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Rolling Stone @rollingstone.com · 25/08/2026

Dolly Parton's family asked that, in lieu of flowers, fans make a donation to the singer's Imagination Library. Here's what the charity does ⬇️ www.rollingstone.com/music/music-...

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Turning Pages: Inside Dolly Parton's Imagination Library

Core team of 15 staff and thousands of volunteers and partners help the country-music philanthropist deliver books to kids around the world.

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L Chupacabra: The Pope Of Chili Town @lchupacabra.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

Go read a book and be kind to someone today. It's what she would have wanted

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FT @fucktheory.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

Imagine being talented and beautiful and rich and famous and still the most noteworthy thing about you is how good a person you are.

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Jason Bailey @jasondashbailey.com · 25/08/2026

I think about what Roger wrote about Dolly Parton in his 9 TO 5 review any time I think of her: www.rogerebert.com/reviews/nine...

“Nine to Five” is a good-hearted, simple-minded comedy that will win a place in film history, I suspect, primarily because it contains the movie debut of Dolly Parton. She is, on the basis of this one film, a natural-born movie star, a performer who holds our attention so easily that it’s hard to believe it’s her first film.

There have been other debuts this unmistakable; you could name Marilyn Monroe, James Dean, John Travolta. And what you’d be talking about in each case would not necessarily be a great dramatic performance in an important movie. You’d be talking about a quality of presence, a personal life force that seems to take over the screen.

“Nine to Five” is only a fairly successful comedy. It has some very funny moments, and then it has some major ingredients that don’t work, including some of its fantasy sequences. But then it also has Dolly Parton. And she contains so much energy, so much life and unstudied natural exuberance that watching her do anything in this movie is a pleasure. Because there have been so many Dolly Parton jokes (and doubtless will be so many more), I had better say that I’m not referring to her sex appeal or chest measurements. Indeed, she hardly seems to exist as a sexual being in this movie. She exists on another plane, as Monroe did: She is a center of life on the screen.

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Kyle Griffin @kylegriffin1.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

Dolly Parton's Imagination Library gifted more than 332,000,000 books since it was first created 31 years ago.

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Kevin Allman @kevinallman.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

One quote that always makes me laugh: asked what her pet peeve in life was, she said, “Well, nobody realizes I got a great ass.”

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Joel @itsjoels.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

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

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Cats of Yore @catsofyore.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

Dolly Parton was a supporter of Willa B. Farms, an animal rescue in Old Hickory, TN. I hope you will consider a donation in her memory. 💔 www.willabfarms.com/donate

Photo from the 1970s of the most radiant and wonderful Dolly Parton, smiling brilliantly and holding a tiny orange tabby kitten up to her cheek.

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HuffPost @huffpost.com · 26/08/2026

The Amazon founder praised Parton for “showing us what it means to lead with love,” but Instagram users told him to follow her example with his own wealth.

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Jeff Bezos Paid Tribute To Dolly Parton. Commenters Had A Suggestion.

The Amazon founder praised Parton for “showing us what it means to lead with love,” but Instagram users told him to follow her example with his own wealth.

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Garrett M. Graff @vermontgmg.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

One way you know Dolly Parton lived life the right way: I don’t think anyone’s going to get fired for accurately quoting Dolly Parton today.

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Betsy Hodges @betsyhodges.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

Has anyone checked on @markhamillofficial.bsky.social today? Our storehouse of national treasures suffered a very big loss today and it would be lovely to know that he’s doing alright.

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Mark Hamill @markhamillofficial.bsky.social · 16/08/2026

Who doesn't love a snappy comeback? #November3rdWe8647

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McSweeney's @mcsweeneys.net · 13/08/2026

"The patient, a thirty-year-old female, describes “not feeling like myself” following an incident at the temple of Athena. Intake nurse documented patient as hostile when she refused to remove veil."

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Clinical Notes from Medusa’s Primary Care Provider Who Suspects Menopause

“Diagnosis is uncomplicated menopausal transition. Differential diagnoses include perimenopause, estrogen deficiency-induced menopause, silent menopause, occ...

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Betsy Hodges @betsyhodges.bsky.social · 12/08/2026

I have, naturally, pre-ordered this book. Nakatomi and Argyle are pleased.

Two gray cats on a window bed. They are sleeping but might be looking for firehose to jump, à la die hard.

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Betsy Hodges @betsyhodges.bsky.social · 12/08/2026

@jasondashbailey.com my cats—Argyle and Nakatomi—are excited, cat-style, for the release of your book and are delighted that I have pre-ordered it.

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Trung Le Nguyen @trungles.com · 09/08/2026

For local folks, he’s the guy who ran against Amy Klobuchar in the last Senate election and again this upcoming election. IIRC, he once posted a map of “violent crime” in Minneapolis that later turned out to be a municipal map of all the public drinking fountains. He’s also scared of flying.

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Quinta Jurecic @qjurecic.bsky.social · 07/08/2026

People are criticizing me unfairly, such as for my actions and their inevitable consequences

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Razzball @razzball.bsky.social · 07/08/2026

gets incredible air here

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Elizabeth Spiers @espiers.bsky.social · 07/08/2026

As anyone in publishing will tell you, women do not resist reading books by men, but men will often dismiss books by women. This is not a publishing problem or a failure to target men. It's a misogyny problem.

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Qasim Rashid, Esq. @qasimrashid.com · 26/07/2026

Mitch McConnell hasn’t been seen or heard from in 6 weeks(!) in the hospital. Yet he still has a job, still getting paid, and getting unlimited world class healthcare. The man who voted against a living wage, against universal healthcare, and against guaranteed paid leave—is now getting all three.

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Chester Alan Arthur @chesterarthur.bsky.social · 13/07/2026

Did you hear that Nick Offerman was nominated for an Emmy for his portrayal of ME?? Get ready to stuff those ballot boxes, friends!

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Gil Durán @gilduran.com · 03/06/2026

What's happening to CBS News is what the tech oligarchs call "parallel" strategy. Buy an existing institution, gut it, and convert it into a right-wing zombie version of itself. They are doing this to media, government, education, biotech, defense tech, etc. Some call it the "Network State."

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Betsy Hodges @betsyhodges.bsky.social · 03/06/2026

Such a great conversation with @momenterik.bsky.social about policing, race, white people, and why our interest in racial equity ebbs and flows. Please take a listen!

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Max Kennerly @maxkennerly.bsky.social · 25/05/2026

Another reminder: if there exists *any* class of people who don't have due process rights, then *nobody* actually has due process rights because the government can always just say you're in that class.

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ContempraInn 🌹 @contemprainn.bsky.social · 24/05/2026

Vibrant and rare White Auroras appearing over Norway 🇳🇴

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Manisha Sinha @profmsinha.bsky.social · 11/05/2026

Historian of abolition here, history tells us how we got here, to put it succinctly “John Brown was hanged for treason and Robert E. Lee was not.”

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Julianne McShane @juliannemcshane.bsky.social · 12/05/2026

"One study found that increasing the number of people who receive SNAP benefits by 5 percent could have prevented nearly 32,000 suicides over 15 years. And a $1 increase in minimum wage has been linked to roughly 8,000 fewer suicide deaths over a decade."

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How minimum wage hikes and food stamps fit in to suicide prevention

Studies show income, debt and access to basic needs shape mental health outcomes, but U.S. strategies have largely focused on clinical care.

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Gina @perilinpink.bsky.social · 08/05/2026

And I’ll share the Cooking for Kicks cookbook. Pick a page 12-142 and I’ll give you a recipe

The COOKING FOR KICKS cookbook
The Sport of Tailgating Recipes of sport stars and fans
by Dottie Dekko

Inside the first page:

MINNESOTA
Kicks
MINNESOTA SOCCER, INC. 7200 France Avenue South Minneapolis, Minnesota 55435
(612) 920-8211
September 3, 1976
Mrs. Dottie Dekko
Minnesota KICKS
Edina, MN 55435
Dear Dottie,
...as a reminder that it was you, Dottie Dekko, who stood firm and had the confidence to be persistent that we bring big-league professional soccer to Minnesota. Had you personally been any less insistent that we create this new organization, in all probability there would be no KICKS.
Best wishes,
Jack burker
Jack J. Crocker
Chairman of the Board
Minnesota KICKS
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HOW PROFESSIONAL SPORTS BECAME AN IMPORTANT PART OF MY LIFE
Eight p.m., August 25, 1976: It was, as they say, an evening to remember. As it ended, the crowd stormed the playing field and triumphantly carried away soccer players whose names they'd heard for the first time only four months earlier. That night, the Minnesota Kicks captured the hearts of Minnesota sports fans.
Joe Soucheray of the Minneapolis Tribune wrote, "..the crowd erupted in a crazy quilt of emotion after the game. The goals came down. The sprinklers on the field were turned on.
People frolicked in the water. More people came on the field. The crowd swept over the television lights....Finally the lights were turned off, but the people still would not leave the field."
It all started in October 1975. Several friends were enjoying a Vikings' game, when someone mentioned that the Denver soccer franchise was available. Everyone was interested, so the next Monday morning I went to the library to research soccer. Jack Crocker, chairman of Super Valu Stores, Inc., read my paper and convinced eight other people to buy the Denver franchise with us. Life has never been the same
Most of the media people predicted we would fail, but we sold 4,000 season tickets that first year before we even had a coach, a stadium or a schedule.
Freddie Goodwin, the Kicks' coach, gathered the team from England, South Africa and the United States. For the first game on May 9, 1976, 17,612 spectators jammed the stadium. Owners and friends sold tickets in the parking lot because we had underestimated the crowd, but 15 minutes after starting time, 3,000 people were still outside. It was decided they should not miss the game because of our miscalculation, so the gates were lifted. Of all the people who had already paid for admission, only one asked for a refund. The rest applauded. We made a lot of friends that day.
The rest of the season was spent trying to keep up with the success of the Minnesota Kick…

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Antijen @antijen.bsky.social · 08/05/2026

Told my kid I was having the kind of week where I just need to scream into the void for a while. He made me a void. You can use it too, if you'd like.

White sheet of paper with a messy slanted oval scribbled in the middle, using different color pens in many layers. It looks like a galaxy or a nebula. Or maybe a bagel. It's labeled with the word "VOID" and an arrow instructs "scream here."

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Betsy Hodges @betsyhodges.bsky.social · 06/05/2026

Don’t say I never did anything for you, Minneapolis. 🫶

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Betsy Hodges @betsyhodges.bsky.social · 05/05/2026

If hurt people hurt people, and crying is the healing of a hurt and not a hurt itself, where does that leave men?

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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 04/05/2026

Wow 🤩 The Weather Channel posted this.

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Betsy Hodges @betsyhodges.bsky.social · 30/04/2026

A Los Angeles jury acquitted the officers who beat Rodney King—on video!—34 years ago today.

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@NewsJennifer (Jennifer Schulze) @newsjennifer.bsky.social · 26/04/2026

Appreciate this detail from CBS News reporter Jennifer Jacobs. It's an important part of the story that seems to be missing from a lot of comments & coverage.

Replying to
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The shooting happened on the level above the ballroom where the White House Correspondents Association dinner was.
I don't think people hearing about this -- or even those of us in the room -- realized how far from the president, VP and other guests this incident was. It was on another floor, up some stairs and several sets of security away.
Because the Washington Hilton's hotel and other public spaces were open for other functions, the entire building wasn't secured by the Secret Service, just the specific areas where the WHCA dinner was held, law enforcement officials told @CBSNews
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Josh Fruhlinger @jfruh.bsky.social · 26/04/2026

thinking of becoming a garfield assassination truther. giteau was telling the truth when he yelled "i am a stalwart of the stalwarts." he was in the pocket of roscoe conkling, who was in turn an unwitting pawn of chester a arthur

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Fiona Tribe @fionatribe.bsky.social · 23/04/2026

Yes, Swiss scientist Fritz Zwicky coined the term “dark matter” which is impressive, but he also coined the term “spherical bastard” to describe people who are bastards no matter which way you look at them, and I think that should be celebrated more.

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Luke Knox @lukeknox.me · 23/04/2026

watching the Jersey Mike’s worker make my sandwich

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Matt Erickson @thematterickson.bsky.social · 15/04/2026

Nick Offerman and Candice Millard did an event at the Capitol today. It was glorious.

Candice Millard, Nick Offerman, and Roswell Encina of the U.S. Capitol Historical Society having a chat.

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John Scalzi @scalzi.com · 13/04/2026

Here's preview of the end of the current US administration

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Ricky Davila @therickydavila.bsky.social · 13/04/2026

Hillary Clinton was right about everything. Kamala Harris was right about everything. Both would’ve been incredible Presidents and I remain proud AF to have cast my vote for them.

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The Onion @theonion.com · 13/04/2026

Man Who Threw Molotov Cocktail At Sam Altman’s Home Claims He Was Following ChatGPT Recipe For Risotto theonion.com/man-who-threw-molotov-…

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Betsy Hodges @betsyhodges.bsky.social · 13/04/2026

We talked to Chet’s number one fan, everybody! Episode 8 out now, wherever you get your podcasts!

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Mark Hamill @markhamillofficial.bsky.social · 11/04/2026

Lying from the White House Podium is now a family tradition.

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