doug — off the record

• Boo Murder! – Existential Comics

  A philosophy webcomic about the inevitable anguish of living a brief life in an absurd world. Also Jokes

• Making These 5 Changes Will Immediately Make Your Computer Run Faster

• Commercials Ruining YouTube? 8 Ad-Blocking Techniques That Still Work | PCMag

• Pizza Hut claps back at Americans after 'SNL' jab over Canadian-exclusive pie | Daily Hive | Food & Drink

  Pizza Hut is offering an "apology" to Americans after a cheeky jab over the chains new Hot Dog Stuffed Crust Pizza available only in Canada.

• Old Farmer’s Almanac Summer 2026 Forecast: Ontario Weather

  The Old Farmer’s Almanac has released its summer 2026 forecast for southern Ontario and the rest of Canada. See the full weather breakdown here.

• Anthropic quietly targets Microsoft’s most popular app

• Apple’s MacBook and iPhone wallpapers are hiding tons of secret messages (and some are easier to spot than others) | Creative Bloq

• Microsoft launches MAI-Image-2-Efficient, a cheaper and faster AI image model

• 7 Premium AI Tools You're Overpaying For (And Their Free Alternatives)

  We'll compare features side by side and tell you honestly when premium might actually be worth it

• Blowin’ in the Wind: How Nordic Countries Made Electricity Free | Atmos

  Years of investment in green infrastructure have driven electricity prices down across countries like Sweden and Finland—sometimes below zero. Could the United States do the same?

• Scientists Made Something Out of Nothing. Literally.

  Like ghosts in the void, virtual particles can materialize from (almost) nothing.

• Sam Altman Just Said Anyone Who Learns This One AI Skill in 2026 Will Never Need a Job Again — Here's Exactly What It Is – Wealthy Tent

  The one AI skill to master in 2026 is not coding, not prompt engineering, and it is not managing social media bots.

• Japan finds a way to recover 90% of lithium from old EV batteries

• Mean tweets

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