A Daily Antidote to Everything Else
The city is on pace for its lowest homicide total in decades. If the trend holds just a few more days, it will mark the 27th straight year that crime has declined.
Source: Crime in New York City Plunges to a Level Not Seen Since the 1950s
Contrary to popular opinion, things really are getting better in so many different ways.
The Wimbledon barman who found the pay packet under a chair and handed it in got a “generous” tip.
Source: Lost Christmas bonus returned to worker
Filed under “things you don’t expect at a pub”, and yet this shows just how good the majority of people really are.
The end of 2017 is barely a week away. So now is the perfect time to reflect upon the positive difference humanity has made to the world over the past 12 months. How have we advanced as a species? We often underestimate the progress we make because it is incremental: an algorithm here, a genetic […]
Source: The world’s getting better all the time – CapX
Another year-end list that just blows me away.
Only five of Jacob Taggart’s fingers fully formed. Now he has a prosthetic Stormtrooper hand that allows him to grip, hold and throw objects.
Source: 5-year-old ‘Star Wars’ fan receives ultimate Christmas gift: Prosthetic Stormtrooper hand
Amazing where 3-D printing is adding value. I can only imagine the future opportunities.
A $10,000 donation let Maryland church members choose how to give.
Source: An anonymous donor gave everyone in church $100 — and 100 good deeds were the result
So many good quotes — and ideas — in this one.
Eureka Police Chief Steve Watson spreads holiday cheer. | Ryan Burns Eureka Police Chief Steve Watson and Public Information Officer Brittany Powell were playing unofficial Santa
What a great idea.
The bears were hand-sewn with love and kindness by one of his fellow DC police officers.
Source: Bears made with late officer’s uniform given to his twins
Very fitting. (Pictures of the bears included at the linked article.)
A Melbourne charity plays Santa Claws, throwing a Christmas party to ensure disadvantaged pets have a happy howliday.
Source: Pets of the Homeless Christmas party helps animals doing it ruff
What a cool idea for the pets and owners alike.
The customer left a note on the receipt saying he grew up dirt poor and that he hoped this would help the staff have a better Christmas.
Source: $3,000 Christmas tip left at Bellevue cafe
In a rare case of “coming out”, the customer explained his actions on the radio. Very cool.
“He was about to pass out. So I had to do it immediately.”
Source: Boy Scout saves classmate’s life in the cafeteria
Well done!
(PS: I originally had this one scheduled for yesterday, but the timeliness of yesterday’s scout bumped it ahead. I love the serendipity of two scouting-related stories back-to-back, though.)