money Solved: mystery of random cash rolls appearing on sidewalks in UK village David Pescovitz

Holiday New Jersey waitress surprised with $1200 tip in Christmas act of kindness Xeni Jardin

movies Heartwarming story about how Olivia Newton-John got back her iconic Grease leather jacket David Pescovitz

animals Watch this kind fellow help an overburdened beaver David Pescovitz

News Fishermen rescue deer floating at sea 5 miles off Maine coast Xeni Jardin

Funny Five year old boy phones 911 to order McDonald’s Happy Meal Xeni Jardin

happy mutants Kindness and Wonder: Mr Rogers biography is a study in empathy and a deep, genuine love for children Cory Doctorow

Kids Cool kid makes bow ties for shelter dogs and cats to help them get adopted Xeni Jardin

kindness Flight attendant: "I breastfed a stranger's baby inflight" Mark Frauenfelder

picks Alabama student walks ~20 miles at night to first day of work. CEO gives him his (the CEO's own!) car. Xeni Jardin

animals WATCH: Rescued sloth bears are having fun learning to be free Xeni Jardin

poetry "Engage in the long, faithful work,” a beautiful graphic poem about learning anti-racism Thom Dunn

tabloids Kim Jong-un is dead, Prince Andrew is broke, and Kobe Bryant killed himself, in this week’s dubious tabloids Peter Sheridan

coronavirus Irish repay a 170-year-old favor to Native Americans affected by COVID-19 Thom Dunn

gambling What Steve Forte can do with a pack of cards borders on the unbelievable Ferdinando Buscema

music Outstanding, free, and far-out music stream from Aquarium Drunkard David Pescovitz

Book World Made By Hand is a post-pandemic world novel Mark Frauenfelder

coronavirus How the coronavirus response reveals the arbitrary bullshit of so many US policies Thom Dunn

disasters NYT: In times of global shock people help each other, while the elite panic Mark Frauenfelder

Science Freeman Dyson as remembered by Tim O'Reilly David Pescovitz