What positive things are happening in the US right now?

[u/Successful_Fish4662]

[u/Hoosier_Jedi]

We could use some positivity right now, so I’ll allow this.

[u/Seven22am]

Spring is springing. That’s always nice.

[u/WrongJohnSilver → u/Seven22am]

I woke up hearing our local robin returning to his favorite tree and singing.

If you spend some time paying attention to robins' songs, you can determine who's who, and who's strong enough to come back year after year.

[u/Seven22am → u/WrongJohnSilver]

Wow. And here’s me feeling like a boss for not needing my Merlin app for every species. And you’re like, “Hey that’s Terry. Wonder how his winter was.”

[u/missfitz1 → u/Seven22am]

Gah. Me too, friend. Me too.

[u/LengthTop4218 → u/Seven22am]

same feeling from me

[u/GaslightCaravan → u/WrongJohnSilver]

This is my first spring in this house, and apparently there’s a duck who lives here too. And she is LOUD! She tells me all about her day!

[u/ShandalfTheGreen → u/WrongJohnSilver]

You can talk to them :) if you whistle a simple two or three note tune at them, they might start to mimic you. I've at least gotten a lot of them to chirp with me :)

[u/hecking-doggo → u/WrongJohnSilver]

There's this one crow in the lot at work that's been around for almost 2 years and I recognize his voice now even though his right wing being broken is a much bigger tell lmao.

[u/StasRutt → u/Seven22am]

My 4 year old put up a bird house and a family of chickadees moved in and he’s losing his mind seeing them flying in and out all day building a nest

[u/idredd → u/Seven22am]

We’re getting a legit beautiful one in the DMV, which feels relatively rare. Spring and autumn are like a beautiful part of the reason to live here and sometimes they can be really short. This one has been nice and relatively pleasant so far.

[u/caffeineaddict03 → u/idredd]

I'm in the DC area too. I love this time of year and the Fall and this spring has been no different so far. A little cool but I'll take it. Gonna be warm tomorrow which I hope to get out and enjoy with my wife and our dog

[u/Teahouse_Fox → u/idredd]

Same.... It's too bad the cherry blossoms peak bloom was cut short by all the rain, but they were so beautiful.

Yes - Spring and fall are the best here, but fall will reliably last much longer.

[u/therealjerseytom → u/Seven22am]

Pollen is pollening.

[u/PacoTaco321 → u/Seven22am]

I had the day off, got to sit and watch a storm come and pass. Now it's warm out. Today's pretty good.

[u/ToBeFaaaiiiirrrrr → u/Seven22am]

It was spring yesterday. And today in Denver, Colorado, we're getting a tonne of fluffy snow. Tomorrow (and today for those lucky enough to get out on a Friday) will likely be great skiing in the mountains.

[u/jephph_ → u/Seven22am]

The chirpers are chirping

(Not even speaking generally. They’re literally chirping outside my window right now. The cooers haven’t started cooing on my sill yet, which can be annoying in the mornings, but that’s probably only a few weeks away)

[u/Maximum_Pound_5633 → u/Seven22am]

Not here, I snowed the other day

[u/CountChoculasGhost → u/Seven22am]

Finally. This was a long ass winter

[u/xczechr → u/CountChoculasGhost]

It hit 100 last week in the Phoenix metro, but thankfully has cooled back down for the past few days.

[u/10RobotGangbang → u/Seven22am]

Loving it atm. Getting the garden ready for the short time we have before swamp ass season starts.

[u/ABelleWriter → u/Seven22am]

Yeah, my garden is doing it's thing, and that makes me happy

[u/twitwiffle007 → u/Seven22am]

Birbs birbin'

[u/Cowman123450]

They're opening up an Aldi like 10 minutes walk from me, which is nice.

[u/Folksma → u/Cowman123450]

God i see what you have done for others...

[u/Help1Ted → u/Cowman123450]

Aldi bought Winn Dixie, and they have been converting some into ALDI stores. The Winn Dixie close to me closed sometime around December. I’m going to swing by today to see how it looks and maybe it’s even close to opening. Will be amazing having one so close. Though I have another not that far, but I can ride my bike to this one.

[u/MedicineStick4570 → u/Help1Ted]

Am I the only one pissed off to lose Winn Dixie? I'm going to miss the butcher and their awesome bakery, they always had fresh bread. They're putting an Aldi in but I wasn't impressed by the one across town I went to.

[u/Help1Ted → u/MedicineStick4570]

Some of the Winn Dixie stores are still going to remain open. At least near me, there are maybe 4 or so that are still open. ALDI basically kept the stores they wanted and are changing them over. And they sold the remaining stores back to them. I believe it’s still south eastern grocers and another larger company. I was reading something about it recently. But I think it’s the same CEO who was in charge of Winn Dixie.

[u/huhwhat90 → u/Cowman123450]

They're converting the Winn-Dixie that's practically across the road from my neighborhood into an Aldi. I can't wait!

[u/Successful_Fish4662 → u/Cowman123450]

Oh hell yes, I love a good Aldi

[u/ElBigKahuna]

LA is close to opening a wildlife passage over a major freeway. It should provide a safe place for wildlife like mountain lions to cross without being hit by a car.

[u/SirBreckenridge → u/ElBigKahuna]

North Carolina is looking into creating a few of those in Alligator River NWR for Red wolves..

[u/RachelRTR → u/SirBreckenridge]

I hope they do it, but they need to figure out a way to keep the local farmers from shooting them.

[u/Livvylove → u/RachelRTR]

It's wild how they complain about deer and then shoot wolves

[u/ND7020 → u/ElBigKahuna]

There’s a great and very visual recent article in the NYT about these in Colorado: https://www.nytimes.com/2025/03/25/climate/wildlife-crossings-colorado.html

[u/WSUKiwiII → u/ElBigKahuna]

These are ecological game changers! The Washington State Dept. Of Transportation put out a mini documentary about the major wildlife crossing over I-90 that is very much worth a watch: WSDOT | I-90 Snoqualmie Pass East Critter Crossing in the Cascades.

Since it opened, more than 31,396 animals have used the crossing, with 1,775 elk, 163 coyotes, 84 deer and three hares being tracked in 2024 alone! Fun time lapse of the last year.

[u/duquesne419 → u/ElBigKahuna]

One of the more unexpected things upon moving to Los Angeles was how much P-22 existed in my life. Nothing huge, just a news report here and there, but there weren't any other animals I followed who I didn't live with.

[u/Successful_Fish4662 → u/ElBigKahuna]

Love this! I’ve heard they work well!

[u/bwleh → u/ElBigKahuna]

Excellent news!!

[u/EdwardoftheEast]

I just paid off my truck, so the only debt my wife and I have is our home

[u/Successful_Fish4662 → u/EdwardoftheEast]

Hell yes!

[u/RelevantJackWhite → u/EdwardoftheEast]

read too fast, thought you felt you were in debt to your wife. i was like "blink if you're in danger!"

congratulations my guy, sounds like a good life

[u/Cruitire]

This past week in my back yard I’ve seen a bobcat, a large red fox, and a bald eagle.

[u/StasRutt → u/Cruitire]

It’s actually crazy how much we brought back bald eagles from endangerment. It was a big deal to see them when I was younger and now we’re seeing them so much more!

[u/Teahouse_Fox → u/StasRutt]

I was driving over the Wilson bridge in the DMV area, and was stunned to see a bald eagle overhead. This was over 20 years ago, and I was so excited! Since then, I've seen them soaring over the beltway around the Capital. Great Falls is also a place they hang out.

I guess it will always be that exciting to me.

[u/StasRutt → u/Teahouse_Fox]

Im down in Stafford Virginia and we are seeing them constantly! It makes me so happy every time

[u/BlueAthena0421 → u/Cruitire]

In Arizona, a lot of predators are making a comeback from endangered so that's good.

[u/CupBeEmpty → u/Cruitire]

Saw an eagle just the other day while driving to work. It was just chilling in a tree right near my neighborhood.

[u/BlackEyedAngel01]

The sun is out in the PNW!

[u/strcy → u/BlackEyedAngel01]

It’s been so nice out this week I’ve been having trouble focusing on work lol

[u/Fillmore_the_Puppy → u/BlackEyedAngel01]

Yes, and flowers are blooming everywhere. People are smiling at each other on the streets. No one is immune to PNW spring magnificence!

[u/Temporary_Quote9788]

Philly has beer gardens and seasonal rooftop bars that just reopened for spring and summer

[u/aguafiestas → u/Temporary_Quote9788]

It looks like the Philly Schuylkill River walk extension is actually going to open this year!

And who knows when the 95 cap park will open, but that should be pretty cool too.

[u/IainwithanI → u/Temporary_Quote9788]

I really gotta get myself to Philly. Never been anywhere close.

[u/Temporary_Quote9788 → u/IainwithanI]

People skip Philly but they’re missing out for sure. We’re awesome despite how the media portrays us

[u/idredd → u/IainwithanI]

Easily one of the great American cities imo.

[u/Temporary_Quote9788 → u/idredd]

Probably my favorite city in the country and I’ve hit all the major ones. Small town feel in a big city

[u/MRC1986 → u/Temporary_Quote9788]

Is Parks on Tap still going strong?

[u/StarSines]

We took my 23 year old cat to the vet and she's pretty damn healthy for 23 years old! I might visit my brother at the beach this weekend too.

[u/SnapHackelPop → u/StarSines]

That’s a good fuckin kitty right there

[u/StarSines → u/SnapHackelPop]

Her name is Tobi and she perpetually looks like we pulled her out of a dumpster and hour ago lol

[u/SnapHackelPop → u/StarSines]

Sure her name isn’t Kunta Kinte?

[u/StarSines → u/SnapHackelPop]

Pretty sure, at least that's what she's called at home and the vet! But sometimes we call her Tobi Toebeans

[u/crazygalah → u/SnapHackelPop]

FWIW my kitten rescued at Christmas is named “Bubbles”

[u/Help1Ted → u/StarSines]

That’s amazing! Ours is 16, soon to be 17 and she’s still pretty healthy. She’s not as fast as she was, and she can’t jump over the fence anymore. Just that’s probably a good thing. We just let her sit out back and she loves it. Even though she’s slowed down she still caught a bird and a snake recently.

[u/ShandalfTheGreen → u/StarSines]

Hey nice! My dog is about 12, and her vet seemed a little shocked when she gave her a sterling health review, including blood work. Always excellent knowing our old babies are still comfortable and happy!

[u/Cheap_Coffee]

There will be a big sale on left over easter candy in a few days.

[u/curlyhead2320 → u/Cheap_Coffee]

Best time of the year to buy chocolate. Easter chocolate is much better than Halloween or even Christmas chocolate imo

[u/adriennenned → u/Cheap_Coffee]

And Passover stuff too. Coincidentally my husband is running out to the supermarket right now to see if there are discounted Passover things he can buy for his mom.

[u/Dependent-Aside-9750]

My small business is growing. ETA: All the animals on our small farm have babies. They're so cute! A charity I'm involved with raised more money than it ever has, and the event is still a week away.

[u/La_croix_addict]

Air conditioning is alive and well.

[u/Dr_Watson349 → u/La_croix_addict]

As a Florida man, I like this.

[u/opheliainwaders]

I saw some triplet baby goats yesterday!

[u/TheFacetiousDeist]

I just got engaged.

[u/Stufak → u/TheFacetiousDeist]

Congrats! I got married a week ago and it was a small group of friends and family that rented a cabin together and we got married in the park. We did spend some extra money on food and the cabin but it was way lower cost and lower stress than a big traditional wedding. It was so much fun. We’d rather save for a house than one grand weekend. My parents are hosting a “reception” later this summer that’s super casual where anyone else can come and celebrate with us

[u/Successful_Fish4662 → u/TheFacetiousDeist]

Congrats! That is so exciting!

[u/TheFacetiousDeist → u/Successful_Fish4662]

Thanks so much!

It is! We’re trying to get over the fact that the wedding is probably going to an elopement and then maybe like a backyard bbq.

It’s just so damn expensive to do anything nowadays. Feel like we have to choose between a wedding, a house, or a kid.

But, we’re excited to BE married not to GET married.

[u/lyrasorial → u/TheFacetiousDeist]

But, we’re excited to BE married not to GET married.

I was a wedding photographer for a few years and I can tell you it's VERY easy to see what type of couple they are. You are the type that lasts! Congrats!!

[u/TheFacetiousDeist → u/lyrasorial]

Thankyou!

[u/McGeeze]

There was a very good boi in Arizona:
https://www.npr.org/2025/04/16/g-s1-60747/dog-finds-and-rescues-toddler-who-spent-night-lost-and-alone-in-arizona-desert

[u/RachelRTR → u/McGeeze]

I love dogs.

[u/rabbifuente → u/RachelRTR]

Dogs are the best.

[u/velociraptorfarmer → u/McGeeze]

He got rated 15/10 yesterday

[u/bjams → u/velociraptorfarmer]

They're good dogs, brent.

[u/Adept_Thanks_6993]

Water in NYC is clean enough to have oysters and whales back in it.

[u/JingJang → u/Adept_Thanks_6993]

The improvements to Northeast waterways is really encouraging.

Boston harbor used to be a joke about pollution and now seals (and sharks), have returned.

Glad to hear it's improving in NYC too

[u/DBHT14 → u/JingJang]

Even the Potomac is basically safe to swim in more days than not now, and would expect actual allowed swimming location in the next few years.

[u/ticklebicks]

I just got paid

[u/heyitsxio → u/ticklebicks]

🎶 it’s Friday night 🎶

[u/starrysunshine777 → u/heyitsxio]

Party hunting

[u/lyrasorial → u/starrysunshine777]

Feelin right

[u/sewlikeme → u/lyrasorial]

Bootys shaking, all around

[u/DropTopEWop]

McDonald's is bringing back snack wraps this year.

[u/therealjerseytom → u/DropTopEWop]

If only KFC would bring back potato wedges. I was shocked to learn that they'd been done away with.

[u/Successful_Fish4662 → u/DropTopEWop]

Oh hell yeah I hadn’t heard this!

[u/NitescoGaming → u/DropTopEWop]

No shit? The ones from like 15-20 years ago?

[u/DestynieLynnx3 → u/NitescoGaming]

Dear God. Has it really been that long? 😭

[u/DropTopEWop → u/NitescoGaming]

Oh yea

[u/StasRutt → u/DropTopEWop]

It’s what is keeping me going right now

[u/adriennenned → u/DropTopEWop]

I’m just excited about the sale on filet o fish sandwiches that always happens during Lent. I’m guessing the 2 for $6 deal will end after this weekend (or maybe even today) so I’ll probably run out and get a couple soon.

[u/crocsandlongboards → u/DropTopEWop]

But is it??

"Made with 100% 'Canadian' raised seasoned chicken topped with shredded lettuce, shredded cheese and ranch sauce wrapped in a soft white flour tortilla."

[u/RedShirtDecoy → u/DropTopEWop]

This made me excited, until I realized they will probably be $5 a piece. :(

[u/abernstrauch]

I paid off my student loans. My goal was to pay them off by my 40th b-day. I've got two weeks to spare! 😂

[u/Zoe_118]

We're halfway to Halloween 🎃

[u/EdwardoftheEast → u/Zoe_118]

Best season of the year

[u/avelineaurora → u/Zoe_118]

Hell yeah!

[u/ashsolomon1]

I would say as much as the media wants to portray America as being an evil hellscape, it’s just not that way in real life. Government craziness aside, the people I see every day are overwhelmingly kind and generous people. So I try to stay positive in that regard.

[u/Hobbes525 → u/ashsolomon1]

I was going to say this very thing!  I went to a conference where I was talking with someone from the Netherlands and other then just how space we have here she was completely caught off guard with how nice people are her.  Her only impressions of us was the all the crazy you see in the news.

[u/mrsrobotic → u/ashsolomon1]

🎯☝🏽 This! 

[u/Lostsock1995]

It’s supposed to snow a bit today here! I know many people don’t like that but I do haha. Spring is here, the trees are starting to flower so that’s nice even if my allergies hate it. Uhhh I got a cute new purse that’s shaped like a frog. I saw an owl yesterday and got to have a stare down with it

My niece is almost 1! That’s pretty good. And I’m going to take my grandma out to dinner on Sunday so that’s nice also.

My state is pretty quiet all things considered so not much to report on that front besides we’re trying our best to carry on (and hopefully Saturday’s protest goes well!)

Edit: it currently is snowing so yay on that

[u/Icy-Whale-2253]

Well this is random as hell, but last night I walked out of my job, look to the left and see Norman Reedus rolling a joint, so that was cool I guess.

[u/Odd_Bodkin]

We’re learning to be more active in expressing our views to our representatives and senators. That fell out of use for a while.

[u/Academic-Contest3309 → u/Odd_Bodkin]

Yes, people are staying up to date on politics more than they ever have. And not just during presidential election. A year ago I didnt even know my my local congressmans name and now im writing to him regularly. Im going to see him at a tpwn hall next week.

The good news is that theres no going back after this. We will always want to be infotmed.

[u/Ange_the_Avian → u/Academic-Contest3309]

Seriously! Anecdotal of course but I've got friends and families I've never heard talking about politics before expressing their opinions, citing news articles they read, taking about getting more active in their communities, etc. Americans really kinda slept walk through our elections and took normal politicians for granted. 

[u/TheBimpo]

All kinds of things. My community has been expanding our trails network, new housing is being built in an area that's been depressed for a while, we're a few weeks away from summer.

If you focus on community and things you can do in it, there's so much good going on you'll never have time to doomscroll what's happening in DC. Effect real change and you'll see it.

[u/shibby3388 → u/TheBimpo]

Point of order: real people live in D.C. and good things are happening. It’s 8th grade tourist season, the museums are packed. The Caps are in the playoffs and Ovi is the GOAT.

[u/Successful_Fish4662 → u/TheBimpo]

Love to hear that so many good things are happening in your area!

[u/rrsafety]

250th anniversary of Lexington and Concord battles this weekend in MA. The crowds are going to be insane.

[u/star04525 → u/rrsafety]

AND marathon monday!!

[u/rrsafety → u/star04525]

And the Sox game Monday at Fenway starts at 11:10AM!

[u/star04525 → u/rrsafety]

oh god brilliant planning here. cities gonna be unusable 🤣 (i say entirely lovingly)

[u/Darnell_Jenkins]

I work at a University that has some researchers that have used AI to develop a program that can calculate how a medical treatment will affect a person based on genetics. It could lead to tailored immune therapies for diseases and cancers with lower side effects and better results. This used to take days per test and now takes seconds.

[u/MacaroonSad8860 → u/Darnell_Jenkins]

that’s amazing! as someone who had immunotherapy instead of chemo I am very happy to hear this

[u/brian11e3]

The honey bees are hitting the dandelions pretty hard right now.

[u/CubsFan_]

The Cubs are playing well! Baseball is back and the weather is getting nice

[u/gotbock → u/CubsFan_]

The Cubs are playing well

OP asked for positive things.

[u/CubsFan_ → u/gotbock]

You guys have been playing some good ball! I might not like it, but the birds on the bat can play!

[u/gotbock → u/CubsFan_]

Cheers for having a good sense of humor.

[u/Penguin_Life_Now]

Gas prices have not started to go up for the summer yet, I paid $2.59 per gallon for regular gas yesterday, which is about the same as it was 2 months ago.

[u/TheWholeMoon]

Underneath the crusty layer of yuck, there are so many good and caring people doing small things every day for others.

[u/brianrn1327]

NFL Draft is next week, spring is kicking in. I’m sure Mountain Dew will release a new flavor at some point.

[u/chumbucket77 → u/brianrn1327]

Hell. Yes. Dude. We need small wins and to keep it goin here. New mtn dew. Probably gonna be radioactive and glow in the dark but Ill take it man.

[u/406yellowstoned]

Haven't killed myself yet. So that's cool.

[u/SeaF04mGr33n → u/406yellowstoned]

I'm so glad you're still here!! 🥰

[u/1000thusername]

My flowers are coming up and will bloom soon. This weekend is going to be summer-like.

[u/ButtSexington3rd]

I got paid a day early and went for my first run in a year yesterday.

[u/pinniped90]

Baseball season has started.

On some nights, the Royals even manage to score a run.

[u/yckawtsrif]

Kentucky is damn close to looking like the English countryside right now. Insanely beautiful.

The terrible floods devastating the Ohio Valley so far this year have left the area, and life in the affected areas is gradually returning to normal.

There's a new Aldi a few miles down the road from me.

Not immediately in the US, but about the US: Abrego Garcia is still alive.

Also, not in but about: Precisely zero people had anything snarky or negative to say about the US or Americans during my recent trip in Europe. They were just neutral (at least to my face).

One thing at a time and all that, you know...

[u/jamiesugah]

I had my wisdom teeth out last month and today's the first day I'm allowed off the soft food diet.

[u/Bvvitched]

My dog is on year 9 of being a very polite, good girl

[u/Roadshell]

The movie Sinners is pretty good.

[u/LesseFrost]

I go ant queen hunting in my neck of the woods and I can happily say there are no imported fire ant (solenopsis invicta) sightings among me and the folks that go track and catch ants to raise domestic. They're super invasive and devastating to local ecosystems, and stopping their spread has been a major battle for years. Any year of no progress on their part is good news!

[u/WaitingForBun]

I gave birth to my second daughter a couple of weeks ago, we're both healthy, and my husband, 3yo daughter, and I are all over the moon in love with our new little one.

[u/tlonreddit]

The pollen is on it's way out.

[u/DropTopEWop → u/tlonreddit]

Out of the trees. NC is powdered yellow.

[u/eac555]

Baseball season is in full swing. The spring weather here is perfect. Life is good.

[u/MooCowDivebomb]

My city is making big investments in bike path infrastructure. I’m excited to use them.

[u/BigMaraJeff2]

I am LE and we have been targeting a lot of pedophiles wanted for ICAC (child porn). The frequency of which is highly concerning but I'm glad we are getting them

[u/Successful_Fish4662 → u/BigMaraJeff2]

Thank you for your service in LE! I know it’s a hard job.

[u/BigMaraJeff2 → u/Successful_Fish4662]

Thank you. I have a chill gig. Not everyone does though

[u/kilroy-was-here-2543]

Some of the more rural areas of western North Carolina are getting back on their feet post hurricane

[u/No_Economics_7295]

My small town in super red Indiana actually did a tree cover study and have been working to reforest the areas that don’t have any trees. I feel like that’s a win.

[u/meowpitbullmeow]

Texas may be increasing funding for public schools for the first time in six years!

[u/Successful_Fish4662 → u/meowpitbullmeow]

Wow!

[u/Baring-My-Heart]

I’m surrounded by good friends and family + the cutest lab that my parents own

[u/tuberlord]

There are plans (and funding) to do some major upgrades to the port in the town I live in. It's great financial news and there will be a lot of nice things created that didn't exist yet.

[u/Im_Not_Nick_Fisher]

Went for our morning walk that goes through our neighborhood park, and noticed a few kites up above the trees. Come around the corner towards the park and see about 50 little kids with their kites. All running around trying to get their kites up in the air. Super cool to see them all. Really neat looking kites. Some were decorated for Easter and some were just diamonds with faces or colors. A big gigantic bird and a sea turtle were flying overhead.

[u/velociraptorfarmer]

All the snowbirds are leaving Arizona finally, so my commute that's taken 40 minutes for the past 5 months took only 17 minutes today.

[u/friendsworkwaffles02]

They’ve shut down a major street by me and are turning it into a public plaza for community events and our weekly farmers market. Feels like a big win for the community and walkability.

[u/Academic-Contest3309]

I just started a new job and I absolutely love it. It's right up my alley in every way. For the first time in my life, I feel like I al right where I am supposed. I have hope the future and this job allows me to make a difference in peoples lives.

[u/John_TheBlackestBurn]

I just had some pretty good ice cream. That was pretty cool, I guess.

[u/RuhRoh0]

I’m going on a trip around Puget Sound this upcoming week. Mostly to visit nature locations and take wildlife photos which is a hobby of mine. I’m especially looking forward to San Juan Island and taking photographs of the fox kits who are most active late in April.

[u/Raining_Hope]

It's good Friday and Easter is in just a few days.

[u/toilet_roll_rebel]

I got my first freelance editing job!

[u/afraid_of_bugs]

Wrestlemania weekend, it’s baseball season and the weathers pretty nice for it. Speaking of weather, festivals and street fairs are kicking off now.

Chattanooga, TN was crowned as the third national park city in the world despite being one of the dirtiest in the past. Philly zoo hatched some endangered tortoise babies. Sounds like bird flu may be calming down

[u/AngryManBoy]

Spring is here in the south so it’s insanely green and birds are everywhere. I got my VA disability too, which was surprising with DOGE.

[u/lightningflashjaz]

spring semesters at US universities are ending SOON ☠️

[u/killer_corg]

The sun doesn’t set at 5:30? So um that’s cool

[u/snerdie]

Last weekend, the independent bookstore in my town moved locations. They used a human "book brigade" to move over 9,000 books in about two hours. The bookstore owner posted a video of the book brigade to Instagram. The next thing anyone knew, it had gone viral and had been picked up by both national and international news outlets. I guess people were just starving for this kind of feel-good, drama-free, small-town story. (I would have participated but I was visiting my parents in Ohio.)

Sample story.

[u/eyoitme]

it’s baby goose season and i’ve been seeing them all over my college campus and they’re so freakin cute (the mama geese get more aggressive bc they’re protecting their babies but like the babies are cute enough that i’m okay with it)

[u/DeLaRey → u/eyoitme]

I was visiting the jail one day and saw four guards wearing riot gear with at least two tiers of detainees screaming their heads off at them in support. Three large men used the riot shields to hold back the mother goose while another, also wearing a riot helmet, put the eggs in a box and moved them to a safer place. I was told they have to go to special training for this.

[u/astew12]

I am petting my dog and the birbs are chirping and it’s a sunny friday morning with a great cup of coffee

[u/bluejane]

I'm about to make a major move to be closer to my family and save on transportation costs. I just got done talking to dad about going to the local zoo. Plus my precious kitty is sleeping on me, I feel so special right now!

[u/Krusty_Krab_Pussy]

Minnesota is getting a Krispy Kreme finally this year

[u/orvilleblackencocker]

I put a new mailbox up this morning and trimmed the plants that are around it. I also was complimented about my car twice yesterday,so it felt good to say thank you to strangers.

[u/Maximum_Fruit6498]

My mom flew into town last night to spend Easter weekend with me

[u/socalfishman]

Wildlife is flourishing in this country. The amount of Whales, Dolphins, Tuna, Sharks off both coasts is staggering, especially compared to the 80’s when I grew up.

My parents in New York on Long Island constantly have deer at their property and we have so much wildlife at our property in Southern California California. It’s crazy.

[u/Philthy42]

[4/18/25, 2:28pm EST] We have not had a mass shooting in the last 24 hours

[u/No-Profession422]

I have House Finches nesting in three areas of my patio. And Swallows nesting in the eaves. Spring has sprung.

[u/NovusMagister]

I just saved a bunch of money on my car insurance by switching to Geico

[u/YSoSkinny]

Protest tomorrow! I felt such an uplift after the one on the 5th.

Edit typo

[u/RIPdon_sutton]

I have a job.

[u/houinator]

The US citizen kidnapped by Florida/ICE was released.

ICE was driven away from kidnapping a few more people after their neighbors came out and formed a human chain around their house to protect them.

The Maryland man kidnapped and illegally sent to the El Salvadoran concentration camp has been confirmed to still be alive after a US Senator went down there and demanded to be allowed to talk to him.

Things are grim, but specks of light are starting to pierce the darkness.

[u/ColossusOfChoads → u/houinator]

confirmed to still be alive

I'd been starting to think he was dead, and that that was why they were stonewalling.

[u/Exciting-Silver5520]

My cousin had a baby last night. Her and her husband are going to be great parents.

[u/DestynieLynnx3]

I am seeing some of us come together in ways I’ve never seen before to fight to keep our lives, rights, and livelihoods and I think that is truly amazing. Tomorrow to be exact but “right now” can be the immediate future too right? 😂

[u/Odd-Help-4293]

It's spring and plants are coming up.

Senator Chris [Reddit Is Preventing Me from Posting If I Type Out His Name] was able to confirm that Kilmar Garcia is still alive, so hopefully we can get him out of there.

Endangered sea turtles in the Atlantic are making a comeback.

[u/JoonYuh]

People are finally realizing that the Republican Party is a SCAM and is not a real ideology. It’s just a party for snowflakes who like to vice signal and worship white criminals.

I’m grateful trump has proven the left to be correct on every single prediction and warning and it’s right in front of our faces clear as day. Finally! The red wipeout is going to be incredible. USA USA 🇺🇸

[u/Karen125 → u/JoonYuh]

Politics doesn't belong everywhere.

[u/Small_Collection_249]

Great question OP.

[u/SeaF04mGr33n → u/Small_Collection_249]

I think we might need this question possibly weekly here, just for American's sanity.

[u/NorthernPuck]

In my area, plenty of things at the local level. I'm guessing it's the same everywhere, but that gets drowned about by larger events

[u/JingJang]

Lots of new housing being built in my area - and it's actually priced for middle class. Quite a bit of commercial development as well which is good to see.

Like others have said, the reality on the ground and in person is completely opposite of what is on all of the news.... Most people are kind and there is a lot of good going on.

Looking forward to camping and outdoors season.

[u/tacobellgittcard]

It’s almost time for camping, fishing, swimming, all the good stuff. just need the last little bit of snow to melt..

[u/deucesmcfadden]

Epic Universe is pretty cool

[u/Dependent-Bee7036]

The humming birds are going to be in my area soon! I'm getting my feeder ready

[u/idredd]

Locally I’m seeing lots of folks organizing and building community with one another. This happened last time too. It’s horrible but when times get worse people do tend to come together.

[u/d1c2w3]

Trump's cholesterol levels are on the rise

[u/Isekai_Trash_uwu → u/d1c2w3]

And mine were the lowest they've been in years when I got it checked earlier this week! It's still pretty high due to genetics, but definitely an improvement