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January 20 - Zara Rutherford, 19, becomes the youngest woman to fly around the world solo

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January 20 - Zara Rutherford, 19, becomes the youngest woman to fly around the world solo

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In a victory for young women in STEM, Zara Rutherford became the youngest woman ever to fly around the world solo in an ultralight aircraft.

Rutherford's trip took 5 months and she stopped in 41 countries across 5 continents. Rutherford's voyage was sponsored by Girls Who Code and Dreams Soar, which aim to inspire and help women and girls to enter into STEM fields.

In a victory for younger brothers, Mack Rutherford, age 16, became the youngest person ever to circumnavigate the world on August 24, breaking Travis Ludlow's world record.

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February 4-20 - The 2022 Winter Olympics take place in Beijing

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February 4-20 - The 2022 Winter Olympics take place in Beijing

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18-year-old Eileen Gu, affectionately called the "Snow Princess" by Chinese fans, became the first athlete to reach the podium in three different freestyle skiing events. She also won gold in big air, the freeski halfpipe and the silver medal in slopestyle.

The San Francisco-born athlete, who was born to a Chinese mother and American father, chose to represent China for the Olympics.

As a company with offices in Singapore and San Francisco, Eileen Gu's struggles with dual-national identity certainly strike home for the team here at Padlet.

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March 23 - Wildlife Sanctuaries Welcome Lions, Tigers Rescued From Circuses

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March 23 - Wildlife Sanctuaries Welcome Lions, Tigers Rescued From Circuses

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Four Bengal tigers and four lions have been rescued, after much of their lives were spent in circuses and tight living quarters, as part of two rescue operations. They will now live in wildlife sanctuaries in South Africa.

In the case of the tigers, two of the Bengal tigers had been part of a circus, but the traveling circus operators asked a local farmer in San Luis, Argentina to watch after the animals temporarily. But the circus never returned. The tigers later had two cubs, and the big cats spent over 4 years together in a metal train carriage, according to Plant Based News.

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April 14 - Elon Musk's acquisition of Twitter begins

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April 14 - Elon Musk's acquisition of Twitter begins

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In April of 2022 Elon Musk began the long process that ultimately ended with him owning the social media giant Twitter. Many claim that he overpaid, many claim that he never intended to buy twitter at all. Many claim that he is ruining twitter and many claim that he is saving it. Many Twitter employees were fired and many claim that they are sleeping in the office.

One thing is for certain: people are tweeting more than ever. Musk reports that usage of Twitter is at an all time high.

Earth has never been so full of opinions.

Take me to Mars already!

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Musk makes $43 billion offer for Twitter to build 'arena for free speech'

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Billionaire entrepreneur Elon Musk took aim at Twitter Inc with a $43 billion cash takeover offer on Thursday, with the Tesla CEO saying the social media company needs to be taken private to grow and become a platform for free speech.

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Billionaire entrepreneur Elon Musk took aim at Twitter Inc with a $43 billion cash takeover offer on Thursday, with the Tesla CEO saying the social media company needs to be taken private to grow and become a platform for free speech.

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May 16 - Top Gun: Maverick is released in theaters

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May 16 - Top Gun: Maverick is released in theaters

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Top Gun: Maverick would go on to become 2022's highest grossing film globally, raking in almost 1.5 billion dollars!

The film was a victory for Tom Cruise fans as well as cinephiles, who both got to experience a truly magnificent work of art.

The film was also a victory for the U.S. Air Force as well as the Church of Scientology, who both got lots of new recruits.

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Due to South Korea's military conscription laws, the oldest member of BTS, Jin, will be leaving the group to enlist in mandatory service. While the group claims not to be breaking up for good, they will at the very least not be working together for the foreseeable future.

This is bad news for the enormous portion of the world that obsesses over BTS, but decidedly good news for all other musical artists who may finally get a chance to shine.

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July 12 - The James Webb Telescope sends back its first images of space

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July 12 - The James Webb Telescope sends back its first images of space

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Space enthusiasts and other nerds around the world rejoiced when the James Webb telescope returned its long awaited photographs of deep space. The images it are magnificent and place into perspective our unique ability to experience this beautiful universe.

By a similar token, those of us who suffer from existential dread were accosted with the grim reality of just how vast, empty, and cold, the void of space truly is.

See all the images taken by the James Webb telescope: https://webbtelescope.org/news/first-images/gallery

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August 5 - The Great Barrier Reef shows signs of recovery

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August 5 - The Great Barrier Reef shows signs of recovery

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For years, the world heritage site has been suffering from mass bleaching. Mass bleaching occurs when delicate coral polyps are effectively cooked by unusually warm waters. When coral is bleached, it turns white, although it can recover if water temperatures return to normal.

Thanks to measures taken to reduce human impact, A long-term monitoring program has found two-thirds of the famous reef now have the largest amount of coral cover seen in 36 years, suggesting it has recovered from previous bleaching.

It looks like it's time to go snorkeling!

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The climate news of late has been terrifying. Volcanic eruptions, heatwaves and drought, to name just a few.

But, amid all the anxiety-inducing headlines, there is a spot of hope - Australia's Great Barrier Reef appears to have recovered, ever so slightly.

What happened to the reef before?

The world-heritage site has been suffering from mass bleaching, essentially killing the coral which grows there.

Mass bleaching typically happens when delicate coral polyps are effectively cooked by unusually warm waters. When coral is bleached, it turns white, although it can recover if water temperatures return to normal.

However, if the warm water stays for too long - often a consequence of the climate crisis - large areas of the reef can die.

The Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority has explained before that bleached coral "is stressed by still alive".

Bleaching has occurred repeatedly since 2016.

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What's happened now?

A long-term monitoring programme has found two-thirds of the famous reef now have the largest amount of coral cover seen in 36 years, suggesting it has recovered from previous bleaching.

The progress has occurred in the central and northern stretches of the reef, although the southern region is still struggling, according to the Australian Institute of Marine Sciences.

"What we're seeing is that the Great Barrier Reef is still a resilient system. It still maintains that ability to recover from disturbances," programme leader Mike Emslie said.

In the northern region, the hard coral cover soared tot 36% in 2022, up from 13% in 2017.

The central region coral cover climbed to 33% from 12% in 2019.

Both of these areas are recording the highest levels since they started being monitored in 1985.

It's not all good, though

As with all climate news right now, we still should not be complacent.

In the southern region of the reef, in 2021 the coral cover was 38%. It fell to 34% in 2022.

Emsile told Reuters that, while the recovery of the northern and central regions is encouraging, "the frequency of these disturbance events is increasing, particularly the mass coral bleaching events".

There has been four mass bleaching incidents in the last seven years - one of which was during a La Nina event, which is an oceanic phenomenon which brings the cooling of surface ocean waters.

Even in the areas of more reassuring growth, there are concerns it will not be sustainable. The recovery has been driven by Acropora corals, which are vulnerable to wave damage, heat stress and crown of thorns starfish.

"We're really in unchartered waters when it comes to the effects of the bleaching and what it means moving forward," Emslie said. "But as of today, it's still a fantastic place."

The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation (UNESCO) is still considering whether to list the site as "in danger". The World Heritage Committee was set to discuss the fate of the reef in June in Russia, but it has since been postponed.

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Finally, Some Good News From Australia's Great Barrier Reef

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The climate news of late has been terrifying. Volcanic eruptions, heatwaves and drought, to name just a few. But, amid all the anxiety-inducing headlines, there is a spot of hope - Australia's Great Barrier Reef appears to have recovered, ever so slightly. What happened to the reef before?

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September 29 - New Zealand gets its first Costco

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September 29 - New Zealand gets its first Costco

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Many have derided the United States for its so called cultural empiricism, in which American brands and products are exported to foreign communities where they dominate and erase foreign cultures. But in the case of Costco, the term cultural charity is probably more apt.

The scenes described at the opening of New Zealand's first Costco can only be described as chaotic and euphoric. Hot dogs sold out before noon. A line of shopping carts down the street. Savings everywhere. We love a good bargain deal and we love bulk. We're glad our kiwi friends are getting to experience the magic that is Costco.

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"Hello from opening day at the first Costco in New Zealand, it's about 11:30 and they are sold out of hotdogs. Also: CHAOS." This statement comes courtesy of one Reddit user, who posted an image of what opening day was like at the first New Zealand Costco. The scene seems to be one of madness, where shoppers crowd the checkout lines with carts of bulk items, standing in line or shuffling between rows to get ahead. Apparently, the food court had run out of hot dogs before 11:30, which adds credence that many New Zealanders wanted to enjoy the fruits of American excess, big-box items, and of course, the beloved hot dog and soda deal.

"I didn't get a picture, but there is a growing line currently down the street a bit just to get in," wrote the OP, adding "They hired an extra 500 carparks down the road and there is a traffic "mini-Incident Management Team" in place. Pretty popular so far!"

"I'd love to experience a Costco for a the first time ever, again," said one nostalgic user. "Im glad the Kiwis finally are subjected to the power of the food court," joked another user.

It would seem that the first few days of the new Auckland Costco have been something of a chaotic one. According to The New Zealand Herald, smoke from a commercial oven on October 2 forced a mass evacuation of hundreds of people, creating quite a hectic scene.

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"Hello from opening day at the first Costco in New Zealand, it's about 11:30 and they are sold out of hotdogs. Also: CHAOS." This statement comes courtesy of one Reddit user, who posted an image of what opening day was like at the first New Zealand Costco.

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October 21 - Taylor Swift releases Midnights

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October 21 - Taylor Swift releases Midnights

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Taylor Swift released her tenth studio album, and it was met with immediate and outrageous popular success. She announced the album in her acceptance speech for video of the year at the VMAs and the hype was real. upon releasing the album, Swift became the first artist in the history of the Billboard hot 100 to occupy all ten of the top ten songs.

The album capped a successful year for Swift, who was awarded an honorary doctorate from NYU, was named songwriter of the year by NSAI, and broke Ticketmaster with the massive popularity of her upcoming tour Eras, which has led to lawsuits attacking Ticketmaster.

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November 15 - Earth's population surpasses 8 billion!

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November 15 - Earth's population surpasses 8 billion!

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In a stunning turn of events, the species of mostly hairless mammalian bipeds on the nice, warm, wet, blue planet managed to make 8 billion slightly different versions of themselves.

It is this ability to create slightly different versions of themselves, rather than perfect copies, which has helped them get so far. They call this process 'evolution.'

Evolution gave them all the fancy tricks they used to subjugate all the other creatures on their little planet. Chief amongst these is a cortex just barely long enough to string together messages like "Look over there, a lion! Let's throw rocks at it" and then "Look at how this thing rolls around. Do you think this could be useful?" and then "My phone can barely understand me when I ask it to play songs. So annoying."

The mostly hairless mammals have run into a bit of trouble lately. It's unclear if they'll make it to double digit billions or even 9 for that matter. They make little canisters, which if you press the wrong buttons and drop them, will unmake all the people and buildings in about a 5km radius.

It's yet to be determined if they'll persevere, but in the meantime, they've been making lots of pretty little things that only show up on computer screens, all of which you can share in a padlet.

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December 18 - Argentina and Lionel Messi win the World Cup

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December 18 - Argentina and Lionel Messi win the World Cup

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"The little boy from Rosario, Argentina. On behalf of every little boy wearing his shirt.

Messi on a million backs. Messi for a million flashbulbs.

He's done it before. He's done it many times before in the Nou Camp. Around Spain, around Europe. He's done it brilliantly for his nation in this competition. He must do it now.

Messi must."

And now he's finally done it.

2022 will go down in history in part as the year when Lionel Messi fulfilled the promise of Peter Drury's fateful commentary and secured his legacy as the greatest football player of a generation.

If you're curious about how much this accomplishment means to the people of Argentina, look no further than the celebrations that occurred there. Millions of people in the streets, national holiday, and pure elation everywhere.

Here's hoping we can all find reason to celebrate to that extent in 2023!