In a similar vein to the "what's your favourite" thread, in the spirit of combating the internet's negativity nowadays, this thread is for sharing positive news from your life, or from around the world.

Here are some you probably didn't see in the news from recently:

- The Western Pacific has been verified free of Measles and Rubella

https://www.who.int/westernpacific/news/item/26-09-2025-rubella-elimination-verified-in-japan--and-measles-and-rubella-elimination-verified-in-pacific-island-countries-and-areas?utm_source=substack&utm_medium=email

- For the first time, renewables have generated more energy than coal globally

https://ember-energy.org/latest-insights/global-electricity-mid-year-insights-2025/?utm_source=substack&utm_medium=email

- Huntingdon's Disease successfully treated for the first time via new gene therapy

https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/always-fatal-huntingtons-disease-is-successfully-treated-for-first-time/

- Researchers at Shenyang University create biodegradable plastic that's stronger and easy to recycle

https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/biodegradable-plastic-made-from-bamboo-is-stronger-and-easy-to-recycle/

- New drug that reactivates nerve pathways shows promise for reversing spinal cord injury:

https://www1.folha.uol.com.br/internacional/en/scienceandhealth/2025/09/groundbreaking-brazilian-drug-considered-capable-of-reversing-spinal-cord-injury-presented-in-sao-paulo.shtml?utm_source=substack&utm_medium=email

Yeah, solar power has been awe-inducing. If only the means to store it during the night were available everywhere, it could supply 100% of all of our electricity needs in less than fifteen years (and that's just keeping current manufacturing capacity with zero compound growth).

Thank you so much, curl. I needed this < 3

You're welcome!

Some more that caught my eye since:

- Since 2010, humanity’s overall burden of disease has dropped 12.6%, and deaths from the world’s deadliest infectious illnesses, such as tuberculosis, HIV, malaria and pneumonia, have plunged by between 35% and 60%:
https://tinyurl.com/preview/deprecated/25l3l6r4?utm_source=substack&utm_medium=email

- Green sea turtles have been saved from the brink of extinction in massive conservation victory:
https://oceanographicmagazine.com/news/green-sea-turtle-saved-from-extinction-in-major-conservation-victory/?utm_source=substack&utm_medium=email

- Eastern Australia’s population of humpback whales have bounced back to above pre-whaling numbers:
https://www.abc.net.au/news/science/2025-10-07/humpback-whales-eastern-population-numbers-rebound-estimate/105843256

In light of things seeming gloomy lately, I thought this thread was worth a bump.

Deaths from tuberculosis, the world's deadliest disease, are down 29% since 2015

https://www.who.int/news/item/12-11-2025-global-gains-in-tuberculosis-response-endangered-by-funding-challenges?utm_source=substack&utm_medium=email

Deforestation has declined for the third decade in a row worldwide

https://news.un.org/en/story/2025/10/1166148?utm_source=substack&utm_medium=email

The survival rate for all cancers in Australia has risen to 71%, up from 49% in the 1980s

https://www.aihw.gov.au/reports/cancer/cancer-data-in-australia/contents/summary

Global homicide rates are down 24% since 2000

https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/VC.IHR.PSRC.P5?end=2023&start=2000

New antibiotic discovered that is 100 times more effective at killing resistant superbugs

https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2025/10/251029002855.htm?utm_source=substack&utm_medium=email

World’s rarest deer, once extinct in the wild, bounces back from just 36 left alive to over 8000

https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/miracle-recovery-for-worlds-rarest-and-strangest-deer-just-39-became-8200/