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Claire's avatar

Thank you for this round-up! I had missed many of these stories. I was a little disappointed that these summaries did not include sources, though. I went looking for more detail on a couple, but wasn't able to find them--for example, I can find articles about the Amazonian cities, but not why this article calls them "garden cities." I would be grateful if future guest authors could include their sources.

Will Tait's avatar

Thanks for your comment Claire. My method for this edition was to go through all of the Fix the News newsletters of the past year and pick the stories that most resonated. Because most of the 99 stories above were actually composites of previous stories, referencing sources became too complex. The story you are referring to is from https://fixthenews.com/p/286-iron-winds, about half way down the 'top stories' section. The phrase 'garden cities' is from the newsletter entry, which links to this source: https://www.rtve.es/noticias/20250215/martti-paerssinen-arqueologo-hemos-encontrado-antigua-civilizacion-amazonica-tuvo-millon-habitantes/16447393.shtml.

Will Tait's avatar

Please let me know if you'd like me to dig out any other sources. W

Claire's avatar

Thank you so much!

Alice Goldbloom's avatar

“Snackable sustenance for the ride ahead” — what a perfect way to describe what this list offers!!

I’ve been thinking about why collections like this matter so much right now, and I think it’s this: they don’t ask us to look away from the chaos, only to remember that something else is always happening simultaneously. Ninety-nine proofs that care and ingenuity are not in short supply.

As someone who writes about memory and how we make meaning from the past, I’m struck by the curatorial act itself — the choosing, the gathering, the offering. Thank you for doing that work. These stories will travel further than you know.

Alex Krijger's avatar

Really good! Thanks.

Elle Griffin's avatar

How fun to see you in my inbox today, Will! Thank you for this 🥰

Ellie G's avatar

Beautiful writing!

lucian's avatar

hope you can have this automatically translated by your browser. it's not much, but it gives me a lot of hope, on a small scale... https://www.robtv.be/nieuws/fietskoerierdienst-urbike-brengt-voedseloverschotten-van-10-leuvense-handelaars-naar-sociale-organisaties-verspilling-duurzaam-tegengaan-208161

Lei-Lani's avatar

This is my favourite article of the year and I save it when the news gets too bleak.

Mary Fowler's avatar

This has really lifted my spirits on a grey morning while I’m in bed fighting off a cold and cough. Such a positive antidote to some of the news stories of the world at the moment.

Helen Marini's avatar

What a great start to my morning - thank you.