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.

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

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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.

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

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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