconciliation commission and Nuremberg style trials to reckon with all of this evil, and any Dem candidate for office who shies away from a full reckoning in the name of "moving forward as a nation" can get well and truly fucked
I feel much safer today knowing that we deported a Babson College student back to a country where she hasn't lived since childhood.
She wasn't even flying internationally. She was flying to Texas.
She wasn't even flying internationally. She was flying to Texas.
A Babson College student wanted to surprise her family for Thanksgiving. She was deported instead. - The Boston Globe
Any Lucia Lopez Belloza was at Logan to catch a flight to Texas when immigration authorities detained her as she was about to board the plane.
www.bostonglobe.com
November 27, 2025 at 4:29 PM
We're gonna need a truth and reconciliation commission and Nuremberg style trials to reckon with all of this evil, and any Dem candidate for office who shies away from a full reckoning in the name of "moving forward as a nation" can get well and truly fucked
I know plenty of y’all are still on Substack. Moving away was very easy. And check out how nice my new site is! ScienceForEveryone.science.
The folks at ghost.org are great hosts, don’t take a %, and give you a personal concierge service for the move. Even subscriptions move over seamlessly.
The folks at ghost.org are great hosts, don’t take a %, and give you a personal concierge service for the move. Even subscriptions move over seamlessly.
Science For Everyone
The practical challenges we face as human beings doing science. Careers, grad school, publishing, getting funded, mentoring, equity and justice, collaboration, teaching, running a lab, and so on.
ScienceForEveryone.science
November 26, 2025 at 10:35 PM
I know plenty of y’all are still on Substack. Moving away was very easy. And check out how nice my new site is! ScienceForEveryone.science.
The folks at ghost.org are great hosts, don’t take a %, and give you a personal concierge service for the move. Even subscriptions move over seamlessly.
The folks at ghost.org are great hosts, don’t take a %, and give you a personal concierge service for the move. Even subscriptions move over seamlessly.
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“It is not acceptable to recruit a variety of students into the laboratory, subject them to a variety of stress tests and abuses, and then keep the students who thrive under abuse and get rid of the students who aren't able to thrive in the lab. That's straight-up exploitation.”
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You know those labs that keep harming students, again and again? Some reflections on why it's so hard to stop this from happening and where our responsibilities lie.
scienceforeveryone.science/bad-mentors-... 🧪
scienceforeveryone.science/bad-mentors-... 🧪
Bad mentors hurt people
What to do about bad mentors?
scienceforeveryone.science
November 26, 2025 at 3:35 AM
“It is not acceptable to recruit a variety of students into the laboratory, subject them to a variety of stress tests and abuses, and then keep the students who thrive under abuse and get rid of the students who aren't able to thrive in the lab. That's straight-up exploitation.”
👏👏👏
👏👏👏
You know those labs that keep harming students, again and again? Some reflections on why it's so hard to stop this from happening and where our responsibilities lie.
scienceforeveryone.science/bad-mentors-... 🧪
scienceforeveryone.science/bad-mentors-... 🧪
Bad mentors hurt people
What to do about bad mentors?
scienceforeveryone.science
November 25, 2025 at 6:38 PM
You know those labs that keep harming students, again and again? Some reflections on why it's so hard to stop this from happening and where our responsibilities lie.
scienceforeveryone.science/bad-mentors-... 🧪
scienceforeveryone.science/bad-mentors-... 🧪