Heap o' Links Tue May 19, 2026

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Tick bites surge, sending many to ER. Maps show where.
An estimated 476,000 people receive treatment for Lyme disease each year, making it the most prevalent tick-borne illness in the U.S.

h/t Dr. Tar, IOTWreport

A Medical Ethics Professor’s Chilling Plan to Infect the World With a Meat-Allergy Disease
Crutchfield has authored arguments for covertly drugging the population to improve its “morality” and, more recently, for actively spreading a tick-borne disease to make people allergic to red meat.

Are Farmers Actually Finding 'Boxes of Ticks'?
A viral claim that farmers are finding literal "boxes of ticks" on Midwestern fields appears to have originated from social posts by a self-described holistic doctor and has not been confirmed by reporting or direct evidence. Specialists and news outlets say the phenomenon conflates real products called tick “bait boxes” with unfounded conspiracy-style accusations tied to a new Lyme vaccine, while scientists point to climate-driven tick increases as the likeliest explanation for heightened sightings.

4 Muscles to Train for Maximum Anti-Aging Effect by a Sports Doctor 0133
Quadriceps (front of the thigh)… Glutes (the body’s largest muscle group)… Core (abdominals, obliques, lower back)… Grip strength (forearms and hands)…

The Unbridgeable Abyss: Why Reason and Truth Shatter Against the Leftist Mind
The left, as currently constituted in its activist, academic, and media incarnations, operates under constraints that render genuine dialogue impossible. They do not process truth because they cannot; they do not want it because it threatens the psychic and social scaffolding of their identity. And the venom here is deliberate: this is not mere disagreement…it is civilizational self-sabotage wearing the mask of compassion.
https://tinyurl.com/52678z89

h/t LGD on A♠