Things I’m having to do more of lately
(1) Roundups. There’s just so much news every day.
(2) Closing down popups that ask me if I want “notifications.” No one ever wants notifications.
(3) Dealing with trolls and/or near-trolls.
(4) Deleting multiple campaign emails.
(5) Hearing about the illnesses of contemporaries.
On the much brighter side (literally), I’m still enjoying seeing better. I’m even starting to get used to my semi-bionic vision somewhat, although I hope I never take it for granted.
And spring!
If you’re referring to pop-ups requesting notification permission in a browser (Chrome, or otherwise, but likely Chrome), you can block them from happening by going to: Settings / Privacy and Security / Site Settings / Permissions / Notifications / “Don’t allow sites to send notifications”.
The default setting in Chrome is “Sites can ask to send notifications”. Which is insane.
Unfortunately, I can’t help with the other stuff. Congrats on the vision!
Here’s something rather enchanting…even hysterically funny:
‘The Epic Failure Of CNN+ Is A Sight To Behold As “Big Cuts” Loom’—
https://www.zerohedge.com/political/epic-failure-cnn-sight-behold-big-cuts-loom
Savor such gems as:
“This dramatic failure to launch comes after CNN+ lured talent such as Chris Wallace from Fox News…”
“Talent such as Chris Wallace” indeed. Made MY day, at least.
While Glenn Greenwald fears he may have to be hospitalized—a dangerous OD of Schadenfreude in his case. No doubt others will do themselves harm from excessive amounts of ROTFL.
Please do be careful…
Glad your vision is improving. I had my very near-sighted daughter have LASIK about 20 years ago (she is 42) and ten years later, she was back with corrective lenses. I guess that is not unusual for LASIK in someone who is very near-sighted.
I have not heard of late problems with implanted lenses. I chose not to have the adjustable ones because they were $7000 each and I don’t like gadgets.
Yep I had LASIK in 1998 and for about 10 years I didn’t need any corrective lenses then I started needing glasses for nighttime driving then about 10 years ago I started needing glasses all the time. I had contacts before the surgery but now I can’t wear them because of the surgery. My glasses are way, way thinner than before the surgery and my eyesight is very stable so it was still worth it in the end.
One interesting side effect of my cataract surgeries is that I no longer have ‘red eye’ in flash photos. I now have ‘white eye’. Look like a cyborg or something out of a SF flick.
(4) Deleting multiple campaign emails.
Give a politician money and you have a friend for life.
I’m with you on the campaign emails. I get so many of these and others from political groups. I’d rather take a nap.
“illnesses of contemporaries”
I have had several friends/acquaintances pass away recently. All of them younger than me.
Good to hear your eyesight is so much improved!
David,
That’s wild. I recall our German shepherd puppy had brilliant blue eyes in flash photos.
neo:
Glad to hear your vision is so much better now. If and when you have the other eye done may it be as successful!
We had an inch or two of snow yesterday morning here in Eastern Washington; Portland got 6 inches. First time in 87 years, snow this late. Highly unusual.
I balme Vlad, of course. 🙂
No, no, om, your snow is obviously global warming.
re: #3…Good for you & good luck.
Hire the biggest badassiest bouncer you can find & give them free rein & a big stick.
Neo, good news on your eyesight! I hope it keeps improving!
(4) Deleting multiple campaign emails.
You’re lucky to be a conservative; Google takes care of you by diverting most of them to your spam folder.
https://notthebee.com/article/study-gmail-favors-libs-more-than-two-thirds-of-conservative-emails-marked-as-spam
Om, good thing you’re not in Winnipeg…
Regarding #3, it’s certainly frustrating but one must try to be patient with those who at this stage of the game still believe it is their duty on this good earth to “justify the word of [Vlad] to men”….
Having chosen for themselves an infinitely difficult—almost impossible—task,
one might admire they’re tenacity…but I’m not sure they’re working with a full deck. Alas.
The “poor little Russia surrounded by enemies on all sides” narrative doesn’t—somehow—sound quite right and in fact would be laughable were it not for its very deadly and tragic consequences…
Best to ignore such artless parroters of Putinesque propaganda if at all possible….
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…And it looks like “Biden” has moved on…from “Leading from Behind”(TM)—that remarkable revolutionary strategy—to something spanking new (and just as useless): “Integrated Deterrence”!
(Madison Avenue must have been churning hard to come up with that one…)
“Biden’s ‘Integrated Deterrence’ Military Strategy Failed in Ukraine;
“Leading from behind has an exciting new name.”—
https://www.gatestoneinstitute.org/18424/integrated-deterrence
H/T Blazingcatfur blog.
I guess one should assume that Afghanistan was the “dry run” for this “new improved” joke of a military strategy…?
Let us know when you can rub your eyes again.
Trolls, near-Trolls, and Campaign emails: minor variations of a certain sort of anti-social individual.
In the Boston Globe headline email today the top story, labeled as Politics, is about inflation. How could they ignore it, right?
“Biden tries a different tack on inflation — blame Putin”
“The move is an attempt to overcome a political liability and hold onto the Democrats’ slim congressional majorities. But it does have a grounding in truth.”
Off to a promising start with the headline the author transitions to Democrat advocacy in the second sentence. The headline is the only surprise.
Back in the day, me and my D&D friends agreed that fire was effective with trolls. Soap works almost as well, but you need to reapply it on a regular basis.
John Bennett – thanks for the tip. I just fixed the problem on my laptop.
Re unwanted emails,political and otherwise:
1. Set up a junk mail email account and use it when you have to submit an email address. The account is easier to ignore as well as do a mass delete in the future.
2. If your email program has a “spam” button, use it to divert email you don’t want there and then ignore it for a while. Some programs allow you to set up folders and divert emails to the folder based on sender.
3. To clean up your main email account, be brutal with the unsubscribe function. It takes a bit of time, especially if the email hides the “unsubscribe” line, but it is worth it in the long run. There are a few email companies that seem to be sending the political ads so if you can get them to cancel, the volume deletes fast. But, I think I’ll be sending checks to campaign next time and not use the online function.
Now, if I can only get rid of the phone calls about selling my house, medicare plans, and so on… I once told the caller that I would be glad to sell my house for $50 million. They said no for the home, but immediately asked if I had any other properties that I may want to sell.
Sir Paul wrote a Beatles song long ago in a happier time:
__________________________
I’m taking the time for a number of things
That weren’t important yesterday
Beatles, “Fixing a Hole”
__________________________
Which meant, as I make it out, taking care of distractions blocking creativity and higher pursuits.
RE: Unsolicited phone calls.
Cheech & Chong said it well: “Don’t Answer the Phone! Unless it is me calling.”
If you don’t know or recognize the number calling you, don’t answer. In my experience these calls come in bunches over a day or two and then stop for weeks.