"you have no understanding. of the consequences. of what you do. oh and one more thing. you aren't going to like. what comes after. America." --leonard cohen
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so, re the questions about Why, the screwworm had actually broken containment at the end of 2024 and an emergency plan was in place to halt spread (www.aphis.usda.gov/news/agency-...) but then the agency, APHIS, running it got DOGE'd (www.npr.org/2025/05/03/n...)
aug 25, 2025, 7:41 pm • 199 65 • view
aug 25, 2025, 7:55 pm • 2 0 • view
the plan, of course, then failed as a result of the DOGE chaos and the screwworm jumped ~350mi by July, and so, here we are. will take a 1960s style program to eradicate it again, and lol you know this admin ain't gonna be effective at that. www.usda.gov/about-usda/n...
aug 25, 2025, 7:41 pm • 178 34 • view
Oh shit. I just saw a you tube about that... Not comforting... youtu.be/zxq60I5RSW8?...
aug 25, 2025, 8:45 pm • 4 0 • view
My brain: “Wow, none of that sounds good.” Also my brain: “🎵Screwfly, don’t bother me. Screwfly, don’t bother me.🎵”
aug 25, 2025, 7:45 pm • 42 2 • view
USDA had always stated the old Moore, TX fly irradiation facility was being maintained after the 1993 closure, but the RFP for reactivation went out in 2023 and it’s… still not ready. Not sure Abbott & current head of the USDA know that press conferences don’t speed up lab development.
aug 25, 2025, 7:59 pm • 22 3 • view
i mean, "maintained" basically means "the roof isn't leaking"
aug 25, 2025, 8:39 pm • 4 0 • view
That poem hits so fucking hard
aug 25, 2025, 7:22 pm • 5 0 • view