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What r/UpliftingNews is talking about this week

r/UpliftingNews has 20,502,322 members and 13 posts in the last 24 hours, with about 33.3 comments an hour right now. From the Redlisten index, refreshed daily.

20,502,322members
13posts in the last 24 hours, newest 4 h ago
33.3comments an hour right now, newest 5 min ago
19,563points on the top thread this week

Words coming up in r/UpliftingNews this week

old20life18world14electricity13solar12helping12home12china12four11million11across11baby9

Top threads this week

  1. US voters have passed 33 ballot measures restricting data centre development, with six more leading. The proposals include outright bans, moratoriums and limits on facilities' size and resource consumption.
    19,563 points203 comments5 d ago
  2. A New Jersey wastewater plant has installed the world's first commercial microplastic filtration system after laboratory tests showed the nature-inspired technology could capture more than 98% of plastic particles before they reach the ocean.
    11,687 points110 comments6 d ago
  3. An organic blueberry farm in Switzerland is growing berries beneath 5,220 solar panels, with the shade helping its bushes stay healthy and produce for four weeks longer than those in the open. The installation is also expected to generate enough electricity for 955 homes.
    11,250 points137 comments3 d ago
  4. Newborn death rates in Flint, Michigan, fell by 50% in the first year after a programme began providing $1,500 during pregnancy and $500 monthly throughout a baby's first year. Death rates in the first week of life fell by 74%.
    10,670 points149 comments5 d ago
  5. In historic first, women poised to hold top three leadership positions in Texas government
    10,257 points215 comments1 d ago
  6. Women who lived together as friends for 30 years marry after confessing love
    9,127 points309 comments2 d ago
  7. Au revoir foie gras: DC votes to ban force-feeding ducks
    9,050 points260 comments5 d ago
  8. Virginia voters have approved amendments protecting reproductive healthcare, marriage equality and voting rights. They safeguard reproductive freedom, recognise same-sex and interracial marriages, and automatically restore voting rights to people who complete prison sentences.
    7,287 points135 comments9 h ago
  9. A family's Doberman wouldn't leave a 6 month old baby's side, prompting his mother to get him checked. Doctors discovered a potentially life threatening heart condition that had his heart racing at 280 beats per minute. The dog later alerted her to another problem, tonsillitis.
    6,666 points129 comments17 h ago
  10. Solar met 75% of the world's electricity demand growth in 2025, outpacing forecasts.
    6,498 points131 comments1 d ago

Newest posts

  1. After a 3 day search, a 6 year old Kentucky boy walked out of the bushes with a dog onto a trail where 10 horse riders had covered 14 miles looking for him. He greeted them with “E I E I O horsey” before they wrapped him in a sweatshirt, put him on a horse and brought him off the mountain.
    1,456 points43 comments4 h ago
  2. An unexpected winner of the midterm election: Animals. From banning foie gras to regulating hunting, here’s where animals came out ahead in this year’s voting.
    2,111 points72 comments6 h ago
  3. How an Intern and a Biologist Rescued an Orphaned Walrus in Alaska
    218 points8 comments6 h ago
  4. 🔥A desert stirs to life: Chile's Atacama erupts in its biggest floral display in decades
    80 points3 comments7 h ago
  5. Virginia voters have approved amendments protecting reproductive healthcare, marriage equality and voting rights. They safeguard reproductive freedom, recognise same-sex and interracial marriages, and automatically restore voting rights to people who complete prison sentences.
    7,287 points135 comments9 h ago
  6. 'Absolutely' possible: Vancouver, Victoria mayors back Ottawa's bid to end homelessness
    353 points29 comments9 h ago
  7. China has switched on the world's largest liquid-air energy storage facility, capable of storing 600 MWh of electricity and releasing it over 10 hours. It is expected to supply 180 GWh to the grid annually, helping store surplus renewable power for when demand is higher.
    971 points51 comments13 h ago
  8. Solar power is helping Nigerian hospitals provide lifesaving blue light treatment for newborns with severe jaundice, even during power cuts. All 663 babies treated reached their bilirubin targets and went home.
    868 points4 comments16 h ago
  9. 91-Year-Old Athlete, Who Started Competing in Track and Field at 60, Is Still Breaking World Records: ‘Never Too Late’
    893 points20 comments16 h ago
  10. A family's Doberman wouldn't leave a 6 month old baby's side, prompting his mother to get him checked. Doctors discovered a potentially life threatening heart condition that had his heart racing at 280 beats per minute. The dog later alerted her to another problem, tonsillitis.
    6,666 points129 comments17 h ago
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