The Good News Thread

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Author Stuart Miller (Humanitarian🌐 Writer 📖✍️🤓) (@authorstuartmiller.bsky.social)

Dave Pollot, a #NewYork– based #artist who transforms forgotten #thriftstore paintings into witty pop-culture mashups. By carefully #painting into existing #artworks w/o disturbing their original style, he reimagines classical landscapes & still lifes w/ unexpected modern references @davepollotart

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16 y.o. Runs the 100m in 10.04!

Paul Eric (@pauleric70.bsky.social)

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Guernsey homeless sleeping pods used for 71 nights

Charity Caritas launched the pods in December to support people experiencing homelessness.

www.bbc.com

 

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7 stolen dogs escaped from a meat truck and made their way back home.

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ETA:

Moving tale of 7 dogs’ escape from captivity in China garners 230 million views

Chinese law does not ban consumption of dog meat, although Shenzhen was one of the first mainland cities to ban eating cats, dogs in 2020.

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Lost dog found after 11 years.

CanadaSky #Resist (@canadasky1.bsky.social)

https://www.cbc.ca/radio/asithappens/11-year-dog-reunion-9.7140780 Boop. 🫠

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[Winnipeg]

I love happy animal stories!

 

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Firefighters revived four cats after apartment fire.

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Scientists captured female sperm whales on video working together during a birth to protect the calf

Scientists have captured rare footage of a sperm whale giving birth, offering a window into the large mammals' behavior.

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[Vash01]

Not exactly ‘good’ news but a closure for a person and many others in similar positions- missing family members.

This is a long article but worth reading all of it. Kudos to the detective and others who are doing this kind of work.

His Mother Vanished When He Was 14. 33 Years Later, He Found Her.

Antonio Wiley’s mother, Anita, vanished during a time when her hometown Detroit was wracked by drugs and crime. It took three decades and an extraordinary effort by a missing persons detective to locate her.

www.nytimes.com

 

[Icetalavista]

For ANL: the grandson of the Reese’s PB cup creator has fought the good fight and publicly shamed them into returning to all- chocolate in their products, rather than a cheaper substitute. All is well.

 

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Major Japan railway now powered only by renewable energy

TOKYO (AP) — Tokyo's Shibuya is famed for its Scramble Crossing, where crowds of people crisscross the intersection in a scene symbolizing urban Japan’s congestion and anonymity.

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Three-week-old mountain lion cub rescued by California biologists

Crimson, seen alone in Santa Monica mountains for days, gets care in Oakland zoo after mother nowhere to be found

www.theguardian.com

 

[Cachoo]

I don't know if this is more of what one person can do to affect the lives of thousands or that "Necessity is the mother of invention." Or perhaps it is both but I love this and had no idea this happened:

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Homeless man gifted RV from group of strangers in Jefferson County

A homeless man and his dog received a recreational vehicle from a group of strangers who raised money through donations after meeting him living under an overpass in Jefferson County.

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Cat train in Japan

Massimo (mirror) (@rainmaker1973-m.bsky.social)

A cat train in Japan. It was opened in honor of the cat Tama, who worked as a station attendant in the city of Kinokawa. The entire train is dedicated to cats, and it even has a library. Original post

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Brazil creates the South Atlantic's largest marine park | Conservation International

Conservation International helped secure a million-hectare marine park, two decades in the making.

www.conservation.org

 

[Winnipeg]

I hope is does not end like Marineland in ONtario...........

 

[Winnipeg]

Sorry, I did not mean to rain on a good news story!

 

[Buzz]

I think it is more like the Serengeti National Park rather than an amusement park.

 

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ContempraInn 🌹 (@contemprainn.bsky.social)

GERMANY JUST INTRODUCED “DOG PARKING” OUTSIDE STORES Supermarkets are now installing climate-controlled, ventilated pods where you can leave your dog safely while you shop. Locked by app. Temperature regulated. Stress-free design.

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Usually, having to call for a wellness check on an elderly family member is a terrifying experience. But last week, a police check-in on a 91-year-old Ohio woman led to an unexpectedly amusing find: the woman had missed several phone calls and the sound of the cops knocking on the door because she was just really, really locked in on gaming

https://kotaku.com/gaming-grandma-granny-police-check-wellness-2000687218

 

[Cachoo]

If you like frogs this frog has it made:

TikTok - Make Your Day

 

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https://www.news10.com/off-the-beaten-path/iroquois-museum-cat-to-turn-15/

 

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Endangered Mexican axolotl discovered by girl, 10, under a bridge in Wales

Evie and her mother were enjoying a day trip to south Wales when they came across the amphibian.

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'It's so chaotic': Humpback whales are forming super-groups

On a misty morning in December, two photographers captured the images of 304 individual humpbacks – the highest number of large whales ever identified in a single day.

www.bbc.com

 

[taf2002]

'It's so chaotic': Humpback whales are forming super-groups

On a misty morning in December, two photographers captured the images of 304 individual humpbacks – the highest number of large whales ever identified in a single day.

www.bbc.com

I wonder if this is defense against killer whales? Maybe blue whales should do the same.

 

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Stranded Humpback Boards His Barge, Begins Trip Home

Controversial, closely watched rescue aims to ferry Timmy back to the North Sea from German waters

www.newser.com

 

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A group of students from Louisa County High School near Richmond, Virginia, are the magic makers who have been repairing used cars to gift to local single moms.

These students are enrolled in a special trade program where the school is partnering with a local non-profit, “Giving Words," that fixes used cars and donates them to single moms at no cost.

https://www.nbclosangeles.com/news/national-international/high-school-teens-repairing-used-cars-donate-single-moms/3870839/