Not All News is Bad!

When Jimmy Lippert Thyden met his birth mother for the first time since he was snatched from her arms as a newborn, he held her and wept.

Source: He was stolen from his Chilean mother at birth — then found her 42 years later

Very cool.

Plucky West Virginian EV company ZEV has announced what it claims is a radically more affordable ride-in vehicle for wheelchair users than anything else on the market. This US$9,900 ZEV 511 is a fully-enclosed urban getabout with a practical range.

Source: ZEV debuts an affordable ride-in nano-van for wheelchair users

A pretty nifty approach.

We talked to Keith Thomas, the first paralysis patient to receive a movement and feeling-restoring double neural bypass surgery.

Source: For the First Time, AI Brain Chips Allow Paralyzed Man to Move and Feel Again

Amazing.

An abused, stray mutt kept trying to move himself into a senior care facility. So the nurses there had to figure out what to do about him.

Source: Dog repeatedly escapes Up North shelter, sneaks into nursing home

What a cool story.

Joan Potters’ room has transformed into a makeshift workshop — colorful fabric swatches and sewing tools on nearly every surface.

Source: San Antonio woman in her 90s spends her time crafting dog beds for animal shelter

Very cool.

After generations of inaction and very few novel ideas, researchers and activists are hopeful a new path is being charted in understanding and treating the crippling chronic condition

Source: ‘It’s really only the beginning’: are we on the cusp of a breakthrough in endometriosis?

So important and hopeful for so many.

When deputies in New Mexico were called to a home for a welfare check, they didn’t know what to expect — but they helped a veteran in a way he’s grateful for.

Source: Sheriff’s office deputies help veteran with yardwork

Nice.

Edison Juel’s lemonade stand fundraiser on Saturday helped raise over $17,000 for victims of the devasting wildfires in Lahaina Maui. Here’s how it came about.

Source: A 5-year-old’s lemonade stand in Seattle raised over $17,000 for victims of Maui wildfires

The worst brings out the best…

Patsy Gregory, from Lancashire, flew to South Carolina to meet Carol-Ann Krause, her pen pal since 1955.

Source: Lancashire and South Carolina pen pals of 70 years meet for first time

Sweet.

New IEA figures show the industry is bouncing back from pandemic-related delays and supply-chain woes, thanks in large part to onshore wind growth.

Source: Chart: Global renewables deployments to hit record levels in 2023

Very encouraging.