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An Invasive Tick That Can Clone Itself Is Spreading Across the U.S., Threatening Livestock
(www.smithsonianmag.com)
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this post was submitted on 01 Dec 2023
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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?
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 area
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.
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!