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adapalmer, 1 month ago to random

Scientists in Amsterdam have successfully eliminated HIV from infected cells in the lab using CRISPR. This is a proof of concept of what could be a revolution in HIV treatment. #ShareGoodNewsToo https://fixthenews.com/r/722e6175?m=d62c57a4-125a-4b9d-b04d-bdfd23b8627c

adapalmer, 1 month ago to random

Significant progress on malaria in India: as of 2022, there was an 85% decline in cases and 83% fewer deaths compared to 2015. #ShareGoodNewsToo https://fixthenews.com/r/a79dd7e9?m=d62c57a4-125a-4b9d-b04d-bdfd23b8627c

adapalmer, 1 month ago to random

There are bald eagles nesting in Toronto now, a testament to the success of ecological restoration work in the city. #ShareGoodNewsToo https://www.theguardian.com/world/2024/mar/10/bald-eagles-nesting-toronto-first-time-history?ref=fixthenews.com

adapalmer, 1 month ago to random

An innovative African project has farmers planting biodiverse forest gardens that feed the family, protect the soil and expand tree cover. Since it was founded in 2015, the program has planted tens of millions of trees each year. #ShareGoodNewsToo https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2024/mar/13/seven-times-size-of-manhattan-the-african-tree-planting-project-making-a-difference?ref=fixthenews.com

adapalmer, 1 month ago to random

Germany's emissions fell by a record 10.1% last year. This puts them on course for their 2030 target of a 65% cut compared to 1990 levels! #ShareGoodNewsToo https://fixthenews.com/r/66a10f9a?m=d62c57a4-125a-4b9d-b04d-bdfd23b8627c

adapalmer, 1 month ago to random

McKenzie Scott has now given away $16.5 billion from the fortune she came into after divorcing Amazon founder Jeff Bezos. She gives big, unrestricted gifts to small organizations, making a huge difference to what they can accomplish. #ShareGoodNewsToo https://apnews.com/article/mackenzie-scott-open-call-yield-giving-bezos-ae809a469080e9e61a945a14a230629e?ref=fixthenews.com

adapalmer, 1 month ago to random

More than 1.5 billion people have gained access to clean cooking (i.e. not using biomass, kerosene, or coal) since 2010, with significant accomplishments in the last year. This represents major progress for indoor air quality. Clean cooking saves millions of lives. #ShareGoodNewsToo https://cleancooking.org/

adapalmer, 2 months ago to random

I note the historians of medicine at this Renaissance history conference are all masking. Seems like they know something. 🤔😷

Of course, the papal historians are sitting between two fires, & the Venice ones are in their cars waiting for permission from the Doge.

adapalmer, 2 months ago to random

Batteries are getting way cheaper AND way better. The average range of an EV sold in the US in 2023 rose to a record 294 miles. This makes electric cars more appealing to a lot of people. #ShareGoodNewsToo https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2024-03-06/tesla-helped-spur-a-long-range-electric-vehicle-boom?sref=B9VwE2e5&ref=fixthenews.com

adapalmer, 2 months ago to random

Amazing piece about the incredible cystic fibrosis drug, Trifakta, that came out in 2019. Cystic fibrosis once all but guaranteed an early death. Today, those who begin taking the drug in early adolescence can expect to survive to age 82—an essentially normal life span. #ShareGoodNewsToo https://fixthenews.com/r/284bbd7b?m=d62c57a4-125a-4b9d-b04d-bdfd23b8627c

adapalmer, 2 months ago to random

In one of the first initiatives of its kind in the world, pharmacies in Catalonia, Spain, have begun to provide free products for the region's roughly 2.5 million people who menstruate. They will receive one menstrual cup, one pair of underwear for periods, and two packages of cloth pads at local pharmacies free of charge. #ShareGoodNewsToo https://fixthenews.com/r/e910f77a?m=d62c57a4-125a-4b9d-b04d-bdfd23b8627c

adapalmer, 2 months ago to random

In Medellín, a city of 2.5 million people in Colombia, the Green Corridors urban restoration project has planted 880,000 trees and 2.5 million plants, reducing pollution and bringing temperatures down by 2 degrees C. #ShareGoodNewsToo https://fixthenews.com/r/4f92a0c2?m=d62c57a4-125a-4b9d-b04d-bdfd23b8627c

adapalmer, 2 months ago to random

The restoration of the Penobscot River and its tributaries has been a 15-year effort started by the Penobscot Nation and is seriously gaining ground. Thousands of kilometres of habitat along the river and its tributaries has been re-opened, fish populations have skyrocketed, and alewives could soon be returning to Maine’s Mattamiscontis Lake #ShareGoodNewsToo https://www.nature.org/en-us/what-we-do/our-priorities/protect-water-and-land/land-and-water-stories/iija-river-restoration-maine/?ref=fixthenews.com

adapalmer, 2 months ago to random

The Svalbard Global Seed Vault just received deposits from 23 seedbanks. With the latest deposit, 111 seed banks in 77 countries have a backup of their plants in Svalbard. #ShareGoodNewsToo https://www.reuters.com/business/environment/arctic-doomsday-vault-gets-record-batch-crop-seeds-2024-02-27/?ref=fixthenews.com

adapalmer, 2 months ago to random

#ShareGoodNewsToo https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2024/mar/08/health-gains-of-low-traffic-schemes-up-to-100-times-greater-than-costs-study-finds

adapalmer, 2 months ago to random

Hugo Noms close today! Reminder:

You can nominate awesome 2023 indie films, like Poor Things, Lola, Mars One, Plan 75, Aporia, & The Cow Who Sang a Song into the Future!

Ditto graphic works in translation, like Junji Ito's Soichi, and Mo Xiang Tong Xiu & Luo Di Cheng Qiu's Grandmaster of Demonic Cultivation!

And since people have asked, yes my essay on the cross-influence of Anglophone & Japanese SF was 2023 and is eligible in Best Related: http://strangehorizons.com/non-fiction/a-mitfreude-of-anime-and-mangas-relationship-with-anglophone-science-fiction-or-this-essay-will-not-try-to-get-you-into-anime-and-manga/

adapalmer, 2 months ago to random

The leaders of four Columbia River Basin Tribes, the Biden administration and the governors of Oregon and Washington have formally launched a plan to help recover depleted salmon populations. The settlement “takes the interests of all the stakeholders in the Columbia Basin into account. It lays out a pathway to restore salmon and steelhead [...] and moves forward with the necessary green energy transition in a socially just and equitable way.” #ShareGoodNewsToo https://fixthenews.com/r/bf7f2672?m=d62c57a4-125a-4b9d-b04d-bdfd23b8627c

adapalmer, 2 months ago to random

The US has announced $5.8 billion in funding for fixing water infrastructure nationally. The funding will be used to clean drinking water, replace lead pipes, remove contaminants and improve wastewater treatment and sanitation. #ShareGoodNewsToo https://fixthenews.com/r/1c2f76df?m=d62c57a4-125a-4b9d-b04d-bdfd23b8627c

adapalmer, 2 months ago to random

There are 50 million more girls in school today than there were in 2015, and completion rates have increased, with five million more girls completing all years of education. #ShareGoodNewsToo https://www.unesco.org/en/articles/progress-girls-access-education-what-new-unesco-data-reveals

adapalmer, 2 months ago to random

Australia's 3.5 million rooftop solar installations are forcing coal plants to reduce generation, bringing forward plans for their early closure. #ShareGoodNewsToo https://www.smh.com.au/business/markets/rooftop-solar-drives-out-coal-wind-and-grid-scale-solar-20231211-p5eqmc.html

adapalmer, 2 months ago to random

Almost 40% of countries now have completely smoke-free indoor public places. The implementation of policies like these over the last 15 years have led to declines in smoking rates without which there would be an estimated 300 million more smokers in the world today. #ShareGoodNewsToo https://www.who.int/news/item/31-07-2023-seven-out-of-10-people-protected-by-at-least-one-tobacco-control-measure

adapalmer, 2 months ago to random

Some local good news today: Chicago Board of Education unanimously votes to remove police from schools, and invest instead in restorative justice, mental health, and non-carceral systems. Excellent piece on it from our local paper: #ShareGoodNewsToo

https://www.hpherald.com/evening_digest/chicago-board-of-education-unanimously-votes-to-remove-police-from-schools/article_d1910fc6-d2a9-11ee-b54f-bf76197eafa7.html?

adapalmer, 3 months ago to random

Research on endometriosis is finally picking up speed, and a clinical trial of the first non-hormonal, non-surgical treatment for endometriosis, started in 2023 in Scotland, is showing promising results. #ShareGoodNewsToo https://web.archive.org/web/20240213161004/https://www.economist.com/science-and-technology/2024/02/07/the-first-endometriosis-drug-in-four-decades-is-on-the-horizon

adapalmer, 3 months ago to random

"One price of free speech is eternal humility, recognizing that none of us is immune to becoming a tool of censorship if we fail to recognize its manipulative tactics."

“Tools for Thinking About Censorship”

https://reactormag.com/tools-for-thinking-about-censorship/

adapalmer, 3 months ago to random

South Australia reached a record average of 82% renewables in the December quarter. 82%!! #ShareGoodNewsToo https://futurecrunch.com/r/e20e3653?m=d62c57a4-125a-4b9d-b04d-bdfd23b8627c