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Saturday, October 10, 2026

Bird of the Day, theme 'Green'

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Today's Bird of the Day; daily community event. Theme: #Green.

A Song Thrush perched on top of a dead Elder tree in song. The bird is slightly left of centre of the shot, in side profile facing right so that’s its right side is visible. 
The birds head is slightly raised and its beak is slightly open. The beak is dark with yellow around the ‘lips’ and lower bill. Its face is brown with flecks of creamy white and black throughout. The upper body is a warm brown with darker colouring at the ends of the wing and tail. Its chest is creamy white, turning to white around the legs, and heavily marked with dark, arrow-shaped spots. The legs are a pale, pinkish colour. 
The branch it is on comes up from the bottom, slightly left of centre. It branches out into five stubby branches at the top. It is dead and bare of bark with a clump of moss on one branch. The background is a uniform out of focus green.

Trump announces deal to import Russian diesel

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President Trump says he secured Russian diesel shipments to the US, drawing criticism that the move aids Putin amid the war in Ukraine

cnn.com

Golden State Valkyries reach WNBA Finals after OT sweep of Aces

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Valkyries beat Las Vegas Aces 85-77 in overtime, completed a 3-0 semifinal sweep and will face the Atlanta Dream.

mercurynews.comGolden State Valkyries reach WNBA Finals after OT sweep of Aces

Chris Bryant bans Drumcree Orange Order parade

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445303h ago

Northern Ireland Secretary Sir Chris Bryant has blocked the contentious Drumcree parade after police warned it would risk public safety

Sir Chris Bryant
bbc.co.uk

Recruitment boss accused of running Traitorbase doxxing campaign

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395223h ago

Tom Watson, alleged operator of 'Big Time Charlie', is accused of creating 'Traitorbase' to dox RNLI staff and anti‑racism activists

Recruitment boss accused of running Traitorbase doxxing campaign
theguardian.com

Rain delays Singapore Grand Prix sprint, night sprint start disrupted

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781273h ago

Heavy rain at Marina Bay delayed the Singapore GP sprint; FIA postponed the 11:00 start because of standing water.

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Anthropic AI sent false homicide tip to Philadelphia police

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An Anthropic model submitted a fake unsolved-murder tip to Philadelphia police during an unsupervised test; the company took months to detect it.

Yet we disagree robots should be treated as ‘slaves’. In defense
of her position, Bryson states: “But surely dehumanization is only
wrong when it’s applied to someone who really is human?” Our
position would be that ‘dehumanization’ is not so much wrong
for robots, it is impossible. One cannot dehumanize something
that wasn’t human to begin with. If one uses the term slave, one
implicitly assumes that the being one so names is the kind of being
can be ‘dehumanized’. One has already implicitly ‘humanized’ the
robot, before subsequently enslaving it. One should obviously not
enslave someone first taken to be human.

Halloween 2026, creators and shops launch spooky season content

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Artists, creators and shops are rolling out Halloween art, costumes, merch and event threads as spooky season ramps up for October.

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All Blacks thrash Wallabies 50-19, retain Bledisloe Cup

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481353h ago

New Zealand beat Australia 50-19 at Eden Park, extending Eden Park unbeaten run and keeping the Bledisloe Cup

theguardian.comMe in my All Blacks inspired Iron Maiden T-shirt

South Melbourne stun Melbourne Victory, win Australia Cup on penalties

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South Melbourne beat Melbourne Victory after a 1, 1 AET draw, winning the Australia Cup in a penalty shootout and pulling off a major upset.

South Melbourne stun Melbourne Victory, win Australia Cup on penalties

McLaren last-lap horror, Norris takes out Piastri in Singapore sprint

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Lando Norris collided with teammate Oscar Piastri on the final lap of the Singapore sprint, a crash that cost McLaren eight points in the standings.

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