How snowy winter could lead to summer surge of ticks, fireflies ^⁠56%

By Rick Kopstein⁠^70% Gary Licker⁠^70% File Footage⁠^38% Photo Credit: Newsday⁠^30% Steve Pfost⁠^70% AP⁠^60% Carolyn Kaster⁠^70%

7/31/2026, 2:00:00 AM

BS Summary: This article contains 5 faulty reasoning types, including Confirmation Bias, Biased Writer Voice, and Framing Effect, with Appeal to Authority as the most egregious example at 47.2% saturation with 25 hits. Analysis detected 87 faulty-reasoning hits from 53 analyzed words, generating a BS Score of 46.2% and a BS Rank of ⁠56% (12,939 of 29,351 articles). This article is worse (more manipulative) than 55.90% of the article peer group.