TGI Friday!
- Editor OGN Daily
- Aug 1
- 3 min read
Celebrating the end of the week with a global collection of good news nuggets.
The Sequel
In good news for fans of the original movie, Devil Wears Prada 2 started filming this week in New York. As Anne Hathaway, Meryl Streep, Emily Blunt and Stanley Tucci returned to Manhattan, the locals have been whipping out their phones to hunt for clues about the plot. Miranda Priestly, along with her anti-bacterial wipes and excellent taste in cerulean sweaters, will once again be portrayed by Hollywood royalty Meryl Streep. And new cast member, British actor Kenneth Branagh, will reportedly play Miranda's husband. Gird your loins, The Devil Wears Prada 2 is due to be released in cinemas on Friday 1 May 2026.
Avian Impressionism
Blue-winged Teal create ephemeral artwork as they dabble for food in the chai-coloured shallows of Florida Bay, Florida. This year, over 3,000 entries from 78 nations entered the 11th Mangrove Photography Awards, an initiative of Mangrove Action Project. Judged by experts in the field who are passionate about merging photography with storytelling, this image by Mark Cook was one of the winners.
Remote Surgery
A doctor in Florida used a robot to remotely perform surgery on a cancer patient thousands of miles away in Africa, reports ABC News. In a milestone with “enormous” humanitarian implications, according to the doctor who performed the surgery, the patient was diagnosed with prostate cancer in March, and just months later, the surgeon was able to cut out the cancer.
Doubled in One Year
In 2015, then-mayor of Paris Anne Hidalgo first started advancing the city’s cycling plan with a 150 million euro investment that would double the number of cycling lanes and dramatically build out infrastructure. Her vision was to make Paris a “100 percent cycling city.” And that investment is paying off within a decade. Between October 2022 and October 2023, a study found that the number of people cycling in Paris doubled in a single year. Whether commuting to work or leisurely riding along the Seine, cycling is now a fundamental part of Parisian life. It wasn’t even because there was necessarily demand for it: the supply of cycling infrastructure came first, and the people flocked to it.
The 5 Hour Rule
Over the last few decades, a cottage industry has sprung up that examines and dissects the habits and values of “self-made” millionaires. One of the key findings that comes up again and again is known as the “5-hour rule.” In short, this is the rule where we spend one hour a day learning, reflecting, and thinking. We do this five times a week (which makes up the “5-hour” rule). The rule dates to Benjamin Franklin, who would devote (at least) an hour each day specifically to learning something new. Franklin would rise early to read and write. He even set up his own club of artisans and experimenters. Today, people like Bill Gates all employ some version of the 5-hour rule. The idea is that devoting an hour of your day to education exercises the mind, improves your skills, and rehearses great discipline. In education-speak, the 5-hour rule gives us both knowledge and skills.
Divje Babe Flute
In the late 1990s, a team of researchers found a unique artifact in a Neanderthal campsite in Slovenia. It appeared to be a flute, made from the femur of a cave bear cub. The academics from the Institute of Archaeology of the Research Centre of the Slovenian Academy of Sciences and Arts named it the Divje Babe flute after the archeological site where it was found. Dating it back to at least 43,000 years ago, it became the oldest musical instrument in the world. Today, the flute is one of the highlights of the National Museum of Slovenia in Ljubljana.
"If we don't care about our past we can't have very much hope for our future." Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis
On This Day
1 August 1980: Icelandic teacher and politician Vigdís Finnbogadóttir became president of Iceland; she was the first woman in the world to be elected head of state in a national election.
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