ape dawg

this is me, this is real

[Anish Moonka @anishmoonka]

The doctor who delivered Dolly Parton in a one-room Tennessee cabin in 1946 was paid with a sack of cornmeal. Her father farmed other people's land and could not read or write. Eighty years later, the reading program she built in his name has mailed more than 300 million books.

She wrote "I Will Always Love You" on the same afternoon she wrote "Jolene," as a goodbye to Porter Wagoner, and released it in 1974. Elvis wanted it. The night before the session, Colonel Tom Parker called and said Presley would only record it if they got half the publishing, meaning half of everything the song ever earned. She had been in Nashville ten years by then. She said no, and cried all night. Whitney Houston cut her version in 1992, held number one for fourteen weeks, and Forbes later put Parton's royalties from it near $10 million. She put some of that money into an office complex in Nashville and called the place the house that Whitney built.

Dollywood opened in Pigeon Forge in 1986 because she wanted paychecks in the county she came from. Around 4,000 people work there now. Three million visitors come every year. The University of Tennessee put its economic impact at $1.8 billion, and it is the largest employer in Sevier County. Since 2022 the company has paid tuition, fees, and books in full for every worker from their first day, seasonal hires included.

Wildfires tore through those mountains in November 2016, killing fourteen people and destroying more than 2,400 buildings. Her foundation was handing out money within 48 hours. Every family that lost a home got $1,000 a month for six months, regardless of income. The final check was $5,000. Total delivered: $8.9 million.

In April 2020 she sent $1 million to Vanderbilt for coronavirus research. When Moderna's vaccine results ran in the New England Journal of Medicine that November, her fund appeared in the footnotes.

Carl Dean, her husband of nearly sixty years, died in March 2025. The note she wrote to fans afterward ended with the same five words she wrote for Porter Wagoner back in 1974. She died in Nashville today. Her family asked that instead of flowers, people give to the Imagination Library, which still mails 3.4 million books a month to children who will never get to meet her.

[ape dawg @april_canavan]

@Wendys forgot my minion toy with my meal 😢😢😢😢 the banana frosty was yummy tho I will say 🍌

[ape dawg @april_canavan]

10 years ago we debated what color a dress was on the internet.

Now, it’s a horrifying video of an American citizen getting shot in the face by an ICE agent. & people still fully believe it’s justified by self defense, my ass.

What a shame this country is. I’m fucking tired.

[Kelly @broadwaybabyto]

Alligator Alcatraz was built in 8 days

It took just over a week to create a massive concentration camp

Remember this the next time those in power claim they can't house the homeless, feed the starving or provide medical care to the poor

They can, they don't want to

[ape dawg @april_canavan]

the fear mongering is crazy bro, go touch some grass

[Charlie Kirk @charliekirk11]

WATCH: The Muslim socialist Zohran Mamdani is such a shameless dirtbag he changes his accent depending on who he's talking to. He also used to be a "rapper" whose mom directed his music videos.

If New York City voters are dumb enough to elect this conman, they deserve every single bad thing coming to them.

[👾 @itsbloodyj]

How it feels listening How Bad Do U Want Me on my AirPods

[arjun @arjunvish7]

Making a Japanese style AI image for a film which destroys Japan. Life comes a full circle.

[Natasha Rothwell @natasharothwell]

.@realDonaldTrump you are trash— like for real though.

[ape dawg @april_canavan]

finally caught up on severance after starting the show less than a week ago…

[Lady Gaga @ladygaga]

This is why I make music https://t.co/SwPq5DV0yo

[ape dawg @april_canavan]

girl this is ur app

[Elon Musk @elonmusk]

If I see one more damn Nazi salute in my feed, I’m gonna lose my mind 🤪

This algorithm sucks!!

[Alyssa 🌻 @alyssaleann]

smashmouth was so right, the years really do start coming and they don’t stop coming

[ape dawg @april_canavan]

@leejendairy I just looked it up and saw the sf gate article. No, this is tragic

[President-Elect Toguro @PresidentToguro]

This meme from 2016 has aged perfectly

[raw milky @milky_raw]

pho is the blueprint. a biogenetic metabolism-boosting masterpiece. gelatinous broth - dripping in collagen. a miracle disguised as comfort food.

asian grandmas know the truth to anti aging - that’s why they always have the most glowy skin.

it doesn’t just warm you; it heals you. bone marrow whispering secrets of longevity. herbs that detox your soul. noodles for energy. spice to ignite the furnace.

it’s chemistry. biology. self-love in a bowl. it rewires you.

[ape dawg @april_canavan]

please stfu

[Elon Musk @elonmusk]

The cavalry has arrived.

Men are voting in record numbers.

They now realize everything is at stake.

[ape dawg @april_canavan]

lost to @kathykilos in ff this week, no one speak to me