Not All News Is Bad!

"Not All News Is Bad" is a website dedicated to curating and sharing positive, uplifting, and heartwarming news stories from around the world. The platform aims to counterbalance the often overwhelming negativity found in mainstream media by highlighting stories of kindness, resilience, innovation, and progress. It covers various topics, including acts of goodwill, environmental breakthroughs, medical advancements, and inspiring personal achievements.

In terms of its relationship to providing uplifting news, "Not All News Is Bad" serves as a refreshing antidote to the typical focus on conflict, crisis, and despair in traditional news outlets. By showcasing stories that celebrate human potential and collective progress, the site seeks to inspire hope, foster connection, and remind readers that there is still much good happening in the world. Through its carefully curated content, the platform encourages readers to engage with the world more optimistically and constructively, reinforcing the idea that not all news has to be bad.

A Daily Antidote to Everything Else
Not All News is Bad!
  1. The SFBA Bench Collective, spearheaded by Darrell Owens and Mingwei Samuel, is a bench-building movement across the East Bay. Each bench follows ADA guidelines and AC Transit bench rules and costs about $70 in materials. Source: Guerrilla activists are remaking Bay Area transit stops on their own Nice.
  2. A golden retriever named Zoie is being hailed as a hero after helping save a missing toddler. Source: Heroic Golden Retriever Saves Missing Toddler Good dog!
  3. A Minneapolis police officer is being celebrated for going above and beyond the call of duty to help a community member in need. Source: Minneapolis Cop Goes Above and Beyond For Elderly Resident Seems a little thing, but it makes such a difference.
  4. But scientists at the Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard, along with UMass Chan Medical School are working on the Darwin’s Cats project. Their goal is to build a comprehensive database that answers many questions about the behavioral and genetic traits of our friendly felines. Source: These scientists are building a cat database to understand […]
  5. “There are just so many dogs to talk about, and I could talk about them forever,” said Matt Nelson, who started WeRateDogs as a comedic experiment. Source: This man rates dogs for a living. He has millions of loyal followers. (Gift link.) A bright spot, every day.
  6. An Australian man has become the first person in the world to leave a hospital with a total artificial heart implant, marking a significant milestone in heart failure treatment. He lived with the device for over 100 days before receiving a donor heart transplant in early March – the longest recorded survival with this technology. […]
  7. A patient on Long Island is the first in New York to be cured of sickle cell anemia, doctors say. Source: Long Island man is first in New York history to be cured of sickle cell anemia Wow.
  8. Two centenarians broke the Guinness World Record for longest marriage of a living couple. The Brazilian couple has been happily married for 84 years and 85 days. Source: Couple breaks record for longest living marriage Amazing. And sweet.
  9. The number of monarch butterflies overwintering this year in Mexico has nearly doubled, according to the 2025 annual census. Source: Number of Monarch Butterflies Wintering in Mexico is Way Up–Doubling the Forest Acreage Over Last Year Cool.
  10. Meet Yumi, a senior Corgi on wheels. Source: This 14-year-old disabled Corgi lost a dog race — but won over the internet We’ve had two “wheeled Corgis” over the years, Guido and Helen. Can confirm the strength of their spirit. This was very touching to see.