Feel Good Friday

“Three days after voting to cease publication and lay off its journalists, the nonprofit publisher of the Texas Observer said on Wednesday that it would change course and keep the 68-year-old liberal magazine going, following an emergency appeal that crowdsourced more than $300,000.” Most of this money was raised via a viral campaign on Mastodon. So great.

+ This is the big story in my neck of the woods. From Marin City to the Final Four, Darrion Trammell never gave up his dream.

+ SI: MLB’s New Rules Are the Best Thing to Happen to Baseball in a Long Time.

+ Player Adam Wainwright surprised fans and teammates by singing the National Anthem at the Cardinals home opener. Even though he’s a pitcher, he wasn’t pitchy.

+ One game into the season and we may have our weirdest catch of the season.

+ An 89-year-young surfer lives his best life as he catches a wave.

+ “Kurt Vonnegut, Michelangelo Antonioni, and Bill Walsh were all still alive. We were still four years away from the founding of Instagram, and two years away from the founding of WikiFeet. The Nets still played in New Jersey, the Sonics still played in Seattle, and the Thrashers still played in Atlanta. Global sea levels were about seven centimeters lower.” At long, long last, the Sacramento Kings are back in the playoffs. That means it’s time to Light the Beam!

+ Almost 20,000 women living in London have joined a club tackling loneliness since pandemic restrictions ended.

+ GPS collars are helping save Sumatra’s last wild elephants.