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From the GNR Newsroom, its the Monday Good News Roundup [1]
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Date: 2023-06-26
Welcome back friends to the Monday Good News Roundup, all the good news collected by us at the GNR newsroom (myself, Killer300 and Bhu) to start your week off right.
I’m on vacation this week. Its my birthday Tuesday (the big four Oh), and its also the one year anniversary of me moving into my new apartment. In other news I found out what was causing my recent bouts of diarrhea and gas; Its these calcium vitamins that I had been taking to strengthen my teeth (Be careful with over the counter vitamins kids). And I think that covers pretty much everything worth covering from my personal life, so onto the news.
Hundreds of supporters of Tunisia’s main opposition coalition have rallied to demand freedom for about 20 imprisoned opponents of President Kais Saied. Amidst a heavy security deployment, the opposition coalition under the name of the National Salvation Front organised a vigil on Sunday in front of the municipal theatre in the centre of the capital, Tunis.
All over the world people are speaking out for freedom. I hope things work out for our friends in Tunsia.
Last month, hundreds of childcare workers, families and children gathered in front of City Hall in Philadelphia for a Day without Childcare and a demand for better wages. It was a rousing, passionate event. A lead organizer of the event — and a third-generation childcare provider — Shineal Hunter, was thrilled. “This is a grassroots effort,” she said. “It’s just a beginning, a starting point to educate as many providers, parents and stakeholders and get them to jump on board. This whole opportunity is allowing me to see how much power we have to make change happen. We just have to join together and speak up.”
We are seeing it more and more; when workers come together they can get things done and change the world for the better. Lets keep it up.
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. – A federal judge has permanently blocked the country's first law banning gender-affirming care for minors, signaling a victory for LGBTQ advocates. The ruling by U.S. District Judge James Moody Jr. on Tuesday says the state of Arkansas violated several sections of the U.S. Constitution when it banned all gender-affirming treatments for people under 18. The 80-page ruling says depriving trans minors of treatments like hormone therapy would cause them irreparable harm, and that delaying care until adulthood would force teens to go through changes inconsistent with their gender identity.
The evil laws enacted by these evil people will never stand up to true justice. Let them all crumple to dust.
U.S. senators on both sides of the aisle have recently proposed two bills to boost agrivoltaics, the double-duty climate solution that pairs solar panels (photovoltaics) with agriculture — or closely related land uses that benefit farmers and ecosystems. In May, senators Jeff Merkley (D-Oregon) and Cory Booker (D-New Jersey) introduced the Pollinator Power Act. Its passage would direct the U.S. Secretary of Agriculture to prioritize solar projects funded by the Rural Energy for America Program that create habitat for pollinators underneath the panels. Pollinators such as bees, butterflies and beetles are responsible for pollinating three-quarters of flowering plants and 35 percent of food crops, but populations are in striking decline, in major part because of habitat loss.
I recently heard a conversation on the bus about people mad about new solar panels being put in because they were “going to take up farm lands.” Even though that seemed like a rather flimsy complaint (why wasn’t it being used for farmland before now?) I feel like this is a good solution.
Preliminary data indicates a sharp decline in murder rates across major US cities.
Murder is down about 12 percent year-to-date in more than 90 cities.
Declines have been noted in New York City, Los Angeles, Houston, Philadelphia, Jackson, Atlanta, Little Rock, Minneapolis, and Milwaukee among others.
Always good news to hear fewer people are being killed.
Varda Space Industries launched its first in-orbit manufacturing spacecraft on board a SpaceX's Falcon 9 rocket.
The spacecraft is designed to produce pharmaceutical drugs in orbit.
If successful, this could open up a new frontier for pharmaceutical production leveraging the microgravity environment of space.
And this week on “I love living in the future”. Making medicine in space.
With that in mind, it’s worth taking a look at one of the biggest recent stories in corporate America that went largely unnoticed by the political world. Last Sunday, Francis deSouza resigned from his position as the CEO of Illumina, which is one of the most important medical technology firms in the world. Since 2019, deSouza had pursued a string of failed acquisitions, and ultimately his shareholders revolted. His most recent was an attempt to buy cancer test producer Grail, which was ruled unlawful by both European antitrust enforcers and the Federal Trade Commission’s Lina Khan.
Despite what the cynics say, the rich and powerful don’t always get away with everything.
Despite these heavy blows, Thailand’s prodemocratic forces adapted and innovated to survive. As fast as dictators are learning from each other, their opponents are adapting to and outsmarting their attacks. Faced with the creeping authoritarianism of former Serbian president Slobodan Milošević in the leadup to the 2000 election, my (Srdja Popovic’s) movement, Otpor! (Resistance!), crafted a four-part response: 1) uniting the opposition, 2) mobilizing young voters, 3) training thirty-thousand election monitors to document and prevent electoral fraud, and 4) combining mass protests with a general strike to force Milošević to concede once he had lost. The Thai opposition not only employed all of these tactics, but they developed several of their own: Recovering and regrouping. In the face of crackdowns, opposition parties came back stronger. The 2019 banning of the Future Forward party and jailing of its leadership led its MPs to form the Move Forward party under the leadership of the young and charismatic Pita Limjaroenrat. The other main opposition party, Pheu Thai, had seen two of its leaders—former prime ministers Thaksin Shinawatra and his sister Yingluck—ousted from power, prosecuted, and exiled. After regrouping, the party benefited from the leadership of Thaksin’s daughter, Paetongtarn Shinawatra. In both cases, government crackdowns backfired, sparking well-organized nationwide protests that shredded the regime’s popularity and inspired young Thais to enter politics.
You know what they say the devil works hard but angels work even harder. The tyrants and oppressors never miss a trick, but at the same time neither do we.
Great news if you want to greenify your living space but are unsure how.
lean energy is surging onto the grid as the sector drives a revitalization of American manufacturing. But though Washington, D.C. just launched this new era of industrial policy, threats to it still loom in the nation’s capital. The Inflation Reduction Act created long-sought incentives for domestic manufacturing and instituted decade-long support for clean energy deployment. But it left out reform to the permitting process, without which it could be impossible to actually build all the power plants and transmission lines needed to decarbonize the electricity and transportation sectors. And as thousands of new manufacturing jobs flow to red districts, Congressional Republicans are already attempting to roll back the newly minted incentives that enabled the industrial resurgence.
The IRA was a good first step, but there’s a lot more that needs to be done. And we will do it once we win back the house in 2024.
The problem Republicans have with young people is not messaging, though — it’s a fundamental misalignment in values and a lack of authentic, ethical, and trusted messengers who speak to the concerns of most Gen Zers.
Yeah pretty much this. The problem is the GOP has effed up this country and any chance for these kids to have any kind of a future. They can’t afford homes, they can’t afford food, and you see them only as worker drones or as baby factories. Nothing you say will change that and they are going to vote you out.
ATLANTA (AP) — Georgia’s State Election Board won’t take over running elections in the state’s most populous county, ending an investigation that had sparked fears of partisan meddling. The board voted unanimously on Tuesday to end its performance review of Fulton County nearly two years after it had begun.
Well definitely some good news there.
That “teenager” of legend no longer exists, if it ever did. Defying alarmist headlines, younger Millennial and Generation Z teenagers rarely commit crimes, have babies, engage in violence, drop out of school, or flounder in college. America’s calcified grown-up institutions—the media, interest groups, political leaders, etc.—remain distinctly uncomfortable with the “new teen” and unable to adapt to dynamic new realities. Placer’s youth revolution remains a secret, just as in communities across the country.
As I am often wont to say, the kids are alright.
So when Missouri’s abortion ban took effect after the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade last year, Barnes and Taves decided to fight back. Along with rabbis and ministers across several denominations, they joined a first-of-its-kind lawsuit arguing Missouri blurred the line between church and state, imposed a particular Christian idea of when life begins over the beliefs of other denominations, and threatened their ability to practice their religions.
Like I said, we never miss a trick either, and we wont go back.
Its that time once again friends, time for a GNR LIGHTNING ROUND!
What could go right? Moral breakdown!
worlds largest offshore wind farm completed
Reviving the lost waterways of India’s city of lakes
Rooftop solar grew 50 percent last year globally
Peak oil demand on horizon
surprising truth about which homes have heat pumps
how nutrition education for doctors is evolving
Super engineered vaccines helping end polio
90% of patients respond to new blood cancer treatment in trial
Tiny robots could stop bleeding from inside body using heat
Genome editing could create disease resistant rice
Switzerland referendum: Yes to carbon cuts
Turkmenistan moves towards plugging methane leaks
Women broke representation records in statehouses
Estonia legalizes same sex marriages
Student activists help pass Washington’s assault weapon ban
The mid career pivot to dream jobs.
UPS workers will get air conditioners in trucks
More states adopting Juneteenth as a holiday
That does it for this weeks lightning round, now back to our regular good news.
CHEYENNE, Wyo. -- Abortion pills will remain legal in Wyoming for now, after a judge ruled Thursday that the state’s first-in-the-nation law to ban them won’t take effect July 1 as planned while a lawsuit proceeds. Attorneys for Wyoming failed to show that the ban wouldn’t harm the plaintiffs before their lawsuit is resolved, Teton County Judge Melissa Owens ruled after hearing arguments from both sides. Meanwhile, those plaintiffs “have clearly showed probable success on the merits,” Owens said.
If there was a theme to this last week, I would call it “Judges have had enough of the GOP’s bullshit”.
See what I mean?
Federal Judge Gregory Presnell has placed a preliminary injunction on a Florida bill banning individuals under the age of 18 from attending drag performances. The law, dubbed the “Protection of Children Act,” would allow “the Department of Business and Professional Regulation to fine, suspend, or revoke the license of any public lodging, establishment, or public food service establishment if the establishment admits a child to an adult live performance.” DeSantis previously said that drag shows, which are covered by the ban, “sexualize” children.
One more to grow on. Honestly is anyone having a worse week than DeSantis?
Well, I can think of one guy…
The official plane of Russian President Vladimir Putin departed from Moscow before disappearing from radars. This was reported by Nexta on Telegram, according to Ukrinform. “Putin's personal plane has left Moscow,” the platform reported as of 14:45 Kyiv time. The map showing the flight path of the plane in question, tail number RSD697, was attached to the report, showing it heading northwest of Moscow. However, The Moscow Times, citing FlightRadar data, reported at 15:06 that the plane disappeared from radars.
Now, it doesn’t say if Putin was actually ON the plane, mind you. But the plane itself, and the plane of his VP and several others, just fucked off.
I think that having his own henchmen preparing to roll into Moscow to kill his ass might have made all of this a little too real for ol Rootin tootin Putin. Like its easy to pretend to be the big tough guy when you’re sitting in Moscow and fucking shit up remotely, but when the consequences of your actions start knocking on the door that’s an entirely different thing Isn’t it?
And what a fitting end if that is the case? The once mighty Vladimir Putin fleeing into the night, never to be heard from again. Good riddance says I.
Anyway, I think that does it for this weeks GNR. Everyone have a good rest of the week.
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