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In this episode Nile talks about another L for Big Oil, continued progress for Solar energy, a new breakthrough in curing substance abuse, a BUNCH of new segments and much more!

References from this episode:

10 - French lawmakers eliminated discriminatory rule

https://www.optimistdaily.com/2025/03/french-lawmakers-end-a-discriminatory-voting-rule/

9 - Cereals Killing it

https://ourworldindata.org/data-insights/global-cereal-yields-have-increased-a-lot-but-millet-and-sorghum-lag-behind

8 - This Week in Good News Nile Doesn’t Quite Understand

https://humanprogress.org/mutated-dna-restored-to-normal-in-gene-therapy-advance/ 

7 - Armenia and Azerbaijan stop fighting

https://www.reuters.com/world/armenia-says-it-is-ready-sign-peace-agreement-with-azerbaijan-2025-03-13/

6 - Another L for Big Oil

https://insideclimatenews.org/news/13032025/landmark-ruling-uncontacted-indigenous-peoples-rights-ecuador-oil-industry/ 

5 - More solar baby

https://www.pv-magazine.com/2025/03/13/bloombergnef-expects-up-to-700-gw-of-new-solar-in-2025/ 

4 - Deep Brain stimulation

https://brain-pacer.com/ 

3 - HIV TREATMENT

https://www.technologyreview.com/2025/03/14/1113225/annual-shot-protect-against-hiv/  

2 - Video game detects Alzheimer’s

https://www.optimistdaily.com/2025/03/can-a-video-game-detect-alzheimers-early-scientists-think-so/

1 - Who won Happiness?

https://worldhappiness.report/ 

Regrets of the Dying:

https://bronnieware.com/blog/regrets-of-the-dying/ 

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In this episode Nile covers the relentless expansion of renewable energy across the globe, Cambodia entering the final stages of clearing an entire nation of landmines and unexploded ordinance, Zimbabwe's big wins for child health, a big step forward in artificial hearts, some nerd in Austin possibly having solved one of the biggest possible crisis in the history of our planet on his off hours and more!

Cambodia almost land-mine free

https://construction-property.com/cambodia-marks-significant-milestones-in-landmine-clearance-efforts/ 

Arizona defeats 15-week abortion ban

https://azmirror.com/2025/03/05/arizonas-15-week-abortion-ban-is-now-permanently-and-forever-struck-down/ 

Australian survives 100 days with artificial heart

https://www.optimistdaily.com/2025/03/australian-man-survives-100-days-with-artificial-heart-in-groundbreaking-success/ 

2025 to be a banner year for US renewables

https://e360.yale.edu/digest/u-s-solar-batteries-coal-2024

China leading the way in rewewables

https://e360.yale.edu/features/china-renewable-energy 

Did some nerds solve water security????

https://cockrell.utexas.edu/news/archive/10158-from-scraps-to-sips-everyday-biomass-produces-drinking-water-from-thin-air

Zimbabwe makes huge progress in child mortality

https://www.gavi.org/vaccineswork/routine-immunisation-credited-drop-infant-deaths-zimbabwe 

The New Internet?

https://www.wired.com/story/plaintext-google-taara-chip-internet-by-light/ 

Sub-Saharan access to power on the rise

https://globalenergyprize.org/en/2025/02/11/almost-100-million-people-in-africa-have-gained-access-to-electricity-in-recent-years/ 

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In this episode: the Brazilian government is collaborating with indigenous people to restore the Amazon, breakthroughs in quantum computing at Oxford, enzyme imaging at Stanford show promise for future technological and medical advancements, UNICEF reports significant improvements in child survival rates, education, and health and more!

Restoring the Amazon

https://www1.folha.uol.com.br/ambiente/2024/12/plano-de-regeneracao-da-amazonia-vai-incluir-concessao-florestal-de-areas-degradadas.shtml? 

Nerds and quantum computers

https://www.wired.com/story/quantum-computing-information-teleportation/?

Cleaning the arctic

https://www.audacy.com/kywnewsradio/news/national/more-than-50k-pounds-of-trash-removed-from-the-arctic

Nerds and enzymes

https://news.stanford.edu/stories/2025/02/quantitative-comparisons-of-enzymes-in-action-could-reshape-biochemistry? 

Great news from UNICEF

https://www.unicefusa.org/stories/10-ways-investing-childrens-well-being-changed-world 

The global south and renewables 

https://rmi.org/the-global-souths-cleantech-revolution-in-five-charts/? 

https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2025-02-24/china-is-rewiring-the-global-south-with-clean-power?accessToken=eyJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiIsInR5cCI6IkpXVCJ9.eyJzb3VyY2UiOiJTdWJzY3JpYmVyR2lmdGVkQXJ0aWNsZSIsImlhdCI6MTc0MDU2NTQ3MywiZXhwIjoxNzQxMTcwMjczLCJhcnRpY2xlSWQiOiJTUzdKUzlUMVVNMFcwMCIsImJjb25uZWN0SWQiOiIyQUU2NkEzRDc2MzA0MkRBQjgwMzI1NDBBOTQ4OTAyOCJ9.OpUcaJxI3jWJye7u4b2cj-MQ8WFZ3lYw3VfoOMCUDiw&ref=fixthenews.com&leadSource=uverify wall

The news about news:

https://www.apa.org/monitor/2022/11/strain-media-overload

https://www.theguardian.com/media/2013/apr/12/news-is-bad-rolf-dobelli 

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In this episode Nile covers wins for trans rights from around the world, breakthroughs in cancer research, the solve for the imminent asteroid heading towards earth, new ways to find water for countries that need it and more!

Gender rights triple:

https://www.thepinknews.com/2025/01/28/thailand-health-ministry-trans-hrt/? 

https://theleaflet.in/judicial-accountability/sanitised-toilets-in-courts-a-fundamental-right-and-not-just-a-convenience? 

https://www.france24.com/en/europe/20250126-marriage-no-longer-sexual-servitude-european-court-human-condemns-france-marital-duty-echr?

More diseases getting sent to the Shadow Realm:

https://www.who.int/news-room/feature-stories/detail/a-historic-milestone!-who-verifies-niger-free-of-onchocerciasis-as-the-first-country-on-the-african-continent? 

https://www.who.int/news/item/23-01-2025-georgia-certified-malaria-free-by-who? 

https://www.who.int/news/item/29-01-2025-guinea-eliminates-human-african-trypanosomiasis-as-a-public-health-problem?

Renewable energy boom in the US

https://www.distilled.earth/p/clean-energys-boom-and-perilous-moment

Global air pollution has peaked:

https://ourworldindata.org/data-insights/the-world-has-probably-passed-peak-air-pollution?

Cancer research progress:

https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/fighting-cancer-without-fighting-scientists-switch-tumor-cells-back-to-healthy-ones-at-critical-moment/

Oil company surveys used to find water:

https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/big-oil-shares-failed-exploration-data-to-unlock-fresh-drinking-water-for-millions-of-africans/

Australia’s renewable energy progress:

https://reneweconomy.com.au/aemo-reports-surge-in-grid-registrations-for-wind-solar-and-battery-projects/?

The 2032 Meteor

https://youtu.be/eHbJ9beQc08?si=Am6FAGw3OUmsmtwh 

Changing your mood with science:

https://www.inc.com/nate-klemp/try-this-neuroscience-based-technique-to-shift-your-mindset-from-negative-to-positive-in-30-seconds.html

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In this episode Nile covers disease eradication, wage inequality, more climate change good news and a solve for perfectionism.

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Eradicated diseases:

https://www.npr.org/sections/goats-and-soda/2024/12/30/g-s1-39336/disease-eliminate-blindness-leprosy-sleeping-sickness?

China reached peak oil:

https://www.ft.com/content/341f0aaa-7173-454c-89fd-103287625d38

Wage inequality:

https://www.ilo.org/resource/news/wage-inequality-has-declined-two-thirds-countries-worldwide-start-21st

Cambodia's Water Win

https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501618391/87-of-population-has-access-to-clean-water-92-to-sanitation/?ref=fixthenews.com

A better worst case scenario:

https://www.theclimatebrink.com/p/moving-away-from-high-end-emissions

Not the End of the World:

https://www.goodreads.com/en/book/show/145624737-not-the-end-of-the-world

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In this episode Nile talks about the crazy progress renewable energy has made, another country abolishing the death penalty, advancements in cancer research and more! 

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My numbers were wrong, China’s actually at 50%!

https://globalalphacapital.cclgroup.com/insight/gacm-china-leading-the-race-towards-full-ev-adoption/  

The energy transition report from RMI. Tuck in cause this one is worth the read!

https://rmi.org/the-energy-transition-in-2025-what-to-watch-for?ref=fixthenews.com

Same sex marriage in Thailand and you’re gonna have to google Lichenstein:

https://apnews.com/article/thailand-lgbtq-marriage-equality-law-fbebaf38c8f9def1564fa2d61a1d7eb2

Zimbabwe abolishes the death penalty 

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cn8gqz7n559o 

Oxford early detection of cancers:

https://medicalxpress.com/news/2025-01-powered-machine-blood-enable-early.html 

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In this episode, a semi-stuffed up Nile talks about podcast charts in the Netherlands, Comedians in Dungeons Getting Dragons, holiday plans going sideways, colds that overstay their welcome, plagues, sticky YouTube videos,  and how our species is, in fact, not garbage.

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In this episode Nile explains the delay between episodes, tries to give himself a nickname and gives the case for why everyone should be a militant optimist.

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In this episode Nile talks about back problems, mid-life crises, physiotherapy the evils of positivity and begins converting you to Militant Optimism which is something that is going to happen so make peace with it. Feel free to rate and review! Or not. Live your truth!

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In this episode Nile talks about how he (possibly) just narrowly avoided getting scammed, books heists and the secret to being lucky.

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