Erik van Straten<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://aus.social/@mojo" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>mojo</span></a></span> : [mode:=cynical]</p><p>Fortunately, since I lived in Indonesia 43+ years ago and witnessed the disappearance of most (mastodon favorite) *CATS* [1], ALL *intelligent* people, i.e. those who consider life more important than money, have stopped producing and spreading insecticides and weedkillers.</p><p>[mode:=normal]</p><p>[1] Cats died from eating birds that ate mosquitos that were poisoned with DDT in order to combat Malaria.</p><p>Amazing that you're experiencing the same problem as in a densely populated country like NL.</p><p>Not only densely populated by people, but also by stuff we mostly export - such as chooks, pigs and cows [2], flowers and consumable plants - all extremely tighly packed together in a farmer-friendly way, and highly optimized using lots of antibiotics and hazardous chemicals (e.g. <a href="https://www.trouw.nl/duurzaamheid-economie/glyfosaat-verdwijnt-over-een-paar-jaar-maar-wat-dan~b3a3a83d/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">trouw.nl/duurzaamheid-economie</span><span class="invisible">/glyfosaat-verdwijnt-over-een-paar-jaar-maar-wat-dan~b3a3a83d/</span></a>).</p><p>[2] Leading to too much shit and, a few days per winter, yellow snow.</p><p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://climatejustice.social/@breadandcircuses" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>breadandcircuses</span></a></span> </p><p><a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/Money" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Money</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/ShortTermThinking" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ShortTermThinking</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/Life" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Life</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/Economy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Economy</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/Kapitalism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Kapitalism</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/Glyphosate" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Glyphosate</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/DDT" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DDT</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/Poison" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Poison</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/WeedKillers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WeedKillers</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/BugKillers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BugKillers</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/Insecticides" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Insecticides</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/Farmers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Farmers</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/Farming" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Farming</span></a></p>