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people seem to have a real hard time understanding the difference between autonomous drones and SENTIENT drones... hoo boy...
I'm working on a little short story about how AI is currently a brain in a jar, and with all the young folks craving life like in the 80s and 90s, well... imagine we had to seal off the internet, and most digital comms. Go back to broadcast media, newspapers, analog phones with landlines.
It's easy if you're a big, dumb baby who has never been told no, or never listened to a single smart person, ever.
Jon Cooper@joncooper-us.bsky.social · last mo.How can one person fuck up a reflecting pool so badly, so quickly?
Let’s all feel like crap Oh baby Let’s all feel like crap Oh honey 🎶
thread of sensible institutions banning pervert glasses
Richard Chambers@newschambers.bsky.social · 2mo agoBeen working on smartglasses developments. Here's where we're at as of teatime, 27th August. 1. FlyeFit, one of the country's largest gym groups has confirmed its banned the wearing of Meta glasses on its premises - and has added the below to its rules page.
It's annoying that we already had so many existing problems to solve before these assholes created a bunch of new ones for no reason
ICYMI “From a cyber defender standpoint, we don’t care; it could be Martians, it could be Iranians, it could be Americans,” Sean Tufts says. “We need to be better, and if someone’s proving they have these capabilities, then we need to take that warning.”
Cynthia Brumfield@metacurity.com · 2mo agoThe attack on a small UK energy generator caused no blackout and threatened no national systems, highlighting how adversaries can target critical infrastructure’s vast, poorly defended “long tail," and still create disruption, fear, and headlines. 1/2 www.csoonline.com/article/4214...
Dolly Parton and Patti LaBelle playing their acrylics. Two icons.
Dolly Parton invested the royalties she earned for writing ‘I Will Always Love You’ in Nashville’s Black community www.washingtonpost.com/arts-enterta... "This is the house that Whitney built" - DP 🥺🙏
Dolly Parton understood something that too many of my public health colleagues have not grasped: a good idea isn't sufficient — you have to sell it. So she got vaccinated in front of cameras, and literally begged her fans to not hesitate, to vaccinate — to a reworking of Jolene
Dolly Parton, Public Health Hero, Dies at 80 | Shouldn't Need to Be a Lawyer by Matthew Cortland
Dolly Parton donated $1M USD to Vanderbilt University Medical Center in 2020 to fund the research that resulted in the Moderna mRNA vaccine
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If you’ve never heard the (very cool) 33rpm slowed-down version of Jolene, you should really listen to it now—listening to it at that speed lets you hear how incredibly on-pitch Dolly is the entire time. She was a marvel
Dolly Parton - Jolene (33rpm slowed down digital version)
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Adios, Dolly Parton, who endured decades of sexism and shitty jokes from shitty men only to outlive them all with wit, kickass music, and a heart as big as the Smokies. Generations of kids are smarter and kinder because of her giving a damn about them. The rare icon who deserved all her glory.
Absolutely a brilliant songwriter and also someone who knew her own worth - she famously turned down Elvis covering one of her songs because Col. Tom Parker (Elvis' manager) insisted she hand over a large chunk of the songwriter royalties for the privilege. Smart, and right, to stand up for herself.
Nemo. 🎃@sirnemo.bsky.social · 2mo agoJust ridiculous how good of a songwriter she was, too. On top of the kindness and that wonderful voice and beautiful, caring spirit, she was also a no-joke brilliant songwriter.
Be the person Dolly Parton would’ve wanted you to be: yourself.
Dolly Parton considered herself first and foremost a songwriter. “I’ve got a big ol’ mouth and personality, so it’s easy for me to get out and entertain...But when it comes to my writing … it’s just that little special thing that’s just mine.” rollingstone.com/music/music-...
Mourning Dolly Parton down here this afternoon... imagining (with a smile) what her receiving line up there must look like.
I’ve spoken to people whose kids are THRILLED to get their books every month. It’s addressed to them!
Joel@itsjoels.bsky.social · 2mo agoThis is the letter kids got at the end of Dolly’s Imagination Library. I defy you to read this and not cry.
-why is it the ONLY unforgivable sin?" And then she told me, "I finally figured it out. The Holy Ghost is that part of God that lives in everybody, and the way you sin against it is by not loving everybody with all your heart, for exactly who they are."
Dolly Parton - Travelin' Thru [Official Music Video]
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i wonder if that’s part of our grief today. she was part of a social fabric that is no longer being woven
Meredith Shiner@meredithshiner.com · 2mo agothe monoculture was good, actually
RIP Dolly Parton ❤️ Here's a lovely Dolly story: We worked together on "Transamerica." She told me that the bible passage that used to puzzle her the most was, "the blasphemy against the Holy Ghost shall not be forgiven unto men." She said, "How the heck do you sin against the Holy Ghost, and-
So I work for a company that manages some of Dolly’s brands and… we are all in mourning too. It’s just now sinking in.
dolly parton taught millions of children to read dolly parton raised millions of dollars for cancer research and disaster relief dolly parton stood by the lgbtq community her entire life dolly parton personally helped fund the moderna vaccine if there was a right side of something she was on it
And this performance of “In the Pines” with her family—she emphasized music as a communal experience, and an expression of your culture—the place you grew up and the people you grew up with, the people who are still with you; the songs you heard, the songs you still sing. youtu.be/cIf4QGwnfLg?...
Dolly Parton with her seven sibling and parent INTHE PINES
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