10/23/26 - Nice Weather, Holiday Chips, and CyberSecurity!
Friday 10/23/26
Celebrate:
Event Organizers Day
Global Champagne Day
National Boston Cream Pie Day
National Canning Day
National Croc Day
National Horror Movie Day
National iPod Day
National Pharmacy Buyer Day
National Slap Your Irritating Co-Worker Day
Paralegal Day
TV Talk Show Host Day - Yes it would have been Johnny Carson's B-Day
National Mole Day - Science nerd alert!!!! Celebrated between 6:02 a.m. and 6:02 p.m., to commemorate Avogadro's number, which is roughly equivalent to (6.022 x 1023). The number is named after Italian scientist Amedeo Avogadro. A mole is a unit of measurement for measuring mass in chemistry, and one mole of a substance is equal to Avogadro's number of molecules or atoms of the substance.
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New in Theaters
Clayface - Adventure film from the DC Universe.
Big movie that opened last weekend, now here - You Can See Everything. Documentary about Elisabeth Holmes.
Wildwood - animated film adapted from the novel with the voice talent of Carey Mulligan, Jacob Tremblay, Amandla Stenberg, Mahershala Ali, Angela Bassett, Jake Johnson, Charlie Day, Jemaine Clement, Tom Waits, Richard E. Grant, Awkwafina, Tantoo Cardinal, Maya Erskine, and Peyton Elizabeth Lee.
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Tom Skerritt, the film and TV star known for playing Sheriff Jimmy Brock on the David E. Kelley series Picket Fences, has died. He was 93.
He also was Captain Dallas in 1979s Alien, Viper in Top Gun, and Shirley McLaine's husband in Steel Magnolias.
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It's been day after day of sunshine and blue skies lately.
What’s the longest stretch without measurable precipitation at the Binghamton Airport?
A post by the 607 Weather & Storm Chasing facebook page says according to the records shown, the longest was 22 consecutive days, ending October 26, 1963! Second place was 20 days, ending September 24, 1964.
Last year we made 16 days in July which is tied at #9.
Our last day of precipitation was Saturday the 17th so we have a way to go.
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Lays potato chips are getting a holiday make over this year!
5 new flavors in the Holi-Lays collection!
Roasted Holiday Turkey and Cheddar Scalloped-Style Potatoes arrive Oct. 25, while Maple Bacon (the perfect balance of sweet maple flavor and smoky bacon taste in every crunchy bite.) launches Nov. 8.
Dubai-style (dark chocolate and pistachios) and chocolate-covered Wavy flavors debut Dec. 1, and there will also be a sweepstakes offering festive prizes.
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Federal cybersecurity agencies around the world yesterday urged web administrators to patch vulnerabilities in PHP, a programming language that powers roughly 70% of websites globally, including Wikipedia. The warning comes after researchers uncovered bugs hackers could exploit to take control of any server running PHP.
PHP’s security team rated the issue a 9.2 out of 10 in terms of danger and worked covertly to develop a solution before announcing emergency updates yesterday.
You as a consumer can't do much about these bugs, but you can protect your home computer and phone. From USAToday.
-Stick to trusted sites and watch out for unexpected emails, texts or messages claiming to come from the websites you frequent.
-Enable two-factor authentication on important online accounts such as email and banking.
-Keep your operating system and browser updated.
-Heed warnings from your web browser if it blocks a site as a security risk and leave the page immediately.
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"Glee" will return with a reboot on Hulu and Disney+, reviving the Emmy-winning musical dramedy that ran for six seasons from 2009-15; star Lea Michele reportedly returning to reprise her role as Rachel Berry.
Can we make it so it's not as morbidly sad and boring as the last season??? Please???
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Roughly one in four people diagnosed with depression are believed to have a newly identified "circadian" subtype akin to being in a state of perpetual jet lag; study suggests a need for new treatments.
For someone with circadian depression, their symptoms will change with the seasons, due to the shifting day lengths. Secondly, the midpoint of their sleep is delayed compared to the general population.
They also experience social jet lag: that is, their sleep midpoint on working days is several hours different than the midpoint on non-working days.
Talk to your doctor about this.
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It's not just the Superbowl that has the big halftimes anymore. This years Netflix Thanksgiving Eve halftime show will feature U2!
The band is celebrating 50 years together and pushing a new album.
So Wednesday, November 25th during the Packers and Rams game, it's U2!
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Today’s Useless Fact of the Day - The First Commercial Typewriter Sale was in 1868: Christopher Latham Sholes patented the QWERTY keyboard design and sold the commercial rights to his typewriter invention.
The famous QWERTY keyboard layout wasn't designed for fast typing speed—inventor Christopher Sholes deliberately scattered frequently paired letters (like 'S' and 'T') across opposite sides of the keyboard to prevent early mechanical typewriters from jamming when typists moved too fast!
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