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October 08, 2026
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☰ Top Movies
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☰ Spotify Canada
1=Ella Langley : Choosin' Texas
2+2ADÉLA : Nicole Kidman
3-1Taylor Swift : Patient Zero
4-1Drake : Quebec
5=Drake : Solar Eclipse
6+1Malcolm Todd : Earrings
7-1Drake : Cold Shoulder
8+1Olivia Rodrigo : stupid song
9-1STELLA LEFTY : Boston
10+1Olivia Rodrigo : the cure
11+2The Killers : Mr. Brightside
12-2Drake : Janice STFU
13-1ADÉLA : Ain't In LA
14+1Noah Kahan : Draw You Out
15-1Ashe : Stop The Wedding!
16+7Olivia Dean : Man I Need
17-1The Goo Goo Dolls : Iris
18+3Alex Warren : Ordinary
19=Cameron Whitcomb : Kingdom of Fear
20+5Ella Langley : Be Her
21+5Dominic Fike : Babydoll
22-4Tame Impala : Loser
23-1Whiskey Myers : Broken Window Serenade
☰ Standings
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4Panthers2-0-26
5Mammoth3-1-06
6Golden Knights3-1-06
7Hurricanes2-1-15
8Wild2-0-15
9Capitals2-1-04
10Senators2-1-04
11Lightning2-1-04
12Sabres2-1-04
☰ slashdot
- Emmy Awards Leave Broadcast TV For Prime Video
- Female AI Agents 'Paid' Less Than Males, Study Finds
- Chrome 155 Ships Decoding Support For JPEG XL
- OpenAI Unleashes Hundreds More Math Results Upon a Field Already In Shock
- Campus Censorship Wars, 25 Years After a Slashdot Q&A
☰ sportsnet
- Maple Leafs notebook: McKenna moves down lineup, faces pal Marner
- Oilers’ Evan Bouchard proving critics wrong with hot start
- Major League Baseball proposes major schedule changes starting in 2029
- NHL Power Rankings: One player from each team still waiting for a goal
- Who could Red Wings target in potential Simon Edvinsson trade?
☰ espn
- Through Dak Prescott's eyes: The Cowboys QB breaks down a play and all he sees
- Aces star Wilson wins record 5th WNBA MVP award
- MLB eyes shorter regular season, expanding division series to best-of-7
- Fever's Clark denounces online hate directed at 'good soul' Mitchell
- Payton says he's taking over playcalling for Broncos' sputtering offense
☰ global
- Playoffs on the line as Lions host Redblacks
- Rideshare insurance fraud in Winnipeg prompts crackdown: MPI
- Corus completes recapitalization transaction, appoints new Board
- Toronto Zoo sees drop in 2026 visitors due to wildfire smoke, extreme heat
- Halifax high school lockdown lifted as police investigate weapons threat
☰ Ars Technica
- R.I.P. Margaret Hamilton, whose code saved the Apollo 11 Moon landing
- Let's Encrypt cuts certificate lifetimes to 64 days starting February 2027
- Driver wins $76 after ALPR led to bogus traffic stop, drug searches
- RFK Jr. unveils sweeping federal initiative to find evidence of vaccine injuries
- An experimental tour-de-force: Entanglement between glass bead and light
☰ nyt world
- French Student Protests Continue as Government Seeks Way Out of Crisis
- How a U.S. Diplomat Suppressed and Altered Reports Critical of Israel
- 2 Latvians Arrested after Breaching Perimeter of RAF Molesworth, UK Air Base Used by US
- Russia’s Silence on Possible Plague Outbreak Stokes Fears of a Cover-Up
- Warrants to Search Former Prince Andrew’s Properties Were Unlawful, Court Says
☰ cbc
- Will Ottawa really take Stelco to court? Here's what happened last time
- Ottawa to provide $2B in rebates for homeowners who install heat pumps
- Sask., Alberta premiers reject Elon Musk's call for provinces to separate from Canada
- Class action alleging sexual assaults at Spa Nordik to proceed
- A crash course in Anne Carson: the books that won the Canadian author the Nobel Prize
☰ space
- Largest 2D map of the universe helps scientists discover new gravitational lenses
- Margaret Hamilton, scientist who worked on NASA's Apollo program, dead at 90
- Simulated moon soil and recyclable thermoplastics could help build future space infrastructure
- To keep GPS constellations from drifting, look to the moon
- X-rays and AI reveal how spacecraft heat shields burn in real time
☰ science daily
- NASA is searching for hidden caves to build its first Moon base
- Scientists accidentally discover a genetic code that breaks the rules of life
- Scientists warn a popular vitamin D supplement may have a hidden downside
- This “golden tree” coral was too strange for any known family
- Scientists found Homo erectus 200,000 years earlier than expected
☰ 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
- Higher Levels of 19 Potentially Toxic Chemicals Found in The Teeth of Children With Autism
- 'More Might Be Out There': A Scorching Phoenix Planet May Solve a 3-Decade-Old Astronomical Cold Case
- Ever Heard of The Nordic Diet? Large Study Finds It Could Help You Live Longer
- First Images of DNA 'Zipping' Together Confirm a 20-Year-Old Prediction
☰ Weather Forecast
Fri 9 Oct

high: 14°C
Chance of showers
pop: 40%
 Sat 10 Oct

high: 16°C
A mix of sun and cloud
 Sun 11 Oct

high: 22°C
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 Mon 12 Oct

high: 21°C
Cloudy
 Tue 13 Oct

high: 15°C
Chance of showers
pop: 40%
Fri 9 Oct

high: 19°C
A mix of sun and cloud
 Sat 10 Oct

high: 20°C
A mix of sun and cloud
 Sun 11 Oct

high: 20°C
Chance of showers
pop: 30%
 Mon 12 Oct

high: 22°C
Cloudy
 Tue 13 Oct

high: 18°C
Chance of showers
pop: 40%
Fri 9 Oct

high: 13°C
Chance of showers
pop: 40%
 Sat 10 Oct

high: 15°C
Sunny
 Sun 11 Oct

high: 19°C
A mix of sun and cloud
 Mon 12 Oct

high: 19°C
Cloudy
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high: 11°C
Periods of rain
Fri 9 Oct

high: 13°C
Chance of showers
pop: 30%
 Sat 10 Oct

high: 12°C
Sunny
 Sun 11 Oct

high: 18°C
Sunny
 Mon 12 Oct

high: 17°C
Periods of rain
 Tue 13 Oct

high: 8°C
Chance of showers
pop: 60%
Fri 9 Oct

high: 13°C
Chance of showers
pop: 60%
 Sat 10 Oct

high: 12°C
Sunny
 Sun 11 Oct

high: 18°C
A mix of sun and cloud
 Mon 12 Oct

high: 21°C
Cloudy
 Tue 13 Oct

high: 9°C
Chance of showers
pop: 60%
Fri 9 Oct

high: 9°C
Chance of showers
pop: 30%
 Sat 10 Oct

high: 9°C
Sunny
 Sun 11 Oct

high: 17°C
A mix of sun and cloud
 Mon 12 Oct

high: 13°C
Rain
 Tue 13 Oct

high: 5°C
Chance of showers
pop: 60%
Fri 9 Oct

high: 16°C
Rain
 Sat 10 Oct

high: 15°C
Chance of showers
pop: 60%
 Sun 11 Oct

high: 16°C
Sunny
 Mon 12 Oct

high: 14°C
Sunny
 Tue 13 Oct

high: 16°C
Cloudy
Fri 9 Oct

high: 19°C
Chance of showers
pop: 30%
 Sat 10 Oct

high: 2°C
Cloudy
 Sun 11 Oct

high: 3°C
Cloudy
 Mon 12 Oct

high: 9°C
Sunny
 Tue 13 Oct

high: 15°C
Sunny
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META 720.91 -0.40   -0.06%
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TESLA 374.96 -2.85   -0.75%
NFLX 71.58 +1.88   +2.70%
AMD 620.98 -24.88   -3.85%
INTC 107.14 -5.98   -5.29%
QCOM 176.07 -1.05   -0.59%
NXP 231.13 -4.05   -1.72%
AVGO 360.14 -16.37   -4.35%
IBM 226.58 +6.07   +2.75%
CSCO 114.89 -2.50   -2.13%
ORCL 135.56 -8.51   -5.91%
CRM 227.67 -0.05   -0.02%
ADBE 240.95 +8.21   +3.53%
CIEN 425.96 -20.50   -4.59%
JPM 331.45 +1.93   +0.59%
BAC 53.59 +0.06   +0.11%
GS 881.49 -5.50   -0.62%
VISA 375.11 +3.10   +0.83%
MA 574.60 +4.41   +0.77%
WMT 110.59 +2.43   +2.24%
KO 87.76 +1.96   +2.28%
PEP 128.77 +0.13   +0.10%
DIS 107.07 +2.29   +2.18%
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NKE 34.75 +0.38   +1.11%
BA 187.77 -0.52   -0.28%
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CVX 211.61 +6.42   +3.13%
☰ Word of the Day
vinous

adjective: 1. Relating to, resembling, or containing wine. 2. Having the color of red wine. 3. Given to drinking wine excessively, or showing the effects of doing so.
☰ Thought of the Day
The fault, dear Brutus, is not in our stars, / But in ourselves, that we are underlings. - William Shakespeare, from Julius Caesar, Act I, Scene 2.
☰ Born on this day
- Giulio Caccini, Italian composer, violist, tenor, and teacher, born in Florence, Republic of Florence (d. 1610)
- Maximilian Henry of Bayern, Archbishop-Elector of Cologne, Bishop of Hildesheim and Bishop of Liège, born in Munich, Germany (d. 1688)
- Michel-Julien Mathieu, French composer, born in Fontainebleau, France (d. 1777)
- Max Slevogt, German painter, born in Landshut, Germany (d. 1932)
- Chen Duxiu, Chinese revolutionary socialist and author who co-founded the Chinese Communist Party with Li Dazhao and was the 1st General Secretary (1921-27), born in Anqing, Anhui, Qing dynasty of China (d. 1927)
- Ernest Douwes Dekker, Indo-Dutch nationalist and founder of National-India Party, born in Pasuruan, Malang, Indonesia (d. 1950)
- Dick Burnett, American musician ("Man of Constant Sorrow"), born in Monticello, Kentucky (d. 1977)
- Ray Reardon, Welsh snooker player (World Champion 1970, 73, 74, 75, 76, 78; Pot Black 1969, 78), born in Tredegar, Wales (d. 2024)
☰ Weather News
- Large-scale marine debris: 4 ways to clean up the big stuff
- NOAA to issue 2026-2027 U.S. Winter Outlook October 15
- Olive ridley sea turtles nest in California for the first time
☰ Today in History
- British forces lay siege to the French port of Boulogne using Congreve rockets, invented by Sir William Congreve
- Treaty of Ried between Bavaria and Austria
- Spyros Markezinis forms a government in Greece
- Fire in the Space Needle causes evacuation and results in damages of $2,000 in Seattle, Washington
- Israeli police kill 17 Palestinian protesters
- John Ruggles, American politician, born in Westborough, Massachusetts (d. 1874)
- César Milstein, Argentine biochemist (Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine, 1984), born in Bahía Blanca, Argentina (d. 2002)
- Ray Handley, American football coach (HC New York Giants 1991-92; Super Bowl XXI, XXV NY Giants assistant coach), born in Artesia, New Mexico (d. 2026)
- Tony Eason, American football quarterback (New England Patriots), born in Blythe, California
- Martin Mayhew, American NFL cornerback (Tampa Bay Bucs), born in Daytona Beach, California

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