If we could engineer and exterminate all ticks and mosquitos we’d all be so happy.
And dead cuz the food chain would collapse.
Had to ask ChatGPT what relies on ticks and mosquitoes to survive
Species that Rely on Ticks:
Borrelia burgdorferi: The bacterium that causes Lyme disease, which relies on Ixodes ticks (deer ticks) for transmission.
Rickettsia rickettsii: The causative agent of Rocky Mountain spotted fever, transmitted by various tick species.
Babesia: Various species of Babesia rely on ticks for transmission to vertebrate hosts, causing babesiosis.
Species that Rely on Mosquitoes:
Dengue virus: Relies on Aedes mosquitoes (especially Aedes aegypti and Aedes albopictus) for transmission.
Zika virus: Also transmitted primarily by Aedes mosquitoes.
West Nile virus: Transmitted by several species of Culex mosquitoes.
Malaria parasite(Plasmodium spp.): The Plasmodium parasites, such as Plasmodium falciparum, rely on Anopheles mosquitoes for part of their life cycle.
Wuchereria bancrofti: The causative agent of lymphatic filariasis, transmitted by Culex, Anopheles, and Aedes mosquitoes.
Brugia malayi: Another filarial nematode causing lymphatic filariasis, primarily transmitted by Mansonia and Anopheles mosquitoes.
In Australia, ticks are an important apex predator. They keep mammal populations in check so they don’t eat all the food and starve.
Here in Virginia, right outside of DC, and the ticks just give everyone Lymes. They are absolutely fucking everywhere too and it gets worse each year.
Someone is asking the real questions. The AI answer may be garbage but appreciate the initiative.
Mosquitos are pollinators.
Not every species are beneficial. There are only a handful that bite us and don’t really contribute to the ecosystem. Those are the ones we need to get rid of.
My republican friend would suggest that you should have trans folk read to them and then they’ll turn gay. No way to reproduce then.
Why would you be friends with such an individual
I’m in my early 40s and politics wasn’t a thing we really talked about much until Trump came around. Now it’s a shit show. I’ve even voted Republican several times before although not for a decade at this point now.
Sounds like they have some nasty views irrespective of politics. Treating gay and trans people like people has nothing to do with politics.
We’re a similar age. I’ve let go of people who voiced these views a long time ago. It’s not that our politics don’t align, it’s the fact that they’re an ignorant, offensive piece of shit… And I’m not.
He actually doesn’t have any problem with gay people. I know this because my brother is gay.
His main schtick with trans people is that he thinks kids shouldn’t be allowed to undergo surgery since their minds aren’t fully developed.
He is a big Tim Pool fan and I have a feeling that a lot of his bullshit is just echoing the beanie man.
Haha you’re not really selling me on him, but I’m not telling you who to be friends with. But you know, the company you keep…
Once Trump is gone the spell will be lifted, maybe
Wait, you can keep companies?
steals Google
That is either a miniature keyboard or a massive bug
If only it would grow like that. My lawn’s natural state is crabgrass and violence
I like to mix mowed and unmowed parts of my garden.
It keeps the biodiversity but does not look abandoned.
Something like that :
And yet, somehow, someone in your HOA will find a way to say “it looks abandoned” despite the clearly well-cared-for pathways.
You’re forgiven. When I was young, I genuinely thought “fiscally conservative” was a logical position until all the would-be fascists starting going mask-off.
I’m a fiscal conservative. I think the government should guarantee free healthcare for all in order to reduce federal healthcare expenses. And the government should give everyone who needs it free housing, because otherwise unemployment and disability pay for tenants is just going to be funding landlords on our tax dollar. And it’s definitely not fiscally responsible to let the bourgeois own the means of production and exploit the workers, so we should seize them to save money.
Given the image was uploaded to a .fr domain it might not be super accurate to assume they’re in the USA. Fun fact: there are almost 200 countries that aren’t the USA!
