🐱 A petition advocating for New York City to shield bodega owners from fines for their technically illegal "bodega cats" has racked up 10,000+ signatures and counting.

👁️ Jang Ik-sun, who's almost fully paralyzed and relies on a ventilator to breathe, recently earned his master's degree in social welfare from Gwangju University. Jang typed his 70,000-word thesis from his hospital bed—one blink at a time.

🐻 A crowd of adults and children alike erupted into applause in Newbury, UK, after a repaired Paddington Bear statue was unveiled following an earlier vandalization. See their celebration (and the statue) here.