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My kingdom for something that pulls in both the ebook and print ISBNs into ILL software. :books: Users frequently use the former and want the latter.

isn't this the evil food company that has a logo that looks straight ripped from Alvin and the Chipmunks and spends all its time persecuting small businesses across the country that have beaver logos with lawsuits?

Brandon Friedman@brandonfriedman.bsky.social · 4h ago

This is interesting. A brand openly announcing it will only be available in Republican-led states.

It’s amazing how much mature wisdom resembles being too damn tired.

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but making data centers more sustainable misses a lot of the points of criticism about what logics and industries they serve

Justin Mikulka@justinmikulka.bsky.social · 5h ago

Look at that. Doing it in China too. "Spain will require new data centres to back at least 80% of their hourly power consumption with new renewable generation, in a boost to further wind and solar power deployment." paywalled.

could you imagine getting that gift from her? If I could legitimately claim that Dolly Parton gave me boobs it would be the only thing anyone knew about me, like I could be a Harvard grad and you'd never know it

Judge strikes down Texas ban on drag shows, tells people offended by them ‘just don’t go’

Judge strikes down Texas ban on drag shows, tells people offended by them ‘just don’t go’

The federal judge, who cited Dolly Parton in his ruling, found that the state law violated the First Amendment.

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like the reason Dolly feels like an exceptional human being is because all the things we're talking about today in her lifetime of philanthropy trace back to just .... having empathy and we live in the era of "I Don't Know How to Explain to You That You Should Care About Other People"

the thing is like public health child literacy civil rights social justice rural poverty once you personally have become rich and successful, those things only matter if you still have the capacity to care deeply about people outside your immediate circle and that is harder than becoming rich

Just saw a video of a lady saying “tits at half mast today” and whipping her bra off and frankly I can think of no more fitting tribute. fly free girlies

It's barely 6 am and 13 new users to clear for ILL came in overnight. 📚

It always feels like all the wrong people die, but I think it’s because there are far more beloved people than there are bastards.

"Neutral in the culture war"

CNN@cnn.com · 15h ago

"At a time when no American celebrity seems immune from the country’s many divisions, Dolly Parton was a crossover icon who stayed neutral in the culture wars while still speaking her mind," writes Zachary B. Wolf. | Analysis

I appreciate that Dolly Parton refused to participate in "dress respectability" and, by her own account, modeled her aesthetic after a town "tramp," who she thought was beautiful. She separated aesthetics from character and understood "classiness" to be about how you treat people, not how you dress.

Or a random addition of presliced American cheese

Matthew Murray 🦇@midnitelibrary.bsky.social · 13h ago

I asked the locals I was hanging out with in Malaysia what the "nasi goreng USA" that was being sold in a restaurant we were in contained. They said it was fried rice with hot dogs.

GNOLES!!!! Look, I came for the Paladins and Sensible Women, but I would DIE for the Gnoles.

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Anyone who AIs Dolly Parton for any reason is going to hell

Texas’s drag ban was found to be unconstitutional this morning and one of the plaintiffs who brought the suit was an Austin-based drag queen who often impersonates Dolly Dolly was named in the final judgement itself and after hearing about the lawsuit, she sent that drag queen a signed guitar

if you're in line to donate money to the Imagination Library, please stay in line

So Mayer@suchmayer.bsky.social · 23h ago

There are so many donations happening right now that the site has crashed.

My favorite story is that she anonymously gifted high school band and music programs across the South, especially majority Black schools, with music, uniforms and instruments. We are all made better for living in the era of Dolly Rebecca Parton. May her memory be for a blessing always.

dramatic owl is a night owl (she/her/hers)@dramaticowl.myatproto.social · 23h ago

She did so much for people

with alt text. this is so beautiful 💕

Joel@itsjoels.bsky.social · 23h ago

This is the letter kids got at the end of Dolly’s Imagination Library. I defy you to read this and not cry.

Dolly Parton rose from poverty to stardom. She gave $500 to every student in her hometown who finished high school; she built hospitals & bald eagle preserves; her Imagination Library has gifted 300 million books to children. Roger Ebert met her and came away thinking she was a literal angel. RIP.

Here's the official announcement of Parton's passing from her reps, along with the request that in lieu of flowers, the family asks for donations to be made to Dolly Parton’s Imagination Library at www.imaginationlibrary.com

Alex Zalben@azalben.bsky.social · 24h ago

Dolly Parton, among a thousand other amazing things she did in her life, gifted over 330 million books to kids through her Imagination Library program. Her passing is a tremendous loss to the world, but you can support the program today to keep it going imaginationlibrary.com

She didn't die. She sailed West, to the Undying Lands and remained Galadriy'all.

People Magazine @people.com · 24h ago

🔗: bit.ly/4qC1fWV Legendary singer-songwriter and country music icon Dolly Parton has died at the age of 80. Her nephew revealed the news in a Aug. 25 Instagram video. 📷: Getty

BTW - Dolly was a trans ally and came out against the NC bathroom bill in 2016.