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@futurebird Jeez. I have some immediate ideas - drippy bathroom faucet, for one - but this is quite a humid climate, lots of coastal fog.
When I locate them, how should I proceed? Can I convince them to leave, or have they doomed themselves?
Also, how would you advise preventing future incursions - like, what are the common points of ingress that might need maintenance? There are lots of small things here that need TLC, priorities are useful.
@futurebird Well, here's one clear photo where the ant is in the corner and a little cut off, and one where she's centered but slightly blurry.
@futurebird On the positive side, I'd want to share just how diverse video games are! They aren't a "genre", they're a whole medium. Visual novels! Turn-based RPGs! There's so much there.
On the negative, I'd like them to be aware of how addictive games can be. Many mobile games are *literally* just Skinner boxes with ads and microtransactions glued on.
@futurebird that reminds me: do you know anything about the ants here on the central California coast? I'm sure there are many kinds, but in this case I mean "the ones that invade houses looking for food". No conga lines yet but we keep getting scouts and I'd like to dissuade them, preferably with minimal lethality.
@futurebird The thing about preventable deaths is that they're hard to quantify, and we don't tend to report on them. Newspapers don't publish "Nobody died of scurvy again today!" because "nothing happened" isn't a very interesting headline. And, you know, I'm fine with that? More boring news, please. That sounds nice.