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Sharon McMahon, a former government-studies teacher, spends her days on Instagram  (@sharonsaysso) breaking down political headlines and answering

Source: There’s a Campaign to Send Thank You Notes to the Custodial Staff That Cleaned the Capitol After the Riots | Washingtonian (DC)

A great idea. Thank You Thank You Thank You.

Community Loaves has been on a mission to donate home-baked bread to a local food bank.

Source: Seattle home bakers donate over 1,300 loaves of bread to local food bank

The local organization featured is one my wife and I have supported for many years. Nicely done.

When you meet Phillip Ingram it’s clear his past influenced his present. He admits he grew up very different from the life he’s leading now. “Tough neighborhood, not a lot of positive things,” he said. “No one I grew up with had a dad.” And yet the 38-year-old Newport Beach janitor says what he learned first-hand from his humble beginnings…

Source: Meet the Penny Man, a Hospital Janitor Whose Fundraising Idea Made a Lot of Cents

Great idea. Small things add up.

A 13-year-old girl is donating all her winnings in a national essay contest to the Ferndale Cat Shelter. It’s a place where she volunteers and where she adopted a cat that she says actually rescued her.

Source: Teen wins contest with essay about her cat, donates winnings to Ferndale Cat Shelter

Nicely done!

Being extremely tall is sort of a giraffe’s whole thing. So when scientists recently spotted two wild giraffes with relatively short legs—nearly halving their adult height—they were stunned.

Source: Scientists Discover Short-Legged Corgi Giraffes

Ya had me at “Corgi”. (FWIW there are better pictures in the source article itself.)

ICU nurse Caitlyn Obrock took care of Jones while she was sedated. The nurse said she would whisper words of motivation to Jones on each shift to let her know she was going to make it through.

Source: A woman who gave birth while intubated due to Covid-19 names her ICU nurse as the baby’s godmother

Heroes among us.

“She enjoys greeting all of the familiar faces along the way, and she stops and gets treats and pettings from some of her favorite humans.”

Source: Every Morning A Horse Takes Herself For A Walk Through The Streets Of Frankfurt

Ha! I love this.

Never take clean water for granted.

Source: New Discovery Could Lead to Cheaper And More Efficient Water Desalination

I’ve mentioned efforts like this here before. I think this is one of those under-appreciated yet major areas for quality of life improvement for majority of our planet.

They transformed the fibre found in discarded pineapple leaves into a strong material used to build the frames for unmanned aircraft or drones.

Source: Malaysians turn pineapple waste into disposable drone parts

Great idea!

Sgt. Mary Ehiarinmwian was born in Nigeria and immigrated to Germany as a child before coming to the U.S. in 2016

Source: A Quick-Thinking Soldier Pulled a Driver from a Smoking Car — and Was Honored for Her Heroism

What a great example.