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pro-ant propaganda, building electronics, writing sci-fi teaching mathematics & CS. I live in NYC.🎖️(<<Medal Awarded for the time when there were too many people.)
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"I was teleported to a wafflehouse"

is the new hot idiom for just being totally out of your mind.

"He was doing fine, until he started talking about art history and then the whole conversation got teleported to a wafflehouse"
myrmepropagandist · 23h
"Dr. Eleanor's Book of Common Ants of New York City" Desperately needs an update! I was doing some observing in the park today and about half of the most active colonies are Lasius emarginatus who ar...
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It's interesting that a new invasive in the city isn't much of a house pest. But ants tend not to be big house pests in NYC.

But "Dr. Eleanor's Book of Common Ants of New York City" doesn't have this ant, since it wasn't common when it was published.
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myrmepropagandist · 23h
It's still a good book if you find it used. But I'm making a list of what is missing.
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"Dr. Eleanor's Book of Common Ants of New York City"

Desperately needs an update! I was doing some observing in the park today and about half of the most active colonies are Lasius emarginatus who are not covered in the book.

They are taking over the city. They love to make a nest at the base of a wall or a tree and have an active trail with 100s of ants going up for many meters. No one knows what they are doing up there, but maybe farming aphids?
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myrmepropagandist · 23h
It's interesting that a new invasive in the city isn't much of a house pest. But ants tend not to be big house pests in NYC. But "Dr. Eleanor's Book of Common Ants of New York City" doesn't have this ant, since it wasn't common when it was published.
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I've been searching my apartment, since if you find one queen ant there are often more. But, I can't find any more random ants, so this one queen just ... flew up to the 6th floor, came in over the AC and set up on my desk.

I am willing to admit I may find more ants than most people since I notice them more. However I still think this is a bit wild.
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myrmepropagandist · 1d
Last year a queen ant landed on me when I was waiting for the bus on Park Ave. I still have her. Lovely colony.
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I suspect some day soon we will hear Hegseth say ...

"What the f**k did you just f**king say about me, you little bitch? I'll have you know I graduated top of my class in the Navy Seals, and I've been involved in numerous secret raids on Al-Quaeda, and I have over 300 confirmed kills..."

etc etc

I suppose the "done thing" is to bet on this on the polymarkets these days, yes?

How I long for death.