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12 Of The Most Uplifting Pieces Of News From 2024 For Those Who Are Fed Up With The Bad News
The internet is abundant with so much negativity that we end up overlooking the uplifting news pieces. Thankfully, we have content creators to remind us that not everything you read about online covers the doom and gloom of the world.
TikTok user Sam Bentley is one of them. One of his recent posts is a rundown of some of the positive things that happened in 2024 that mainstream media failed to bring to light.
These events could restore your faith in humanity or, at the very least, make you feel more optimistic about the future. Enjoy scrolling through.
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#1
Kenya's Black Rhinos That Nearly Went Extinct Made A Huge Comeback And Doubled In Number To 1,000
DetriMentaL (It/That) 2 weeks ago
Weird thing I remembered as a kid-white rhino's have wide mouths and the black rhino's have narrow ones. REALLY damned happy the fleshy tanks are coming back
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#2
Two Teenagers Won $50,000 For Inventing A Device That Can Filter Microplastics From Water
Sue 2 weeks ago
They have them for washers, but glad to see they have one for people, hopefully soon.
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Occam's Chainsaw 2 weeks ago
$50K is a lot of money, but nothing compared to what they deserve for the impact their invention could have.
Kabuki Kitsune 2 weeks ago
Honestly, with the way things are going for them, it's unlikely they'll have any impact. There are already filtration devices out there which do the same job (and just as well) as what the teens designed. The only difference being that the existing tech doesn't utilize ultrasonic sound to create a barrier, and instead uses a filtration medium. Given that their process is overly complex, and there's existing products out there that can perform the job with far less moving parts involved, it's highly unlikely their design will get beyond the patent stage.
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DC 1 week ago
I've read an article some years ago about this topic. With current tech, wastewater treatment could already achieve filtering off 50 % of plastics. But, nowhere to be seen, we're waiting for 100 % before we even do any about it at all. It seems. But ... whatever we can do to decrease the problem, before we're able to achieve 100 % filtration success, we should, as the clean-up afterwards will be quite a hassle for quite some time already as is ... lowerig the rate of worsening is utterly superior to waiting for a superior device or method to be introduced to mass production.......
marianne eliza 2 weeks ago
Now they just have to scale it up to a real usable amount of water. Like 80 million gallons per second.
Kabuki Kitsune 2 weeks ago
There's a minor controversy brewing with this, as it's not performing quite as well as projected when compared with existing devices. Specifically, theirs uses ultrasound to create a kind of barrier which the microplastics can't pass through. However, there are existing filtration devices which don't use the ultra sound, and instead use filtration medium, which can perform as well as the design the teens produced. The issue that the teens are now facing, is justifying the use of ultrasound which is mechanically rather complex, to do a job which existing filtration can perform. Basically, some are arguing that they over complicated an already existing simple process.
#3
20 Indigenous Groups In The Peruvian Amazon Managed To Secure Land Rights To Over 75,000 Acres. It's Three Times As Big As Manhattan!
Marie Clear 2 weeks ago
Well, considering the entire Amazon rainforest is 71% the size of the entire US, including Alaska and Hawaii, while it's progress (and to be applauded), it's not huge progress. Indigenous people used to be all over the Amazon basin.
Have you ever wondered why most media outlets cover more of the grim aspects of society than those that bring more positivity to the world? According to Dr. Rasmus Kleis Nielsen, Director of Research at the Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism at the University of Oxford, it is all by design.
In an interview with the university, Dr. Nielsen explained that a journalist’s primary objective is to “de-mask” powerful institutions and individuals and hold them to account.
#4
Seven Countries Now Generate Over 99% Of Electricity From Renewable Sources
#5
The Largest Dam Removal In Us History Was Completed, Opening Up 400 Miles Of The Klamath River, Helping Salmon And Communities That Rely On The River To Thrive
Cosmos in your eyes 2 weeks ago
The removal of dams over the last decade or so in the USA has been HUGE.
#6
Pakistan Tripled Their Mangrove Forests Over The Last 30 Years
Another reason reporters focus on negativity is that they are more drawn to events than trends. According to Dr. Nielsen, this approach tends to conceal the truth of the situation in its entirety.
However, focusing on adverse events that have particular consequences for named individuals creates a human-interest story, which is good for business.
#7
Scientists In Singapore Discovered Superworms That Can Digest Plastic Thanks To Their Gut Bacteria
Marie Clear 2 weeks ago
Their poop doesn't cause super-alzheimers or something like that once it's in our food chain? This is good news because they ALSO tested the poop, and it's just safe old worm poop, right?
#8
Greece And Sweden Became The First Countries In Europe To Announce Bans On Bottom Trawling To Help Protect Our Beautiful Ocean
#9
Uruguay Ran On 100% Renewables For 10 Months Straight
Nathaniel He/Him Cis-Het 2 weeks ago
It can be done, it involves using less resources, and causes less damage to the environment and yet people complain about it.
Of course, overconsuming the toxicity on the internet can affect our mood and mental health. That’s why Boston University researcher and marketing professor Carey Morewedge emphasizes the importance of balanced reporting.
“In the long term, these sites may be better suited by providing more of a mix of positive info,” Morewedge told Vox in a 2023 interview. “Just thinking about what people do in the present may not capture their full preferences.”
#10
Japanese Researchers Developed A Revolutionary Biodegradable Plastic That Dissolves In Seawater And Doesn't Generate Microplastics
TaeilOfTime 2 weeks ago
Okay but stuff can't just dissappear, so does it dissolve into something that microscopic ocean animals eat?
#11
India Electrified Over 94% Of Its Railways, And 45% Of The Electrification Happened In Just Five Years
#12
Scientists Discovered Almost 100 New Deep-Sea Species Living Up To 14,000 Feet Under The Sea
Bentley's video below is a breath of fresh air from the gloominess that’s become prevalent on social media timelines. As expected, people in the comments appreciated his focus shift.
@sambentley Some of the best good news from 2024 you may have missed! #fyp #foryou #goodnews #sustainableliving #conservation #newstiktok ♬ original sound - Sam Bentley
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Nathaniel He/Him Cis-Het 2 weeks ago
We need to celebrate scientists and green thinkers more. Less of the vacuous celebrities and the idiotic billionaires with God complexes.
Donna Peluda 2 weeks ago
There's a YouTube video of Carl Segan explains climate in Congress. Called him woke, fake news. Even Margaret Thatcher spoke at the UN on climate change and the social consequences. Carl: https://youtu.be/Wp-WiNXH6hI?si=gP1c6PgpV80MF2fJ Margaret: https://youtu.be/VnAzoDtwCBg?si=65HgPxnPyY-O39Gp
Load More Replies... WindySwede 2 weeks ago
Being pessimistic perhaps, but only 12 good news? 😅 and at the same time "100 [unwanted] celebrity news". Also BP, where is my notifications now? Is this a premium option only? 👋
WindySwede 2 weeks ago
Just found them! Using Windows here. But are there on Android Chrome as well! 😮 Notificati...06-png.jpg 
El Cucuy 2 weeks ago
BP used to be almost all positive posts like this. It has gradually turned into a tabloid and has more and more garbage posts every day.
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Ryan Wilkins 2 weeks ago
Trump will soon dismantle any eco-friendly initiatives the day he takes office here in the lousy USA...he is a pig...
Surly Scot 2 weeks ago
For more good news, i check Goodnewsnetwork.org and sunnyskyz.com everyday, otherwise the doomscrolling would drive me insane.
BrunoVI 2 weeks ago
In one lifetime, India's life expectancy has increased so much that it's two lifetimes according to its previous life expectancy. (In 70 years, its life expectancy has grown from 35 to 71.) In fact, the larger part of global population growth outside Africa is not from birth rates exceeding replacement levels, but from the fact people are dying a lot less.
Jude Laskowski 5 days ago
Everyone dies eventually. People should have fewer kids.
Load More Replies... Angela C 2 weeks ago
Way too many negative comments on nearly every entry. People will really find reasons to be miserable won't they?
Marnie 2 weeks ago
We are in an environmental crisis the likes of which humans have never seen before. It's only good news if it actually makes a REAL difference. We know there are inventions that never go anywhere because big corporations have ways of shutting things down that don't benefit them. And it's good to ask questions like, with the plastic-eating worms, you can't accept that as great without asking questions about it. That's not being negative, it's being realistic, and being realistic for that kind of discovery or advancement is the only responsible reaction.
Load More Replies... Nathaniel He/Him Cis-Het 2 weeks ago
We need to celebrate scientists and green thinkers more. Less of the vacuous celebrities and the idiotic billionaires with God complexes.
Donna Peluda 2 weeks ago
There's a YouTube video of Carl Segan explains climate in Congress. Called him woke, fake news. Even Margaret Thatcher spoke at the UN on climate change and the social consequences. Carl: https://youtu.be/Wp-WiNXH6hI?si=gP1c6PgpV80MF2fJ Margaret: https://youtu.be/VnAzoDtwCBg?si=65HgPxnPyY-O39Gp
Load More Replies... WindySwede 2 weeks ago
Being pessimistic perhaps, but only 12 good news? 😅 and at the same time "100 [unwanted] celebrity news". Also BP, where is my notifications now? Is this a premium option only? 👋
WindySwede 2 weeks ago
Just found them! Using Windows here. But are there on Android Chrome as well! 😮 Notificati...06-png.jpg
El Cucuy 2 weeks ago
BP used to be almost all positive posts like this. It has gradually turned into a tabloid and has more and more garbage posts every day.
Load More Replies... Ryan Wilkins 2 weeks ago
Trump will soon dismantle any eco-friendly initiatives the day he takes office here in the lousy USA...he is a pig...
Surly Scot 2 weeks ago
For more good news, i check Goodnewsnetwork.org and sunnyskyz.com everyday, otherwise the doomscrolling would drive me insane.
BrunoVI 2 weeks ago
In one lifetime, India's life expectancy has increased so much that it's two lifetimes according to its previous life expectancy. (In 70 years, its life expectancy has grown from 35 to 71.) In fact, the larger part of global population growth outside Africa is not from birth rates exceeding replacement levels, but from the fact people are dying a lot less.
Jude Laskowski 5 days ago
Everyone dies eventually. People should have fewer kids.
Load More Replies... Angela C 2 weeks ago
Way too many negative comments on nearly every entry. People will really find reasons to be miserable won't they?
Marnie 2 weeks ago
We are in an environmental crisis the likes of which humans have never seen before. It's only good news if it actually makes a REAL difference. We know there are inventions that never go anywhere because big corporations have ways of shutting things down that don't benefit them. And it's good to ask questions like, with the plastic-eating worms, you can't accept that as great without asking questions about it. That's not being negative, it's being realistic, and being realistic for that kind of discovery or advancement is the only responsible reaction.
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