An Invasive Tick That Can Clone Itself Is Spreading Across the U.S., Threatening LivestockLee Duna@lemmy.nz to News@lemmy.world – 164 points – 11 months agosmithsonianmag.com32Post a CommentPreviewHotTopNewOldtakes sip of coffee neat.Marjorie Taylor Greene hears about an Asian tick invasion and says this justifies why TikTok should be banned.Ya she wants to make sure she's the biggest parasite in AmericaI mean it should be bannedHow would you ban it?Idk, do I really look like a deep state government official?Why is it any worse than any other commercial social media company? Unless you mean they should all be banned.I don't like it. I'm not going for a consistent judgment, but a good one.So your reason for banning TikTok is "I don't like it?"YepWhy should you be the arbiter of what gets banned?Am I?Yes. If you say things should be banned based on whether or not you like them, you are saying you are the arbiter of what gets banned.No it doesn't. Which is a shame I'd make good decisions.You've got my vote!SaakoPaahtaa 2026🫡🫡🫡Because of their sweet username, duh you cannot spray your way out of an infestation OK, so what other options are there?Breed opossums and unleash them upon the local areaI've heard that opossums don't actually eat that many ticks.Okay, no opposums, no snakes on this convo branch. how about a shit ton of guinea fowl?Lol I mean I'll do anything to get rid of ticks. They freak me out.That just means we need more opossums, and I fail to see the downsideThen we'll have to breed a predator to care of the opossum problem ....Okay? I got this. How do we feel about snakes?What about flamethrowers?Welcome and praise our new tick overlords with a blood offering.Popping!1 more...Most likely, find their natural predators and diseases to control the ticks.1 more...Wow. That is a crazy tick.Enough of them can suck a cow dry of blood! Insane!I thought you were joking. Then I read the article. Crazy!
Marjorie Taylor Greene hears about an Asian tick invasion and says this justifies why TikTok should be banned.Ya she wants to make sure she's the biggest parasite in AmericaI mean it should be bannedHow would you ban it?Idk, do I really look like a deep state government official?Why is it any worse than any other commercial social media company? Unless you mean they should all be banned.I don't like it. I'm not going for a consistent judgment, but a good one.So your reason for banning TikTok is "I don't like it?"YepWhy should you be the arbiter of what gets banned?Am I?Yes. If you say things should be banned based on whether or not you like them, you are saying you are the arbiter of what gets banned.No it doesn't. Which is a shame I'd make good decisions.You've got my vote!SaakoPaahtaa 2026🫡🫡🫡Because of their sweet username, duh
I mean it should be bannedHow would you ban it?Idk, do I really look like a deep state government official?Why is it any worse than any other commercial social media company? Unless you mean they should all be banned.I don't like it. I'm not going for a consistent judgment, but a good one.So your reason for banning TikTok is "I don't like it?"YepWhy should you be the arbiter of what gets banned?Am I?Yes. If you say things should be banned based on whether or not you like them, you are saying you are the arbiter of what gets banned.No it doesn't. Which is a shame I'd make good decisions.You've got my vote!SaakoPaahtaa 2026🫡🫡🫡Because of their sweet username, duh
Why is it any worse than any other commercial social media company? Unless you mean they should all be banned.I don't like it. I'm not going for a consistent judgment, but a good one.So your reason for banning TikTok is "I don't like it?"YepWhy should you be the arbiter of what gets banned?Am I?Yes. If you say things should be banned based on whether or not you like them, you are saying you are the arbiter of what gets banned.No it doesn't. Which is a shame I'd make good decisions.You've got my vote!SaakoPaahtaa 2026🫡🫡🫡Because of their sweet username, duh
I don't like it. I'm not going for a consistent judgment, but a good one.So your reason for banning TikTok is "I don't like it?"YepWhy should you be the arbiter of what gets banned?Am I?Yes. If you say things should be banned based on whether or not you like them, you are saying you are the arbiter of what gets banned.No it doesn't. Which is a shame I'd make good decisions.You've got my vote!SaakoPaahtaa 2026🫡🫡🫡Because of their sweet username, duh
So your reason for banning TikTok is "I don't like it?"YepWhy should you be the arbiter of what gets banned?Am I?Yes. If you say things should be banned based on whether or not you like them, you are saying you are the arbiter of what gets banned.No it doesn't. Which is a shame I'd make good decisions.You've got my vote!SaakoPaahtaa 2026🫡🫡🫡Because of their sweet username, duh
YepWhy should you be the arbiter of what gets banned?Am I?Yes. If you say things should be banned based on whether or not you like them, you are saying you are the arbiter of what gets banned.No it doesn't. Which is a shame I'd make good decisions.You've got my vote!SaakoPaahtaa 2026🫡🫡🫡Because of their sweet username, duh
Why should you be the arbiter of what gets banned?Am I?Yes. If you say things should be banned based on whether or not you like them, you are saying you are the arbiter of what gets banned.No it doesn't. Which is a shame I'd make good decisions.You've got my vote!SaakoPaahtaa 2026🫡🫡🫡Because of their sweet username, duh
Am I?Yes. If you say things should be banned based on whether or not you like them, you are saying you are the arbiter of what gets banned.No it doesn't. Which is a shame I'd make good decisions.You've got my vote!SaakoPaahtaa 2026🫡🫡🫡
Yes. If you say things should be banned based on whether or not you like them, you are saying you are the arbiter of what gets banned.No it doesn't. Which is a shame I'd make good decisions.You've got my vote!SaakoPaahtaa 2026🫡🫡🫡
No it doesn't. Which is a shame I'd make good decisions.You've got my vote!SaakoPaahtaa 2026🫡🫡🫡
you cannot spray your way out of an infestation OK, so what other options are there?Breed opossums and unleash them upon the local areaI've heard that opossums don't actually eat that many ticks.Okay, no opposums, no snakes on this convo branch. how about a shit ton of guinea fowl?Lol I mean I'll do anything to get rid of ticks. They freak me out.That just means we need more opossums, and I fail to see the downsideThen we'll have to breed a predator to care of the opossum problem ....Okay? I got this. How do we feel about snakes?What about flamethrowers?Welcome and praise our new tick overlords with a blood offering.Popping!1 more...Most likely, find their natural predators and diseases to control the ticks.1 more...
Breed opossums and unleash them upon the local areaI've heard that opossums don't actually eat that many ticks.Okay, no opposums, no snakes on this convo branch. how about a shit ton of guinea fowl?Lol I mean I'll do anything to get rid of ticks. They freak me out.That just means we need more opossums, and I fail to see the downsideThen we'll have to breed a predator to care of the opossum problem ....Okay? I got this. How do we feel about snakes?
I've heard that opossums don't actually eat that many ticks.Okay, no opposums, no snakes on this convo branch. how about a shit ton of guinea fowl?Lol I mean I'll do anything to get rid of ticks. They freak me out.That just means we need more opossums, and I fail to see the downside
Okay, no opposums, no snakes on this convo branch. how about a shit ton of guinea fowl?Lol I mean I'll do anything to get rid of ticks. They freak me out.
Then we'll have to breed a predator to care of the opossum problem ....Okay? I got this. How do we feel about snakes?
Wow. That is a crazy tick.Enough of them can suck a cow dry of blood! Insane!I thought you were joking. Then I read the article. Crazy!
Enough of them can suck a cow dry of blood! Insane!I thought you were joking. Then I read the article. Crazy!
takes sip of coffee
neat.
Marjorie Taylor Greene hears about an Asian tick invasion and says this justifies why TikTok should be banned.
Ya she wants to make sure she's the biggest parasite in America
I mean it should be banned
How would you ban it?
Idk, do I really look like a deep state government official?
Why is it any worse than any other commercial social media company? Unless you mean they should all be banned.
I don't like it. I'm not going for a consistent judgment, but a good one.
So your reason for banning TikTok is "I don't like it?"
Yep
Why should you be the arbiter of what gets banned?
Am I?
Yes. If you say things should be banned based on whether or not you like them, you are saying you are the arbiter of what gets banned.
No it doesn't. Which is a shame I'd make good decisions.
You've got my vote!
SaakoPaahtaa 2026🫡🫡🫡
Because of their sweet username, duh
OK, so what other options are there?
Breed opossums and unleash them upon the local area
I've heard that opossums don't actually eat that many ticks.
Okay, no opposums, no snakes on this convo branch.
how about a shit ton of guinea fowl?
Lol I mean I'll do anything to get rid of ticks. They freak me out.
That just means we need more opossums, and I fail to see the downside
Then we'll have to breed a predator to care of the opossum problem ....
Okay? I got this. How do we feel about snakes?
What about flamethrowers?
Welcome and praise our new tick overlords with a blood offering.
Popping!
Most likely, find their natural predators and diseases to control the ticks.
Wow. That is a crazy tick.
Enough of them can suck a cow dry of blood! Insane!
I thought you were joking. Then I read the article. Crazy!