Good Good Things – Issue 14
Please enjoy a “Linkapalooza” issue of Good Good Things! Get your clicking finger ready…
Some Good Good Things!
- The Story of Wounda the Chimpanzee and Her Hug to Jane Goodall During Her Liberation
- These Philly students built their own school library. The community has their back.
- Texts You Should Send Me After We Hang Out
- 29 Vegetable Hacks Every Home Cook Should Know
- The Art of Coffee: A Quiet Day in a Tokyo Cafe
- 13 inspiring photos of thriving deep-sea animals
- Instead of hiding rips and tears, the visible mending movement turns them into art
- Shoes With Wheels a Game Changer for Local Runner
- RUSH to Return for 2026 North American Tour
If 1980s Teen Movies Took Place Today
by Julie Vick and Sally Miller
Say Anything – Lloyd Dobler stands outside Diane’s window holding up his phone. He prompts Siri, “Play ‘In Your Eyes’ by Peter Gabriel.” Siri streams “Private Eyes” by Hall and Oates, right after playing a thirty-second Geico ad.
Read them all at McSweeney’s >
More Good Good Things!
- Photos Of Siouxsie Sioux and The Banshees From The Late 1970s
- Skateboarding in the West Bank feels like freedom — for a moment
- Bizarre New Tina Turner Statue Gets Roasted Online
- Twelve Trailblazing Women Artists Transform Interior Spaces in ‘Dream Rooms’
- “The House That My Mother Built” by Artist Yeon Yeoin
- Why I gave the World Wide Web away for free
- Abolish the Border, Abolish the Police Reading List
- Philly Comedy! See Chip Chantry and Dana Charitonchick in Souderton on October 10th!
- The Creator of ‘Humans of New York’ Has Transformed All of Grand Central Into a Public Art Installation
The Latest Shirt!
The photo on the left shows a young Jeff Lyons with a serious head of cowlicked hair, wearing his favorite t-shirt from his childhood. He spent way too much time blowing his allowance at the Belmar Playland arcade, one quarter at a time, playing skeeball to earn enough points/tickets to buy the shirt (along with a switchblade comb).
The photo on the right shows an old Jeff Lyons with much less hair, wearing his recreation of his favorite shirt. Get yours today, in many fun colors!
Least Popular Knock-Off Halloween Candy
Even More Good Good Things!
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- Falcon crowned Bird of the Year in New Zealand
- Brian Baker (Bad Religion, Minor Threat, Dag Nasty) Book Tour!
- Quiz: Can You Match the Opening Line to the Horror Novel?
- How the Electric Music Pioneer Delia Derbyshire Created the Original Doctor Who Theme
- Help Someone Heal One Toss at a Time
- 10 Horror Films That Put Women Front And Center
- “Salad Days: A Decade Of Punk In Washington, DC” doc is free on YouTube
Donate to World Central Kitchen
Help José Andrés and his team serve 1 million hot meals daily in Gaza.
Greatest Double Stage Dive Ever
It’s amazing and starts at the 2:15 mark.
Great Gift Idea: A Fun Shirt
October is the official month for gift-giving (please don’t fact-check), so give a stylish and affordable gift to your bestie, your favorite family member, or most importantly, yourself.
Bangers
The good stuff…
Bluesky
every year I procrastinate and end up using the previous year’s costume, and every year I have to explain to more and more people who ken bone was
— dan mentos (@danmentos.com) October 5, 2025 at 8:37 PM
incredible. if i stand up to look out the window i get to see something that isn’t computer
— kristin (@klooky.bsky.social) October 6, 2025 at 4:45 PM
Everyone’s mad at me for being cool and fun and using up the water supply
— donni saphire (@donni.bsky.social) October 2, 2025 at 4:25 PM
[first day as a doctor]
me: inside of you are two wolves
patient: …you mean lungs?
me: (looking at x-ray again) you know what
— Ygrene (@ygrene.bsky.social) October 21, 2024 at 7:18 AM
Dinner anticipator
— Mike Schuster (@mcs212.bsky.social) October 5, 2025 at 7:31 PM
What goes on in the crisper drawer of my fridge is none of my business
— 🎃return of the Obra Deeny🎃(they/them) (@geraldinepiche.bsky.social) June 4, 2025 at 6:13 AM
I’m not saying it would fix everything, but have we considered a nationwide dance craze
My teen niece is studying abroad & I found her pup in her room pouting in a prism rainbow.
— Michael Jay McClure (@mjmimages.bsky.social) September 26, 2025 at 1:50 PM
Take care of each other
FDT forever. See you soon with more goodness…
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