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• Girls will be girls, Boys can be anything they want to be

  By Shaun on February 7, 2022 • ( 0 )

  Such a good thread which only uses photos to get the point over. The evidence speaks for itself and highlights just how much we, as a society, limit the ambitions of women from a very early age.

• McGST Podcast Episode 89 (I think I know why Johnson is still PM, Jimmy Carr’s moment and I’m running out of space)

  By Shaun on February 5, 2022 • ( 0 )

  

  Why is Boris Johnson still Prime Minister? I think I know why. The explosion of complaints over Jimmy Carr’s World War II joke is worrying. Site update: running out of space… Music by Tom Munch.

• Mastering The Masters in Miniature

  By Shaun on February 5, 2022 • ( 0 )

  These three masterpieces have been reproduced by Jaeger-LeCoultre in a trio of watches called the Reverso Tribute Enamel Hidden Treasures – each one created using grand feu enamel and miniature painting, topped with guillochage on the dial. Doing justice to… Read More ›

• 400GB for $40

  By Shaun on February 5, 2022 • ( 2 )

  For the few who don’t already know, every variety of Nintendo’s popular Switch console can get a storage upgrade by installing a microSD card. And while you’re most likely to stumble upon deals for microSD cards with 64GB, 128GB, or… Read More ›

• Explaining Boris Johnson to an American audience

  By Shaun on February 5, 2022 • ( 2 )

  Funny, true and clever. Everything Johnson isn’t.

• McGST Podcast Episode 88 (the Withings Scanwatch)

  By Shaun on February 4, 2022 • ( 0 )

  

  The Withings Scanwatch is the best hybrid watch I have used to date, and possibly the best fitness watch of all. Music by Tom Munch.

• Norway bans the breeding of Cavalier King Charles spaniels

  By Shaun on February 4, 2022 • ( 0 )

  

  Norway is banning the breeding of English bulldogs and Cavalier King Charles spaniels. In a ruling this week, Animal Protection Norway said the breeding of the dogs went against the country’s Animal Welfare Act, citing the inherent health problems the… Read More ›

• Why do we love word puzzles and games?

  By Shaun on February 4, 2022 • ( 0 )

  

  If the COVID-19 pandemic has taught us anything it’s that, given large stretches of time confined mostly inside our homes, we will eventually experience the desire to do something besides binge-watch television. Many people have long been daily devotees of… Read More ›

• Apple will charge 27% commission… just for the sake of greed

  By Shaun on February 4, 2022 • ( 2 )

  Apple today provided some additional details about how it will allow dating apps in the Netherlands to offer alternative payment systems, in compliance with a legal decision (that Apple is simultaneously appealing). The biggest tidbit from this is the reveal… Read More ›

• I can’t think of one Brexit promise that has been kept

  By Shaun on February 3, 2022 • ( 0 )

  I can’t think of one Brexit promise that has been kept. Not one.Slashing taxes? No. Reducing energy bills? No. Taking back control of borders? No. Making a bonfire of EU regulations? No. This Government has broken every big bold Brexit… Read More ›

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