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August 30, 2026
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☰ Spotify Canada
1=Ella Langley : Choosin' Texas
2+1STELLA LEFTY : Boston
3+1Drake : Janice STFU
4+2Malcolm Todd : Earrings
5-3Dolly Parton : Jolene
6+1Tame Impala : Loser
7+1Ella Langley : Be Her
8+1The Killers : Mr. Brightside
9+2Cameron Whitcomb : Kingdom of Fear
10=Temper City : Self Aware
11-6Dolly Parton : 9 to 5
12+4Morgan Wallen : Been By Now
13-1Ella Langley : weren't for the wind
14=The Goo Goo Dolls : Iris
15+2Olivia Dean : Man I Need
16-1Olivia Rodrigo : stupid song
17+1Dominic Fike : Babydoll
18+3Shakira : Dai Dai
19+1Ariana Grande : hate that i made you love me
20-1Olivia Rodrigo : the cure
21+1Fleetwood Mac : Dreams - 2001 Remaster
22+3Alex Warren : Ordinary
23+7Shaboozey : A Bar Song (Tipsy)
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☰ slashdot
- Debian Decides: Contributors Can Use Generative AI 'Responsibly'
- Anthropic Sued By Sony, Warner For Allegedly Stealing Tens of Thousands of Songs, Torrenting Copyrighted Works
- What's 88-year-old Ridley Scott Doing Now?
- With the Snip of a Gene, Scientists Hope To Erase High Cholesterol For Life
- Millions of Cars Recalled Over Danger of Bursting Into Flames. But They're Not EVs.
☰ sportsnet
- As Blue Jays honour Buck Martinez, new Hall bridges past and present
- Soriano, Bateman help Blue Jays grind out win over Mariners
- ‘Be a spark plug’: Blue Jays’ Bateman on how he impacts the game
- Blue Jays’ Kirk shocks Mariners by swiping his second-career bag
- Buck Martinez is forever a Blue Jay, but his legacy extends far beyond Toronto
☰ espn
- Adam Schefter's fantasy cheat sheet: The players our NFL insider is most excited about this season
- The best picks for each draft slot in Rounds 1 and 2 in 10-team leagues
- Messi scores 4 as Inter Miami net 7 in record win
- Dolphins ship QB Ewers to Jaguars for draft pick
- 'This is step No. 1': NDSU wins 1st-ever FBS game
☰ global
- Winnipeggers facing rising costs during back-to-school shopping
- Stampeders score late for 28-23 win over Ticats
- Winnipeggers disengaged in election, lowering voter turnout: polling
- WATCH: Global News Hour at 6 BC: Aug. 29
- Transit, home care and immigration dominate Day 3 of Quebec election
☰ Ars Technica
- I asked 100 companies for my data. Some deleted it instead.
- Court rules Kalshi sports bets aren't "swaps," just gambling with a different name
- Cities terminate Flock contracts at record pace in August
- "RFK Jr. has lied to the Senate": Lawmakers call for criminal probe, ouster
- Trump blacklisting of "woke" Anthropic deemed illegal by federal judge
☰ nyt world
- Search Continues for 2,400 Missing in Nepal Floods Amid ‘Immense’ Devastation
- 37 Killed After Russian Strike on Weapons Depot as Ukraine Blames Negligence
- Nepal Rescuers Bore Through Tunnels to Try to Reach 900 Workers Missing After Floods
- Carney Has Canadians’ Support on Trump. Now Comes the Hard Part.
- Thieves Smash Museum Case for Diamond Necklace Worth Millions in Vienna
☰ cbc
- In Ohio, Canada-U.S. trade war sparks anger and uncertainty
- An island mysteriously appeared — then disappeared — on B.C.'s largest reservoir
- Days after deadly Nepal flood, families of missing B.C. couples desperate for details
- Warnings over squishy toy hazards expand globally
- Trump's Venezuelan oil deal: What we know and how it could impact Canada's oil industry
☰ space
- SpaceX recovers Starship from the Indian Ocean a month after launch and is shipping it back to Texas
- New clues about how space travel may affect women's health
- 'Now boarding' … 240,000 miles from Earth, at the moon's first airport
- AI finds six ways to print rocket-grade alloy on commercial 3D printers
- China abruptly postpones ambitious Chang'e-7 lunar mission launch
☰ science daily
- Long-term melatonin use linked to 90% higher heart failure risk
- Australia’s red soil may be hiding a massive clean energy source
- Dogs may hold surprising clues to human longevity
- NASA’s Roman telescope will see 100 times more sky than Hubble
- Keto diet cut liver fat by 67% in a clinical trial
☰ 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
- These Patients Couldn't Beat Lyme Disease, So Scientists Tried Giving Them Psilocybin
- Scientists Discover a Cannabis Receptor That Could Stop Breast Cancer Spreading
- Tiny Wrinkles in Graphene Turn It Into a Battery, Physicists Find
- Of 30 Global Food Goals, We're on Track to Hit Just One
☰ Weather Forecast
Sun 30 Aug

high: 23°C
Chance of showers
pop: 60%
 Mon 31 Aug

high: 25°C
Chance of showers
pop: 30%
 Tue 1 Sep

high: 24°C
Chance of showers
pop: 60%
 Wed 2 Sep

high: 26°C
Chance of showers
pop: 40%
 Thu 3 Sep

high: 23°C
Chance of showers
pop: 40%
Sun 30 Aug

high: 23°C
Chance of showers
pop: 60%
 Mon 31 Aug

high: 25°C
Chance of showers
pop: 40%
 Tue 1 Sep

high: 28°C
Chance of showers
pop: 40%
 Wed 2 Sep

high: 28°C
Chance of showers
pop: 60%
 Thu 3 Sep

high: 26°C
Cloudy
Sun 30 Aug

high: 23°C
Chance of showers
pop: 60%
 Mon 31 Aug

high: 26°C
Sunny
 Tue 1 Sep

high: 21°C
Chance of showers
pop: 30%
 Wed 2 Sep

high: 21°C
Showers
 Thu 3 Sep

high: 22°C
Showers
Sun 30 Aug

high: 22°C
Chance of showers
pop: 60%
 Mon 31 Aug

high: 23°C
Sunny
 Tue 1 Sep

high: 20°C
Cloudy
 Wed 2 Sep

high: 18°C
Chance of showers
pop: 60%
 Thu 3 Sep

high: 17°C
Periods of rain
Sun 30 Aug

high: 26°C
Chance of showers
pop: 30%
 Mon 31 Aug

high: 21°C
A mix of sun and cloud
 Tue 1 Sep

high: 24°C
Sunny
 Wed 2 Sep

high: 24°C
A mix of sun and cloud
 Thu 3 Sep

high: 16°C
Showers
Sun 30 Aug

high: 18°C
Chance of showers
pop: 60%
 Mon 31 Aug

high: 20°C
Sunny
 Tue 1 Sep

high: 18°C
Sunny
 Wed 2 Sep

high: 19°C
Cloudy
 Thu 3 Sep

high: 12°C
Chance of showers
pop: 60%
Sun 30 Aug

high: 18°C
Chance of showers
pop: 60%
 Mon 31 Aug

high: 21°C
Sunny
 Tue 1 Sep

high: 21°C
Sunny
 Wed 2 Sep

high: 16°C
Rain
 Thu 3 Sep

high: 20°C
Cloudy
Sun 30 Aug

high: 16°C
Chance of showers
pop: 60%
 Mon 31 Aug

high: 22°C
Sunny
 Tue 1 Sep

high: 25°C
Sunny
 Wed 2 Sep

high: 21°C
Chance of showers
pop: 30%
 Thu 3 Sep

high: 19°C
Chance of showers
pop: 60%
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AAPL 319.66 +5.08   +1.61%
GOOG 342.73 +5.19   +1.54%
MSFT 513.86 +8.98   +1.78%
AMZN 266.39 +10.18   +3.97%
META 577.86 +6.79   +1.19%
NVDA 217.72 0.00   0.00%
TESLA 348.78 -5.81   -1.64%
NFLX 81.73 +1.91   +2.39%
AMD 465.88 0.00   0.00%
INTC 89.48 -2.60   -2.82%
QCOM 164.15 -0.72   -0.44%
NXP 223.39 -2.15   -0.95%
AVGO 368.69 -2.55   -0.69%
IBM 235.56 -3.18   -1.33%
CSCO 109.94 -2.22   -1.98%
ORCL 150.72 -1.22   -0.80%
CRM 256.26 +4.27   +1.69%
ADBE 291.58 +2.44   +0.84%
CIEN 378.44 -21.68   -5.42%
JPM 357.57 +3.53   +1.00%
BAC 62.33 +1.17   +1.91%
GS 1,033.24 -7.70   -0.74%
VISA 381.54 +1.93   +0.51%
MA 595.34 +3.63   +0.61%
WMT 103.11 +0.49   +0.48%
KO 89.65 +0.60   +0.67%
PEP 141.08 +1.37   +0.98%
DIS 108.09 +1.28   +1.20%
MCD 265.01 +4.94   +1.90%
NKE 39.59 +1.16   +3.02%
BA 209.83 +0.02   +0.01%
XOM 156.66 +0.20   +0.13%
CVX 201.86 0.00   0.00%
☰ Word of the Day
chumocracy

noun: A government, organization, or culture in which friends and associates are favored, especially in appointments to positions of authority.
☰ Thought of the Day
"Success is a lousy teacher. It seduces smart people into thinking they can't lose." - Bill Gates, from The Road Ahead
☰ Born on this day
- Jacobus Henricus van't Hoff, Dutch physical chemist (Nobel 1901), born in Rotterdam, Netherlands (d. 1911)
- Eduardo Ciannelli, Italian character actor (Foreign Correspondent; Gunga Din), born in Ischia, Italy (d. 1969)
- Charmian Clift, Australian writer and essayist, born in Kiama, New South Wales, Australia (d. 1969)
- Luther "Georgia Boy" Johnson [Lucious Johnson], American blues guitarist, singer, and songwrite, born in Davisboro, Georgia (d. 1976)
- Pervez Sajjad, Pakistani cricket left-arm spinner (19 Tests 1964-73), born in Lahore, Pakistan
- Mark 'Jacko' Jackson, Australian rules footballer and actor (Jetto in "The Highwayman"), born in Melbourne, Australia
- Thom Tillis, American politician (Senator-R-North Carolina 2015-), born in Jacksonville, Florida
- Paul Oakenfold, British record producer and DJ, born in Mile End, London
☰ Weather News
- Testing the waters: A day at the nation’s largest oil spill simulation tank
- NOAA to rebuild historic science lab in Beaufort, North Carolina
- NOAA boosts weather data collection capabilities with new Mesonet contract
☰ Today in History
- Czechoslovakia forms an independent republic
- 11th NFL Chicago All-Star Game: Chicago Bears 24, All-Stars 21 (48,769 attendees)
- American women's 4 x 100m freestyle relay team of Shirley Babashoff, Jane Barkman, Jenny Kemp, and Sandy Neilson beats East Germany by just 0.36 seconds to win gold at the Munich Olympics with a world record time of 3:55.19
- Fifteen people are killed by a liquid ammonia leak at a cold storage plant in Shanghai, China
- Co-founder and CEO of Twitter, Jack Dorsey, has his Twitter account hacked; racist comments are posted in his name
- Julie Bishop [Jacqueline Wells], American actress (My Hero, Northern Pursuit, Threat), born in Denver, Colorado (d. 2001)
- Gerhard Wimberger, Austria composer (Glove), born in Vienna, Austria (d. 2016)
- John Peel [Ravenscroft], British popular music radio presenter (BBC Radio 1, 1967-2004), born in Heswall, England (d. 2004)
- Master Sgt. Gary Gordon, American Medal of Honor recipient, born in Lincoln, Maine (d. 1993)
- Trevor Jackson, American actor (Grown-ish), and RandB singer-songwriter ("Drop It"), born in Indianapolis, Indiana

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