Post AyUvehpHvrwbdocv7Q by peterdrake@mstdn.social
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(DIR) Post #AyUuSNmoVxyK3k1sVk by futurebird@sauropods.win
2025-09-23T12:22:43Z
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I am very normal about ants and think about them a very normal amount. Just so you know, OK?
(DIR) Post #AyUug1A5QffjwcPtbM by futurebird@sauropods.win
2025-09-23T12:25:11Z
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Really, what someone should look into is those of you who don't think about ants enough. That's the thing that needs to be investigated.
(DIR) Post #AyUvehpHvrwbdocv7Q by peterdrake@mstdn.social
2025-09-23T12:36:06Z
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@futurebird The board game designers have your back.https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/416079/march-of-the-ants-evolved-editionhttps://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/446699/ants(I have not played either of these games ... yet.)#BoardGames #ants #antstodon
(DIR) Post #AyUvl7dgsD9TR6GHIW by DaveMWilburn@infosec.exchange
2025-09-23T12:37:16Z
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@futurebird Normal dude compelled to think about ants in a quantity considered normal by @futurebird ..."How would a soldier ant wear a Roman centurion's helmet with plume and scale mail? Would the Roman empire have fallen if it were organized along the lines of an ant colony instead of a corrupt personalist regime?"
(DIR) Post #AyUwCRUNBGFAokvkxc by richpuchalsky@mastodon.social
2025-09-23T12:42:14Z
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@futurebird Trump banned thinking about antifa.(yes you must have heard this joke 1 million times)
(DIR) Post #AyUwz8IjJDldUthaSG by albertcardona@mathstodon.xyz
2025-09-23T12:50:52Z
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@futurebird Clearly, the non-specialist only knows about Lasius ants, perhaps also about fire ants. They wouldn't know about desert ants, army ants, Dracula ants, marauder ants, or any of the guests that live alongside them within ant nests, but they would of course know Lasius and a couple other genera ... After all, this is all just common knowledge.https://xkcd.com/2501/
(DIR) Post #AyV0cvDneomiNU3ooq by burnoutqueen@todon.nl
2025-09-23T13:31:47Z
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@futurebird I don't touch grass enough. I have a general outside deficiency
(DIR) Post #AyV3PTGAbhFFknRllg by ASprinkleofSage@mastodon.social
2025-09-23T14:02:59Z
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@futurebird
(DIR) Post #AyV4lz6myVG0r7MGdk by sophieschmieg@infosec.exchange
2025-09-23T14:18:16Z
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@futurebird I mean with the whole ants cloning males of another species thing, there is no abnormal amount of thinking about ants. Like WTF!
(DIR) Post #AyV5k6UkdnwX8iEWvY by lonelystone@mastodon.world
2025-09-23T14:29:08Z
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@futurebird 😆 Ya, everyone knows that not true.
(DIR) Post #AyV5rkBJUC2MFgmhRA by hanktank61@NerdJoy.social
2025-09-23T14:30:29Z
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@futurebird Doing any task is meditation they say. Ants meditate I think.
(DIR) Post #AyV9jluBaoxd69E9se by ColesStreetPothole@weatherishappening.network
2025-09-23T15:13:43Z
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@futurebird :valid:
(DIR) Post #AyVE0wBf1BIbj5qFYu by dan613@ottawa.place
2025-09-23T16:01:46Z
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@futurebird A normal amount for someone keeping several ant colonies in their home, at least. Everyone needs a hobby.
(DIR) Post #AyVgRYblabdL8IXBOi by IngaLovinde@embracing.space
2025-09-23T21:20:19Z
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@futurebird sounds like someone who can definitely be trusted with ants
(DIR) Post #AyVkS6oKpA2V1kvoQq by futurebird@sauropods.win
2025-09-23T22:05:08Z
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@agturcz I'm always happy to help when I can!
(DIR) Post #AyVlgqWRlaqoo79i7s by futurebird@sauropods.win
2025-09-23T22:19:06Z
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@agturcz This varies a lot by species. Some ants are even *more* active in cooler months than in the summer, although this isn't typical. From watching captive carpenter ants (pets) I've noticed that they shut things down around the first week of September...Some ants change the concentration of the various metabolites in the haemolymph (bug blood) to better endure cold. This is part of a hibernation-like state called "diapause."But it's hard to say more without know the species.
(DIR) Post #AyVvI9d0armWMh5c6i by sbourne@mastodon.social
2025-09-24T00:06:44Z
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@futurebird Ants are always worth thought https://mastodon.social/@sbourne/115249244765416994