The “historic” KJP thinks it’s bizarre and hateful to repeat stories – not debunked – about Haitians eating pets or wildlife or something. Actually, the torture and killing of cats has increased in Queens, NY. We don’t know who is doing that. We’re not saying it’s Haitians since people in other nations also do it. […] The post KJP Is Dividing Us Again, Smearing the Messengers appeared first on www.independentsentinel.com.

Singer John Legend defended the vast number of Haitian immigrants who have been transported to his native town of Springfield, Ohio, saying there might be “growing pains” from the influx and acknowledged the city might be “challenged.” Legend lives in Beverly Hills, California, and is married to actress Chrissy Teigen. “Often featured on social media, the couple purchased their new home for $17.5 million in November of 2020. Before this purchase, they owned an 8,520-square-foot home previously owned by Rhianna, according to the New York Post,” House Digest noted. “Hello everyone, my name is John Legend,” the star musician said in a video posted to social media. “I was born as John R. Stevens from a place called Springfield, Ohio. You may have heard of Springfield, Ohio this week. In fact, if you watched the debate, we were discussed by our presidential candidates, including a very special, interesting man named Donald J. Trump.” Am I Racist? Is In Theaters NOW — Get Your Tickets Here! “Now, Springfield has had a large influx of Haitian immigrants who have come to our city. Now, our city had been shrinking for decades,” he continued. “We didn’t have enough jobs, we didn’t have enough opportunity so people left and went somewhere else. So when I was there, we had upwards of 75,000 people, and in the last five years, we were down to like 60,000 people, but of late, during the Biden administration, there have been more jobs that opened up, more manufacturing jobs, more plants, factories that needed employees and were ready to hire people.” “So, we had a lot of job opportunities, and we didn’t have enough people in our town of 60,000 people to fill those jobs, and during the same time there have been upheaval and turmoil in Haiti, and the federal government granted visas and immigration status to a certain number of Haitian immigrants so they could come to our country legally and our demand in Springfield for additional labor met up with the supply of additional Haitian immigrants,” he said. “And here we are: We had about 15,000 or so immigrants move to my town of 60,000,” he stated. “Now, you might say, ‘Wow, that’s a lot of people for a town that only had 60,000 before; that is a 25% increase.’ That is correct, so you might imagine there are some challenges with, you know, integrating a new population,” he admitted. “New language, new culture, new dietary preferences, all kinds of reasons why there might be growing pains; making sure there are enough services to accommodate a new, larger population that might need bilingual service providers etc. etc.” “So there are plenty of reasons why this might be a challenge for my hometown, but the bottom line is these people came to Springfield because there were jobs for them and they were willing to work,” he contended. “And they wanted to live the American Dream, just like your German ancestors, your Irish ancestors, your Italian ancestors, your Jewish ancestors, your Jamaican ancestors, your Polish ancestors, all these ancestors were moved to this country. Maybe not speaking the language that everyone else spoke, maybe not eating the same foods, maybe having to adjust, maybe having to integrate, but all coming because they saw opportunity for themselves and their families in the American Dream and they came here to do that.” “Some facts about immigrants,” he declared. “They usually do very well here. They are hard-working, ambitious, they commit less crime than native born Americans and they will assimilate and integrate in time, but it takes time, so I think all of us need to have the same kind of grace that we would want our ancestors to have when they moved here with our Haitian brothers and sisters who moved here too.” “Nobody’s eating cats; nobody’s eating dogs; we all just want to live and flourish and raise our families in a healthy and safe environment,” he said. “How about we love one another? I grew up in the Christian tradition; it said to love our neighbor as we love ourselves and treat strangers as though they might be Christ. So how about we adopt that ethos when we talk about immigrants moving to our communities and don’t spread hateful, xenophobic, racist lies about them? John R. Stevens from Springfield, signing off,” he concluded. NEW: Actor John Legend tells the people of Springfield, Ohio to love their Haitian neighbor because it’s the Christian thing to do. The actor with a net worth of $100M has come out in defense of the Haitians moving to his hometown. Legend says the Haitian immigrants in… pic.twitter.com/49n7zbjCru — Collin Rugg (@CollinRugg) September 13, 2024

The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) successfully executed a daring raid earlier this week in Syria that destroyed a sophisticated underground missile factory built by the Islamic Republic of Iran that was being used to supply Hezbollah, Iran’s top terror proxy group, with countless precision medium-range missiles. Axios reported that the “highly unusual raid” was carried out by the Israeli Air Force’s (IAF) elite Shaldag unit, the first known ground operation that Israel has carried out on Syrian soil in years. The report said that the destruction of the facility was “a significant blow to an effort by Iran and Hezbollah” to produce missiles used to attack Israel. The raid happened in the western part of Syria, near the border of Lebanon, while the IAF conducted an intense bombing campaign to stop the Syrian military from being able to send reinforcements to respond to Israel’s operation at the factory. Am I Racist? Is In Theaters NOW — Get Your Tickets Here! Israel notified the U.S. of the raid in advance and received no opposition to launching the operation, the report said. The Syrian guards who were protecting the terrorist manufacturing facility were caught off guard by the raid and killed by the Israeli commandos’ surprise attack. The commandos destroyed the underground facility and all of its “sophisticated machinery” using explosives that they brought with them. U.S. and Israeli sources confirmed to the publication that Iran started building the underground facility in 2018 in coordination with Hezbollah and the Syrians after Israel “destroyed most of the Iranian missile production infrastructure” inside the country. Israeli intelligence services reportedly monitored the site, built inside of a mountain, for five years. Israel previously considered launching an operation to destroy the site but deemed the project too “high-risk.” The raid could foreshadow how Israel might deal with Iran’s nuclear facilities as the country gets closer to obtaining nuclear weapons, partly due to a lack of deterrence from the Biden-Harris administration, some experts say.

A criminal illegal immigrant has been charged in connection with the brutal slaughter of an entire family residing in a town near Rochester, New York. The illegal alien, identified as Julio Cesar Pimentel Soriano, 34, is reportedly wanted for a 2019 murder in his home country of the Dominican Republic. Pimentel Soriano illegally entered the U.S. through Puerto Rico and used a fraudulent New York ID before entering the mainland. On August 31, the family was killed inside their own home in Irondequoit before the house was set ablaze, according to authorities. Fraime Ubaldo, 30, Marangely Moreno-Santiago, 26, Evangeline Ubaldo-Moreno, 4, and Sebastian Ubaldo-Moreno, 2, all perished. The Irondequoit Police Department said in a press release that the four deceased had been “horrifically murdered in their home” but did not provide specific details about the killings. BREAKING: pic.twitter.com/nkOteXhB9d — Natalie Calzetoni (@natcalztv) September 13, 2024 Pimentel Soriano was arrested Saturday and has been charged with second-degree murder in connection with the slaughter. Others are suspected to be involved. He is expected in court on Friday. Am I Racist? Is In Theaters NOW — Get Your Tickets Here! “At Irondequoit Town Court where Julio Cesar Pimentel Soriano is set to appear before judge Jennifer Whitman Devoe,” Gino Fanelli reported. “Soriano, a Dominican national, is accused of participating in the killing of a family of four on Knapp avenue (sic) in August.” At Irondequoit Town Court where Julio Cesar Pimentel Soriano is set to appear before judge Jennifer Whitman Devoe. Soriano, a Dominican national, is accused of participating in the killing of a family of four on Knapp avenue in August pic.twitter.com/4Yv4JQafXP — Gino Fanelli (@GinoFanelli) September 13, 2024 A Rochester area journalist and radio host, Bob Lonsberry, reacted to the news, writing on X, “The family of four killed in a grisly execution in Irondequoit NY (sic) was allegedly slain by a fugitive murderer from the Dominican Republic who entered the United States illegally. Illegal immigration isn’t about dead cats in Ohio, it’s about dead Americans all across our country.” The family of four killed in a grisly execution in Irondequoit NY was allegedly slain by a fugitive murderer from the Dominican Republic who entered the United States illegally. Illegal immigration isn’t about dead cats in Ohio, it’s about dead Americans all across our country. — Bob Lonsberry (@BobLonsberry) September 13, 2024 Related: It’s Not Just Springfield, This Small Town In Pennsylvania Is Overrun By Haitian Migrants, Too

Harvard University’s Republican Club has had a sharp spike in signups, something that the group’s president credits to the members being proud of their beliefs and hosting large events. Michael Oved said the “historic number” of signups includes over 100 freshmen and 30 other students who joined at the start of the semester, quadrupling the number of signups last year for the club that previously had just 40 to 50 active members. “Harvard Republicans are thriving, something that couldn’t happen four years ago,” Oved told The Daily Wire. “We no longer hide our Republican views, we embrace them. We wear it on our sleeves, proudly and people see that, and they become encouraged to do the same.” The increase in the club’s membership comes as the Ivy League school is embroiled in controversy due to the administration’s and left-wing student groups’ reaction to Hamas’s October 7 brutal attack on Israeli civilians. “My vision for the Club when I got elected was to encourage students’ involvement via high profile events, and it’s been a huge success,” Oved said. “Beyond that, we’ve made an active effort to recruit new students into the club.”  Oved said his strategy includes hosting high-profile speakers to draw crowds and motivate his current members. Last year the group brought businessman Peter Thiel, Babylon Bee CEO Seth Dillon, former Presidential Candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr., Reps. Kevin Kiley (R-CA) and Dan Crenshaw (R-TX), and Moms for Liberty Founder Tiffany Justice,  Thiel spoke during the “Conservative and Republican Student Conference” hosted by the Republican Club and conservative clubs in the school’s various graduate schools. This semester, the group has events planned with Heritage Foundation President Kevin Roberts, former U.S. Ambassador to Austria Trevor Traina, former acting Homeland Security Secretary Chad Wolf, and others. Oved said they purposely choose speakers with a wide variety of political opinions that may differ from club members’, each speaker “brings something new to the conversation” and helps them “understand the world and politics.” The group’s Tuesday night presidential debate watch party was also a huge success, with a “historic number and unprecedented in the history of the club.” With around 200 students flowing in and out of the crowded room throughout the night, Oved noted that many had to sit on the stairs and floor to find space. “Four and eight years ago, it would not have been possible to gather 200 Republicans in one room at Harvard,” Oved said. “The Republican Party was dead after the 2016 elections.” The group now has 950 students on their email list, an increase of 125 from last year, according to Oved. “Under my leadership, it has become cool once again to be a Republican,” Oved said. “And my hope is that this is only the beginning.” According to The Salient, Harvard’s conservative student publication, only 7.4 percent of students identify as conservative, while 72.4 percent lean liberal. The Salient itself has been gaining momentum with over 30 new writers since its 2021 relaunch. The Harvard Republican Club’s board endorsed former president Donald Trump on July 1 — after his debate with President Joe Biden — in a lengthy statement that praised Trump’s record on the economy, immigration, the Second Amendment, energy, foreign policy, crime, and judiciary.  “We look forward to seeing him back in the White House, where he can Make America Great Again,” the group wrote.  In 2016, the club’s members declined to support Trump, but by 2020, the club officially endorsed him, according to The Harvard Crimson.

Episode Description Today’s solutions news: Both Arielle and Karissa tackle the theme of housing but from very different angles. First, Arielle talks about why the days of conventional senior homes should be over. Now, care centers for older adults are being completely reimagined to combat loneliness and cognitive decline, and we’re loving the results! Then, Karissa draws inspiration from the innovative cooling architecture of ancient civilizations to help us make our homes more climate resilient. The Optimist Daily is a project of The World Business Academy. Donate link: https://www.optimistdaily.com/donate-to-support-the-optimist-daily/?gift=Y%20http://   Transcript  Theme music  Arielle  Hello and welcome to the Optimist Daily’s Weekly Roundup. I’m Arielle.  Karissa  And I’m Karissa. And we’re working hard to put solutions in view and optimism and movement.  Arielle  All right, we’re back with another episode of our podcast to share the solutions from the Optimist Daily this week. How are you doing Karissa?  Karissa  I’m doing well. I am on a, I guess work-cation you could call it, in Idaho   Arielle  Mm-hmm.  Karissa  Visiting my friends and family.  Arielle  Oh yeah, you mentioned that last week.  Karissa  Yeah, so it’s been really nice to catch up with everybody and it’s just been a nice change of scenery. It’s kind of smoky here because there’s a lot of fires going on…  Arielle  Hmm, that’s right.  Karissa Kinda has to do with my solution that I’ll talk about in a little bit, but that’s what’s going on on my side of the world right now, not too far from where I usually am.  But what’s going on with you, Arielle?  Arielle  It’s definitely not smoky here in Amsterdam. The weather just changed very quickly to fall weather this week…  Karissa  Oh.  Arielle  …And that might be why I’m also feeling a little tickle in the back of my throat and having sinus headaches, but overall I’m feeling fine! Yeah, we just kind of have to trudge through this time of year when the seasons change.  Karissa  Yeah, over here it’s still so hot. We’re usually pretty hot until November. I mean, we’ll probably fluctuate between fall weather and heat. That’s usually how it goes.  Arielle  Well, at least you get to go through it with your friends and family over there. Did you say you were staying with a friend or with your family?  Karissa  With my friend for now and then I’ll be going over to my family’s house today, so I’ll see them for the rest of the weekend and then I’ll head back home.  Arielle  Ah, nice! Living with family and living with different generations in the same house is kind of what my solution is about today. So, do you mind if I take that somewhat clumsy segue into my solution?  Karissa  Totally (laughs). I am very eager to hear what you have to share today.  Arielle  Okay so, we are going to get into something that I found quite thought-provoking and it’s about how housing for older adults is being totally reimagined to combat loneliness and cognitive decline.   Karissa  Ah.  Arielle  So, the title is: Belong is an intergenerational housing solution to combat loneliness among older adults. And spoiler alert, it involves adorable kids and also college campuses.  Karissa  Oh okay, so kids, college, older people living together. I love what I’m hearing.  Arielle  This kind of solution is called intergenerational housing, and it’s gaining traction as a way to address loneliness in older adults by bringing together different age groups under one roof. One standout example of this concept is a place called Belong, and it’s a housing development in Chester, England. It combines senior living, daycare centers, and a real sense of community, all in the same spot.  Karissa  Ohh wow, that’s such a cool idea. What does this look like in practice? Are the residents just hanging out with kids all day?  Arielle  Yeah, kind of!   Karissa  (Laughs)  Arielle  The older residents, who are affectionately called ‘grand friends’.  Karissa  Aww!  Arielle  Yeah. So cute, right? So, the grand friends are all welcome to visit the children at any time, and the setup is super organic. So, residents at nursing care or at independent apartments can just pop in for story time or join group activities, or simply have spontaneous chats in the cafe. As Caroline Baker, who’s the Head of Dementia and Care Quality at Belong puts it, “It doesn’t feel like a care facility. It feels like you’re part of a community.”  Karissa  That sounds so amazing. And I can imagine the kids love it too. But what are the benefits for the older residents?  Arielle  Yeah. So, the benefits go way beyond just having cute kids around to talk to. The research shows that these intergenerational interactions are actually great for cognitive health. Especially for seniors with dementia, because being around children can help older adults reconnect with long-term memories and engage in activities that boost their cognitive skills. Baker explains, saying “Particularly for people living with dementia, being around kids enables them to think about their previous lives and connect with their own childhood.”  Karissa  Yeah, I hadn’t thought about it like that, but it makes a lot of sense because it’s almost like the presence of children brings back those early memories for them. That’s really powerful.  Arielle  And there’s also the emotional aspect. For many older adults, feeling isolated or as though they’re not needed anymore, I can imagine is really tough, but in these intergenerational settings they get to act as role models, and they have a sense of purpose. Plus, it’s been found that interacting with older adults helps children develop a more realistic and empathetic understanding of aging.  Karissa  It’s totally a win-win. The kids can learn from the older adults and the older adults feel connected and valued. Well, this is really awesome at Belong, but are there other places doing this or is it just happening here?  Arielle  Oh, yeah, that’s a great question. Belong is a part of a growing global trend. For example, Providence Mount Saint Vincent in Seattle has been combining senior housing with a nursery since 1991 and the interactions between the kids and residents happen every day. And it’s been a huge success over there!   In Minneapolis, the Pillars of Prospect Park opened in 2020, and they have a daycare for the public and staff members’ children. Erin Erdahl, who works there, says it’s comforting to have her child close by so she can just come by for a visit anytime.  Karissa  Nice. So, it sounds like this trend is also catching on in the United States.  Arielle  Definitely. We’re also seeing an increase in university-based retirement communities, which I find super interesting, where seniors live on or near college campuses and can take part in campus life. There’s Mirabella at Arizona State University. And Lasell Village in Massachusetts, where seniors can even use their student IDs to attend classes and events.  Karissa  That’s super cool. I really love that. It’s like a retirement and college experience mash-up which are two very different phases of life!  Arielle  Yeah, exactly. And as our population ages, we’re going to see even more interest in these kinds of communities. Brian Schachter. I’m going to come clean and say I don’t know if I’m saying this, uh last name, right… but it’s S-C-H-A-C-H-T-E-R. So, Brian Schachter, chief investment officer at Watermark Retirement Communities, says that baby boomers are looking for vibrant, community-focused living. So not the isolated senior housing of the past. He explains: “We’re trying to push the envelope in developing top-of-the-line care homes that are driven around hospitality, fitness, wellness, and dining options in urban locations.”  Karissa  So, it’s not just about housing anymore, it’s about creating a whole lifestyle that’s engaging and connected.  Arielle  That’s exactly it. These models of intergenerational living meet social needs and offer practical solutions to challenges like affordable housing and community integration. And as the stigma around senior living fades, we’re moving toward a more connected and caring society.  Karissa  Yeah, that’s really cool. And I guess kind of going back to the college campus aspect of it, college campuses are really built around you know, the hospitality, fitness, wellness, dining options in, like, all one place.   Arielle  Mm-hmm.   Karissa  And I think college is one place where a lot of people feel a strong sense of community so seeing that being, you know, translated into these senior livings, whether it’s around college students or little kids…  Arielle  Or both!  Karissa  …is really cool and sounds like a really awesome approach for the future of senior living.  Arielle  Mm-hmm. Yeah, I think we wrote a story on the Optimist Daily somewhat recently about some of the happiest places in the world.  Karissa  Yeah.  Arielle  It said that some of the happiest places in the world were not the richest or the wealthiest, but countries and cultures that really encouraged community engagement…  Karissa  Oh yeah.  Arielle   …and like asking for help or resource sharing, that’s where people were the happiest. So, I guess it just makes sense, you know not to keep seniors, college campuses, and daycares separate, but to blend them together, and it seems like a more human experience as well.  Karissa  This is really beautiful and I’m so glad that you shared it with us, and I hope to see a lot more places adopt this approach.  Arielle  Yeah. And by the time we’re retirement age, Karissa (laughs) then maybe they’ll have this system down pat so that we can just kind of glide in and…  Karissa  Exactly.  Arielle  …enjoy our senior years, our golden years.  Karissa  Maybe I’ll live in a retirement community and go visit some of the college parties (laughs).  Arielle  Yeah, exactly (laughs). Um, but yeah, that was pretty much all I had today. But you also have a pretty interesting solution.  Karissa  Mine also kind of has to deal with urban planning in a sense, and it has to deal with homes, so I’ll just jump into it and share the title, which is called ‘Keeping homes cool in hot, dry climates: lessons from ancient civilizations.’   This was a pretty interesting solution we shared this week because, as global temperatures rise and power outages become more common, particularly during severe heat waves, which as I mentioned earlier, the West is going through…  Arielle  Mm-hmm.  Karissa  Current building designs become increasingly vulnerable.   So, glass facades, sealed windows, and dependency on air conditioning render most modern constructions useless when the power goes out.  Arielle  Yeah, didn’t this happen recently in Houston, Texas when the city went without power for days during… um I think it was Hurricane Beryl?  Karissa  Yeah, that was something that was in the news recently. And I think Texas gets hit a lot too, with major climate disasters.  Arielle  Yeah, natural disasters.   Karissa  Modern design is not…  Arielle  Not resilient without electricity.  Karissa  Resilience is super important in these modern constructions, and we can kind of look toward the ancient civilizations, because long before the invention of electricity, ancient civilizations living in some of the world’s hottest and driest places, devised inventive techniques to stay cool.   By studying their practices, modern architects and city planners can learn significant lessons about how to make our buildings more resilient in the face of climate change.   Today I kind of want to take us on a little trip around the world of the ancient civilizations and look at some of their designs. I guess I’ll start with the Sumerians, who had communal cooling by design.   So, the Sumerians, who lived in present-day Iraq about 6000 years ago, developed construction techniques to cope with their harsh sun-scorched surroundings.   Archaeological research shows that Sumerians built dwellings with thick walls made of heat-absorbing materials such as Adobe and mud. These materials progressively released the day’s heat at night and kept indoor temperatures cooler throughout the day, so it was a win-win. Sumerian cities emphasized close-knit construction, and these buildings were all crowded together, and it minimized the amount of surface area exposed to direct sunlight. And these small courtyards allowed for ventilation and natural light, while narrow alleys gave shade all day.  Arielle  Okay, so this tight-knit construction probably also helped the community bond, kind of like what we were just talking about!  Karissa  Yeah. So yeah, exactly, relating to the solution you shared Arielle, this creative urban planning not only improved cooling but created this really big sense of community among people. So, it demonstrates that efficient design can benefit both individuals and society.   Arielle  Mm-hmm.  Karissa  All right, so now I’ll travel over to the ancient Egyptians who harnessed the wind in their design. The ancient Egyptians also endured blistering heat, but they responded with ingenious design solutions.   While many palaces were made out of heat-resistant stone, common residential buildings were usually made of mud brick, which provided insulation and protection from the sun.   But the Egyptians also invented a sophisticated cooling system known as the malqaf, a wind-catching tower that directs breezes into buildings, circulating cooler air and expelling heat. The Egyptians optimized natural ventilation by orienting these wind catchers towards the prevailing breezes. Kind of like an ancient air conditioning. And this ancient technology is still in use today in regions of the Middle East and Central Asia, blowing cool air into enormous buildings without the need for air conditioning.   Arielle  Oh wow.  Karissa  Very inventive of the Egyptians, and a very interesting way to harness the wind.   Moving on to the southwestern United States, the Ancient Puebloans mastered the art of staying cool.  Like the Sumerians and Egyptians, they built their dwellings out of thick, heat-resistant materials like mud brick and rock. So, a common theme is mud brick. However, the Puebloans also went one step further, carefully examining the orientation of their buildings in relation to the Sun.   So, they would build entire villages under the overhang of south-facing cliffs, keeping their homes sheltered during the summer and allowing sunlight to warm them in the winter. The deliberate use of solar direction resulted in a natural temperature management system that is still applicable in modern architectural design.  Arielle  Yeah, that makes so much sense. And I feel like I see a lot of Adobe-style houses when it comes to the American Southwestern general, like in the media and everything as well.  Karissa  Yeah, exactly. In New Mexico, Arizona, they’re very common to have Adobe-style houses. And they’re also really pretty.   Arielle  Mm-hmm.  Karissa  And I have one more example to share from this article and it’s about the Muslim caliphates.  One of the most difficult aspects of living in a hot, dry area is water scarcity. But modern stormwater management techniques concentrate on diverting rainwater away from urban areas. But ancient civilizations considered stormwater as a precious resource that could be collected and reused.   During the ninth century, Muslim caliphates in North Africa and Spain developed dwellings with rainwater gathering devices. Rooftops were sloped to funnel rainfall into underground cisterns, and courtyards were built to collect and store water for plant irrigation.   This practical approach not only made life in arid regions more sustainable but also resulted in lush, shaded green spaces in urban areas.   This is something I think people are kind of turning to now with a lot of scarcity in water in different communities around the world. And the ancient Mayans also had a similar design in their societies with their plazas and cities where they collected rainwater in reservoirs for the dry season.   Now cities such as Mendoza, Argentina, have revived similar systems and use them to irrigate street trees and other urban vegetation.  Arielle  That’s really cool! And this certainly serves as a reminder that old wisdom can offer beautiful solutions to today’s environmental concerns, and that’s true for both of our solutions. Combining older people’s wisdom… Karissa  (Laughs)  Arielle  …with the current generation (laughs). Karissa  Exactly.  Arielle  Not only for environmental solutions but also for everything else.  Karissa  That’s definitely the common thread. You know, as temperatures rise all around the world, the teachings from these ancient cultures become more pertinent than ever. Architects and designers can incorporate these time-honored approaches into modern structures and produce more energy-efficient and resilient environments. From wind catching towers to rainwater harvesting. And just, you know, fireproof, weatherproof buildings, these ideas provide practical, energy-efficient solutions to help us adjust to a warmer world.  Arielle  I really love our common thread. Not only is it housing, but it’s also taking different generations, ancient or.. or just older.   Both  (Laugh)  Arielle  And applying it to whatever’s happening now.   Karissa  Yeah!  Arielle  Well, that was a wonderful roundup of solutions. We have some other great solutions from this week that you can find on our website, optimistdaily.com, and they include:  Karissa  Bored at the gym? Circuit training offers a fun workout solution for getting fit fast. Three myths about self-help and personal growth we should all stop believing. Reproductive rights: Alaska judge overturns law allowing only physicians to perform abortions. And six simple ways to rebuild your routine following the summer break. I need to look at that one (laughs).  Arielle  Yeah, me too (laughs).  We also have: Clean energy investment doubles that of fossil fuels, helped by US rural electrification efforts. Prepare your plants for moving day: a guide to bringing your plants indoors this fall. Helping young people of color navigate the music industry with Carnegie Hall’s The B Side.  Karissa  Nice. Those are some good solutions, but if you want to start your day off right next week, make sure to subscribe to our free daily newsletter to get our stories straight to your inbox.  Arielle  We also have a lot more on our social channels. You can find us @Optimist Daily on all of our platforms, including Threads and Pinterest. The only different one is on X. There we are @OdeToOptimism.  Karissa  And we are a small team of optimists working hard to bring you positive news. If you want to support our mission of putting optimism into the world, click on the link in the show notes to find out how.  Arielle  And remember that support doesn’t always have to be financial. You could just recommend our podcast to a friend, leave a positive review on Apple or Spotify, forward a link to a loved one, or share some of the solutions on your socials, anything like that would be a huge help for us.  Karissa  Arlighty, well. As always Arielle it was great to be here with you today and share these solutions! And looking forward to being back next week with even more.  Arielle  And in the meantime, I hope you and all of our listeners have a wonderful weekend.  Karissa  Alrighty everyone!  Both  Bye!   The post Podcast Transcript September 13, 2024: Why Senior Centers, College Campuses, and Day Cares Belong Together and Cool Constructions from the Ancient World first appeared on The Optimist Daily: Making Solutions the News.