Feel Good Friday

Back in the day, I partipated in the annual parent sack race at my kids’ elementary school — until Jonny Moseley became a parent at the school and decided to join in. I’m used to coming in at the back of the pack in races, but there was no way I was gonna sack up against the world’s greatest mogul skier. I was reminded of this experience when I saw this headline: Olympic legend leaves parents in her dust at school sports day.

+ Stem cells to treat Parkinson’s? 2 small studies hint at success.

+ New Mexico made childcare free. It lifted 120,000 people above the poverty line.

+ Missing toddler who walked 7 miles alone through Arizona wilderness led to safety by rancher’s dog.

+ ‘Book brigade’: US town forms human chain to move 9,100 books one-by-one. (I once did something similar, but I used my Kindle.)

+ WaPo: Huge rabbit rescued from kill farm is now therapy bunny, drives mini truck. (He also regularly attends SF Giants games which—at least so far this season—have also been feel good stories.)

+ In preparation for 4-20 (which originated at my high high school), here’s a look at how the number and the event went global. ‘This is freaking crazy!’: The rise and fall of a San Francisco party that changed the world.

+ ChatGPT spends ‘tens of millions of dollars’ on people saying ‘please’ and ‘thank you.’ If only we were as loving to each other as we are to machines. (Says the guy who once wrote an article titled: I Kissed an iPad and I Liked It…)