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@ashton

It's 2028... Gas costs $8/gal; Bird Flu has wiped out fresh eggs; drought-stricken crops have shuttered farms across Wisconsin and Iowa; the Measles outbreak has spread beyond the internment camps in Arizona and Texas, and the CDC and HHS have been embarred from developing a vaccine; and the Republican-controlled House just blocked a spending bill, causing a government shutdown, because four years of corporate tax cuts have led to the largest budget shortfall in over a century, yet people *STILL* vote Red because, you know, "Lib-tards, L0L!" 😡

I've often said, rather than trying to wipe out mosquitoes and other "nuisance" species — nature has a way of fighting back against extinction — we should figure out how to genetically engineer mosquitoes that produce, like, Vitamin C or D, or anti-malarial compounds, e.g., rather than making us itch... Then we'd *WANT* them to breed and bite us! 🧪

https://www.futurity.org/ethics-eradication-harmful-species-3284882/

Is it ethical to eradicate certain harmful species?

In a new paper, researchers argue that deliberate full extinction of harmful species like mosquitoes is acceptable, but only rarely.

Futurity
Apple Turnaround

"The Crimes They Are A-Changin'"

Come gather 'round comrades
Wherever you're at
And complain that the government's
Too big and fat
And decide now's the right time
To go get a bat
If you wanna release all your anger
Then you'd better act quick
'Cuz salutin's old hat
And the crimes, they are a-changin'

Come proud boys and girls
And there's no in between
You can't be a king
if you dress like a queen
When I speak of freedom
It's mine that I mean
'Cuz I don't like the message you're sayin'
I'll pretend it's all making
The system more clean
For the crimes, they are a-changin'

Come crypto bros, incels
And weak, selfish nerds
All watching Joe Rogan
And eating his turds
The Libtards' solutions
Are just meaningless words
If I don't like you, better start prayin'
The commandments are great
But they're all for the birds
And the crimes, they are a-changin'

And lastly the poor
Who have nowhere to go
I wanna move fast
Now you're makin' me slow
It's all about me
And I thought you should know
That there's millions and millions
Just like you
But if you all act together
To stop this 💩 show
Then the crimes, they'd be a-changin'
Yes the crimes... they'd be a-changin'

The Drake meme for Mastodon / Fediverse users:
- "Nah" = Why should I have to register for Bluesky, also; there are too many different social network apps!
- "Yeah" = And I'm on Pixelfed, and Peertube, and Lemmy, and...
Somebody needs to tell Trump, if China keeps cutting Internet cables, people won't be able to read his tweets...

Isn't it useful how all news article links / thumbnail card whatzits all put the same text into the title, sub-head, *AND* description?

Local Florida man does something his neighbors consider to be stupid. Read more.
[Image]
FLORIDA MAN DOES SOMETHING STUPID
Florida Man Does Something Stupid

The Luddite's Lament:

"The only thing worse than computers making YOU do everything is when they do everything *FOR* you!" «sigh»

Google /et al/ spend billions of dollars developing AI to (ostensibly) help you tweak your search QUERY, rather than actually improving their *RESULTS!* 😡