Tweets
2020
Nvidia is acquiring Arm for $40 billion: https://www.theverge.com/2020/9/13/21435507/nvidia-acquiring-arm-40-billion-chips-ai-deal
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09-13
Google Chat on iPadOS still doesn’t support split view or slide over…
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09-13
š¤Æ https://twitter.com/seanwes/status/1205975759430594561?s=21
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09-06
Between Touch ID on my iPad, Face ID on my iPhone and watch unlock on my Mac, I like the passwordless future.
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09-03
Ontario First Nations communities to receive pandemic supplies through drone deliveries : https://www.cp24.com/news/ontario-first-nations-communities-to-receive-pandemic-supplies-through-drone-deliveries-1.5066323
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08-16
RT @BrianMueller333: Everyone on Epicās āsideā needs to realize that Epic doesnāt care about the 30% cut of Fornite sales. They want to makā¦
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08-14
Fortnite for Android has also been kicked off the Google Play Store: https://www.theverge.com/2020/8/13/21368079/fortnite-epic-android-banned-google-play-app-store-rule-violation
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08-13
Apple just kicked Fortnite off the App Store: https://www.theverge.com/2020/8/13/21366438/apple-fortnite-ios-app-store-violations-epic-payments
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08-13
Snapdragon chip flaws put >1 billion Android phones at risk of data theft: https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2020/08/snapdragon-chip-flaws-put-1-billion-android-phones-at-risk-of-data-theft/
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08-09
This is ridiculous and will need to change. Streaming games are clearly coming and if the only way to access them is Android, Apple will have a huge hole in its offering https://www.theverge.com/2020/8/6/21357771/apple-cloud-gaming-microsoft-xcloud-google-stadia-ios-app-store-guidelines-violations
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08-07
RT @EricTopol: This #COVID19 church service outbreak in 91 people (graph via @GovMikeDewine) is very instructive.
Kids ranging from 6-16 yeā¦
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08-06
China requires gamers to reveal real names and map them to frag-tastic IDs ā¢ The Register: https://www.theregister.com/2020/08/04/china_gamer_id_law/
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08-05
RT @PessimistsArc: Gen A: Novels have ruined Gen B!
Gen B: Radio ruined gen C!
Gen C: Comics ruined Gen D!
Gen D: Television ruined Gen E!ā¦
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08-01
COVID Alert app, built with Apple and Google Exposure Notification API, now available in Canada - 9to5Mac: https://9to5mac.com/2020/07/31/covid-alert-iphone-app-available/
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07-31
COVID Alert app, built with Apple and Google Exposure Notification API, now available in Canada - 9to5Mac: https://9to5mac.com/2020/07/31/covid-alert-iphone-app-available/
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07-31
Intel’s 7nm is Broken, Company Announces Delay Until 2022, 2023: https://www.tomshardware.com/news/intel-announces-delay-to-7nm-processors-now-one-year-behind-expectations
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07-25
This is just painful to watch https://twitter.com/itslewdicolo/status/1286326321337864199?s=21
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07-23
I don’t know what it is but there’s something about the Hey email app that rubs me the wrong way. If I can’t use my own email client, is it really email?
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07-17
RT @washingtonpost: “It was like being preyed upon”: Federal officers in unmarked vans detain Portland protesters https://wapo.st/2WtzN14
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07-17
I’ve been using the mini keyboard and QuickPath on my iPad lately, and I have to say, it’s fantastic!
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07-15
Warning of serious brain disorders in people with mild coronavirus symptoms: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/jul/08/warning-of-serious-brain-disorders-in-people-with-mild-covid-symptoms
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07-11
Apple promises to support Thunderbolt on its new ARM Macs: https://www.theverge.com/circuitbreaker/2020/7/8/21317980/apple-silicon-intel-thunderbolt-arm-macs-support-usb-c
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07-09
Masks will be mandatory indoors at public places in Durham starting Friday: https://www.durhamradionews.com/archives/127744
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07-06
RT @pilky: Programming in a nutshell:
āLetās implement this big featureā = done in 1 hour
āLet’s just fix this tiny bugā = a week long trā¦
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07-03
With iOS 14, Apple made a better version of Android than Google ever will: https://www.androidcentral.com/with-ios-14-apple-made-better-version-android-than-google-ever-will
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06-29
RT @richdavisphd: What does a mask do? Blocks respiratory droplets coming from your mouth and throat.
Two simple demos:
First, I sneezed,ā¦
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06-27
iOS 14 reveals clipboard snooping is far worse than we thought | iMore: https://www.imore.com/ios-14-reveals-clipboard-snooping-far-worse-we-thought
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06-26
Senate Republicans Propose Law to Outlaw End-to-End Encryption: https://daringfireball.net/linked/2020/06/23/senate-republicans-propose-outlawing-e2e-encryption
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06-25
RT @ProjectLincoln: This is art. https://twitter.com/FindAClearTruth/status/1274560910573465600/video/1
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06-23
iOS 14 has a new home screen with widgets, a redesigned Siri view, and more: https://www.theverge.com/2020/6/22/21291695/apple-ios-14-updates-home-screen-redesign-features-release-date-wwdc-2020
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06-22
Macs with new Apple-built chips will natively run iPhone and iPad apps: https://www.theverge.com/2020/6/22/21299485/apple-mac-new-silicon-chips-iphone-ipad-apps-shared-architecture-wwdc-2020
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06-22
The Astounding Physics of N95 Masks - YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eAdanPfQdCA&feature=share
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06-19
Why one email app went to war with Appleāand why neither one is right: https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2020/06/why-one-email-app-went-to-war-with-apple-and-why-neither-one-is-right/
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06-17
Covid-19 Patient Gets Double Lung Transplant, Offering Hope for Others: https://www.nytimes.com/2020/06/11/health/coronavirus-lung-transplant.html
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06-15
RT @DanRather: Put your face masks on. Please. Donāt be selfish. Donāt be stupid.
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06-10
Elon Muskās SpaceX Just Launched Two NASA Astronauts Into Space: https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/danvergano/musk-spacex-nasa-human-launch
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05-30
Apple working to replace Messages app on Mac with a Catalyst version iOS 14 code reveals - 9to5Mac: https://9to5mac.com/2020/05/23/apple-working-to-replace-messages-app-on-mac-with-a-catalyst-version-ios-14-code-reveals/
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05-23
Hereās Unreal Engine 5 running on the PlayStation 5: https://www.polygon.com/2020/5/13/21256621/unreal-engine-5-ps5-demo-playstation-5-graphics-epic-games
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05-15
The cheapest iPhone has a better CPU than your Android phone: https://www.androidcentral.com/cheapest-iphone-has-more-powerful-processor-most-expensive-android-phone
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05-12
Castle Rock business draws crowd against public health orders (VIDEO) | http://Coloradocommunitymedia.com: https://coloradocommunitymedia.com/stories/castle-rock-business-draws-crowd-against-public-health-orders,298725
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05-11
It feels too soon to be reopening things. If you choose to go out, remember, nothing has really changed.
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05-11
Star Wars: The Mandalorian Casts Familiar Face as Boba Fett: https://www.cbr.com/star-wars-mandalorian-boba-fett-temuera-morrison/?utm_source=CBR-FB-P&utm_medium=Social-Distribution&utm_campaign=CBR-FB-P
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05-08
Google Podcasts will give podcasters more data about their listeners: https://www.theverge.com/2020/5/5/21247871/google-podcasts-listener-data-update
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05-05
iPhone SE: The One-Eyed King?: https://blog.halide.cam/iphone-se-the-one-eyed-king-96713d65a3b1
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05-01
AI Designs Computer Chips for More Powerful AI: https://www.discovermagazine.com/technology/ai-designs-computer-chips-for-more-powerful-ai?utm_campaign=Feed%3A+AllDiscovermagazinecomContent+%28All+DISCOVERmagazine.com+stories%29&utm_medium=feed&utm_source=feedburner
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04-30
Lockdown Productivity: Spaceship You - YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=snAhsXyO3Ck&feature=share
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04-30
The Emerging Science of What SARS-CoV-2 Does to the Human Body: https://kottke.org/20/04/the-emerging-science-of-what-sars-cov-2-does-to-the-human-body
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04-20
We play a lot of Minecraft. I’m not sure if this’ll be something the girls are interested in, but we’ll definitely be trying it out when it launches. https://www.polygon.com/2020/4/16/21223639/minecraft-dungeons-impressions-children-design-playstation-4-xbox-one-nintendo-switch
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04-19
Trump Campaign Secretly Paying $180,000 A Year To His Sonsā Significant Others: https://m.huffingtonpost.ca/entry/trump-secret-payments-sons-wife-girlfriend_n_5e9a1c46c5b635d25d6c747a?ri18n=true
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04-18
Looking forward to NNW getting iCloud feed syncing https://vincode.io/2020/04/09/cloudkit-impressions-from.html
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04-10
iOS 14 might let you experience parts of apps without installing them first: https://www.imore.com/ios-14-might-let-you-experience-parts-apps-without-installing-them-first
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04-10
Coronavirus briefing: Trump lashes out over questions about IG report - Vox: https://www.vox.com/2020/4/6/21211345/trump-coronavirus-briefing-hhs-ig-report-jon-karl-kristin-fisher
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04-07
RT @SimpsonsQOTD: āAPRIL FOO…ā
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04-01
Sign the petition - Call on cell phone providers to drop data caps during the Covid-19 crisis!: https://action.openmedia.org/page/58372/petition/1?ea.tracking.id=tw
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03-29
RT @KateBennett_DC: This chyron on @CNN right now is very important for people to see and understand.
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03-27
How To Tell If We’re Beating COVID-19: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=54XLXg4fYsc&feature=share
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03-27
Save the world from a pandemic in the next ‘Plague, Inc.’ update: https://www.engadget.com/2020/03/24/plague-inc-coronavirus-update/
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03-24
RT @ava: I thought I was thorough, but this taught me not to forget the thumbs! Take a look. And blessings to all today. šš¾āš¾šš¾šš¾šš¾ https:/ā¦
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03-21
Visualizing the History of Pandemics: https://kottke.org/20/03/visualizing-the-history-of-pandemics
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03-19
These are two great games, if you don’t have them, get them while they’re free https://www.iphoneincanada.ca/app-store/altos-odyssey-altos-adventure-free/
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03-19
‘Minecraft’ library helps you dodge news media censorship | Engadget: https://www.engadget.com/2020/03/15/minecraft-uncensored-library/
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03-15
RT @DestinyTheGame: Power the Warmind to save the Last City from destruction, compete in Trials of Osiris, and unlock new Exotics in Seasonā¦
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03-03
iPhone Do Not Disturb: It’s time for Apple to rethink it - 9to5Mac: https://9to5mac.com/2020/03/01/iphone-do-not-disturb/
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03-01
Just how contagious is COVID-19? This chart puts it in perspective.: https://www.popsci.com/story/health/how-diseases-spread/
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02-29
Apple reportedly releasing an iPad keyboard with a trackpad later this year: https://www.theverge.com/platform/amp/2020/2/27/21156639/apple-ipad-smart-keyboard-trackpad-pro?utm_campaign=theverge&utm_content=chorus&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter&__twitter_impression=true
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02-27
I was thinking about this recently given all the criticism about iPadOS’s multitasking lately. Like Rene, I was thinking it would be cool to be able to show a compact version of springboard to select the second app for multitasking. I hope something likeā¦ https://michael.runcieman.com/2020/i-was-thinking-about-this-recently-given
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02-13
Microsoftās xCloud game streaming arrives on iOS with some Apple restrictions: https://www.theverge.com/2020/2/12/21134952/microsoft-xcloud-game-streaming-ios-beta
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02-12
Chrome OS has stalled out: https://www.androidpolice.com/2020/01/02/chrome-os-has-stalled-out/
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01-30
Isn’t this what mobsters do, demand protection money https://twitter.com/justinamash/status/1216054398138376192?s=21
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01-11
Next Star Wars movie takes place 400 years in the past, no longer a trilogy: https://www.imore.com/next-star-wars-movie-takes-place-400-years-past-no-longer-trilogy
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01-10
Donald Trump gets impeachedā63 Canadians die - http://Macleans.ca: https://www.macleans.ca/opinion/donald-trump-gets-impeached-63-canadians-die/
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01-09
Spotify will use everything it knows about you to target podcast ads: https://www.theverge.com/2020/1/8/21056336/spotify-streaming-ad-insertion-technology-ces-launch
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01-08
Nvidia unleashes the fastest displays in competitive gaming | TechRadar: https://www.techradar.com/news/nvidia-unleashes-the-fastest-displays-in-competitive-gaming
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01-06
2019
Rise of Skywalker was great, a good finale to an epic saga.
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12-21
The Xbox Series X is basically a PC: https://www.theverge.com/circuitbreaker/2019/12/13/21020149/xbox-series-x-pc-specs-analysis
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12-13
AI has bested chess and Go, but it struggles to find a diamond in Minecraft: https://www.theverge.com/2019/12/13/21020230/ai-minecraft-minerl-diamond-challenge-microsoft-reinforcement-learning
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12-13
Greta Thunberg: TIME’s Person of the Year 2019 | Time: https://time.com/person-of-the-year-2019-greta-thunberg/?utm_source=twitter&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=person-of-the-year&utm_term=_&linkId=78763203?utm_source=digg&utm_medium=email
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12-12
How is this still a thing in gmail?
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12-05
Marvel Studios’ Black Widow - Official Teaser Trailer - YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RxAtuMu_ph4&feature=share
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12-03
Bad RCS implementations are creating big vulnerabilities, security researchers claim - The Verge: https://www.theverge.com/2019/11/29/20987738/bad-rcs-implementations-are-creating-big-vulnerabilities-security-researchers-claim
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11-29
Lawmakers concerned Apple’s focus on privacy could be anticompetitive: https://www.imore.com/lawmakers-concerned-apples-focus-privacy-could-be-anticompetitive
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11-27
Half-Life: Alyx: https://www.half-life.com/en/alyx/
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11-21
Google & Samsung fix Android spying flaw. Other makers may still be vulnerable | Ars Technica: https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2019/11/google-samsung-fix-android-spying-flaw-other-makers-may-still-be-vulnerable/
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11-21
‘Royalty-Free’ Music Supplied By YouTube Results in Mass Video Demonetization (Updated) - TorrentFreak: http://feed.torrentfreak.com/~r/Torrentfreak/~3/aQDhAm8tDkA/
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11-20
Google Is Finally Rolling Out its Own RCS in the US | WIRED: https://www.wired.com/story/google-is-finally-rolling-out-its-own-rcs-in-the-us/
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11-16
Now this is an interesting foldable phone https://www.theverge.com/2019/11/13/20963294/motorola-razr-new-foldable-smartphone-android-hands-on-flip-phone-photos-video
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11-15
Google enlists outside help to clean up Androidās malware mess | Ars Technica: http://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2019/11/google-enlists-outside-help-to-clean-up-androids-malware-mess/
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11-09
RT @DetectorDigi: All major telecommunication operators of Canada are down.
RT and comment, if internet services of Bell, Virgin Mobile, Tā¦
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11-09
@TeksavvyCSR My DSL in Ajax has been down for an hour or so now, any idea when service will be restored?
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11-09
Researchers hack Siri, Alexa, and Google Home by shining lasers at them | Ars Technica: https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2019/11/researchers-hack-siri-alexa-and-google-home-by-shining-lasers-at-them/
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11-04
I think I’ve found a way to post quick status updates to my blog using Pretext rather than Drafts. I like Drafts, and I’d probably use it if it just kept plaintext files in iCloud Drive.
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11-03
Apple results: $64B in revenue on record Services income: https://sixcolors.com/post/2019/10/apple-results-64b-in-revenue-on-record-services-income/
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11-01
Google buys Fitbit for $2.1 billion: https://www.theverge.com/2019/11/1/20943318/google-fitbit-acquisition-fitness-tracker-announcement
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11-01
Shitty weather for Halloween this year āļø The girls made it most of the way around the block, but eventually just asked to go home.
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10-31
Yes please https://www.thestar.com/vancouver/2019/10/30/bc-government-will-make-daylight-saving-time-permanent-will-the-rest-of-the-country-follow.html
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10-31
Amazon Sells Clothes From Factories Other Retailers Shun as Dangerous: https://www.wsj.com/articles/amazon-sells-clothes-from-factories-other-retailers-shun-as-dangerous-11571845003
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10-23
RT @DLeonhardt: Watch how radically taxes on the wealthy have fallen over the past 70 years:
(Full column: https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2019/10/06/opinion/income-tax-rate-wealthy.html?action=click&module=Opinion&pgtype=Homepage) httpsā¦
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10-07
Shadowkeep is just so good #destiny2
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10-02
Privacy matters because it empowers us all | Aeon Essays: https://aeon.co/essays/privacy-matters-because-it-empowers-us-all
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10-01
Andrew Scheer’s experience in the insurance industry: ‘6 or 7 months’ | CBC News: https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/scheer-insurance-broker-monday-1.5303394
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09-30