Amy Thorpe

Jan 15, 2025 | fortscott.biz | Amy Thorpe

Two new commissioners began their duties at the Jan. 13th meeting, wrapping it up by voting unanimously for a 48 month moratorium on solar projects. The new commission consists of Brandon Whisenhunt for District 1, David Beerbower for District 2, and Leroy Kruger for District 3. The meeting began with a Flood Plane Management Public Hearing.

Dec 11, 2024 | fortscott.biz | Amy Thorpe

Bourbon County Commission Meeting Dec. 5, 2024(Due to technical difficulties with the meeting recording, the first 6 minutes of this meeting had no sound. Whatever was said at the beginning of that meeting is not in this article.)Six citizens in attendance asked several questions about the future of the hospital building and the agreement that the county is making with Freeman to get an emergency room back in Fort Scott.

Dec 18, 2023 | restofworld.org | Amy Thorpe |Ravi Hiranand

What’s the difference between haha and jaja? What about kkkk or hhhh? It’s a trick question: They mean the same thing. They’re all ways to express laughter, as interpreted by different cultures in different languages. In person, laughter is universal. No matter what language you speak, almost anyone can understand the meaning of a mischievous giggle, sarcastic snort, or an infectious belly laugh.

Dec 12, 2023 | marketplace.org | Lily Jamali |Rosie Hughes |Amy Thorpe |Daniel Shin

Since 1974, well before the onset of the modern internet, an international standard has governed the assignment of two-letter identification codes to every country and territory on Earth. China got CN, Brazil got BR. The U.S., of course, got US. When the internet came along, those two-letter codes were used in website domain names to signify where the owner of a website was based. But it didn’t take long before outside companies and organizations started using them too.

Sep 21, 2023 | restofworld.org | Amy Thorpe

Twitch.tv. Discord.gg. Github.io. Three memorable addresses for three major websites that all have something in common: Their iconic URLs come from small island nations and territories. The three platforms use the domain suffixes — short codes at the end of URLs — theoretically reserved for sites from Tuvalu, Guernsey, and the British Indian Ocean Territory.