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The Progress Network @progressntwrk.bsky.social · 21m

⚡️Modern building codes now require safeguards like arc-fault circuit interrupters that cut power when wires start arcing behind walls, which can risk sparking sudden fires.

🌡️Appliance improvements like automatic space heater shutoffs and temperature controls.

US urban fire deaths have dropped sharply since 1980

Smoke alarms, sprinklers, safer products, and fewer smokers have cut US city fire deaths in half over four decades.

www.vox.com

The Progress Network @progressntwrk.bsky.social · 21m

🤔How did this happen?

⏰Better smoke alarms

🚿More buildings have automatic sprinklers

💺The US adopted a national smolder-resistance standard for upholstered furniture in 2021

🚭People smoke less

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The Progress Network @progressntwrk.bsky.social · 21m

🔥📉The Daily Dose via @voxdotcom.bsky.social 🔥📉

Between 1980 and 2023, civilian fire deaths per capita have fallen by 62% in the US!

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The Progress Network @progressntwrk.bsky.social · 20h

👏Preschool enrollment soars in Morocco!

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The Progress Network @progressntwrk.bsky.social · 23h

🕊️Can the latest Gaza peace proposal actually work?

🎙️TPN member @ianbremmer.com discusses the current plan with the head of curation at TED Talks, Helen Walters.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=6E82...

Inside the Gaza Peace Plan | TED Explains the World with Ian Bremmer

YouTube video by TED

www.youtube.com

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The Progress Network @progressntwrk.bsky.social · 23h

🥳For the first time in 1,428 years, the Archbishop of Canterbury will be a woman!

👩‍⚕️The 105th Archbishop is Sarah Mullally, who was a former cancer nurse before joining the clergy.

⛪️The Church of England started ordaining its first female priests in 1994.

Sarah Mullally named the first female Archbishop of Canterbury in history of Church of England

Sarah Mullally, the bishop of London, has been named Archbishop of Canterbury, the first time a woman has been chosen as the spiritual leader of the Church of England.

apnews.com

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The Progress Network @progressntwrk.bsky.social · 1d

🧐Any new vaccines?

😮2024 saw the fastest routine vaccine rollout in @gavi.org's history: the world’s first malaria vaccines, now protecting millions of children across 23 African countries representing more than 70% of the world’s malaria burden.

www.gavi.org/news/media-r...

Gavi announces record-setting year for saving lives through immunisation

In 2024, Gavi-supported vaccines saved a record-breaking 1.7 million lives – 400,000 more than in 2023 – according to Gavi’s Annual Progress Report.

www.gavi.org

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The Progress Network @progressntwrk.bsky.social · 1d

🌏💉The Daily Dose via @gavi.org 🌏💉

According to Gavi's Annual Progress Report, Gavi-supported vaccines saved a record-breaking 1.7 million lives in 2024!

That's 400,000 more than in 2023.

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The Progress Network @progressntwrk.bsky.social · 1d

👀Check out how your state did!

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The Progress Network @progressntwrk.bsky.social · 1d

"Hegseth will be happy to know that the beard-growing contest was merit-based, color-blind and open to everyone on the ship, even the women."

www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202...

Opinion | ‘No more beardos’: Appearance trumps performance at Pentagon

Hegseth’s meeting with generals and admirals missed the real opportunity in gathering leaders.

www.washingtonpost.com

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The Progress Network @progressntwrk.bsky.social · 1d

"We were deep into deployment, and to help morale during those long days, the crew was excused from shaving," writes TPN member @drtedj.bsky.social.

"After a few weeks, facial-hair superlatives were handed out — grayest, longest, best overall and so on."

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The Progress Network @progressntwrk.bsky.social · 2d

🥳Burkina Faso has banned child marriage!

👏You now have to be 18 to get married there.

🙃Previously, the minimum age of marriage was 17 years old for girls and 20 years old for boys.

😬The country currently has one of the highest rates of child marriage in the world.

Burkina Faso raises the legal age for marriage to 18 years old

Burkina Faso has adopted the bill for the new Personal and Family Code (CPF), changing the minimum legal age for marriage to 18 years old for both girls and boys.

www.girlsnotbrides.org

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The Progress Network @progressntwrk.bsky.social · 2d

🧐Which state improved the most?

👍Maryland! Their emissions fell by 49%.

🧐Which state improved the least?

🤏Mississippi. Their emissions fell by 1%.

🧐How did D.C. do?

👏Great! Their emissions fell by 48%!

🧐What was the national average?

🙌Emissions fell by 30%.

www.eia.gov/todayinenerg...

Per capita energy-related CO2 emissions decreased in every state between 2005 and 2023 - U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA)

www.eia.gov

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The Progress Network @progressntwrk.bsky.social · 2d

⬇️🇺🇸The Daily Dose via EIA 🇺🇸⬇️

Energy-related CO2 emissions per capita fell in every single state in the US between 2005 and 2023.

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The Progress Network @progressntwrk.bsky.social · 5d

👏China has pledged, for the first time, to cut its greenhouse gas emissions!

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The Progress Network @progressntwrk.bsky.social · 5d

🤠3 Things That Went Right 🤠

🧬Huntington’s disease has been successfully treated for the first time.

🪐NASA has confirmed the existence of 6,000 planets outside of our solar system.

🇨🇳China has pledged, for the first time, to cut its greenhouse gas emissions.

theprogressnetwork.org/artificial-i...

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The Progress Network @progressntwrk.bsky.social · 5d

🤔What the heck is a partnership system?

🏡Obtaining a partnership certificate makes it possible for same-sex partners to be recognized as family and enjoy the same administrative services as their heterosexual counterparts, such as being able to apply for public housing together.

Same-Sex Partnership Systems Cover More than 90% of Japan’s Population a Decade After Introduction

A decade after the introduction of same-sex partnership systems in the Tokyo municipalities of Shibuya and Setagaya, coverage has expanded to 92.5% of the Japanese population.

www.nippon.com

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The Progress Network @progressntwrk.bsky.social · 5d

🇯🇵🏳️‍🌈The Daily Dose via @es.nippon.com 🏳️‍🌈🇯🇵

As of May 2025, 530 Japanese prefectures and municipalities have adopted same-sex partnership systems.

This means 92.5% of Japan's population now live in areas where same-sex partnerships are legally recognized.

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The Progress Network @progressntwrk.bsky.social · 5d

"...the person who can get the maximum happiness from exercise is the one who goes from nothing to something," writes TPN member Arthur Brooks.

"In former non-exercisers, 12 weeks of regular aerobic activity lowered depressive symptoms by a third; feelings of hostility were also reduced (by 15%)."

The Mind-Altering Effect of a Good Workout Routine

Few things lift your mood more than going to the gym. Exercise your body, and your mind will thank you.

www.theatlantic.com

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The Progress Network @progressntwrk.bsky.social · 6d

😮This week in the What Could Go Right? newsletter we are talking about an AI program that triples stroke recovery rates.

theprogressnetwork.org/artificial-i...

What Could Go Right? - AI Triples Stroke Recovery Rates

The tech is also being rolled out in Europe and the US, but England is leading the way.

theprogressnetwork.org

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The Progress Network @progressntwrk.bsky.social · 6d

🇺🇿📈The Daily Dose via the Islamic Development Bank 🇺🇿📈

Since 2016, 7.5 million people in Uzbekistan have been lifted out of poverty, thanks to investments in healthcare, education, and rural development.

www.isdb.org/news/the-isl...

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The Progress Network @progressntwrk.bsky.social · 6d

Read the full story: www.science.org/content/arti...

Vaccine given during pregnancy could protect babies from an invisible killer

Shots target group B streptococcus, a little-known microbe that can cause stillbirths and life-threatening disease in infants

www.science.org

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The Progress Network @progressntwrk.bsky.social · 6d

🛣️The long road to progress.

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The Progress Network @progressntwrk.bsky.social · 6d

⚖️California is the first state in the US to sign a law that will force major AI companies to reveal their safety and security protocols.

🚨It also creates a way for companies and the public to report major safety incidents to the state.

Gavin Newsom signs first-in-nation AI safety law

The measures could help craft a national standard on AI safety.

www.politico.com

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The Progress Network @progressntwrk.bsky.social · 6d

🤔Whatever happened to civics?

🎧TPN founder Zachary Karabell and Emma Varvaloucas sat down with @capodice.bsky.social , co-host of @civics101pod.bsky.social, to talk about how our collective grasp on how things work in Washington is slipping, and how we can fix that.

link.chtbl.com/MBVTTIcd

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