Charlotte and her Web have entered the chat. 
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But what depends on eating mosquitoes? There are lots of little flies that are a lot like them, including non-biting midges. So I think their importance is probably subtler, coming down to how many flies an environment actually supports. The blood makes more larvae, and the larvae live different ways – mosquitoes live at the top in stagnant water, but for instance black flies need flowing water. I’m guessing the biggest difference might be for aquatic predators.
I doubt too many things would depend on just a single type of mosquito like Anopheles gambiae but I wouldn’t be too surprised if something out there did.
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Such words as:
Air-hockey
Accretion disk
Beer pong
Bird flu
Blacksploitation
Brain-dead
Cardio
Cash-cow
Flextime
Floppy disk
Garage band
Glam rock
Gut-wrenching
Hazmat
Jury nullification
Low rider
Mani-pedi
Munchkin
Outie
Ombudsperson
Page-turner
Retro
Rubber chicken
Sambo
Sound bite
Speed bump
Universal product code
User-friendly
Veggie burger
Waitperson
Winningest
Women’s studies
Yard sale
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Why do I suspect there will be more on this one? I seriously doubt she will drift right, my suspicion is she will advocate for more progressive candidates. But I have been shocked before.
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What the heck’s been going on in Oz? I mean–
… The “drinking fountain innovation” – which has persisted at least two years – is the second documented urban adaptation to spread across Sydney’s sulphur-crested cockatoo populations.
It followed the “bin-opening innovation”, where cockatoos figured out how to use their beaks and feet to lift rubbish bin lids, a behaviour that soon spread throughout Sydney’s southern suburbs. …
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Issues with current EV tech I had not thought about. Apparently this is not the first such episode.
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Flight attendant reportedly found naked during flight from SFO
A flight attendant for British Airways on an outbound flight from San Francisco International Airport was arrested after he was found naked in the business-class bathroom, the Sun first reported.
On Sunday, Flight BA284 took off from SFO around 5 p.m., according to Flight Aware. According to the Sun, one of the crew members, a 41-year-old man, was not present during meal service, prompting the rest of the crew to look for him.
The in-flight crew found the man dancing naked in the business-class bathroom, the Sun reported. Crew members dressed him in pajamas and restrained him in a first-class seat for the rest of the flight.
British Airways said the incident was “a matter for the police” and did not provide further comment.
WOOT! Dance to the music!
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I knew about the extendable jaws in dragonfly larvae but this is new and surprising.
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Lol. Good tune but not quite what I was expecting. 
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I know the Vibrators ditty as “Whips & Furs.” I imagine they changed the name to W&F due to Sly.
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Oz what the–
Unlikely suspect caught red-handed over failed rocket launch in Bowen, Qld
An unlikely suspect has emerged during the investigation into the technical issue that caused the first Australian-made rocket launch to be delayed.
An unlikely suspect has been caught red-handed during an investigation to find out what caused an electrical issue that delayed the first Australian-made rocket launch in Queensland.
Gilmour Space Technologies was due to launch its 23m Eris rocket on May 15 from a cattle paddock in Bowen, but it was aborted after an issue in the ground support system was identified.
It was set to launch again the following day, but an electrical issue triggered the system to open the rocket’s nose cone.
Gilmour Space posted a photo of a suspect cockatoo chewing electrical wires at its launch pad in Bowen.
“Not saying this is the root cause of our electrical issues … but we’re not ruling him out,” a spokesman said in the post.
The post has been flooded with comments from people saying, “Lucky he didn’t launch, could have turned into a flamin’ galah.”
“Only an Sulphur crested could stop a rocket from launching,” another person said.
“So computers have bugs and rockets have cockatoos,” a person commented.
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Cockatoos are a known cabling issue. In a lot of Australian projects, you’ll find contract clauses dedicated to how the outdoor cables are to be protected. Burried, run inside metal pipes (conduit), and armour (really) are some of the more common options.
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I had to look that up. Clever.
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A classmate of mine had one in university. I wasn’t really impressed.
Eric’s site is a gold mine for all things slideruleish.
More info on helical rules. Scroll down for Otis King - Model L
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