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Nerio Fenix

I always find it funny when non-Italians get shocked by the images of #AccaLarenzia or any other #fascist demonstration. They're shocked by seeing the truth of this country versus the narration of a "historically leftist country" or "the people who rose against fascism".

First of all, we invented fascism. It's a 100% Italian product, just like Mafia is a 100% a Sicilian product. It's the worst expression, true, but still an expression of italian-ness. Fascism has other names outside of Italy for a reason, its characteristics change in favor of the local expressions.

Second, we never really intended to dismantle it, otherwise we wouldn't have #Mussoliniscrypt (Pic 1), where #cockroaches still hold their manifestations (Pic 2), or we wouldn't have had #JunioValerioBorghese in the post WWII political life of this failed country, who commanded the infamous #DecimaMAS and attempted a coup. Fascism has truly been the only thing to bring us to almost a national unity, the only political point of view to make Italians after #Italy was made, if you get the quote. Italian fascism, as explained by Umberto Eco, was a continuous contradiction - just like Italy and its different peoples allegedly united under a single flag are.

Third, we don't have a left. Maybe in the past we had one but I wasn't there. For sure now, and especially since when Berlusconi decided to join the political life in 1994, it's been more than clear that the #left doesn't exist or if it does exist it's irrelevant and stuck into performative acts thinking they're worth mentioning, or using a series of long and difficult words that no one understands or cares to understand because they're too focused on surviving and probably masturbating in front of the mirror thinking how intelligent they are being leftists and that they are better than them. Funny enough, while the superintelligent leftist was thinking how intelligent they are, Berlusconi was creating governments with fascists and bragging about it - and now they are at the top of the state.

Italy is a fascist country at its core and fascism is a totally Italian phenomenon. As long as we don't have the courage to look at the demon in the mirror into the eyes, there's really nothing we can do, except for thinking to be on the right side of history as per the Italian leftist tradition.

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Erik van Straten

There are some Gazans who follow me (probably because of my anti-Netanyahuistic toots).

That is, they *claim* to be Gazan - while shouting that they need donations (like in infosec.exchange/@anasgaza11@m - see the screenshot below).

They *may* be telling the truth, or they may as well be like the leeches who pose as a Nigerian prince ("419", en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Advance-).

This Gazan man also claims
"Computer Engineering 🖥"
but has not been involved in any discussion that would add evidence to their claims.

I am extremely sorry if I'm wrong and they're real, desparate, Gazans who really could use some money, but I will mute all of these persons.

They either should not ask for funding, or shoud do a LOT better job proving their authenticity. It's just way too easy to fake an identity in order to fill your pockets, robbing people who DO care about those being denied their human rights.

@anasgaza11

Mastodon profile page, with a photo of a face of a young man, claiming to be Gazan and to have his house destroyed, asking for donations while showing horrendous pictures of severely injured children. He MAY be telling the truth, or he may just be a leech. They need to do a better job to obtain our trust.
#Leeches#Cockroaches#Authentic
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Mark Whybird

@ScienceScholar Two utterly amazing #Zoology facts here about the most common species of #Cockroaches that have staggered my mind:

1. They evolved only about 2,100 years ago. We can literally read writing by people who not only had never experienced them, but who couldn’t possibly have experienced them, because they didn’t exist at the time!
2. The species “doesn’t seem to have any home in the wild anywhere in the world. To date, populations have never been found outside of structures.”

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fullfathomfive

Brisbane cockroaches vs Sydney cockroaches

Brisbane roaches
- light brown
- big booty
- everywhere all of the time
- like to fly suddenly at your face
- don't respect personal space (see open mouth as invitation)
- die dramatically in the middle of the floor
- kind of cute if you can overcome your gag reflex
- orange cats of the cockroach world
- paladins of chaos

Sydney roaches
- black
- size: petite giantess
- flightless
- loners but somehow there are millions of them
- always seem to be pregnant
- sneaky rogue class
- high dodge skill
- immune to everything, drink poison for breakfast
- would kill your family if they got the chance

#sydney#brisbane#cockroaches
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Kay :heart_bi: :tinoflag:

I know #cockroaches in Aotearoa New Zealand are not household pests (see link). 🪳

I still made sure none of the cockroaches and slaters, I disturbed when cutting through the tree branch they'd occupied, hitched a ride inside with me. 🪲

The clothesline now gets more sun 🌞 and I'll chop the branches into movable size over the next few days.
forestandbird.org.nz/resources

www.forestandbird.org.nzI'm not a household pestThe misunderstood cockroach gets a bad rap in Aotearoa, but our 15 indigenous species perform a vital role in the bush. By Ann Graeme
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Soh Kam Yung

"After eating the heart of the cockroach, the wasp larva started gnawing at its quarry’s trachea, the insect equivalent of lungs. This caused air to leak out of the cockroach’s respiratory system and into its body cavity, air that the wasp larva then eagerly slurped up.

In other words, the emerald jewel wasp both eats the cockroach’s heart out and takes its breath away."

nytimes.com/2023/10/29/science

The New York Times · These Tiny, Beautiful Wasps Eat the Hearts Out of CockroachesBy Jason Bittel
#Cockroaches#Wasps#Parasitoids
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Georgia

just realised i haven't done a proper #introduction on here!

i'm a biologist specialising in #evolution #ecology and #behaviour, and will be starting my #phd at the university of #aberdeen this autumn, studying the evolution of #sociality in #subsocial animals, specifically #dubia #cockroaches

you'll usually find me posting about #entomology, #marinebiology, #climatescience, #ukpolitics, and #wales / #welsh-ness

all my posts are tagged #myphotos

trans-inclusive feminist 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️

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Entomological Soc. of America

Bacteria in the genus Wolbachia are commonly found living within insects, but their presence in cockroaches has not been thoroughly explored. A new study finds Wolbachia in four of 16 cockroach species across three families, and researchers hope further study may open doors to new management methods for pest cockroach species. #entomology #insects #cockroaches #wolbachia entomologytoday.org/2023/06/15

Entomology TodayWolbachia in Cockroaches: A New Paradigm for Urban Pest Management?A new study examines several cockroach species for presence of Wolbachia bacteria. Further research may open doors to new management methods for pest cockroaches.
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