Feel Good Friday

“It took about 30 seconds after regular play-by-play announcer Scott Franzke introduced him for Kalb to settle in.” A retiree won an auction to join the Phillies’ radio booth — and crushed it.

+ Plug-In Solar Panels Are Starting to Sprout in U.S. Backyards.

+ Virginia teens at golf tryouts rescue family from drowning and then make squad.

+ This high schooler invented a plant-based plastic that removes microplastics from the environment as it biodegrades.

+ “Mom Leah Farrow posted on Facebook about her son Soren, who has autism, and how much he loves trick-or-treating, asking if anyone would be open to volunteering to offer Soren the chance to trick-or-treat at their home in the middle of summer. To her surprise, 83 families answered the call.”

+ “DuckDuckGo, the free, independent web browser with the quaint logo of a waterfowl wearing a bow tie, just took a swing at big tech through a satirical stunt marketing campaign directly targeting AI-powered smart glasses. Last week, the company announced the release of its state-of-the-art ‘anti-surveillance sunglasses’ — also known as, well, ‘Normal F***ing Sunglasses.'”

+ Maybe I should have told you at the outset just to skip all the news and get right into these photos of dogs surfing.