A Daily Antidote to Everything Else
Using fallen branches, Tommy designed and carved more than 200 baseball bats, which he sold to raise money for victims of the widespread wind storm, known as a derecho. For each bat sold for $100, he donated $20 to the Greater Cedar Rapids Community Foundation Disaster Relief Fund.
Source: An Iowa boy is selling baseball bats he makes from fallen trees to raise money for storm victims
Well done!
should it get discarded … it will decompose into harmless waxes in a matter of months. Bacteria and fungi will digest these waxes, breaking them down into carbon dioxide, water and more microbes. Crucially, there are no microplastics left behind.
A change like this would be momentous.
The day they met, Richard Wilbanks and Gunner, now a 3-month-old Cavalier King Charles Spaniel, were inseparable.
Source: Florida man who saved his puppy from alligator’s jaws shares update on dog’s recovery
A very lucky dog.
While it’s a discouraging world at times, there are a whole lot of good people out there.
Source: Andy Larsen: How I sent a tweet that unintentionally raised $50,000 for charity
Cool story.
The video communications company announced in a tweet that the 40-minute time limit it usually has on its free meetings will be lifted globally on November 26 (Thanksgiving Day).
Source: For Thanksgiving Day, Zoom will lift its 40-minute time limit for free meetings
A neat idea. I hope people can use it to stay connected.
Research into the relationship between the brain and the bacteria in our bellies is uncovering links to an increasing number of neurological conditions, with Alzheimer’s among them.
Source: Study offers “indisputable” link between Alzheimer’s and gut microbiome
Yes, correlation is not causation, but even so correlation can still be useful. Fascinating.
A customer left a $3,000 tip for a single beer as a Cleveland restaurant voluntarily closed because of the COVID-19 pandemic
Source: Man leaves $3K tip for a beer as restaurant closes for virus
Be generous. You don’t have to be that generous, but now, especially, if you can … be generous.
COVID-19 took Wanda Dench’s husband Lonnie Dench in March. So Friday, they had a safe, mini Thanksgiving in his honor.
Source: ‘Thanksgiving Grandma’ has holiday dinner with Jamal in honor of husband who died of COVID
Bittersweet.
Winner of international prize, which had a record number of entries this year, to be announced on Thursday
Source: Recyclable PPE glove among designs vying for James Dyson award
Not just the gloves, but the number of entries. Wow!
“I don’t think I would have the career I have today had it not been for her help,” attorney Ana Reyes says of her first-grade teacher, Pat Harkleroad
Source: Lawyer Reunites with ‘Extraordinary’ 1st Grade Teacher Who Helped Her Learn English 40 Years Later
Love this.