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One Good Thing, from the Associated Press.

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Here’s their description.

“One Good Thing” is a series that highlights individuals whose actions provide glimmers of joy in hard times — stories of people who find a way to make a difference, no matter how small.

And now, the link.

https://apnews.com/hub/one-good-thing

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Congrats

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Your post seems to have passed the test.
Or the test has not been run yet.

If the post does vanish good luck finding out why.

There was some mild sarcasm in my OP.

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Pretty hard for a Mod or TOS to find fault with something like that. Yet, as you’ve seen elsewhere, some shy away from the Bible, which calls itself, literally, good news (Gospel).

Back to OP. Someone in SE said I and others were too gloomy – that’s what I get for quoting news reports out of DC. 🙂
I put One Good Thing out there to show I could be as warm and fuzzy as the next man, but mainly to show what working stiffs like us can do when we stop looking for Red or Blue labels in approaching people or problems.
Didn’t attract much attention, as I recall. Good stuff, anyway.

Aid

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Seems like my town has some weekly aid program put on by an org or person.

Food/clothing/toys/bicycles.

People helping people get by in this time of need.

Our local television stations have been doing similar,

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one calls theirs “Pay-it-4ward” (channel 4) another calls theirs “Something Good” (channel 9), both geared to local type humanitarian, goodwill, community service and volunteer type activities. Sometimes a little good news is refreshing!

Got a Pay it 4ward here, too.

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That has been going for a few years now. The station has been giving cash to those awarded it, nominated by other citizens. Any good news is good news. (I just invented that.) 🙂

The AP series started with the lockdowns. Some people are ingenious in reaching out with few resources. In contrast to full-fledged government agencies.
AP must have hundreds of stories by now.

I like this one because there’s a personal sacrifice involved.

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Not cash, but more valuable to the giver.
https://apnews.com/article/peanuts-pen-pals-correspondence-0de605f57b3ea67b498af2eacf46bdfc

Related story; quite amazing IMO.

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https://www.bbc.co.uk/newsround/55904084

Captain Sir Tom Moore – yes, that’s the proper form of address – has died, just having turned 100.

BTW, Bob will remember a discussion in SE involving

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“causes of death” in re the “COVID conspiracy’ business. I am NOT here to revive that, but notice the BBC take on his case.
“He was being treated in hospital for pneumonia and coronavirus, but passed away on Tuesday afternoon.”
The proximate cause of death would have to be pneumonia IMO. It’s your best bet, as a reporting MD, for anyone that old. It’s also one of the most common reports.

Capt. Sir Tom update

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This is an excellent summary of the story, along with those of some of his “children”.

https://apnews.com/article/tom-moore-fundraising-legacy-06ae275aeed70b761983a836a3cc6f7d

Then there’s this one, from BBC.

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https://www.bbc.com/news/av/stories-56003562
“Forests the size of tennis courts”
Seems to be a mostly a Euro thing. (I told you they’re smarter than Yanks. ?) (My Gboard smileys don’t work here. Here’s one 😀 )

BTW, anyone with basic knowledge of that famous book of “myths” called the Bible will recognize a similar scheme at Gen 1:28. Just sayin’.

NM is an attractive place, to me, but we could use some more green where I live. Looks like it’s beyond backyard gardening, though. We do have foxes here.
If anyone sees Kees wandering the TR hallways, ask him if he’s seen any. He was our resident Dutchman at Cnet. [Article says the Dutch are maybe the best at this out of necessity – no room!]

And …

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The BBC has a series called “People saving the world”.*
Here’s one, about Nigeria.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p04d42vf
The Nigeria story is down the page.

*Not possible, BTW, for people to fix problems that people caused. IMO.

A nice update to a different kind of story.

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https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-56062789
About Malala.
Hard to believe it has been several years since she got shot.
She is a dangerous woman though. “Boys [kid brothers] need to be lectured.” 🙂

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