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August 09, 2026
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☰ Spotify Canada
1=Ella Langley : Choosin' Texas
2+2Drake : Janice STFU
3-1Morgan Wallen : Been By Now
4+1STELLA LEFTY : Boston
5+1Ariana Grande : petal
6+2Shakira : Dai Dai
7=Malcolm Todd : Earrings
8-5Ariana Grande : hate that i made you love me
9+1Olivia Dean : Man I Need
10-1Ella Langley : Be Her
11+4The Killers : Mr. Brightside
12+2Tame Impala : Loser
13+4Shaboozey : A Bar Song (Tipsy)
14-2Ella Langley : weren't for the wind
15-2Temper City : Self Aware
16-5Alex Warren : Ordinary
17-1Dominic Fike : Babydoll
18=Olivia Rodrigo : stupid song
19+2Fleetwood Mac : Dreams - 2001 Remaster
20+7Justin Bieber : Beauty And A Beat
21-2The Goo Goo Dolls : Iris
22+10Post Malone : I Had Some Help (Feat. Morgan Wallen)
23-3Vance Joy : Riptide
☰ Standings
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☰ slashdot
- Privacy Backlash Explodes Against Meta's Smart Glasses
- AI Reviews Bring 'New Normal' to Linux Release Candidates: Lots of Bug Fixes
- Flock Accused of Reactivating Its Cameras Without Notifying a Town
- California City Declares State of Emergency After Cyberattack
- AI-Powered Browser Just Generates Every Website From Scratch
☰ sportsnet
- Blue Jays will look to carry over scrappiness after forcing extras in loss
- Scout’s Analysis: Standout players from the Hlinka Gretzky Cup
- Leylah Fernandez eliminated from National Bank Open, ending Canadian singles hopes
- Watch Blue Jays Way on Sportsnet: Part 5
- Eala falls to Bencic in Round of 16 at National Bank Open
☰ espn
- Fantasy football managers, beware: The full 'Do Not Draft' list for 2026
- Nelson, second-winningest NBA coach, dies at 86
- Lynx's McBride drops 43, sets WNBA 3-point mark
- Bridgewater retires again; Lions pivot to Dobbs
- A's Wilson sets record with 111th errorless game
☰ global
- 80-year-old woman dies while fleeing aggressive Bald Range fire near Summerland
- Hamilton fatal stabbing marks city’s 9th homicide of 2026
- First Nations chiefs in B.C. urge feds, Alberta to halt pipeline advancement
- 2 tornadoes touch down in southwestern Ontario as storms blow through region
- Saskatchewan auto parts business falls victim to growing credit card scam
☰ Ars Technica
- Mount Toba eruption doesn't seem like it could nearly kill our species
- The first self-driving vehicle on Mars has proven to be a smashing success
- DeepMind’s hurricane breakthrough has surprised weather scientists
- Europe's free satellite service just made it easier to track wildfires
- Flesh-eating screwworms feast on humans in Mexico; human cases top 500
☰ nyt world
- Inside the War on Hezbollah’s Finances
- Iran, Holding Firm to Hormuz, Pushes for Return to June MOU
- Iran War Timeline: Key Moments and Attacks In U.S. and Israel’s Campaign
- Iran Taps Longtime I.R.G.C. Commander Mohsen Rezaei to Top Security Post
- Israel Rejects Trump’s 15-Point Plan to Disarm Hamas
☰ cbc
- 80-year-old woman killed in Summerland, B.C., wildfire: RCMP
- RCMP investigating homicide of 12-year-old Edmonton boy after remains found in northern Alberta
- 'No more caving': Poilievre's letter to Carney urges him not to concede to U.S. tariff demands
- 3-year-old girl hospitalized after Maple Ridge, B.C., bear attack
- N.L. has a hard bread shortage — but why do we eat it in the first place?
☰ space
- How to spot the Perseid meteor shower, a summer light show that promises to dazzle
- Reduced gravity pushes people toward simpler movement patterns, experiments suggest
- UK observatory nervously watches growing space junk threat
- We might soon have the technology to reach other star systems
- Scientists are certain a wayward SpaceX rocket slammed into the moon as predicted
☰ science daily
- 60,000-year-old ostrich eggshell engravings reveal a surprisingly sophisticated human mind
- Wine, beer, or spirits? Massive study finds a surprising health divide
- Frequent cannabis users wake up with their “stress hormone” already elevated
- For decades, we were told to choose low-fat dairy. New research says otherwise
- A 0.42-nanometer breakthrough could push transistors beyond silicon
☰ 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
- Experimental Alzheimer's Treatment Restores Two Hours of Sleep When Tested in Mice
- Ashes From Pompeii Reveal What The Doomed City Smelled Like 2,000 Years Ago
- A Brain Region May Link The 'Love Hormone' Oxytocin With Fear, Study Reveals
- The World's Vegetables Are Vanishing, And It's Quietly Wrecking Our Diets
☰ Weather Forecast
Mon 10 Aug

high: 25°C
Chance of showers
pop: 40%
 Tue 11 Aug

high: 25°C
Sunny
 Wed 12 Aug

high: 25°C
Chance of showers
pop: 30%
 Thu 13 Aug

high: 26°C
Chance of showers
pop: 40%
 Fri 14 Aug

high: 24°C
A mix of sun and cloud
Mon 10 Aug

high: 27°C
Chance of showers
pop: 40%
 Tue 11 Aug

high: 27°C
Sunny
 Wed 12 Aug

high: 27°C
Chance of showers
pop: 40%
 Thu 13 Aug

high: 26°C
Chance of showers
pop: 30%
 Fri 14 Aug

high: 25°C
A mix of sun and cloud
Mon 10 Aug

high: 26°C
A few showers
 Tue 11 Aug

high: 27°C
Sunny
 Wed 12 Aug

high: 27°C
Sunny
 Thu 13 Aug

high: 25°C
Showers
 Fri 14 Aug

high: 22°C
A mix of sun and cloud
Mon 10 Aug

high: 26°C
Chance of showers
pop: 30%
 Tue 11 Aug

high: 23°C
Showers
 Wed 12 Aug

high: 24°C
A mix of sun and cloud
 Thu 13 Aug

high: 20°C
Showers
 Fri 14 Aug

high: 20°C
Chance of showers
pop: 30%
Mon 10 Aug

high: 29°C
Chance of showers
pop: 30%
 Tue 11 Aug

high: 24°C
Chance of showers
pop: 60%
 Wed 12 Aug

high: 26°C
A mix of sun and cloud
 Thu 13 Aug

high: 23°C
Chance of showers
pop: 60%
 Fri 14 Aug

high: 21°C
Chance of showers
pop: 60%
Mon 10 Aug

high: 21°C
Chance of showers
pop: 30%
 Tue 11 Aug

high: 18°C
Showers
 Wed 12 Aug

high: 22°C
Sunny
 Thu 13 Aug

high: 18°C
Chance of showers
pop: 60%
 Fri 14 Aug

high: 17°C
Chance of showers
pop: 60%
Mon 10 Aug

high: 23°C
Mainly sunny
 Tue 11 Aug

high: 23°C
Sunny
 Wed 12 Aug

high: 23°C
Chance of showers
pop: 30%
 Thu 13 Aug

high: 23°C
Sunny
 Fri 14 Aug

high: 24°C
A mix of sun and cloud
Mon 10 Aug

high: 15°C
Chance of showers
pop: 60%
 Tue 11 Aug

high: 19°C
Chance of showers
pop: 60%
 Wed 12 Aug

high: 15°C
Showers
 Thu 13 Aug

high: 14°C
Showers
 Fri 14 Aug

high: 15°C
Chance of showers
pop: 60%
☰ Stocks ⚙
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NASDAQ 29,722.30 +348.97   +1.19%
AAPL 313.27 +0.75   +0.24%
GOOG 353.39 -3.36   -0.94%
MSFT 499.94 -0.11   -0.02%
AMZN 274.45 +2.25   +0.83%
META 591.91 +1.88   +0.32%
NVDA 223.92 0.00   0.00%
TESLA 328.52 +8.95   +2.80%
NFLX 74.12 +0.44   +0.60%
AMD 483.47 -5.82   -1.19%
INTC 101.65 +1.98   +1.99%
QCOM 167.89 +7.56   +4.72%
NXP 239.73 +8.09   +3.49%
AVGO 427.56 +7.05   +1.68%
IBM 237.24 +3.79   +1.62%
CSCO 121.43 +0.53   +0.44%
ORCL 146.94 +3.49   +2.43%
CRM 192.68 +5.85   +3.13%
ADBE 265.15 +4.92   +1.89%
CIEN 412.35 +9.06   +2.25%
JPM 357.49 +1.19   +0.33%
BAC 63.16 +0.13   +0.21%
GS 1,039.10 +6.50   +0.63%
VISA 362.49 -8.00   -2.16%
MA 562.65 -13.35   -2.32%
WMT 111.82 0.00   0.00%
KO 87.05 +0.19   +0.22%
PEP 139.01 +0.53   +0.38%
DIS 104.91 +0.25   +0.24%
MCD 274.49 -1.78   -0.64%
NKE 41.70 -0.29   -0.70%
BA 234.49 +2.34   +1.01%
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CVX 186.55 -2.68   -1.42%
☰ Word of the Day
dowfart

noun: 1. A dimwit. 2. A coward. adjective: 1. Dim or dull. 2. Cowardly.
☰ Thought of the Day
“Love is a decision, it is a judgment, it is a promise. If love were only a feeling, there would be no basis for the promise to love each other forever.” - Erich Fromm, from The Art of Loving, chapter 2, p56.
☰ Born on this day
- Izaak Walton, English biographer and author (The Compleat Angler), born in Stafford, England (d. 1683)
- Jacob Campo Weyerman, Dutch painter and writer active during the Dutch Enlightenment, born in Charleroi, Belgium (d. 1747)
- Nicolas-Charles Bochsa, French harpist, composer, forger, and bigamist, born in Montmédy, France (d. 1856)
- Charles Robert Malden, British naval officer (discoverer of Malden Island, central Pacific), born in Putney, Surrey (d. 1855)
- Armand Salacrou, French playwright, born in Rouen, France (d. 1989)
- Greg Chaisson, Canadian heavy metal bassist (Badlands - "Dreams in the Dark"), born in Toronto, Ontario
- Davide Rebellin, Italian road cyclist, born in San Bonifacio, Italy
- Mike Lamb, American baseball player, born in West Covina, California
☰ Weather News
- Environmental education in action at Fla.'s Guana Tolomato Matanzas Reserve
- The USS Monitor, Part 1: History and Legacy
- Pacific Hurricanes Fausto and Genevieve actually had origins near Africa
☰ Today in History
- British naval officer David Beatty is confirmed in the rank of vice-admiral
- WWII: US Army 79th and 90th divisions enter Le Mans, France
- USSR performs an underground nuclear test
- LA Rams beat Dallas Cowboys 28-27 in London (NFL expo)
- Brazil surpasses 100,000 COVID-19 deaths, the world's second highest, with over 3 million recorded cases
- Maria Vittoria dal Pozzo, Queen consort of Spain (1870-73), born in Paris (d. 1876)
- Hans Oster, German major general, spy and "July 20th" plotter, born in Dresden, German Empire (d. 1945)
- George Leotsakos, Greek composer and musicologist, born in Athens, Greece (d. 2024)
- Dick Anthony Williams, American actor (Our Family Honor), born in Chicago, Illinois (d. 2012)
- Robert Peal, American dance skater (with Margot Contois), born in Chicago, Illinois

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