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Happy Memorial Day. Here’s some forgotten history to consider on this day predicated on memory: the first recorded Memorial Day celebration took place in Charleston, South Carolina on May 1, 1865 when newly-freed Black Americans fighting in the Civil War decorated soldiers’ graves. Whether you know of someone who died while serving in the U.S. military or not, I hope we all take a moment to remember the original reasons for this day and not just look for the best retail sales opportunities.

By this point you should be used to me sending you notes from pretty much everywhere. As this message goes out, I’m in Klamath Falls, Oregon! I’ve spent the past week in the state as we near the end of filming for Season 2 of my PBS series, America Outdoors. (Here’s me rollerblading in Portland like it’s the 1990s.) Thanks to Oregon, I’ve discovered...

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Musk, often rightly lauded as a pioneer in futuristic technologies, has also managed to drag his personal plaything of a media platform into the past, undoing advertiser relationships, rolling back the clock on efforts to combat spam and disinformation, and...