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October 03, 2026
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☰ Spotify Canada
1=Taylor Swift : Patient Zero
2=Ella Langley : Choosin' Texas
3=ADÉLA : Nicole Kidman
4+2Malcolm Todd : Earrings
5+4Olivia Rodrigo : stupid song
6-2Taylor Swift : Babylon
7=STELLA LEFTY : Boston
8+3Olivia Rodrigo : the cure
9+1Drake : Janice STFU
10+3ADÉLA : Ain't In LA
11-6Taylor Swift : Pink Clouding
12=The Killers : Mr. Brightside
13-5Taylor Swift : Cleveland!
14=Temper City : Self Aware
15+1Cameron Whitcomb : Kingdom of Fear
16+2Tame Impala : Loser
17-2The Goo Goo Dolls : Iris
18+1comehelpglo : onsra
19-2Alex Warren : Ordinary
20+12Olivia Dean : Man I Need
21+4The Neighbourhood : Sweater Weather
22+4Noah Kahan : Willing and Able
23-1Whiskey Myers : Broken Window Serenade
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☰ slashdot
- Google Tests AI Data Center In Space
- New Mexico Wants Meta To Pay $40 Billion In Penalties For Cambridge Analytica Scandal
- AI Has Finally Learned To Play Stratego
- The University of Washington Is Moving a Graduate Program to Microsoft's Campus
- Apple Tightens macOS 'Full Disk Access' Controls As AI Agents 'Substantially' Increase Risk
☰ sportsnet
- Things we know: Oilers goaltending raises alarm bells
- Jets lose in overtime to Bruins in season opener
- Why left-wing assignment is welcome return for Maple Leafs’ Marchenko
- Maple Leafs GM John Chayka talks data, goaltending, McKenna
- ALDS Preview: Division rivals set to collide on October stage
☰ espn
- WNBA semifinals are set: How the Valkyries beat the Wings to advance
- 'Big shot Gabby' leads Valkyries past Wings
- Ohtani to play at less than 100% in playoffs, will need to 'manage' injuries
- Pitt loses QB, upsets Virginia Tech as it seeks 'respect' in polls
- Northwestern opens 'electric' Ryan Field with upset of Penn State
☰ global
- Stampeders hold off Riders to continue hot run
- Suspect in violent attack on Victoria grocery store manager re-arrested
- The Curator: Air fryers for every kitchen, from compact to family-sized
- Winnipeg Jets begin season with 4-3 OT loss to Boston
- Ticats snap losing skid, beat Redblacks 34-16
☰ Ars Technica
- Apple changes full-disk access permissions to curb abuse from AI agents
- Someone got Doom in an SQL database
- Amazon’s $1B plan to combat data center backlash draws more backlash
- Patient-zero drill put health facilities to the test—40% of them failed
- Lyft settles landmark driver misclassification lawsuit for $272.5M
☰ nyt world
- How FlyDubai Passengers and Crew Averted Disaster After Pilot Was Stabbed During Flight
- Argentina’s ‘Golden Passport’ Program Offers Citizenship in Exchange for Foreign Cash
- Mass Shootings Surge in South Africa as Illegal Guns Flood Streets
- Fighting Intensifies in Yemen, Raising Fresh Fears of All-Out War
- Widdecombe Murder Suspect Charged With Preparing Acts of Terrorism, Including Against Farage
☰ cbc
- Internal documents show why Ottawa is worried about the Alberta referendum, even if the province votes to stay
- Canada bet billions on an EV boom. Was it too much, too soon?
- Canada scores a dairy win on U.S. soil as farmers grumble about Trump's trade war
- With celebs and influencers glamourizing 'cigs' online, experts are carefully watching smoking trends
- Sliding student scores spark fresh calls to revisit how we're teaching math
☰ space
- Team selected for NASA program to explore potential lunar cave
- SpaceX launches 4 astronauts on a fast track to the International Space Station
- Starship's first orbital flight put its heat shield to the test
- SpaceX's Starship rocket does its job during first orbital flight
- NASA announces new missions for Boeing Starliner spacecraft
☰ science daily
- This diet may slow brain aging by 2.5 years
- Alzheimer’s risk gene APOE4 may have a reversible weakness
- Could quitting ultra-processed food boost your mental health?
- This giant stick insect fooled scientists for decades
- Watch Live: NASA’s Crew-13 could make the fastest U.S. trip to the ISS ever
☰ 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
- LASIK Alternative Promises to Improve Vision Without Scalpel or Lasers
- Ozempic Rival Delivers 25% Weight Loss at Highest Dose in Phase 3 Trial
- Scientists Discover a Genius Use For Leftover Steel Waste – And It Could Save Lives
- Almost All The Viruses Found in a Vast Deep-Sea Mining Zone Were New to Science⁠
☰ Weather Forecast
Sat 3 Oct

high: 16°C
Sunny
 Sun 4 Oct

high: 18°C
Chance of showers
pop: 30%
 Mon 5 Oct

high: 13°C
Chance of showers
pop: 30%
 Tue 6 Oct

high: 12°C
Sunny
 Wed 7 Oct

high: 17°C
Chance of showers
pop: 40%
Sat 3 Oct

high: 18°C
A mix of sun and cloud
 Sun 4 Oct

high: 20°C
Chance of showers
pop: 40%
 Mon 5 Oct

high: 16°C
Sunny
 Tue 6 Oct

high: 16°C
A mix of sun and cloud
 Wed 7 Oct

high: 19°C
Chance of showers
pop: 40%
Sat 3 Oct

high: 16°C
Mainly sunny
 Sun 4 Oct

high: 17°C
Chance of showers
pop: 60%
 Mon 5 Oct

high: 13°C
Chance of showers
pop: 30%
 Tue 6 Oct

high: 12°C
Sunny
 Wed 7 Oct

high: 15°C
A mix of sun and cloud
Sat 3 Oct

high: 16°C
Mainly sunny
 Sun 4 Oct

high: 16°C
Cloudy
 Mon 5 Oct

high: 13°C
Periods of rain
 Tue 6 Oct

high: 11°C
A mix of sun and cloud
 Wed 7 Oct

high: 11°C
Chance of showers
pop: 30%
Sun 4 Oct

high: 17°C
Mainly sunny
 Mon 5 Oct

high: 16°C
Showers
 Tue 6 Oct

high: 12°C
A mix of sun and cloud
 Wed 7 Oct

high: 15°C
Sunny
 Thu 8 Oct

high: 17°C
Chance of showers
pop: 30%
Sat 3 Oct

high: 14°C
Mainly sunny
 Sun 4 Oct

high: 13°C
Cloudy
 Mon 5 Oct

high: 12°C
Rain
 Tue 6 Oct

high: 8°C
Rain
 Wed 7 Oct

high: 11°C
A mix of sun and cloud
Sat 3 Oct

high: 17°C
Clearing
 Sun 4 Oct

high: 18°C
Sunny
 Mon 5 Oct

high: 18°C
A mix of sun and cloud
 Tue 6 Oct

high: 17°C
A mix of sun and cloud
 Wed 7 Oct

high: 18°C
A mix of sun and cloud
Sat 3 Oct

high: 18°C
Mainly sunny
 Sun 4 Oct

high: 19°C
Sunny
 Mon 5 Oct

high: 23°C
Sunny
 Tue 6 Oct

high: 20°C
Sunny
 Wed 7 Oct

high: 18°C
A mix of sun and cloud
☰ Stocks ⚙
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TSX 35,154.76 -81.11   -0.23%
S&P 7,722.72 +56.27   +0.73%
DOW 51,176.96 +250.40   +0.49%
NASDAQ 30,807.93 +306.37   +1.00%
AAPL 333.77 +3.32   +1.00%
GOOG 340.42 +5.48   +1.64%
MSFT 517.75 +4.78   +0.93%
AMZN 251.50 +3.22   +1.30%
META 728.04 +1.93   +0.27%
NVDA 233.97 0.00   0.00%
TESLA 370.66 +16.48   +4.65%
NFLX 67.07 -0.79   -1.16%
AMD 633.80 +18.15   +2.95%
INTC 119.33 -0.63   -0.53%
QCOM 184.82 +2.65   +1.45%
NXP 243.75 +4.69   +1.96%
AVGO 355.14 +11.45   +3.33%
IBM 222.62 -3.06   -1.36%
CSCO 112.18 +3.45   +3.17%
ORCL 142.53 +4.45   +3.22%
CRM 234.64 -2.05   -0.86%
ADBE 237.69 -3.61   -1.50%
CIEN 391.33 +12.09   +3.19%
JPM 332.40 -0.93   -0.28%
BAC 53.78 0.00   0.00%
GS 902.44 +5.88   +0.66%
VISA 360.71 +0.74   +0.21%
MA 552.27 +1.90   +0.35%
WMT 104.29 +0.00   +0.00%
KO 85.66 -0.47   -0.55%
PEP 125.90 +0.26   +0.21%
DIS 102.21 +0.84   +0.83%
MCD 231.97 +0.13   +0.06%
NKE 33.89 -1.21   -3.45%
BA 193.57 +1.17   +0.61%
XOM 164.61 0.00   0.00%
CVX 206.78 -0.41   -0.20%
☰ Word of the Day
veracity

noun: 1. Truthfulness or accuracy. 2. Something true; a truth.
☰ Thought of the Day
"Till this moment I never knew myself." - Jane Austen, from Pride and Prejudice, ch 36.
☰ Born on this day
- Li Tzu-ch'eng, Chinese revolutionary who dethroned last Ming emperor, born in Mizhi, Shaanxi province, China (d. 1645)
- Warner Oland, Swedish actor (The Jazz Singer, Charlie Chan), born in Nyby, Västerbottens län, Sweden (d. 1938)
- Josephine Riley Matthews "Mama Jo", African-American midwife (delivered over 1300 babies), born in Aiken, South Carolina (d. 1993)
- John Patrick Shanley, American playwright and screenwriter (Doubt: A Parable; Moonstruck), born in the Bronx, New York
- Fred Couples, American golfer (US Masters 1992; Senior Players C'ship 2011; Senior British Open 2012), born in Seattle, Washington
- Dan Goldie, American tennis player and author ("The Investment Answer", #1 NY Times bestselling book), born in Sioux City Iowa
- Darrin Fletcher, American baseball catcher (MLB All Star 1994; Montreal Expos, Toronto Blue Jays) and broadcaster (Rogers Sportsnet), born in Elmhurst, Illinois
- Frank Hannon, American blues and rock guitarist (Tesla - The Great Radio Controversy), born in Sacramento, California
☰ Weather News
- Olive ridley sea turtles nest in California for the first time
- Weekend nor’easter likely to bring damaging winds, coastal flooding
- NOAA’s flood mapping tool now covers nearly 100% of U.S.
☰ Today in History
- English long-distance runner Violet Piercy sets the first recognized female marathon record in 3:40:22 on the Polytechnic Marathon course between Windsor and London
- First telescope lens 200 inches (508 cm) in diameter is completed
- Discovery 7 returns to Earth after a 4-day excursion
- WBMW-FM in Washington, D.C. changes its call sign to WJFK and begins airing The Howard Stern Radio Show
- Nobel Prize in Chemistry awarded to Frances Arnold, Gregory Winter, and George Smith for their use of evolution to produce new enzymes and antibodies
- Jean Grémillon, French film director (Remorques, Light of Summer), born in Bayeux, France (d. 1959)
- Stevie Ray Vaughan, American blues guitarist (Texas Flood; "Pride And Joy"; David Bowie - "Let's Dance"), born in Dallas, Texas (d. 1990)
- Frank Hannon, American blues and rock guitarist (Tesla - The Great Radio Controversy), born in Sacramento, California
- Andreas Isaksson, Swedish soccer goalkeeper (133 caps; PSV, Kasımpaşa), born in Smygehamn, Sweden
- Zuleyka Rivera, Puerto Rican beauty queen (2006 Miss Universe winner), actress and TV host, born in Cayey, Puerto Rico

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