A Daily Antidote to Everything Else
A group in Central Oregon is pulling a lot of trash – and some treasures – out of the Deschutes River. Sometimes it’s to help retrieve lost valuable items. Other times it’s to satisfy their own cur…
Source: From gold to guns: Loot the Deschutes finds both trash and treasure
Cool for several reasons.
‘Exciting’ development could revolutionise reconstructive surgery
Source: World-first as doctors transplant 3D printed ear made of human cells
Pretty amazing.
A new gene therapy shrank the tumors of a woman with pancreatic cancer. Researchers think it has the potential to benefit millions more people.
Source: Experimental approach to treating pancreatic cancer heralded as a success
Exciting!
“I don’t know why more people don’t do this,” Rita Collins, who has visited over 30 states in the mobile bookstore since 2015, tells TODAY.
Source: This 70-year-old woman drives cross-country in a bookstore on wheels
What a cool idea.
Joey the rescue puppy is living at Vintage Pet Rescue — a retirement home for dogs — until he is ready to be adopted
Source: ‘Happy’ Puppy Born Without Front Legs Brings ‘New Life’ to Senior Dog Rescue in Rhode Island
Wow!
Playgrounds at about 300 schools have been renovated, benefiting students but also addressing the climate crisis
Source: Out with asphalt: US schoolyards transformed into green oases – in pictures
Beautiful.
A Colton woman made a startling discovery after bringing home a set of sofas she found on Craigslist: more than $36,000 in cash hidden inside one of the cushions.
Source: Southern California woman finds $36K in cash hidden inside couch acquired through Craigslist
Wow!
In 2015, Ms. McAllister opened Laughing Bear Bakery in St. Louis, a nonprofit business where a criminal record is required to land the job.
Source: Laughing Bear Bakery Has a Recipe for a Fresh Start Out of Prison
Nice.
A pop-up “corgi cafe” in London was one of the more unusual jubilee events.
Source: Corgis play a starring role in Queen Elizabeth II’s Platinum Jubilee celebrations
Corgis, of course!
A Russian woman living in Burgundy wanted to help pet dogs of Ukraine and their human companions get to safety. She turned to a Facebook group for lovers of a famous dog breed to find them.
Source: How a Facebook page for Irish setter lovers helped Ukrainians flee with their dogs
Social media being used for good.