OTR Backup 05/26/2025

• Whatever happened to … – doug — off the record

• Leftover comics - The Oatmeal

  These are some comics I submitted to The New Yorker.

• High school students are totally behind and addicted to their phones—it's making teachers crazy and driving them to quit | Fortune

  With over 400,000 unfilled teaching roles in the U.S., burnout and low pay are driving educators away from the profession.

• Google Confirms Gmail Upgrade Offer—You Must Decide Carefully

  Do not say yes until you understand the risks.

• Google and Samsung are making Android work like a desktop

• Walkerton teacher 4 students die in London crash

• Virtual Machine Beginners Should Try These 9 Operating Systems First

• You Need This Hack If You Want a Faster, Cleaner Windows 11

  Windows comes with a lot of extra baggage. It's about time you get rid of it.

• I ditched Google for Perplexity for a month — and I don't think I can go back | Tom's Guide

• My phone was giving me migraines, so I made these 5 changes

  Screen use is a common migraine trigger, but I changed a few things on my smartphone to improve the situation.

• One Visualization. Ten Seconds. You’re Back in Control | Psychology Today

  Here’s a science-backed technique that helps you regulate your emotions in real-time—whether you’re face-to-face in conflict or reading a text that sets you off.

• Google Flights hack

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