Day: November 11, 2020

A Breakthrough…Maybe?

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I have been communicating with the WordPress Happiness Engineers nearly every day since November 3rd when the latest version of the WordPress app for iOS was installed on my iPhone. But so far our communications have not yielded any positive results. Up until today, maybe.

I once again did my best to explain what the issue is with respect to not being able to “like” or comment on some other bloggers’ posts from the reader on my iPhone. I wrote…

Every post where the site’s address does not include “.wordpress.com” has this problem and every site where the address does include “.wordpress.com” does NOT have this problem. This problem surfaced ONLY after version 16.0 of the iOS app was installed on my iPhone. There were no such problems before the update. So it’s pretty clear that whatever enhancements that were made to the reader in version 16.0 triggered the issues.

This time the response I got did not cite user error as the cause of the problem or blame it on my phone’s browser. In fact, the response I got was this…

Thanks! That is very helpful to try and replicate this problem. I’m sharing this with the rest of the team and we’ll jump into testing right away. As soon as we have an update we’ll keep you in the loop 🙂

So maybe, just maybe, a fix is in the works in the near future. Maybe.

In the meantime, if your blog does not have “.wordpress.com” in its address, I’m still unable to “like” or easily comment on your posts. Hopefully the issue that’s causing the problem will soon be rectified. Maybe.

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Reblog: Trump’s Attempted Coup

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Is there any depths that Republicans won’t stoop to to try and deny Joe Biden of his rightful place as the 46th President of the United States? Apparently not. Lydia tells us how low they’re willing to go.

Republican Texas Lieutenant Governor Dan Patrick is offering $1 million from his campaign funds for evidence of voter fraud. In other words, he has …

Trump’s Attempted Coup

One-Liner Wednesday — Escapism

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“Writing is like a little hole in reality that you can go through and you can get out and you can be someplace else for a while.”

Author Stephen King

I feel that, when I write a flash fiction post on my blog, I briefly sneak through a tiny tear in the fabric of the universe into a small world filled with characters I have created my mind. Sometimes, given the state of reality, I wish I could stay there longer.

Written for Linda G. Hill’s One-Liner Wednesday prompt.

Fandango’s Provocative Question #95

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FPQWelcome once again to Fandango’s Provocative Question. Each week I will pose what I think is a provocative question for your consideration.

By provocative, I don’t mean a question that will cause annoyance or anger. Nor do I mean a question intended to arouse sexual desire or interest.

What I do mean is a question that is likely to get you to think, to be creative, and to provoke a response. Hopefully a positive response.

There are estimates that there are nearly 25 billion connected Internet of Things (IoT) devices around the globe today.

Your smart watch, your smartphone, your ISP, your laptop, your car, your TV, your bank, your insurance companies, your home’s thermostat, maybe your refrigerator, your washer/dryer, and even your doctor, can all be collecting, storing, and sharing your personal information. So can Alexa, Siri, Apple Home, Google Hub, and your Nest or Ring doorbells.But what does this mean for your personal privacy when all of this data about who you are and almost everything you do is out there being stored and maybe being shared in cyberspace? Just how secure is all of this data about each and everyone of us that is routinely being collected and analyzed?

This leads to today’s provocative question, which is essentially about the trade-offs between privacy and security. There are those who argue that you can have security without privacy, but you can’t have privacy without security.

So the question is…

Which is more important to you, privacy or security? How much privacy are you willing to give up for security?

If you choose to participate, write a post with your response to the question. Once you are done, tag your post with #FPQ and create a pingback to this post if you are on WordPress. Or you can simply include a link to your post in the comments. But remember to check to confirm that your pingback or your link shows up in the comments.

FOWC with Fandango — Scalawag

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FOWCWelcome to November 11, 2020 and to Fandango’s One-Word Challenge (aka, FOWC). It’s designed to fill the void after WordPress bailed on its daily one-word prompt.

I will be posting each day’s word just after midnight Pacific Time (US).

Today’s word is “scalawag.”

Write a post using that word. It can be prose, poetry, fiction, non-fiction. It can be any length. It can be just a picture or a drawing if you want. No holds barred, so to speak.

Once you are done, tag your post with #FOWC and create a pingback to this post if you are on WordPress. Please check to confirm that your pingback is there. If not, please manually add your link in the comments.

And be sure to read the posts of other bloggers who respond to this prompt. You will marvel at their creativity.