Valuy@lemmy.zip to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 21 hours agoGoogle requests permission to release 32m mosquitoes in California and Floridawww.theguardian.comexternal-linkmessage-square53fedilinkarrow-up1165
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minus-squaregravitas_deficiency@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up114·21 hours agoSterile 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.
minus-squareFredselfish@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up19·18 hours agoWe sure? Do we want to trust Google with this? Why is Google involved at all. Feel a conspiracy with this.
minus-squarethanksforallthefish@literature.cafelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up14·14 hours agoCynicism 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
minus-squareMangoCats@feddit.itlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up15·18 hours agoGoogle is involved in all kinds of things, this is one of hundreds of “surprising” projects they have running.
minus-squareLost_My_Mind@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up31·20 hours ago…am I a male mosquito? I don’t bite. I bang, and…well one day I’ll die.
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.
We sure? Do we want to trust Google with this? Why is Google involved at all. Feel a conspiracy with this.
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.
…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