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👑 An estimated 7 million people joined in “No Kings” rallies over the weekend, which spanned more than 2,700 events across all 50 states, and even some international locations like Paris, London, and Rome.
🎉 California announced that, starting on January 1, it would begin selling affordable insulin for just $11 per pen — and the company it partnered with will make its product available in pharmacies nationwide.
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Billionaire philanthropist MacKenzie Scott reduced her stake in Amazon by 42% — while donating millions to DEI causes
In just the past year, billionaire philanthropist MacKenzie Scott cut her stake in Amazon from 139.1 shares to just 81.1 shares — a 42% reduction that equates to roughly $12.6 billion.
In 2020, Scott signed the Giving Pledge — a promise by the world’s wealthiest philanthropists to give the majority of their wealth to charitable causes — and her donations have, so far, outpaced many ofer peers.
In recent months alone, she’s supported DEI causes, including $42 million to expand college access for low-income and largely non-white students, $70 million to HBCU scholarships, and $50 million to scholarships for Native students.
Even more good:In the past five years, Scott has given over $19 billion in no-strings-attached, unrestricted gifts to more than 2,000 nonprofits. She’s done this all relatively quietly, and even breaking her own giving records. The fact that these gifts are unrestricted means the recipients can use them most strategically.
An entrepreneur in England is turning discarded plastic fishing nets into 3D printing filament
Frustrated by the piles of discarded plastic fishing nets he’d seen in the harbor near his home in Cornwall that were destined for the landfill — or worse, harming marine life — Ian Falconer was determined to find a better solution.
And he found one: shredding and cleaning the nets, melting the plastic down, and converting it into filament for 3D printing. He also built a “micro-factory” to turn the filament into practical items, like eyeglasses and razor blade handles.
Since launching his company, OrCA, he’s raised more than £1m from small investors in over 40 countries to patent new machinery that can process even more nylon fishing nets with less than 3% of the carbon impact of producing new material.
Thousands of people joined in a march for “No Kings” in my city ... it was really inspiring to see so many people taking peaceful action to make their voices heard.
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