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3-day outbreak of severe weather leaves hundreds displaced in U.S. South and Midwest

Fast Company Tech

More than 70 homes were destroyed by wildfire outbreaks Friday in and around Stillwater, home to Oklahoma State University. Four deaths so far were blamed on the fires or high winds, according to the Oklahoma Department of Emergency Management. Safiyah Riddle and John Seewer, Associated Press

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Apple’s digital driver’s license has been delayed to next year

The Verge

Of course, the system is dependent on your state supporting it — the company announced that Arizona and Georgia would be the first to let citizens add their licenses to their phones (with Connecticut, Iowa, Kentucky, Maryland, Oklahoma, and Utah following later) but didn’t specify when exactly that would be happening.

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Go read this Daily Beast story about a new online school Elon Musk helped start

The Verge

Dean of the University of Kentucky College of Education Julian Vasquez Heilig said he wishes Musk had tried to partner with existing online education programs. “I And education advocates aren’t in love with the idea, TDB found. I don’t bemoan Elon Musk doing this kind of work,” added Vasquez Heilig.

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Celebrating Black history and Black futures

Candid

From kitchen tables to campuses of Historical Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs), Juneteenth is well revered in the Black community as an important narrative thread with a rich and complex tapestry. It is not a coincidence that Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs) came into prominence around the same time.

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The time a human-driven car ran over an autonomous robot

The Verge

This video was captured at the University of Kentucky , one of the four schools Starship Technologies said it’s expanding to this fall. Still, for our robot friend, things could’ve been worse — at Purdue University, one of them got smushed by a garbage truck coming out of an alley. original sound - rach.ipsa.

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Developing staff technology skills in your nonprofit

NTEN

For example, the University of Kentucky publishes this skills checklist with a list of basic computer skills you could adapt to your context. Ask your human resources department, HR advisor, or payroll company if any skill assessments are included with the HR software or services you subscribe to. Or take advantage of free tools.

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The visual jazz of Genesis Noir

The Verge

Genesis Noir is set at the start of existence, reimagining the Big Bang and the natural expansion of the universe as the violent end result of a love triangle gone wrong. You can find some Kentucky Route Zero in Genesis Noir ’s interactions, fixed perspectives, and transitions between scenes.

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