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A children's hospital is renamed for Dolly Parton and hopes to transform pediatric care in Tennessee Dolly Parton’s name might inspire full-throated sing-a-longs to her working woman’s anthem “9 to 5,” or evoke memories of thrilling days spent at her Dollywood theme park.

“Dolly Parton Children’s Hospital did not share how much Parton donated as part of the naming announcement. But Matt Schaefer, its president and CEO, said her support would ensure ‘every child who walks through our doors receives the treatment they deserve.’”

GOD BLESS DOLLY PARTON

Mostly Pritzker lately. And AOC, but the rest of this stupid party keeps sidelining her.

Agreed. I use the hell out of Claude and have found it to be much more pleasant to use than OpenAI (and less obsequious in tone, which sets my teeth on edge).

This is a bombshell: "the Pentagon wanted the company to allow for the collection and analysis of unclassified, commercial bulk data on Americans, such as geolocation and web browsing data"

This kind of agenda echoes the defunded Total Information Awareness effort, post-9/11

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Happy birthday, my friend! Enjoy the shorts weather, and let's hope for colder birthdays to come.

things every single republican president of your lifetime has done

- started a war in the middle east
- completely destroyed the economy

Accurate.

Not me, man, I would eat two tacos and have a nap

Yeah, I definitely am not making any of that bank

Interesting point there at the end — I haven't heard that, and I'd like to know more. I'm not arguing; I'd like to learn why.

Earlier this year, I was teaching my mom how to use AI, and she teased me for my politeness to it. I suggested to her that as she gets started using the tool, she should do the same, because it reinforces the habit of speaking politely no matter who the audience is. /She/ is the beneficiary, not it.

The thing that the "should you be polite to AI" discourse generally leaves out (this article mostly included) is that there are reasons to be polite totally unrelated /to/ /the/ /AI/.

I am polite to my AI because I don't want to get into the habit of speaking to people online like they're robots.

Absolutely

Thankyew

a man in a cape is flying through the air Alt: Neo dodging bullets

Me lately

(Not gonna explain, just pat me on the back for the dodging)

I appreciate you for giving practical and thoughtful guidance here!

YouTube video by Eliza Orlins Ahead of Survivor 50: Why I Can’t Stay Silent

I was on Survivor twice, and I’ll never be on Survivor again. And I don’t care. I’m going on the record.

youtu.be/JF8yn95-B-8

My friend Jen is in the latest Scientific American talking about how educators can use AI to enhance the learning experience for students...complete with /good/ privacy advice (way to go Jen)!

@jmiers230.bsky.social, you'd like this.

THIS IS THE WAY

So many simply refuse to learn this simple truth: “sorry if you were offended” IS NOT an apology, and never will be.

The panda had me ON THE FLOOR

With Deadpool and Sub-Zero

Completely deceased

It gets even better from there! But that was a tremendous performance.

And their privacy team is legit. Like @legalminimum.bsky.social, I am avoiding the Bluesky dogpile, but I think highly of the k-ID team.

Yeah, I saw that Louis Sinclair broke both legs pretty seriously and Manon Audinet had abdominal injuries. Really awful. Still, I remember ten years ago when Bart Simpson was killed during the America's Cup (it was here in SF), so I'm just glad they're all okay.

Dude. I have been immersed in the Olympics this past week and am only now catching up on SailGP — I'd seen mention of this collision but actually watching it, I shouted loud enough to scare my cats. So glad everyone is okay; that could've been much worse.

Yeah. I know. It's atrocious on every level. I'm wildly disappointed in Wired for this deuxmoi-level bullshit.

But for real, whoever was responsible for both of the images that ran with the article needs to sit in a corner and think about what they've done.

The whole article is a choice.

Love it when someone external to a marginalized community writes a sensationalized hit piece targeting that community relying on a bunch of stereotypes common only to a tiny subculture within that community, particularly when that community is already under attack.

Hackers Expose Age-Verification Software Powering Surveillance Web Three hacktivists tried to find a workaround to Discord’s age-verification software. Instead, they found its frontend exposed to the open internet.

Hacktivists tried to find a workaround to Discord’s age-verification software, Persona. Instead, they found its frontend exposed to the open internet, and that was just the beginning.

www.therage.co/persona-age-...

What’s Happening to Discord Is Going to Happen to All Your Favorite Websites The platform says it’s about safety—but it might soon become the new default.

wrote about Discord's new age-verification rules, the resounding backlash to their implementation, and why the users who are (rightfully) angry about this change need to aim their ire at the real culprit: the bad social media laws getting passed worldwide that are *forcing* platforms to do this: