Well, we made it to another
Independence Day. I wrote about it last year in this post. Can you
feel all that freedom dripping in the air this year? Yeah, me
neither.
I'm having a hard time posting lately. I have a file
on my computer called, 'stuff to post' that has all sorts of links to
various stories, but when I finally get a chance to write about it –
the story is old and there are new fresh horrors to write about.
Even if I find the extra time to do any research, it is
almost impossible with the way they have limited our individual
access to the internet. I'm not even talking about out right
censorship. I'm talking about trying to use various search engines to
find information about anything.
For example, Google, who have long
since left their, “Don't Be Evil” slogan behind in order to fully
embrace the dark side, has eliminated the list of pages at the
bottom. They know we have caught on to their first five pages of
links being corporate sponsored. You use to be able to go straight to
page 14 of the search to find other relative info. Now they just want
you to keep scrolling and pushing the 'more results' button. So what?
I'm supposed to just keep scrolling and pushing that button to go
through 83,300,000 results?
Duck Duck Go is way worse. If you
type in something innocent like “sausage potato casserole” it
gives you 60 entries then it just stops and you can't get more than
that. The results just end. Hope you find what you are looking for in
that limited amount.
Even researching something for Sunday
Music is getting hard. They keep wanting to give me choices within my
“preferences”. I want to see videos outside my preferences. I
want to look for something different I might like. Nope. Access
Denied. I've started clicking on music links on other people's
websites in the hopes I can find something that is usually outside my
wheel house.
It reminds me of an episode of Star Trek: The
Next Generation where Dr. Crusher was on the Enterprise and people
started to disappear. After awhile, she found herself on the bridge, alone, and she was the only thing that existed in the entire
universe. Our individual universes are starting to collapse. Soon you
will have only 30 search results, then 10, then 2. You have a choice
– this sausage potato casserole recipe or that one. Both sponsored
by Taco Bell ala Demolition Man.
So Independence? It is gone.
The slow contracting of our individual prison cells is almost
complete. (Just in case - If you find a sausage potato casserole you like, write it
down. It might not be there the next time you search.)
Take
care out there.
7 comments:
Don't despair Wendy...you are going through a normal slump. The summertime is for outdoor activities. So get out there and absorb some of nature's energy ⛮.
You are correct as usual with your summation. But what can you, or even us, do about it? Not much, so just enjoy this day that the Lord gave you.
And can some more green beans or peaches!
Thank you Steve. I definitely need to get out in the sunshine!
I use Bing, I know it's just as bad as the rest but I do make a little money from them. I do a daily quiz & get points & for doing searches throughout the day. The grandkid is always looking something up. 5250 points redeems for $5. I put it in my Amazon account. Takes just about a month to get the points. I'm over $2000 in total. The others ain't never given me diddly.
I use Pale Moon and Brave(Duck Go Go as my search engine) as my browsers and use both at the same time and I have noticed a diminished ability to find pictures of old trucks, trains and camping. and don't even ask about the medical search engine I use in my chart audits. The first numbers of pages are paid to be first and most of the time are not the information I need on treatments, procedures, therapies and drugs. I have to search in the back and even then they are highly edited or not complete. Or, no citations or original authors. I have to list the citations/authors and studies in my summations.
You are right, "they" are limiting our ability to do research and find the truth. Truly an unenlightened time we are living in.
yeah - from the information age to the post reality age straight into new dark ages. It sucks. I've quit checking the box saying I am not a robot. screw them.
I saw it so many years ago
Every time they get us looking one way they run another line of fence behind us.
Keep swinging..
We are winning this war and don't let the liberal scum tell you any different, they are panicking more and more every day. Stay strong they can't defeat us.
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