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Thousands of Flamingo Chicks Hatch in Major Comeback From Climate Disaster in Turkiye (WATCH)

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Flamingos with chick Royal Zoological Society of Scotland via SWNS
Flamingos with chick Royal Zoological Society via SWNS

In a triumph for conservation, thousands of flamingo chicks have hatched at one of the world’s key flamingo breeding grounds—a salt lake that had nearly dried up five years ago.

Lake Tuz, once the second-largest lake in Turkiye (Turkey), faced desiccation due to high temperatures and a lack of rainfall which led to the deaths of thousands of greater flamingo hatchlings in 2021.

But after a number of initiatives to save the “climate change hotspot” located in the Central Anatolia plateau, the lake is now hosting a new generation of chicks.

Drone footage from June 10th shows about 5,000 of the young birds protected by their parents, learning essential survival skills like feeding and avoiding potential threats in their natural habitat. (See the video below…)

One of Turkiye’s most important wetlands, Lake Tuz (salt in Turkish) draws nature enthusiasts and wildlife photographers from around the world to witness the lake’s seasonal color changes and to steep in the mineral rich water, mud, and salt.

“We will more than compensate for the losses of previous years by raising the population with these chicks during the season,” said Fahri Tunç, President of the Bird’s Eye View and Ecology Association.

“This is great news.

“The current number is more than double that of last year, which was more than double that of the year before,” Tunç told Turkiye’s news outlet DHA.

NASA reported in 2021 that the Mediterranean Basin where the lake is located, is a climate change hotspot because it has warmed at a greater rate since the pre-industrial period compared to the global average.

Satellite images showed the lake was almost completely drying up, threatening wildlife that relies on the algae food source and nesting habitat.

Lake Tuz satellite comparisons – NASA

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The lake, which has no outlet, is fed by groundwater that originates in the northern mountains, by two major streams, and rain that primarily falls in the springtime.

In 1988 water spanned 98% of the lake bed, according to findings published in Regional Environmental Change. But at the start of 2001 only 20% was covered with water and, in 2016, the lakebed was dry. The same happened in 2021, which caused the mass death of young flamingos.

The following year, Turkiye’s general directorate for the protection of natural assets launched a water supply project on the lake, which is 90 miles southeast of Ankara, the country’s capital.

Designed to protect new nestlings, it pumps water into the areas of the wetlands where the chicks nest.

In 2024, the project saw a huge success with no mass deaths of flamingo chicks reported—and this year’s success has wildlife conservationists, like Tunç hoping for a similar outcome this year.

ANOTHER FLY-AWAY SUCCESS: Bald Ibis ‘the Herald of Spring’ Saved from Extinction in Turkey Thanks to Semi-Wild Breeding

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Your Weekly Horoscope – ‘Free Will Astrology’ by Rob Brezsny

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Our partner Rob Brezsny, whose latest book is Astrology Is Real: Revelations from My Life as an Oracle, provides his weekly wisdom to enlighten our thinking and motivate our mood. Rob’s Free Will Astrology, is a syndicated weekly column appearing in over a hundred publications. He is also the author of Pronoia Is the Antidote for Paranoia: How All of Creation Is Conspiring To Shower You with Blessings. (A free preview of the book is available here.)

Here is your weekly horoscope…

FREE WILL ASTROLOGY – Week of June 20, 2026
Copyright by Rob Brezsny, FreeWillAstrology.com

GEMINI (May 21-June 20):
Eastern monarch butterflies migrate annually from the American Midwest to central Mexico. The individuals who start the journey from Nebraska or Wisconsin die long before they reach the oyamel fir trees of Mexico. So do their children and their grandchildren. Their great-grandchildren finish the trip, though they have never been to the destination. Somehow they know where to go, navigating thousands of miles to trees they’ve never seen. Let’s apply this as a metaphor for you, Gemini. I suspect you are carrying navigational wisdom you didn’t realize you possessed. Inherited knowledge, encoded deep in your secret places, is ready to guide you. So pay attention to inexplicable certainties. Trust the directions that arrive without logical explanation.

CANCER (June 21-July 22):
A large earthquake doesn’t relieve stress evenly along a fault. Instead, it creates zones where stress is reduced and others where stress increases, making future ruptures more likely. So the stress is redistributed, but not uniformly. According to my reading of the omens, Cancerian, you recently experienced a metaphorical shake-up. I suggest you identify where stress has grown and where it has dissipated. Your next moves should account for this new distribution of pressure. Some areas of your life are now more vulnerable, while others have become more stable. Read the landscape accurately before proceeding.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22):
Songbirds like zebra finches practice their melodies while asleep. Their vocal muscles move in ways that mirror daytime singing. These replay patterns help young birds learn their songs and adults maintain and refine their tunes over time. I suspect that you are engaged in a similar type of learning, Leo. You are enhancing skills and uncovering insights while asleep and dreaming. Bonus! Even when awake, you’re absorbing clues on a subconscious level. Your deeper intelligence is gathering information you will need for your upcoming breakthroughs. Hooray for mysterious help!

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22):
Architects who design concert halls know that perfect sound isn’t achieved through perfect smoothness. The best acoustics come from strategic irregularities, textured walls, and angled surfaces that distribute vibrations in pleasing ways. Too much uniformity creates dead zones and echoes; too much chaos creates muddle. Pleasing resonance arises from organized complexity. In my estimation, Virgo, your life is currently too smooth in some areas and too haphazard in others. You may need more strategic irregularity. Consider introducing productive unpredictability into relationships that have become too routine. Add inventive structure to efforts that have become shapeless. Don’t aim for either total order or complete randomness. What will generate maximum beauty?

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22):
Have you ever been ambushed by unexpected bursts of gratification emerging from subtle miracles? Maybe a loved one finally grasps a truth you’ve been trying to convey for eons. Or you feel balanced in a situation that once made you feel lopsided. Or you grasp, with shivers of awe, that you got uncanny spiritual guidance at a key crossroads. I foresee at least three such blessings for you in the coming weeks. To ensure you recognize them, don’t get distracted in the pursuit of splashy bonanzas and gaudy prizes. Be nimbly alert for subtle breakthroughs.

SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21):
Poet Emily Dickinson rarely left her family home but bequeathed us a marvelous body of lyrical work as she roamed through vast inner worlds. Sci-fi novelist Octavia Butler rose early to write before long shifts at low‑paid jobs, imagining visionary futures during her limited hours to be creative. Lucille Clifton raised six children while shaping poems of distilled, luminous insight, showing us how to summon fierce originality from a life crowded with responsibilities. Moral of the story: Buoyant power can flourish even when circumstances are limited. This lesson may be relevant for you in the coming weeks. If conditions seem imperfect or incomplete, trust that your resilience and adaptability can compensate for external obstacles. I have faith in your ability to generate useful beauty.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21):
Our tongues are primed to heal astonishingly fast thanks to dense blood vessels, saliva’s repair proteins, and a rapid immune response. Wounds that would take more patience elsewhere can heal here in days. I suspect that your psyche now possesses your tongue’s high level of healing power. So I hope you will launch a phase of accelerated repair. Call on every possible form of therapeutic assistance, please!

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19):
Now is an ideal time to clear out old romantic karma from the past. Please consider performing a DIY ritual to release painful memories, leftover grudges, and long-standing hurts that keep tugging at your intimate connections. The coming weeks will also be a favorable phase to discard rigid beliefs about gender and dismantle anything that blocks you from experiencing full-bodied sensual and sexual delight. Expect to be freed from at least some energies that have limited your ability to explore fun and vigorous ways of savoring your desires.​

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18):
I suggest you adopt a new honorary title like “Charm Weaver” or “Emissary of Radiance” or “Beauty Whisperer.” Why? Because I hope it will help inspire you to stir up delightful play and lyrical mystery wherever you wander. For instance: Infuse your conversations with sparkling harmony and sly, graceful humor. Burst into whimsical songs, fling out extravagant compliments, pose clever questions that spark fresh ideas, and call attention to systems and relationships in your world that are functioning wonderfully well. Many perks will flow your way as you do.

PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20):
Is there a dream from childhood that you’re ready to revive on a higher octave? Think of something you longed for before the world told you to be boringly realistic: an art you wanted to practice, a way you wanted to live, or the kind of person you hoped to become. The question isn’t “Can I go back and do it exactly the same?” but “What is the mature, wiser, present-day version of that dream?” You might write in your journal: “The childhood dream I’m ready to lift to a higher octave is ______,” and then add, “If I took one concrete step toward it, what would it be?”

ARIES (March 21-April 19):
Aries mathematician Paul Erdos lived without a permanent address, traveling the world to collaborate with other mathematicians. He owned little, claiming “property is a nuisance.” His life was structured around doing mathematics and helping others do mathematics. He published over 1,500 papers, more than any mathematician in history. Was his minimalism a form of deprivation? I prefer to think it was liberation from everything that didn’t serve his purpose. What would your life be like if you eliminated things that don’t serve your deepest purposes, Aries? In the coming weeks, you have permission to be ruthless about your priorities. What are you maintaining out of habit rather than conviction? What burdens masquerade as responsibilities?

TAURUS (April 20-May 20):
A friend told me about the creative writing class he took with renowned poet Brenda Hillman. “I recall being in class,” he says, “and having the thought, wow, this teacher works far harder at teaching than I do at learning.” Dear Taurus, please don’t indulge in a similar laziness anytime soon. Your educational opportunities are currently richer than usual. To extract the full benefit, you must match the verve and vigor of your teachers. (PS: The teachers may or may not think of themselves as teachers. They could even be animals, rainstorms, or ancestors.)

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(Zodiac images by Numerologysign.com, CC license)

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“We do not remember days, we remember moments.” – Cesare Pavese

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Quote of the Day: “We do not remember days, we remember moments.” – Cesare Pavese

Photo by: Anne Nygård

With a new inspirational quote every day, atop the perfect photo—collected and archived on our Quotes page—why not bookmark GNN.org for a daily uplift?

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Good News in History, June 20

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31 years years ago today, Greenpeace activists bolstered by international pressure forced Shell Oil of the UK into a dramatic reversal of its decision to dispose of a massive oil rig by submerging it beneath the sea. READ what happened then… (1995)

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World’s Largest ‘Whale Graveyard’ Teems with Deep-Sea Life Including Species Unknown to Science

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Images of whale remains and the community of creatures that live on them - credit, Zhou et al. via Nature, CC 4.0. BY-SA
Images of whale remains and the community of creatures that live on them – credit, Zhou et al. via Nature, CC 4.0. BY-SA

Chinese scientists have discovered the world’s largest “whale graveyard” in a trench deep below the Indian Ocean—and it teems with life.

Bivalves, brittle stars, different kinds of worms, and jellyfish—many of which may be new to science, thrived in what the scientists suggested might have acted as an “evolutionary hotspot.”

Since the phenomenon of “whale falls” was first discovered in the 1980s, it’s quickly become apparent that for dozens if not hundreds of deep-sea-dwelling species, the carcasses of whales that sink to the seafloor are the most important of lifelines.

Rich foraging habitat or other areas where whales congregate may also harbor so-called ‘whale graveyards—areas of sea where many whale falls can be found.

But nothing could have prepared Xiaotong Peng, Peng Zhou, and their co-authors for what they would find during submersible dives to the Diamantina Fracture Zone, 20,000 feet below the surface.

They had suspected to find whale remains, but admitted to AFP that it was more than they could have ever imagined.

“Discovering a necropolis of this scale was completely unexpected: the size of distribution, the depth and the age range were far beyond anything we had imagined,” Xiaotong Peng said.

They recorded almost 500 different skeletons and used a robotic arm on their submersible to bring some 485 individual bones—including fossils some 5.3 million years old—back to the research vessel. The team’s estimations suggest there may be 10 million dead whales across a 660-mile-long area, most of them various species of beaked whale.

Andrew’s beaked-whale and the strap-toothed whale are known to inhabit the southern Indian Ocean today, while an Antarctic minke whale was also identified. Two known but extinct species Pterocetus and Izikoziphius were identified via their skulls.

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A fossilized sei whale, alive today, was also found, as well as several unidentified bones—perhaps from undiscovered species.

Around these were thousands of sea creatures, some of them known to live around hydrothermal vents in other deep sea zones. That spawned the hypothesis that a whale carcass and a hydrothermal vent may be offering these simple organisms a similar bounty of sustenance, one which the sea life cannot do without, but both of which they can exploit equally well.

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“The vibrant ecosystems we saw offered a completely different perspective on this otherwise dark and cold ocean floor,” said co-author Zhou.

“The results support the hypothesis that deep-sea whale falls act as evolutionary hotspots and biogeographic stepping stones for sulfide-dependent fauna in the deep ocean,” the study’s authors write.

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Mushrooms Used to Clean E. Coli from Rivers and Immediately Implemented in England

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Turkey tail mushroom was used in the study
Turkey tail mushroom was used in the study

An awesome study that could help clean up rivers world-wide at negligible cost leveraged fungi as a pollution control filter.

The mushrooms in question were the very delicious and very helpful turkey tail, and the pollution in question was sewage: notably E. coli bacteria.

The river was in the English county of Devon and the results were so great that water industry regulator OFWAT gave local utility Anglican Water almost $2 million to implement the idea at scale.

Similar success was had in Lincolnshire, where the mushrooms were instead used to clean up agricultural runoff of phosphorous and nitrogen which can cause abnormal blooms of algae that choke waterbodies of oxygen.

The application was ever so simple: a bag of woodchips impregnated with turkey tail spores left at the bottom of the river. The mycelia, or filament system of the mushroom, filtered out 80% of the E. coli, 83% of the phosphorous, and 35% of the nitrogen.

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Joshua Mercer, at Anglian Water said the fungi would act as a “second line of defense” to normal sewage treatment.

“If [this work] can have a positive impact on water quality, then it’s benefiting everyone,” Joshua told the BBC.

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“When my daughter gets to my age, it would be great if people can just go and swim wherever they want.”

GNN has already reported how mushrooms can act as exceptional cleaning agents, with the ability to absorb harmful heavy metals, and even nuclear radiation.

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Revolutionary Treatment Heals 3rd Degree Burns Across the Face of World’s First Human Recipient

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Dr. Marc Jeschke and Kaitlin Jeffrey – credit, Hamilton Health Sciences

See that red mark on Kaitlin Jeffrey’s neck below her left ear? That’s some indication of how serious it is to describe the treatment she just finished receiving as revolutionary.

Jeffery’s hair and skin caught fire during a blaze which broke out at a fraternity party she was attending in Ontario.

She was left with 3rd degree burns that threatened permanent scarring and disfiguration.

Doctors at Victoria Hospital in London, Ontario, were certain she would require skin grafts and be left to bear the conspicuous scarring therefrom. She was later transferred to the burn unit at Hamilton Health Sciences for surgery.

There, Dr. Marc Jeschke opted for a world-first treatment strategy of using exosomes to heal the burns rather than covering them up. Exosomes are tiny particles released by cells that carry the signal for powerful healing responses. They are usually collected from lab cultured cells, and Jeffery’s burns were so bad she needed a trillion of them.

“My vision for Kaitlin was to avoid skin graft surgery to her face and neck at any cost,” explained Dr. Jeschke, vice president of research and innovation at HHS, burn surgeon and researcher, to CTV.

“You can do the best graft on the planet, but you won’t return the skin to normal. And, for a young person, a skin graft to the face and neck can be absolutely devastating.”

That was iterated in an emergency application to Health Canada to try the exosomes on compassionate grounds. With Jeffery and her parents having signed on to the idea, Health Canada gave a green light, and the injections of exosomes began.

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Clinical trials in humans have had promising results for wound healing, but exosomes for burns have been studied only in animal models. Jeffery was to be something of an animal herself: a guinea pig for exosome-use in humans.

Yet her response to the exosome treatment exceeded anyone’s expectations, and every day, it seemed there was a new person growing from behind the ghastly burns.

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Burned on December 2nd, by April 29th, Jeffery was simply unrecognizable—or rather she was completely recognizable: her face had healed entirely.

She will require skin grafts for the remainder of the scarring on her neck, but the beautiful young woman can look forward to a lifetime of confidant normalcy, while Dr. Jeschke is hoping that the unprecedented success will rapidly accelerate the development of exosome treatment—which is now very expensive—in humans around Canada and the world.

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NYC Taxi Driver Gets $75,000–A Helping Hand After Knicks Fans Destroyed his Car

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Cab driver Bitat Noureddine after Knicks win – New York Taxi Workers Alliance / GoFundMe
Cab driver Bitat Noureddine after Knicks win – New York Taxi Workers Alliance / GoFundMe

While many in New York City expended every breath in celebration of the Knicks NBA championship win, many others will have held theirs—knowing what happens when passionate American sports fans win titles.

Sure enough, the championship for the New York Knickerbockers in 53 years resulted in arson to many vehicles in the city including the yellow cab of Mr. Bitat Noureddine.

As videos of the frenetic celebrations on the street hit social media, one went viral of Mr. Noureddine being dragged from his taxi, briefly assaulted, and watching in disbelief as a mob of people proceeded to climb atop the car and smash the windows.

The deplorable behavior reached 6 million people on X, including rapper French Montana, who left a comment that if someone could find the man, he’d like to help him overcome the financial hit.

French got in contact with his friend Zachery Dereniowski at the New York Taxi Worker’s Alliance, a labor union to which Noureddine is a member, and the 2 planned to raise money with a GoFundMe.

“Recently, during celebrations following a New York Knicks finals win, Noureddine’s life was turned upside down,” the fundraiser description reads.

“His cab was vandalized, and he was reportedly assaulted and dragged from his vehicle by a crowd. In a matter of moments, the vehicle he was driving was severely damaged, leaving him facing an incredibly difficult situation.”

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“My friend, French Montana, sent me Noureddine Bitat’s story and we partnered with Noureddine’s union, the New York Taxi Workers Alliance to help restore his business and change his life!”

At publishing time the GoFundMe has reached $76,000 from over 2,000 donors.

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“For my part, I travel not to go anywhere, but to go. I travel for travel’s sake. The great affair is to move.” – Robert L. Stevenson

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Quote of the Day: “For my part, I travel not to go anywhere, but to go. I travel for travel’s sake. The great affair is to move.” – Robert L. Stevenson

Photo by: Jordan Seott

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Good News in History, June 19

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123 years ago today, Lou Gehrig was born. Playing first baseman across 17 seasons in Major League Baseball for the New York Yankees, Gehrig was renowned for his prowess as a hitter and for his durability, which earned him his nickname “the Iron Horse”. He was an All-Star seven consecutive times, a Triple Crown winner once, an American League Most Valuable Player twice, and a member of six World Series champion teams. He had a career .340 batting average, .632 slugging average, and a .447 on-base average. He hit 493 home runs and had 1,995 runs batted in (RBI). READ more from the stat pack… (1903)

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Sumatran Tiger Cubs Born in the UK Is Huge Win–with Only 400 Left in Wild

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– credit Tony Kershaw via SWNS

In a valuable milestone for the conservation of the Sumatran tiger subspecies, 3 cubs born to a UK zoo have grown old enough to venture out from the maternity den into the enclosure.

It’s thought there are less than 400 Sumatran tigers remaining in the wilds of Indonesia, and they are considered Critically-Endangered by the IUCN.

Tipah and her litter of cubs – credit Tony Kershaw via SWNS

Howletts Wild Animal Park, in Canterbury, Kent, said the cubs’ births represent an important step forward for the conservation of this cat beyond its natural habitat.

The 3 cubs, 2 girls and 1 boy, were born to first-time mom Tipah and dad Nakal and are just 2 months old.

They were born on April 9th and spent their first few weeks with mom Tipah in their den—but in recent weeks have begun to venture outside to the delight of a photographer there to capture their sensory overload.

“Tipah has taken every step of this journey with calmness, patience and a natural ability to be a fantastic mom,” said Head of Carnivores at Howletts Richard Langston said.

“She spends most of her time up on a platform keeping a watchful eye on them while enjoying a little respite from all the jumping, biting and playing that comes with raising energetic tiger cubs.”

GNN has reported on this cat being born in zoos before—at the Wroclaw and San Diego zoos. It’s considered an important priority animal for captive breeding programs, which have saved many species from extinction in the past.

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The park added the cubs were becoming increasingly bold and playful, exploring more of their surroundings and beginning to show their individual personalities.

One cub has already developed an independent streak, often choosing to spend time away from its siblings.

– credit Tony Kershaw via SWNS
– credit Tony Kershaw via SWNS
– credit Tony Kershaw via SWNS

Just By Mowing a Lawn, Social Media Star Raises $685,000 for Bereaved Senior Who Fell Behind on Rent

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Debbie and Spencer in the overgrown lawn - credit, SB Mowing, via GoFundMe
Debbie and Spencer in the overgrown lawn – credit, SB Mowing, via GoFundMe

Who knew so much power lay behind the simple act of mowing the lawn.

That’s what Spencer from SB Mowing, the prolific social media account, has shown us before, and is now showing us again as his yardwork channels $685,000 to a woman who had no money for rent or groceries.

In a video posted on his YouTube channel on Friday, Spencer introduced his followers to Debbie. She, like most of his beneficiaries, has a terribly overgrown lawn and no money to hire anyone to take care of it.

In fact, Debbie—like Beth in a previous video GNN reported on—has no money at all.

“Debbie has had one of the hardest stretches of life imaginable, and she’s been carrying most of it alone,” SB Mowing said in a GoFundMe.

It started when her husband was diagnosed with stage 4 cancer and given 90 days to live. Debbie had to be his caregiver until he passed away. During her grief, a contractor she’d hired for tree work took a $2,000 deposit and never showed up.

“A neighbor wrecked her car and didn’t pay for it. She fell 3 months behind on rent, put off dental and health care she genuinely needs, and there were days when she and her dogs went without food because she simply couldn’t afford it,” the GoFundMe page continued.

According to KAKE News in Wichita, an Uber driver who took Debbie home from the grocery store reached out to Spencer and explained the elderly woman’s situation.

Spencer and his father then came out with their kit and spent two whole days battling back the years of overgrowth and carting it off to the landfill. Afterwards, they took a war chest of things she had prepared to sell in a yard sale to Habitat for Humanity and brought back the cash without the work.

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Spencer’s nonprofit SB Mow it Forward took care of Debbie’s three-months of back rent. Then he set up a GoFundMe that went viral.

It raised $685,000 from more than 22,000 donations—all of which has gone to a trust of which Debbie is the sole beneficiary.

It’s the kind of story that makes you pause in the face of someone saying that social media is all political arguments and cat videos.

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No Outstanding Coal Mining Applications Left in the UK After Council Refusal in Carmarthenshire

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An opencast mine in Wales - credit, Coal Action Network, supplied to the BBC
An opencast mine in Wales – credit, Coal Action Network, supplied to the BBC

After a Welsh council rejected plans to dig for 85,000 tons of coal, the UK has no outstanding proposals for coal mining anywhere in the country.

Carmarthenshire council turned down the second application for expanding the open-pit Glan Lash mine near Llandybie in Wales, citing impacts on the local environment.

Bryn Bach Coal Ltd. had wanted to extend the site over 10.3 hectares, but the council found that doing so would imperil habitat and species, including one of the UK’s rarest butterflies.

The Glan Lash mine opened in 2012 on a plan to excavate 92,500 tons over 4-and-a-half years.

Because of the technical challenges and upfront capital involved in building a mine—of any kind—developers often opt to start small and concentrate their footprint around the richest targets in the deposit.

Companies will then often fund expansions with the revenue from the first stage of mining, but Bryn Bach’s first proposal was rejected in 2019, and this latest rebuff is the second.

In a decision notice, Rhodri Griffiths, the council’s head of place and sustainability, listed nearby protected woodland and hedgerows as habitat that would be threatened by the coal mine, as well as “the unacceptable disturbance, degradation and loss” of “irreplaceable peatland.”

Llandybie also hosts a population of the marsh fritillary, one of the UK’s most threatened butterfly species.

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In their planning application, Bryn Bach presented that the coal the company was mining is non-thermal, meaning demand didn’t come from power plants but from manufacturing, including water filtration systems and battery production. It will have 6 months to appeal the decision.

BBC quoted Coal Action Network as saying there were now “no live applications for new coal mines” in the UK and that the decision reflected “a clear, strategic commitment to climate leadership, rare habitat protection, and safeguarding the health of surrounding communities.”

The largest open-pit coal mine in the UK was also in Wales, and it too has been setback—potentially forever—by a rejection of an expansion proposal. There is now just one underground coal mine left in Wales.

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Stunning Video of the Southern Lights Dancing Across the Earth Captured by a NASA Astronaut–WATCH

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The Southern Lights - credit, Jessica Meir, screengrab via X
The Southern Lights – credit, Jessica Meir, screengrab via X

From the SpaceX Dragon capsule high above the Earth, astronaut Jessica Meir was left stunned and moved by what she was witnessing.

As our own blue marble spun around to show its white underbelly, a blast of solar wind had ignited the Southern Lights, or Aurora Australis, which spread out from Antarctica before snaking and scintillating its way across the South Pole.

“As opposed to the previous aurora I’ve seen, this one danced and snaked its way directly below us, putting on quite a show,” Meir wrote on X. “I am in awe of this ethereal and emotionally evocative phenomenon.”

As with all aurorae, the Aurora Australis occurs when large amounts of charged particles expelled by our Sun strike the Earth’s magnetosphere. The particles move to the magnetic poles where they concentrate, energizing endemic elements in the atmosphere. The result is a discharge of energy that turn the oxygen and nitrogen into plasma that glows and glitters in the night sky.

Though the Earth is constantly being bombarded by solar radiation, occasional large bursts, such as from solar events like coronal mass ejections, cause more dramatic and wider aurorae at the north and south poles.

“The auroras’ colors give clues to which gases are involved and where the interactions are taking place,” writes Sara Hashemi at Smithsonian Magazine.

“Green lights, for instance, come from interactions with oxygen at lower altitudes, around 60 to 180 miles above the surface, while red lights can indicate oxygen at higher altitudes.”

MORE AURORA GLIMPSES: James Webb Telescope Reveals New Details and Mysteries Hidden in Jupiter’s Own ‘Northern Lights’

Meir was in the Dragon capsule after arriving at the International Space Station in February for an 8-month mission to conduct experiments related to human biology and medicine in space, including the effects of pneumonia-causing bacteria, and how to make IV fluid from scratch.

On June 5th, she and NASA astronaut Chris Williams took shelter in the capsule on the Agency’s orders while their Roscosmos colleagues worked to find and fix an air leak on their side of the station.

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“There is a lot going on right now on the @Space_Station,” Meir wrote in a social media post on June 6. “But fortunately, we are all safe and witnessed a spectacular southern aurora show yesterday thanks to a recent solar event.”

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“What is happening in your innermost self is worthy of your entire love.” – Rainer Maria Rilke

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Quote of the Day: “What is happening in your innermost self is worthy of your entire love.” – Rainer Maria Rilke

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Good News in History, June 18

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78 years ago today, Columbia Records introduced the long-playing record album in a public demonstration at the Waldorf-Astoria Hotel in New York City, characterized by a speed of 33+1⁄3 rpm a 12- or 10-inch, diameter, and a vinyl composite disk, it instantly became the most popular and beloved analog storage medium in history. READ just how big its impact was… (1948)

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Sweden’s Breathtaking New Train Ride to Oslo Passes By Best of Country’s Landscape

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Andy Corbley
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Apelöga Harbour in Kullaberg - credit, Apelöga/imagebank.sweden.se
Apelöga Harbour in Kullaberg – credit, Apelöga/imagebank.sweden.se

It’s easy to be romantic about train travel, and hard not to when you’re onboard Sweden’s latest new route to Oslo.

On June 15th, Swedish rail operator Snälltåget launched a new direct rail service stretching nearly 360 miles across some of the country’s most diverse landscapes.

The 6.5-hour journey connects Malmö in southern Sweden with Oslo, the capital of Norway, taking travelers from sandy coastlines and medieval landmarks to vast inland lakes and deep Nordic forests—all without changing trains.

The route offers one of Scandinavia’s most varied rail experiences, providing a unique window into Sweden’s nature, culture, and regional food traditions, and showcasing agricultural plains and seaside towns to vast lakes and remote wilderness.

The route unfolds across 3 dramatically different regions, offering a visual guide to southern Sweden’s changing geography.

Departing Malmö, the train journey’s first stage travels through the open landscapes of Skåne before reaching Halland’s coastline of sandy beaches, wetlands, and seaside towns.

Snälltåget passes through Sweden´s forest – credit, Snälltåget

Highlights of this part include Apelviken Bay, a popular destination for windsurfing and beach life; Varberg Fortress, dramatically positioned above the Kattegat Sea; and the Lund Cathedral, one of Scandinavia’s oldest stone churches and featured in GNN’s “On this Day in History” column.

North of Gothenburg, the journey’s second stage sees the train turn inland to follow the Göta Älv Valley toward Lake Vänern, the centerpiece of Sweden’s Great Lake Region and Europe’s third-largest lake.

This time the windows offer views onto Gothenburg’s skyline and iconic Liseberg amusement park, the Bohus Fortress, a medieval stronghold dating back to the 1300s, and the town of Trollhättan with its historic canal system and locks.

Hiking in the Göta Älv Valley – credit, Jonas Ingman, supplied.

The final stage enters Dalsland, a region known for its vast forests, crystal-clear lakes, and extensive network of hiking trails and outdoor experiences.

Here, the railway cuts through granite formations, ancient pine forests, and glacial waterways before continuing into Norway and onward to Oslo.

– Credit, Julia Trygg/imagebank.sweden.se

Onboard the Malmö to Oslo route is a special Nordic dining experience inside a dedicated restaurant car called Krogen, with dishes made from ingredients and culinary traditions sourced from places along the line.

Travelers need not only fly to Malmö to begin their journey, but can also connect to the city from continental Europe via Hamburg.

A ‘Glashus’ in Steneby – credit, Jonas Ingman, supplied

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Japanese Fans Cleaned the Stadium After World Cup Match While the Players Cleaned Locker Room

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Andy Corbley
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Photo by Massimo Sartirana

The simple act of cleaning up after yourself.

It’s the sign of a good house guest or well-raised children, but what about when “yourself” is thousands of screaming sports fans, and “cleaning up” is half of a soccer stadium?

Well then it’s a sign of something much deeper—plain to see for attending supporters and spectators alike in the FIFA World Cup Match in Dallas between The Netherlands and Japan on June 14th.

The first half was a drab affair, with the rigors of a long regular season plain to see in the legs of many of the Dutch players who play at the highest levels of the European club game. Though the contest came alive in the second half, finishing 2-2 with goals from Premier League stars Virgil Van Dijk and Daichi Kamada, it was what happened after the final whistle that made headlines.

Hundreds of the Japanese traveling fans—famous for adding color and character to the FIFA World Cup—began to clean their end of the stadium. Someone pulled out some trash bags, and soon they were picking up cups, wrappers, and anything else left among the seats.

Further still, the Japanese national team players even left their locker room spotless—with no one telling or asking them to do so. For all that a player representing their country on the biggest stage has to worry about, they didn’t allow themselves to forget their manners.

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“It’s kind of a habit or natural, I guess,” said Nina Shimaguchi, with the Japan American Society of Dallas-Fort Worth, told CBS News 11. “The Japanese education system, we don’t have custodians from elementary to high school, so we have to take care of hallways, restrooms.

“Through the game, probably many people see, ‘Oh that’s the culture,'” she said. “And that’s the next step of people trying to learn, trying to know…That kind of positivity remains.”

Japan will play Mexico this Saturday before returning to Dallas for their final group-stage match in a bid to qualify for the first of the knock-out rounds.

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‘A Little Hero’ Saves Her Friend from Both Drowning AND a Seizure

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Tamika (right) and her friend Sofia-Ann (left) whom she saved from drowning - credit, Jade McKenna, supplied to the BBC
Tamika (right) and her friend Sofia-Ann (left) whom she saved from drowning – credit, Jade McKenna, supplied to the BBC

A 12-year-old was labeled a hero after saving her friend from drowning with nothing more than a fistful of her hair to hang onto.

The harrowing close call with Davy Jones comes to us now from Conwy, Wales, where Tamika and her friend Sofia-Ann were swimming off Pensarn beach during a late-May heat wave.

The BBC reported that the coastguard were alerted of three-teenagers cut-off from the beach by the tide. Rescue personnel were mobilized and were on their way when the worst seemingly happened.

Whether by the tide or a current, the girls lost their footing and were “dragged under.”

The reaper wasn’t kidding around that day in Wales, for at the exact moment that Sofia-Ann’s head went below the water, she appears to have had an epileptic seizure.

Quick thinking Tamika reached out and grabbed Sofia-Ann’s hair—the only part of her friend in reach—and dragged the unresponsive 14-year-old out of the water and back to the beach.

She was rushed to a hospital where her lungs had to be drained of seawater. Yet despite this, she survived.

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“I’m so grateful for Tamika. She put herself in more danger to save Sofia-Ann, she’s my little hero,” said Sofia-Ann’s mother, Jade McKenna.

The cause of the seizures, which continued in the ambulance, are being investigated.

“It was quite a shock,” said Tamika’s mother Shantika, who admitted her biggest fear is drowning. “Tamika got dragged under as well but she still focused on Sofia and getting her out of the water.”

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Knee Pain Suffered by Millions Can Be Eased Using New Non-Surgical Procedure

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Andy Corbley
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Angiography images of the right knee joint of a 62-year-old participant with predominantly medial knee osteoarthritis - credit, the Radiological Society of North America / SWNS
Angiography images of the right knee joint of a 62-year-old participant with predominantly medial knee osteoarthritis – credit, the Radiological Society of North America / SWNS

For millions of people suffering with knee pain, a new, non-surgical procedure offers the promise of easing it away for at least 12 months with a single injection.

Genicular artery embolization, or GAE, is an emerging, minimally invasive treatment that targets abnormal blood vessels in osteoarthritis patients.

In an osteoarthritic knee, abnormal vessels build up around the joint and drive inflammation and pain. During GAE, a radiologist guides a thin catheter directly to each affected vessel and injects tiny particles to block it, calming the inflammation and easing the pain without surgery.

The injection consists of rapidly resorbable, gelatin-based microspheres designed to dissolve within hours.

“For the right patient, it can mean lasting relief from a single, minimally invasive procedure—a meaningful new option between injections and joint replacement,” said Dr. Florian Fleckenstein who lead a major trial into GAE from his research hub in Berlin, Germany.

“By reducing both inflammation and pain, GAE with resorbable microspheres may be the first procedure that alters the course of the disease, slowing its progression.”

Osteoarthritis, the most common form of arthritis, causes inflammation, stiffness, reduced mobility, and sensory nerve pain. Knee osteoarthritis affects more than 365 million adults worldwide and is one of the leading contributors to disability, according to the World Health Organization.

“For many patients with knee osteoarthritis, there is a real treatment gap today,” Dr. Fleckenstein said, explaining that for many patients joint replacement is not an option for medical or personal reasons.

“GAE is a whole new treatment regimen that targets abnormal hypervascularity around the joint and, in turn, modulates the pathological neurovascular environment.”

The study which Dr. Fleckenstein led included 114 women and 80 men with an average age of 69, all with osteoarthritis-related knee pain who did not respond to at least 3 months of regular treatment, including physiotherapy, anti-inflammatory drugs, and intra-articular injections.

“We believe these results carry real weight because they come from real-world data. With this broad, inclusive study design, our participants are exactly the patients that physicians encounter every day in their practices.”

All participants underwent GAE with the resorbable microspheres between July and November 2024.

Around 1 in 4 participants (23%) underwent 2 GAE procedures for bilateral knee osteoarthritis, with the second GAE conducted within 4 weeks of the first procedure. In total, the patients underwent 239 GAE procedures using the resorbable microspheres.

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All the procedures were technically successful with no moderate or severe adverse events and only mild, self-limited reactions in 6.7% of the study group. A six-month follow-up was performed in person by an orthopedic surgeon.

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The case cohort, saw a significant drop in pain and a significant increase in function, including sports and recreation and daily activity

“Most importantly, their quality of life significantly increased,” said Fleckenstein.

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Pain scores fell quickly and kept improving, according to the findings published in the journal Radiology. Osteoarthritis-related symptoms also improved. At the 12-month follow-up point, 80% of the participants achieved improvements exceeding the minimum clinically important difference.

“Our study demonstrates that GAE using rapidly resorbable gelatin-based microspheres is a safe, minimally invasive therapy that provides meaningful pain relief and functional improvement in participants with osteoarthritis-related knee symptoms for at least 12 months,” said Dr. Fleckenstein.

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“By embolizing the pathological vessels, we’re able to normalize the vessel structure—and, in turn, the neuronal structure of the knee.”

He noted that with almost 200 patients, the study is the largest body of evidence yet for GAE using rapidly resorbable microspheres – “this lets us speak about safety and efficacy with real confidence.”

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