OTR Backup 10/02/2026

• Canada’s Carney leads the free world now

• Mother-son duo sat with girl after no one showed up to her kindergarten graduation — her parting words broke the mom’s heart - Amplify Upworthy

• How schools are experimenting with AI : NPR

  Teachers are using AI to develop lesson plans, and in some districts, AI chatbots give students feedback on their work. Meanwhile, the research around how AI can help students is extremely limited.

• BBC Correspondent Lyse Doucet on the World at War

• Your Hands Aren’t Just Dry—They’re Losing Volume, Too - VITA Daily

  We lavish our faces with retinol, peptides and high-tech serums, then slap some hand cream on when our knuckles get dry. LOoPHA scientist Zevena Teo explains why aging hands deserve a much more sophisticated strategy—and the new treatment designed to give them one. We talk endlessly about the face giving away our age. But there’s […]

• Rogue AI incidents hit 'tens of thousands': Can businesses trust these tools? - ZDNET

  Should businesses really keep investing in AI when it looks like we can’t control what we already have?

• Trump says 'very bad' Canada is being 'taught a little lesson' as trade action escalates

• The 1985 lyric Mark Knopfler always wished he could delete

  Mark Knopfler was gearing up to release Dire Straits' 'Brothers in Arms' when he took a lyrical misstep in the opening of one 1985 single.

• The Oldest Book Printed with Movable Type is Not The Gutenberg Bible: Jikji, a Collection of Korean Buddhist Teachings, Predated It By 78 Years and It's Now Digitized Online | Open Culture

  The history of the printed word is full of bibliographic twists and turns, major historical moments, and the significant printing of books now so obscure no one has read them since their publication.

• Video of the Day :: Wednesday, September 30th, 2026 :: Edition 018

• Classic Literature Quiz: Are You Well-Read?

  Test your knowledge of timeless books and prove your literary expertise. Take this classic literature quiz to see if you're truly well-read.

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