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August 12, 2026
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☰ Spotify Canada
1=Ella Langley : Choosin' Texas
2=Drake : Janice STFU
3+4Ariana Grande : petal
4=Morgan Wallen : Been By Now
5-2STELLA LEFTY : Boston
6=Malcolm Todd : Earrings
7+3Tame Impala : Loser
8=Ariana Grande : hate that i made you love me
9+9Cameron Whitcomb : Kingdom of Fear
10-5Shakira : Dai Dai
11-2Ella Langley : Be Her
12-1The Killers : Mr. Brightside
13+2Temper City : Self Aware
14-1Dominic Fike : Babydoll
15-3Olivia Dean : Man I Need
16+4Olivia Rodrigo : stupid song
17+2Alex Warren : Ordinary
18+15Steve Lacy : oh yeah?
19-3Ella Langley : weren't for the wind
20+1The Goo Goo Dolls : Iris
21-7Shaboozey : A Bar Song (Tipsy)
22+5Olivia Rodrigo : the cure
23-6Fleetwood Mac : Dreams - 2001 Remaster
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☰ slashdot
- Contiguous US Breaks Its Record For Hottest Month Ever, NOAA Says
- Linux Desktop Use Surged To 22% On One Workday, Cloudflare Data Shows
- Freenet Creator Ian Clarke Shares Progress on Its New Decentralized Network
- Google Gemini Hits 1 Billion Users In Record Time
- A Zoom Screen-Sharing Bug Let Anyone Take Over Other Devices On a Call
☰ sportsnet
- Depleted Blue Jays finding ways to win after comeback over Red Sox
- Bateman and McAdoo play key roles in Blue Jays’ scrappy win over Red Sox
- ‘No issues fitting in’: Bateman on smooth transition to Major Leagues
- Kawhi Leonard attends National Bank Open in Toronto
- Resilient Rybakina finds way past Osaka to reach National Bank Open semifinals
☰ espn
- White rips critics, backed by Fever after fans boo
- Bears' Bryant has knee surgery, out 4-6 months
- Dodgers' Snell K's 10 in 6 IP after 3-month layoff
- Tulsa kept from chance at LLBWS bid, judge rules
- Steph still on track to be Warrior for life, GM says
☰ global
- The Curator: Chic dorm room decor ideas for a stylish, study-friendly space
- It has cost more than $100K a month to house 1 tenant in Vancouver SRO
- Downtown Regina scaffolding falls, sending 2 to hospital
- B.C. may transfer Crown land to Vancouver Island First Nations
- Edmonton city council considering rule changes for e-scooters, e-bikes
☰ Ars Technica
- DEF CON crowd suspected in fake-hotspot attack on Delta flight
- Trump wants Big Pharma to split MMR vaccine; Big Pharma thinks it's idiotic
- Russian drones found near vital European offshore gas site, get blown up
- Chrome adopts what may be the best protection yet against account takeovers
- Meta can't stop states' $1.4 trillion lawsuit from going to trial
☰ nyt world
- How Raúl Castro’s Grandson, Raúl G. Rodríguez Castro, Became a Power Broker
- Russian Civilian Deaths Are Growing Rapidly as Ukraine Expands Its Air War
- A Syrian Holdout Province, Sweida, Fears a Government Takeover
- The Eclipse Is Coming, and Iceland Is Looking for a Break in the Clouds
- As Death Toll From Colombia Earthquake Rises to at Least 181, Rescuers Hunt for Survivors
☰ cbc
- CUSMA breakdown could mean hundreds of thousands of jobs, a trillion dollars lost: report
- 'Explosive' wildfire behaviour keeps thousands of British Columbians out of their homes
- Over 29,000 Canadians call for U.S. Ambassador Hoekstra to be expelled
- From last place to the post-season? Here's how the 2026 Blue Jays could pull it off
- Body of 13-year-old girl who fell from paddleboard recovered from B.C. lake
☰ space
- Solar eclipse sparks scramble for protective glasses across Europe
- A smarter way to track satellites beyond Earth's orbit
- How to spot the Perseid meteor shower, a summer light show that promises to dazzle
- Reduced gravity pushes people toward simpler movement patterns, experiments suggest
- UK observatory nervously watches growing space junk threat
☰ science daily
- New GLP-1 pill delivers up to 12% weight loss in 36 weeks
- Scientists discover a hidden switch inside silver nanocatalysts
- The sun will vanish over Europe in a rare total solar eclipse: Watch live
- Voyager 2 was running out of power. NASA just bought it more time
- For 15,000 years, humans and dogs have been changing each other
☰ new scientist
- How to maximise the mental health benefits of your vacation
- Strange paraparticles could be reality’s missing ingredient
- Cloudy skies have slowed global warming – but that may be changing
- Hunter-gatherers introduced fish to a mountain lake 7000 years ago
- Using AI for creative pursuits? Moderation is key
☰ science alert
- Never-Before-Seen Type of Amyloid May Explain a Devastating Form of Alzheimer's
- Weird 'Loophole' Could Finally Let Energy Move Faster Than The Speed of Light
- This Deadly Brain Cancer Hijacks Brain Activity to Fuel Its Growth, Study Reveals
- No Palaces, No Pyramids: How This Ancient City Got Rich Without Inequality
☰ Weather Forecast
Wed 12 Aug

high: 25°C
Chance of showers
pop: 40%
 Thu 13 Aug

high: 23°C
Chance of showers
pop: 40%
 Fri 14 Aug

high: 21°C
Sunny
 Sat 15 Aug

high: 25°C
Sunny
 Sun 16 Aug

high: 22°C
Cloudy
Wed 12 Aug

high: 24°C
Chance of showers
pop: 30%
 Thu 13 Aug

high: 29°C
Chance of showers
pop: 30%
 Fri 14 Aug

high: 24°C
Sunny
 Sat 15 Aug

high: 25°C
Sunny
 Sun 16 Aug

high: 22°C
Chance of showers
pop: 40%
Wed 12 Aug

high: 26°C
Chance of showers
pop: 40%
 Thu 13 Aug

high: 25°C
A mix of sun and cloud
 Fri 14 Aug

high: 24°C
Sunny
 Sat 15 Aug

high: 24°C
Sunny
 Sun 16 Aug

high: 23°C
Chance of showers
pop: 40%
Wed 12 Aug

high: 24°C
Chance of showers
pop: 40%
 Thu 13 Aug

high: 20°C
Showers
 Fri 14 Aug

high: 22°C
Sunny
 Sat 15 Aug

high: 23°C
Sunny
 Sun 16 Aug

high: 25°C
A mix of sun and cloud
Wed 12 Aug

high: 27°C
Chance of showers
pop: 60%
 Thu 13 Aug

high: 27°C
Chance of showers
pop: 30%
 Fri 14 Aug

high: 23°C
Showers
 Sat 15 Aug

high: 26°C
A mix of sun and cloud
 Sun 16 Aug

high: 26°C
A mix of sun and cloud
Wed 12 Aug

high: 22°C
Chance of showers
pop: 30%
 Thu 13 Aug

high: 18°C
Showers
 Fri 14 Aug

high: 21°C
Chance of showers
pop: 60%
 Sat 15 Aug

high: 21°C
Sunny
 Sun 16 Aug

high: 22°C
A mix of sun and cloud
Wed 12 Aug

high: 23°C
Chance of showers
pop: 30%
 Thu 13 Aug

high: 23°C
A mix of sun and cloud
 Fri 14 Aug

high: 23°C
Chance of showers
pop: 30%
 Sat 15 Aug

high: 23°C
A mix of sun and cloud
 Sun 16 Aug

high: 23°C
A mix of sun and cloud
Wed 12 Aug

high: 14°C
Showers
 Thu 13 Aug

high: 13°C
Rain
 Fri 14 Aug

high: 18°C
Cloudy
 Sat 15 Aug

high: 21°C
A mix of sun and cloud
 Sun 16 Aug

high: 20°C
Chance of showers
pop: 30%
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IBM 238.50 +2.33   +0.99%
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☰ Word of the Day
skirr

verb tr.: To range rapidly over an area, especially in search of something. noun: A whirring or grating sound.
☰ Thought of the Day
"So we beat on, boats against the current, borne back ceaselessly into the past." - F. Scott Fitzgerald, from The Great Gatsby
☰ Born on this day
- Giovanni Legrenzi, Venetian Baroque organist and composer, born in Clusone, Republic of Venice (d. 1690)
- Robert Mills, American engineer and architect (Washington Monument on the National Mall), born in Charleston, South Carolina (d. 1855)
- Klara Hitler (née Pölzl), Austrian mother of German dictator, Adolf Hitler, born in Weitra, Austrian Empire (d. 1907)
- Peter West, British sports broadcaster (BBC; editor Playfair Cricket Annual), born in Cranbrook, England (d. 2003)
- Ron Herron, British architect (Archigram), and educator, born in London (d. 1994)
- Laurent Fignon, French road cyclist (Tour de France 1983, 84; Giro d'Italia 1989; FICP World #1 1989), born in Paris, France (d. 2010)
- Del The Funky Homosapien [Teren Delvon Jones], American rapper (Mistadobalina), born in Oakland, California
- Regan Upshaw, American NFL football player (Tampa Bay Buccaneers), born in Berrien Springs, Michigan
☰ Weather News
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☰ Today in History
- King Leopold II opens Antwerp Central Station in Belgium
- American diver Marjorie Gestring wins the 3 m springboard gold at the Berlin Olympics, becoming the youngest Olympic gold medalist at 13 years and 268 days
- "Whoopee!" closes at ANTA Theatre in New York City after 204 performances
- Boston Red Sox beat Tigers 9-4 for an AL record 23rd consecutive win at home
- World Health Organization (WHO) gives its 'cautious blessing' to the use of experimental drugs to treat the Ebola virus
- Erwin Schrodinger, Austrian physicist and Nobel Laureate (wave mechanics), born in Vienna, Austria (d. 1961)
- Heinrich Sutermeister, Swiss opera composer (Romeo und Julia; Raskolnikov; Das Flaschenteufel), born in Feuerthalen, Switzerland (d. 1995)
- George Wetherill, American scientist, born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (d. 2006)
- Ken Caillat, American record producer and audio engineer (Fleetwood Mac), born in the USA
- Alexandros Tzorvas, Greek soccer goalkeeper (16 caps; Panathinaikos, Apollon Smyrnis), born in Athens, Greece

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