Paranoia on the interweb

I have have tried to be fearless in my disdain for Donald Trump and his actions. Of course always in 
the back of my mind lingered the thought of his retribution Two actions this past week brought those fears to the foreground.

 

Adventures in computing: Are facebook and Google connected? As part of my morning routine, I check stats for my blog to see how many hits it received and what posts were checked in the previous 24 hours. Normally the hits are in triple digits with a dozen or more posts listed even in these days when I don't post much. Imagine my shock two days ago when only 3 hits showed up and then 8 this morning. As usual I panicked and chased through everything Google had to offer but found no indication Musk's DOGErs had tampered with it. I tried to think what else I had changed, The only thing I could think of was changing who could see my facebook posts during my previous paranoid episode. It turns out mistakenly I had selected an option that allowed no one to see my posts unless I specifically allowed it. Still nothing I do on facebook should affect something on Google Blogger. I changed it to"everyone" and by the time I got back to my blog the hits were in double figures and went to more than 100 in an hour. Ten hours later it was 185. Fixed, I think, but who would have guessed?

Here's the earlier adventure (April 3, 2025) Trump malaise takes a turn into paranoia. Earlier this week I shared a meme with a picture of a cheese wedge crushing a Tesla truck. A day or so later I noticed it had received two likes one from someone I know but I did not recognize the other name. When I clicked to search further it came up as someone who works at the White House who also had put up the original post. Immediate panic. I went to the sender's page which had several seemingly valid White House postings.I have not been quiet about Trump and his minions. Was this an effort to single me out and exact some sort of retribution?. Immediately I blocked the sender and then deleted the post then took one step further activating restrictions on who could see my posts to "just friends." But, now I wonder.