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Happy 62nd birthday to Tracy Chapman! In 1988, Tracy Chapman had already performed earlier in the day for Nelson Mandela’s 70th. Stevie Wonder was about to go on when technical difficulties forced him to pull out..so Tracy performed again, to a way bigger audience. Within two weeks of this performance her album went from 250K to 2 million sold.

It’s amazing this hospital has been running for 23 seasons without Israel bombing it 👏

Uninterrupted internet with @Starlink through Kaashidhoo Kandu (Kardiva Channel). Baa Atoll's largest ferry operators, Yoosuf and Atoll Cute, are installing Starlink in all their vessels. This year, more than 70% of Maldivian ferries will offer free, unlimited internet.

He drives a school bus in Dallas, Texas. But the kids on his route call him something else — Dad. Every morning before the sun is fully up, Curtis Jenkins pulls his yellow school bus to the curb and waits. Not just to pick up kids. To see them. For seven years, Curtis noticed things other people missed. The little girl who folded her paper lunch bag perfectly every day but left it on the bus — because there was nothing inside. The boy whose shoes were too small. The kids who got on quiet, eyes down, carrying weight no child should have to carry alone. So Curtis did something simple. He made his bus a community. He gave every child a job — a greeter, an assistant, a "police officer" keeping order in the aisles. Every morning he'd call out, "We're going to care about each other and love everybody, right?" And 50 small voices would answer back. But it didn't stop there. Over the years, Curtis spent thousands of dollars of his own money — money he saved by skipping his own Christmas gifts with his wife — on birthday cards, bikes, backpacks, turkeys at Thanksgiving, and 70 hand-wrapped Christmas presents. He didn't buy random gifts. He asked each child what they wanted. Then he went and got exactly that. No donation page. No announcement. No cameras. When the story finally got out and people questioned how a bus driver could afford it, Curtis just smiled. "It doesn't take money. It takes discipline." But here's the part that will stay with you. When a reporter asked the kids what they loved most about Curtis — not one of them mentioned the gifts. A fifth grader named Ethan, whose parents had divorced when he was four, looked up and said quietly: "He's the father that I always wanted. In some ways, I wish my dad could have been like that." Curtis heard it. Didn't flinch. Just nodded. "That's the paycheck right there," he said later. "If I can get that, you can keep the money." He wasn't looking for a medal. He wasn't going viral on purpose. He was just a man who decided, every single morning, that his bus would be the safest place those kids walked into all day. Sometimes the person who changes a child's life forever isn't a teacher or a coach or a counselor. Sometimes it's the person behind the wheel of a yellow bus at 7 a.m. — who chose to show up, and chose to care, when nobody was asking him to. Tag someone who needs to read this today. 💛

BREAKING : 🇨🇦 Canadian leader Elizabeth May blasted Netanyahu “We know who the enemy of peace is. And unfortunately, he has a name. He is Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu” 🔥 What a fearless lady. Mad respect 🫡

Here in the Maldives, if a teacher tries an out of the box approach like this, he/she would face the wrath of parents, the school administration, the Education Ministry, and the social media brigade.

In a Chinese school two teachers explained static electricity to students in a fun and engaging way..

58,000 Americans died in Vietnam. Over 3,000,000 Vietnamese died. And for fifty years, American culture has centered the grief of the 58,000 while treating the 3,000,000 as a backdrop. As scenery. As context. As "the Vietnam War experience." They built a wall in Washington with American names on it. A beautiful wall. A solemn wall. Good. Mourn your dead. But understand what that wall does not say. It does not say why they died. It does not say what they were doing there. It does not say what was done in their name to the people whose country it actually was. It does not mention My Lai, where American soldiers massacred an entire village, old men, women, children, babies, and the officer who ordered it served three years of house arrest before being pardoned. Three years. House arrest. Pardoned. For five hundred people murdered in a ditch. It does not mention the 2.7 million acres of Vietnamese forest doused in Agent Orange, a chemical weapon disguised as herbicide, that is still deforming Vietnamese children today. Not in 1970. Not in 1985. Today. Children born in 2020 with bodies twisted by a war their grandparents fought. And the chemical companies that made it are still in business. Still profitable. Still un-prosecuted. And yet they send us human rights reports. They grade our democracy. They warn us about our behavior. The audacity is so enormous it becomes almost impressive. Almost.

And this isn’t rishvathu at all?

Also need to stop fat MP pensions and expenses for life for their family members. Best would be to completely dismantle majlis. #MajlisUvaalaa

STOP IT 🤣🤣🤣

ވެރިޔަކަށް ހާސް ދުވަސް، އެކަމަކު އަހަރުމެންނަށް އެންމެ ދުވަހެއް؟ ދެ އިންތިހާބު އެއް ދުވަހެއްގައި ބޭއްވުމުން ހުރިހާ ފައިދާއެއް އޮތީ ވެރިންނަށް. ފެންނަ ނުފެންނަ ވޯޓުގައި ނޫނެކޭ ބުނޭ! #Nufeney #NoToReferendum #Noonekey

Tem ser muito maluco pra fazer isso. Mas a gravação ficou show de bola. Da até arrepio na espinha. 😳

26-year-old Polish guitar virtuoso Marcin Patrzałek responds to those claiming his music is fake. He created this tutorial-style video to show exactly how he plays so incredibly well – and yes, it’s all performed live on a single guitar. He is incredible! 👌👌

HDC payroll 45 million per month and govt wants to save on an election which costs 80 million every 5 years. Make it more sense

ވެރިން ނުބައިގައުމެއް އަދި ރައްޔިތުން ޒިންމާދާރުނޫން ގައުމެއް ރަގަޅެއްނުވާނެ! ވެރިން ރިޝްވަތުދެނީ ރައްޔިތުން ރިޝްވަތު ކަނީ. މި ރާއްޖެއަކީ އާދަޔާޚިލާފަށް މީހުން ނުބައި ތަނެއް. މި ތަނެއް ރަގަޅެއްނުވާނެ.. ދެރަވަރު ދީ?

މިހާރު އޮތީ ސަރުކާރުގެ މަޖިލީހެއް، ރައްޔިތުންގެ މަޖިލީހެއް ނޫން. އަދުލު އިންސާފުގެ އެންމެ މަތީ ހަރުފަތުގެ ލެޖިޓަމަސީއާ މެދު ސުވާލު އޮތީ އުފެދިފައި. މި ގެންނަ ބަދަލުތަކުގެ މިސްރާބަކީ އެއް މީހެއްގެ އަތަށް ބާރުތައް ޖަމާކުރުން - އައިމަން ރަޝީދު

ވޯޓު ކަރުދާހުގައި ފާހަގަ ޖަހަންޖެހޭގޮތް ދުރާލާ ބުނެނުދީ ރެފަރެންޑަމް ބާއްވައިފިނަމަ ރެފަރެންޑަމް ބާތިލުވާނެއެވެ.

އިލެކްޝަންސް ކޮމިޝަނުގެ މެންބަރުންނަށް! ރެފަރެންޑަމްގައި ފާހަގަ ޖަހަންވީ ގޮތް (ވޯޓު ބާތިލު ނުވާނެ ގޮތަށް) ކޮންމެ ރަށެއްގެ ކައުންސިލުގެ އިދާރާގެ ބޭރު ފާރުގައި އިއުލާނެއް ތަތްކޮށްގެން ބުނެދެއްވާށެވެ. މާލޭގެ މަގުތަކުގެ ފާރުގައި އިއުލާނު ތަތް ކޮށްދެއްވާށެވެ. އާންމު ރައްޔިތުންނަށް ހަދަންވާ ގޮތެއް ނޭނގިގެން އެތައްމިތަނުން ގުޅަނީއެވެ. ދުސްތޫރީ ޒިއްމާ އަދާކުރައްވާށެވެ. ނޫސްވެރިންގެ ވެސް ޒިއްމާއެއް އެބައޮތެވެ. ޕަބިކް ސާރވިސް މީޑިއާ އާ ބެހޭގޮތުން ރަނގަޅުވާނީ އެއްޗެއް ނުބުނިއްޔާއެވެ. @ElectionsMv @psmnewsmv @Dhaurunews @AdhadhuMV

Volume 2, Issue 1 of Maldives Economy Today is now released. This issue explores currency stability, tourism resilience, fiscal risks, institutional strength, and emerging policy challenges shaping the Maldives’ economic future.