Things Are Good

On Sunday China’s Legislature helped women by banning sexual harassment of women and empowers women to “lodge complaints” to relevant organizations. Sexual harassment has traditionally been viewed as a moral issue and not a legal one in China, which means that this is also a huge symbolic step.
This may seem like something that should’ve [...]

You may see something odd crawling around the twisting, narrow streets of Cordoba, Spain. The GEM car, a small electric vehicle with a top speed of about 32kp/h, has found a useful home. Referred to as “blobjects,” the cars have the look of something out of mid-seventies sci-fi. Which is meant as [...]

Do you like ThingsAreGood.com?
Think it can look better?
Because we do. And we would LOVE for you to send us your ideas on what a logo and/or banner should look like for this site. The “look and feel” of the site’s current appearance is not an issue. Let your imaginations go wild!
Email submissions to adam {at} [...]

The Canadian Broadcasting Corporation has locked-out their workers over a contract dispute. As a result of being out of work since the 15th many have had to look elsewhere for money. Some are doing freelance work.
In a very creative way to support each other and get public support some locked out workers have [...]

A little mystery is sometimes a good thing, and nothing seems to bring out a feeling of child-like curiosity like a cosmic mystery. The Cassini-Huygens probe to Saturn has uncovered just such a mysterious gem. ESA, and NASA scientists have confirmed that the moon Enceladus has an atmosphere. As well, it’s Southern polar [...]

“We hope the [British] Army will have more involvement next year and a float as well,” said Claire Turner.
She was not talking about the British participation in the invasion of Iraq. She is the director of the gay pride festival in Manchester, UK.

About 10 uniformed soldiers paraded and manned a recruitment stall. The [...]