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1. Despite stiff political headwinds, tribe in Colorado brings utility scale solar project online
āOver the next year and half, solar panels capable of generating 270 megawatts worth of electricity, and 180 megawatts of battery storage will be built on tribal land in neighboring New Mexico[ā¦.] They started small with residential rooftop solar. Then came a one-megawatt array that helped power the tribal casino out on the highway. [ā¦] The demolition of a nearby coal fired power plant left behind a network of transmission lines and electricity customers [so is now the site of the new project].ā
2. āGet the Flock Outā: Nationwide Backlash Grows Against AI-Powered Surveillance Tech
āThere is growing action [link added by me]āboth legal and otherwiseāto end the use of ALPRs across the country. According to the public information project Ban Flock Cameras, 82 Flock contracts were terminated across 28 states between August 2021 and May 2026, with 39 of those cancellations occurring in the first five months of 2026 alone. Even Amazon-owned Ring announced earlier this year that it would stop doing business with Flock Safety.ā
3. On the brink of extinction, the Javan green magpie gets a conservation lifeline
āWith the new action plan, developed and agreed upon by 48 songbird experts, conservation groups are aiming to protect the birdās montane habitat, engage with local communities to address trapping, and crack down on illegal trade over the next 10 years. Conservation translocations are planned to bolster the few remaining wild populations. For around a decade, [ā¦ facilities] have bred more than 130 birds in captivity as an āinsurance policy,ā Owen says.ā
4. The Spectacular Regrowth of New Englandās Forests
āāTo give you an example, Massachusetts [ā¦] is 60 percent forested today. Now, it was probably 90 percent-plus forested when the Europeans arrived, but it went through a period in which 80 percent to 90 percent of the forest was removed[ā¦. T]he Northeast temperature rise with global warming is significantly less because we are so heavily forested [ā¦] and it all happened because of what I call benign neglect [after farmers moved to Ohio in the 1850ās].āā
5. The women leading a quiet conservation revolution in a Nigerian gorilla sanctuary
āNow, the collective meets twice a month to brainstorm strategies to combat threats to Afiās biodiversity and review existing wildlife regulations. [They conduct] patrols, targeted at uncovering early signs of hunting, logging or wildfires[ā¦ and] the womenās group investigates allegations of wildlife crimes. [ā¦] In their homes, the women are also influencing what their families eat to eliminate threatened species from the local diet.ā
June 22-28 news here | (all credit for images and written material can be found at the source linked; I donāt claim credit for anything but curating.)
Reasons for hope: Lots of amazing people did a ton of work to make this fantastic, fully interactive resource available - because no matter how bleak things seem, there are millions, and millions of people doing everything they can to protect both the world and their own communities.
You can use this to view and subscribe to updates, project statuses, and for at least some of them even whole dossiers. This is an amazing resource, I highly recommend checking it out
Disability Pride Flag Designs!
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My pride art series has 40+ flags in 4 separate lines (shark, dog, cat, and dinosaur)!! If you donāt see your flag, Iām happy to do custom designs as well!
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Did you know that this year, 2026, was the first year a wheelchair user attended the Met gala? That it took Seventy Years for this to happen?
Well! Now you do :) Let me introduce Aariana Rose Philip, the Black transgender model and musician who did it.
img 1: Faceshoppingbysophie, CC BY-SA 4.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
img 2: Met Gala 2026: Aariana Rose Philip | GETTY
Aariana has quadriplegic cerebral palsy, which forces her to use a wheelchair full-time. She has been on the cover of the British Vogue, and frequently models on the New York runway of Collina Strada. Aariana additionally was one of the models for the Met's costume display.
When she was on the cover of Vogue, she thought she had made it. But then she got the call that she was going to the Met.
Check out her thoughts on going to the Met here.
And check out her model page here, and her Instagram here!
yknow how the greener parts of apple skin are tan lines from where leaves and branches obscure the sun? Iām surprised Iāve never seen anyone utilize that for printmaking
Just wanted to let you know that I appreciate all the good news you put out, and so do all the people I link it to who AREN'T on Tumblr - a number discord servers as well as personal friends directly :)
thank you! this is literally why I keep doing it :)
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Yellow flowers: Rosinweed, sow thistle, toadflax (spot the bumblebee!), and three different species (I think) of black-eyed susan - last oneās cultivated, the rest were found in the forest throughout July, 2025.
Toadflax was featured in Octoberās scavenger hunt, black-eyed susans featured in August. Lmk if you can help ID those Rudbeckia!
Okay no but like, I am still SO ENAMORED by this transition yāall, ācause when Dorothy opens the door of the house onto the colors of Oz, the inside of the house is still sepia toned. And they did that by literally making the interior and the costume and everything SEPIA TONED. You had a double for Judy Garland in a specifically-created sepia-toned dress, in a sepia-toned set, opening the door, backing out of frame, and then the Dorothy that steps back into frame is Judy Garland in her full color costume and makeup, stepping out into the color set.
Itās just
Yāall itās such a GREAT EFFECT, and this was before computer effects and green screen, it was all practical and yeah it feels like nothing now, but at the time, man, not only was technicolor new, but Iām pretty sure no other movie had done a transition out of b/w or sepia into color, and even knowing it was a technicolor film, that must have just been fucking wild to see! It still is wild to see!! Itās so good.
The technique of switching between doubleĀ and main actor without an edit is called a Texas Switch and it's still used today, it's very neat to have something so simple yet tricky persist pretty much just because it genuinely looks better to do it with timing than with editing.
In March of 2024, I started curating good news stories every week on topics like human rights, renewable energy, habitat and species conservation, and medical advancements. Every month, I doodle something from each week's news for my Patreon supporters; every third month's Doodles are available for all patrons including those on free trial; and whenever I can I add 5 bonus news stories for all patrons and viewable by the public a week later.
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2024:
March 1-7 yellow-crested helmetshrike | 8-14 wolverine | 15-21 trans rights ferret | 22-28Ā scimitar-horned oryx
April 1-7 Asiatic lion | 8-14 zebra shark | 15-21 western quoll | 22-28 black-footed ferret
May 1-7 Hawai'ian monk seal | 8-14 beluga whale | 15-21 bison | 22-28 ring-tailed lemur
October 1-7 pine marten | 8-14 green sea turtle hatchling | 15-21 African elephant | 22-28 Whippet sighthound
November 1-7 grey squirrel | 8-14 caribou | 15-21 lowland tapir | 22-28 pilot whale
December 1-7 buff-tailed bumblebee | 8-14 Polynesian storm petrel | 15-21 Perentie lizard | 22-28 grey seal & pup (trying out a new art program this month, so pardon the changes)
February 1-7 red wolf | 8-14 red goshawk | 15-21 belted kingfisher | 22-28 American avocet
March 1-7 monarch butterfly | 8-14 Caribbean reef shark | 15-21 snowy plover | 22-28 white stork
April 1-7 greater bilby | 8-14 pangolin | 15-21 green sea turtle hatchling (I really try to avoid repeats) | 22-28 Pacific walrus
May 1-7 Belalanda chameleon | 8-14 American oystercatcher (their eyes really look like that) | 15-21 Blyde Rondavel flat gecko | 22-28 Omiltemi cottontail rabbit
June 1-7 small-clawed otter | 8-14 red fox | 15-21 mountain lion | 22-28 blue-eyed dove
July 1-7 giant river otter (accidentally put the Objectively Least Cute otter species in a cute pose) | 8-14 wedge-tailed eagle | 15-21 South Andean deer | 22-28 curlew
August 1-7 dromedary camel | 8-14 blue iguana | 15-21 dormouse | 22-28 taurus
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july is disability pride month. it is also summer in the northern hemisphere, and this summer we have seen record breaking hot temperatures across the globe. it might be apt to remember that disabled people are a population vulnerable to extreme weather, and significantly more at risk of death or health issues during a heatwave. "the global mortality rate of people with disabilities in natural disasters is up to four times higher than people without disabilities." (source). disability may increase the relative risk of a heatwave more than old age, socioeconomic status, and being outdoors (source). even in the places most affected by the rising heat, disabled people are barely included in action plans for public safety, if at all (source). global warming is a an issue that affects a wide range of people, but let's not forget it is also a disability rights issue
There is a great deal of truth there. Sometimes special moments happen purely by accident. But most of them happen because you make a plan and create the conditions to let them happen.
