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April 20, 2026
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☰ Spotify Canada
1=Olivia Rodrigo : drop dead
2=Justin Bieber : Beauty And A Beat
3=Ella Langley : Choosin' Texas
4+1Dominic Fike : Babydoll
5-1Justin Bieber : DAISIES
6=PinkPantheress : Stateside + Zara Larsson
7+1Olivia Dean : Man I Need
8+1Tame Impala : Dracula - JENNIE Remix
9-2Bella Kay : iloveitiloveitiloveit
10+1Alex Warren : Ordinary
11+6Zara Larsson : Lush Life
12+10Fleetwood Mac : Dreams - 2001 Remaster
13-1Ella Langley : Be Her
14+4Olivia Dean : So Easy (To Fall In Love)
15-5Don Toliver : E85
16+18HUNTR/X : Golden
17+7RAYE : WHERE IS MY HUSBAND!
18+8Taylor Swift : The Fate of Ophelia
19+9Justin Bieber : Baby
20+1Disco Lines : No Broke Boys
21-8Dominic Fike : White Keys
22-6Bruno Mars : I Just Might
23-8sombr : back to friends
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☰ slashdot
- Zoom Partners With Sam Altman's Iris-Scanning Company To Offer Callers Verifications of Humanness
- Blue Origin Rocket Launches, Successfully Reuses Booster - But Loses Satellite
- Voyager 1 is Running Out of Power. NASA Just Switched Part of It Off
- Nobel Prize-Winning Physicist Predicts Humankind Won't Survive Another 50 Years
- Is the Iran War Driving a Surge of Interest in Electric Cars?
☰ cbc sports
- Habs take Game 1 in Tampa with hat trick from Slafkovsky
- Davies scores 1st goal in over a year to help Bayern Munich clinch Bundesliga title
- Raygan Kirk helps Sceptres blank Frost, keeping Toronto's playoff hopes alive
- Charge dominate Sirens to strengthen hold on final PWHL playoff spot
- Canadian women's rugby 7s fall to New Zealand in Hong Kong semis
☰ espn
- East playoff takeaways: Magic shock Pistons
- WrestleMania 42 Saturday (replay)
- WrestleMania 42 Night 2 takeaways: Will Reigns make this title run alone?
- Wemby tops Duncan with 35 in Spurs playoff debut
- Sabres surge in 3rd for 1st playoff win in 15 years
☰ global
- April 25- Live Younger, Medical Aesthetics Clinic
- April 25 — Heart Fit Clinic
- Dana White speaks about Maya Gebala’s treatment plan in U.S.
- Vancouver designer John Fluevog creates shoe to honour kidney donor
- Oil prices rise as U.S.-Iran standoff continues in Strait of Hormuz
☰ Ars Technica
- Blue Origin's rocket reuse achievement marred by upper stage failure
- I’ve fired one of America’s most powerful lasers—here’s what a shot day looks like
- Great white sharks are overheating
- US-sanctioned currency exchange says $15 million heist done by "unfriendly states"
- Man with @ihackedthegovernment Instagram account tells judge, “I made a mistake"
☰ nyt world
- U.S. Attacks Iranian Cargo Ship While Preparing for New Round of Talks
- Hamas Officials Say Group Is Ready to Hand Over Some Weapons
- Iran Eases Some Internet Restrictions, as Wider Blackout Passes 50th Day
- Gen Z Looks to Nepal as a Test Case of Its Hopes
- In Qatar, Trapped Between the U.S. and Iran, War Forced a Reckoning
☰ cbc
- Iran vows retaliation after accusing U.S. of 'armed piracy' amid dueling blockades
- 8 children dead after mass shooting in Louisiana, police say
- Carney says Canada's U.S. ties have become 'weaknesses' that must be corrected
- Ontario Premier Doug Ford, province to sell $28.9M private jet 'as quickly as possible'
- P.E.I. foal with rare deformity could still become a racehorse, says owner
☰ space
- Blue Origin reuses New Glenn booster for the first time in Florida launch
- Human space research gets a boost from retired NASA centrifuge
- Artemis II astronauts praise their moonship's performance, especially the heat shield
- From sunsets to the night sky: How technology can help you to notice nature in new ways
- Research helps power safe return of astronauts in historic Orion splashdown
☰ science daily
- After 200 years scientists finally crack the “dolomite problem”
- A new force of nature is reshaping the planet, study finds
- Scientists develop dirt-powered fuel cell that could replace batteries
- What caffeine does to ants could change pest control
- Artificial neurons successfully communicate with living brain cells
☰ new scientist
- Hospital-acquired pneumonia reduced by daily toothbrushing
- Beef is making a comeback – does it fit into a healthy diet?
- How autoimmune conditions can unexpectedly drive mental illness
- Werner Herzog searches for ghost elephants in stunning new documentary
- Electric vehicle owners could earn thousands by supporting power grid
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☰ Weather Forecast
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☰ Word of the Day
nugatory

adjective (NOO-guh-tor-ee)

Something described as nugatory is of little or no consequence. In law, nugatory describes something (such as a statute or agreement) without operative legal effect.

☰ Thought of the Day
"Everything you’ve ever wanted is on the other side of fear." - George Addair
☰ Born on this day
- John Agricola [Schneider], German theologian, a friend of Martin Luther, born in Eisleben, Germany (d. 1566)
- Cornelius Harnett, American delegate to the Continental Congress, born in Edenton, Chowan County, North Carolina (d. 1781)
- Guido Alberti, Italian film actor (Marco the Magnificent), born in Benevento, Italy (d. 1996)
- Karl Alexander Müller, Swiss superconductivity physicist (Nobel 1987), born in Basel. Switzerland (d. 2023)
- Johnny Gavin, Irish soccer winger (7 caps Rep. Ireland; Norwich City 312 games), born in Limerick, Ireland (d. 2007)
- George Takei, American actor (Sulu-Star Trek, Green Berets), born in Los Angeles, California
- Betty Cuthbert, Australian athlete (Olympic gold 100m, 200m, 4x100m 1956; 400m 1964), born in Sydney, Australia (d. 2017)
- Luther Vandross, American soul singer, songwriter ("Endless Love"; "Dance With My Father"), and vocal arranger (David Bowie - Young Americans), born in Manhattan, New York (d. 2005)
☰ Weather News
- NOAA releases first images of nodules from waters near American Samoa
- NOAA and U.S. Air Force Reserve 'Hurricane Hunters' to visit the Gulf Coast
- Recreational anglers help boost bluefin tuna research
☰ Today in History
- British House of Commons agrees to allow sports to be played on Sunday
- Heinrich Himmler is appointed chief of all German police including the Prussian secret state police
- Carlos Lopes runs world record marathon (2:07:12)
- German terrorist group Red Army Faction, also known as the Baader-Meinhof Group, disbands after 28 years
- 113th Boston Marathon: Deriba Merga of Ethiopia wins men's event in 2:08:42; Salina Kosgei of Kenya women's champion in 2:32:16
- Charles Louis Philippe Zilcken, Dutch painter and author (HW Knife Day), born in The Hague, Netherlands (d. 1930)
- Martinus Nijhoff, Dutch poet and linguistic (spelling), born in The Hague, Netherlands (d. 1953)
- Donald Pettit, American chemical engineer and NASA astronaut, born in Silverton, Oregon
- Don Mattingly, American MLB first baseman (6 x MLB All-Star; AL MVP 1985; 9 x Gold Glove; 3 x Silver Slugger; AL batting champion 1984; NY Yankees) and manager (LA Dodgers, Miami Marlins), born in Evansville, Indiana
- Mikey Welsh, American bass player (Weezer, 1998-2001 - "Island In The Sun"), born in Syracuse, New York (d. 2011)

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