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July 12, 2026
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3+1Malcolm Todd : Earrings
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12+2The Killers : Mr. Brightside
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☰ slashdot
- Is the COSMIC Desktop Getting Better Than KDE and GNOME?
- AI-driven Datacenter Builds Increased Microsoft's Emissions 25% In One Year
- Id Co-founders Carmack and Romero Respond to Microsoft's Layoffs
- Facial Recognition in UK Shops Will Soon Instantly Alert Police About Offenders
- 10 Million Cubans Suffer Nationwide Blackout - For The Second Time This Week
☰ sportsnet
- Canada’s Henderson falls in playoff to Korea’s Ryu at Evian Championship
- Home Run Derby preview: Stacked field takes on revamped format
- McGregor’s early injury ends great UFC 329 card on sour note
- How the Blue Jays found their first ace in Dave Stieb
- ‘Blue Jays Way’ teaser: 50 Seasons of the Toronto Blue Jays
☰ espn
- McGregor injures leg on opening kick; fight called...
- Wheeler rejects ASG nod, 'disrespected' by snubs
- Free agent Diggs: No WR2 in NFL better than me
- Niners part owner agrees to purchase Seahawks
- Ryu wins Evian in playoff; 2nd straight major titl...
☰ global
- Salsa on St. Clair festival cancelled in aftermath of deadly shootings
- Recipe: Samosa kale chaat
- US strikes Iran over latest ship attack and Tehran responds by hitting Arab states
- B.C. Wildfire Service calls for compliance amid reports of speeding and drone flights
- Ford and Unifor strike tentative deal for three-year labour contract
☰ Ars Technica
- The real mystery behind Moana: After 1,700 years, why did Polynesians suddenly sail east?
- A Jupiter-size planet that escaped its star's death
- Overhaul of public lands grazing regulations seeks to cut public involvement
- Quantum error correction can constantly recalibrate a processor
- Increased drone surveillance of illegal July 4th fireworks led to $100K fine
☰ nyt world
- Residents of Spanish Towns Caught in Fierce Blazes Recount Harrowing Escapes
- Hard-Liners in Iran Want to Keep Fighting America
- How Putin Turned Japan Into a Den of Spies
- At World Cup Ticket Prices, Even Messi Can’t Fill a Stadium
- As India Erases Its Colonial Past, Delhi’s Elite Feel Targeted
☰ cbc
- Toronto festival cancelled after shooting leaves 2 dead, multiple people injured
- U.S. Republican Senator Lindsey Graham dead at 71
- Hydrogen vs. batteries: Which is winning the race to electrify heavy trucks?
- Guinea fowl sales spike in N.S. as homeowners look for natural tick control
- I was worried about the what-ifs. A daredevil stunt in my 50s helped me overcome my fears
☰ space
- Could permanent magnets protect astronauts from solar storms?
- China takes a page from SpaceX and recaptures the first stage of a rocket to reuse it
- Artemis II astronauts reunite with their moonship 3 months after record-breaking flight
- From the lab to the moon: Lunar cement alternative survives 6 months on ISS and returned stronger in some tests
- What to know about the total solar eclipse due in August
☰ science daily
- Scientists discover how the brain rewires itself to truly multitask
- Columbia scientists discover surprising link between serotonin and heart valve disease
- Deep-sea life has a secret food source scientists never expected
- Second pregnancy changes the brain in surprising new ways
- Physicists finally build a quantum material predicted more than a decade ago
☰ new scientist
- New Scientist recommends a vital look at the science of fatherhood
- UN space database aimed at easing global tensions is mysteriously down
- Global warming already causing crop losses of over $20 billion a year
- Mathematicians put AI to work on Fermat's last theorem
- Resuscitated human retinas respond to light 10 hours after death
☰ science alert
- Vantablack: World's Blackest Paint Could Solve A Major Problem For Astronomy
- Scientists Found a Hormone That Could Predict Anorexia Relapse Before It Happens
- Ovaries Begin Aging Decades Before Menopause – And The Implications Go Far Beyond Fertility
- Bees (Yes, Bees) Make Silk – And Scientists Have Worked Out How to Recreate It in a Lab
☰ Weather Forecast
Mon 13 Jul

high: 31°C
Chance of showers
pop: 30%
 Tue 14 Jul

high: 36°C
Sunny
 Wed 15 Jul

high: 30°C
Sunny
 Thu 16 Jul

high: 28°C
Chance of showers
pop: 30%
 Fri 17 Jul

high: 26°C
Sunny
Mon 13 Jul

high: 32°C
A mix of sun and cloud
 Tue 14 Jul

high: 36°C
Sunny
 Wed 15 Jul

high: 33°C
Chance of showers
pop: 30%
 Thu 16 Jul

high: 31°C
Sunny
 Fri 17 Jul

high: 28°C
Chance of showers
pop: 30%
Mon 13 Jul

high: 31°C
Mainly sunny
 Tue 14 Jul

high: 35°C
Sunny
 Wed 15 Jul

high: 26°C
Sunny
 Thu 16 Jul

high: 28°C
Sunny
 Fri 17 Jul

high: 27°C
A mix of sun and cloud
Mon 13 Jul

high: 27°C
Chance of showers
pop: 60%
 Tue 14 Jul

high: 27°C
Showers
 Wed 15 Jul

high: 24°C
Chance of showers
pop: 30%
 Thu 16 Jul

high: 24°C
Periods of rain
 Fri 17 Jul

high: 25°C
A mix of sun and cloud
Mon 13 Jul

high: 30°C
Mainly sunny
 Tue 14 Jul

high: 30°C
Chance of showers
pop: 60%
 Wed 15 Jul

high: 27°C
Chance of showers
pop: 30%
 Thu 16 Jul

high: 27°C
A mix of sun and cloud
 Fri 17 Jul

high: 23°C
A mix of sun and cloud
Mon 13 Jul

high: 22°C
Chance of showers
pop: 40%
 Tue 14 Jul

high: 26°C
Chance of showers
pop: 60%
 Wed 15 Jul

high: 20°C
Chance of showers
pop: 60%
 Thu 16 Jul

high: 21°C
Chance of showers
pop: 60%
 Fri 17 Jul

high: 20°C
A mix of sun and cloud
Mon 13 Jul

high: 23°C
Mainly sunny
 Tue 14 Jul

high: 23°C
Sunny
 Wed 15 Jul

high: 24°C
Sunny
 Thu 16 Jul

high: 21°C
Showers
 Fri 17 Jul

high: 23°C
A mix of sun and cloud
Mon 13 Jul

high: 24°C
Sunny
 Tue 14 Jul

high: 26°C
Cloudy
 Wed 15 Jul

high: 25°C
Chance of showers
pop: 60%
 Thu 16 Jul

high: 27°C
Sunny
 Fri 17 Jul

high: 28°C
Sunny
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AVGO 399.96 -1.38   -0.34%
IBM 287.68 -7.52   -2.55%
CSCO 121.24 +2.95   +2.49%
ORCL 140.69 -3.57   -2.47%
CRM 163.33 +0.89   +0.55%
ADBE 223.68 +1.02   +0.46%
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JPM 336.43 +1.09   +0.33%
BAC 59.64 +0.40   +0.68%
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VISA 348.98 +0.95   +0.27%
MA 526.55 +3.42   +0.65%
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PEP 137.39 -0.44   -0.32%
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NKE 44.39 +1.63   +3.81%
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☰ Word of the Day
nigh

adverb: Nearly; almost. adjective: Near. preposition: Near.
☰ Thought of the Day
"Thus, we never see the true state of our condition till it is illustrated to us by its contraries, nor know how to value what we enjoy, but by the want of it." - Daniel Defoe, from Robinson Crusoe
☰ Born on this day
- Peter Verigin, Russian Doukhobor leader (led Doukhobor community in Canada), born in Slavianka, Russia (d. 1924)
- Pablo Neruda, Chilean poet (Residence on Earth-Nobel 1971), born in Parral, Chile (d. 1973)
- Roger Smith, CEO (General Motors), born in Colombus, Ohio (d. 2007)
- Yasushi Akutagawa, Japanese composer (Orpheus of Hiroshima; Ellora Symphony), born in Tokyo, Japan (d. 1989)
- Sir Alastair Burnet [James William Alexander Burnet], British journalist and broadcaster (News at Ten), Born in Sheffield, England (d. 2012)
- Donald E. Westlake, American author (The Hunter), born in Brooklyn, New York (d. 2008)
- Cheryl Ladd, American actress (Charlie's Angels, Purple Hearts), born in Huron, South Dakota
- Sylvia Sass, Hungarian soprano, born in Budapest, Hungary
☰ Weather News
- VIDEO: What is geodesy?
- NOAA and partners cut ribbon on new pier, port facility in Charleston, South Carolina
- The 20th anniversary of the NOAA Marine Debris Program
☰ Today in History
- Minamoto Yoritomo becomes Seii Taishōgun, the first ruling shogun in the history of Japan and de facto ruler
- Federal troops occupy Helena, Arkansas
- Frederick McKinley Jones receives a patent for an air conditioning unit for trucks, helping to change long-haul carriage of food and blood
- “Disco Demolition Night” at Comiskey Park: fans go wild destroying disco records and cause the White Sox to forfeit the second game of a doubleheader to the Detroit Tigers
- World's longest fingernails are cut off; Indian man Shridhar Chillal's left-hand nails measured a combined total of 909.6 cm (358.1 inches) after growing for 66 years
- Barbara Cowsill, American singer and rock band mother (The Cowsills - "Hair"; "We Can Fly"), born in Cranston, Rhode Island (d. 1985)
- Brian Cant, British stage and screen actor and children's television presenter (Play School, 1964-85), born in Ipswich, Suffolk, England (d. 2017)
- Hans Tilkowski, German soccer goalkeeper (39 caps, West Germany; Westfalia Herne, Borussia Dortmund, Eintracht Frankfurt), born in Husen, Germany (d. 2020)
- Mel Harris [Mary Ellen], American actress (Hope-30 Something), born in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania
- (Christopher) "Topher" Grace, American stage and screen actor (That '70s Show -"Eric"; In Good Company; Home Economics), born in New York City

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