Here are this week’s uplifting headlines.
1-5 Uplifting Headlines of the Week
1. New California law now mandates that the school day start no earlier than 8 a.m. for middle graders and 8:30 a.m. for high schoolers. – Source
2. The IRA gives USPS Billions to buy electric vehicles. – Source
3. First Native American woman to travel to space. – Source
4. Singapore to end the ban on gay sex. – Source
5. Unix legend Brian Kernighan, who is the “k” in “awk” and is 80-years-old, keeps fixing things. He has added Unicode support to awk, but he couldn’t figure out how to use it, so he just emailed his changes to the current maintainer. – Source
6-10 Uplifting Headlines of the Week
6. Battery-farmed eggs to be phased out by 2036 as Australian animal welfare reforms are brought in | New guidelines requiring more space for laying hens and bathing water for ducks welcomed by animal rights groups. – Source
7. Uber driver paused mid-ride to rescue people from burning Brooklyn building. – Source
8. The United States is stepping up to buy about 150,000 metric tons of grain from Ukraine in the next few weeks for an upcoming shipment of food aid from ports no longer blockaded by war, the World Food Program chief has told The Associated Press. – Source
9. Dogs’ eyes well up with tears of joy when reunited with their owners. – Source
10. ESPN college basketball analyst d*ck Vitale announces he is cancer-free. – Source
11-15 Uplifting Headlines of the Week
11. Australia’s first out-of-season coral spawning gives hope to the Great Barrier Reef. – Source
12. New antibody neutralizes all known SARS-CoV-2 variants in lab tests. – Source
13. Study finds that a Maine summer camp that brings together Israeli and Palestinian teenagers leads to greater outgroup friendships. – Source
14. Newsom funnels nearly $5 billion into mental health resources. – Source
15. 5 “New” Crops that will help feed the World as Climate Change bites. Amaranth, Fonio, Black-Eyed Peas, Taro, and Kernza are going to help feed the world in a drier, hotter future. – Source
