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• Why do so many people hide their real appearance?

  By Shaun on July 28, 2020 • ( 0 )

  

  The ‘Beauty False’ Instagram account is dedicated to showing you the truth about how stars look without layers of makeup and excessive photo-editing. The difference is striking (and a bit comforting because we can make our expectations for ourselves more… Read More ›

• AFCB: back where we belong?

  By Shaun on July 27, 2020 • ( 0 )

  

  Five years ago AFC Bournemouth were promoted to the Premier League and to this day I still struggle to believe it ever happened. I was born in Bournemouth and grew up there, only leaving at 25 years of age and… Read More ›

• Why do British people not like Donald Trump?

  By Shaun on July 27, 2020 • ( 0 )

  

  A few things spring to mind. Trump lacks certain qualities which the British traditionally esteem. For instance, he has no class, no charm, no coolness, no credibility, no compassion, no wit, no warmth, no wisdom, no subtlety, no sensitivity, no… Read More ›

• NRA Accidentally Forgets To Rise Up

  By Shaun on July 27, 2020 • ( 0 )

  

  He said the morale around the NRA has been pretty low. “The guys feel pretty silly. We had our well regulated militia stocked up and ready to go, just waiting for the moment when the Government would turn on its… Read More ›

• One week a year…

  By Shaun on July 26, 2020 • ( 0 )

  

  For at least one week a year the Apple Watch gets some time to see what the real world is like. It was probably shocked when it realised what had changed in the world recently after being charged, but I… Read More ›

• TMBG Dial-A-Song since the 1980s

  By Shaun on July 26, 2020 • ( 2 )

  

  Since the dawn of time, They Might Be Giants has been providing free music through the Dial-A-Song service. It is currently available in traditional form at (844) 387-6962 or right here on this site. Come to this site every week… Read More ›

• Kayleigh McEnany

  By Shaun on July 26, 2020 • ( 0 )

  

  I have seen a few press briefings taken by Kayleigh McEnany to date and it hard not to be impressed by the way she handles the toughest of questions. She never misses a beat, she always has an answer and… Read More ›

• Dimpy Bhalotia’s iPhone photos

  By Shaun on July 25, 2020 • ( 0 )

  

  For nearly a decade, photographer Dimpy Bhalotia has been using iPhones to document captivating street scenes in luscious black and white. She’s used almost every model Apple ever released — and this week, she took home top honors in the… Read More ›

• Could your Fitbit or Apple Watch detect early COVID-19 symptoms?

  By Shaun on July 25, 2020 • ( 0 )

  

  Stanford researchers are among several groups examining whether wearable fitness devices such as the Fitbit or Apple Watch can provide an early warning. Snyder’s team enrolled 5,000 people in the study and studied historical smartwatch data from 31 users who… Read More ›

• In Event of Moon Disaster

  By Shaun on July 25, 2020 • ( 0 )

  

  To recreate the contingency speech, the piece used deep learning techniques to create both a synthetic voice of Nixon and to use dialogue replacement techniques to replicate the movement of Nixon’s mouth and lips. By creating this alternative history the… Read More ›