DaveTLV @Surasanji@qoto.org

@Absinthe @freemo @mngrif Partially. In most cases with Ant Keeping you're not really getting a product from the ants. It is possible to get products from ants, of course, but that is not typically the case with hobby level Ant Keepers.

For me, I just find them intensely interesting, amazingly complex and interesting insects that have- like humans- created a social society that acts much like a direct democracy with the colony as a whole acting as a single organism.

@Absinthe @freemo @mngrif Partially, I also just find them extremely interesting. How they act and work- in Ant Keeping, a lot of set ups are designed so you can see the ants in their nest and observe them being ants.

They don't give you honey or anything like that. It's just, for me at least, fascinating to watch an insect with such a complex social life.

@freemo I got the email, but I wasn't really answering anything at the time. That type 2 bipolar depressive cycle is no joke when it comes to despair.

But, medicine has been adjusted and I've started seeing a psychologist for the first time in like 18 years.

@freemo @mngrif I've been watching hours and hours of Ant keeping videos on YouTube, and joined an Ant Keeping discord server.

It's a very supportive and kind community of enthusiasts.

@freemo I'm doing much better now, got some medication stuff sorted out and I'm feeling good.

Thank you, I appreciate the love and support! It means a lot to me.

So, I've been thinking about getting into ant keeping. Anyone have any idea when Nuptial Flights happen in Israel? I imagine no, but better to ask!

Ants are intensely interesting to me and have only grown more-so as I've studied ant keeping and ants in general. A lot of what I thought I knew has turned out to be exceedingly basic and narrow in focus.

I'll keep you guys up to date once I get things rolling.

#AntKeeping #ants

Open Apology to QOTO: I have been massively idle the last few months due to Bipolar Brain Fuckery. As such I haven't been particularly active as a Moderator here, and I apologize for that.

@jalcine digging the beard.

@root :3

@root I think you can be trusted with this quest.

@root don't forget to add cheese and bacon to those potatoes. They grow together in nature. You can trust me, I'm a Scienterst.

@jacethechicken Wait until you hear about my man Pete Seeger.

@johnrandom@cryptids.online Let's hear it for the Orb! Star of this year's SGDQ, with the audience calling for Orb the entire time!

Good work, Orb!

@SquidPresident@cryptids.online ... I can explain.

.... Okay. No, I can't.

@root Yoink the beer! Yee(s)t the food capitalists! Publix for the Public!

@root :O Ohmy. It's time to RISE UP with this YEAST.