I spent a lot of time here screaming in the general direction of the giant void — an endeavor that’s necessarily negative a lot of the time — but it’s important to also keep our spirits up and remember how awesome things can be as well. With that in mind, I decided to write a weekly column about the GOOD things I come across during my ‘Stack research. A weekly booster of happiness, if you will. (Side effect data to be released in 75 years.) And what day needs a shot of happiness more than Monday?
First up, let’s throw a bone to the dog lovers.
Thanks to frantic door-scratching, good puppers Chloe alerted her family that their home was ablaze, allowing everyone to evacuate to safety! Although the home was ultimately deemed uninhabitable, the family’s GoFundMe effort has far surpassed the stated $20,000 goal.
I suppose there’s a place for dogs in the feline future.
In great news in the political realm, Florida’s Supreme Court gave the OK for Ron DeSantis to form a committee to look into vaccine injuries — with the ultimate goal being uncovering fraud on the part of the pharmaceutical companies.
This is the first in a LONG process to hold Big Pharma accountable for their shady trial data (they wanted to hide for 75 years!), “juiced” definitions, and massive censorship. This quote in particular made me feel all tingly inside:
In a perfectly timed release, The Twitter Files 10 dropped today, and it helps explain some of the details about how government leaned on social media companies to ban people who spoke out against the government’s covid response or vaccines in general. (But I repeat myself!)
If you’d rather bypass Twitter, you can check out the unrolled thread compiled by Brad! I’ll have yet another article about this out later this week — stay tuned for it!
Finally, every Christmas season I think about Warrick Dunn, who played in the NFL from 1997 until 2008. As a rookie in Tampa Bay, Dunn founded Homes for the Holidays, which is now in its 25th year helping low-income single-parent families obtain their first homes.
When Dunn was younger, his mother Betty was killed during a robbery attempt while working off-duty as a Baton Rouge police officer. The city began a fund for Dunn’s family, described by Dunn himself thusly:
This is the way. Don’t look to DC or even your state capitol for help — the people you need are already around you. Wrap your arms around each other and care about your neighbor — even if you‘re just huddling for warmth because the power’s out.
Catsmas might be over, but that’s when the REAL holiday begins: BOXING DAY!
Thank you for this happiness booster. I took your shot without even checking for side effects. Heck, I would have done that even it had only been tested on eight mice.
I'm glad you are doing this!