The Shark Deck. I'm Johnny Mack with five good news stories. The next
time I ask you to help me move, I don't want to hear it.
Because Michael Copeland has climbed the highest mountains in England, Scotland and Wales
with a refrigerator strapped to his back. That's right. Michael Copeland wanted to
raise money for charity. He climbed three peaks within twenty four hours with a
refrigerator strapped to us back to raise money for the mental health charity Mind.
Copeland said the fridge represents the burden that mental health can have on us all.
I'm a massive overthinker and always think I'm not good enough. I always
want to be doing more. He had to overcome grueling weather conditions including heavy
rain, snow, and forty mile an hour winds, So suddenly helping me
carry the TV up four stairs doesn't sound so bad, does it. He
ended up running downhill with the fridge from the summit of Snowden to complete the
challenge just in time. He said the whole challenge felt like a movie with
the changing weather conditions thirty to forty mile an hour winds as we were going
up snow, so it almost felt like a grown adult was trying to push
me over. Good news for African leopards. A synthetic fur distribution program is
protecting a sacred connection to African leopards and thus saving the animals themselves. You
see, in Southern Africa, leopards have long been harvested for their beautiful spotted
furs. Those are often used in ceremonies by cultural and religious groups in the
area. So a global wildcat conservation organization called Panthera has partnered with area communities
and world class designers to distribute synthetic furs for ceremonial garb. New data suggests
the initiatives have tripled the leopard population in the region. Very cool. Lamar
Johnson did twenty eight years in prison convicted of a murder he didn't commit.
When a judge overturned the conviction, he said, the first thing he remembered
was feeling lighter. It's like twenty eight years of weight was slowly being lifted
among his supporters in the courtroom. During his final hearing, his pen pal
of more than twenty years, who had always believed in his innocence, Jinny
Shrap, in his eighty years years old. She wrote him weekly letters while
he was in prison. Johnson was convicted in nineteen ninety four of the murder
of one of his best friends. Several years later, the true culprits confessed
to the crime, but didn't overturn his sentence. The Innocence Project got involved.
Took a while. All along, Sharpin never stopped sending letters. Johnson
said. Over the years they connected so well. Sharp And said, I
did share things with Lamar, and he shared things with me. Because we
were that connected. I was always happy when I saw a letter in the
mailbox that was from him. She advises, reach out to somebody that might
need a friend could mean more than you know. I am Patty Callahan,
Henry, I am Mary kay Andrews, I'm Kristin Harmel, and I'm Kristy
Woodson Harvey. Friends in Fiction is led by four longtime friends. The four
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to friends and Fiction on any major streaming platform. Good news for Patches the
can't Patches is six and weighs forty pounds. Well, Patches is now hooked
up with human k Ford, who has adopted Patches. They're trying to help
Patches loose and weight. Patches then got down a thirty eight point eight pounds.
Patches is seeing a certified feline specialist in his diet is pretty experimental right
now. He's a big eater, but he seems to like Pattee and liver
Ford wanted to adopt a large cat for at least three years. She had
spotted a big cat on Facebook while spending time with her grandchildren and told to
her grandchildren she wanted to adopt the big cat and name him Schmorgas Board.
I wanted to help out. It wasn't just about naming Schmorgas Board. But
when you're dealing with grandkids, it's fun to create a story. Because the
years went by, her family would nudge here to find a massive cat to
help. Recently, her daughter sent her a post about Patches and said,
this is your moment. Ford reached out and his adopted Patches. Patches will
keep the name Patches. The goal now is to make sure Patches gets three
or four focused ten minute exercise sessions a day. Ford says, it's not
like I can look at him and say, hey, it's two o'clock.
Time to work out, and good news, ticktocker, it's Christmas time all
year already? Has the Christmas decorations up? John? Did you record this
months ago? No? John? Is this you run? No? It's
May fifteenth, everybody, Yeah, Christmas two hundred days away or so.
The ticktocker, we don't know her name, has stuff all over the place,
including a mat next to the kitchen sink that reads marry Everything. There's
tinsel around the window. All her videos contain up each Christmas music such as
Holly Jolly Christmas or let it snow. Someone in the comments joke they've been
waiting for Christmas since January first. My wife usually starts the Christmas music the
day after Halloween, so maybe she's not so bit. Those are five good
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