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Myrmecology Dies in Darkness
Category: Culture
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An inspiring Hong Kong political party of the 90’s: the United Ants. Here’s a great bit on the party, aired in 1994: [UPDATE: Apparently the poster of this video requires that you view the video in YouTube! To do so, click the link after hitting play]
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If you must choose car advertising as a career path, please follow the tire tracks of General Motors. The unexpectedly formicid-forward car manufacturer recently produced an excellent advertisement for their 2018 GMC Terrain Denali SUV with voiceover by Will Arnett: “The Strength of an Ant“. Enjoy!
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Last November, then-high school senior Akshay Kulkarni reached out to The Daily Ant to share his love of ants with us. During our email exchange, Akshay referenced his ant adoption website, Antsylvania, and let us know about an invited TEDx talk he did with his brother, Akhil, in Springfield, Massachusetts. Well, now you’re probably wondering, “Where can…
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The Daily Ant maintains “Formicid Form”, a Sunday ant poetry series. When possible, our Verse Correspondant, Natalia Piland, provides a short commentary at the end of each poem. Enjoy! Poem in Haiku Poetry (1968) By J.W. Hackett The ants on this cloth are even carrying off their own casualties.
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The time is upon us. Ant-Man and The Wasp debuts early in theaters all around the United States today. This day. Thursday, July 5th, 2018. Prime yourself by watching both trailers for the film, and then do your civic duty. Get out to the box office and put your money where your mandibles are! Let us…
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The Netflix show Queer Eye, a reboot of the popular Queer Eye for the Straight Guy, has been met with generally favorable reviews by critics and viewers alike. Thanks to Tube Correspondant Katerina Theodossiou, we now know the reason why, and it’s found in Season 1, Episode 5 (“Camp Rules“). In this episode, the Fab Five give Bobby…
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The Daily Ant maintains “Formicid Form”, a Sunday ant poetry series. When possible, our Verse Correspondant, Natalia Piland, provides a short commentary at the end of each poem. Enjoy! El Hormiguero (2010) Song by Calle 13, English translation here The ants have arrived here, We are conquering enemy territories, Invisible, silent, and simultaneous, The entire invasion is…
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Committed readers will remember fondly our coverage of Anty Gin, the Beer Ants Gel Habitat, Funky Fresh ant beer brewer Dailey Crafton, and an antspired cocktail from Singapore. Well, we have another exciting libation to share with you! Our editor-in-chief is currently in southern China for an investigative journalism project on Polyrhachis spiny ants. But he also…
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The Daily Ant maintains “Formicid Form”, a Sunday ant poetry series. When possible, our Verse Correspondant, Natalia Piland, provides a short commentary at the end of each poem. Enjoy! The Ant (1902-1971) By Ogden Nash The ant has made herself illustrious By constant industry industrious So what? Would you be calm and placid If you were…
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Well hello there! We’ve been on a bit of a hiatus, haven’t we? We do apologize for any pain our absence may have caused to our most dedicated readers, and are happy to report that premier ant content once again flows from the pages of The Daily Ant.
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The sci-fi show Travelers is a pretty great show. But one of the best things about the show is also its greatest secret: a little ant egg tailored to readers of our work. At approximately 29:30 of Season 2, Episode 1 (“Ave Machina”), we are introduced, for but a second, to some pleasing content:
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Here at The Daily Ant, we’ve consistently found that the brilliant Samantha Bee lives up to her namesake. Bee’s wit frequently skewers the worst of the vertebrate right. Thus, we were truly shocked when Fraternal Correspondant Joshua Blanchard shared with us a tragic comment Bee made in a recent show, laying bare that even Bee is…
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