“Yes, there was suffering, heartache, and noise. But if you look carefully, this strange year also served up something surprising: reasons to be hopeful. Here are 18 new ideas that just might shape our whole future.” GQ: The Best Things About the Worst Year Ever. (Medieval subscribers to GQ are like, “Wait, you consider this a bad year?”)

+ The New Yorker’s Barry Blitt comes in just ahead of deadline with the best cartoon of the Trump era.

+ Grandmother graduates college with her granddaughter.

+ 104-year-old WWII vet beats COVID-19 in time for birthday.

+ Penn student who aged out of foster care wins prestigious Rhodes Scholarship. (Netflix miniseries in 3,2,1…)

+ House passes historic bill to decriminalize cannabis. (Hopefully there’s a grandfather clause, because I’ve been high since the mid 90s.)