Fuck Yeah: Awesome News, Edition 17
Last week, the prettiest slug we’ve ever seen came sprinting back from the brink of extinction; a bunch of military explosives ended up in a very unexpected place; and a man was rescued after 14 days in the world’s most fucked-up wilderness.
Here is our weekly roundup of wonderful, wild and weird news that made us say, “Fuck yeah.”
Wonderful
The airlines did something not totally shitty for a change. Delta delayed the take-off of a flight for 30 minutes so that a young woman whose connection was delayed could see her dying mother one last time. Delta has moved us to tears before, but certainly not for acts of kindness.
A 23-year-old med student survived two weeks lost in the Australian wilderness. We think that everyone can agree that of all the wilderness to be lost in, Australia’s would be the most fucked.
A grocery store in the Yukon recently added to its signage translations of English words into Hän, the traditional language of the Tr'ondëk Hwëch'in First Nation. Fuck yeah for language restoration, and ever more fuck yeah for bringing said language into public spaces.
The Missed Connections Podcast delves into the heartwarming, bizarre, and sometimes poignant real-life stories from Craigslist's Missed Connections section. Listen to episode 01 below or wherever you listen to podcasts.
Wild
Bravo to the surely very satisfied journalist who wrote this headline about a wildlife conservation center raising a damn good sum to restore a destroyed deer shelter.
The absolutely drop-dead fucking gorgeous giant pink slug is in its comeback era.
The Smithsonian Magazine published its top pics for its Wildlife Photographer of the Year Contest.
Weird
A Polish general was shit-canned after he lost some fucking explosives that were eventually located in an Ikea. AN IKEA.
The story of these dollar store bandits in Florida fills us with both confusion and admiration.
Imagine being the archeologist on the team assigned to excavating the dog wang.