- People are being evacuated as a wildfire threatens homes and cottages near Flin Flon. The smoke is noticeable as far away as Winnipeg. The situation is worse in BC, where thousands have been evacuated from Fort Nelson and the adjacent First Nation.
- Joe Biden's reluctance to provide Israel with certain kinds of bombs while they're moving in on Rafah is being hailed by some as the first significant crack in the rock-solid alliance between the countries. Others, however, point out that plenty of other weapons shipments that are unaffected, suggesting that Biden's move is more for show than anything.
- The "Never Trump" Republicans are split on whether to actually do something about the Trump problem by voting for Joe Biden, or at least on whether to publicly admit a willingness to do so.
- Another pro-Palestinian encampment has been set up, this one at the University of Winnipeg. There has been no disruption to classes; the activists say they intend to stay until their demands, which include cutting "all academic and economic ties with Israeli institutions", are met.
- Some may recall the story of programmer Eugenia Kuyda who, after her best friend was killed in an accident, created a chatbot with all the texts he'd sent her over the years so that she could still have text conversations with him. A few years after that, Joshua Barbeau went a step further, creating a chatbot that actually spoke to him in the voice of his dead fiancee. Such "deadbots" are now commercially available, as are services that will do things like make an animated video from an old photo. Some in the mental health community are wondering if this is such a great idea.
- The village of Sainte-Pétronille, Quebec cut funding to the local newspaper, Autour de l’Île, and threatened to sue the paper in attempt to prevent the publication of a story about the municipality's general manager, who had been fired from her previous job for misconduct. Moreover, they also threatened to sue almost 100 of their residents who raised concerns about the hiring at a council meeting. An investigation has concluded that the village did nothing actually illegal but warned about the potential implications for press freedom.
- At a rally in New Jersey, Donald Trump stated his admiration for Hannibal Lecter (not for the first time, apparently). I'm not sure whether his inability to know the difference between reality and fiction, or his choice of a fictitious character to praise, is more disconcerting.
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