by magicartacivics@proton.me | Nov 27, 2025 | Uncategorized
GNN reported recently that a Los Angeles auction house recently handled the sale of three paintings by the famous TV artist Bob Ross, with the proceeds of over $600,000 going to fund public television and radio. Inspired by the effort, HBO’s comedy news host John...
by magicartacivics@proton.me | Nov 26, 2025 | Uncategorized
For almost 30 years, GNN has been busting global media’s 24-hour gloom and doom cycle with the premise that bad news doesn’t have to sell, and good news isn’t rare at all. A case-in-point for this outlet’s publishing mission is a study recently released on Our World...
by magicartacivics@proton.me | Nov 26, 2025 | Uncategorized
Less than a year after Anthony Killinger attended a CPR course in his school gymnasium, his mother was at the door of his bedroom saying she thought her husband was dead. Running downstairs, Killinger found his stepfather, Mike Reese, unconscious on the ground making...
by magicartacivics@proton.me | Nov 26, 2025 | Uncategorized
A California Indian nation celebrated the return of 17,000 acres of ancestral lands by releasing several of the region’s native Tule elk to roam the hills again for the first time in decades. The Tule River Indian Tribe elders and community members gathered around the...
by magicartacivics@proton.me | Nov 26, 2025 | Uncategorized
It’s always interesting to see what images states put on their money. Mexico recently redesigned its 50 peso note with the image of a perpetually smiling amphibian found only in the country called the axolotl, and it’s become so well loved it’s being hoarded. Thomas...
by magicartacivics@proton.me | Nov 26, 2025 | Uncategorized
Egypt has become the 26th country to eliminate trachoma as a public health concern, building on a steady string of triumphs over tropical diseases. Having eliminated lymphatic filariasis, malaria, and now trachoma in the last 30 years, Egypt has emerged as a...
by magicartacivics@proton.me | Nov 25, 2025 | Uncategorized
Two musical pieces written by Johann Sebastian Bach were recently performed for the first time ever, more than 300 years after they were composed. Both written for the organ, they are believed to date from the great composer’s very early career, when he worked as a...
by magicartacivics@proton.me | Nov 25, 2025 | Uncategorized
In the Bay Area, California, a day at the rodeo for children with developmental challenges leaves everyone in tears at some point, either from joy or compassion. Hosted by a cowboy whose son was born with Down Syndrome, Little ‘Pardners’ Rodeo treats 40 children aged...
by magicartacivics@proton.me | Nov 25, 2025 | Uncategorized
The first large-scale study to investigate the impact on bird populations from the 2018 European Union ban on a universal insecticide has determined that birds have recovered as much as 3% since 2018. Given that 57 species of birds were included in the survey, the 3%...
by magicartacivics@proton.me | Nov 24, 2025 | Uncategorized
It’s 42% of Colombia’s territory. It’s 7% of the total Amazon Rainforest. It’s the same size as Sweden, and it’s now free from future oil and mineral extraction. The news that half a million square kilometers of territory in the Amazon biome of Colombia was now...
