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Dolly Parton’s Imagination Library introduced into WA state prisons. Story from 2024 via Harbor News.
https://www.kxro.com/dolly-partons-imagination-library-introduced-into-wa-state-prisons/

Donald Trump launched a trade war against Canada expecting them to fold, and instead Mark Carney and Doug Ford are fighting back.

"[P]eople are not familiar with this disease and don’t fully understand the potential severity."

"This will be a project like no other."

Image changes that would get a paper retracted are widespread among suppliers.

Farewell to one of the most beloved country singers of all time. Continue reading…

Many Trump supporters keep insisting that his immigration purges are justified because the people swept up in them came here “illegally,” so who cares if they get kicked out (or shipped off to some random war-torn country). When asked what people seeking asylum should do, the answer is often “do it the legal way.” That […]

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An Israel-funded think tank is churning out AI written essays to catch the attention of AI chatbots and warp search results.

Voting data is public by design, but ICE is looking for a federal contractor to help it handle voter registration and history files to find what it describes as fraud.

Why do lightning bugs light up? Why do birds sing? Why do humans wear makeup and workout? It’s in every species’ nature to try and be as appealing as possible. As authors Anand Gandhi and Zain Memon will tell you in the Big Idea for their newest novel, MAYA: Seed Takes Root, some of this appeal […]

It was pretty clear this day was coming — her health had been failing and she had missed several high profile appearances — but this doesn’t make today any easier for literally generations of people, some of who knew her from her music, and others who benefitted from her philanthropy, including the Imagination Library, which […]

August is often dismissed as a lost month in the business world – nothing gets done because everyone is on vacation. But where I live, August is the apex of the year. A heady mix of artists, financiers, philanthropists, business leaders and politicians converge on our little island for the month. The ensuing deluge of … Continue reading "The Essential Question: Can We Control AI?"

Dolly Parton on funding education and childhood literacy programs:

My daddy was the smartest man I have ever known, but I knew his inability to read probably kept him from seeing all of his dreams come true. Inspiring kids to love to read became my mission.

RIP Dolly Parton, a gem and a hero. She died today at the age of 80.

The fatalities come amidst declining vaccination rates and calls from President Donald Trump to split up the MMR vaccine.

“A baseline assumption in asset allocation, regulatory policy and international finance has long been that U.S. Treasury securities are risk-free assets that offer protection against the vagaries of economic fortune. It may no longer be valid,” Axios reports. “That’s the cold reality that lurks beneath the rise in longer-term bond yields in recent weeks that […]

“Republican gubernatorial candidate Mike Lindell says he has withheld payment to cover the cost of a recount after this month’s loss in the primary election, claiming the Secretary of State’s Office proposed an unlawful process to recount the votes,” the Minnesota Star Tribune reports. “Lindell needed to submit $825,000 to the state by midnight Monday […]

Dolly Parton died in Nashville on Tuesday (Aug. 25) at age 80. Continue reading…

It's official: one of America's cheapest grocery stores is finally expanding in the Hudson Valley. Continue reading…