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John Bernard Arnold III, a World War II U.S. Navy veteran who died on May 6 at 98, had no known living relatives to celebrate his life and service. But when a Veterans Service Officer in Hanson, Massachusetts, put out a call for support, 1,500 people showed up to bury a man they'd never met: "Such a beautiful last salute to this man."

I never saw this episode of Cheers, but this is why we watched Cheers! So Funny!😂

Turning an empty street corner into stray, cat shelter. The world needs more people like you. 🐈‍⬛

So I got my period at work today with absolutely no warning and went around asking all the women in the office if anyone had anything and nobody had a single thing. One of the guys overheard me and said he had pads in his car because he keeps them there for his girlfriend for emergencies. And then he went out to his car and came back and handed me a pastry bag. This man had put the pads inside a pastry bag so nobody would know what was in it. To save me the awkwardness of walking through the office visibly carrying pads. He thought about that. On his own. And it wasn't just one, he gave me two because I had an eight hour shift and he did that math himself apparently. I was not prepared for......

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INSTEAD OF WATCHING AN HOUR OF NETFLIX TONIGHT. This 60-minute Cambridge lecture by Demis Hassabis will teach you more about the future of AI than most people will learn in the next 5 years. Bookmark it and give it an hour, no matter what.

Colin Jost has the best answer to who the most famous person in his phone is. #PopCultureJeopardy!

Bit harsh but rules are rules

When his caretaker falls over, first the panda laughs, then gives him a hug.

My husband and I both work full-time, but somehow after we got married, all the house chores quietly became my responsibility. Even when he helped, it felt like he was “assisting” me instead of us both taking care of our home. One week, his mom came to visit. I was cleaning, cooking, doing laundry, basically running around the house while my husband sat on the couch watching football. I asked him if he could help vacuum and he casually said, “Later,” without even looking up. His mother looked at both of us and said “Did you both not come back from work yesterday at the same time?” I laughed and said, “We did.” Then she asked my husband, very calmly, “So why is she the only one working today too?” Silence. That woman got up, took the remote from his hand, switched off the TV, and handed him the vacuum cleaner. Then she said, “Marriage is not a system where one person rests while the other manages everything. If both of you are contributing financially, then both of you contribute at home too.” She then looked at me and said “I didn’t raise my son to think his wife is his personal maid, Don’t let exhaustion become your personality because you’re trying to prove you’re a good wife.” I swear that sentence changed something in me. Now we split things properly . If I cook, he cleans up. If one of us is overwhelmed, the other steps in. The entitlement disappeared completely. She still calls sometimes just to ask him, “Hope you’re not stressing my daughter?” 😭

For decades, passengers traveling through Embankment Station heard the calm voice of actor Oswald Laurence warning them to “Mind the gap” between the train and platform. Most commuters never gave the announcement a second thought, but for one person, that voice meant everything. After Laurence died in 2007, his widow, Dr. Margaret McCollum, continued hearing his recorded announcement every day during her commute on the London Underground. She later said it brought her comfort and made her feel as though a small part of him was still with her. In 2012, Transport for London upgraded the station’s audio systems and replaced many older recordings with computerized announcements. When Margaret arrived at Embankment station and realized her husband’s voice was gone, she was heartbroken. After learning the reason behind her request, London Underground staff searched through old archives to recover the original recording. They eventually restored Oswald Laurence’s announcement at Embankment station specifically for her, allowing his voice to continue echoing through the station years after his death.

Los Angeles, 15-year-old Clara Daly from California, was travelling with her mom. A flight attendant asked if anyone knew sign language. Clara, who had studied ASL for about a year, volunteered. The passenger was 64-year-old Tim Cook, who is deaf and blind, flying alone. Clara knelt in the aisle and fingerspelled into his hand to communicate. She helped him order water, check the time, and speak with the crew. For the rest of the long flight, she stayed with him, chatting until landing and bringing comfort to his journey.

A man spends 50 years teaching at MIT. He knows his time is running out. So he records one last lecture — everything he knows, distilled into a single hour. He died 5 months later. This is that lecture. The most important hour you'll watch this week. 👇 Bookmark it for later

one of my favorite things about tina fey is when you can literally see her writing a joke in her head

Uhm. Colbert could save PBS. Please have your NEW show on PBS. We will buy all the tote bags. PLEASE.

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Toronto’s Joey Votto has travelled the world since retiring from ⚾️…

Cyndi Lauper & Laura Dern get it right. 🥹