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✝️ The conclave to choose a new pope starts today, with 133 cardinals gathering at the Sistine Chapel to vote for the Catholic Church’s new leader following the death of Pope Francis.

🩺 It’s officially National Nurses Week! Whether you’re a patient, healthcare professional, or simply someone who appreciates the caring, attentive, and life-saving work nurses do every single day, this week is all about showing that gratitude. And if you’re a nurse — go get some freebies!

National Parks

National park advocates erected hundreds of billboards in cities across the U.S. to protest ‘DOGE’s dangerous cuts’

To protest the Trump administration’s funding and staffing cuts at national parks, pro-labor news outlet and advocacy nonprofit More Perfect Union launched a multimillion-dollar campaign, erecting 300 billboards in more than 40 cities across the country.

The billboards show the notoriously gorgeous vistas of various national park sites, designed to resemble a classic postcard. But instead of a “wish you were here” message, the billboards say things like: “Rocky Mountain National Park: Now with reduced staff,” and “Death Valley National Park: Heat deaths rise, safety staff cut.”

Spanning locations from Arizona to North Carolina, the campaign aims to demonstrate the impacts of these funding cuts and remind people of their power to protect national parks.

Why is this good news? There’s been an influx of in-person protests at all 433 national park sites in the U.S. in recent months, and it’s entirely possible that these billboards could inspire a longer-term effort to protect public services like the NPS.

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More Good News

A longtime Washington Post editorial cartoonist who quit in protest after editors cut her sketch criticizing the paper’s owner just won a Pulitzer Prize. Ann Telnaes won for “delivering piercing commentary on powerful people and institutions” for her cartoon depicting a group of media executives bowing before then President-elect Trump, offering him bags of money, including Post owner and Amazon founder Jeff Bezos.

Twenty-two Canadian WWII veterans were greeted by thousands in Netherlands to celebrate the 80th anniversary of the country’s liberation from Nazi Germany. The city of Apeldoorn was liberated by Canadian troops on April 17, 1945, and thousands lined the streets and draped Canadian flags from their balconies to welcome and celebrate their heroism with a parade.

More than 30 calves were born into a bison herd at Rocky Mountain Arsenal — with more on the way. The national wildlife refuge is located about 10 miles from downtown Denver, and with the new calves, the herd will grow to around 220 total bison.

A pilot project in the UK is capturing carbon from seawater to help combat climate change. Some scientists believe that a better alternative to capturing carbon from the air would be to capture carbon from seawater, because the ocean is the planet’s largest carbon sink, absorbing 25% of all carbon dioxide emissions.

Animals

This unique ‘wildlife gate’ uses AI recognition to let tiny marsupials in and keep invasive species out

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People doing good

A 90-year-old woman has rescued 10,000 animals from neglect and mistreatment — and she’s not stopping

Barby Keel has spent the last 54 years running her animal sanctuary located in the United Kingdom. It all started when a soldier asked her to care for his dog, and the two formed a bond so deep that the dog never left.

While some of the thousands of animals she’s taken into her sanctuary in the decades since have been rehomed, today Keel cares for over 600 animals, including 160 cats, 8 dogs, 16 pigs, 80 rabbits, and 100 chickens.

And while she managed the sanctuary on her own for two decades, Keel now has a team of loyal volunteers who help care for the animals.

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More Good bits

🌺 Historic climate legislation doesn’t just happen … people make it happen! (TikTok)

🫏 Solomon the donkey foal has two moms!

🐒 And rare primate twins are being co-parented!

💸 The Met Gala’s accessible, inclusive alternative has forgiven millions in medical debt.

🏳️‍🌈 Police raided a gay bar … but didn’t realize they were at the Pink Pony Club.

What’s good?

There’s a national park billboard in my (very large, sprawling) city and it is my mission to find it!

What do you think of the billboard campaign?

Like it? Love it? Or not your style? Reply and let me know!

— Megan

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