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. Daily Edition • April 20, 2026 SUPPORTED BY Raise your hand if you, too, struggle to part with those adorable Bonne Maman jars after polishing off the last of the jam. Quilter Bonnie Hunter found herself in the position of having a few too many of the glass jars and their gingham lids, so she turned to social media for inspiration on how to repurpose them — and people certainly delivered. See the absolute bevy of ideas she got. Must Reads What a photogenic planet: The winners of the Sony...

Sunday Edition • April 19, 2026 SUPPORTED BY “Full of attitude, energy, and individuality”: That describes the three fuzzy chicks in photographer Jacqueline Burke’s image “The Punk Rockers,” which took the grand prize in the 23rd annual Smithsonian Magazine Photo Contest. The competition received over 17,000 submissions from 108 countries — see the eight images that came out on top. — the Nice News team Featured Story 5 Niche Volunteering Opportunities You Likely Haven’t Considered Natalya...

. Daily Edition • April 18, 2026 SUPPORTED BY Here’s a little Nice News-coded mindset shift for your Saturday morning. During a recent interview with podcaster Dan Harris, author John Green made the case that good news happens slowly — and therefore, it can be easy to lose sight of how far humanity has come. “If we were to really report the most important news story every day, the front page of The New York Times every single day for the last 30 years would read, ‘Fewer children died today...

. Daily Edition • April 17, 2026 SUPPORTED BY Many eateries are rather secretive about their bestselling items, keeping popular recipes under lock and key. Little Joy Coffee in Northfield, Minnesota, does things a bit differently. After developing a hit drink, the Raspberry Danish Latte, the coffee shop decided to share the recipe with other independent coffee shops around the world and invite them to add it to their own menus. As of this week, over 400 had taken them up on their offer. “It...

. Daily Edition • April 16, 2026 SUPPORTED BY Nice News covers quite a bit of conservation and environmental news (see: the story below about a jaguar spotted in Honduras for the first time in a decade). But if you’re itching for even more positivity in that realm, Mongabay has just the thing. The outlet recently launched a new section called the Solutions Desk, focusing on how people and organizations are responding to the climate crisis and thus “offering readers a sense of agency and...

Editors’ Picks • April 15, 2026 Today is World Art Day, and the woman we’re featuring is truly making the world a more beautiful place with her paintings — not least because they require picking up litter. Environmental artist Mariah Reading visits national parks and public lands, collects trash, and paints impressionist-style landscapes on the debris. She then photographs her masterpieces against the reference settings to make a statement about our human footprint. Check out her eco-centric...

. Daily Edition • April 15, 2026 SUPPORTED BY What foods would you miss if you went to space? For the Artemis II crew, the answer is a childhood classic: crustless sandwiches. That’s the treat they wanted upon landing, likely because sandwich bread is a no-go during space travel due to the potential for free-floating crumbs. The request earned them a lifetime supply of Uncrustables, but they of course also returned home to something much sweeter — their loved ones and pets. Here’s Christina...