Sept. 7, 2025

Good news, MORE Mosquitos! Wait, what?

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Scientists in Hawaii are using non-biting mosquitoes to control the mosquito population; James is attempting to circumnavigate the globe via land, air, and sea, having previously circumnavigated with a gyrocopter and bicycle; Eric "Shake" James organizes an annual bike giveaway in Milwaukee to provide bikes to underserved communities; a six-week-old kitten named Yogi was safely rescued after getting its head stuck in a brick; and traffic in Washington state was halted by a herd of escaped bison, which were safely returned to their owner.

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Calarocus Shark Media. Hi there, I'm Johnny mag with five

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good news stories. Hey, good news, there are more mosquitoes,

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John did you say more mosquitoes? Has that good news? Yes,

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there are more mosquitos, and it's good news. Scientists have

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been dropping mosquitoes from the skies of Hawaii. Now, why

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would you do that? Nobody likes mosquitoes. Well, the scientists

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know what they're doing. The mosquitoes being dropped into Hawaii's

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forest by drone. These are lab reared, non biting mosquitoes.

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Each of these mosquitoes has been infected with a naturally

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occurring bacterium that prevents the mosquito from producing offspring. Okay,

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that's good and that's it. That's the entire plan. So

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the female mosquitoes are hooking up and they're like, cool,

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We're gonna make some more mosquitoes, except you guys aren't.

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It is mosquito population control. Good luck to James. He

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is looking to become the first person to circumnavigate the

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globe on land air and see the plan. Leave the UK,

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go to the Canary Islands past the Cape of Good Hope,

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sail to Australia across the Pacific to Uruguay, Antigua, New York,

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and then at home by spring of next year. He

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has circumnavigated before. In twenty nineteen, did it with a

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gyrocopter that took six months and one hundred and twenty

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two separate flights. Before that, he circumnavigated the globe on

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a bicycle. This is his second attempt via boat. There

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was a malfunction in twenty twenty four that ended his

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first attempt. He plans to help kill time by live

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streaming videos and doing talks to classes around the world.

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Nice job by Eric Sheik James great nickname. He realized

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there's not enough bikes in Milwaukee's underserved communities. He launched

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an annual bike giveaway called Black on the Block in June.

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He gave away five hundred bikes, along with resources and

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food for families. He said he not in a different

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suburb kids were riding their bikes to school, but when

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you come to the inner city, kids are getting to

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school on buses, and childhood obcit is like a real thing.

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He received donations from community members, including the UFC fighter

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Montel Jackson, and explains Montale saw me at Walmart getting

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the bikes just get me five thousand dollars right there

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on the spot, and told me he liked what I

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was doing. Oh, poor kitten, a six week old kitten

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was brought to the vet. The kitten's head had been

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stuck in a brick. Yogi was brought in by his family.

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He had somehow gotten his head stuck in a brick overnight.

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The vet sedated Yogi, the kitten, lubricated his head, got

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the brick off the head. The kitten was not injured.

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On social media, everybody said, we're thrilled to say Yogi

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has recovered brilliantly and it's now back home, happy, healthy

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and hopefully steering clear of any more And do it

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your self disasters and good news. We found your bison,

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or whichever trope you want to do. You want to

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do that, hey, why relate for work? There was a

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bison on the highway. You pick. Traffic on a Washington

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state highway was brought to a halt. A herd of

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escape bison. We're on Highway twelve, blocking traffic in both directions.

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The public information officer for the Washington State Patrol said

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it was an interesting morning. The bison were safely wrangled

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returned to their owner's property. No injuries to humans, no

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injuries to bison were reported, and that's why you were

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late for work. Your boss will totally understand that story.

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It's totally believable. And those are your five good news

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