It is possible, but you have to be in a particular place, performing a particular task.
The CRT effect has been removed, and won't be in the game after the next update. The next update is taking ages since it's such an enormous update. If you'd like to add me on discord, I'd be glad to give you the link to the beta for the next update, since you've been pretty committed to the game :)
(Additionally, missing events because you were AFK has also been fixed)