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Virginia college students are running a thrift store for transgender and nonbinary people (www.advocate.com)

Transgender people looking to change up their wardrobes are often met with financial barriers. At a private college in Virginia, LGBTQ+ students are working to break down those walls with a no cost food and clothing pantry....

Cats Filled the Prison. Then the Inmates Fell in Love. (www.nytimes.com)

Some say they were first brought in to take out the rats. Others contend they wandered in on their own....

Mark Cuban tells Mavericks employees of plan to pay out $35M in bonuses (www.reuters.com)

Experimental antibiotic kills deadly superbug, opens whole new class of drugs (arstechnica.com)

African elephant populations stabilise in southern heartlands (www.theguardian.com)

Alzheimer's drugs might get into the brain faster with new ultrasound tool, study shows (apnews.com)

Wolves win against farmers as Swiss cull put on hold (www.bbc.com)

Meet the man that rescues dogs from fighting rings (www.cnn.com)

13 Ways the World Got Better in 2023 (time.com)

My favorite:...

New Years Eve Twins (www.goodmorningamerica.com)

The 'world's largest' ultra-high-altitude wind farm just came online in Tibet (electrek.co)

Good news you may have missed in 2023 - CBS (yewtu.be)

After 34 Years, Someone Finally Beat Tetris (youtu.be)

A weirdly uplifting video about the niche world of torturing Tetris until it crashes

Meet dog 'Dangler in Chief' helping Indiana animals find forever homes (www.usatoday.com)

‘Amazing’: Queensland mum uses electric car to ‘save’ son’s life with dialysis during power outage (www.theguardian.com)

An electric vehicle owner has used her car’s emergency power system to run her 11-year-old son’s lifesaving dialysis machine and another has ridden to the rescue of his neighbours after devastating storms cut power in south-east Queensland....

New government pledges to create Poland’s first new national parks in two decades | Notes From Poland (notesfrompoland.com)

Sometimes We Can Have Nice Things: Our 10 Favorite Feel-Good Stories of 2023 (www.scientificamerican.com)

Here’s the best, most inspiring and coolest science we encountered this year

Court victory for activists who disrupted Israel's weapons trade (electronicintifada.net)

Oregon Airport Unveils Unconventional Stress-Busters: Meet The Therapy Llamas Bringing Joy To Travelers (www.sunnyskyz.com)

Lifesaving Malaria Vaccine Set To Save Hundreds Of Thousands Of Children (www.project-syndicate.org)

Thailand sends 3 orangutans rescued from illicit wildlife trade back to Indonesia (apnews.com)

Iceland’s ‘bike whisperer’: the vigilante who finds stolen bicycles – and helps thieves change (www.theguardian.com)

Animal shelter in Pennsylvania empty for first time in 47 years (www.theguardian.com)

Just in time for Christmas, Adams county SPCA adopts out 598 animals and reunites 125 with their owners...

Ukrainian watchmaker fixes Newfoundland clock tower that hasn't told time in decades | CTV (www.ctvnews.ca)

DeKalb Township (Illinois) awards $187K to local nonprofits to serve area residents (www.shawlocal.com)