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A special moment happened between a mother and son at Central Michigan University’s commencement ceremony.

Source: CMU honors mom who missed her ceremony

Now that’s pretty cool. Congratulations to both!

“I was like … ‘I can’t charge him for this,’” said former CIA case officer Marc Johnson. “I wanted him to have the tie with my congratulations on becoming a citizen.”

Source: A man put his patriotic tie on eBay. Then he learned the buyer needed it for a citizenship ceremony. – The Washington Post

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What a great welcome to citizenship.

The robots are coming for garment workers jobs. Will workers be prepared?

Source: Video game teaches women to operate robots set to take their garment jobs

Another creative use of video gaming technology, with an important twist: re-training.

The Idaho woman had no idea her creation would not only become the talk of her neighborhood, it would fly across the Internet on social media, reaching people around the world.

Source: This woman turned her tree stump into a Little Free Library fit for magical elves. It went viral. – The Washington Post

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Tiny libraries are a cool concept all by themselves, but this one takes the cake.

The song may be the bane of parents’ existence, but for one family it offered hope for their daughter.

Source: Girl with spina bifida uses ‘Baby Shark’ beat to learn to walk | FOX13

Who knew something good could come of “Baby Shark”. 

Here’s how you can help today.

Source: This New Unilever Brand Is Helping The Homeless Get Access To Showers

I thought this a fascinating idea. I’ll probably try some.

Sea Hero Quest is a video game developed in partnership with Germany’s Deutsche Telekom, game studio Glitchers and several European universities and it is designed to identify individuals who might have early and mild symptoms of dementia that medical tests aren’t able to detect.

Source: A Video Game Developed To Detect Alzheimer’s Disease Seems To Be Working

Fascinating. I’ve often wondered if video games couldn’t be used in seriously productive ways.

A Missouri shelter opened earlier this month as a sanctuary specifically for elderly dogs.

Source: Sanctuary for elderly dogs opens, inspired by rescued senior beagle mix – Story | KMSP

It takes special people to take this on. We have our own local equivalent as well: Old Dog Haven.

“I still don’t want to believe it happened because it’s too much money for me to even think about,” said Eddie Adams, who is a self-taught musician.

Source: Eddie Adams: Young cellist with tormented past in disbelief at $133,000 in donations – The Washington Post

What a neat story.

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Scottish entrepreneurs aim to go global with their hope to replace palm oil using coffee waste.

Source: Coffee waste ‘could replace palm oil’ – BBC News

I could contribute … a lot!