Chebucto Regional Softball Club

FYI #PicaTheCat has requested that I show her how everyone voted?

Listen I'm sorry! She is VERY purrsuasive.

What keeps you up at night more?

@apophis

That is a very appealing tree.

@apophis

Well I don't know. Can I see the tree? Maybe they had a point.

@AnarchoNinaWrites

Have not seen it yet but our creepy and exuberant corner of the fedi is kind of toxic for this type of thing. For now.

@dpiponi

Ant crime is, in fact, a big problem. But as with humans, it mostly involves trying to do coups, and take over nests of other ants.

@claralistensprechen5th

Oh it's an adult ant, she's just holding her body like a pupae so she can be carried easily.

I've taken video of this.

myrmepropagandist (@futurebird@sauropods.win)

@nev@flipping.rocks "Applications of Social Carrying to GOTV Efforts" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-6dsR8PgBSw

Sauropods.win (sauropods.win)

@cricket_bacon

I will. I've been watching for an affordable copy for a long time and one popped up today. All of the plates look like they are in good condition so this should be fun.

There. Is. No. Such. Thing. As. A. "Police Ant"

The strange thing about this engraving? It's a very accurate deception of ants performing "social carrying" I guess they gave it a silly caption to make it more interesting?

Someone was really observing ants and it was not whoever was setting the text.

(A better caption: An ant carries her sister to a new nest. She may be too young to navigate on her own without getting exhausted or lost, or she may be injured and in need of rest.)

Illustration from "The living world: a complete natural history of the world's creatures" by J.W. Buel was first published in 1891 (I just scored a copy!)

I'm obsessed with these deep sea creatures that are based on rumors heresy and globsters from fishing nets:

I also have some choice words about the inaccuracy of the section on ants.

@mhoye

2 hoods. Well la te da! Not everyone has all those hoods.

@photovotary @enriquericos

Listen tumblr started this whole "does it have nipples" thing with their strange policies. THIS WAS NOT MY FAULT.

@enriquericos

But ants don't even have any nipples! I thought that was the whole issue. "presentation of the nipple" or something?

@foone

... are business weeks longer than regular weeks or just more ... serious?

Here is a good MN link tree for mutual-aid #mn #iceout #mutualaid

(I didn't make this, it was on MR which is a very old NYC radio show and they tend to be good about such things.)

@mplsmutualaid | Linktree

Clearinghouse of mutual aid for our neighbors

Linktree (linktr.ee)

@Quasit

ALL the TIME.

you catastrophize EVERYTHING all the time and if you don’t stop you are going to DIE

@Wyatt_H_Knott

I thought I had some of the top ten least sexy content on the whole internet. But... well what would I know.

Big Beautiful Ants In YOUR Area.

Someone reported my ant video on tumblr as "mature content"

aw come on what is with you people???

Maybe it was the "big beautiful ant" title?

But they also ding'ed my drawing of the container ship Ever Given?

I've asked for a "review" ... this is why I don't post over there very much anymore.

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my colonies, ant stories, short fiction, and cool ant and biology facts (She/Her/That One/Mrs.)

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