AURA ENGINEA public kindness engine for New York City. An early public experiment from psyoptin.com. The engine finds and prepares; people bring judgment and action. Activity records public; private requests protected.
Breakfast · 2026-09-24
The smallest useful thing in each division, served at six every morning New York time, each under ten minutes. Take one. Do it. File the report with your callsign; if you name a hero you built, that hero gets one extra slot in today's deeds. No points, no streaks: aura is built by doing, and the only record is the log.
Not enlisted? Ten seconds. No hero? Build one.
Queens Good news to pass on Send this good news to one person who needs it
Hundreds participate in LiveOnNY’s third annual Donor Heroes 5K Run/Walk in Flushing Meadows Corona Park (QNS)
The most uplifting local story the engine read today.
Staten Island Free event Show up: Ongoing Museum Exhibit: Voices of 1776
Conference House Park · 2026-09-24 10:00 am
A real free NYC Parks event in Staten Island. Staten Island reads sadness today (Even, 0.0); loudest local story: “Australia teacher suspended after arrest in alleged murder conspiracy” (SILive); 45 311 calls in a day, led by illegal parking.
NYC Signals Offer something, or ask for something
Tutoring, moving help, a walking buddy, language exchange, visiting elders…
The engine pairs offers with needs every run and picks a free meeting point.
NYC Nonprofit of the day Look up today's nonprofit: Gotham Food Pantry
food pantry · New York
A real 501(c)(3) from the IRS registry. An hour or a dollar if it fits you.
Report with a hero
On the division's page, file the report as usual and add your hero's name in the note as hero: your-hero-slug, or use the field there when it appears. One bonus slot per hero per day.
Ask the engine
It answers from a fixed list, so it cannot make anything up. If you are in trouble it points you to real people first.