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🦍 Jane Goodall was named PETA’s “Person of the Year” for 2025. The world-renowned primatologist and chimpanzee expert died of natural causes on October 1 this year.

🥾 Drag queen Pattie Gonia raised $1 million in one week for charity — while hiking 100 miles dressed in full drag.

🪧 Protesters disrupted a New Orleans City Council meeting to speak out against the federal government’s immigration crackdown in the state’s most populous city.

Housing

After the 2026 Winter Games, Milan’s Olympic Village will become subsidized housing for locals

The 2026 Winter Olympic Games take place in Milan, Italy and surrounding areas. With six Olympic Villages planned across Northern Italy, two stand out as uniquely sustainable.

In the heart of Milan, the main Olympic Village is not only being constructed on an abandoned railway yard, once it’s done housing Olympians, it will also be converted into student housing and provide 1,700 beds — including subsidized options — to locals.

And in Cortina, a temporary village will be constructed and then removed post-games to restore the area as an open, natural space.

Why is this good news? While cities where the Olympic Games are hosted see a huge influx of visitors and economic boosts, much of the construction that goes into preparing them to host various sports can be wasteful. It’s exciting to see that the hosts are taking this into consideration when building for the Games!

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​The Institute of Museum and Library Services is reinstating all grants that were previously terminated by the Trump administration. Earlier this year, the IMLS was the target of an executive order that terminated grants that had previously been awarded, which benefit libraries and museums across the country. The cuts particularly hurt small and rural libraries.

​A major airline is giving away free gift cards to 100k people who perform an act of kindness. Delta’s Holiday Medallion cards are not connected to a person’s loyalty status or flight activity, but rather are reserved for “customers who truly embody the holiday spirit.”

​Mexico announced it was boosting the minimum wage by 13% and plans to limit the work week to 40 hours in 2030. Starting in January, the minimum wage will rise to $17.37 per day, and President Claudia Sheinbaum pushed back against critics who said it would lead to higher inflation, arguing that it actually helps significantly reduce poverty.

​U.S. students studying housing, health outcomes, sustainability, and prison reentry programs won 2026 Rhodes scholarships. The students will attend the University of Oxford as part of the Rhodes scholar program, which awards more than 100 scholarships worldwide each year for students to pursue two to three years of graduate studies.

People doing good

In New York, researchers are spending $4M to study your garbage. Here’s what they hope to find

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People doing good

A school bus driver knits hats for every student on her route to fight clothing insecurity — and show she cares

Tina Hutcherson has been a school bus driver for the Putnam City School District in Oklahoma for over a decade — and she’s been a knitter and crocheter for over 50 years.

After her daughter gifted her a knitting machine, it has made it easier to keep up with her hobby. So much so, Hutcherson decided to make a hat or scarf for every student on her bus route — using colors they’ve picked themselves.

“I just don’t want nobody to be without, especially when they're riding with me,” Hutcherson said. She drives around 100 students to school every day and has knit and distributed 25 hats to elementary schoolers so far.

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More Good bits

🎄 A forestry scientist settles the debate: Real vs. artificial tree.

🌎 If you can prove the Earth is flat, you could win a whole company.

🤖 AI is helping solve cold cases.

🐶 Teens just need a best friend.

🍎 New Yorkers have some really big, really good ideas. (TikTok)