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Unexpected Truth
Jordan Peterson is a Canadian professor of psychology, clinical psychologist, YouTube personality, and author. Jordan Peterson began to receive widespread attention in the late 2010s for his views on cultural and political issues, often described as conservative. Jordan Peterson’s life… Read More ›
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Quartz is being squeezed and Fossil is truly f*cked
Excuse the language in the title, but I liked the alliteration. Fossil is at the height of the modern watch industry demise because of the brands it is responsible for. Currently Fossil builds watches under the Fossil, Relic, Michele Watch,… Read More ›
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Impressions of the pine64 PineTime smartwatch
An open source smartwatch. For $27. A basic Casio is $13.50 – can you really buy a smartwatch for the price of two of them? tl;dr: yes. And bloomin’ impressive it is too… More here. Hard to argue with the… Read More ›
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COP26: just words…
Lots of words came from COP26, but not so much substance. This could be the time we look back on with the most regret.
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Revealing the truth about Jimmy Savile
Meanwhile, George Entwistle, the BBC’s head of television, was trying to work out how BBC light entertainment would mark the death of one of its biggest stars. Entwistle was informed that there was no obituary ready to run on Savile… Read More ›
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Young viewers prefer TV subtitles
Young people are almost four times more likely than older viewers to watch TV shows with subtitles, despite having fewer hearing problems, according to research by a captioning charity. Four out of five viewers aged 18-25 said they use subtitles… Read More ›
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You haven’t done this! Why have you not done this? Hello! Answer me! Do it now!!! (Apple Watch)
I put my Garmin fenix on charge yesterday, for only the 2nd time in 4 weeks as it happens, and put my Apple Watch on. Oh my word. Within seconds I was greeted with a reminder that I had not… Read More ›
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1970’s vintage Omega is the best value in the watch world today
A few days back I was looking at some vintage watches in a local jewellers and my wife spotted the watch above. She is not like me, she likes watches and has a few vintage men’s timepieces from Tudor, Roamer… Read More ›
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St. Jude Hoards Billions
Only about half of the $7.3 billion St. Jude has received in contributions in the past five fiscal years went to the hospital’s research and caring for patients, according to its financial filings with the Internal Revenue Service. About 30%… Read More ›
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“JUDGE, LAWYER, HELP, CASE DISMISSED”
Phillip Spillane, a good friend of mine among the ambassadors, had called 911 to get paramedics to take her to Grady Hospital that Friday. He has made this call about once every two weeks, when the state of Harmony’s squalor… Read More ›
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