Valuy@lemmy.zip to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 day agoGoogle requests permission to release 32m mosquitoes in California and Floridawww.theguardian.comexternal-linkmessage-square54fedilinkarrow-up1172arrow-down14
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minus-squaregravitas_deficiency@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up118·1 day 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-squareLost_My_Mind@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up32·1 day ago…am I a male mosquito? I don’t bite. I bang, and…well one day I’ll die.
minus-squareFredselfish@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up19arrow-down2·24 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-up15·19 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-up15·23 hours agoGoogle is involved in all kinds of things, this is one of hundreds of “surprising” projects they have running.
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.
…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.
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.