Post Al0UwEWGDv6l0EBVLc by futurebird@sauropods.win
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(DIR) Post #Al0Mulb7T7cjNgFNL6 by futurebird@sauropods.win
2024-08-15T22:28:12Z
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It makes me SO MAD that the USDA permits for shipping live ants have to say "Permit to Move Plant Pests, Noxious Weeds, Soil and Bees"It *should* say "Permit to Move Plant Pests, Noxious Weeds, Soil, Bees and Charming Ants"Because otherwise it implies that ants are what??? "plant pests" Most ants don't do anything to plants! This is so insulting and BIASED. *furious*
(DIR) Post #Al0N0dNuuvLTe8ryIS by futurebird@sauropods.win
2024-08-15T22:29:16Z
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Why do BEES get their own little mention?
(DIR) Post #Al0N4URO738D47KcO8 by ryansingel@writing.exchange
2024-08-15T22:29:54Z
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@futurebird ✊
(DIR) Post #Al0N88UNfdoK8qTCQi by thecorodon@wandering.shop
2024-08-15T22:30:22Z
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@futurebird Lobeeists.
(DIR) Post #Al0NAD29kCsoofFyqW by futurebird@sauropods.win
2024-08-15T22:30:57Z
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@thecorodon Big Bee!!
(DIR) Post #Al0NCS0X2jAvpsZ972 by futurebird@sauropods.win
2024-08-15T22:31:24Z
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@gemini6ice Bees are very nice. Almost as nice as ants.
(DIR) Post #Al0NEgyYMZBSpzi1pI by alec@perkins.pub
2024-08-15T22:31:27Z
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@futurebird would that mean you need to give the ants personality tests and filter out the rude, snobby, or obnoxious ants from the shipment?
(DIR) Post #Al0NGZ2op1WMoob4a0 by futurebird@sauropods.win
2024-08-15T22:31:53Z
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@alec Every ant is charming. Come on.
(DIR) Post #Al0NJ9G999FdiU3yZE by futurebird@sauropods.win
2024-08-15T22:32:09Z
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@deilann YUP
(DIR) Post #Al0Na51a93UbVNKAds by futurebird@sauropods.win
2024-08-15T22:35:38Z
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@spycrab I'm half serious. Like it does bother me. But what really bothers me is that bees are more popular so it was fixed for the bee people but not the ant people.
(DIR) Post #Al0Nkbj3Pxfnp0g5vE by futurebird@sauropods.win
2024-08-15T22:37:33Z
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@gemini6ice What kind of Texas ants? Did they sting? (hope not)Texas has an awful lot of interesting ants...
(DIR) Post #Al0O0p91IKb44ZYWQK by alex@masto.digittante.com
2024-08-15T22:40:23Z
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@futurebird Still awaiting my permit for "cuddly ants"
(DIR) Post #Al0PXElLgM0SkNVHGa by alec@perkins.pub
2024-08-15T22:57:31Z
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@futurebird fair enough, if I’ve learned anything from you it’s that ants contain multitudes
(DIR) Post #Al0Q14h3gRoQCniyQK by dan@discuss.systems
2024-08-15T23:02:46Z
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@futurebird I was going to say that even the USPS has specific procedures for mailing live bees, but ants are just lumped into "Other small, harmless, cold–blooded animals"......but upon further investigation, it turns out that's because there are stricter requirements for how your box of bees must be packaged and labeled before you mail it
(DIR) Post #Al0QGQwDGHb1XU8WDQ by futurebird@sauropods.win
2024-08-15T23:05:38Z
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@dan Something about "Live scorpions (only under limited circumstances)" has me very curious...
(DIR) Post #Al0QWKKjaJTrgmBVgm by dan@discuss.systems
2024-08-15T23:08:35Z
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@futurebird I mean, *I* know under what limited circumstances I'd like to mail live scorpions (primarily to those who have wronged me), but I'm not sure the postal service and I are in agreement there.
(DIR) Post #Al0R2Bt4WTSSlCRJuS by foolishowl@social.coop
2024-08-15T23:12:11Z
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@dan @futurebird It's interesting that scorpions are named specifically in such a short list.
(DIR) Post #Al0R2Cm1EBPVVc9CYS by futurebird@sauropods.win
2024-08-15T23:14:16Z
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@foolishowl @dan Something Happened.(Probably research or anti-venom work... but I like to think it was more wild than that. )
(DIR) Post #Al0RXjvA2JLlI6Sbj6 by futurebird@sauropods.win
2024-08-15T23:20:03Z
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@DaveMWilburn To be fair I think this is just USDA inertia and not changing things since like the 1890s or something (did they exist then? probably not... ) but it's just an old time-y name. Not very clear, or correct or pro-ant enough. USPS doesn't even really care what people ship. Antkeepers go out of our way to follow the rules, but they really do not care if we do. Which is bad because if "exotic pets" aren't regulated there will be problems.
(DIR) Post #Al0RZZ8B7luCPCQ6Cm by llewelly@sauropods.win
2024-08-15T23:20:06Z
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@futurebird Plant pests? Well then, may as well add some triffids to your order. Mabye even Audrey too!
(DIR) Post #Al0RwyCc4ibyp8ed4C by justafrog@mstdn.social
2024-08-15T23:24:34Z
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@futurebird Should be a whole separate "permit to move ants" which is granted by a department of USDA staffed by ants.
(DIR) Post #Al0SO10tjQgVMR4S8G by theogrin@chaosfem.tw
2024-08-15T23:25:30Z
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@justafrog @futurebird US Department of Ants.I see a great need.
(DIR) Post #Al0SSABPa6ncxSxyhU by futurebird@sauropods.win
2024-08-15T23:30:09Z
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@Virginicus I guess a buzzing box could bee rather ominous.
(DIR) Post #Al0Sxekfyeqsk6Thfk by futurebird@sauropods.win
2024-08-15T23:35:57Z
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@Virginicus @dan I aim to live so this never happens ... unless it's a really cute on and end up keep them as pets too... which I can't rule out...
(DIR) Post #Al0T66qTPUqCBpDjSS by joshuaalbers@mas.to
2024-08-15T23:36:46Z
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@theogrin @justafrog @futurebird Why not just the United States of Ants?
(DIR) Post #Al0T67cKXZ7caFbx3I by futurebird@sauropods.win
2024-08-15T23:37:27Z
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@joshuaalbers @theogrin @justafrog It's that what USA stands for?
(DIR) Post #Al0TOgvbzfRvJMU6PA by marc_w@union.place
2024-08-15T23:40:45Z
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@futurebird Can't be to careful!
(DIR) Post #Al0TRxIzYoAyyMyctM by futurebird@sauropods.win
2024-08-15T23:41:24Z
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@marc_w I don't think I have a box big enough for that one.
(DIR) Post #Al0TwoIn5Hgc1iayfY by pelha@mstdn.social
2024-08-15T23:46:57Z
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@futurebird tyranny of the dangerous!
(DIR) Post #Al0UqxoitWZvknJ8E4 by gdinwiddie@mastodon.social
2024-08-15T23:57:08Z
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@futurebird Doesn't the government classify ants as "terrestrial bees?"
(DIR) Post #Al0UwEWGDv6l0EBVLc by futurebird@sauropods.win
2024-08-15T23:58:06Z
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@gdinwiddie That's a new one to me... where did you see that?
(DIR) Post #Al0V3B0FhAb47lWWnI by gdinwiddie@mastodon.social
2024-08-15T23:59:16Z
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@futurebird Ummm.... I made it up. 🙃 It seemed obvious, given the circumstances.
(DIR) Post #Al0Vnnori2GnpdQkuu by Laplantgenetics@spore.social
2024-08-16T00:07:44Z
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@futurebird We know all about those aphid farming ants. So while not plant pests, they are accessories to plant pests and therefore fit into the plant pests category. (Meant to be read humorously and maybe counts as a #LegalHumor joke?)🤣
(DIR) Post #Al0YJ9THSSAbrxPWWu by joshuaalbers@mas.to
2024-08-16T00:35:38Z
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@futurebird @theogrin @justafrog well, depending on the news if the day, I think the "A" could stand for so many things.
(DIR) Post #Al17XSt1ZA7GXC0q8W by mansr@society.oftrolls.com
2024-08-16T07:10:34Z
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@futurebird They are obviously bees. Everything is bees. In California, fish are bees.
(DIR) Post #Al1JIyg8HSg8F3qCXY by Gobabu@mastodon.social
2024-08-16T09:22:25Z
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@futurebird Human eat bee vomit.Ants eat aphid poo. Long way to earn any respect.
(DIR) Post #Al1JSkr4WzVIGTcUj2 by Gobabu@mastodon.social
2024-08-16T09:24:12Z
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@futurebird Killer bees. Only insect going postal.
(DIR) Post #Al1JZT27BtW71BzBh2 by Gobabu@mastodon.social
2024-08-16T09:25:26Z
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@futurebird Ants get stomped.Bees can be stamped.