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An old Tokyo restaurant then and now

One day, this colourful, 45 years in business little restaurant was on the corner as usual. Then come sunrise on another day, it simply wasn’t.
Tags: Travel, Photography, Food And Drink, Tokyo

The 12th

We once lived in the 12th and it seems like a really long time ago. I walked around the area with a friend the other day to look at it again. Nation, my old hood. This was new to me-the Ministry of the Interior. Street art, kind of graffiti, but very artistic done on paper and then pasted on. We saw these artistically arranged veggies in the Aligre market, one of the first I ever visited. Some more good street art. Yet another gorgeous flower shop. I just ...
Tags: Travel, Photos, Architecture, Paris, Street Art, 12th Arrondissement, Ministry of the Interior Street

What we know about the luxe agent on HBO’s Christmas reality dating show

HBO Max released a Christmas-themed, reality dating show, and Douglas Elliman luxury agent Garrett Marcantel is one of three stars.
Tags: Video, Hbo, Reality TV, Instagram, Listings, Lifestyle, NFL, Radio, Luxury, Teams, Douglas Elliman, Select, HBO Max, Luxury Lens, 12 Dates of Christmas, Chad Savage

Google Maps takes on Facebook with launch of its own news feed

People are getting frustrated that Stories are everywhere now, but Google Maps is keeping it old school. Instead of adding tiny circles to the top of the app’s screen, Google Maps is introducing its own news feed. Technically, Google calls its new feature the “Community Feed,” as it includes posts from a local area. However, it’s organized as any other news feed would be — a vertically scrollable feed with posts you can “Like” by tapping on a little thumbs up icon. The feed, which is found with ...
Tags: Google, Android, Food, Facebook, Apps, Business, Maps, Instagram, Facebook Pages, Tech, Ios Apps, News Feed, Businesses, Android Apps, Google-Maps, Google News

How to share Instagram Reels in 3 different ways

It's easy to share an Instagram Reel in a variety of ways. CHRIS DELMAS/AFP via Getty Images You can share Instagram Reels with your friends, even if they don't have Instagram, or post them to your Story in a few simple steps. Similar to TikTok videos, Reels are short-form videos, typically accompanied by music, that can be up to 30 seconds long.  In the latest Instagram update, the Reels feature can be found in the middle of the menu bar at the bottom.  Visit Business Insider's Tech R...
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Facebook and Instagram oversight board tackles first cases: hate speech, misinformation, nudity

Facebook's Oversight Board, an independent group users can appeal to when content has been unfairly removed, announced its first cases.         [Author: USA TODAY]
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At the Sunrise Café...

   ... you can talk about whatever you like.  And please think of supporting this blog by doing your shopping through the Althouse portal to Amazon, which is always right there in the sidebar. Thanks! [Author: [email protected] (Ann Althouse)]
Tags: Amazon, Photography, Law, Sunrise, Lake Mendota, Ann Althouse, Althouse

Quibi Is Officially Dead Nearly Eight Months After Debut

Quibi Is Officially Dead Nearly Eight Months After Debut After announcing in late October that Jeffrey Katzenberg’s mobile streaming platform Quibi would be shutting down less than seven months following its initial launch on April 6, the bite-sized streamer app is no longer operable as of today (via Variety). The outlet reports that the app will remain on users’ devices until it is officially deleted, but the app “no longer allows users to sign in (returning an error message if they try to) ...
Tags: Facebook, TV, Movies, Instagram, Anna Kendrick, TV News, Streaming, Jeffrey Katzenberg, Liam Hemsworth, Kevin Hart, Reno, Twitter Facebook, Sam Raimi, Meg Whitman, Katzenberg, ComingSoon

RIP Sylvia Novak, virtual mortal

Instagram account @myfriendsylvia was a computer-generated mortal who lived five decades of life in just 21 weeks. She died on November 20, according to a family member who made a final post on her account. Below are a few highlights from the curated and sometimes candid life Sylvia shared with us online. — Read the rest
Tags: Post, News, Instagram, Mortality, Virtual, Sylvia, Sylvia Novak

McDonald's McRib returns this week, in the polarizing sandwich's first national rollout in 8 years

A McRib is seen at a McDonald's restaurant back in 2010. David Paul Morris/Getty Images McDonald's McRib returns to menus across the US on Wednesday, December 2.  This is the sandwich's first national rollout since 2012.  "In a year as challenging as this year has been, to throw a little McRib out there to those that really want to have it, it feels like something that would be a pretty nice gesture," said Alan Klein, the creator of the McRib Locator. Visit Business Insider's homepage ...
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Through Positive Eyes: living with HIV - a photo essay

These photographs and stories were produced by people living with HIV, who had been on a five-month workshop that developed their visual approaches and confronted the stigma associated with the illnessThe Banishing Stigma presentations are online, and groups are able to sign up at the Discovery Center websiteThrough Positive Eyes, a travelling exhibition of photos and stories by people living with HIV and Aids and curated by the UCLA Art & Global Health Center, was originally scheduled to open a...
Tags: Photography, World news, US news, Aids and HIV, UCLA Art Global Health Center, Bill Melinda Gates Foundation Discovery Center

Through Positive Eyes: living with HIV and Aids - a photo essay

These photographs and stories were produced by people living with HIV, who had been on a five-month workshop that developed their visual approaches and confronted the stigma associated with the illnessThe Banishing Stigma presentations are online, and groups are able to sign up at the Discovery Center websiteThrough Positive Eyes, a travelling exhibition of photos and stories by people living with HIV and Aids and curated by the UCLA Art & Global Health Center, was originally scheduled to open a...
Tags: Photography, World news, US news, Aids and HIV, UCLA Art Global Health Center, Bill Melinda Gates Foundation Discovery Center

Mark Zuckerberg says Facebook has asked the Biden administration about helping with the COVID-19 vaccine response

President-elect Joe Biden, left, and Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg. Reuters/Alan Freed; Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call Mark Zuckerberg said in a livestreamed interview with Dr. Anthony Fauci that Facebook had been in touch with the incoming Biden administration about how it might help with the coronavirus response. Zuckerberg said Facebook was planning a "push around authoritative information on vaccines," though he did not elaborate on what this would look like. The Financial Times reported las...
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Best Cyber Monday deals 2020: Last-minute sales to shop today

Cyber Monday was bigger and better than ever. Here are the Cyber Monday deals you can still shop.
Tags: Deals, Outdoors, Mobile, Gaming, Wearables, Photography, Music, Trends, Computing, Home Theater, Virtual Reality, Smart Home, Cyber Monday 2020, Main CM

Madonna and her six children pose for rare family picture – fans react

Madonna is one proud mother and regularly takes to Instagram to share pictures of her kids,...
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Deep dive: empty swimming venues during lockdown – in pictures

In the last of our lockdown diaries series, photographer David Levene visits some of his favourite swimming venues in London Continue reading...
Tags: Photography, Science, London, Fitness, Life and style, UK News, Culture, News photography, Art and design, Swimming, David Levene, Coronavirus