doug — off the record

• “Goodbye Eyelashes”: 50 Of The Funniest Pictures That Are Worth More Than A Thousand Words | Bored Panda

  Grandma covered in flour mid-baking, a security guard tumbling up the stairs of a bus as a raccoon hightails it out, or a simple set of tiny pawprints that sends the internet into a collective fit of hysterics. One photograph. Infinite laughter. Here’s a list of pictures that tell a better story than words ever could – even if we have to fill in some of the blanks ourselves. Funny

• Honor, Hoping to Stand Out, Debuts a Robot-Like Phone and More at MWC | PCMag

• Claude Overtakes ChatGPT, Gemini on the App Store Following Trump’s Ban

  Anthropic's Claude is now the top downloaded app on the Apple App Store, beating the likes of ChatGPT and Gemini.

• Bluetooth Is Getting an Upgrade. Here's What It Means for Your Devices | PCMag

• Is Southern Ontario About to See Its First 20° Day? | #forecast

• Actually, Doug Ford, basket-weaving is innovative and in-demand

  Craft practices are not supplemental to human survival: they enable it, and have always been at the centre of technological innovation.

• I thought I knew Linux… until I tried this distro

  If sleek, technical, steep learning, and new experiences floats your boat, this distro is your new best friend.

• Firefox just handed control back to users with a single toggle that wipes out every AI feature instantly

• YouTube’s cofounder and former tech boss doesn’t want his kids to watch short videos | Fortune

  Steve Chen said companies that distribute short-form video should add safeguards for kids.

• SaaS in, SaaS out: Here's what's driving the SaaSpocalypse | TechCrunch

  What's behind the SaaSpocalypse? It simply seems a new supreme has risen.

• Why You Can’t Say No to Snacks Even When Full – Neuroscience News

  The human brain continues to fire reward signals for food cues even when the body is completely full.

• How Trump decided to strike Iran

  A last chance to avert war with Iran played out Thursday in Geneva, where Trump's U.S. negotiators told Iran they must not take steps to build a nuclear bomb.

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