Thanks. It would have been great if it made it through.

Wasn’t there supposed to be a ship with activists delivering aid from Greece or someplace a few months back? I wonder what became of that…

I hope this one makes it safely.

A clear plastic cup and a paper card large enough to cover the opening… Wait for the fly to land on a window, and approach slowly with the cup while distracting them with your other hand. When close, cover the fly by pressing the cup on the window and slip the card underneath the opening. It helps if the fly has tired itself out first. Works well for all manner of bugs.

Spatulas with overly-long handles. Nothing like constanty banging it all over a small kitchen.

Those little lights made to look like light switches, with their weak-ass magnets.

Clamp lamps that have scant threads on the reflector. They like to pop off and can actually instakill an incandescent.

As far as a house itself: installed carpets. It’s everything you hate about carpets, but permanent. They’re especially loathesome in bathrooms.

I also used to make crunchy granola w/ chocolate and peanut butter and cool it in the fridge. It was amazing.

Peanut butter and sweet pickle sandwich. No, was not a pregnant woman, I just didn’t have any jam ;)

the envoys of Group of Seven nations, except for Japan, and the European Union said that if Israel was excluded from the invited countries, it would be difficult to send high-ranking officials to attend the ceremony.

Difficult != impossible. It’s like they think they can’t simply make a good choice. That kind of thinking keeps us in perpetual conflict.

This country (the US) is messed up. Watching the events in Gaza since last October only solidifies my opinion.

Before Biden got Covid this last time, I sent a message to the White House about the Israel/Gaza conflict. I was pefectly reasonable. Just this morning I finally got a reply. They mentioned the 1300 dead in Israel on Oct 7th, but no mention of the countless dead in Gaza since then. They talked about Hamas in the context of terrorism, but not the IDF. They talked about doing this or that to help Palestinians, but I know it’s all bullshit. I guess I was hoping my letter might actually reach people who matter, and possibly ignite a spark of conscience behind their dead eyes, but it seems there is no stopping the machine of death.

One of these days this country will have its own Hiroshima/Nagasaki moment, and I wonder: how many - if any - will watch the fall of the US without some measure of relief?

On Android I’m using Old Reddit Redirect. (I imagine just changing the URL is simpler, besides I’m not there enough to desire tons of features… I don’t even have a Reddit acct. currently.)

On PC I just use old reddit boolmarks, and a bookmarklet that toggles to old Reddit :D

For Firefox:

UBlock Origin, of course.

And that extension that turns all Reddit pages into old Reddit pages. (I hate the redesign with a passion.)

If your bladder is ready but you’re having trouble going, try running the faucet or imagine a waterfall.

It’s like they’re trying to get ahead of the narrative to deceive future historians… I just hope someone with the knowledge and means is making physical records of all this. Written in silica, or something.