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🦌The unlikely comeback of the milu.
December 19, 2025 at 11:59 PM
🦌The unlikely comeback of the milu.
"...we—the artists and institutions—forget that artmaking goes hand in hand with making community," writes Jesus A. Reyes for @zocalopublicsquare.bsky.social.
"It is our responsibility to do more than just set out the welcome mat."
www.zocalopublicsquare.org/making-plays...
"It is our responsibility to do more than just set out the welcome mat."
www.zocalopublicsquare.org/making-plays...
December 19, 2025 at 9:00 PM
"...we—the artists and institutions—forget that artmaking goes hand in hand with making community," writes Jesus A. Reyes for @zocalopublicsquare.bsky.social.
"It is our responsibility to do more than just set out the welcome mat."
www.zocalopublicsquare.org/making-plays...
"It is our responsibility to do more than just set out the welcome mat."
www.zocalopublicsquare.org/making-plays...
"On his 70th birthday, in 1905, Mark Twain gave a speech about the secret to successful aging," writes TPN member Arthur Brooks.
"...'I have achieved my 70 years in the usual way...by sticking strictly to a scheme of life which would kill anybody else.'"
"...'I have achieved my 70 years in the usual way...by sticking strictly to a scheme of life which would kill anybody else.'"
What I Wish I’d Known When I Was Younger
The three reasons old people are happier that work for any age
www.theatlantic.com
December 19, 2025 at 7:11 PM
"On his 70th birthday, in 1905, Mark Twain gave a speech about the secret to successful aging," writes TPN member Arthur Brooks.
"...'I have achieved my 70 years in the usual way...by sticking strictly to a scheme of life which would kill anybody else.'"
"...'I have achieved my 70 years in the usual way...by sticking strictly to a scheme of life which would kill anybody else.'"
🇧🇷👏The Daily Dose via @who.int 👏🇧🇷
Brazil is the 19th country to eliminate mother-to-child transmission of HIV.
They are the most populous country in the Americas to achieve this milestone.
Brazil is the 19th country to eliminate mother-to-child transmission of HIV.
They are the most populous country in the Americas to achieve this milestone.
December 19, 2025 at 7:10 PM
🇧🇷👏The Daily Dose via @who.int 👏🇧🇷
Brazil is the 19th country to eliminate mother-to-child transmission of HIV.
They are the most populous country in the Americas to achieve this milestone.
Brazil is the 19th country to eliminate mother-to-child transmission of HIV.
They are the most populous country in the Americas to achieve this milestone.
🤔What words come to mind when you think about 2025?
🌪️Chaotic? Disruptive? Violent?
🥰Well, by the time you get through this list of our 50 favorite progress stories of the past year, you might feel like adding uplifting, inspiring, and encouraging.
theprogressnetwork.org/good-news-wo...
🌪️Chaotic? Disruptive? Violent?
🥰Well, by the time you get through this list of our 50 favorite progress stories of the past year, you might feel like adding uplifting, inspiring, and encouraging.
theprogressnetwork.org/good-news-wo...
the number 2025 is surrounded by fireworks on a bright yellow background
ALT: the number 2025 is surrounded by fireworks on a bright yellow background
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December 19, 2025 at 6:45 PM
🤔What words come to mind when you think about 2025?
🌪️Chaotic? Disruptive? Violent?
🥰Well, by the time you get through this list of our 50 favorite progress stories of the past year, you might feel like adding uplifting, inspiring, and encouraging.
theprogressnetwork.org/good-news-wo...
🌪️Chaotic? Disruptive? Violent?
🥰Well, by the time you get through this list of our 50 favorite progress stories of the past year, you might feel like adding uplifting, inspiring, and encouraging.
theprogressnetwork.org/good-news-wo...
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To anyone who wants good news in a horrible year.
🌪️If you’re feeling like 2025 was nothing but chaos, this is a useful corrective.
🥰Here is our yearly round up of 50 underreported stories of progress and good news!
theprogressnetwork.org/good-news-wo...
🥰Here is our yearly round up of 50 underreported stories of progress and good news!
theprogressnetwork.org/good-news-wo...
What Could Go Right? - 50 Great Things That Happened in 2025
Our favorite stories from this year
theprogressnetwork.org
December 19, 2025 at 6:31 PM
To anyone who wants good news in a horrible year.
Reposted by The Progress Network
I try to keep things positive, so: good news items of 2025. I like the 3D-printed train station. #climate #climatechange #renewableenergy #climatecrisis #science #medicine #vaccines #tech #3dprinting #ecology #cancer #development #ocean #gis #research #disease #tropicaldisease #sustainability #pv
🌪️If you’re feeling like 2025 was nothing but chaos, this is a useful corrective.
🥰Here is our yearly round up of 50 underreported stories of progress and good news!
theprogressnetwork.org/good-news-wo...
🥰Here is our yearly round up of 50 underreported stories of progress and good news!
theprogressnetwork.org/good-news-wo...
What Could Go Right? - 50 Great Things That Happened in 2025
Our favorite stories from this year
theprogressnetwork.org
December 19, 2025 at 10:02 AM
I try to keep things positive, so: good news items of 2025. I like the 3D-printed train station. #climate #climatechange #renewableenergy #climatecrisis #science #medicine #vaccines #tech #3dprinting #ecology #cancer #development #ocean #gis #research #disease #tropicaldisease #sustainability #pv
🤔How do speech, hearing, and language affect our health?
👂To better understand the tools we have to support communication throughout our lives, Mel Moore spoke to Victoria Clark, a speech language pathologist and professor at the @asuhealthsolutions.bsky.social.
👂To better understand the tools we have to support communication throughout our lives, Mel Moore spoke to Victoria Clark, a speech language pathologist and professor at the @asuhealthsolutions.bsky.social.
Do you know the common causes of hearing loss and language delay?
Plus: What does “exposome” mean? + How does access to water affect health?
doingwellnews.substack.com
December 18, 2025 at 11:26 PM
🤔How do speech, hearing, and language affect our health?
👂To better understand the tools we have to support communication throughout our lives, Mel Moore spoke to Victoria Clark, a speech language pathologist and professor at the @asuhealthsolutions.bsky.social.
👂To better understand the tools we have to support communication throughout our lives, Mel Moore spoke to Victoria Clark, a speech language pathologist and professor at the @asuhealthsolutions.bsky.social.
Reposted by The Progress Network
A lot of good things I guess
🌪️If you’re feeling like 2025 was nothing but chaos, this is a useful corrective.
🥰Here is our yearly round up of 50 underreported stories of progress and good news!
theprogressnetwork.org/good-news-wo...
🥰Here is our yearly round up of 50 underreported stories of progress and good news!
theprogressnetwork.org/good-news-wo...
What Could Go Right? - 50 Great Things That Happened in 2025
Our favorite stories from this year
theprogressnetwork.org
December 18, 2025 at 9:41 PM
A lot of good things I guess
🌪️If you’re feeling like 2025 was nothing but chaos, this is a useful corrective.
🥰Here is our yearly round up of 50 underreported stories of progress and good news!
theprogressnetwork.org/good-news-wo...
🥰Here is our yearly round up of 50 underreported stories of progress and good news!
theprogressnetwork.org/good-news-wo...
What Could Go Right? - 50 Great Things That Happened in 2025
Our favorite stories from this year
theprogressnetwork.org
December 18, 2025 at 8:30 PM
🌪️If you’re feeling like 2025 was nothing but chaos, this is a useful corrective.
🥰Here is our yearly round up of 50 underreported stories of progress and good news!
theprogressnetwork.org/good-news-wo...
🥰Here is our yearly round up of 50 underreported stories of progress and good news!
theprogressnetwork.org/good-news-wo...
😓📉The Daily Dose via @who.int 😓📉
In 2000, 34% of people globally were facing financial hardship due to health payments.
As of 2022, that number has dropped to 26%.
In 2000, 34% of people globally were facing financial hardship due to health payments.
As of 2022, that number has dropped to 26%.
December 18, 2025 at 3:51 PM
😓📉The Daily Dose via @who.int 😓📉
In 2000, 34% of people globally were facing financial hardship due to health payments.
As of 2022, that number has dropped to 26%.
In 2000, 34% of people globally were facing financial hardship due to health payments.
As of 2022, that number has dropped to 26%.
🧐How do we make the most out of a short doctor’s appointment?
🎙️Managing editor of ASU Media Enterprise, @miaaarmstrong.bsky.social , spoke with @jsirven.bsky.social, a professor at @asuhealthsolutions.bsky.social, about how to get the most out of the limited time we have with health care providers
🎙️Managing editor of ASU Media Enterprise, @miaaarmstrong.bsky.social , spoke with @jsirven.bsky.social, a professor at @asuhealthsolutions.bsky.social, about how to get the most out of the limited time we have with health care providers
Questions to help you at your next doctor’s appointment
An interview on how to make the most of the time you get with a health care provider. Plus: What are the different types of anesthesia? + Do you know how to appeal an insurance denial?
doingwellnews.substack.com
December 17, 2025 at 6:56 PM
🧐How do we make the most out of a short doctor’s appointment?
🎙️Managing editor of ASU Media Enterprise, @miaaarmstrong.bsky.social , spoke with @jsirven.bsky.social, a professor at @asuhealthsolutions.bsky.social, about how to get the most out of the limited time we have with health care providers
🎙️Managing editor of ASU Media Enterprise, @miaaarmstrong.bsky.social , spoke with @jsirven.bsky.social, a professor at @asuhealthsolutions.bsky.social, about how to get the most out of the limited time we have with health care providers
🔬Researchers at Oxford University are currently testing a vaccine to combat an extremely lethal and rare virus, that inspired the movie, Contagion.
😮At the moment there are no vaccines or treatments for the Nipah virus, which can have a fatality rate as high as 75%.
😮At the moment there are no vaccines or treatments for the Nipah virus, which can have a fatality rate as high as 75%.
December 17, 2025 at 6:39 PM
🔬Researchers at Oxford University are currently testing a vaccine to combat an extremely lethal and rare virus, that inspired the movie, Contagion.
😮At the moment there are no vaccines or treatments for the Nipah virus, which can have a fatality rate as high as 75%.
😮At the moment there are no vaccines or treatments for the Nipah virus, which can have a fatality rate as high as 75%.
🇸🇮📉The Daily Dose via @statnews.com 🇸🇮📉
The probability of a Slovenian woman dying from a chronic disease before turning 80 has declined from 36% in 2001 to 24% in 2019, and the likelihood of a Slovenian man dying from a chronic disease dropped from 60% to 42% over the same period.
The probability of a Slovenian woman dying from a chronic disease before turning 80 has declined from 36% in 2001 to 24% in 2019, and the likelihood of a Slovenian man dying from a chronic disease dropped from 60% to 42% over the same period.
December 17, 2025 at 5:57 PM
🇸🇮📉The Daily Dose via @statnews.com 🇸🇮📉
The probability of a Slovenian woman dying from a chronic disease before turning 80 has declined from 36% in 2001 to 24% in 2019, and the likelihood of a Slovenian man dying from a chronic disease dropped from 60% to 42% over the same period.
The probability of a Slovenian woman dying from a chronic disease before turning 80 has declined from 36% in 2001 to 24% in 2019, and the likelihood of a Slovenian man dying from a chronic disease dropped from 60% to 42% over the same period.
🥳Brazil is no longer on the UN Hunger Map!
December 16, 2025 at 10:27 PM
🥳Brazil is no longer on the UN Hunger Map!
"The result in Indiana should highlight that the United States remains a complicated and vibrant democratic system, which means it is contested, often virulent, and never complacent," writes TPN founder Zachary Karabell.
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December 16, 2025 at 4:21 PM
"The result in Indiana should highlight that the United States remains a complicated and vibrant democratic system, which means it is contested, often virulent, and never complacent," writes TPN founder Zachary Karabell.
edgyoptimist.substack.com/p/indy-pende...
edgyoptimist.substack.com/p/indy-pende...
🇫🇷Paris now has cable cars!
🚡The gondolas will cut travel times and connect isolated neighborhoods and the metro network.
🚡The gondolas will cut travel times and connect isolated neighborhoods and the metro network.
The Bright Side: Paris region unveils first urban cable car linking isolated suburbs
Gondolas floated above the southeastern suburbs of Paris on Saturday as officials inaugurated the first urban cable car in the French capital’s region, a project aimed at cutting travel times and impr...
www.france24.com
December 16, 2025 at 4:15 PM
🇫🇷Paris now has cable cars!
🚡The gondolas will cut travel times and connect isolated neighborhoods and the metro network.
🚡The gondolas will cut travel times and connect isolated neighborhoods and the metro network.
🇻🇳📉The Daily Dose via Nhan Dan📉🇻🇳
In 2021, Vietnam's multidimensional poverty rate was 4.4 percent.
As of 2025, it has fallen to 1.3 percent.
In 2021, Vietnam's multidimensional poverty rate was 4.4 percent.
As of 2025, it has fallen to 1.3 percent.
December 16, 2025 at 4:05 PM
🇻🇳📉The Daily Dose via Nhan Dan📉🇻🇳
In 2021, Vietnam's multidimensional poverty rate was 4.4 percent.
As of 2025, it has fallen to 1.3 percent.
In 2021, Vietnam's multidimensional poverty rate was 4.4 percent.
As of 2025, it has fallen to 1.3 percent.
🇬🇧For the first time in decades, England has given their renter protections a makeover.
December 15, 2025 at 11:13 PM
🇬🇧For the first time in decades, England has given their renter protections a makeover.
🤔How can we better support people as they age?
✏️"Really understand and work with their loved one and plan ahead," advises David Coon, a professor and associate dean at the ASU Edson College of Nursing & Health Innovation & the director of the ASU Center for Innovation in Healthy & Resilient Aging.
✏️"Really understand and work with their loved one and plan ahead," advises David Coon, a professor and associate dean at the ASU Edson College of Nursing & Health Innovation & the director of the ASU Center for Innovation in Healthy & Resilient Aging.
How to support your older loved ones
An interview on aging and caregiving. Plus: What does “neurodegenerative” mean? + The realities of ADHD in adulthood.
doingwellnews.substack.com
December 15, 2025 at 6:07 PM
🤔How can we better support people as they age?
✏️"Really understand and work with their loved one and plan ahead," advises David Coon, a professor and associate dean at the ASU Edson College of Nursing & Health Innovation & the director of the ASU Center for Innovation in Healthy & Resilient Aging.
✏️"Really understand and work with their loved one and plan ahead," advises David Coon, a professor and associate dean at the ASU Edson College of Nursing & Health Innovation & the director of the ASU Center for Innovation in Healthy & Resilient Aging.
👏 @fda.gov has approved new antibiotics to fight gonorrhea.
🧐Why does that matter?
😬The bacteria responsible for the infection has developed resistance to many of the medications widely used to treat it.
edition.cnn.com/2025/12/12/h...
🧐Why does that matter?
😬The bacteria responsible for the infection has developed resistance to many of the medications widely used to treat it.
edition.cnn.com/2025/12/12/h...
FDA approves first new antibiotics to treat gonorrhea in decades, with hope to combat drug resistance | CNN
For the first time in decades, the US Food and Drug Administration has signed off on new antibiotics to fight gonorrhea. The approvals come at a critical moment: The sexually transmitted infection is ...
edition.cnn.com
December 15, 2025 at 5:46 PM
👏 @fda.gov has approved new antibiotics to fight gonorrhea.
🧐Why does that matter?
😬The bacteria responsible for the infection has developed resistance to many of the medications widely used to treat it.
edition.cnn.com/2025/12/12/h...
🧐Why does that matter?
😬The bacteria responsible for the infection has developed resistance to many of the medications widely used to treat it.
edition.cnn.com/2025/12/12/h...
🇨🇱📵The Daily Dose via @apnews.com 🇨🇱📵
Chile has passed a bill outlawing the use of mobile phones during classes at elementary and middle schools, which means now 40% of the world's countries have a ban on smartphone use in schools.
Chile has passed a bill outlawing the use of mobile phones during classes at elementary and middle schools, which means now 40% of the world's countries have a ban on smartphone use in schools.
December 15, 2025 at 4:24 PM
🇨🇱📵The Daily Dose via @apnews.com 🇨🇱📵
Chile has passed a bill outlawing the use of mobile phones during classes at elementary and middle schools, which means now 40% of the world's countries have a ban on smartphone use in schools.
Chile has passed a bill outlawing the use of mobile phones during classes at elementary and middle schools, which means now 40% of the world's countries have a ban on smartphone use in schools.
🌳Mexico, Belize, and Guatemala have announced Latin America's second-largest nature reserve.
December 13, 2025 at 12:01 AM
🌳Mexico, Belize, and Guatemala have announced Latin America's second-largest nature reserve.
😮The FDA has approved the first gene therapy for a rare and life-threatening immune disorder called Wiskott-Aldrich syndrome (WAS).
🧬The therapy takes the patient's own blood stem cells and genetically modifies them to include functional copies of the WAS gene.
www.reuters.com/business/hea...
🧬The therapy takes the patient's own blood stem cells and genetically modifies them to include functional copies of the WAS gene.
www.reuters.com/business/hea...
FDA approves first gene therapy for rare immune disorder
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration said on Tuesday it had approved the first gene therapy for a rare and life-threatening immune disorder.
www.reuters.com
December 12, 2025 at 11:33 PM
😮The FDA has approved the first gene therapy for a rare and life-threatening immune disorder called Wiskott-Aldrich syndrome (WAS).
🧬The therapy takes the patient's own blood stem cells and genetically modifies them to include functional copies of the WAS gene.
www.reuters.com/business/hea...
🧬The therapy takes the patient's own blood stem cells and genetically modifies them to include functional copies of the WAS gene.
www.reuters.com/business/hea...
😎3 Things That Went Right This Week😎
🇵🇱The world’s second-largest fur producer, Poland, will phase out fur farms.
🦷Mercury will be phased out of dental fillings worldwide by 2034.
🇨🇱Chile is the latest country to ban smartphone use during class.
theprogressnetwork.org/good-news-un...
🇵🇱The world’s second-largest fur producer, Poland, will phase out fur farms.
🦷Mercury will be phased out of dental fillings worldwide by 2034.
🇨🇱Chile is the latest country to ban smartphone use during class.
theprogressnetwork.org/good-news-un...
December 12, 2025 at 5:47 PM
😎3 Things That Went Right This Week😎
🇵🇱The world’s second-largest fur producer, Poland, will phase out fur farms.
🦷Mercury will be phased out of dental fillings worldwide by 2034.
🇨🇱Chile is the latest country to ban smartphone use during class.
theprogressnetwork.org/good-news-un...
🇵🇱The world’s second-largest fur producer, Poland, will phase out fur farms.
🦷Mercury will be phased out of dental fillings worldwide by 2034.
🇨🇱Chile is the latest country to ban smartphone use during class.
theprogressnetwork.org/good-news-un...