🚨 BREAKING: Google tweaks its search box! 🚨 The internet is collectively losing its mind over a minor UI change that required a 25-year gestation period. 🙄 Meanwhile, the #NYT bravely battles the true menace: ad blockers and #JavaScript settings. 🤦‍♂️
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/05/19/business/google-seach-bar-ai-gemini.html?unlocked_article_code=1.jlA.95yh.ptfBUHf-rBtB&smid=url-share #GoogleSearch #UIChange #InternetReaction #AdBlockers #HackerNews #ngated

Ah, the New York Times, valiantly fighting for democracy by... reminding us to enable #JavaScript and disable our ad blockers! Because clearly, the real threat to freedom is missing out on their precious banner ads. 📰🔒💰 #Priorities
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/05/18/world/americas/actually-democracy-dies-in-hr.html #NewYorkTimes #AdBlockers #DigitalDemocracy #MediaPriorities #InternetFreedom #HackerNews #ngated

AdGuard Browser Extension v5.4: Filtering you can trust, settings you can share adguard.com/en/blog/adguard-br… #adblockers

Ah, the New York Times graces us with an existential revelation wrapped in a JS-confetti parade. 🎭 Bob Odenkirk, our philosopher king, emerges from the algorithmic abyss to remind us that everything is pointless — just like trying to read an article behind their digital moat of ad blockers. 🧱💸
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/04/25/magazine/bob-odenkirk-interview.html #HackerNews #NewYorkTimes #BobOdenkirk #Existentialism #AdBlockers #HackerNews #ngated

Oh, the classic tale of "Oops, your money vanished into the electronic abyss!" 😂 Apparently, even the #NYT can't figure out how to enable basic tech like JS while disabling ad blockers. 🙄 Maybe the real glitch here is trusting banks with a Ctrl+Z function for your savings. 💸✨
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/04/25/your-money/fidelity-investments-fraud-alert.html #moneyvanished #techfail #adblockers #bankingglitch #HackerNews #ngated

🚀💸 In an astonishing display of modern journalism, NYT reports a $60 billion space deal without, you know, actually telling you about it—because who needs details when you can have a blank page? 🙄 Just disable your ad blocker and imagine the possibilities! 🛸👀
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/04/21/business/spacex-cursor-deal.html #modernjournalism #spaceindustry #NYTreport #adblockers #detailsmatter #HackerNews #ngated

Pook-Emu Bee: Links For 04-10-26

My Pook-Emu Bee links are a bit late today. I had to deal with an issue related to my wireless access point this morning and then some work assignments. Unfortunately, I did not have time to engage in my regular morning reading, but we can take advantage to clear links from my to-use backlog. 1. Bee Write Back is a DIY distraction-free writing machine with OLED display and mechanical keyboard (Brad Linder for Liliputing. April 9, 2026.) This is adorable. 2. Penn Station’s chaotic World […]

https://social.emucafe.org/naferrell/pook-emu-bee-links-for-04-10-26/

High Ad Block Usage in Indonesia

I came across an article on Backlinko featuring statistics about worldwide ad blocker usage. Different surveys noted in the article have wildly different results. But the first survey discussed, conducted by GlobalWebIndex ("GWI"), had a result which caught my attention. According to GWI, as of Q2 2025, the country with the highest ad block usage was Indonesia, with 40.1% internet surfers between the ages of 16-64 using ad blockers. GWI's survey had ad block usage at 29.5% worldwide (among […]

https://social.emucafe.org/naferrell/high-ad-block-usage-in-indonesia-04-05-26/