Nancy Blanchard🇨🇦🇺🇸

AV professional, fun ❤️n red enjoying good food, great wine and exploring new places. Opinions are my own. #Positivity #AV

[Polymarket @Polymarket]

JUST IN: LinkedIn users are scrubbing “DEI” mentions from their profiles at historic rates.

[Massimo @Rainmaker1973]

The luxury of flying cargo

[📹 alex_stead]

[Wizer @Wizer261089]

Interactive cycling experience.

[SFGATE @SFGate]

No longer the butt of Hollywood jokes, Pismo Beach is having a moment https://t.co/eQ2NQzvpFA

[CNN Breaking News @cnnbrk]

The uncontained Hawk Fire near Reno was human-caused, incident commander says, as 90,000 residents are urged to evacuate. https://t.co/1YnTUU6HvY

[Massimo @Rainmaker1973]

Norway has announced strict new limits on the use of generative AI in schools. Starting in late August 2026, primary school students aged 6 to 13 (grades 1–7) will generally be prohibited from using generative AI tools in the classroom. Students aged 14 to 16 may use them only under direct teacher supervision.

Prime Minister Jonas Gahr Støre emphasized that schools should prioritize teaching children to read, write, and master mathematics through traditional methods, rather than relying on AI shortcuts. Officials argue that early exposure to powerful AI tools risks undermining critical cognitive development by allowing students to bypass foundational learning steps.

This policy builds on Norway’s successful 2024 restrictions on smartphones in schools, which studies link to improved grades, reduced bullying, and better student mental health. The government is also promoting greater use of physical books and offline learning materials.

By drawing a clear line between technological tools and early childhood development, Norway has become one of the first Western countries to set firm legal boundaries on AI in education, potentially influencing global approaches.

[Made In Canada @MadelnCanada]

Canada ran out of names for lakes since we have about 2 million lakes.

[Lloyd Legalist @LloydLegalist]

Someone has a very interesting afternoon planned.

[People @people]

At Least 37 Injured After 5.9 Magnitude Earthquake Strikes Japan https://t.co/w1v4DynhkH

[KTLA @KTLA]

Southern California’s already sweltering temperatures are expected to climb even higher this week, with some areas potentially reaching 112 degrees as a prolonged heat wave tightens its grip on the region. https://t.co/W5yUqTteVs

[Massimo @Rainmaker1973]

A new organ has been found behind your nose.

For centuries, every anatomy textbook swore there were only three pairs of major salivary glands. Turns out the books were wrong, and the missing ones were hiding in plain sight.

In 2020, Dutch researchers scanning head-and-neck cancer patients with a cutting-edge PET/CT technique (PSMA PET-CT) noticed an unexpected glow deep in the nasopharynx, right where the nasal cavity drains into the throat. No textbook had ever marked a salivary gland there.

They double-checked: 100 consecutive patients → same structure in every single one. Then they dissected two fresh cadavers and there they were: a previously unknown pair of macroscopic salivary glands, roughly 3.9 cm long, draped over the tubarium (the cartilage of the Eustachian tube). The team named them the tubarial glands.

Their job? Keep the upper throat and the back of the nose moist during talking, swallowing, and breathing, an area that gets painfully dry after radiation.

Here’s why this matters: radiation oncologists had never been told to spare this spot. The researchers re-analyzed treatment plans from 723 patients and found the more radiation the tubarial region received, the worse the toxicity, more trouble swallowing, thicker saliva, constant dry mouth.

A simple anatomical blind spot had been quietly worsening outcomes for years.

Now that we know these glands exist, new radiation protocols can shield them, giving thousands of head-and-neck cancer patients an easier road to recovery.

[Valstar, de Bakker, et al., “Discovery of the tubarial salivary glands: a new organ at risk in radiotherapy for head and neck cancer,” Radiotherapy and Oncology 2021, DOI: 10.1016/j.radonc.2020.09.034]

[Brad604 @Brad604]

YVR officially recorded Thunderstorms for 6 hours straight between 9pm and 2am.

For those wondering, the July 25th, 2009 marathon Thunderstorm outbreak officially lasted for 5 hours, and recorded 1,100 Lightning flashes throughout the Lower Mainland. That was a once in 10-15 year event. That should give some context to how extreme this was. #bcstorm

[Financial Dystopia @financedystop]

This guy argues that 2–10 PM is actually a better work schedule than the traditional 9–5, and he makes a surprisingly solid case

[Roadtrip Couple @RoadtripC]

Interesting

[USA TODAY @USATODAY]

The British influenced early American speech — but it wasn't the formal British accent you're familiar with. https://t.co/KteTQkViLF

[Las Vegas Locally 🌴 @LasVegasLocally]

Las Vegas just ranked as the happiest travel destination in the country, beating Maui, New York, Chicago, and Miami.

Researchers said Vegas is "engineered for peak moments." 40 million visitors quietly replied "duh."

Reno didn't even make the cut.

[Fact @Fact]

You have a better chance in getting into Harvard than becoming a Delta Airlines flight attendant.

[cam @queerweirdoo]

les tiro el dato si no tienen el cosito ese pa que no se caliente la laptop mmgvo un carton d huevo y listo papa