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Real Reasons for Hope
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bhI6ueLxTvw
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A charity in the UK is training dogs to identify diseases by scent from urine samples earlier than otherwise possible by medical testing.
Medical Detection Dogs has successfully trained dogs to identify Parkinson’s disease, pseudomonas, COVID-19, Addison’s disease, prostate cancer, and heart conditions like postural orthostatic tachycardia syndrome (POTS). Bowel cancer is a recent addition, and they're in the last stages of testing to be certain the dogs can correctly identify it.
#Sharegoodnews Teenage grandkid of a trans friend just blew off her conservative dad’s prohibition on contact with her and invited her to a concert grandkid is playing in. They haven’t been able to see each other in years. ♥️
#sharegoodnews I’ve boosted for horror artist/author Cassie Daly out here a few times so today’s great news is that she, her boyfriend and their two dogs are moving out of their Prius(!) and into an apartment after 2 years of being homeless! They also got stable employment, which helps a helluva lot. 👍🏼
Nice bundle of hopeful news! #sharegoodnews https://chopwoodcarrywaterdailyactions.substack.com/p/extra-extra-112
Well that was a first!
I went to my local conbini to get a coffee this morning.
The cashier asked me what country I'm from. I replied, then asked him the same.
Then instead of scanning my app for payment, he opened his change purse, dropped a coin into the register, and told me he's buying it for me. 😀
Just because.
Under the heading of #sharegoodnews too: rhinos! https://www.nature.org/en-us/about-us/where-we-work/africa/stories-in-africa/rhinos-return-loisaba-kenya/
I haven't seen us talking about this one, but here's some great #USPol news!!
The FTC says Hey! No more employment noncompetes! For anyone except highly paid CEOs. (See how they like it.)
WOW!
Reading about the types of jobs that have noncompetes now just makes me BOIL. Hourly?? Low income??? Really?
Wait, not now though! Not anymore!
(No paywall IA link.)
Hey, check out these kids! They've won (earned) the opportunity to compete their underwater robot in the USA. They're not from a particularly wealthy town, but are actively fundraising for the trip. Any boosts and contributions surely gratefully received.
https://givealittle.co.nz/cause/motatau-waibots-ki-amerika
https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/national/513185/motatau-students-make-a-splash-with-their-underwater-robotics
#ShareGoodNews #fundraising #robotics #stem
Various things I'm currently excited for:
- my local orchid society is having a big fundraising auction on Sunday
- I emailed the Fred Clarke about a certain plant I've been looking for and he offered me his at a reasonable price; it should arrive Wednesday
- my Bulbophyllum barbigerum is in spike
- there are buds forming on my Mimosa pudica
- GNOME 3.30 should land before too long
- other stuff I just can't think of right now
#ShareGoodNews
Various things I'm currently excited for:
- my local orchid society is having a big fundraising auction on Sunday
- I emailed *the* Fred Clarke about a certain plant I've been looking for and he offered me his at a reasonable price; it should arrive Wednesday
- my Bulbophyllum barbigerum is in spike
- there are buds forming on my Mimosa pudica
- GNOME 3.30 should land before too long
- other stuff I just can't think of right now
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