Got SPAM from Target.com sent to through my on-line account. I logged into my preferences to attempt to opt-out of getting such SPAM.
NOPE. There's no option on the site to not get marketing emails. Tried to call the customer service line and got an AI phone tree to offer me a special offer on a Medic Alert device. Selecting NO for all options drops me to their support desk, which hangs up the call.
I'd say TARGET, now teaming with CVS and UNITED HELL-THcare, has reached end-stage enshitification. There's no way to contact a person. All the links to leave feedback don't work. And there's no option to close the account.
After going through all this, I just wanted to reach through the phone to a person and kill them dead with a Klingon Disruptor set on SCREAM IN UNENDING PAIN AND DIE.
And there's no Target on Mastodon to kvetch to them.
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@pluralistic
Boing Boing is dead to me.
Enshitification is complete.
You should put this in your book.
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@pluralistic I don't fault Boing Boing for offering the subscription or ad-supported model to allow people to access the site. But removing free access to articles just put it on the #BOINGBOINGENSHITIFIED list for me. I don't access sites that require me to turn off ad-blocking, so Boing Boing is now redirected to 127.0.0.1 and dead to me.
[sigh]
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@pluralistic Having been born in Kaiser's Sunset hospital in the 1950s and always been under Kaiser care, I well familiar with their "broken" system. It's better than it was back then, but there's a reason most of the gay men with advanced cases of AIDS called it KILLING YOU PERMANENTLY back in the 80s and 90s. Then they established a specialized hospital here in the SF Bay area where all the expertise and patients were treated. Their patient longevity when way up.
Having been through my own cancer stuff during the pandemic when most visits were video-only, I'm glad I stayed on top of it.
And about that "bad back". You definitely need to find a Rolfer who can deal with back stuff although you may have to venture from the Valley to L.A. proper to find someone. I deal with back stuff all the time, even in my own body. And you probably sit A LOT.
https://pluralistic.net/2024/11/05/carcinoma-angels/
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Apparently, Trump's Campaign sent a Cease and Desist letter to @ProjectLincoln. They posted a Tick-Tok response that's just to good to not spread far and wide.
I hope Donald is stupid enough to actually sue.
[It's a big file and I tried to post it, but I also put it on my web site. If your mastodon instance doesn't see it, try the link below]
https://www.vilain.com/LincolnProjectTrumpCeaseDesist.mp4
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https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2023/12/28/hong-kong-security-law-asylum
Xi Jinping has said he's planning to "reunite Taiwan with the mainland" (aka he'll invade the country). I thinking that before that happens, many engineers and people that can get out of Taiwan will leave. And most likely destroy Semiconductor Fabs and factories before they go.
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The dress Michelle Yeoh is wearing just shouts "What? This schmata from Dior?"
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@bookstodon @seananmcguire I stumbled across this burb for an upcoming WHAT-IF crossover comic. I couldn't sign up fast enough for the pre-sale.
Now I have to wait until next July for it. 😢
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0593725697
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I'm a great fan of Libro.fm, the alternative audiobook store tooted by @pluralistic. His next audiobook Kickstarter just dropped. I got the ebook and the audiobook.
I'm really excited to hear him read his own work. And his director didn't need to borrow my Mother's black whip at all.
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/doctorow/the-lost-cause-a-novel-of-climate-and-hope
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@jerry That's the networking people. I stick to the servers and storage. They still complain.
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@jerry The password reset email came through and my account is now active. Thanks.
When I was doing IT and someone asked "What happened?", I pull out my Standard Answer™:
There was shpilkis in the geneckicazoik.
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@jerry
Is there a delay in accounts being verified? I signed up for https://infosec.pub/login and setup a login.
I still can't login even though I verified my email address.
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