OTR Backup 03/20/2025

• I Spend My Evenings And Weekends Drawing Simple Animal Cartoons And Now I’m Trying To Support Animal Charities (30 Pics)

  I started drawing cartoons when I was very young. I entered a school talent contest when I was nine and created my own cartoon about a baby named Mayday that played Pac-Man (hey, it was the early 80s!).

• Special education needs more funding, staffing, unions say

  Special needs students are waiting years before they get help at school due to funding and staffing shortfalls.

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• How COVID changed the class of 2025 — and their teachers - Chalkbeat

  Five years after the pandemic closed schools, some educators still long for pre-COVID times.

• In-person summer school scrapped at London high schools

• Don't keep your hopes high for the largest U.S.-Canada border crossing | Urbanized

  The $6.4-billion bridge linking Canada and the U.S. is looking more and more like a white elephant amid a worsening trade war.

• I always turn off this default TV setting when watching movies - here's why you should, too | ZDNET

• HP EliteStudio 8 AiO G1i: First look at a game-changing AI PC | Windows Central

• Windows Defender misidentifies key driver, disrupting popular PC monitoring tools | TechSpot

  For instance, fan control applications were affected, leading to fans running at high speeds after the tool was quarantined. However, this was not an actual attack but...

• Tesla booted from Vancouver Auto Show, forced to remove display amid protests - Drive Tesla

  The Vancouver International Auto Show has officially removed Tesla from its exhibitor lineup. Despite the company wanted to remain at the show, they will be forced to remove their booth and display that was already […]

• Farewell Photoshop? Google’s new AI lets you edit images by asking. - Ars Technica

  New experimental AI allows no-skill photo editing, including removing watermarks. But it’s not perfect.

• I'm ready to gamble on this alternative gaming-focused underdog to Windows 11, are you? | Laptop Mag

• Canada's new five-cent coin celebrates the beaver as the symbol of Canadian sovereignty - Narcity

  It's a 3D coin!

• This new tool lets you see how much of your data is exposed online - and it's free | ZDNET

• Our favorite free photo editor finally got the update it deserves - and these are the top 5 features designers should know about | TechRadar

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