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I turned off all news notifications on November 4, 2024 and haven't regretted it once.

On November 5 my wife had surgery, which meant that I had to hang out in a hospital waiting room. I did not want to have to see a TV, but there was nowhere in that room where that was an option.

I ended up positioning myself near the TV that was showing college football news, because I have no rooting interests in college football and that was much easier to tune out.

I hope it was easy and recovery went swiftly. Election Day was my son’s second birthday and I didn’t want to be glued to my phone all day.

I’ll bite: what was on the 4th/5th of November last year?

An election for president of the United States happens every four years on the first Tuesday after the first Monday in November

Huh, I didn't know the election in the US was on a specific date. Interesting.

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