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Michael Cassata and Sara Cokeley renovated a shuttle bus and live in it full time.
  • Michael Cassata and Sara Cokeley turned a shuttle bus into their long term home.
  • Since purchasing their bus they have put roughly $16,000 into renovating it.
  • Living on the road can be challenging, but it's something they recommend people try if they can.

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No matter how old you get, something happens inside your brain in mid-August that signals it's time to buy new supplies. As a child preparing to go back to school, this might have been notebooks and erasers. As an adult, it can be a little bigger — especially if sales are going on — like a new iPad. Currently, Apple's 64GB ninth-generation iPad is back down from $330 to its all-time low price of



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Many of us have become accustomed to getting the newest, flashiest versions of our favourite gadgets, leaving yesterday’s tech destined for the dustbin. In 2022, the global economy produced 50 million tonnes of e-waste — equivalent to the weight of 5,000 Eiffel towers.  This take-make-waste habit is unsustainable, and research shows, increasingly unpopular. The second-hand goods market is growing



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Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang.
  • A low-profile asset manager has been a major winner from the Big Tech stock rally this year.
  • Jennison Associates' stakes in Tesla, Nvidia, Microsoft, Apple, and Amazon have soared in value.
  • It held $36 billion worth of those five stocks at the end of June, up from $21 billion in December.

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Suchi Deshpande, the founder of Learnfully.
  • A new group of startups are helping children with conditions like autism and ADHD learn in schools.
  • Data shows that children with disabilities had a sharper drop in 2022 reading and math test scores. 
  • Venture capitalists have started to see this space as a market worth backing.

Vanessa Castañeda Gill wasn't always open about her autism diagnosis.

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Alex Kantrowitz writes that the fallout of ChatGPT has been mute.
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  • Kantrowitz writes that AI is still not good enough to handle most jobs. 
  • He also says to read announcements of companies replacing workers with AI skeptically. 

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It only takes a few steps to sign out of your Facebook account on any device.
  • You can sign out of Facebook on each device one by one, or on all devices at once through your account's settings.
  • It's a good habit to sign out of active sessions on all social media platforms to keep your account safe. 
  • Logging out of Facebook on your desktop or mobile device is simple once you know where to



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The Bank of Russia raised interest rates to 12% Tuesday, in a bid to prop up the plunging ruble.
  • The Bank of Russia raised interest rates by 350 basis points to 12% at an emergency meeting Tuesday.
  • It's trying to prop up the ruble, which plummeted to a 16-month low this week.
  • The currency strengthened in the immediate aftermath of the central bank’s latest move.

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A chewed up bag of pet food at a Dollar General store in Texas. It's one of the latest examples of a dollar store to face a rodent infestation.
  • Photos at a Dollar General store in Texas show evidence of a rat infestation.
  • It's the latest Dollar General store to face problems with rodents — and resulting health hazards.
  • Dollar General has also been cited for clutter, and resulting



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Some of my most nostalgic childhood memories were evenings spent around the fire pit in my family's backyard, a humble ring of slate slabs hand-stacked around a shallow hole. When picked clean of leaves and pill bugs and piled high with logs, it would burn a crackling golden blaze that would gild marshmallows, toast our shins, and leave us with piles of smoky laundry at the end of the night.

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TL;DR: As of August 15, you can get International Open Academy eLearning Lifetime Membership for just $59.99 instead of $400 — a savings of 85%.


Not everyone has a perfect plan for what they want out of their future. Picking a career path isn’t easy, especially if you’re doing it without experience. How would you know that you might have a future in professional illustration or bartending if you’ve



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TL;DR: As of August 15, you can get a refurbished 10.4" A7 Samsung Galaxy Tab with 64 GB MicroSD card for only $199.99 instead of $315 — that's a savings of 36%.


Portable screens can be a lifesaver for adults and kids to kill time watching movies and playing games on long flights and car rides. But they can also be very expensive to buy brand-new. This 10.4" Samsung Galaxy Tab has a Grade A