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2026-06-12 -Signs, Portents, and the Weather-

Martha's Island tick infections: Vegetarian Menu items swell

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Posted by Lord Garth 2026-06-12 00:00|| E-Mail|| Front Page|| [1833 views ] Top

1 Oh, you mean blood sucking tick the insect, as opposed to the people that normally hang out there?

Posted by ed in texas 2026-06-12 08:58|| 2026-06-12 08:58|| Front Page Top

2 Alpha-gal.

Making fashion? Seriously? You taking a piss? Why not just call it Ticky Kimmel?

Posted by swksvolFF 2026-06-12 10:00|| 2026-06-12 10:00|| Front Page Top

3 Sounds like a bioweapon. Also, my arachnophobia shines through; they are arthropods.

Posted by Whiskey Mike 2026-06-12 12:25|| 2026-06-12 12:25|| Front Page Top

4 Ticks appear to be attracted to ticks.

Posted by Besoeker 2026-06-12 12:39|| 2026-06-12 12:39|| Front Page Top

5 I wonder which bio lab was working on this tick infestation.

Posted by Super Hose 2026-06-12 12:57|| 2026-06-12 12:57|| Front Page Top

6 Please remove your clothes, alpha-gal. I need to inspect you for ticks.

Posted by Abu Uluque 2026-06-12 13:16|| 2026-06-12 13:16|| Front Page Top

7 I was on Martha's Vineyard back around 1972 - the main menu items were all seafood.

Posted by Glenmore 2026-06-12 15:00|| 2026-06-12 15:00|| Front Page Top

8 If you were to search it you would find quite a bit oddly emanating since 2019 which, I would argue, probably coincides with an increasing funding. Within that body of works is where you will also find the paper titled Beneficial Bloodsucking out of W MI Univ. So they are saying the dirty part out loud and on YouTube.

Posted by Jefe101 2026-06-12 16:33|| 2026-06-12 16:33|| Front Page Top

9 https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/40693342/

Found it

https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2025/08/let_s_bioengineer_the_ticks_to_make_people_allergic_to_red_meat.html

Posted by Jefe101 2026-06-12 16:34|| 2026-06-12 16:34|| Front Page Top

10 Tangential to this I also found out this week Amazon’s new data center in Walula Wa, 3 rd largest in the world at this time, and much of the Data Center land in Tx are both on current grazing land for cattle. Food for thought.

Posted by Jefe101 2026-06-12 16:45|| 2026-06-12 16:45|| Front Page Top

/\ Walula is downstream on the Columbia River from Richland, WA "The Atomic City." Water cooling for a data center actually makes sense. You can't drink the water or eat the fish.

Posted by Besoeker 2026-06-12 17:00|| 2026-06-12 17:00|| Front Page Top

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