45 votes

Good News Everyone!

Posted by DefinitelyNotAFae
Tags: ask.discussion, uplifting, joy, happiness, positivity

Welcome back to another edition of the good news thread. Where I challenge folks to find and post good news. Don't just link to a source of good news, pick one out and share it. Personal good news stories are also welcome!

Even if it's good in the face of bad, even if it's the sort of good that can also remind you that shit's fucked up. For this thread, we focus on the good and we don't let the fact there's still also bad in the world drag us down.

7 comments

  1. [2]
    DefinitelyNotAFae
    Link
    'Extinct' Scimitar-Horned Oryx Thriving in the Saharan Wilds Thanks to Decades of Captive Breeding Previously considered "Extinct" in the wild, this oryx species has moved up to "Endangered" status!

    'Extinct' Scimitar-Horned Oryx Thriving in the Saharan Wilds Thanks to Decades of Captive Breeding

    Previously considered "Extinct" in the wild, this oryx species has moved up to "Endangered" status!

    31 votes
    1. monarda
      Link Parent
      That is such a wonderful story. Thank you!

      That is such a wonderful story. Thank you!

      2 votes
  2. [2]
    brews_hairy_cats
    Link
    MacKenzie Scott announced another $7.1 billion in 2025 charitable donations—she's now given away $26.3 billion since 2019

    MacKenzie Scott announced another $7.1 billion in 2025 charitable donations—she's now given away $26.3 billion since 2019

    This year's donations went to a wide range of nonprofits including several historically Black colleges and universities, and organizations focused on issues including poverty, social injustice and climate change.

    Scott's updated philanthropic tally puts her behind only fellow billionaires Warren Buffett and Bill Gates in terms of lifetime giving, according to Forbes. Forbes still estimates a $29.9 billion net worth for Scott, who became one of the world's wealthiest women following her 2019 divorce from Amazon founder Jeff Bezos.

    14 votes
    1. DefinitelyNotAFae
      Link Parent
      I appreciate how she highlighted the donations of others and that she doesn't put restrictions on her donations. She seems quite genuine in donating her wealth in significant amounts.

      I appreciate how she highlighted the donations of others and that she doesn't put restrictions on her donations. She seems quite genuine in donating her wealth in significant amounts.

      5 votes
  3. [2]
    carsonc
    Link
    NASA is building the Near-Earth Object (NEO) Surveyor to find city-killer asteroids before they can threaten us. I was listening to this on the Science News podcast and they discussed how, despite...

    NASA is building the Near-Earth Object (NEO) Surveyor to find city-killer asteroids before they can threaten us. I was listening to this on the Science News podcast and they discussed how, despite the cuts to other programs, no one wanted to defund a mission that would protect earth by sighting asteroids that could wipe out an entire city.

    Also, I'll plug the Science News Podcast as a font of (mostly) good news.

    12 votes
    1. DefinitelyNotAFae
      Link Parent
      So we're basically doing Armageddon right? /J I've heard about it but only a little so thanks!

      So we're basically doing Armageddon right? /J

      I've heard about it but only a little so thanks!

      4 votes
  4. patience_limited
    Link
    5D glass storage 'memory crystals' promise up to 13.8 billion years of data storage resilience, which is roughly the age of the universe — crams 360 terabytes into 5-inch glass disc with...

    5D glass storage 'memory crystals' promise up to 13.8 billion years of data storage resilience, which is roughly the age of the universe — crams 360 terabytes into 5-inch glass disc with femtosecond laser

    So finally, maybe, there's a solution to long term data preservation at scale. I've often wondered how the Internet Archive manages to hold on to as much as it has, and how fragile our reliance on public volunteer history preservation actually is. If massive capacity, write-once storage becomes affordable (and the retrieval latency problem is solved), maybe we can achieve a trustworthy history of all the online things. No more memory-holed government databases and sites, no more "I didn't say that and you can't prove I did."

    4 votes