Chrome now has a bug where if a web page pops up "log in with Google" it happens in the browser UI, not in the web page UI. And it freezes things up enough so Ctrl-W no longer works to close the tab while the "log in" dialog is displayed.
Good jerb! I suspect this is related to some monopolistic practice of Google favoring their proprietary, privacy-invading login system in their browser.
Pondering Barthes' introduction to the book Tricks, with rough English translation by me and Gemini
Les pratiques sexuelles sont banales, pauvres, vouées Š la répétition, et cette pauvreté est disproportionnée ä l'émerveillement du plaisir qu'elles procurent.
Sexual practices are banal, impoverished, devoted to repetition; this poverty is disproportionate to the marvel of pleasure that they provide.