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October 24, 2026
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☰ slashdot
- Singapore Boffins Weave a GUI Into Fabric
- People Are Vibe Coding Their Way to Better TVs
- Greece Enacts Social Media Ban For Kids Under 15
- SpaceX In Talks to Access 80,000 Cell Sites For New Network
- Knicks Sent Employees Fake Offer of Championship Rings In Phishing Test
☰ sportsnet
- Brewers’ stars lead the way in World Series-opening win over Rays
- Brewers secure Game 1 after chaotic ending with overturned double play
- Raptors play bigger than their size to overcome towering Wizards
- Scout’s Analysis: Breaking down the Connor Hellebuyck blockbuster trade
- Centres stabilize Canadiens in first game without Suzuki
☰ espn
- World Series Game 1: Takeaways from Brewers' win over Rays
- Brewers escape ninth-inning jam, replay drama to take World Series opener
- NFL House in Paris closes ahead of street protests
- 'That's who we are': Rays won't ease up on basepaths despite Game 1 miscues
- Celtics' Tatum denies 'beef' with 76ers' Brown after trade: This isn't Shaq and Kobe
☰ global
- Wayfair Way Day Sale: Save up to 80% off furniture, home decor and more
- Blue Bombers beat Lions, clinch playoff spot
- Suburban Montreal mayor pleads guilty, faces $30,000 fine after anti-Palestine posts
- Convicted murderer attending McGill law school was ‘the most brutal and evil,’ former prosecutor says
- Kelowna-area candidates make final push before election day
☰ Ars Technica
- NASA updates lander plans for Moon landings, finally solves long-festering Orion issue
- Hegseth warns prediction market bets warp military judgment, endanger troops
- Updated Google privacy policy says your Gmail might be used for advertising
- Inside the Pentagon, the pressure is on to find a home for a new spaceport
- Spotify ramps up policy enforcement on family plans
☰ nyt world
- Live Updates: France Deploys Vast Security Force in Effort to Prevent More Riots
- Israel Launches Crackdown in West Bank After Deadly Attack
- ‘Eagle’s Nest,’ Nazi-Era Guesthouse in German Alps, Is Gutted by Fire
- Ukraine’s Feeling of Moral Whiplash at the Hands of Trump
- Netanyahu Has Reinvented Himself. Will Voters Think It’s Enough?
☰ cbc
- Canadian privacy watchdogs powerless to hold Crime Stoppers accountable for data breach
- The Marineland belugas keep dying. Was it a mistake to move them?
- Will the Alberta referendum feed a more polarized immigration debate?
- Can millions of people live on the moon? These scientists say yes — but not for very long
- Black Sea sailors thought a rescue boat was racing toward them. Instead, it was a drone that sank their ship
☰ space
- NASA adopting Apollo's urgency to build a moon base and land astronauts within 2 years
- Artemis I: Crystals of experimental detectors record radiation doses near the moon
- There should be black holes in our neighborhood. Can we find them?
- Using eyedrops in space—wearable patch offers a new approach
- NASA experimental Mars helicopter blade designs target longer flights
☰ science daily
- One of Earth’s most powerful supervolcanoes is refilling with fresh magma
- Nearly 20% of Switzerland’s glacier ice has vanished in just five years
- Dental implants can hijack your immune system, scientists discover
- Cambridge scientists create a $10 chip that could put a medical lab on your wrist
- Breakthrough PTSD treatment achieves 68% remission rate in clinical trial
☰ 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
- Miniature Ball Lightning Created in a Lab Could Help Solve a Centuries-Old Mystery
- NASA's Perseverance Just Broke The Off-World Driving Record, While Mostly Steering Itself
- Physically Touching Your Dog Can Help Protect You From Upcoming Stress, Study Suggests
- Your Brain May Be Switching Between Two Versions of Reality 15 Times a Second
☰ Weather Forecast
Sun 25 Oct

high: 16°C
Sunny
 Mon 26 Oct

high: 11°C
Chance of showers
pop: 30%
 Tue 27 Oct

high: 7°C
Sunny
 Wed 28 Oct

high: 9°C
A mix of sun and cloud
 Thu 29 Oct

high: 14°C
Cloudy
Sun 25 Oct

high: 18°C
Sunny
 Mon 26 Oct

high: 15°C
Cloudy
 Tue 27 Oct

high: 10°C
A mix of sun and cloud
 Wed 28 Oct

high: 14°C
A mix of sun and cloud
 Thu 29 Oct

high: 18°C
A mix of sun and cloud
Sun 25 Oct

high: 17°C
Sunny
 Mon 26 Oct

high: 17°C
A mix of sun and cloud
 Tue 27 Oct

high: 8°C
Sunny
 Wed 28 Oct

high: 10°C
A mix of sun and cloud
 Thu 29 Oct

high: 16°C
Chance of showers
pop: 30%
Sun 25 Oct

high: 12°C
Mainly sunny
 Mon 26 Oct

high: 12°C
A mix of sun and cloud
 Tue 27 Oct

high: 6°C
Sunny
 Wed 28 Oct

high: 7°C
Sunny
 Thu 29 Oct

high: 12°C
Chance of showers
pop: 40%
Sun 25 Oct

high: 17°C
Sunny
 Mon 26 Oct

high: 17°C
Chance of showers
pop: 30%
 Tue 27 Oct

high: 8°C
Sunny
 Wed 28 Oct

high: 9°C
Sunny
 Thu 29 Oct

high: 13°C
Chance of showers
pop: 30%
Sun 25 Oct

high: 12°C
Sunny
 Mon 26 Oct

high: 9°C
Sunny
 Tue 27 Oct

high: 4°C
Sunny
 Wed 28 Oct

high: 4°C
Sunny
 Thu 29 Oct

high: 10°C
A mix of sun and cloud
Sat 24 Oct

high: 9°C
Periods of rain
 Sun 25 Oct

high: 12°C
Periods of rain
 Mon 26 Oct

high: 13°C
Chance of showers
pop: 60%
 Tue 27 Oct

high: 10°C
Cloudy
 Wed 28 Oct

high: 10°C
Chance of showers
pop: 60%
Sun 25 Oct

high: 0°C
Chance of flurries
pop: 30%
 Mon 26 Oct

high: 4°C
A mix of sun and cloud
 Tue 27 Oct

high: 5°C
Cloudy
 Wed 28 Oct

high: -1°C
A mix of sun and cloud
 Thu 29 Oct

high: -4°C
Chance of flurries
pop: 30%
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☰ Word of the Day
izzard

noun: The letter Z.
☰ Thought of the Day
"Diligence is the mother of good luck." - Benjamin Franklin, from The Way to Wealth
☰ Born on this day
- Anthony Babington, English page and conspirator to Mary, Queen of Scots, convicted of plotting the assassination of Elizabeth I, born in Dethick, England (d. 1586)
- Antonie van Leeuwenhoek, Dutch microbiologist, microscopist who was the first to observe bacteria and protozoa and naturalist (Philosophical Transactions), born in Delft, Dutch Republic (d. 1723)
- Carl Baermann, German clarinetist and composer, born in Munich, Kingdom of Bavaria (d. 1885)
- Octave Lapize, French cyclist (Tour de France 1910), born in Paris, France (d. 1917)
- Merian C. Cooper, American film director and producer (King Kong) and aviator (Kościuszko Squadron, Director-Pan American Airways), born in Jacksonville, Florida (d. 1973)
- Edgar Broughton, British rocker (Edgar Broughton Band - "Out Demons, Out!"), born in Warwick, Warwickshire, England
- Michelle Lujan Grisham, American politician, Governor of New Mexico (2019-), born in Los Alamos, New Mexico
- B.D. Wong, American actor (M. Butterfly), born in San Francisco, California
☰ Weather News
- El Nino looms large over U.S. Winter Outlook
- Ocean Facts: What are Kelvin waves?
- Aerial images of damage from #Isaias now available online
☰ Today in History
- Margaret Towner becomes the first woman to be ordained into the Presbyterian Church in the US (PCUSA)
- Cincinnati Redlegs decline to move to Roosevelt Stadium in Jersey City
- USSR lends Egypt 400 million rubles to build the Aswan High Dam across the Nile river
- John Lennon sues US government to admit FBI is tapping his phone; they deny doing so
- Manchester United beats Arsenal 2-0 at Old Trafford, ending Arsenal's English Premier League record 49-game unbeaten streak
- Bernhard von Cotta, German geologist, born in Meiningen, Germany (d. 1879)
- Ernest Claes, Belgian author (De Witte - Whitey), born in Zichem, Belgium (d. 1968)
- Julius Youngner, American scientist, helped develop Salk polio vaccine, born in Manhattan, New York (d. 2017)
- F. Murray Abraham, American actor (All the President's Men and Amadeus), born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
- Vernice Smith, American NFL guard (Phoenix Cardinals, Chicago Bears, Washington Redskins, St Louis Rams), born in Orlando, Florida

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