Chebucto Regional Softball Club

@minmi @arstechnica

A lot of the people who got it and didn't die will think that they have "gotten immunity the natural way" ...

we're all gonna die

@tlariv @arstechnica

Considering that even in this area with lower rates *most* people are vaccinated, 90+ percent... this is even more wild.

@arstechnica
"Of the 111 outbreak cases, 105 were unvaccinated, three were partially vaccinated, two had an unknown status, and one case was fully vaccinated."

Hm.

what could it mean.

@WarnerCrocker

That bus is NEVER coming, right?
*stomping feet*

@WarnerCrocker

This photo made me open some chemical hand warmers.

@apophis @Gorfram

Pinning is about having a sample of a species so you can compare new bugs against it and put it under a microscope and stuff.

Pinned insects often look very sad. Their eye look dead because the fluid in them is gone (but the facets remain)

I guess that's why the crabs are kind of fascinating. It's like if pinning could preserve what an ant really looked like when alive.

@apLundell

OK it looks exactly like the dried ants people sell to eat for some reason that I know about because ... well I have looked for every ant thing that exists.

@apLundell

Those are "edible ants" some people like to eat dried ants.

It's probably fine. IDK.

@Virginicus

You might think but look at this:

The sheen on the shell, the color, those aren't just natural to a dead crab shell.

And most important the life like eyes, which are made of resin to mimic what the living crab/lobster would look like.

This is an artform.

It's subtle, but amazing.

@gnomekat @peachymist

@apLundell

It's not an ant and I almost don't want to admit that I have this one speed dial in my bookmarks... yet... who else would keep track of such things.

etsy.com

(www.etsy.com)

(I am curious what "ethically sourced wasp" means. )

@Moss

...
...

I know I shouldn't bite but...

How exactly could a crab take a shower?

@graydon

You know they'd be good at it though!

@Gorfram

Depends?

https://knithacker.com/2011/05/domestic-hunting-trophy-ant

@bri_seven

Yeah. Poor babies. Even if it's kind of a fascinating study.

@subjacentish

I really wish the notion that someone having trouble "is on drugs" wasn't such a common assumption OR an excuse to just totally dismiss their distress and treat them badly.

Because even when it is "drugs" that's no excuse for failing to really see or help a person who is having a health crisis.

I was just not aware of the concept of crab taxidermy. But it seems like it's a fairly developed art. A little creepy for my tastes, but I can see the appeal.

@riley

The current problem is I can't tell when someone is using machine translation sometimes... so I always just ask (and of course I send my messages in both languages and the Chinese clearly labeled as "machine translated" )

Which can make some people who know English annoyed... but I need to know. A person can send you this very clear-sounding text but it's not saying what they think.

@riley

When talking to ant people language isn't that important.

There is a shared understanding

@subjacentish

This is a nightmare.