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April 30, 2026
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☰ slashdot
- Most Swiss Back Initiative To Cap Population At 10 Million
- OpenAI Codex System Prompt Includes Explicit Directive To 'Never Talk About Goblins'
- DOJ Sues Cloudera For Deliberately Excluding American Workers From Tech Jobs
- First Tesla Semi Rolls Off High-Volume Production Line
- Elon Musk Says OpenAI Betrayed Him, Clashes With Company's Attorney
☰ cbc sports
- Heating up at the right time, Canada sets out to prove continuity is king at World Relays
- Passing the baton: World Relays offer big opportunity for the future of Canadian track
- England's Championship weekend could prove a springboard for key members of Canada's World Cup squad
- PWHL playoff preview: Who will capture the Walter Cup?
- PWHL experiences record attendance growth in third regular season
☰ espn
- Is Mike Trout back? Who is the best hitter in base...
- Copy of MLB Power Rankings: How far have these NL powerhou...
- Source: Vet DE Campbell reuniting with Ravens
- Wall becomes Howard's prez of basketball ops
- 3-time Lady Byng winner Kopitar among finalists
☰ global
- ‘There’s one negotiator,’ Carney says as Conservatives meet U.S. on trade
- Supreme Court of Canada to hear Churchill portrait thief’s sentence appeal
- Oil prices ease slightly after hitting highs as U.S.-Iran talks stall
- The CRA says it’s using AI — but not for personal tax return decisions
- Fire at Toronto yacht club being treated as arson: police
☰ Ars Technica
- RFK Jr. appeals ruling that wiped out his vaccine advisory panel
- In motorsport, there's nowhere to hide as AI becomes new CFD tool
- Microsoft open-sources "the earliest DOS source code discovered to date"
- More than half of all Polymarket "long shot" bets on military action pay off
- Florida Republicans reject plan to weaken childhood vaccine requirements
☰ nyt world
- Iranians Live With Pain and Powerlessness, Beneath a Smooth Veneer
- Attacks on Jewish Targets in Europe Suggest Hybrid Warfare
- Mother Runs for Office in India After Daughter Was Raped and Killed
- Iceland’s Pools and Hot Tubs Are Now UNESCO-Recognized. Some Locals Aren’t Thrilled.
- Iran’s Supreme Leader Signals Plan to Maintain Control Over Strait of Hormuz
☰ cbc
- Elections Alberta granted injunction for separatist group to pull down electoral list
- Oil prices hit new wartime high before easing, as gas prices expected to go up in Canada
- Montreal father faces deportation as immigration advocates decry more family separations
- Once a star candidate, Nenshi is losing lustre, Alberta poll suggests. Can the NDP leader recover?
- Liberals face questions after former IRGC official was reportedly granted visa for FIFA event
☰ space
- European rocket puts Amazon internet satellites in orbit
- Trump says US has 'a shot' at crewed Moon landing before presidency ends
- NASA's Artemis II moonship returns home to its launch site after historic voyage
- NASA fires up powerful lithium-fed thruster for trips to Mars
- An interplanetary shortcut can speed up trips to Mars
☰ science daily
- Scientists reveal the best exercise for knee arthritis pain relief
- Earth is splitting open beneath the Pacific Northwest, scientists say
- Scientists restore memory by blocking a single Alzheimer’s protein
- This AI knew the answers but didn’t understand the questions
- A photon was teleported across 270 meters in stunning quantum breakthrough
☰ new scientist
- Doubts cast over 'wild' claim that magnetic control can turn on genes
- The best new science fiction books of May 2026
- The rich but complicated legacy of genome pioneer Craig Venter
- We have figured out a new way to send messages into the past
- Thought-provoking photographs capture what it feels like to have ADHD
☰ science alert
- UK Healthy Life Expectancy Has Fallen by More Than 2 Years, Study Warns
- We Outlasted Neanderthals Thanks to One Key Difference, Study Suggests
- Scorpions Reinforce Their Deadly Claws And Stingers With Heavy Metals
- Scientists Reveal Why Breast Cancer Risk Rises With Age
☰ Weather Forecast
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high: 10°C
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high: 11°C
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high: 17°C
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high: 17°C
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high: 13°C
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high: 13°C
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high: 9°C
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high: 11°C
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high: 13°C
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high: 12°C
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high: 17°C
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high: 15°C
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high: 9°C
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high: 15°C
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high: 15°C
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high: 6°C
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high: 10°C
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high: 10°C
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high: 12°C
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high: 15°C
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pop: 40%
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high: 17°C
Mainly cloudy
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high: 19°C
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high: 22°C
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high: 23°C
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high: 21°C
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high: 16°C
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high: 21°C
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high: 15°C
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high: 16°C
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TESLA 379.21 +6.41   +1.72%
NFLX 93.50 +1.33   +1.45%
AMD 354.58 +17.62   +5.23%
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QCOM 179.75 +27.15   +17.79%
NXP 289.00 -0.35   -0.12%
AVGO 416.90 +11.31   +2.79%
IBM 230.35 +3.28   +1.45%
CSCO 91.12 +1.52   +1.69%
ORCL 162.06 -1.78   -1.09%
CRM 175.26 -5.97   -3.29%
ADBE 242.16 -1.38   -0.57%
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CVX 192.75 +0.54   +0.28%
☰ Word of the Day
interlocutor

noun (in-ter-LAH-kyuh-ter)

Interlocutor is a formal word that means “one who takes part in dialogue or conversation.”

☰ Thought of the Day
"If the wind will not serve, take to the oars." - Latin Proverb
☰ Born on this day
- Philip III "the Bold", King of France (1270-85), born in Poissy, France (d. 1285)
- Jean Henri Appelius, Dutch lawyer and politician (Minister of Finance), born in Middelburg, Netherlands (d. 1828)
- Rudolf Wittelsbach, Swiss pianist and composer, born in Constantinople, Turkey (d. 1972)
- F. E. McWilliam [Frederick Edward], Northern-Irish surrealist sculptor (Four Seasons Group), born in Banbridge, County Down (d. 1992)
- Al Lewis [Alexander Meister], American actor (Car 54, Where Are You?; The Munsters; Used Cars), born in Brooklyn, New York City (d. 2006)
- Lars Hall, Swedish pentathlete (Olympic gold 1952), born in Karlskrona, Sweden (d. 1991)
- Robert Scott, American politician, Rep-D-Virginia (1993-), born in Washington D.C.
- Phil Garner, American baseball infielder (World Series 1979 Pittsburgh Pirates; 3 x MLB All-Star; Oakland A's, Houston Astros) and manager (Milwaukee Brewers, Detroit Tigers, Houston Astros), born in Jefferson City, Tennessee (d. 2026)
☰ Weather News
- Environmental Literacy Program awards portfolio
- Dolphin or porpoise? How to tell the difference
- Artemis II returns: How NOAA helped protect astronauts during the 10-day NASA mission
☰ Today in History
- Spain announces it will expel all Jews
- Concentration camp Munchen-Allag freed
- Revival of musical revue "A Party with Betty Comden and Adolph Green" closes at Little Theatre, NYC after 92 performances
- Big Ben stops at 12:11 PM for 54 minutes
- Manchester City defeats Manchester United 1-0 in what is claimed to be the biggest match in English Premier League history
- Mathurin Jacques Brisson, French zoologist and naturalist (Ornithologie), born in Fontenay-le-Comte (d. 1806)
- Juliana, Queen of the Netherlands (1948-80), born in Noordeinde Palace, The Hague, Netherlands (d. 2004)
- Bernard Sendall, British deputy director general of the Independent Television Authority and author (Independent Television in Britain), born in Malvern, England (d. 1996)
- Bernie Clifton [Quinn], British comedian (Oswald the Ostrich), born in St Helens, Lancashire, England
- Kirsten Dunst, American actress (Interview with the Vampire, Spider-Man), born in Point Pleasant, New Jersey

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