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💿 Bad Bunny’s album ‘DeBÍ TiRAR MáS FOToS” made history as the first all-Spanish-language album to ever win the top prize at the Grammys, Album of the Year.

🐰 5-year-old Liam Conejo Ramos and his father returned home to Minnesota after a judge ordered their release from a Texas detention center.

❤️ Renowned actress and comedy legend Catherine O’Hara passed away on Friday at 71 years old. Beloved by her peers, she leaves behind a legacy of advocacy, generosity, and compassion.

🪧 There were hundreds of anti-ICE protests organized all over the U.S. over the weekend. (Photos)

People doing good

Cyclists around the world participated in memorial rides for Alex Pretti, who was also an avid cyclist

A Minneapolis cycling community, of which Alex Pretti was a part of, organized a memorial ride in his honor — and thousands of local cyclists joined. It was one of more than 200 memorial rides organized worldwide.

The ride began at a local park, where organizers handed out yellow safety vests that said “peaceful observer, don’t shoot” on the back to “send a message” and let people know “that what the rhetoric they’re hearing that ‘we’re domestic terrorists.’ We’re not. We have a very peaceful message to protect our own neighbors.”

The cyclists rode past the memorials of Pretti and Renee Good, and ended at the VA hospital where Pretti had worked as ICU nurse.

Why is this good news? People in Minneapolis and around the country continue to challenge the narrative that they are violent agitators, and large, nonviolent, public displays of care and solidarity like this — in response to an act of violence from federal officials — futher that message, and bring people together.

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More Good News

In a breakthrough study, scientists from Spain eliminated pancreatic tumours in mice and prevented them from recurring. Pancreatic cancer is one of the most aggressive tumours with the worst prognosis, partly because of the rapid emergence of resistance to treatment.

A record 41 out LGBTQ+ athletes will participate in this year’s Winter Olympics. Eight of the out LGBTQ+ athletes are on Team USA, and there are a total of 22 out ice hockey players, all women, making it by far the sport with the most LGBTQ+ athletes.

Transgender Girl Scouts have sold over 71,000 boxes of cookies with the help of an independent journalist. Erin Reed was first motivated to create the list simply because she wanted to buy some cookies, and wanted to uplift trans kids by “trying to just make their days a little bit better, because god knows they've got enough to deal with.”

Churches in Springfield, Ohio are preparing to care for their immigrant neighbors losing legal status. Temporary Protected Status, or TPS, ends for Haitians on February 3 and there are as many as 15,000 immigrants in the Springfield area, many of them Haitian, and the city of about 60,000 is ramping up efforts to try to protect their community.

Human rights

Experts say nonviolent anti-ICE protesters in MN have a shot at ‘outlasting their oppressors’

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Be the good

It’s Black History Month — here are the best ways to celebrate with intentionality

February is Black History Month, and while we don’t need an awareness holiday to embrace and honor Black history, this month comes at a crucial time as the Trump administration has spent the past year of its second term attempting to erase it. (Gifted link)

It’s more important than ever that we spend this month fighting to preserve Black history by reconciling with the past, paving the way for a more just future, and celebrating the people and movements that shape it.

Here are some ways to intentionally do that this month, and all year long:

  1. Watch a documentary about the Black experience
  2. Learn more about lesser-known Black leaders from history
  3. Read books written by Black authors
  4. Create a playlist of Black artists (or search and listen to a pre-curated one)
  5. Support Black-owned businesses — with your regular purchases, too

30+ ways to intentionally celebrate Black History Month

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