The Prime Minister of Spain from Davos demands that every social media account be linked to a "European digital identity"!

So the company behind the massive increase in cancer is now the company to cure it. I suppose they see it as a good circular business model.

Previously unseen images of Epstein's island released https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c4g5rrlve33o

#Draco #Mothman #Yaldabaoth #Gnostic #Demiurge

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{what is the equivalent of a phallus in male stylopidia, strepsitera and related ventro ventral copulation parasitoids, and does it connect to the gonads via exocrine like mammals}

In male Strepsiptera (including the lineage Stylopidia), the intromittent organ equivalent to a phallus is called the
aedeagus (or sometimes penis). This organ is part of the male's external genitalia, located at the posterior end of the abdomen on the ninth segment.
Connection to Gonads
Unlike in mammals where the male reproductive system involves an internal connection via vasa deferentia, seminal vesicles, and an ejaculatory duct to the urethra within the penis, the male Strepsiptera reproductive anatomy and copulation method are highly specialized:

Internal Anatomy: The male reproductive system of insects generally consists of a pair of testes, vasa deferentia, accessory glands, and an ejaculatory duct.
Sperm Transfer Method (Traumatic Insemination): In most Stylopidia, the female remains a permanently endoparasitic, larviform creature within its host, with only its cephalothorax protruding. Females lack a primary, internal genital opening (gonopore) for copulation. Instead, the male uses its sharp, rod-like aedeagus to pierce the female's cuticle (integument) at a specific, specialized location (often in a deep narrow fissure of the cephalothorax or a dedicated "paragenital organ" in the genus Stylops).
Sperm Entry: The male deposits the sperm and accessory fluids directly into the female's internal body cavity, the hemocoel, a process known as traumatic insemination.
Lack of Exocrine-like Connection: There is no direct, continuous duct system connecting the male gonads to the female's reproductive tract in a manner analogous to the mammalian system involving exocrine glands and a urethra. The sperm is literally injected into the female's circulating hemolymph, where the free-floating oocytes are located, to find the eggs and fertilize them. The female has developed adaptations (like the paragenital organ or thickened cuticle at the penetration site) to manage the trauma of repeated inseminations.