OTR Backup 08/20/2026

• The Multi-talented 40 Fingers Guitar Quartet from Italy - The Music Man

  This is the multi-talented 40 Finger Guitar Quartet from Trieste in Italy. The band consists of Matteo Brenci, Emanuele Grafitti, Andrea Vittori…

• Political cartoons for August 18 | The Week

• Why are maple leaves dropping already? The fungal disease turning Ontario trees yellow this summer

• Speed limit increasing soon on multiple highways in Ontario

• 8 things other Canadians get wrong about Ottawa (from a local setting the record straight) - Narcity

  The Ottawa allegations have gone too far

• A year is 20% of a five-year-old's life but only 2% of a 50-year-old's — a simple mathematical fact that may help explain why years seem to accelerate as we age. Linguist Joanna Szadura argues that alongside changes in the aging brain, we may ex

  The 20%-versus-2% calculation makes subjective time compression easy to picture. Brain imaging and survey research suggest the full explanation also involves memory, attention, routine and the scale of the question.

• After spreading falsehoods about mail voting fraud, Trump cast mail ballot in Florida primary – PolitiFact

  President Donald Trump, who has spread falsehoods about voting by mail as he seeks to reduce it, cast such a ballot himself in the most recent Florida primary. Politico first reported Aug. 17 that Palm Beach County records showed Trump cast a mail ballot in the primary, which includes the race for governor.  An Aug. […]

• 6 Things Every Street Photography Pro Told Us to Do

  Street photography is a genre that everyone loves and adores, but only a few get it right. Here are some tips to help with the latter.

• Students need more than AI skills — they need accountable AI literacy

  Beyond technical fluency, Canadian students need judgment to decide how to use AI and when it should not be used at all.

• The easy way to make epic fantasy art using Blender and Photoshop | Creative Bloq

• US, Canada hold last-minute talks to stop 50% U.S. tariffs | AP News

• Warning: Add These 6 Characters to Your Wi-Fi Network Name Immediately | PCMag

• OpenAI launches a safer ChatGPT for teens — years after teens started using it | TechCrunch

• Vermont Was Canada’s Second Cottage Country. Not Anymore.

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