In Tennessee, an elderly man lost his home in a massive fire.
He thought he’d lost everything, but didn’t know that firefighters had managed to save his kitten.
This is the moment they were reunited.
😸❤️
That time New Zealand was able to celebrate, after obliterating Covid so effectively that life returned to normal.
It was the success we all needed in the world.
(Hang in there, NZ. You got this next wave too! 👊🏼🇳🇿)
This year, Simone Biles launched a global conversation on mental health by making the decision to pull out of the Olympics.
In December, she was named Time’s Athlete of the Year
This is Abraham Olagbegi.
He’s 13.
After getting a bone marrow transplant, he became eligible for the Make A Wish Foundation.
What did he ask for?
To feed the homeless every month for a whole year.
That time Canada’s politicians came together to ban conversion therapy.
The bill passed unanimously - without a single dissenting vote.
This is the moment they made history.
Still in Canada, a young boy couldn’t celebrate Halloween because he was in the hospital.
So the entire neighborhood came together, kept up their decorations, and dressed up in costumes a week later - just so he wouldn’t miss it
When the New Zealand All-Black were visiting Ireland for a rugby match, this group of people with Down Syndrome surprised them with a special performance of the Haka.
In November, scientists announced that The Great Barrier Reef was beginning to show signs of healing and regeneration.
In North Carolina, this principal performed Whitney's "I Will Always Love You" to the entire graduating class.
It's possibly the best seventy seconds you'll spend today...
🎓
And the biggest, most incredible story from 2021?
YOU.
You’re here. In the middle of a raging global pandemic, you’ve already made it this far.
That’s the best news ever!
🎉🎊🥳
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When you watch the news, it's easy to believe everything is getting worse.
It's not.
Since it’s that time of year, here are 39 good news stories that you didn’t hear about in 2023.
Let’s go 🧵
1. More girls are getting an education
This year, UNICEF reported there are 50 million more girls in school compared to just ten years ago. Girls are also graduating at higher levels, with 89% completing primary school and 61% completing high school.
Education for the win!
2. More Oceans are Being Protected
This year, countries committed more than $20 billion in funding towards ocean conservation. And over a million square kilometers of ocean was formally protected off the coasts of Kenya, Ireland, Australia, Panama, Chile, and Papua New Guinea.
Everyone knows that the media is built on negativity. Without it, they wouldn’t exist.
We’ve been saying for years that their negativity is actually killing us. To prove it, we did a small experiment.
The results were disturbing.
A Goodable Thread 🧵
We wanted to see just how addicted the world’s top news sites are to negativity, so we ran an audit. We focused on only the biggest news sites, which included:
Apple
Google
Yahoo
ABC
CNN
Together, they have over a billion visitors per day.
Here’s what we found 👇🏼
Of the top 30 news stories on Apple, only two were about positive things in the world.
Just two.
Their top headlines were about flooding and Ukraine. It got so depressing we had to stop.