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Tennessee just made an invisible update to its tourism site—and it’s brilliant

Fast Company Tech

This led VML and the Tennessee Department of Tourist Development to launch Sound Sites an initiative to replace the alt text on the states official tourism website with lyrical verse from one of Tennessees best natural resources: songwriters. It’s treated as an afterthought that doesnt involve any semblance of creativity.

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Student Researcher Freed From Cave After Becoming Stuck Three Miles Underground

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Three miles into an overnight research trip through an expansive Tennessee cave, a Vanderbilt student fell so ill he was unable to return, prompting a massive rescue effort from first responders. As the longest cave in Tennessee, it's probably no wonder Blue Springs Cave attracts throngs of student groups and private cavers alike.

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How to file for an extension on your taxes

Mashable Tech

Currently, all Tennessee residents have been granted an extension to Nov. Tax extensions may also be automatically granted to individuals with extenuating circumstances, such as those serving in a combat zone or hazardous duty area , taxpayers living outside the United States , and people living in disaster areas.

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Big Lots store openings update: See the full list of ‘2nd wave’ locations that will reopen for business in May

Fast Company Tech

Additional second-wave stores will be located in Michigan, Ohio, Pennsylvania, West Virginia, Kentucky, Virginia, Indiana, Tennessee, South Carolina, Alabama, and Georgia. North Carolina will see the biggest number of Big Lots openings in the second wave, with 12 locations set to open in the state.

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Community Complains of Choking Fumes From Elon Musk's AI Fortress

Futurism

Elon Musk's artificial intelligence company, xAI, is building one of the world's largest AI supercomputers in Memphis, Tennessee. Since coming online in September, the facility, dubbed Colossus, has amassed an absurd arsenal of 200,000 Nvidia graphics processing units to train Musk's chatbot, Grok.

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Tennessee Valley Fundraising Institute offers blooming good idea!

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Last Thursday, I had the privilege of speaking at the Tennessee Valley Fundraising Institute in Chattanooga. It was a great event with over 100 fundraising professionals in attendance. I’m always on the lookout for interesting things at these sorts of events and saw something I wanted to share with you.

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Nonprofits of the Month :: August 2010 :: Animal Sanctuaries

Nonprofit Tech for Good

Facebook: The Elephant Sanctuary of Tennessee. The nonprofits below work on every one of these issues and provide sanctuary for all kinds of animals in need, and they pretty good at utilizing social media too. Please friend, follow and fan! Twitter: Chimpanzee Sanctuary. YouTube: Big Cat Rescue. Flickr: Farm Sanctuary. Free Tony the Tiger.

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