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In the good old days, browsers had pop up blockers that blocked new windows websites tried to open, and all was well.

Nowadays, popups are back. I open a site and when I scroll, I get asked to sign up for the newsletter, or create an account, or register my email address, etc...

NPR is as good an example as any: https://www.npr.org/2023/06/28/1184544944/tcm-turner-classic-movies-david-zaslav

So, is there a modern(ish) extension that can block this behavior? I am hesitant to disable JS but that may be needed at this point. I just want to read the article -- after I am done, I might want to sign up for a newsletter, but you have to prove to me you have good content first.

Any help here gang?

My company has a "use it or lose it" vacation policy with a maximum number of days we can carry over from year to year.

The intent is to force people to take vacations somewhat regularly.

I've had 2 vacations this year cancelled due to travel restrictions and figured many others would be in the same boat.

I asked if that policy was going to be altered to allow us to 'store' more vacation and the answer was No. The thinking is that folks can still drive, take staycations, etc... A second factor would be that many of us would want to take a vacation soon after a vaccine or whatever was available, and the company just can't support that many people wanting vacation time simultaneously.

I can see a few different angles here and was wondering if other companies are altering their vacation accrual polices. And I want to get input on how companies intend to handle (what I feel will be) a rash of vacation requests that are building up.