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   myrmepropagandist (futurebird@sauropods.win)'s status on Sunday, 07-Apr-2024 10:35:05 JST myrmepropagandist

   Another all too barren spring in NYC. There should be so many insects, so many ants, so many tiny creatures filling the parks, hitting the windshields of cars.

   Remember when bugs used to hit the windshields of cars because the air was so full of life?

   I guess most people think this is 'improvement' but they are wrong. There is a campaign to put the American bumblebee on the endangered species list!

   We are living in an eerie lifeless netherworld and I don't know why more can't see it!

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     Paul Cantrell (inthehands@hachyderm.io)'s status on Sunday, 07-Apr-2024 10:35:03 JST Paul Cantrell

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     • Nonya Bidniss 🥥🌴

     @Nonya_Bidniss @futurebird
     I always assumed this was because of changes in the aerodynamics of cars. Never occurred to me there might just be fewer insects.

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     Nonya Bidniss 🥥🌴 (nonya_bidniss@mas.to)'s status on Sunday, 07-Apr-2024 10:35:04 JST Nonya Bidniss 🥥🌴

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     @futurebird I remember. Road trips in the 60s-70s included windshield cleaning at every stop. Last winter I escaped to Florida for a 10-day road trip circumscribing the entire state including the Keys. I never had to clean my windshield.

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     Raven667 (raven667@hachyderm.io)'s status on Sunday, 07-Apr-2024 11:06:44 JST Raven667

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     • Paul Cantrell
     • Nonya Bidniss 🥥🌴

     @inthehands @Nonya_Bidniss @futurebird the idea that there is that much less life in the world is too horrible to contemplate