• gravitas_deficiency@sh.itjust.works
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    2 days ago

    Sterile mosquitoes. Which is actually a highly effective strategy for lowering mosquito populations. Also, only the females bite you - the male mosquito’s entire purpose in life, with no exaggeration, is to bang and then die.

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      15 hours ago

      I dont see it explained, but wouldn’t this cause catastrophic issues with the ecosystem? Bats and such rely on them. How will this not cause a collapse?

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          I don’t trust any of them. I’m familiar with their test projects they’ve done, one in Florida. And I know they’ve done something successful with that weird screw fly thing down south of the border.

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            Did. Trump killed that program, and now they have found screwworm flies as close as 30 miles from the border of California and Arizona.

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              10 hours ago

              It will devastate some of his biggest supporters if it makes it across the border, ranchers are total of dicks.

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            11 hours ago

            Ok now you’re venturing into conspiracy theory territory. Nobody wants a screwworm outbreak anywhere. They’re a categorical pestilence.

            Edit: I misread your comment - apologies.

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              12 hours ago

              What did I just say? That they successfully controlled the screw worm with it. Jesus Christ read it before you trash it.

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      lowering mosquito populations

      Sure, since bees are doing so incredibly well (/s) let’s get the number of pollinators down even more. And it’s not like they are food themselves to others (/s)

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      2 days ago

      We sure? Do we want to trust Google with this? Why is Google involved at all. Feel a conspiracy with this.

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        Cynicism about anything evil corp does is well founded, but this has actually has a solid basis.

        I assume they do it for reputation-washing -> look at this one good thing we do and ignore all the other evil stuff

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        Google is involved in all kinds of things, this is one of hundreds of “surprising” projects they have running.