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*Puts on our best Ziggy Stardust wig* Is there life on Maaarrrrssssss?
We just got one step closer to finding out.
We just got one step closer to finding out.
November 14, 2025 at 5:59 PM
*Puts on our best Ziggy Stardust wig* Is there life on Maaarrrrssssss?
We just got one step closer to finding out.
We just got one step closer to finding out.
"The right preparation for a good night’s sleep is valuable for not only your physical health but your mental well-being too," writes TPN member Arthur Brooks.
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
November 14, 2025 at 5:22 PM
"The right preparation for a good night’s sleep is valuable for not only your physical health but your mental well-being too," writes TPN member Arthur Brooks.
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
🤠3 Things That Went Right 🤠
🇨🇿Czechia became the 69th country to ban the corporal punishment of children.
🧬 Scientists were able to alter the gene associated with high cholesterol.
🦷 Scientists have created a gel that repairs and regenerates tooth enamel.
theprogressnetwork.org/mexico-shein...
🇨🇿Czechia became the 69th country to ban the corporal punishment of children.
🧬 Scientists were able to alter the gene associated with high cholesterol.
🦷 Scientists have created a gel that repairs and regenerates tooth enamel.
theprogressnetwork.org/mexico-shein...
November 14, 2025 at 4:46 PM
🤠3 Things That Went Right 🤠
🇨🇿Czechia became the 69th country to ban the corporal punishment of children.
🧬 Scientists were able to alter the gene associated with high cholesterol.
🦷 Scientists have created a gel that repairs and regenerates tooth enamel.
theprogressnetwork.org/mexico-shein...
🇨🇿Czechia became the 69th country to ban the corporal punishment of children.
🧬 Scientists were able to alter the gene associated with high cholesterol.
🦷 Scientists have created a gel that repairs and regenerates tooth enamel.
theprogressnetwork.org/mexico-shein...
💊📉The Daily Dose via @stateline.org 💊📉
In 2025, 31 US states have enacted laws to lower prescription drug costs.
In 2025, 31 US states have enacted laws to lower prescription drug costs.
November 14, 2025 at 4:13 PM
💊📉The Daily Dose via @stateline.org 💊📉
In 2025, 31 US states have enacted laws to lower prescription drug costs.
In 2025, 31 US states have enacted laws to lower prescription drug costs.
🤫We can neither confirm nor deny this is what actually happened.
November 13, 2025 at 6:43 PM
🤫We can neither confirm nor deny this is what actually happened.
"Let’s tone down the talk of Armageddon and wrestle with the problems at hand as what they are — part of our messy democracy, and not some fatal aberration from an idealized, mythical past," writes TPN founder Zachary Karabell.
www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202...
www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202...
Opinion | Shocked by Trump’s profiteering? Here’s some perspective.
There are periods in American history when graft was the rule, not the exception.
www.washingtonpost.com
November 13, 2025 at 6:35 PM
"Let’s tone down the talk of Armageddon and wrestle with the problems at hand as what they are — part of our messy democracy, and not some fatal aberration from an idealized, mythical past," writes TPN founder Zachary Karabell.
www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202...
www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202...
🧚♂️To an American politician, an approval rating of 70% is the stuff of fantasies.
🇲🇽It’s reality, however, for Mexico’s first female (and Jewish) president, Claudia Sheinbaum, who recently completed her first year in office.
🤔What do Mexicans have to be so happy about?
🧐Let's talk about it.
🇲🇽It’s reality, however, for Mexico’s first female (and Jewish) president, Claudia Sheinbaum, who recently completed her first year in office.
🤔What do Mexicans have to be so happy about?
🧐Let's talk about it.
What Could Go Right? - Things Are Looking Up in Mexico
Now that inequality, poverty, and violent crime are all down
theprogressnetwork.org
November 13, 2025 at 6:02 PM
🧚♂️To an American politician, an approval rating of 70% is the stuff of fantasies.
🇲🇽It’s reality, however, for Mexico’s first female (and Jewish) president, Claudia Sheinbaum, who recently completed her first year in office.
🤔What do Mexicans have to be so happy about?
🧐Let's talk about it.
🇲🇽It’s reality, however, for Mexico’s first female (and Jewish) president, Claudia Sheinbaum, who recently completed her first year in office.
🤔What do Mexicans have to be so happy about?
🧐Let's talk about it.
🇱🇹📉The Daily Dose via @reasonstobecheerful.world 🇱🇹📉
Lithuania has halved its suicide rate since 2004.
How did they do it?
Lithuania has halved its suicide rate since 2004.
How did they do it?
November 13, 2025 at 3:11 PM
🇱🇹📉The Daily Dose via @reasonstobecheerful.world 🇱🇹📉
Lithuania has halved its suicide rate since 2004.
How did they do it?
Lithuania has halved its suicide rate since 2004.
How did they do it?
🤔Remember how California was part of Spain for 300 years?
🎭These playwrights do.
🤓Join Luis Alfaro, Diana Burbano, and June Carryl in conversation on Nov 20th at LA Plaza de Cultura y Artes as they talk about the legacy of the 17th century comedia on Los Angeles.
🎭These playwrights do.
🤓Join Luis Alfaro, Diana Burbano, and June Carryl in conversation on Nov 20th at LA Plaza de Cultura y Artes as they talk about the legacy of the 17th century comedia on Los Angeles.
November 12, 2025 at 5:25 PM
🤔Remember how California was part of Spain for 300 years?
🎭These playwrights do.
🤓Join Luis Alfaro, Diana Burbano, and June Carryl in conversation on Nov 20th at LA Plaza de Cultura y Artes as they talk about the legacy of the 17th century comedia on Los Angeles.
🎭These playwrights do.
🤓Join Luis Alfaro, Diana Burbano, and June Carryl in conversation on Nov 20th at LA Plaza de Cultura y Artes as they talk about the legacy of the 17th century comedia on Los Angeles.
😮This year, one country has had the courage to ban smoking for everyone born after 2006.
November 12, 2025 at 4:09 PM
😮This year, one country has had the courage to ban smoking for everyone born after 2006.
🌍📈The Daily Dose via @ourworldindata.org 📈🌍
In 1900, 31% of primary school-age boys and 23% of primary school-age girls were enrolled in school globally.
By 2023, that number had shot up to 91% of boys and 89% of girls worldwide were enrolled in primary school.
In 1900, 31% of primary school-age boys and 23% of primary school-age girls were enrolled in school globally.
By 2023, that number had shot up to 91% of boys and 89% of girls worldwide were enrolled in primary school.
November 12, 2025 at 3:52 PM
🌍📈The Daily Dose via @ourworldindata.org 📈🌍
In 1900, 31% of primary school-age boys and 23% of primary school-age girls were enrolled in school globally.
By 2023, that number had shot up to 91% of boys and 89% of girls worldwide were enrolled in primary school.
In 1900, 31% of primary school-age boys and 23% of primary school-age girls were enrolled in school globally.
By 2023, that number had shot up to 91% of boys and 89% of girls worldwide were enrolled in primary school.
🤔Next up?
🦷They're starting human trials next year.
🦷They're starting human trials next year.
November 10, 2025 at 6:46 PM
🤔Next up?
🦷They're starting human trials next year.
🦷They're starting human trials next year.
🤔Menstruation is routine for half the population, so how can we reduce the stigma around it?
🎙️Managing editor of ASU Media Enterprise, @miaaarmstrong.bsky.social spoke with @btsamuelsonmd.bsky.social , director of classical hematology @clevelandclinic.bsky.social about promoting better care.
🎙️Managing editor of ASU Media Enterprise, @miaaarmstrong.bsky.social spoke with @btsamuelsonmd.bsky.social , director of classical hematology @clevelandclinic.bsky.social about promoting better care.
What everyone should know about periods
An interview with an expert on menstruation. Plus: What’s “contraindication”? + Do you know your blood type?
doingwellnews.substack.com
November 10, 2025 at 4:15 PM
🤔Menstruation is routine for half the population, so how can we reduce the stigma around it?
🎙️Managing editor of ASU Media Enterprise, @miaaarmstrong.bsky.social spoke with @btsamuelsonmd.bsky.social , director of classical hematology @clevelandclinic.bsky.social about promoting better care.
🎙️Managing editor of ASU Media Enterprise, @miaaarmstrong.bsky.social spoke with @btsamuelsonmd.bsky.social , director of classical hematology @clevelandclinic.bsky.social about promoting better care.
🧠The VA is expanding their psychedelic-assisted therapy trials for veterans diagnosed with PTSD, treatment resistant depression, and anxiety disorders.
💊If the outcomes from these trials remain positive, they could pursue FDA fast-track consideration.
💊If the outcomes from these trials remain positive, they could pursue FDA fast-track consideration.
VA Expands Psychedelic Therapy Trials for PTSD Treatment
The VA is expanding psychedelic-assisted therapy trials for PTSD and depression at nine facilities, exploring new hope for treatment-resistant veterans.
www.military.com
November 10, 2025 at 3:59 PM
🧠The VA is expanding their psychedelic-assisted therapy trials for veterans diagnosed with PTSD, treatment resistant depression, and anxiety disorders.
💊If the outcomes from these trials remain positive, they could pursue FDA fast-track consideration.
💊If the outcomes from these trials remain positive, they could pursue FDA fast-track consideration.
📵🇺🇸The Daily Dose via @apnews.com 🇺🇸📵
In October, Wisconsin became the 36th state in the US to limit cellphones in schools.
The measure passed with bipartisan support.
In October, Wisconsin became the 36th state in the US to limit cellphones in schools.
The measure passed with bipartisan support.
November 10, 2025 at 3:49 PM
📵🇺🇸The Daily Dose via @apnews.com 🇺🇸📵
In October, Wisconsin became the 36th state in the US to limit cellphones in schools.
The measure passed with bipartisan support.
In October, Wisconsin became the 36th state in the US to limit cellphones in schools.
The measure passed with bipartisan support.
😮Cavities may be much rarer in the future.
🦷Scientists have created a gel that regenerates tooth enamel!
www.newscientist.com/article/2502...
🦷Scientists have created a gel that regenerates tooth enamel!
www.newscientist.com/article/2502...
Cavities could be prevented by a gel that restores tooth enamel
Enamel does not naturally regenerate, which can lead to painful cavities, but a gel that harnesses some of the properties of saliva could restore the hard, shiny layer to teeth
www.newscientist.com
November 7, 2025 at 5:12 PM
😮Cavities may be much rarer in the future.
🦷Scientists have created a gel that regenerates tooth enamel!
www.newscientist.com/article/2502...
🦷Scientists have created a gel that regenerates tooth enamel!
www.newscientist.com/article/2502...
😎3 Things That Went Right😎
💊31 states have enacted laws to lower prescription drug costs in 2025
📉Global maternal mortality fell by 41% between 2000 and 2023
🐢The green sea turtle has been reclassified as a “species of least concern,” after almost going extinct
theprogressnetwork.org/tobacco-endg...
💊31 states have enacted laws to lower prescription drug costs in 2025
📉Global maternal mortality fell by 41% between 2000 and 2023
🐢The green sea turtle has been reclassified as a “species of least concern,” after almost going extinct
theprogressnetwork.org/tobacco-endg...
November 7, 2025 at 4:35 PM
😎3 Things That Went Right😎
💊31 states have enacted laws to lower prescription drug costs in 2025
📉Global maternal mortality fell by 41% between 2000 and 2023
🐢The green sea turtle has been reclassified as a “species of least concern,” after almost going extinct
theprogressnetwork.org/tobacco-endg...
💊31 states have enacted laws to lower prescription drug costs in 2025
📉Global maternal mortality fell by 41% between 2000 and 2023
🐢The green sea turtle has been reclassified as a “species of least concern,” after almost going extinct
theprogressnetwork.org/tobacco-endg...
"So, in all respects, it was a good week for American democracy and civic and legal engagement," writes TPN founder Zachary Karabell.
"You wouldn’t know that in the partisan heated fray of public discourse, but don’t let the noise drown out the facts."
edgyoptimist.substack.com/p/tariffs-an...
"You wouldn’t know that in the partisan heated fray of public discourse, but don’t let the noise drown out the facts."
edgyoptimist.substack.com/p/tariffs-an...
Tariffs and Tallies
n the United States, this was a banner week of off-year elections and Supreme Court oral arguments on the legality of many of Trump’s tariffs.
edgyoptimist.substack.com
November 7, 2025 at 4:14 PM
"So, in all respects, it was a good week for American democracy and civic and legal engagement," writes TPN founder Zachary Karabell.
"You wouldn’t know that in the partisan heated fray of public discourse, but don’t let the noise drown out the facts."
edgyoptimist.substack.com/p/tariffs-an...
"You wouldn’t know that in the partisan heated fray of public discourse, but don’t let the noise drown out the facts."
edgyoptimist.substack.com/p/tariffs-an...
🌳🇨🇳The Daily Dose via @yalee360.bsky.social 🇨🇳🌳
Since 1990, China has added 170 million acres of forest (roughly the size of Texas).
Since 1990, China has added 170 million acres of forest (roughly the size of Texas).
November 7, 2025 at 3:51 PM
🌳🇨🇳The Daily Dose via @yalee360.bsky.social 🇨🇳🌳
Since 1990, China has added 170 million acres of forest (roughly the size of Texas).
Since 1990, China has added 170 million acres of forest (roughly the size of Texas).
"Democracy in Iraq is precarious, distorted, and repeatedly betrayed. But it still exists, and that alone is worth defending," writes TPN member Faisal Saeed Al Mutar.
"Iraq’s only real choice is perseverance."
www.themiddleeastuncovered.com/p/fifteen-ye...
"Iraq’s only real choice is perseverance."
www.themiddleeastuncovered.com/p/fifteen-ye...
Fifteen Years After My First Vote, Iraq Still Waits for Democracy
Iraq still holds elections, but authority lies elsewhere. For many voters, participation has become less an expression of faith in government than a refusal to give up.
www.themiddleeastuncovered.com
November 6, 2025 at 6:28 PM
"Democracy in Iraq is precarious, distorted, and repeatedly betrayed. But it still exists, and that alone is worth defending," writes TPN member Faisal Saeed Al Mutar.
"Iraq’s only real choice is perseverance."
www.themiddleeastuncovered.com/p/fifteen-ye...
"Iraq’s only real choice is perseverance."
www.themiddleeastuncovered.com/p/fifteen-ye...
🇲🇻The Maldives just became the first in the world to institute a generational tobacco ban!
📉And generally global tobacco use is down all over the world.
🤔Let's talk about it.
theprogressnetwork.org/tobacco-endg...
📉And generally global tobacco use is down all over the world.
🤔Let's talk about it.
theprogressnetwork.org/tobacco-endg...
November 6, 2025 at 6:06 PM
🇲🇻The Maldives just became the first in the world to institute a generational tobacco ban!
📉And generally global tobacco use is down all over the world.
🤔Let's talk about it.
theprogressnetwork.org/tobacco-endg...
📉And generally global tobacco use is down all over the world.
🤔Let's talk about it.
theprogressnetwork.org/tobacco-endg...
🇧🇷📉The Daily Dose via @telegraphnews.bsky.social 🇧🇷📉
Between 2000 and 2023, teenage pregnancies in Brazil fell by 50%!
Between 2000 and 2023, teenage pregnancies in Brazil fell by 50%!
November 6, 2025 at 3:28 PM
🇧🇷📉The Daily Dose via @telegraphnews.bsky.social 🇧🇷📉
Between 2000 and 2023, teenage pregnancies in Brazil fell by 50%!
Between 2000 and 2023, teenage pregnancies in Brazil fell by 50%!
🚗EVs have exploded in popularity in Nepal.
🖊️Editor's Note: We made this video before the regime change in Nepal. As far as we know, the new government is keeping the same policies.
🖊️Editor's Note: We made this video before the regime change in Nepal. As far as we know, the new government is keeping the same policies.
November 5, 2025 at 8:10 PM
🚗EVs have exploded in popularity in Nepal.
🖊️Editor's Note: We made this video before the regime change in Nepal. As far as we know, the new government is keeping the same policies.
🖊️Editor's Note: We made this video before the regime change in Nepal. As far as we know, the new government is keeping the same policies.
⚖️In the wake of the Gisèle Pelicot case, France has amended their law to say that all sexual acts done to another person without consent constitute rape.
👏The bill says that consent must be "free and informed, specific, prior and revocable" and cannot be inferred from "silence or lack of reaction."
👏The bill says that consent must be "free and informed, specific, prior and revocable" and cannot be inferred from "silence or lack of reaction."
France enshrines need for consent into rape law in wake of Gisèle Pelicot case
The debate over the change in legislation gained renewed urgency following the mass rape trial which shocked France last year.
www.bbc.co.uk
November 5, 2025 at 6:19 PM
⚖️In the wake of the Gisèle Pelicot case, France has amended their law to say that all sexual acts done to another person without consent constitute rape.
👏The bill says that consent must be "free and informed, specific, prior and revocable" and cannot be inferred from "silence or lack of reaction."
👏The bill says that consent must be "free and informed, specific, prior and revocable" and cannot be inferred from "silence or lack of reaction."
🥳Brazil has recorded their biggest drop in emissions in 15 years!
🌳According to Brazil's @obsclima.bsky.social, a network of environmental NGOs, the country's emissions fell by 16.7% year-on-year, thanks to the fight against deforestation.
www.lemonde.fr/en/environme...
🌳According to Brazil's @obsclima.bsky.social, a network of environmental NGOs, the country's emissions fell by 16.7% year-on-year, thanks to the fight against deforestation.
www.lemonde.fr/en/environme...
November 5, 2025 at 5:04 PM
🥳Brazil has recorded their biggest drop in emissions in 15 years!
🌳According to Brazil's @obsclima.bsky.social, a network of environmental NGOs, the country's emissions fell by 16.7% year-on-year, thanks to the fight against deforestation.
www.lemonde.fr/en/environme...
🌳According to Brazil's @obsclima.bsky.social, a network of environmental NGOs, the country's emissions fell by 16.7% year-on-year, thanks to the fight against deforestation.
www.lemonde.fr/en/environme...