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OTR Backup 02/20/2025

24 Hilarious Reasons Why The English Language Is The Worst. - The Language Nerds English is such a zany language. It confuses the heck out of everyone, natives and non-natives alike. If you can speak English, then kudos. It’s not easy to speak a language whose madness knows no Everyday Objects Transformed Into Believable Cartoon Characters By This Artist (15 New Pics) | Bored Panda In the eyes of Rinotuna, a Korean artist, anything—be it an item, object, animal, or plant—can be transformed into a compelling character. Google Starts Tracking All Your Devices As Chrome Changes Backlash as new tracking goes live—here’s what to know. untitled How s...
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OTR Backup 02/19/2025

Artist’s Hilariously Wholesome Comic Series About A Girl Adopted By Aliens As A Pet (28 New Pics) | Bored Panda Me, The Family Pet? is an ongoing webcomic series by Jejo S. that follows a girl named Sally, who was captured by the Gwanians—aliens that keep humans as pets. Surprisingly simple coding trick can slash data center energy usage by 30% | Live Science How to set up 2FA for Linux desktop logins for added security | ZDNET Bluestar Linux is a gorgeous MacOS-like take on KDE Plasma that's easy to use | ZDNET YouTube by the numbers: uncovering YouTube's ghost town of billions of unwatched, ignored videos | TechSpot A team...
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OTR Backup 02/18/2025

Cartoon: Will the real president please stand up? A cartoon by Mike Luckovich. Today's political cartoons - February 16, 2025 | The Week Google TV's free channel shuffle continues, but it’s not all bad news | Android Central Can You Survive 24 Hours Without the Internet? I Tried It and Here's How It Went - CNET We're entering the medical era of wearables | Android Central Bring back 'Gulf of Mexico' using this simple Chrome extension | Mashable A third-party Chrome extension that restores 'Gulf of Mexico' to Google Maps is...
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OTR Backup 02/17/2025

5 preposterously funny cartoons about Trump's plan for the Gaza Riviera | The Week Today's political cartoons - February 15, 2025 | The Week No, You Don’t Get an A for Effort (Adam Grant) | Larry Cuban on School Reform and Classroom Practice As a high school teacher and professor for decades, I have struggled with this basic dilemma of grading students: how much weight to give for effort and how much weight to give to measurable achiev… Want to write like a pro? These 7 tools are my secret to keeping my creative juices flowing | ZDNET untitled I tried gamin...
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OTR Backup 02/16/2025

MoonPie renames Florida 'MoonPieTown' just because it can - Upworthy A tweet from the company says the change is "effective immediately." Mysterious 'UFO' disc spotted on Google Maps in New Mexico sparks chilling theories - World News - UNILAD An unusual UFO-looking object has been spotted in the mountains of New Mexico by a Google Maps user which has sparked an investigation online. Mexico Says It Might Sue Google Over “Gulf of America” Change Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum says her government is not ruling out filing a civil lawsuit against Google if it maintains its stance of calling the stretch of sea between northeastern Mexico and the southeastern United States the “Gulf of America.” Sheinbaum, in her morning press conference on Thursday, said the presi...
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OTR Backup 02/15/2025

Cartoon: Tom the Dancing Bug presents a Calvinesque and Hobbesian look at a criminal presidency Support your friendly neighborhood independent comic strip: SIGN UP FOR THE INNER HIVE and you'll get each week's Tom the Dancing Bug comic at least a day before publication. Plus other exclusive ... Samsung Galaxy Watch 7 review: Incrementally better than its predecessor...again The Galaxy Watch 7 is a capable companion for Samsung phones with an accessible Health app, reliable activity tracking and zippy performance. But the AOD battery performance holds it back. The Best AI-Free, Encrypted Alternatives to Google Docs | Lifehacker Waze gets a big update that makes it easier to navigate to your favorite places | TechRad...
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OTR Backup 02/14/2025

Today's political cartoons - February 12, 2025 | The Week 5 reasons why Zen is my new favorite browser (RIP, Opera) | ZDNET I'm Using Perplexity Assistant Instead of Google Assistant, and I Might Never Go Back Say goodbye to switching apps and let Perplexity do it all. How can we keep our kids safe online? Here are some tips for parents – The Irish Times It’s not practical to completely cut off online access, but there are ways of minimising exposure to harm Perplexity is the AI tool Gemini wishes it could be | ZDNET Is Tim Hortons still Canadian? The answ...
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