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July 29, 2026
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☰ Spotify Canada
1=Ella Langley : Choosin' Texas
2+2Morgan Wallen : Been By Now
3-1Shakira : Dai Dai
4-1Drake : Janice STFU
5+1Malcolm Todd : Earrings
6-1STELLA LEFTY : Boston
7+1Ariana Grande : hate that i made you love me
8-1The Killers : Mr. Brightside
9+1Dominic Fike : Babydoll
10+8Olivia Rodrigo : stupid song
11=Cameron Whitcomb : Kingdom of Fear
12+3Alex Warren : Ordinary
13-4Ella Langley : weren't for the wind
14+7Temper City : Self Aware
15-2Olivia Dean : Man I Need
16-4KATSEYE : Animal
17+3Justin Bieber : Beauty And A Beat
18-2Michael Jackson : Billie Jean
19-2Ella Langley : Be Her
20+9Olivia Rodrigo : the cure
21+3The Goo Goo Dolls : Iris
22+3Vance Joy : Riptide
23+4Mac Miller : Cinderella
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☰ slashdot
- More Than 30 Minnesota Water Systems Targeted In Cyberattack
- Your Brain Can Rewire Itself To Allow True Multitasking
- Trump Administration Bans New Chinese Humanoid Robots
- Workplaces Look For Cheaper AI As 'Tokenmaxxing' Fades As a Corporate Fad
- Apple Retires iPhone Upgrade Program For Klarna-Backed Leases
☰ sportsnet
- Sharks sign Macklin Celebrini to historic five-year, $94-million extension
- Blue Jays’ trade chips: Ranking players who could be moved at deadline
- Eight pending NHL UFAs who could hit market in 2027
- Blue Jays’ Vladimir Guerrero Jr. out for series finale vs. Nationals
- NBA stars who ended their careers in unexpected places
☰ espn
- The 12 MLB teams that most need to make a deal by trade deadline day
- Building the perfect trade deadline for Yankees, Mets
- Star RBs Robinson, Gibbs appear to be hold-ins
- Tua out with 'flare-up' as Falcons add QB Rush
- NCAA suspends Tennessee LB over $427 flight
☰ global
- Jared Leto accused of criminal sexual conduct by 4 women in BBC documentary
- Sex assault complaint against on-duty Ottawa police officer under watchdog probe
- N.S. metal detector operator dives to find Louisiana man’s submerged wedding band
- Via Rail locomotive fleet to be replaced, new facility in works: MacKinnon
- Sam Smith confirms engagement to fashion designer Christian Cowan
☰ Ars Technica
- What happens when you put AI to work deciphering lost languages?
- Google's SynthID watermark is hard to break, but it doesn't solve AI disinformation
- Elon Musk finally launches X Money. What could possibly go wrong?
- Audi has a new flagship designed with the US in mind: The 2027 Q9
- Reaction wheel failures leave Swift rescue mission spinning in orbit
☰ nyt world
- Summer of Heat, Fires and Storms Is a Reckoning for Europe on Climate
- Iran War Live Updates: New Strikes Threaten to Engulf More Countries in Conflict
- After Large Earthquake, Japan ‘Races Against Time’ to Reach People Trapped
- Russia Charges Telegram’s Founder Pavel Durov With Facilitating Terrorism
- Some Jordanians Dare to Speak Out Against U.S. Troop Presence
☰ cbc
- Dr. Anthony Fauci, former COVID-19 adviser to Trump, refuses to answer Senate committee questions
- A human-made forest is at the centre of France's raging wildfires
- What is open-weight AI, the tech behind Kimi K3 that's turning heads in Silicon Valley?
- Feds announce almost $2B in funding to modernize Via Rail's passenger fleet
- Security for Prince Harry's visits to Canada topped all internationally protected persons
☰ space
- ESCAPADE's cameras capture Earth and moon
- Private mission to rescue NASA's aging telescope runs into its own trouble
- Lucky 13! Starship deploys Starlink satellites and splashes down intact
- Are we missing alien lighthouses?
- SpaceX launches Starship on another test flight, this time with the most advanced Starlinks
☰ science daily
- New microwave frying method could make french fries much healthier
- Can’t sleep in the heat? These 8 tricks could save your night
- Scientists find a simple way to stop cavities without drilling
- Your gut may help your brain decide what to remember
- Earth’s hidden “gold kitchen” lies beneath the seafloor
☰ 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
- Deep, Calming Breaths May Actually Increase Risk-Taking Behavior
- Scientists Discover a Vagus Nerve Signal That Links Food Directly to Memory Formation
- Plastic Waste Has Been Turned Directly Into Hydrogen Fuel – No Sorting Required
- Black Hole Singularity May Be a 3D Surface Where General Relativity Goes to Die
☰ Weather Forecast
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high: 27°C
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high: 22°C
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high: 26°C
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high: 28°C
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high: 22°C
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high: 19°C
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high: 21°C
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high: 23°C
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high: 21°C
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high: 23°C
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☰ Word of the Day
withsay

verb tr.: To contradict, deny, oppose, or refuse.
☰ Thought of the Day
"Promoting science isn't just about providing resources — it is also about protecting free and open inquiry." - Barack Obama, from "Signing of Stem Cell Executive Order and Scientific Integrity Presidential Memorandum." March 9, 2009.
☰ Born on this day
- Antonius van Gils, Dutch Roman Catholic theologist (opposed Enlightenment), born in Tilburg, Netherlands (d. 1834)
- Carl Borromaus Neuner, German composer, born in Munich, Kingdom of Bavaria (d. 1830)
- Clement Vallandigham, American politician (Rep-D-Ohio, convicted of opposing civil war, exiled to Confederate States), born in New Lisbon, Ohio (d. 1871)
- Booth Tarkington, American novelist (17, The Magnificent Ambersons), born in Indianapolis, Indiana (d. 1946)
- James Shaver Woodsworth, Canadian politician and pastor, born in Etobicoke, Ontario (d. 1942)
- Rupert Hamer, Australian politician (39th Premier of Victoria, 1972-81; Member of Legislative Council, 1958-71), born in Kew, Australia (d. 2004)
- Daniel McFadden, American economist and Nobel Prize Laureate who developed theory and methods for analyzing discrete choice, born in Raleigh, North Carolina
- Michelle Angelo, American actress (Funny Girl), born in Kingsville, Texas
☰ Weather News
- HEART Force: Students help solve community problems
- West Coast Gray Whale Population Increases
- Humpback whale freed in Alaska
☰ Today in History
- Turkish fleet recaptures Djerba from Spaniards
- First international world title prizefight: Jack Stack of England defeats challenger M. Petit of France in 29 minutes in England
- MLB San Diego Padres first baseman Steve Garvey ends his National League record of 1,207 consecutive games streak
- 44 people are killed in a wave of car bombings in Iraq
- Rebekah Vardy loses her UK libel trial against Coleen Rooney in the so-called Wagatha Christie trial over Rooney accusing Vardy of leaking stories to The Sun newspaper
- Cammie Smith, West Indian cricket batsman (5 Tests, 1 x 50; Barbados), born in Saint Michael, Barbados
- Marian Robinson (née Shields), American 'First Grandma" of the Obama White House, born in Chicago, Illinois (d. 2024)
- Wanyá Morris, American RandB and soul singer (Boyz II Men - "I'll Make Love to You"; "End Of The Road"), born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
- Danger Mouse [Brian Burton], American alternative rock and electronic hip-hop musician, songwriter and Grammy Award-winning record producer (The Grey Album; Gnarls Barkley; Black Keys), born in White Plains, New York
- Chad Billingsley, American MLB baseball pitcher (Los Angeles Dodgers), born in Defiance, Ohio

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