is there any good news right now?
i’d like to add that this isn’t meant to be howling into the void. i think we all need good news right now so if anyone has any send it in
A woman paid all adoption fees for over 800 animals so they could be adopted a few days before Christmas Eve.
Another animal shelter celebrated their entire kennels being empty, as every single dog was adopted just before Christmas.
A pastor held a drive for coats to donate to the homeless and got enough to clothe several hundred people.
A woman discovered a (possible) cure for cancer, that has worked very well in tests.
All (remaining) citizens were evacuated from Aleppo as of 12/22.
Las Vegas is now entirely powered by renewable energy (which hopefully will make other cities follow suit!)
Anyone else know of some good news that I probably missed??
Newest species of fish in Hawai’i has been named after President Obama.
Capsaicin recently confirmed in some experiments to prevent the growth of breast cancer cells.
The economy is recovering – the employment rate is back down to 4.6%
For the first time since 1991, CO2 emissions have been at their lowest.
As well, renewable energy has overtaken coal in energy capacity. AND! Paris’s climate agreement went into effect.
Astronomers have found evidence of a possible ninth planet at the edge of our solar system. As well, the Juno spacecraft finished its 5 year journey and has entered Jupiter’s orbit.
Obama expanded a national marine monument in Hawai’i to create the biggest ecologically protected area on earth. As well, he also officially made Stonewall Inn a national monument to gay rights movement. In fact, in his entire career, he’s now surpassed Theodore Roosevelt (and every other president) for the amount of land and water protected.
Giant pandas were removed from the endangered species list this year. And, the population of tigers are rising.
Journalists Jason Rezaian, Khadija Ismayilova and Can Dundar were released from their wrongful imprisonments.
India opened the largest solar plant in the world.
France opened the world’s first solar road.
A cancer treatment has shown incredibly signs of reversing MS complications.
Louisiana researchers have developed eye drops that treat cataracts without surgery.
A new wheelchair called the Ogo creates hands free mobility.
Related to CO2 emissions, the Ozone layer seems to be healing itself.
No comprehensive links but it’s looking like green technology will now be market driven, requiring less government assistance for funding for development, which is going to be a boon in the future.
Final trial results show that the ebola vaccine is about as close to 100% effective as we’re going to get.
This one school in inner Chicago has admitted all its seniors to colleges for the 7th year in a row.
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The rough crusty ones look so good for punching people with!
Dark times all around but there are still people out there who love you
Donot hurt yourself, do not hurt others, get help, talk to someone, anyone. Humanity has survived before and we can do it now if we all just support each other. My country and my people let me down and endangered my life but there’s nothing I or anyone else can do about that so let’s try to spread the love that is so clearly lacking.here for this.
#same
luke clearly did not read his han solo guidebook. this is what he’s actually saying to him: “come with me. let’s adventure together in the millennium falcon. just you and me and chewie. let’s do it, kid. let’s go right now. come with me and im being coy and im not even gonna mention leia”
further translation: “you are gonna die if you do this mission and we already almost died like several times in the past few days. and i actually LIKE you despite the yelling, so please don’t die and come home with me”
#HAN LOVED BOTH THE TWINS THOOO #HAN TRIES TO ACT LIKE HE DOESN’T CARE BUT HE LOVES THE TWINS SO FUCKING MUCH #NOT EVEN IN A ROMANTIC SENSE (THO THAT DOES BECOME A FACTOR) BUT LIKE #HE JUST LOVES THESE TWO KIDS SO MUCH!! #AND I LOVE HIS FRIENDSHIP WITH LUKE CAUSE LIKE. HE LOVES LEIA BUT HE SQUABBLES WITH HER BC LIKE?? HAVE U MET LEIA? SHE’S THE QUEEN OF ‘FIGH #BUT LUKE IS SOFT AND GENTLE AND EAGER AND HAPPY #AND SEEING AS HAN’S INTRODUCTION WAS LITERALLY ONE OF ‘I’M A RUTHLESS SMUGGLER WHO WILL GUN DOWN PEOPLE WITHOUT GIVING THEM A CHANCE TO DEF #THAT’S HOW LITTLE I CARE ABOUT PEOPLE OTHER THAN ME!“ #HAN IS ENDEARED TO LUKE SO QUICKLY #AND LIKE NOT EVEN TO THE EXTENT OF JUST LIKING LUKE #HE OFFERS LUKE A JOB AND A HOME AND BASICALLY TRIES TO CLING TO LUKE AND MAKE LUKE A LONG-TERM FIXTURE IN HIS LIFE #I JUST. I LOVE HOW MUCH OF A SOFT AFFECTIONATE LIL GUMDROP HAN SOLO REALLY IS (via shaestel)
i’m sorry it’s all in caps but i just really love this commentary okay
Wait…do you think he’s trying to do the same with Rey tho? Offering her a job to take her away from the fight and the danger, this hopeful girl he just met coming from a desert planet, wanting nothing more than to explore the stars, and instantly he’s reminded of Luke all those years ago…
……and I made myself sad again….
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So vampires don’t show up in film or mirrors, right? What if that applies to literally any kind of sensor. You got some 2000-year-old emissary of the night cussing out an automatic soap dispenser.
automatic doors. AUTOMATIC DOORS
Those light switches that shuts down when they sense lack of activity.
#my favorite kind of vampire#the shitty and inconvenienced one
The vampire that forgets they’re a vampire until they’ve finished shopping for iron and folate rich foods for their dinner guest!
“Hey Marcus, it’s me. I’ll be back soon I’m just on my way out the-OH COME THE FUCK ON!”
“Cecile? You okay?”
“No! It happened again! I’ll have to call you back, make sure which heat the oven to 400°. Love you, bye! Honestly, I’ve been alive for 800 years, and I didn’t have a problem with groceries until the 20th century…”
