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  1. Antispeciesism includes parasites like leeches mosquitos and bedbugs.

    There are non-lethal ways to protect yourself from parasites.

    No one chooses what species they are born in to and villainising moralising or stereotyping parasite species helps nobody but it does reinforce human supremacy and anti-insect speciesism

    Ever noticed how in fiction insectoids are almost invariably unintelligent evil or ravenous beasts and humanoids can be approachable and reasonable: that is an example of anti-insect speciesism

    #Speciesism #HumanSupremacy #Parasite #Bedbug #Mosquito

  2. Antispeciesism includes parasites like leeches mosquitos and bedbugs.

    There are non-lethal ways to protect yourself from parasites.

    No one chooses what species they are born in to and villainising moralising or stereotyping parasite species helps nobody but it does reinforce human supremacy and anti-insect speciesism

    Ever noticed how in fiction insectoids are almost invariably unintelligent evil or ravenous beasts and humanoids can be approachable and reasonable: that is an example of anti-insect speciesism

    #Speciesism #HumanSupremacy #Parasite #Bedbug #Mosquito

  3. Antispeciesism includes parasites like leeches mosquitos and bedbugs.

    There are non-lethal ways to protect yourself from parasites.

    No one chooses what species they are born in to and villainising moralising or stereotyping parasite species helps nobody but it does reinforce human supremacy and anti-insect speciesism

    Ever noticed how in fiction insectoids are almost invariably unintelligent evil or ravenous beasts and humanoids can be approachable and reasonable: that is an example of anti-insect speciesism

    #Speciesism #HumanSupremacy #Parasite #Bedbug #Mosquito

  4. Antispeciesism includes parasites like leeches mosquitos and bedbugs.

    There are non-lethal ways to protect yourself from parasites.

    No one chooses what species they are born in to and villainising moralising or stereotyping parasite species helps nobody but it does reinforce human supremacy and anti-insect speciesism

    Ever noticed how in fiction insectoids are almost invariably unintelligent evil or ravenous beasts and humanoids can be approachable and reasonable: that is an example of anti-insect speciesism

    #Speciesism #HumanSupremacy #Parasite #Bedbug #Mosquito

  5. Antispeciesism includes parasites like leeches mosquitos and bedbugs.

    There are non-lethal ways to protect yourself from parasites.

    No one chooses what species they are born in to and villainising moralising or stereotyping parasite species helps nobody but it does reinforce human supremacy and anti-insect speciesism

    Ever noticed how in fiction insectoids are almost invariably unintelligent evil or ravenous beasts and humanoids can be approachable and reasonable: that is an example of anti-insect speciesism

    #Speciesism #HumanSupremacy #Parasite #Bedbug #Mosquito

  6. Monitoring seems aimed at controlling mosquito populations. Might it be more effective to ramp up targeting the diseases in humans while cutting back on emissions? >>

    As #Climate Change Expands #Mosquito Ranges, Better Monitoring Is Key to Preventing #Disease - Inside Climate News

    insideclimatenews.org/news/160

  7. Monitoring seems aimed at controlling mosquito populations. Might it be more effective to ramp up targeting the diseases in humans while cutting back on emissions? >>

    As #Climate Change Expands #Mosquito Ranges, Better Monitoring Is Key to Preventing #Disease - Inside Climate News

    insideclimatenews.org/news/160

  8. Monitoring seems aimed at controlling mosquito populations. Might it be more effective to ramp up targeting the diseases in humans while cutting back on emissions? >>

    As #Climate Change Expands #Mosquito Ranges, Better Monitoring Is Key to Preventing #Disease - Inside Climate News

    insideclimatenews.org/news/160

  9. Monitoring seems aimed at controlling mosquito populations. Might it be more effective to ramp up targeting the diseases in humans while cutting back on emissions? >>

    As #Climate Change Expands #Mosquito Ranges, Better Monitoring Is Key to Preventing #Disease - Inside Climate News

    insideclimatenews.org/news/160

  10. Monitoring seems aimed at controlling mosquito populations. Might it be more effective to ramp up targeting the diseases in humans while cutting back on emissions? >>

    As #Climate Change Expands #Mosquito Ranges, Better Monitoring Is Key to Preventing #Disease - Inside Climate News

    insideclimatenews.org/news/160

  11. Wild carnivores reveal wider West Nile and Usutu virus exposure in the Netherlands

    Viral RNA and antibodies found in Dutch foxes, martens, a badger, and a weasel reveal widespread spillover while…
    #Netherlands #Nederland #NL #Europe #Europa #EU #Antibodies #blood #brain #Microarray #Mosquito #Protein #RNA #virus #WestNileVirus
    europesays.com/netherlands/307

  12. "How are you dealing with all the mosquitoes?" asked neighbor 5 doors away. We have almost no mosquitoes. We have two mosquito dunk buckets, a purple martin house with loads of bug-eating birds, and we have plants that the frogs seem to like. That neighbor has grass. Americans, smdh.

    Another neighbor complained about JuneBugs. I haven't seen any this year.
    I guess these efforts are working!

  13. "How are you dealing with all the mosquitoes?" asked neighbor 5 doors away. We have almost no mosquitoes. We have two mosquito dunk buckets, a purple martin house with loads of bug-eating birds, and we have plants that the frogs seem to like. That neighbor has grass. Americans, smdh.

    Another neighbor complained about JuneBugs. I haven't seen any this year.
    I guess these efforts are working!

    #mosquito #mosquitodunk #gardening #birding #insects

  14. "How are you dealing with all the mosquitoes?" asked neighbor 5 doors away. We have almost no mosquitoes. We have two mosquito dunk buckets, a purple martin house with loads of bug-eating birds, and we have plants that the frogs seem to like. That neighbor has grass. Americans, smdh.

    Another neighbor complained about JuneBugs. I haven't seen any this year.
    I guess these efforts are working!

    #mosquito #mosquitodunk #gardening #birding #insects

  15. "How are you dealing with all the mosquitoes?" asked neighbor 5 doors away. We have almost no mosquitoes. We have two mosquito dunk buckets, a purple martin house with loads of bug-eating birds, and we have plants that the frogs seem to like. That neighbor has grass. Americans, smdh.

    Another neighbor complained about JuneBugs. I haven't seen any this year.
    I guess these efforts are working!

    #mosquito #mosquitodunk #gardening #birding #insects

  16. "How are you dealing with all the mosquitoes?" asked neighbor 5 doors away. We have almost no mosquitoes. We have two mosquito dunk buckets, a purple martin house with loads of bug-eating birds, and we have plants that the frogs seem to like. That neighbor has grass. Americans, smdh.

    Another neighbor complained about JuneBugs. I haven't seen any this year.
    I guess these efforts are working!

    #mosquito #mosquitodunk #gardening #birding #insects

  17. West Nile virus hits 22-year early-season high with 48 cases in 23 states as of June 30. CDC urges DEET use and mosquito control now. #wellness #westnile #mosquito

    medicaldaily.com/west-nile-vir

    Posted into FLIPBOARD EXCHANGE FEED 🗞️ @flipboard-exchange-feed-Econopass

  18. #Finland is beautiful. It's also a place that makes you realise you are not the top of the food chain. #mosquito #safeguard

  19. #Finland is beautiful. It's also a place that makes you realise you are not the top of the food chain. #mosquito #safeguard

  20. #Finland is beautiful. It's also a place that makes you realise you are not the top of the food chain. #mosquito #safeguard

  21. #Finland is beautiful. It's also a place that makes you realise you are not the top of the food chain. #mosquito #safeguard

  22. is beautiful. It's also a place that makes you realise you are not the top of the food chain.

  23. “We found that a 6% catnip oil was just as effective as #Deet, and the 2% #catnip oil was only marginally less effective than that.”

    “Deet is out of the price bracket for most of #Uganda’s rural subsistence farmers, so buying commercially available #mosquito repellents is just not practicable.
    “We wanted to make a repellent, which is highly efficacious, but also allows local people to be involved in the production cycle so that it costs a minimal amount of money.”

    theguardian.com/global-develop

  24. “We found that a 6% catnip oil was just as effective as #Deet, and the 2% #catnip oil was only marginally less effective than that.”

    “Deet is out of the price bracket for most of #Uganda’s rural subsistence farmers, so buying commercially available #mosquito repellents is just not practicable.
    “We wanted to make a repellent, which is highly efficacious, but also allows local people to be involved in the production cycle so that it costs a minimal amount of money.”

    theguardian.com/global-develop

  25. “We found that a 6% catnip oil was just as effective as #Deet, and the 2% #catnip oil was only marginally less effective than that.”

    “Deet is out of the price bracket for most of #Uganda’s rural subsistence farmers, so buying commercially available #mosquito repellents is just not practicable.
    “We wanted to make a repellent, which is highly efficacious, but also allows local people to be involved in the production cycle so that it costs a minimal amount of money.”

    theguardian.com/global-develop

  26. “We found that a 6% catnip oil was just as effective as #Deet, and the 2% #catnip oil was only marginally less effective than that.”

    “Deet is out of the price bracket for most of #Uganda’s rural subsistence farmers, so buying commercially available #mosquito repellents is just not practicable.
    “We wanted to make a repellent, which is highly efficacious, but also allows local people to be involved in the production cycle so that it costs a minimal amount of money.”

    theguardian.com/global-develop

  27. “We found that a 6% catnip oil was just as effective as #Deet, and the 2% #catnip oil was only marginally less effective than that.”

    “Deet is out of the price bracket for most of #Uganda’s rural subsistence farmers, so buying commercially available #mosquito repellents is just not practicable.
    “We wanted to make a repellent, which is highly efficacious, but also allows local people to be involved in the production cycle so that it costs a minimal amount of money.”

    theguardian.com/global-develop

  28. CW: Logistics of using catnip as a mosquito repellent

    There's news out that catnip can be as effective or more effective than DEET based mosquito repellent. I spent a month in a country (just before I turned 16) where you have to take anti-malarials if you're visiting from the west. They still recommend you use repellent.

    One of my teammates got malaria from her time there so me soaking myself in DEET spray seems pretty rational in hindsight.

    However, that stuff is nasty and I have permanent scarring on my body from DEET bubbling out of my skin.

    So I never want to use DEET again.

    I'm still well-beloved by mosquitoes nearly 30 years later and, thanks to climate change and a government perpetually disinterested in doing its job, I have more reason than ever to want to avoid mosquitoes.

    So, the catnip news is potentially great news.

    Trying to find a reasonable and affordable way to
    use that information is pretty terrible right now, though.

    #catnip #DEET #mosquito #malaria

  29. CW: Logistics of using catnip as a mosquito repellent

    There's news out that catnip can be as effective or more effective than DEET based mosquito repellent. I spent a month in a country (just before I turned 16) where you have to take anti-malarials if you're visiting from the west. They still recommend you use repellent.

    One of my teammates got malaria from her time there so me soaking myself in DEET spray seems pretty rational in hindsight.

    However, that stuff is nasty and I have permanent scarring on my body from DEET bubbling out of my skin.

    So I never want to use DEET again.

    I'm still well-beloved by mosquitoes nearly 30 years later and, thanks to climate change and a government perpetually disinterested in doing its job, I have more reason than ever to want to avoid mosquitoes.

    So, the catnip news is potentially great news.

    Trying to find a reasonable and affordable way to
    use that information is pretty terrible right now, though.

    #catnip #DEET #mosquito #malaria

  30. CW: Logistics of using catnip as a mosquito repellent

    There's news out that catnip can be as effective or more effective than DEET based mosquito repellent. I spent a month in a country (just before I turned 16) where you have to take anti-malarials if you're visiting from the west. They still recommend you use repellent.

    One of my teammates got malaria from her time there so me soaking myself in DEET spray seems pretty rational in hindsight.

    However, that stuff is nasty and I have permanent scarring on my body from DEET bubbling out of my skin.

    So I never want to use DEET again.

    I'm still well-beloved by mosquitoes nearly 30 years later and, thanks to climate change and a government perpetually disinterested in doing its job, I have more reason than ever to want to avoid mosquitoes.

    So, the catnip news is potentially great news.

    Trying to find a reasonable and affordable way to
    use that information is pretty terrible right now, though.

    #catnip #DEET #mosquito #malaria

  31. "Catnip lotion as effective as Deet at repelling mosquitoes, study finds"- did a cat write this?

    theguardian.com/global-develop

    A joint Welsh and Ugandan study has shown a 6% catnip oil based lotion to be just as effective as DEET for repelling mosquitos. The guardian article is by, I shit you not, "Kat Lay"

    more: phys.org/news/2026-07-homegrow

    #mosquito #Grauniad #catnip #NominativeDeterminism

  32. "Catnip lotion as effective as Deet at repelling mosquitoes, study finds"- did a cat write this?

    theguardian.com/global-develop

    A joint Welsh and Ugandan study has shown a 6% catnip oil based lotion to be just as effective as DEET for repelling mosquitos. The guardian article is by, I shit you not, "Kat Lay"

    more: phys.org/news/2026-07-homegrow

    #mosquito #Grauniad #catnip #NominativeDeterminism

  33. "Catnip lotion as effective as Deet at repelling mosquitoes, study finds"- did a cat write this?

    theguardian.com/global-develop

    A joint Welsh and Ugandan study has shown a 6% catnip oil based lotion to be just as effective as DEET for repelling mosquitos. The guardian article is by, I shit you not, "Kat Lay"

    more: phys.org/news/2026-07-homegrow

    #mosquito #Grauniad #catnip #NominativeDeterminism

  34. "Catnip lotion as effective as Deet at repelling mosquitoes, study finds"- did a cat write this?

    theguardian.com/global-develop

    A joint Welsh and Ugandan study has shown a 6% catnip oil based lotion to be just as effective as DEET for repelling mosquitos. The guardian article is by, I shit you not, "Kat Lay"

    more: phys.org/news/2026-07-homegrow

    #mosquito #Grauniad #catnip #NominativeDeterminism