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Good News Roundup for October 25, 2022 [1]
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Date: 2022-10-25
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Good news in politics
Pelosi to meet Ukrainian officials in Croatia
Nancy truly is Wonder Woman! From goading tfg to standing firm for Ukraine, she’s an unstoppable force.
From The Hill:
Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) is scheduled to meet with Ukrainian officials during a summit in Croatia this week that is focused on Russia’s aggression against Ukraine. The First Parliamentary Summit of the International Crimea Platform is slated to take place in Zagreb, Croatia, on Oct. 25. Pelosi will take part in bilateral meetings with high-level officials from Ukraine and Croatia, according to the Speaker’s office. She is also scheduled to participate in a press conference with Croatian Prime Minister Andrej Plenković and will deliver remarks at the summit on Tuesday focused on “America’s unbreakable commitment to Ukraine.” Ukraine created the International Crimea Platform last year with hopes that it would help repair the sovereignty and territorial integrity of Ukraine, according to Pelosi’s office. This week’s summit, the first of its kind, will be centered on Russia’s aggressive behavior against Ukraine, including Moscow’s annexation of Crimea in 2014 and the country’s invasion of Ukraine, which has been ongoing since February.
[Lexington KY] Herald-Leader endorses Booker for Senate
Wouldn’t it be loverly not to have to see Rand Paul’s famously punchable face on the news any more?
From Forward Kentucky:
The Lexington Herald-Leader today released their endorsement in the upcoming race for United States Senate, and the editorial is both an endorsement for Charles Booker and a scathing rebuke of incumbent Rand Paul. Their endorsement opens thusly: Charles Booker’s quest to become the first progressive, Black U.S. Senator in Kentucky history may be quixotic. His emphasis on ideals like reproductive rights, income inequality, education, healthcare, and the Green New Deal may not appeal to a broad array of Kentuckians.
But Booker deserves your vote because he’s trying to help people, which is more than we can say for incumbent Sen. Rand Paul. He declined to meet with the Herald-Leader editorial board because of a reference in one column to the assault against him by his neighbor. Meanwhile, his idea of leadership is to see how many times he can gig Dr. Anthony Fauci over COVID vaccines or get his wife to make fun of trans kids while filing legislation to hurt them.
Miami Herald recommends Charlie Crist for Florida governor
Let’s hope this message reaches a lot of Florida voters.
🎩 to Carla in Sequim for posting this in a comment in Saturday’s Evening Shade.
From The Miami Herald: Gov. Ron DeSantis’ Florida is a place of meanness. It’s a place where dissent is muzzled, where personal rights triumph over the greater good, where winning is more important than unity — especially if that victory moves him closer to a White House run.
That’s not the Florida we had four years ago. And it’s not a Florida that voters should tolerate for the next four years. There’s a far better choice in the Nov. 8 election: Democrat Charlie Crist.
DeSantis’ first term in office has been defined by stunt after stunt and made-for-Fox-News grandstanding as he claims successive wins in the culture wars created by the politics of division that he exploits for his own gain. Meanwhile, real crises such as the lack of affordable housing and property insurance are barely addressed.
Monmouth poll: Trump Should Testify to Jan. 6 Committee
Of course it’s disappointing that the numbers for “Is directly responsible” and “Should be criminally charged” aren’t larger, but the demand that he testify is encouraging.
From Monmouth University:
Six in 10 Americans (60%) say Trump should have to testify before the House Committee investigating the Jan. 6 attack. This includes 89% of Democrats and 61% of independents. Just one-third of the public (34%) says he should not have to appear, which includes 67% of Republicans. If Trump does testify, partisans of all stripes agree that his appearance should occur at a public hearing – 77% overall, including 8 in 10 Democrats and independents and nearly two-thirds of Republicans.
Bipartisan Majority of Voters Want to Protect Access to Contraception
This doesn’t surprise me, but it’s good to see it in a poll.
From Data for Progress:
Eighty-two percent of voters support [the Right to Contraception Act], by a +72-point margin, including Democrats by a +84-point margin, Independents by a +68-point margin, and Republicans by a +61-point margin. This overwhelming support holds true across gender as well, with women supporting the bill by a +74-point margin and men supporting by a +69-point margin.
🍿 Repugnant Republicans Rushing toward Ruin 🍿
Trump biographer says ex-president is ready to accuse his long-time accountant Allen Weisselberg of lying
A typical Trumpian mash-up of vengefulness, stupidity, and futility.
From Raw Story:
The Trump Organization fraud trial began in New York on Monday with jury selection and once that is in place, they'll begin with the case against the former president's company allegedly giving out sweet perks that were never taxed. "I think they're going to be worried about Allen Weissberg because Allen was Fred Trump's accountant before he was Donald Trump's CFO, and he knows where all the financial bodies are buried, and I think they're worried about his testimony to the point that they've already signaled they're going to accuse him of lying," said Trump biographer Tim O'Brien, who has been sued by Trump. He went on to explain that it's an "extraordinary posture" for Trump's legal team to take given Allen Weisselberg has done everything possible not to sell out the Trumps. But his testimony will be critical in the case. "It doesn't really behoove the Trump Organization to alienate Allen Weisselberg but they've chosen to go that route and I think it suggests they understand how damaging he could be. He's the wildcard in all of this," said O'Brien.
Super PAC Aligned With Senate G.O.P. Cuts Off New Hampshire TV Ads
From The New York Times:
In a sign that New Hampshire is at risk of falling off the map of Senate battleground states, the main super PAC aligned with Senate Republicans said on Friday that it was canceling $5.6 million in television ads that it had reserved in the state for the final two weeks of the race. Republicans in New Hampshire, which was once seen as one of the party’s top chances to pick up a seat in 2022, nominated Don Bolduc, a Trump-style retired Army general, to run against Senator Maggie Hassan, a Democrat. Mr. Bolduc has sparred with the state’s popular governor, Chris Sununu, a Republican who tagged Mr. Bolduc in turn as a “conspiracy-theory extremist.” National Republicans had spent money late in the race to prevent Mr. Bolduc’s nomination, but he won the primary in September anyway.
Abbott campaign sends out fake handwritten letter
🎩 to Progressive Muse, who posted this ridiculous self-own by Greg Abbott’s campaign in the comments on Saturday’s GNR. Hey, guys, if your supporters aren’t willing to volunteer to send out handwritten letters on your behalf, don’t send out fake ones. And definitely don’t send one to the father of a Uvalde victim.
I am poking around social media to see if the Texas campaign has wrapped up or if more addresses are coming, but I don’t see any comments either way. In the meantime, we can point and laugh at Abbott’s cheesy attempt at a “handwritten” message to voters. It’s not even wrong Comic Sans. This tweet is from the father of one of the Uvalde victims: x 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
Oh @GregAbbott_TX….Did your people seriously not think about who they were sending this to? pic.twitter.com/6KIoenfko4 — Brett Cross (@BCross052422) October 21, 2022
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Good news from my corner of the world
Starbucks in SE Portland goes on strike!
In my GNRs, I frequently celebrate the strikes against abusive mega-corporations that are happening all around the world. And now I can celebrate one in my very own neighborhood!
Initial Research on [Oregon] Measure 110 Finds No Correlation Between Drug Decriminalization and Calls for Police Service
From Willamette Week:
[Measure 110] decriminalized possession for personal consumption of many drugs, including methamphetamine and heroin, and diverted most of the state’s recreational cannabis tax revenue to new referral and treatment services for substance abusers. Decriminalization began in February 2021; treatment funds are only now beginning to flow. RTI International, an independent, nonpartisan research firm based in North Carolina’s Research Triangle, got an interesting assignment earlier this year: Figure out how well Measure 110 is working. ✂️ Hope Smiley-McDonald, a sociologist and director of RTI’s Investigative Sciences program, led the first of a series of looks at Measure 110. ✂️ [From the interview with Smiley-McDonald:] What surprised you about what you found? Bottom line: We’re really not seeing any change in Portland’s calls for service initiated by the public after Measure 110 was enacted. It’s pretty surprising to see that Portland mirrors its sister cities because there is a perception that, after Measure 110, crimes have increased and the public is no longer as supportive as in 2020.
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Good news from around the nation
Voter fraud charges dismissed against Hervis Rogers, Houston man who waited hours to vote in 2020
🎩 to hpg for highlighting this good news in Sunday’s Evening Shade.
From The Texas Tribune:
Voter fraud charges against Hervis Rogers, who garnered widespread attention for waiting hours in line to vote at a Houston polling location during the March 2020 presidential primary, have been dismissed. Attorney General Ken Paxton ordered Rogers’ arrest in July 2021 on charges that he voted while on parole. Over a year later, after the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals reiterated that the attorney general doesn’t have the ability to unilaterally prosecute election crimes, a district court judge has dropped the two counts of illegal voting against Rogers. “I am thankful that justice has been done,” Rogers said in a statement. After serving time for a 1995 burglary conviction, Rogers had been out on parole since 2004. His parole ended in June 2020. In Texas, knowingly voting while on parole or probation is a second-degree felony, which could result in up to 20 years in prison. But Rogers said he wasn’t aware of his ineligibility, and advocates pointed to the fact that he had waited for six hours to vote — while working two jobs, including one that starts at 6 a.m. — as evidence of this. Rogers is over 60 years old, so a conviction could have resulted in what amounted to a life sentence. “It has been horrible to go through this, and I am so glad my case is over. I look forward to being able to get back to my life,” he added in the statement.
Justice Department Files Lawsuit Challenging Policy Barring Native Americans From Accessing South Dakota Hotel and Sports Lounge
I posted the original story about this hotel when the news first broke, and I’m delighted to see the DOJ filing a lawsuit against the racist owners.
From Justice.gov:
The Justice Department filed a lawsuit today against the owners and operators of the Grand Gateway Hotel, and the Cheers Sports Lounge and Casino, a sports bar that operates within the hotel, located in Rapid City, South Dakota. The lawsuit alleges that the defendants discriminated against Native American customers in violation of Title II of the Civil Rights Act of 1964… ✂️ “Restricting access to a hotel based on a person’s race is prohibited by federal law,” said U.S. Attorney Alison J. Ramsdell for the District of South Dakota. “At the U.S. Attorney’s Office, we are called to ensure that individuals are treated equally at public accommodations in South Dakota. We are committed to protecting that fundamental right for Native Americans.” ✂️ Specifically, the complaint alleges that on March 20, Connie Uhre told other Rapid City hotel owners and managers that she did “not want to allow Natives on property...The problem is we do not know the nice ones from the bad natives…so we just have to say no to them!” That same day, Connie Uhre allegedly posted a statement in a comment thread from her Facebook account announcing that “we will no longer allow any Native American [sic]” in the Grand Gateway or in the Cheers Sports Lounge and Casino. The complaint further alleges that on at least two occasions on March 21 and March 22, respectively, the defendants turned away Native Americans who sought to book a room in the Grand Gateway.
Black Residents Are Actually Benefiting from Washington’s Spectacular New Park
It’s good news when expensive projects to create public spaces actually help people in the surrounding communities. The key here was getting early involvement from those communities.
From Reasons to Be Cheerful:
11th Street Bridge Park rendering. 104 (and counting) DC natives...have successfully purchased a home with the help of the Ward 8 Home Buyers Club. The program was launched in 2015 by DC affordable housing developer Manna Homes and the nonprofit behind the planned $92 million 11th Street Bridge Park along the Anacostia riverfront. The sweeping public space will be built atop the leftover pillars of a demolished highway bridge. The nonprofit, Building Bridges Across the River (BBAR), supports the club as a tool to help legacy DC residents obtain a slice of growing equity as the park inches along from concept through planning and toward construction. “We know that these kinds of signature parks will increase property values nearby, anywhere from 20 percent to, in the High Line’s case, 103 percent,” says Scott Kratz, senior vice president of BBAR, referring to the wildly popular infrastructure reuse project that opened in New York City in 2009. The High Line has been criticized for not doing enough to stave off gentrification while rising rents displaced longtime residents from surrounding neighborhoods. “For us it was, how do we work early, intentionally and with the community driving this process, and how do we think early — well before whatever the investment is realized and opens to the public — about how this is gonna impact nearby residents?” explains Kratz, who is also director of 11th Street Bridge Park.
Introducing Democracy’s Library
I often sing the praises of the Internet Archive because it’s such a great idea and it’s so amazingly well curated and maintained. Here’s another reason to love them.
From Internet Archive:
Democracies need an educated citizenry to thrive. In the 21st century, that means easy access to reliable information online for all. To meet that need, the Internet Archive is building Democracy’s Library—a free, open, online compendium of government research and publications from around the world. “Governments have created an abundance of information and put it in the public domain, but it turns out the public can’t easily access it,” said Internet Archive founder Brewster Kahle, who is spearheading the effort to collect materials for the digital library. By having a wealth of public documents curated and searchable through a single interface, citizens will be able to leverage useful research, learn about the workings of their government, hold officials accountable, and be more informed voters. Too often, the best information on the internet is locked behind paywalls, said Kahle, who has helped create the world’s largest digital library.
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Good news from around the world
The online guide Russians use to escape Putin’s war
Putin is fighting a 19th century war, but the Ukrainians are resisting with 21st century tools.
From The Washington Post:
In late September, as rumors swirled that Russian President Vladimir Putin would mobilize men into military service, [Ivan] Polkanov — a Rubik’s cube gold medalist — started planning his escape into Kazakhstan. He had questions big and small: What documents would he need? Where could he get groceries? What would the culture be like in his new home? Polkanov found answers on Relocation.Guide. It’s an online community that started in February with 10 people and has grown into a behemoth 3,000-plus page resource, with over 50 chat channels on the encrypted messaging application Telegram. It has drawn millions of page views per month, its founder said, and counts more than 200,000 members who can use it to orchestrate every detail of their escape from Russia. ✂️ Getting accurate information in Russia during the war has been difficult. News sites like the BBC have been blocked, along with the social media sites Facebook and Instagram. Telegram has remained online, becoming a central way people access and share information.
With U.S. nudges, Google and others aim to help Iranian protesters
Good for Biden for providing immediate support to the Iranian protestors, a path that Obama didn’t take during the protests in 2009.
From The Washington Post:
Though Yasmin Green fled Iran with her parents at 3 years old, she has never been more involved in the struggles of its people. Recently elevated to chief executive of an elite research team at Google, Green, now 40, has refocused that New York group, known as Jigsaw, on aiding oppressed populations as well as fending off attacks on more open societies. Now one of the unit’s products, a free virtual private network (VPN) that lets users hide their internet tracks better than most paid versions, is surging in Iran, helping participants in the most widespread protests there in years evade a growing crackdown on communications. … The VPN, called Outline, is available on its own as an app or web download and in versions distributed by third parties such as nthLink, a company that receives U.S. government funding. The firm says monthly users of Outline in Iran have soared tenfold in two months, to 2.4 million unique devices in September. The government backing for nthLink comes as the Biden administration steps up its efforts to assist Iranians supportive of the protests. Top White House officials have said they are trying to heed the lessons of the 2009 Iran protests over disputed elections, when government forces brutally cracked down, but the Obama administration did not weigh in publicly for the first several days of the protests before eventually condemning the Iranian government.
Thousands Rally in Berlin, Elsewhere in Support of Iranian Women
More and more people are standing up and speaking out against oppression.
From VOA News:
Thousands of Iranians were among an estimated 80,000 people who joined in a rally Saturday in Berlin, the largest of several protests in cities around the world showing solidarity with women-led protests in Iran. Iranians traveled to Berlin for the protests and were in other demonstrations in Sweden, Italy, France, Switzerland and other European cities, photos show. Protests were also reported in London, Toronto, Washington and Los Angeles. Music played, including the song "For Freedom," which has become a symbol of the nationwide protests of Iranians. And various groups chanted together "Death to the Islamic Republic." ✂️ Anti-government activists said the Berlin march was the largest ever demonstration against the Islamic Republic by Iranians abroad.
Here’s what it looked like. And be sure to click the link on the video.
Makeup-free Miss England finalist defies ‘unrealistic beauty standards’
I absolutely love this story! It warms my heart to the core to see young women refusing to accept the unrealistic beauty standards that so many women my age have been intimidated and shamed by all our lives.
From The Washington Post:
Melisa Raouf used to spend three hours perfecting her makeup because she didn’t feel confident in her natural beauty. But as other contestants put on theirs in preparation for the Miss England pageant this week, Raouf faced the competition without it. In doing so, Raouf, 20, became the first makeup-free participant in the Miss England competition’s 94-year history, making her a face of a bare-face movement that has resonated with women around the world. It was a challenge to herself, Raouf said, after years of feeling shy and insecure, discouraged by a social media ecosystem overrun by meticulously edited and filtered pictures. “Women are pressured to look a certain way because of society’s narrow perception of beauty and perfection, and they’re often scrutinized for not conforming to them,” she said in an interview. “I wanted to challenge these unrealistic beauty standards by taking that bare-face round to the next level.” ✂️ Raouf, a political science student at King’s College London, said she wanted to inspire girls who, like her, felt they couldn’t measure up.
More good news from England:
The free online course that teaches you how to decode the media
This is a great idea that needs to be implemented in the U.S., too.
From Positive News:
If you find the mainstream news depressing, you’re not alone. Thirty-eight per cent of us now avoid the news, up from 29 per cent in 2017, according to a recent survey by the Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism. A News Literacy Network has launched to tackle this problem, aiming to teach people how to engage with the news without becoming overwhelmed with negative feelings. The not-for-profit organisation will help people develop the critical skills from an early age to understand what the role of the news is, what impact it has on us, and crucially, to know where else to look to develop a more accurate worldview. ✂️ As well as offering a free ‘Get News Lit’ digital course, the network is a comprehensive resource for educators and parents, connecting them to the kind of solutions-focused journalism that Positive News pioneered. The News Literacy Network has also partnered with three schools in south London to run a six-week pilot programme for sixth form students, training them in news literacy. The ultimate aim is to open up the course for parents in a nationwide news literacy programme rolled out in libraries across the country.
🎩 to BeeD, who posted this in the comment section of Evening Shade last Friday:
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Good news in medicine
COVID may have pushed a leading seasonal flu strain to extinction
From Ars Technica:
The pandemic coronavirus's debut wrought universal havoc—not even seasonal flu viruses were spared. Amid travel restrictions, quarantines, closures, physical distancing, masking, enhanced hand washing, and disinfection, the 2020-2021 flu season was all but canceled. That meant not just an unprecedented global decrease in the number of people sick with the flu but also a dramatic collapse in the genetic diversity of circulating flu strains. Many subtypes of the virus all but vanished. But most notably, one entire lineage—one of only four flu groups targeted by seasonal influenza vaccines—went completely dark, seemingly extinct. Researchers noted the absence last year as the flu was still struggling to recover from its pandemic knockout. But now, the flu has come roaring back and threatens to cause a particularly nasty season in the Northern Hemisphere. Still, the influenza B/Yamagata lineage remains missing, according to a study published this week in the journal Eurosurveillance. It has not been definitively detected since April 2020. And the question of whether it has truly gone extinct lingers. What B/Yamagata's absence might mean for future flu seasons and flu shots also remains an open question. For a quick refresher: Four main types of seasonal flu have been circulating globally among humans in recent years. Two are influenza type A viruses: subtypes of H1N1 viruses and H3N2 viruses. The other two are influenza type B viruses: offshoots of the Victoria and Yamagata lineages. (For a more detailed explanation of influenza, check out our explainer here.) Current quadrivalent vaccines target season-specific versions of each of these four types of flu viruses. ✂️ The researchers call for flu surveillance laboratories to increase efforts to detect any Yamagata cases to determine if it's truly gone or just lying low.
With this bionic nose, COVID survivors may small the roses again
From IEEE Spectrum:
Richard Costanzo [left] and Daniel Coelho [right] demonstrate the external components of their olfactory prosthetic. In a complete system, after the sensor detects an odor, the transmitter would send a signal to a stimulator implanted in the brain. Richard Costanzo stands beside a mannequin head sporting spectacles decked with electronics and holds a vial of blue liquid up to a tiny sensor. An LED glows blue, and Costanzo’s phone displays the word “Windex.” Then he waves a vial of purple liquid and gets a purple light along with the message “Listerine.” “There won’t be Scotch tape on the final model,” says Costanzo, as he rearranges the gear in his lab at Virginia Commonwealth University (VCU), in Richmond. The prototype is a partial demonstration of a concept that he’s been working on for decades: a neuroprosthetic for smell. The mannequin represents someone who has lost their sense of smell to COVID-19, brain injury, or some other medical condition. It is also intended to show off the sensor, which is the same type used for commercial electronic noses, or e-noses. In the final product, the sensor won’t light up an LED but will instead send a signal to the user’s brain. In the lab’s back room, another model shows the second half of the concept: There, the e-nose sensor transmits its signal to a small array of electrodes taken from a cochlear implant. For people with hearing loss, such implants feed information about sound to the inner ear and then to the brain. The implant is also about the right size for the olfactory bulb on the edge of the brain. Why not use it to convey information about odor?
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Good news in science
This sustainable solar panel can go on buildings or your clothes
From The Optimist Daily:
When you see the new sunlight-absorbing material developed by Carvey Ehren Maigue, an engineering student from the Philippines, the colors might remind you of the Aurora Borealis. In fact, Auroras were what inspired Maigue when he named his new game-changing material, AuREUS. This is a new highly absorbent solar material with incredible flexibility and applications. The material is made from the luminescent particles of fruit and vegetable waste, using the produce’s natural photoreceptive compounds to absorb more light, and they look like any flexible neon-colored plexiglass. Like plants, the revolutionary material is able to absorb sparsely available sunlight, meaning that it will be able to take in small amounts of ultraviolet light and convert it to energy, even on a cloudy day. In 2020, this invention won Maigue the James Dyson Foundation Sustainability Award. The material is very easily manipulated, like plastic, and can be molded to assume many shapes and purposes. To obtain resources for the AuREUS’ production, Maigue and his team used crops that were uprooted and unsellable after major natural disasters, such as typhoons. The team crushed the crops, pureed them, filtered them, extracting luminescent particles from the crops with the highest potential, and then put them in a resin.
Good news for the environment
Seastock completes first harvest of methane-reducing seaweed asparagopsis in Western Australia
From ABC Australia:
The first commercial harvest of the methane-busting seaweed asparagopsis has occurred at the Abrolhos Islands off the coast of Geraldton in Western Australia. Australian researchers have found, when added to the feed of cattle and other ruminant stock, the native seaweed can virtually eliminate methane emissions. Asparagopsis seaweed Three hundred kilograms of naturally occurring seaweed has been harvested from an Abrolhos aquaculture farm for Seastock, which is currently the only West Australian company with a licence to do so. Managing director Tom Puddy said demand for the seaweed had been strong. "We have got a lot of hungry customers within Australia and globally that are really keen to implement their methane-reduction strategies," Mr Puddy said. "It is quite well known that ruminant-fed animals expel methane, they burp it out, and it is a big contributor to global warming along with other industries as well," he said. "This is one step in helping our environment going forward." The seaweed has been harvested, spun to remove water, and packed into locally produced canola oil. Seastock will sell the processed product for $50 a kilogram to three customers including a major dairy producer who will use it in commercial trials. While still in its infancy, the Australian Sustainable Seaweed Alliance has forecast the asparagopsis industry will be worth as much as $100 million by 2025.
EU mandates single charger for mobile devices
Although this will initially mean that a lot of chargers will be discarded, it will eventually lower the number of obsolete chargers tossed into landfills, as well as saving money for consumers.
From Deutsche Welle:
The European Parliament approved a law on [October 4] that will require companies to ensure that every smartphone, tablet and camera has the same charger. The rule, which goes into effect in 2024, will likely have the biggest impact on Apple and its products. The tech giant will be forced to change its charging port to the more common USB-C format. Apple had long fought against the switch, arguing that it would create mountains of electronic waste. Despite this, some analysts believe it will actually boost the sale of newer Apple products, as consumers will be keen to purchase those with a USB-C connection. E-readers, earbuds and other similar devices that require charging will also be affected, so large companies such as Samsung, Huawei and Amazon will also have to contend with the changes. The proposal has been discussed for years in the European Union after consumers began to complain about the number of different chargers they needed for their devices. The Europe Commission has estimated that the single charger will save Europeans about €250 million ($247.3 million). A 2019 study carried out by the Commission showed that about half the phones being sold in the European Union had a USB micro-B connector, while 29% had USB-C, and 21% had an Apple Lightning charger.
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Good news for and about animals
Brought to you by Rosy, Nora, and Rascal.
Rosy is very impressed by Dexter. What a resourceful pup!
Dexter the Dog: Walking through life's obstacles on his hind legs
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And Rosy gets an extra item today. 🎩 to Carla in Sequim for sharing this delightful tweet in the comments on Friday’s Evening Shade. BTW, Nate Mook has been the CEO of World Central Kitchen since its earliest days and is now in the process of leaving. (More info here.)
x I’ve never seen anything like this. Yesterday we installed a displaced pet feeding station in Kramatorsk (with your support!). This morning, the Ukrainian dogs waited in line to eat. 🇺🇦🐕 pic.twitter.com/5aEDCvUE2n — Nate Mook (@natemook) October 20, 2022
Nora chose this amazing story. Although she assures me that she’s not amazed, even though I sure am.
Watch This Cat Shock Her Family by Ringing the Doorbell After Going Missing for Days
From Daily Paws:
After going missing on New York's Long Island for four days, Lily the cat reunited with her family in the most courteous way—by ringing the doorbell. Lily, 8, was nowhere to be found after recently exploring her new stomping grounds, PIX11 reported. Stefanie Whitley, Lily's owner, told the news station that Lily had always loved going outside and exploring. When Whitley's family moved to a new neighborhood in Mastic Beach, she was worried how Lily would react to the unfamiliar surroundings. Sure enough, two weeks after the family's move, their beloved cat went missing. ✂️ Presuming their cherished pet was gone for good, nothing could have prepared Whitley and family for the moment Lily made her triumphant return. Sitting at home one night, the family was spooked when its doorbell rang. They were confused about who was at their door so late, and when the Ring doorbell's camera pulled up on their TV screen, they couldn't believe their eyes. Right in front of them batting at the doorbell was none other than Lily. The reaction was priceless. "We all gasped. We were laughing. We were emotional. We were crying. It was a great moment," Whitley told PIX11. x YouTube Video
Rascal knows we all need to chill out these days, so he chose to share this lovely video. I highly recommend it for whenever you’re feeling anxious and overwhelmed.
Watch the Mesmerizing Video of Thousands of Birds Swerving in Murmurations Over the Sea
A photographer has captured the mesmerizing sight of thousands of birds flying in Britain. Photographer and guide Paul Goldstein says he has visited Snettisham Nature Reserve literally hundreds of times, yet is always intoxicated by the spectacle. The Wimbledon-based cameraman says several times a year “vast murmurations of waders, particularly knots,” perform magical formations and patterns over the Wash estuary along the east coast of England in Norfolk. x YouTube Video
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Hot lynx
nymag.com/… ‘We Have Broken the Wall of Fear’. Iranian protestors in their own words.
www.npr.org/… A new mental health hotline is focusing on providing support to farmers and ranchers. This kind of support for farmers and ranchers, who usually live far away from mental health services, is long overdue.
www.goodgoodgood.co/… An Evolving Role for Colleges: Training People Recovering From Substance Abuse Disorders To Be Part of Treatment Teams. A win-win idea.
www.npr.org/… The Ice Bucket Challenge wasn't just for social media. It helped fund a new ALS drug. “$2.2 million of funds that were raised from the Ice Bucket Challenge went into funding the development and trial of the new drug that the Food and Drug Administration approved...for treatment of ALS.”
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