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World’s biggest telescope finds 2,000 asteroids in a week

The world’s largest digital camera telescope has discovered 2,000 new asteroids, including seven potentially hazardous space rocks that will pass close to Earth.

The Vera C Rubin Observatory in Chile released the first images from its 3,200 megapixel camera, which produces images so large they are impossible to see in detail with the human eye.

In the first few days of sky scanning, the telescope spotted 2,104 unknown asteroids, including a handful of “near-earth objects” (NEOs) which will pass within 30 million miles of Earth’s orbit.

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145 people reportedly attacked with syringes at a street festival, 12 suspects arrested

A total of 145 people in France were reportedly assaulted with syringes while attending a country-wide street music festival over the weekend.

The festival, called Fete de la Musique, took place at locations across the country and attracted millions of festival-goers, according to French media such as France24 and RFI. Overall, there were 12 arrests related to the syringe attacks, the interior ministry said.

FDesouche has a large number of videos, basically the Flower of French Yutes Behaving Badly

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New Canadian social-media platform Gander: Imagine Rachel Gilmore’s Boot Stamping On A Human Face Forever

Tech leaders ready launch of Canadian social-media platform Gander to buck U.S. dominance

A new social-media platform built by Canadians, for Canadians, and operated in Canada, will publicly launch in October with support from some of the most prominent names in the Canadian innovation sector.

Titled Gander Social Inc., the app was created by five Canadian co-founders who grew frustrated with the torrent of trolls, disinformation and divisive content they experienced on other platforms, largely owned by American tech giants.

This will be a “Canadian Awful” equivalent to BlueSky.

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French police probe staged Disneyland ‘wedding’ with minor

A fake wedding at Disneyland Paris in France triggered a police investigation on Sunday after the theme park’s staff suspected that the “bride” in the alleged ceremony was a 9-year-old Ukrainian girl.

The bizarre incident was first reported by the Le Parisien daily. The paper said a man had hired the park’s complex — which can be used for private events outside opening hours — for a total of €130,000 ($150,000) several weeks earlier.

Hundreds of extras were brought in to play the role of guests.

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WARMINGTON: Only in Toronto would swimming pools be closed because it’s too hot

Hot times, summer in the city but don’t even think about making sure the swimming pools are open 24/7.

This time, the City of Toronto dove into the deep end and is drowning in absurdity. Toronto won’t easily live down the day it closed its public swimming pools to kids and families wanting to cool down because it was too hot.

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