Ding! Ding!
I don’t know if it’s just me or if anyone else has noticed it, but it seems that I don’t get Breaking News Dings on my phone anymore.
North Korea and South Korea are blowing crap up to impress each other. Kim’s little sister appears to be crazier than he is. It’s a damn mess. But no dings from my phone.
I think there’s a deal to quit sending them because people are already so overloaded that more bad news is all we do not need.
Wait, wait, wait. I just went to check and sure ‘nuf somebody who lives in this house turned off my phone alerts. I guess somebody was tired of my phone going off at dinner time and me putting my hand over my heart so it will stay in my chest. Then slowly pickup up my phone and look at it with one eye because that makes it easier to take. Then hollering and clicking the read more button.
I’m not saying who, but checking the current population of my house does lower the possibilities.
I can’t say that I blame the Other Occupant. There’s nothing but bad news out there, and it seems to be happening all the time. If there’s good news, it’s only an afterthought.
1I believe we have reached the point where all news is breaking news.
2Have always told my kids and grandkids, be damn careful of the phone calls you get. Nobody forces you to respond. Consequently they have never received any promo calls. Oh, those calls are out there, but they have managed to avoid them by being choosey.
3BUSTED! You caught me!
4And, ah, if ya wrassle it down, that’ll be a country song.
No doubt.
5Do we get one guess, or two? LOL
6Don’t look at me I’m still trying to decide how freaked out I should be over the fact that North Korea blew up the Liaison Office that they share with South Korea, while China killed 20 Indian soldiers?
Because I’m going to have to toss some concerns out in order to make room, either that or decide that my hair needs to remain permanently on fire!
7Ding! Ding! Ding!
A prof at the University of Minnesota was working on this syllabus before George Floyd was murdered. He’s finished it and is offering it to everyone. I think it might be especially helpful for educating white people.
is.gd/o2I1l3
8We have met the enemy, and he is us.
9Debbo thanks for the syllabus, what a great collection of reading.
10Don’t worry — be happy. This guy at University of Nottingham says there are at least thirty planets in this galaxy with intelligent life. Whether they want to talk to us is another whole question.
https://scitechdaily.com/new-research-on-intelligent-life-within-our-own-galaxy-the-milky-way/
11I did that too. I decided I don’t need to have the instant agita which that ding preceded.
If I want news, I’ll go find it.
I’ve gotten to the point that I’ve even been not watching TRMS or the evening news.
But there’s still the internet and world-wide news.
12And for something closer to hand [ahem] to worry about —[those Austrian cops were on to it ]:
Y’all had better get in the habit of ‘Flush and Run’.
The aerosol/vapor plume from flushing the commode might be hazardous to your health…
No shit!
https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2020/6/17/1953813/-From-the-Dumbass-Files-The-Deadly-Toilet-Plume-Tulsa-mania-and-Putin-s-Sanitizing-Shower
NYT:
““Scientists have found that in addition to clearing out whatever business you’ve left behind, flushing a toilet can generate a cloud of aerosol droplets that rises nearly 3 feet. Those droplets may linger in the air long enough to be inhaled by a shared toilet’s next user, or land on surfaces in the bathroom.
This toilet plume isn’t just gross. In simulations, it can carry infectious coronavirus particles that are already present in the surrounding air or recently shed in a person’s stool. The research, published Tuesday in the journal Physics of Fluids, adds to growing evidence that the coronavirus can be passed not only through respiratory droplets but also through virus-laden feces, too.”
[Methinks we’re all going batshit crazy…]
13They had to turn off the breaking news ding.
With an ego-maniacal toddler running the main ring, bigots, morons, and sycophants bent of destroying any ability to deal with reality holding all the executive leadership positions, a wave of legitimate protests sweeping the nation (complete with false-flag instigators and arsonists), and a virus quietly murdering old people the dinging was starting to sound like the Anvil Chorus and Liberty Bell March being played simultaneously by orchestras on crank
14Saw Ding Ding in the headline and thought it was about IQ 4.5. My bad.
15