by magicartacivics@proton.me | Dec 28, 2025 | Uncategorized
On her 95th birthday, Pat DeReamer received a greeting card that was already 81 years old. It all started in 1944, when the Kentucky resident first received the card for her 14th birthday, after her family moved to Indianapolis during World War II. The “new girl”...
by magicartacivics@proton.me | Dec 28, 2025 | Uncategorized
University researchers in Texas and Korea have collaborated to developed an eco-friendly water purifier that captures—and destroys—toxic “forever chemicals” (PFAS) more than 1,000 times better than current methods. Their study marks a major milestone in addressing one...
by magicartacivics@proton.me | Dec 27, 2025 | Uncategorized
More than twenty-four hours had already passed with frigid temperatures outside. Gina Manfredi’s five-month old puppy was lost. The American Bully mix named Shade was headed out for a walk with Gina when a sound startled the pooch and he took off into the cold New...
by magicartacivics@proton.me | Dec 27, 2025 | Uncategorized
Suspended 30-feet in the air, a Christmas beacon hangs in Washington, DC—a 10-foot bundle of greenery and ribbons that locals are calling the National Mistletoe. It served as the perfect setting to herald a ‘Merry Kiss-mas’ and break a world record for holiday...
by magicartacivics@proton.me | Dec 27, 2025 | Uncategorized
Saving money, exercising more, and getting healthier are Americans’ top New Year’s resolutions heading into 2026, according to a new survey. The poll of 2,000 Americans revealed that ten percent of respondents felt very good about 2025, labeling it “a great year”....
by magicartacivics@proton.me | Dec 27, 2025 | Uncategorized
Our partner Rob Brezsny, who has a new book out, Astrology Is Real: Revelations from My Life as an Oracle, provides his weekly wisdom to enlighten our thinking and motivate our mood. Rob’s Free Will Astrology, is a syndicated weekly column appearing in over a hundred...
by magicartacivics@proton.me | Dec 26, 2025 | Uncategorized
A couple who started IVF last Christmas Day has given birth to a baby boy after 11 years of trying to conceive. Helen Delgard was warned she may never be able to conceive naturally with her husband Stephane, but following a January surprise, they’re getting to...
by magicartacivics@proton.me | Dec 26, 2025 | Uncategorized
A Spanish town devastated by wildfires in spring has seen its luck turn with a hundred-million-dollar windfall from a national lottery program. Left with 120,000 acres of scorched woodland and 8,000 displaced residents, La Bañeza, in the region of Castilla y León, was...
by magicartacivics@proton.me | Dec 26, 2025 | Uncategorized
A group of Australian biologists have discovered that a giant snail species considered extinct hasn’t gone the way of the dodo. They undertook one of the largest captive snail breeding and reintroduction efforts in Australian, and perhaps world history. Campbell’s...
by magicartacivics@proton.me | Dec 26, 2025 | Uncategorized
In Atlanta, what began as an emergency helping hand to the community has been extended to a Christmas giveaway, where 100 families received free meals, gifts, and more. The Santa’s Workshop event held on Monday surprised dozens of Midtown Atlanta families with new...
