doug — off the record

• ‘That’s F**ked Up!’: Colbert Gets Very Unexpected Help Roasting Pete Hegseth | HuffPost Entertainment

• 4 McDonald's Happy Meal Toys Every '90s Kids Remembers

  Throughout the 1990s, McDonald’s turned the simple act of ordering a Happy Meal into a cultural moment through promotional toys. These small, collectible

• Toronto police say multiple bomb threats made to schools

  Toronto police say that multiple schools throughout the city have received bomb threats that are believed to have been made by the same individual.

• LETTER: An alternative to banning U.S. liquor from Canadian shelves

• E-bike rider charged after running stop signs in Kingsville: OPP

• Scammed! Guelph woman thought she’d see it coming, until she didn’t

• Major jump in gas prices coming to southern Ontario again

• Apple and Samsung are dominating smartphone sales so thoroughly that only one other company makes the top 10

• 1984 was the Eighties’ greatest year for music. And here are the 15 albums that prove it

• Why AI brands are obsessed with serif fonts | Creative Bloq

• Bell dodges activation fee bans with a newly invented $40 charge – Android Authority

  Activation fees may be banned in Canada, but Bell already found a new way to charge customers for buying a phone.

• High school grades and college math readiness: one student’s story – Chalkbeat

  A UC San Diego student says her high school math grades hid deeper learning gaps, raising questions about grade inflation, accountability, and college readiness.

• Microsoft is finally ditching the junk MSN feed in Windows widgets | The Verge

  Microsoft is hiding the MSN news feed in the Windows widgets feature. It’s part of an effort to fix Windows 11.

• 5 MacBook System Settings You Might Not Know You Can Change

• These 5 critical Windows Defender settings are off by default – turn them on ASAP | ZDNET

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