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Podcast Recommendation: The Fault Line, Bush, Blair, and Iraq
This new podcast from David Dimbleby takes a look at the Bush-Blair relationship and how it played into the…
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AOC Plays Among Us, and People Were Into It
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez Streams On Twitch With Hasan Piker And Pokimane, Draws Over 430,000 Viewers
Between their own channels,
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Representation in Games Improved Dramatically in 2020
More Video Games Featured Women This Year. Will It Last? | WIRED
Statistically, this year represents a significant improvement, with about 18 percent of games shown featuring female characters. In fact, this represents a new high, almost doubling the previous (dismal) record of 9 percent from 2014, our first year collecting this data.
And:
Reasons to
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Aundre Larrow’s Portrait Project - Shot on the iPhone 12
Shooting an Intimate Portrait Project with the Unreleased iPhone 12 Pro
“The thing I really like about working with them
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The Most Important iPhone Camera Review
iPhone 12 Pro Camera Review: Glacier — Austin Mann
Traditionally, RAW files themselves can’t be edited. When adjustments are made,
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Why Newsletters? Some Answers
Numeric Citizen in response to my request for insight into the newsletter hype:
Link posts can be done in newsletters and they won’t go viral for sure. But, I’m not really looking for this kind of fame to be honest.
It’s definitely worth noting that maximizing readers is not always the goal.
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Hey and Widgets are a Match Made in Heaven
The Dent - Hey, It’s Not All Bad
The introduction of widgets have, for me, made a world of difference to the way I use Hey, and the value I get out of it.
I’m glad Andy is also enjoying Hey more now, and I’m glad I’m not the only one who
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Hello, Beats Flex
Beats Flex review: wireless earbud basics done right - The Verge
The Beats Flex are a well thought-out product with
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Or Apple is Doing the Right Thing
Charging Bricks and Headphones Now Sold Separately — Pixel Envy
The problem I see with this is that many people will add one to their order “just in case”. It is like when a fast food place puts a napkin dispenser out in the open and people take a whole stack back to their table. If,
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The Origins of the “Masks Don’t Work” Narrative
The False Idea That Masks Make You Sicker - The Atlantic
In fact, the earliest instance of a “masks make you sicker” claim I could find was in a February 27 news article published on a Utah radio station’s website. (Its author did not return a request for comment.) Though the article has since been
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Brick and Mortar Isn’t Dead, It Just Needs to Adapt
As a consumer, this should be good for me as each of these worlds battling to get my money should lead to better products, better prices, and better options for everyone.
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Don’t Stress Too Much About Sorting Your Emails
Still filing your emails? Science says it's a waste of time | Email | The Guardian
The traumatic revelation is that all my vain attempts to keep my inbox under control by filing emails in folders are actively making me less productive. It apparently takes up 10% of the time spent on emails (ie, 10%
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4 Reasons Apple May Not Allow Third Party Watch Faces
David Shayer writing for TidBITS:
While I don’t have any inside information about current versions of watchOS and Apple
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Microsoft Outlines its App Store Principles
10 app store principles to promote choice, fairness and innovation - Microsoft Blog
We and others have raised questions and, at
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Futura Now Released
A year ago, Monotype released Helvetica Now, an updated version of Helvetica that was more tuned to modern use cases.
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The Rumored iPhones 12 Lineup
I woke up to these rumored dates today:
* iPhone 12 releasing October 23/24
* iPhone 12 Pro releasing October 23/24
* iPhone 12 Mini releasing November 13/14
* iPhone 12 Pro Max releasing November 20/21
Now these could be absolutely correct, and if so, I’m happy that the model I would be interested
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Apple, the Governement, and 2541 footnotes
The House Judiciary Committee release it's long-running report on antitrust policy, focused on Apple, Google, Amazon, and Microsoft. The full report is here, and it's chunky.
There is a ton to get into here, but I had to call out the fact that this report is 449 pages long and
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Bring on My Long Desired HomePod Mini
Apple Stops Selling Bose, Sonos, Logitech Speakers and Headphones (SONO, LOGI) - Bloomberg
The moves come as Apple develops multiple new products to expand on its audio strategy. The first Apple-branded over-ear headphones could be announced as early as this year, Bloomberg has reported. The company has also been working on a smaller version