I realize that religion, spirituality, and especially the Christian faith are touchy subjects on Daily Kos. Given how it has been used and abused, I cannot blame people for castigating it. Please forgive me if I have overstepped people’s comfort zone with what is below.
However, there is a Biblical story that I’ve been thinking about since Trump came on the scene and especially since the 2024 election. It is the story of Job. This is a greatly simplified synopsis of the Book.
Job was a good and prosperous man blessed by the Jewish God. Satan suggests that Job only serves God because he has been so blessed, and God puts Job to the test by allowing Satan to take away his wealth, his family, and even his health. Job was a patient man and never lost faith in the Jewish God. Even his friends are unsympathetic to the plight of Job. Eventually, Job is rewarded with even more than he had before the test for keeping the faith despite everything.
Right now, the people who believe in good are being tested right now by the evil unleashed by Trump and his followers. It looks bleak. Have faith that good will bounce back and reward us for still believing in the good inside people.
We at the Good News Roundup choose hope instead of fear, good news instead of doomscrolling, and love instead of hate. We’re not naïve — we know that the forces of evil are strong and currently have power in the halls of Washington, D.C. However, we also know that the forces for good are strong too!
Here goes my June Good News Roundup…
😡 We’re Not Gonna Take It Anymore! 😡
Are you ready for No Kings Day on June 14th?
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In April, we took to the streets for the biggest day of civic protest in years.
No Kings Day on June 14 is going to be even bigger, with more events in more places to reject Trump’s authoritarianism.
Please join us at your local No Kings Day event in two weeks: www.nokings.org?SQF_SOURCE=i...
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— Indivisible ❌👑 (@indivisible.org) May 31, 2025 at 9:32 AM
1,400 Protests Scheduled To Rain On Trump's Authoritarian Birthday Parade and More Bad News For Him
Scott Dworkin
Before we start another week of Trump’s burning dumpster fire on wheels disguised as a clown car, I'm happy have another edition of Great News for you. Let’s get to it.
The next big round of protests is set for June 14th—Trump’s birthday—with more than 1,400 events scheduled nationwide. As you may have heard, Trump plans to celebrate his birthday by throwing an authoritarian military parade in DC, which could cost upwards of $45 million.
It’s shaping up to be the largest day of protests this year—by far. So if you’re able, please show up to these peaceful gatherings and speak out against Trump’s tyranny. If you can’t make it, please promote the events on social media, and do what you can to help spread the word.
This weekend, demonstrations continued in at least a dozen cities against Avelo Airlines, calling out their contract with ICE to facilitate “deportations.” Any company profiting off of the Trump regime should be driven into bankruptcy.
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https://www.dworkinsubstack.com/p/1400-protests-scheduled-to-rain-on
This is what happens when you alienate your core customer base. This will be studied in business schools for decades.
Bad Polling News for Trump: TACO is Sticking to Him
CNN data reporter Harry Enten said he had some “troubling” news for President Donald Trump on Friday: The TACO trend that’s been used to taunt Trump is gaining steam.
“The top term that was Googled with ‘Donald Trump’ on Thursday was... it was ‘TACO,’” Enten said, referring to the acronym for “Trump Always Chickens Out.”
The term is used by investors to refer to the president’s tendency to announce big tariffs, causing markets to plunge, then back off, causing them to jump ― and some say relying on Trump to “chicken out” has helped them score big in an otherwise uncertain market.
“This to me is quite troubling for Donald Trump because obviously he trades on his name,” Enten said. “He trades on the idea that he does what he says and if all of a sudden you’re associating ‘Trump Always Chickens Out’ with Donald Trump? Well, that is no bueno.”
Trump is aware of the phrase ― and not at all happy about it.
Protests take all different forms. Daily Kos user freewayblogger has been doing this for decades!
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This weekend, May 31st to June 1st, the Visibility Brigade Movement conducted its first nationwide action, which involved over 60 chapter groups across 30 states, presenting the message “(state initials) FIGHTS FASCISM” during rush-hour traffic. #visibilitybrigade #fightfascism #woodyguthrie
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— The Visibility Brigade (@visibilitybrigade.bsky.social) June 2, 2025 at 3:08 PM
DHS Sanctuary Cities List Pulled
The Department of Homeland Security removed a list of "sanctuary jurisdictions" days after the agency posted it on its website.
The list included dozens of cities and counties across 37 states and the District of Columbia that DHS said were in noncompliance with federal statutes.
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But the list quickly faced intense criticism from mayors and law enforcement confused as to why they had been included. Over the weekend, the National Sheriffs' Association President Sheriff Kieran Donahue accused DHS of lacking transparency and accountability in how the list was compiled.
"This list was created without any input, criteria of compliance, or a mechanism for how to object to the designation. Sheriffs nationwide have no way to know what they must do or not do to avoid this arbitrary label," Donahue said, calling on DHS to remove the list. "This decision by DHS could create a vacuum of trust that may take years to overcome."
Local leaders across the country also raised issues with their inclusion on the list. Mayors from Boise, Idaho, and San Diego, for example, were surprised to see their cities named. Colorado leaders also raised concerns; Aurora was removed before the list was posted.
💪 Not Afraid To Take a Stand 💪
Ordinary citizens are pushing back against the ICE goons. They understand the assignment...
PBS and Local Minnesota Affiliate Sue Trump Regime Over Funding Cuts
PBS filed suit Friday against President Donald Trump and other administration officials to block his order stripping federal funding from the 330-station public television system, three days after NPR did the same for its radio network.
In its lawsuit, PBS relies on similar arguments, saying Trump was overstepping his authority and engaging in “viewpoint discrimination” because of his claim that PBS’ news coverage is biased against conservatives.
“PBS disputes those charged assertions in the strongest possible terms,” lawyer Z.W. Julius Chen wrote in the suit, filed in U.S. District Court in Washington. “But regardless of any policy disagreements over the role of public television, our Constitution and laws forbid the President from serving as the arbiter of the content of PBS’s programming, including by attempting to defund PBS.”
It was the latest of many legal actions taken against the administration for its moves, including several by media organizations impacted by Trump’s orders.
Remember Newark mayor Ras Baraka and his unjust arrest? He’s fighting back.
Democrats are doing their jobs and monitoring ICE facilities.
🐈🐕Pootie/Woozle Video Break 🐈🐕
We’re stressed. Here’s a relaxing video of kittehs making biscuits for y’all.
⚖ Trump Fought the Law and the Law WON! ⚖
Gun safety laws are safe… for now.
Partial win here — not as good as the first embed suggests though.
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JUST IN: A Trump-appointed judge in California blocks the administration from deporting a Venezuelan national under the Alien Enemies Act, saying the administration hasn't provided adequate notice/due process.storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
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— Kyle Cheney (@kyledcheney.bsky.social) June 2, 2025 at 1:50 PM
Huge win for collective bargaining rights at the TSA.
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BREAKING: A federal judge has granted a preliminary injunction in our TSA collective bargaining case against DHS Sec. Kristi Noem.
TSA workers’ union rights will be protected while the case moves forward—a major win for workers’ protections.
🔗 www.democracydefendersfund.org/prs/06.02.25...
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— democracydefendersfund.org (@democracydefendersfund.org) June 2, 2025 at 6:06 PM
Not as good as the first post indicates but still another loss for the Trump regime.
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NEW: Judge Lamberth has ordered the Trump administration to continue providing gender-affirming care to transgender inmates, saying the decision to rescind it for 100s was done without any evidence if factual analysis.
w/ @joshgerstein.bsky.social
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— Kyle Cheney (@kyledcheney.bsky.social) June 3, 2025 at 2:09 PM
Trump loves losing in court… but his regime keeps filing specious delay tactics to rack up more of them…
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BREAKING: Trump admin must process education grants "without delay"
A federal judge preserved his ability to enforce the ruling even if the Senate passes a budget bill restraining his contempt power. @AllRiseNews.com www.allrisenews.com/p/linda-mcma...
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— Adam Klasfeld (@klasfeldreports.com) June 3, 2025 at 4:11 PM
One more under the wire. Judge orders the deal between Trump and Bukele revealed.
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Another judge just ordered govt to reveal its deal with Bukele to another alien sent to CECOT. A magistrate judge in Columbus, GA (MDGa) did so in the case of Venezuelan EDQC, sent to CECOT on 3/15 without opportunity to raise a fear-of-torture claim.
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— Roger Parloff (@rparloff.bsky.social) June 3, 2025 at 9:20 PM
❎The Times They Are a Changing ❎
The GOP had a once in a generation opportunity to court Latino voters to stay in their coalition. They are blowing the chance.
Special election last night in South Carolina. It was expected to be a win, but we overperformed significantly (by 36 points) in a Harris+5 district!
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BREAKING: Keishan Scott just won his election to South Carolina’s HD-50, making him one of the youngest Democratic state legislators in the US!
He’s ready to get to work pushing for progress on issues like access to quality health care and public education.
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— Democratic Legislative Campaign Committee (@thedlcc.bsky.social) June 3, 2025 at 8:24 PM
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24-year-old Dem Keishan Scott just won tonight's special election in SC by 41 points. Two key notes:
• It's a 36-point overperformance vs. 2024—the second-biggest of the year
• The district has a 51% Black voting-age pop, making it the first majority-POC district to hold a special this year
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— The Downballot (@the-downballot.com) June 3, 2025 at 9:03 PM
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Our writeup of tonight's huge special election in SC:
• 24 yo Dem Keishan Scott is now one of the youngest lawmakers in America
• He outperformed by 36 points—the second-biggest showing of the year
• It's also the first special in a majority-Black district in 2025
Full post here -->
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— The Downballot (@the-downballot.com) June 3, 2025 at 9:58 PM
We also had a good night in Mississippi for local elections.
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Democrats had a really fucking good night but while everyone is talking about South Carolina, I would like to turn your attention to Mississippi where we won across the board by anywhere from 78% of the vote to 40 votes
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— Ariella Elm (@ariellaelm.bsky.social) June 3, 2025 at 11:15 PM
None of the articles shared below constitute an endorsement by bilboteach or the GNR. We respect the primary process and will allow it to play out.
We have a second notable challenger to Sen. Joni Ernst in Iowa in State Rep. JD Scholten.
Iowa's 2026 U.S. Senate race is coming into focus.
State Rep. J.D. Scholten, D-Sioux City, announced Monday a run for the seat held by Republican Sen. Joni Ernst since 2015.
Other state lawmakers, Sen. Zach Wahls from Coralville and Rep. Josh Turek of Council Bluffs, have been talked about as possible challengers for Ernst but so far Nathan Sage, an Iowa Army and Marine Corps veteran, and Scholten are the only ones to make it official.
Scholten's announcement comes just days after Ernst received national backlash over comments made at a Friday town hall in Parkersburg about reductions to Medicaid and Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program spending.
Ernst was answering a question about Medicaid cuts, when an attendee at the town hall shouted over her that people were "going to die" from the cuts. Ernst responded: "Well, we all are going to die," which was followed by jeering from the crowd. Ernst quickly followed up saying Medicaid spending will focus on the most vulnerable who meet the program's eligibility requirements.
On Saturday, Ernst leaned into her comments by posting a sarcastic apology video that appeared to have been recorded in a graveyard.
"After her comments over the weekend, I've been thinking about it for a while, but that's when I just said: This is unacceptable and you've gotta jump in," Scholten said. "At the end of the day, though, it's not about her, it's not about me, it's about the people of Iowa deserving better. I don't think there's anything worse that you could do than cut Medicaid, cut SNAP benefits for everyday Iowans just so you can give billionaires bigger tax breaks. That is not Iowa in my mind."
We have our first notable challenger to Sen. Lindsey Graham in Dr. Annie Andrews. Yes, South Carolina is the reachiest of reaches. We need solid candidates in as many seats as possible!
🌍We are the World🌎
A Single Gene in Rice Could Be Key to Feeding a Hotter World
Rising global temperatures are threatening rice, a staple food that nourishes billions of people around the world. But researchers say they may have discovered a way to improve harvests and grain quality: by essentially silencing a temperature-sensitive gene found in some common rice varieties.
A team of scientists in China recently announced that they had identified a gene that, when overheated, appears to have a negative impact on crops, lowering yield and producing chalky-looking, pasty-tasting grains. But when that gene is deactivated — through gene editing or through breeding that capitalizes on a naturally occurring variant that doesn’t react to higher temperatures — rice plants produce more and better grains, according to a peer-reviewed paper published last month in the journal Cell.
The finding represents “a breakthrough for breeding high-yield, superior rice varieties resilient to rising temperatures,” emailed Yibo Li, the paper’s lead researcher and a plant geneticist with Huazhong Agricultural University in China.
Outside experts said there could be great potential in being able to tweak a single gene that is responsible for controlling both yield and quality.
South Korea rejected conservatism after the attempted coup and elected a center-left president.
Valerie the Dachshund is Home After 529 Days in the Australian Bush
Then, one day this past February, more than a year after Valerie had gone missing, a farmer on Kangaroo Island snapped a photo of a tiny dog running through fields. That photo eventually made it to the Kangala Wildlife Rescue — a local animal rescue on the island generally focused more on wildlife than pets — who had been in contact with Valerie's owners since she'd gone missing and shared it with them.
Gardner says at first they couldn't believe it.
"There's no way a four-kilo dog could survive that long," she remembers thinking. But, she says, the photo was absolutely Valerie.
Lisa Karran, who runs Kangala Wildlife Rescue with her husband Jared, says once that photo came through, they got to work trying to rescue Valerie during their off-hours.
It was no small feat.
🎶Song of the Day🎶
🧪Don’t Stop Believing (in Science) 🧪
Nanodomains are Key to Next-Gen Solar Cells
Researchers from the Department of Chemical Engineering and Biotechnology (CEB) have found that dynamic nanodomains within lead halide perovskites – materials at the forefront of solar cell innovation – hold a key to boosting their efficiency and stability. The findings reveal the nature of these microscopic structures, and how they impact the way electrons are energised from the light and transported through the material, offering insights to more efficient solar cells.
The study was led by Milos Dubajic and Professor Sam Stranks from the Optoelectronic Materials and Device Spectroscopy Group research group at CEB, in collaboration with an international network, with key contributions from Imperial College London, UNSW Sydney, Colorado State University, ANSTO Sydney, and synchrotron facilities in Australia, the UK, and Germany.
Their research shows that by understanding the behaviour of these nanodomains, engineers could fine-tune the properties of perovskites to improve the performance and longevity of solar cells. Until now, the fluctuating nature of these nanodomains had not been fully understood, but this study suggests that mastering their behaviour could enable perovskites to reach their full potential.
If this doesn’t qualify as good news, I’ll quit writing these!
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A HISTORIC MILESTONE: For the first time, solar power generated more electricity globally than nuclear, making it the world’s 4th largest power source.
In just 5 years, solar output nearly tripled—from 79 TWh (Apr 2020) to 233 TWh (Apr 2025). The energy transition is speeding up.
@ember-energy.org
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— Jan Rosenow (@janrosenow.bsky.social) June 2, 2025 at 4:09 AM
Scientists Create Living Plastic Alternative
The material, which was created by a team from Empa in Switzerland, manages to balance biodegradability with toughness and versatility – a feat that is far from easy in materials science.
The researchers processed fibers from the mycelium (the root-like part) of the split-gill mushroom (Schizophyllum commune) into a liquid mixture, without actually killing them off or destroying their natural biological functions.
The resulting gel-like material is called living fiber dispersions, or LFD, and it can be molded into many different forms. It also makes full use of the extra substances produced by mushrooms, where other biomaterials might just use the core fungal cells.
"The fungus uses this extracellular matrix to give itself structure and other functional properties," says materials scientist Ashutosh Sinha, from Empa. "Why shouldn't we do the same?"
Planes are one of the most difficult items to make electric. Looks like that problem is getting tackled slowly but surely.
Scientists Develop “Living Concrete” That Self-Heals
Concrete is an excellent and versatile material, but it's not without its limitations. One of the biggest problems materials scientists are keen to find a workaround for is its brittleness. Concrete doesn't have very high tensile strength at all, which means it's prone to cracking under stress.
One way of resolving this issue would be to develop concrete that can fill in its own cracks, and a new method could be that panacea. A team led by mechanical engineer Congrui Grace Jin of Texas A&M University has developed concrete that can heal itself by harnessing the power of synthetic lichen.
It improves on previous attempts at creating self-healing 'living' concrete made using bacteria, the researchers say, by being fully self sustainable.
"Microbe-mediated self-healing concrete has been extensively investigated for more than three decades," Jin explains, "but it still suffers from one important limitation – none of the current self-healing approaches are fully autonomous since they require an external supply of nutrients for the healing agents to continuously produce repair materials."
If this pans out, we can recycle Li-Ion batteries instead of letting them build up as toxic waste!
Physicists force atoms into state of quantum 'hyper-entanglement'
Using optical tweezers composed of laser light, researchers have developed a novel way to manipulate individual atoms and create a state of hyper-entanglement.
This breakthrough could lead to new forms of quantum computing and advances in quantum simulations designed to answer fundamental questions about physics.
Caltech scientists have been using optical tweezers to control individual atoms for several decades, leading to a number of advances, including quantum error correction and a method for creating the world's most accurate clocks.
One persistent issue in the process, however, has been the natural motion of atoms, which can introduce noise (and errors) into a quantum system. But in the breakthrough study, published in the journal Science, that weakness has been transformed.
"We show that atomic motion, which is typically treated as a source of unwanted noise in quantum systems, can be turned into a strength," said Adam Shaw in a statement on Caltech's website, a postdoctoral researcher and first author on the study.
😷I Will Survive (Good Medical News)😷
This will do wonders for testing for rare diseases and genetic mutations that cause them.
Engineered Viruses Help Treat Brain Diseases
“As long as I’ve been doing neuroscience, it’s been a goal of researchers to have brain-cell-type-targeting tools,” says Jonathan Ting of the Allen Institute, a nonprofit research center in Seattle. Now they have them in spades. In a fleet of eight studies funded by the National Institutes of Health and published last week, scientists from 29 research institutions found and tested more than 1,000 new ways to home in on specific cell types, no matter where they are in the brain.
The technique behind these tools uses non-disease-causing viruses (called adeno-associated viruses, or AAVs) to deliver genes directly to specific neurons. This can make the cells do almost anything. Scientists can turn them off, activate them, “light them up like a Christmas tree” with glowing proteins or deliver gene therapies right to them, says Ting, senior author of one of the new studies. The researchers have tested the technique only in nonhuman animals, but the bulk of the tools work across mammal species and would likely work in humans, too. Similar, less-targeted AAV gene therapies are already approved for treating spinal muscular atrophy and are being tested in clinical trials for Huntington’s disease.
“There are a lot of good examples” of how AAVs are being used to treat brain disease, says Nikolaus McFarland, a neurologist at the University of Florida, who treats neurodegenerative diseases such as Parkinson’s and Huntington’s. “It’s really exciting stuff.”
Anything that could potentially replace opioids needs to be vigorously explored.
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Experimental painkiller could outsmart opioids - without the 'high' [via Duke Uni] 🧪🥼⚕️💊🏥
“The receptor is expressed on sensory neurons and the brain and spinal cord,” []. “It’s a promising target for treating acute and chronic pain.”
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#SBI810 #pain #killer
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— Rian Nejar 🦋 (@riannejar.bsky.social) June 1, 2025 at 1:04 PM
New Hope for Patients With Less Common Form of Breast Cancer
A new treatment nearly halves the risk of disease progression or death from a less common form of breast cancer that hasn't seen major drug advances in over a decade, researchers reported Monday.
Results from the study, presented at the annual meeting of the American Society for Clinical Oncology, are expected to be submitted to regulators and could soon establish a new first-line therapy for people with HER2‑positive metastatic breast cancer—the advanced stage of a form that comprises 15–20% of all breast cancer cases.
HER2‑positive cancers are fueled by an overactive HER2 gene, which makes too much of a protein called human epidermal growth factor receptor 2 that helps cancer cells grow and spread.
Patients with HER2‑positive breast cancer that has spread to other parts of the body live around five years.
"Seeing such a striking improvement was really impressive to us—we were taking a standard and almost doubling how long patients could have their cancer controlled for," oncologist Sara Tolaney, chief of the breast oncology division at Dana‑Farber Cancer Institute, told AFP.
The current standard of care, known as THP, combines chemotherapy with two antibodies that block growth signals from the HER2 protein. The new approach uses a drug called trastuzumab deruxtecan (T‑DXd), an antibody attached to a chemotherapy drug.
WOW. This one is a boon to women with breast cancer just like the story above.
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“Liquid biopsies” alert people with advanced breast cancer when new treatments stop working, allowing patients to switch to more effective therapies before their tumors grow larger.
#asco25 #asco2025 #bcsm
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— Liz Szabo (@lizszabo.bsky.social) June 1, 2025 at 12:17 PM
New Magnetic Pen Could Help Diagnose Parkinson’s Disease
Parkinson’s disease can be difficult to diagnose, but one common symptom of the progressive neurodegenerative condition is small, frequent tremors in the hands.
Now, with an eye toward screening and early detection of the disease, researchers have developed what they call a diagnostic pen to detect those hand motions. The pen does not write in the traditional sense. Instead, a flexible magnetic tip and ferrofluid ink convert movement into fluctuations in their magnetic field, taking advantage of what is known as the magnetoelastic effect. The magnetic flux produces an electrical current in a conductive coil built into the barrel of the pen.
In a small pilot study, that electrical signal was used to train a convolutional neural network to accurately differentiate between the writing of patients with Parkinson’s disease and a healthy group. The diagnostic pen and human study were presented in Nature Chemical Engineering today.
“While the underlying sensing mechanisms are well established, the true strength of this work lies in how the authors have ingeniously integrated them into a functional device,” says Pradeep Sharma, an engineer at the University of Houston who studies soft magnetic materials similar to the one used in the tip of the new stylus; he was not involved in the current research.
I posted something similar a few days ago. IDK if this is the same study or a different one. Repetition is good anyways.
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An exercise programme for colon cancer patients can cut the risk of dying by a third, says major international trial.
"Not a large amount" of exercise & any type of workout counted.
The results could change the way colon cancer is treated around the world.
🧪🚶🏾♀️🏊🏾♀️🚴🏾♀️ #medsky
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— Dan Jagger (@auditorynerves.bsky.social) June 2, 2025 at 3:53 PM
Experts Hail Neck and Head Cancer Breakthrough
An immunotherapy drug can ward off head and neck cancers for twice as long as the standard treatment, in the biggest breakthrough in two decades.
Pembrolizumab stimulates the immune system to fight cancer, targeting a specific protein that enables the drug to wipe out cancer cells.
The drug kept cancer at bay in some patients for an average of five years, compared with 30 months when added to standard of care, a clinical trial found.
The results were presented at the annual meeting of the American Society of Clinical Oncology, the world’s largest cancer conference.
The trial, which involved more than 700 patients across 192 sites in 24 countries, was led by researchers at the Washington University School of Medicine. Dr Douglas Adkins, the study’s co-principal investigator and a professor of oncology, said the results were significant and notable because it was the first time such a drug had generated this effect.
😆Wednesday Wheezes 😆
Thank you Miss Denise for posting humor every day in the APR.
👍 Hey Hey What Can I Do? 👍
You might see a theme with this first bundle of action steps… 😏
- If you want to help teachers that desperately need funds (especially at the end of the year!), DonorsChoose is the site to hook you up! Another one is Adopt a Classroom!
- Volunteer in a classroom! It can be something as structured and formal as Citizen Schools or as informal as inquiring at a local school district. Be prepared for a background check though!
- Build a Little Free Library! I use these all the time and you never know what you’ll read next. Bonus points for distributing books banned by MAGA!
- 50501 is the group that sparked the protests against the Trump regime. The next huge day for protests is on Saturday, June 14th. Be there or be square!
- Calling your representatives matters. 5calls.org makes the process much simpler and more efficient for you! Make it a goal to call their offices once a week or so!
- It’s a little early for Goodie or I to start our own donation lists for the Good News Roundup readers. If you feel the need to donate, you’ll have to make do with Charles Gaba (DKos name Brainwrap). Special elections, Virginia, and New Jersey are the priorities right now.
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📣 #VIRGINIA Democrats have eked out control of the legislature, but that's at risk...and they need help to regain control of the Governor's office. Donate today: #Blue25
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About the Author
If you hadn’t guessed, I am rather religious for someone who posts on Daily Kos. Sen. Rev. Raphael Warnock, Bishop Mariann Budde, and Rev. William Barber are inspirations to me. I’m not ready to divulge why Christianity is important to me yet. Just know that a life event changed my outlook from being agnostic/borderline atheist to a Christian.
Don’t worry, I’m not a fundamentalist about it, nor will I attempt to shove it in people’s faces. I take Matthew 6:5-14 seriously. I may reference it occasionally (like in the opening) but I also subscribe to the apocryphal quote of Gandhi — “I like your Christ, but I don’t like your Christians”. 😇
A beautiful cross in front of a cathedral. I’m a Presbyterian BTW.
With that, my June Good News Roundup is open! Feel free to contribute more in the comments and especially help make next month’s edition better!
