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🌊 Today is World Oceans Day! This is our annual opportunity to celebrate the beauty of nature, encourage conservation, and take action to restore and protect our oceans.

🏆 Qween Jean became the first openly trans woman to ever win a Tony Award, winning the award for costume design for her work on “Cats: The Jellicle Ball.”

🏔️ A missing Sherpa guide was found alive after surviving nearly a week alone at the top of Mount Everest.

LGBTQ+

Hungarian police issued an approval for this year’s Budapest Pride Parade, reversing last year’s ban

Last year, under the direction of former Prime Minister Viktor Orbán, Hungary’s parliament passed legislation that led to the banning of the Budapest Pride parade.

Defying that ban and risking legal consequences, organizers estimated that a record 200,000 people attended the parade anyway, making it the city’s largest parade in history.

Now, under Prime Minister Péter Magyar, Hungarian police said they will not prevent anyone from taking part this year’s Budapest Pride parade, and they “issued restrictive orders in relation to three counter-demonstrations,” clearing the way for this year’s celebrations.

Even better: Hungarian prosecutors have now also dropped charges against Budapest Mayor Gergely Karacsony for his role in defying the country’s ban and organizing last year’s Pride parade.

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​A new wildlife overpass in California got its first animal visitors months ahead of schedule. After construction crews left, three mule deer were spotted navigating the crossing, which is the first in the state to be built over a state highway and will be completed this fall.

​Activist Erin Brockovich launched an interactive map to track AI data centers across the country. More than 2,700 reports from concerned residents have been submitted to the website so far.

​Twin Cities residents were honored with a John F. Kennedy Profile in Courage Award. They received the prestigious award for demonstrating “compassion and unwavering commitment to the ideals that sustain our democracy” during the federal immigration enforcement surge.

​A Thai island community is uniting to protect endangered dugongs through seagrass restoration efforts. The island of Koh Libong has also implemented dugong-friendly boat policies and safer fishing practices to save the species.

​A family in Tasmania used their expertise in aluminium shipbuilding to build the world’s largest battery-electric vessel. The ship has 40 megawatt-hours of batteries and will eventually provide service between Buenos Aires and Uruguay.

​British scientists made plastic “decoy” puffins to help real puffins build colonies on the Isle of Man. Because puffins are highly social and prefer to nest in busy colonies, the decoys have been a hit.

Animals

This rescued sea turtle shocked scientists with its DNA results. After a 7-month recovery, he’s returning to the ocean

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good data

Personal sense of freedom is up worldwide

In 2025, Gallup found that 82% of adults across 138 countries were satisfied with their freedom to choose what to do with their lives. It was a significant uptick from 2006, when the global satisfaction rate was 71%.

The largest gains occurred in former Soviet republics, where satisfaction with freedom rose sharply over the past two decades as former Eastern Bloc countries experienced economic and social improvements.

While the perceptions of freedom are strongly linked to economic well-being and financial stability, the report noted that freedom does not always match external measures of politics and civil liberties, with some countries with limited political freedoms reporting very high personal freedom satisfaction.

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More Good bits

🔋 Tesla could help save small towns in America. (Reels)

🇦🇺 Australia is pioneering a battery revolution.

💎 A sixth grader discovered a 1,500-year-old gemstone.

🌸 A ceramicist is helping bees recharge on handmade flowers.

🌪️ A storm chaser saved the tiniest tornado survivor from rubble.

❄️ Scientists found an uncharted island in the Antarctic.

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