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Happy 110th birthday to the National Park Service! And thank you to everyone who has taken action this week to support and defend our parks.

On the fifth episode of her late 80s variety show Dolly, Dolly Parton was joined by Kermit the Frog for a lovely rendition of Sly and the Family Stone’s 1968 hit Everyday People.

You can also watch the clip on Instagram and Reddit. The full episode, which features special guest stars Delta Burke, Terence Trent D’Arby, and the Oak Ridge Boys (in addition to Jim Henson as Kermit), can be seen on YouTube (not very good quality unfortunately).

Tags: Dolly Parton · music · The Muppets · video

There are primary elections today in Georgia Oklahoma and South Carolina. Here are the poll closing times and links: South Carolina – 7 p.m. ET Georgia – 7 p.m. ET Oklahoma – 8 p.m. ET Leave your reactions in the comments as results come in.

New York Times: “The age of capitulation that defined Mr. Trump’s return to office may be starting to fade. World leaders and domestic institutions are, in some cases at least, showing less willingness to submit to Mr. Trump’s will. European leaders have refused to join his war with Iran. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of Israel […]

A new Economist/YouGov poll finds 39 percent of respondents said they believe Democrats do “a better job handling the economy,” while 32% said the same of Republicans. Fifteen said both parties handle the economy “about the same” and another 15 percent were unsure.”

Aikens grew up in Berkeley and North Oakland. For years, he could be found at the market every Tuesday protecting shoppers from traffic and selling copies of Street Spirit.

Edgar Degas, Portrait of Mlle. Hortense Valpinçon, c. 1871 #minneapolisinstituteofart #edgardegas

The BBC asked a federal judge to dismiss President Donald Trump's $10 billion lawsuit, warning that allowing it to proceed would have "massive implications" for foreign media companies worldwide. The British Broadcasting Corporation filed the motion Monday in federal c...

SpaceX aims to launch Starship from Florida by the end of the year. 2027 seems more likely.

Lol! Love you, Canada. 🇨🇦

Trump threatened to rename Lake Ontario “Lake America.” He is so ridiculous. Canada knows these performative name changes won’t last. The second Trump is out of office, the names he’s tried to force on everything will be changed right back.

XCancel:

On Monday 24th August at 8PM EST, we received at letter from X Corp. asking to cease and desist the service XCancel.

The service XCancel is stopped until further notice.

We are seeking legal advice and won’t share more details for now.

Thank you for the trust you have put in these two years of XCancel.

I didn’t want to jinx them, but this obvious threat hanging over their head was the main reason I never linked only to XCancel rather than directly to tweets on x.com. This sucks not just because some people don’t want to visit x.com, but because XCancel was a faster-loading website with no bullshit.

Update: Nitter, the open source project that XCancel was an instance of, got the same cease and desist and also shut down.

Bill Friskics-Warren for The New York Times: Her death was announced in a video posted on social media by her nephew Bryan Seaver. No cause was provided. Concerns about Ms. Parton’s health were raised last year as she postponed and later canceled a Las Vegas residency, a...

Dolly's family has revealed her funeral plans, and the farewell for the larger-than-life country icon will be a surprisingly private affair. Continue reading…

Hundreds of East Bay families have swapped gas for induction with a battery-equipped range made by Berkeley's own Copper.

With everything else going on in the world, it’s been a while since we’ve dug into a good old-fashioned patent troll story or a bogus defamation SLAPP. Today we’ve got a two-for-one. Leigh Rothschild is a patent troll of some renown — his entities have been connected to over 1,300 patent lawsuits — who regularly […]

1 memory is time | रूप a moment ago, i sat down here; before that, i was making coffee; before that, i was washing my face; before that, i was stepping in the dim hallway then washing my face; before that, i was dreaming… 2 memory is emotion | वेदना i remember feeling sorr...

SpaceX aims to launch Starship from Florida by the end of the year. 2027 seems more likely.

BYD is preparing to launch a new electric hatch, positioned between the Dolphin and Seagull (Dolphin Surf) in terms of size.

Among the things HSI undercover officers surveilled when hunting down the left were three photos claiming Alex Pretti had been murdered, and a labor meeting described as "a lot of voting on stuff that's not going to happen."

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