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💼 New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani created a first-of-its-kind office — the Mayor’s Office of Worker Power — to help private-sector workers organize and protect their rights.

🍿 Two of Dolly Parton’s most beloved movies are returning to theaters for a limited time as part of a nationwide fundraiser benefiting the Imagination Library.

🧊 A federal grand jury ​indicted an ICE officer on charges of making false statements​ about the shooting of a man in Minnesota last winter. (Gifted link)

Environment

The world’s first high-rise held up only by a stone exoskeleton is now complete in London

Eliminating carbon-intensive concrete and steel beams, an architecture studio and engineer just completed construction on the world’s first high-rise building held up by a thousand tonnes of volcanic rock.

It’s the latest step in the studio’s ongoing efforts to make stone a viable, low-carbon alternative to steel and concrete.

It claims that load-bearing stone is the second-most sustainable building material, after carbon-sequestering timber and can cut a building structure’s carbon footprint by as much as 95% if sourced domestically.

Why is this good news? Together, concrete and steel make up 16% of humanity’s carbon emissions. In an effort to decarbonize all aspects of human life on earth, this is a major area where innovation is needed to continue reducing construction-related emissions and prevent continued global heating.

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More Good News

​In honor of those lost on 9/11, volunteers are performing one million acts of kindness or service by Friday. The initiative, called UNIITE for Good, is spearheaded by the nonprofit 9/11 Day, which was started in 2002 by families who lost loved ones in the terrorist attacks.

​Under a new law, people in Texas now have the right to repair their electronics. The Texas Right to Repair Act passed unanimously and took effect on September 1, making Texas the ninth U.S. state to guarantee the right to repair their devices.

​A rescued California condor chick is getting specialized care at the San Diego Zoo Safari Park. He is being raised through a specialized puppet-rearing program designed to prepare young condors, which are critically endangered, for life in the wild.

​Researchers found a way to slash emissions from cement, one of the most carbon-intensive industries in the world. Cement is the most consumed manufactured material on the planet, and its production releases more than a billion tons of carbon dioxide per year, accounting for about 8% of global emissions.

​An “unparalleled” study found that psilocybin can protect against nerve damage from chemotherapy. Peripheral neuropathy, a painful side effect of chemo, can cause tingling and numbness in the hands and feet and has so far been unpreventable.

​As young people connect with their cultural roots and relatives, African languages are seeing a revival. Africa is home to over 1 billion people speaking roughly a third of the world’s languages, with between 1,500 and 3,000 across 54 countries.

Animals

Zoo welcomes ‘pups’ with shocking lineage: ‘It’s incredible to think these little animals are so closely related to elephants’

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good progress

In nine African countries, average incomes have more than doubled since 1990

For the world’s poorest people, most of whom live on the African continent, a country’s economic growth has an outsized impact.

While some African countries have seen their economies decline, nine are achieving economic growth, with people’s average incomes more than doubling since 1990.

This growth has dramatically improved living standards, with the share of people living in extreme poverty and child mortality rates declining in all nine countries.

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More Good bits

🦫 These water-loving rodents could help prevent droughts.

🏎️ Some things are just bigger than a competition.

🏠 Your home should help you thrive in life.

🧈 Believe it: They’re recycling all that butter.

🥎 If you build it, they will keep coming.

🫟 A coat of paint really can transform a space. (Reels)

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