Norah (pup/it/she)

On lemmy they’re called communities :)

Eight Sleep also sells its Autopilot feature through an annual subscription that starts at $199.

I don’t really want my bed running stop signs and murdering innocent folks.

Most mosquito-borne illnesses are caused by a small subset of specific species of mosquito. There are only a few that cause malaria, for example. Past eradication methods, such as blanketing areas in insecticides, killed mosquitos indiscriminately, even the ones that don’t carry diseases (as well as other insects). This had consequences on the rest of the food chain. Humans have tried to eradicate many species to the detriment of ecosystems. Whether that’s wolves causing deer populations to explode, dingoes causing the same for kangaroos, or cane toads being brought in to control cane beetles. We just do not have a good track record of trying to eradicate species for our own benefit, because ecosystems are far more complex than we actually understand. For example, did you know that mosquitoes are pollinators?

A far better method for controlling mosquitos in cities would be to aid in the reintroduction, protection and support of their natural predators. Those would include bats, birds and spiders, as well as lizards and amphibians in some regions. Part of that would also include the eradication of invasive species that outcompete local species, but have differing diets.

Here’s some links though:
https://cordis.europa.eu/article/id/449267-should-we-eradicate-mosquitoes
https://tepapa.govt.nz/discover-collections/read-watch-play/new-zealand-mosquito-census/mosquito-facts/can-we-just
https://www.newscientist.com/lastword/mg25233643-900-if-mosquitoes-were-eradicated-what-would-be-the-consequences/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK585176/
https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC6378608/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK585188/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK585164/

killing mosquitoes remains an important part of disease control in most parts of the world.

Which was done without fully studying the ecological impacts. There are studies coming out now showing there are many impacts from doing this.

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can develop alternatives that keep people safe then go for it.

Permethrin, diethyltoluamide, citronella, bug zappers and mosquito nets already exist and can help you control their presence both on your person and in a localised area.

human suffering

Right, so we should also eradicate all human predators to prevent human suffering at all, yeah?

death from disease

Malaria (and other diseases) can be eliminated. If you’re in a western country, when is the last time you heard of someone (in your country) having it? Did they travel recently before* the infection?

And eradicating mosquitoes is going to help with that how exactly?

Don’t you maybe think that humans eradicating shit in favour of cities is part of the whole dang pawblem we’re facing?? 🤪

Sorry but I will feel zero percent bad about deadnaming a company owned by a transphobe ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

Yeah I mean, we’ve been heavily influenced by the US and UK historically, so we have a deeply racist disposition. Our treatment of Indigenous Australians is as much of a blight on our history as it is for other English-speaking nations like the US, Canada and South Africa. I do still strongly believe we’re doing better in a lot of ways, for example we’ve started using indigenous place names, acknowledging traditional land ownership and other steps. But we’re far from perfect, and if you come here with that conceptualisation then you’ll definitely be disappointed.