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Google requests permission to release 32m mosquitoes in California and Florida
(www.theguardian.com)
this post was submitted on 01 Jun 2026
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Sterile mosquitoes. Which is actually a highly effective strategy for lowering mosquito populations. Also, only the females bite you - the male mosquito’s entire purpose in life, with no exaggeration, is to bang and then die.
I dont see it explained, but wouldn't this cause catastrophic issues with the ecosystem? Bats and such rely on them. How will this not cause a collapse?
Consequences?!?! This is America. We don't worry about those AT ALL.
You trust google?
As a rule, no. But there are a number of scientific papers on this topic.
I don't trust any of them. I'm familiar with their test projects they've done, one in Florida. And I know they've done something successful with that weird screw fly thing down south of the border.
Did. Trump killed that program, and now they have found screwworm flies as close as 30 miles from the border of California and Arizona.
It will devastate some of his biggest supporters if it makes it across the border, ranchers are total of dicks.
~~Ok now you’re venturing into conspiracy theory territory. Nobody wants a screwworm outbreak anywhere. They’re a categorical pestilence.~~
Edit: I misread your comment - apologies.
What did I just say? That they successfully controlled the screw worm with it. Jesus Christ read it before you trash it.
........am I a male mosquito? I don't bite. I bang, and......well one day I'll die.
No, you are simply a car.
Well I am gassy.
Vroom vroom
We sure? Do we want to trust Google with this? Why is Google involved at all. Feel a conspiracy with this.
I do not trust Google with this. If there's any way this could ever be possibly weaponized it will be. Best case scenario it's another wildly successful google product that they straight up abandon for no reason after like 3 years.
Cynicism about anything evil corp does is well founded, but this has actually has a solid basis.
I assume they do it for reputation-washing -> look at this one good thing we do and ignore all the other evil stuff
Google is involved in all kinds of things, this is one of hundreds of "surprising" projects they have running.
Sure, since bees are doing so incredibly well (/s) let's get the number of pollinators down even more. And it's not like they are food themselves to others (/s)