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Caring is an act of resistance in a system that thrives on indifference.
December 13, 2025 at 5:23 PM
Caring is an act of resistance in a system that thrives on indifference.
Japan’s Yokohama station widens rollout of food waste vending machines as Tokyo pushes to curb emissions www.eco-business.com/news/japans-...
Japan’s Yokohama widens rollout of food waste vending machines as Tokyo pushes to curb emissions
New station units offer unsold bakery items at reduced prices, part of Yokohama’s growing push to divert food waste under Japan’s climate goals.
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December 12, 2025 at 10:55 AM
Japan’s Yokohama station widens rollout of food waste vending machines as Tokyo pushes to curb emissions www.eco-business.com/news/japans-...
Indiana Republicans join Democrats rejecting Trump's requested voting map www.yahoo.com/news/article...
Indiana Republicans join Democrats rejecting Trump's requested voting map
The move comes after months of pressure by the US president to give Republicans an advantage in two new seats.
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December 12, 2025 at 1:57 AM
Indiana Republicans join Democrats rejecting Trump's requested voting map www.yahoo.com/news/article...
The Pennsylvania Department of Health (DOH) is investing another $3 million to provide free period products to students in all of Pennsylvania’s school districts www.pa.gov/agencies/hea...
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December 8, 2025 at 9:26 AM
The Pennsylvania Department of Health (DOH) is investing another $3 million to provide free period products to students in all of Pennsylvania’s school districts www.pa.gov/agencies/hea...
Faroe Islands scraps one of Europe's strictest abortion laws www.bbc.com/news/article... #goodnews
Faroe Islands scraps one of Europe's strictest abortion laws
Politicians in the self-governing Danish territory have voted to overturn legislation which banned abortion in most cases.
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December 8, 2025 at 9:25 AM
Faroe Islands scraps one of Europe's strictest abortion laws www.bbc.com/news/article... #goodnews
Delaware County made history by becoming the first Philadelphia suburb to declare itself a safe haven for LGBTQ+ folks and for transgender healthcare and healthcare providers. www.nbcphiladelphia.com/news/local/d...
Delco becomes first Philly suburb to be 'safe haven' for LGBTQ healthcare
On Wed. June 4, 2025, Delaware County made history by becoming the first Philadelphia suburb to declare itself a safe haven for the LGBTQ and for transgender healthcare and healthcare providers.
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December 8, 2025 at 9:23 AM
Delaware County made history by becoming the first Philadelphia suburb to declare itself a safe haven for LGBTQ+ folks and for transgender healthcare and healthcare providers. www.nbcphiladelphia.com/news/local/d...
Minneapolis police chief warns officers: Stop unlawful force by ICE or lose your job www.ms.now/news/minneap...
Minneapolis police chief warns officers: Stop unlawful force by ICE or lose your job
Chief Brian O’Hara says he’ll fire city police officers if they don’t intervene when immigration agents use unlawful force.
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December 7, 2025 at 12:02 AM
Minneapolis police chief warns officers: Stop unlawful force by ICE or lose your job www.ms.now/news/minneap...
Starbucks is set to pay approximately $35 million to more than 15,000 New York City employees following claims the coffee giant denied them stable schedules and arbitrarily reduced their working hours www.independent.co.uk/news/world/a...
Starbucks agrees to pay $38.9M to NYC workers over labor violations
The agreement comes as Starbucks’ union continues a nationwide strike at dozens of locations that began last month
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December 4, 2025 at 10:20 AM
Starbucks is set to pay approximately $35 million to more than 15,000 New York City employees following claims the coffee giant denied them stable schedules and arbitrarily reduced their working hours www.independent.co.uk/news/world/a...
Renewables overtake coal for first time on monthly basis in Australia’s main grid
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December 1, 2025 at 11:05 AM
Renewables overtake coal for first time on monthly basis in Australia’s main grid
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Researchers from U.S. and fishers from Mexico’s Gulf of California have developed solar-powered LED buoys that attach to gill nets to help reduce sea turtle bycatch by 63%.
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Solar-lit fishing nets cut sea turtle bycatch by 63%, Mexico trials show
In the waters off Isla el Pardito, where rocky reefs meet mangrove swamps in Mexico’s Gulf of California, marine biologists and veteran fishers are using the power of the sun to protect endangered sea...
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December 1, 2025 at 11:02 AM
Researchers from U.S. and fishers from Mexico’s Gulf of California have developed solar-powered LED buoys that attach to gill nets to help reduce sea turtle bycatch by 63%.
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Gaelic and Scots have now been recognised as official languages in Scotland
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Gaelic and Scots now recognised as official languages
The milestone is one of a number of new measures taking effect on St Andrew's Day from the Scottish Languages Act.
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December 1, 2025 at 10:09 AM
Gaelic and Scots have now been recognised as official languages in Scotland
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Virginia has received federal approval for its plan to connect about 133,000 residences, business and community buildings to high-speed internet service.
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Broadband expansion in Virginia can continue under federal program, Trump administration says
States had to rewrite their proposals for federal funding after the Commerce Department changed the program rules to put satellite internet companies on equal footing with fiber-optic cable provide…
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December 1, 2025 at 10:07 AM
Virginia has received federal approval for its plan to connect about 133,000 residences, business and community buildings to high-speed internet service.
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An actionable guide to the United Nations' Biodiversity Beyond National Jurisdiction Agreement for research scientists
The United Nations' “Biodiversity Beyond National Jurisdiction” (BBNJ) Agreement establishes a broad framework regulating activities—including scientific research—in marine Areas Beyond National Juri....
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November 29, 2025 at 5:37 PM
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Thanks to HPV vaccines, for the first time since cervical cancer rates began to be documented in 1982, there were no cervical cancer diagnoses in women under 25 in 2021 in Australia. www.news.com.au/lifestyle/he...
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November 29, 2025 at 4:52 PM
Thanks to HPV vaccines, for the first time since cervical cancer rates began to be documented in 1982, there were no cervical cancer diagnoses in women under 25 in 2021 in Australia. www.news.com.au/lifestyle/he...
Santa Fe is the first city in the United States to directly link wages to housing affordability, aiming to counter high rents by tying minimum wage increases to consumer prices as well as fair market rental prices. www.kcbd.com/2025/11/28/s...
Santa Fe tackles rental rates with first-in-US minimum wage approach
Santa Fe is the first city in the U.S. to directly link wages to housing affordability, aiming to counter high rents.
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November 28, 2025 at 7:51 PM
Santa Fe is the first city in the United States to directly link wages to housing affordability, aiming to counter high rents by tying minimum wage increases to consumer prices as well as fair market rental prices. www.kcbd.com/2025/11/28/s...
Pennsylvania signs the CROWN Act into law, making it the 28th state to officially prohibit discrimination based on a person's hair type, texture, or style. www.cbsnews.com/philadelphia...
Gov. Shapiro signs CROWN Act into law in Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania is the 28th state to pass the CROWN Act, which prohibits discrimination based on a person's hair style, type or texture.
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November 26, 2025 at 4:28 PM
Pennsylvania signs the CROWN Act into law, making it the 28th state to officially prohibit discrimination based on a person's hair type, texture, or style. www.cbsnews.com/philadelphia...
Judge dismisses Comey, James indictments after finding that prosecutor was illegally appointed www.yahoo.com/news/article...
Judge dismisses Comey, James indictments after finding that prosecutor was illegally appointed
A federal judge on Monday dismissed the criminal cases against former FBI Director James Comey and New York Attorney General Letitia James, concluding that the prosecutor who brought the charges at Pr...
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November 24, 2025 at 7:03 PM
Judge dismisses Comey, James indictments after finding that prosecutor was illegally appointed www.yahoo.com/news/article...
Massachusetts is turning retired cranberry bogs into natural wetlands. They’re on track to rewild 1,000 acres www.goodgoodgood.co/articles/mas... #goodnews
Massachusetts is turning retired cranberry bogs into natural wetlands. They’re on track to rewild 1,000 acres
The Division of Ecological Restoration has an ambitious pledge in the works when it comes to the state’s many cranberry bogs.
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November 24, 2025 at 9:34 AM
Massachusetts is turning retired cranberry bogs into natural wetlands. They’re on track to rewild 1,000 acres www.goodgoodgood.co/articles/mas... #goodnews
Federal government to require car companies to use female crash test dummies
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Federal government to require car companies to use female crash test dummies
Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy unveiled an advanced female crash test dummy — the THOR-05F — on Thursday.
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November 23, 2025 at 2:53 PM
Federal government to require car companies to use female crash test dummies
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NPR Wins Back $36 Million Contract That Was Yanked Under Pressure From Trump White House www.mediaite.com/lawcrime/npr... #goodnews
NPR Wins Back $36 Million Contract That Was Yanked Under Pressure From Trump White House
National Public Radio has secured a legal settlement restoring a multimillion-dollar contract that was revoked under pressure from President Donald Trump's administration.
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November 23, 2025 at 2:53 PM
NPR Wins Back $36 Million Contract That Was Yanked Under Pressure From Trump White House www.mediaite.com/lawcrime/npr... #goodnews
Judge orders release of over 300 ‘Operation Midway Blitz’ detainees www.politico.com/news/2025/11... #goodnews
Judge orders release of over 300 ‘Operation Midway Blitz’ detainees
The Chicago-area federal judge also made clear he wants detailed reports about more than 600 people being held.
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November 23, 2025 at 2:52 PM
Judge orders release of over 300 ‘Operation Midway Blitz’ detainees www.politico.com/news/2025/11... #goodnews
Coast Guard reclassifies swastikas and nooses as hate symbols after backlash. We did it, we can make a change www.cnn.com/2025/11/21/p... #goodnews
Coast Guard reclassifies swastikas and nooses as hate symbols after backlash | CNN Politics
The US Coast Guard on Thursday issued a memo that reclassifies swastikas and nooses as “hate symbols,” in a rapid about-face after facing intense scrutiny for a previous policy change which downplayed...
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November 23, 2025 at 2:51 PM
Coast Guard reclassifies swastikas and nooses as hate symbols after backlash. We did it, we can make a change www.cnn.com/2025/11/21/p... #goodnews
California added 1,200 megawatts of battery energy storage to its electrical grid over the last six months, further building on its nation-leading capacity and pushing the state closer to its clean energy goals www.latimes.com/environment/... #goodnews
Newsom touts California's record battery energy gains at U.N. climate conference
California has now reached 16,942 megawatts of available battery storage — about one-third of the estimated capacity needed to reach the state's goal of 100% clean energy by 2045.
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November 23, 2025 at 2:50 PM
California added 1,200 megawatts of battery energy storage to its electrical grid over the last six months, further building on its nation-leading capacity and pushing the state closer to its clean energy goals www.latimes.com/environment/... #goodnews
US judge upholds New York law barring immigration agents from courthouses ground.news/article/an-a... #goodnews
US judge upholds New York law barring immigration agents from courthouses
A U.S. judge rejected on Monday a Trump administration challenge to a New York law that blocks immigration officials from arresting individuals at, or near, state courthouses.
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November 23, 2025 at 2:49 PM
US judge upholds New York law barring immigration agents from courthouses ground.news/article/an-a... #goodnews
A new slow-release cancer treatment achieved remarkable success in eliminating tumors in 82% of patients with hard-to-treat bladder cancer. www.sciencedaily.com/releases/202... #goodnews
Tiny implant wipes out bladder cancer in 82% of patients
TAR-200, a small drug-releasing implant, wiped out tumors in most patients with high-risk bladder cancer. Its slow, consistent release of chemotherapy proved far more effective than traditional short-...
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November 23, 2025 at 2:48 PM
A new slow-release cancer treatment achieved remarkable success in eliminating tumors in 82% of patients with hard-to-treat bladder cancer. www.sciencedaily.com/releases/202... #goodnews