A black spider set up house in the corner of my bathroom next to the automatic nightlight at the start of summer. He/she(?) has been quite successful at hunting flies. There is a pile below the web of about 15 or 20 tiny black packages, neatly wrapped. I almost never see flies in the house, I don’t know how the spider has caught so many--yes, I understand those two things are related, but it seems like I’d see them flying around before they got caught in the web. Also, I’m not certain they’re flies, but they all look the same and are about the right size, and I don’t know what else they could be, I don’t see any other bugs in the house.

Anyhoo, I’m debating what I should do about the spider, if anything. One is fine, but I do not want hundreds more.

Human rights in China still suck.

https://www.hrw.org/news/2026/02/04/china-repression-deepens-extends-abroad

Still not buying from Starbucks, like always.

I won’t be surprised to hear that the NHTSA is surpressing Tesla accident data.

AI stopped a school shooting. Did you see that?

/s

Can’t argue with that.

I liked the idea. It just couldn’t compete with much cheaper traditional panels. People weren’t willing to pay a premium for vanity. Also, I think people want to show off the panels, not hide them. I mean you can’t gloat about solar panels if no one can tell you have solar panels.

I’ll take American “cheese” on a grilled cheese. I’d prefer cheddar on sourdough, though.

Return to monke

Same as the one on the right:

I left two onions and four apples at the self-checkout yesterday after paying for them. Just forgot to put the bag in the cart. They could easily credit my account having been informed by the next customer, but no, they won’t. They’ll put them back on the shelf and sell them again.

I’ve always preferred foon to spork. But, I guess that ship sailed.

No. Let’s not. Remodel it to make it functional, but don’t tear it down and rebuild it. That would be a horrible precedent and it would just continue happening over and over, because a lot of politicians are petty assholes.

I’d say it’s ironic, but nope. Same side.

The problem isn’t age, it’s corruption and entrenchment.

We need term limits for Congress.

I’m for it. Ukrainian women are some of the prettiest in the world.

For people who just want to see the fucking picture:

Microslop must be getting tired of all the winning.

/s, obviously

If the law has no teeth, and it’s not being enforced, then why would they?

“Look!”, says the politicians, “We made the law, we’re on your side, vote for us! It’s not our fault the judicial system isn’t doing its part!”

Ugh. Ever since the pandemic, writers replace “injections” with “jabs”, and I hate it.