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🚨 Runway crash alarms: Ever wonder how pilots know if another plane’s about to cut them off on the runway? Spoiler: They don’t. Honeywell’s testing a new system that yells, “Traffic on runway” 30 and 15 seconds before disaster. Considering we had 1,664 runway oopsies last year, I’d say it’s about time planes got their own version of Waze. The post Runway crash alarms appeared first on Komando.com. View the full article

🛠️ Troubleshooting on Windows 11: Running into issues like no sound, no internet or a printer that won’t connect? Go to Settings > System > Troubleshoot > Other troubleshooters. You’ll see options like Audio, Network & Internet, Printer and more. Click Run next to the one giving you problems, then follow the prompts to diagnose and fix it. The post Troubleshooting on Windows 11 appeared first on Komando.com. View the full article

Nvidia’s Q2 revenue hit a record high, and nearly half of it came from six companies. The AI gold rush is paying off big-time, but that kind of customer concentration is the corporate equivalent of putting all your GPUs in one basket. Two customers are nearly 40%! Let’s just hope “Customer A” doesn’t speak Chinese. The post $46.7 billion appeared first on Komando.com. View the full article

Scott Bessent has said economic restrictions against Moscow are still on the table and will be closely examined this week US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent has said that Washington could still impose additional sanctions on Russia, citing continued military strikes on targets in Ukraine. Speaking to Fox News, Bessent claimed that Russia had intensified its airstrikes following last month’s Alaska summit between presidents Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin, and subsequent meetings at the White House with European leaders and Ukraine’s Vladimir Zelensky. “I think with President Trump, all options are on the table, and I think we’ll be examining those very closely this week,” Bessent said. Trump said last month that peace had become more likely following his high-profile diplomacy. The US leader has also cautioned that Washington could sanction not only Russia but also Ukraine if no progress is made. Moscow has repeatedly said it is open to a peace agreement and has welcomed efforts to resolve the conflict diplomatically. Russian officials described the Alaska summit as having produced significant progress. However, the Kremlin has accused Kiev and its European backers of showing no real interest in peace, pointing to Zelensky’s refusal to cede claims over Russian territories and continued Ukrainian strikes on Russian cities, which often result in civilian casualties. Moscow has retaliated by targeting Ukrainian military-related industrial sites, defense enterprises, and port and energy infrastructure. Russia’s Defense Ministry maintains that it never targets civilians. Russian officials have also accused Brussels of trying to prolong the conflict by pushing “impossible demands” that sabotage Trump’s peace efforts. Recent reports in The Atlantic and Axios have suggested that Trump himself has grown frustrated with both Kiev and European governments, viewing their demands as unrealistic. Russian officials have said that while they would prefer to resolve the conflict diplomatically through a deal that addresses relevant security concerns and new territorial realities, Moscow is also prepared to achieve these objectives militarily if necessary. View the full article

Slovakia could cut energy supplies in retaliation for Kiev’s disruption of oil deliveries, the Russian president has said Bratislava could retaliate against Ukrainian attacks on its oil deliveries by cutting off energy supplies to the country, Russian President Vladimir Putin told Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico during a meeting in Beijing on Tuesday. Slovakia and Hungary, which rely on Russian oil shipments through the Druzhba (“Friendship”) pipeline, have accused Kiev of deliberately disrupting their imports with military strikes. Putin compared the situation to Moscow’s own experience when Ukrainian forces struck Russian energy infrastructure. “We had maintained restraint for a long time as Ukrainian troops struck our energy sites. Eventually, we started retaliations. And our retaliation now is, shall we say, serious,” Putin said. The Russian leader noted that Slovakia and Hungary have leverage of their own since Ukraine depends on energy imports from its eastern European neighbors. “Cut off their supplies of gas via reverse flow. Cut off electricity supply. And they will realize at once that there are limits to their behavior that violate other parties’ interests,” Putin suggested. Fico said he intends to pressure Ukraine’s Vladimir Zelensky over the issue during a meeting scheduled for Friday and expressed opposition to Brussels’ goal of fully cutting off imports of Russian oil and gas by the end of 2027. “We will be voting against such decisions,” he said. “I am certain that things will change before January 1, 2028, and that the RePowerEU initiative would not go forward, since it would cause us much damage.” Zelensky recently used a pun when commenting on Kiev’s attacks on the pipeline. “We have always supported friendship between Ukraine and Hungary, and now the existence of Druzba depends on the Hungarian position,” he said. Hungarian Foreign Minister Peter Szijjarto condemned the remarks as “outrageous and scandalous,” saying they made Kiev’s pressure tactics explicit beyond doubt. Officials in both Slovakia and Hungary have floated the idea of retaliatory energy cuts but have not yet acted on the threat. View the full article

Papa was a headbanger. No, I didn’t call my father Papa, but when I wrote “Dad was a headbanger,” the Temptations song Papa was a Rolling Stone popped into my head. I needed to change what I wrote. Of course, Suzy is a Headbanger by the Ramones could have just as easily sprung up in my brain. Then I would have had to write “Jerry is a Headbanger.” Sheesh, it’s hard to get started on this story. Regardless, Papa, Dad, Jerry, he was a headbanger. And by headbanger, I don’t mean a metalhead with goth tattoos and long, greasy locks he tossed in time with Sabbath or Metallica or Napalm Death. I mean he banged his head on shit. All the time. From my earliest memories, I knew my father was accident-prone. To gross out my brothers and me in our first decade of life, he frequently popped out his bridge, revealing a gap where his four front teeth belonged. He lost them playing hockey in high school, just a few years after he grew them. During intimate moments like evening story time on the couch, he would jag his eyes to the side to show off a train track of red stitch marks where his smashed eyeglasses sliced his eyeball during a squash match. And who could possibly forget the great Cann taboggan incident of 1969? My father broke his wrist, and my brother David sprained his ankle. Other stories abound: the time he locked his thumb in the car door; the time he peeled the skin off his calf and shin like a banana; the time molten lead splattered his face; I could go on. Comparatively, his headbanging was pretty tame. In fact, he never even seemed to notice. Walking down the basement stairs, he would smack his head on the low-hanging ceiling at the bottom. He wouldn’t react; he’d just keep walking. Installing a sump pump, he whacked his head against the cinder block wall while wresting with a bolt. Cabinet doors, kitchen counters, getting out of the car, the dude just bumped his head. Like Les Nessman on WKRP in Cincinnati, he frequently wore a Band-Aid on his forehead. I’m the headbanger now, and an arm-banger and a knee-banger, etc. I attribute most of this to poor vision. Sitting on opposite ends of the couch in the evening reading books, my wife Susan will sometimes stretch out her hand, fingers waving, looking for a touch, a squeeze, an acknowledgement of our closeness. After fifteen seconds, incredulous, she’ll blurt out, “Can’t you see my hand?” The answer is no, my peripheral vision sucks. Outside of the clear tunnel before me created by my eyeglasses, the world is a mystery. If I don’t already know the open cabinet door is eight inches from the side of my head, I’m almost guaranteed to smack my temple on it. Like my father, I don’t notice these bumps and bangs. Several nights ago, I crept through my almost pitch-black bedroom to grab something from my closet. When I flipped on the light, I noticed a blotch on my arm, a bleed below the skin with two tiny, bloody pricks in the middle. It hurt like it just happened, but I had no recollection of any sort of incident. Did I walk into a wall? A piece of furniture? Did a vampire bat swoop down out of the dark and nip me? Did I bang into something on the way to my bedroom? I find it disconcerting that I don’t remember. My blotch has been with me all week. Something to look at and ponder as it faded away. For a while, I saw a demon’s face, but later it morphed into a buffalo. Did my father get to a point where he looked at his scabs and bruises and wondered where they came from? I’m certain he did. Maybe we all do. My theory is that we get used to physical pain. The older we get, the less we feel. Maybe it’s a coping mechanism to deal with creaky bodies. Or, with a litany of age-related health issues, maybe those minor cuts and bruises are just the least of our problems. ~ A few years ago, Bruce at the Vinyl Connection wrote about Papa was a Rolling Stone, a song I hadn’t heard in years. I listened to it as I walked to work that morning. Later in the day, I commented on Bruce’s post that listening to it was like a religious experience. I’ve probably played it a hundred times since then, no small feat since the song is twelve minutes long. Suzy is a Headbanger, from my favorite Ramones’ album, is NOT a religious experience, but it sure is fun. Have a listen. — Previously Published on jefftcann.com iStock featured image The post Papa Was a Headbanger appeared first on The Good Men Project. View the full article

🎸 Thunderstruck the cattle patrol: To keep wolves from eating livestock, scientists are flying $20K drones that scream preloaded clips like AC/DC, gunshots and Marriage Story arguments at them. So far? It’s actually working. Wolves run. Cows live. Somewhere, a Five Finger Death Punch fan is trying to follow the drones on tour and asking where to buy merch. The post Thunderstruck the cattle patrol appeared first on Komando.com. View the full article

Forever Forward In 2017, while sitting in a Love Beyond Walls meeting, I received several back-to-back phone calls from one of my older sisters, Tasha. When I didn’t pick up, she sent a text message I read her text over and over again, hoping that it did not say what I had just read. I stepped out of the meeting and called my sister back. “I just received a phone call that said Tyrone has just had a stroke, and it is not looking good,” she said. “Tyrone was on the phone with one of his friends named Red, and Red believed that he was having a stroke right then.” Tyrone, my father, was being rushed to the emergency room at Grady Hospital, the very same hospital where I was born. I felt sick and couldn’t catch my breath. My father and I had not spoken in over a year. Our family connection was in ruins. The news hurt me deeply. On one hand, I was hurt that this was happening to my father, and I feared that he would pass away before he ever got a chance to know me and be proud of me, something every child longs for no matter their age. On the other hand, I had a lot of built-up pain from my childhood trauma that I was still working through. I was at a loss of knowing how to feel in that moment. Questions flooded my mind: Will my father pass away before we ever get to repair our relationship? How do I show up for him? What do I do when the majority of our relationship has not been good with communication? I honestly did not know what to do and felt emotionally frozen. While I continued to heal from my own social and personal trauma, this news added another layer that I was not prepared for. Words and clear thoughts escaped me when hearing this news. When I received the news about my father, I had been leading Love Beyond Walls for about four years alongside Cecilia. I had been attending church for about a decade, developing my faith and serving a community of people who had been overlooked, as I had been. I returned to the meeting and, without thinking, told everyone I would not be able to stay. I then walked outside to my car and began to sob. I sobbed because I did not want anything to happen to him, especially because at that moment our relationship wasn’t the best. My hands trembled, and it took me a while to start the car. When I finally did, I just started to drive. I had no destination in mind, but I knew I could not be around people. Tears streamed down my face while I felt confusion, anger, disbelief, and fear. I had a moment with God in that car and asked, “Why has my life been so hard, and why is there so much distance and pain in my family?” That’s when I calmed down enough to call my wife. She answered the phone, and I shared the news with her. I asked her, “Cecilia, what should I do? I am afraid that my dad might pass away, and I do not know what to do.” I wasn’t expecting her response. She said, “God changed your life, gave you a chance to impact total strangers who are suffering from homelessness. You need to go and serve your father in exactly the same way you serve those who you don’t even know through Love Beyond Walls. You need to show support in the same way the community showed you support and helped you to get where you needed to go. Be close.” Hearing those words brought such a calm to my heart. I knew she was right. When I walked into the ICU, my father’s body was paralyzed on the left side. He told me that the doctors had performed emergency brain surgery to break up a blood clot and attempted to remove it. Soon afterward, the doctor came into the room and told me that he believed my father would eventually regain his mobility. During the time in the hospital, my younger sister Ashley and I sat with him, stayed overnight, and were just present with him as he continued to heal. That was tough, but as we talked briefly during my visits, I could tell this major health event was causing him to reflect on the fragility of life. There were even times when he would look at me, with tears in his eyes, and say, “T, I am so glad that you are here . . . thank you for being here . . . I am just glad I am alive to see you.” Days later, when he was about to be discharged, my dad asked whether I would help him get his medication, drive him home, and help support him while he recovered. My wife’s encouragement to “just serve him too” inspired me to have the courage to serve him willingly. That would eventually lead to a divine moment that would turn out to be one of the greatest redemptive works outside my own personal journey of rebuilding my life. Weeks after my father left the hospital, he began to gain mobility on his left side. He would call me almost every day, and we would just talk about nothing in particular. Just communicating with one another can be used by God for restoration and redemption. It felt strange at first to talk that often because we had been in and out of each other’s lives—not seeing each other as consistently as we had during Little League sports. Sometimes we spent more time together than others as I transitioned into young adulthood and eventually became a grown man. However, I could tell that something divine was happening in my father’s heart, and in mine. He began to talk about how he was starting to believe that God had spared his life so we could repair our relationship. These conversations gave my dad a chance to apologize and get to know me more than I had experienced when I was a child, and it gave me the space to forgive. There were times when he would talk about the historical discrimination his community faced, the drugs that ravaged his childhood community, and how he internalized those experiences from the trauma that was created in the environment where he grew up in Washington, DC. The trauma inflicted by white supremacy in the 1950s and 1960s created harsh living conditions that impacted him in numerous ways and caused his environment to experience ruin—emotionally, spiritually, economically, and the many other violent ways that poverty destroys the potential of community and the lives of people. His words gave me perspective on just how dangerous the effects of systemic injustice and generational trauma can be and how it can be passed down through generations. Hearing about his experiences allowed me to understand the pervasive influence of historical oppression on our family. His stories allowed me to see his humanity and just how much our community had suffered. Even though some of our talks were accompanied by tears—much-needed tears—each and every conversation would end with an “I love you.” Slowly, God began to repair our relationship. As the pandemic continued into its second year, we had less time together, but through our conversations, I got a chance to really know my father more before our world was shaken in 2021, when my father was diagnosed with colon cancer. This was incredibly hard for both of us, but he trusted me to support him through his fight with the disease, just as I had done during his stroke. When I was in the hospital with him, months before he passed, he told me that one of the reasons he came to faith was because he watched how I was living my life, following Jesus, loving my wife and children, and continuing to show up and serve people through Love Beyond Walls. I have an audio recording of him saying these things, and I still listen to it and will until I am no longer able. On January 24, 2024, my father took his last breath. I somehow found the courage to preach his eulogy, since he asked me to when he was in the hospital. One of the last things my father told me before he passed away was that I should always have a “forever forward” mentality. That, to me, is a perfect example of who he was. He was a creative, a leader, a trauma survivor, an innovator, and a business owner. He was also an entrepreneur with a magnetic personality. He took his limited resources, without a lot of community support, and always looked forward. I honor all parts of my father because I grew to realized that the moments that make us not as great as we should be are what make us human and worthy of God’s love. Adapted from From Dropout to Doctorate by Terence Lester. ©2025 by Terence Lester. Used by permission of InterVarsity Press. www.ivpress.com. “The author’s message is potent and timely… this is a vital call to reform a broken system.” – Publishers Weekly Review, June 2025 “Dr. Lester has gifted us this book for this moment and for our posterity. He shares searing personal stories of tragedy and hardship that moves the crisis in our educational system beyond statistics and into the realm of human impact. . . . He adds academic ballast to his intimate narrative, so we come to understand not simply his individual story, but the historic and systemic forces at work that affect millions today.” – Jemar Tisby, from the foreword Inspiring the Next Generation to Advocate for Educational Equity Terence Lester was born into a two-parent household that later separated due to family conflict. In search of safety and stability, his mother moved him and his sister from place to place. Carrying the weight of that early trauma, Lester turned to gangs, became a juvenile delinquent, experienced homelessness, and at one point lived out of his car. He dropped out of high school. But Lester’s story doesn’t end there. He eventually returned to school, graduated as a fifth-year senior, and defied the odds by earning five degrees, including a PhD in public policy. What made the difference? In From Dropout to Doctorate, Lester unveils the realities of educational injustice and the profound impact of unjust policies and systems on Black communities. He shows how poverty disrupts the lives of Black families, leading to homelessness and perpetuating the school-to-prison pipeline. A Powerful Personal Story Drawing from his own personal narrative and scholarly research, Lester names the complex challenges faced by Black children in underresourced and socially dense environments. As a public scholar and nonprofit leader, he advocates for equitable access to advanced education and addresses the systemic barriers that limit opportunities for Black people. An Advocate’s Voice for Change Through his personal experiences, Lester calls on educators, nonprofit leaders, and community influencers to confront educational inequity and inspire systemic change. His advocacy encourages readers to envision a world rooted in justice and inclusivity. Offering remedies of community involvement and mentorship, Lester marks out a hopeful pathway that cultivates potential and provides opportunities for Black youth to thrive. For Those Who Believe in a Just Future This book speaks to those who are ready to champion change and reimagine what is possible for marginalized communities. From Dropout to Doctorate will challenge you to question the status quo and equip you to make a difference in your community. If you’re ready to join the fight for educational equity and inspire the next generation, pick up your copy today. Will you be the next one to make an impact? Images courtesy of author The post The Father I Learned to Forgive appeared first on The Good Men Project. View the full article

WhatsApp’s new Writing Help: Rewrite your messages in different styles to make them sound more professional, funny (think Kim jokes) or supportive. To try it: Tap the icon on the right of the text, then the pencil icon under your message and select the tone you want. The post WhatsApp’s new Writing Help appeared first on Komando.com. View the full article

Strategic cooperation between New Delhi and Moscow is growing across emerging technologies, Aleksey Likhachev has said India has shown a keen interest in developing fourth-generation nuclear energy with Russia, Rosatom CEO Aleksey Likhachev has said. Addressing reporters on the sidelines of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) summit in Tianjin, China on Monday, the head of the Russian state nuclear corporation noted that New Delhi was also keen on using Arctic shipping routes. “They [India], maybe like no other, are interested in developing the new fourth generation of nuclear energy with us,” Likhachev said. ”Our Indian friends pay special attention to the technology of tomorrow,” Likhachev added. “This is quantum technology. And in the format of the BRICS platform, we see the maximum interest in our quantum projects and in this cooperation from our Indian friends.” 🇷🇺🤝🇮🇳 "Indian Friends" Interested in Partnership to Develop 4G Nuclear Energy - Rosatom The Director General of Russia's nuclear energy agency says India has shown the most interest in quatum projects. Aleksey Likhachev said India pays special attention to technology shaping… pic.twitter.com/Ag9lJ6WA06 — RT_India (@RT_India_news) September 1, 2025 Rosatom has constructed two reactor units at India's Kudankulam Nuclear Power Plant (KNPP) with a capacity of 2000 MW each, and plans to commission a third unit in 2026 and a fourth in 2027. The Russian state-owned corporation has also signed a general framework agreement to build two more reactor units in India. Media reports indicate that India may be interested in another large power plant designed by Russia, as well as smaller plants. In Tianjin, Likhachev highlighted Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s remarks on the strategic importance of developing Arctic routes, saying: “Again, Prime Minister [Modi] said today that in his opinion, one of the most promising new directions of action is the Northern Sea route.” The route, which spans the entire length of Russia’s Arctic and Far East regions, is expected to become a major trade corridor for goods shipped between Europe and Asia. It could drastically reduce transportation times compared to traditional pathways through the Suez or Panama canals. A joint India-Russia intergovernmental working group has already been established to focus on the Arctic shipping route, Likhachev said. “There are target numbers for the coming years – to reach 5 million tonnes of transit with India via the Northern Sea Route. And I am sure our cooperation won’t be limited to that,” he said. View the full article

The Sudan Liberation Movement/Army says only one person survived the disaster in Tarasin A huge landslide in remote western Sudan triggered by days of heavy rain killed up to 1,000 people, a major armed and political group in the war-torn African country has reported. The incident on Sunday wiped out the entire village of Tarasin in the Marra Mountains of Darfur, leaving only “a single survivor,” the Sudan Liberation Movement/Army (SLM/A) said in a statement on Tuesday. SLM/A leader Abdel Wahid al-Nur called the incident a “horrific humanitarian disaster” and appealed to the United Nations and other regional and international organizations to help recover the bodies of victims and support neighboring communities “overwhelmed with fear.” “The scale and magnitude of the disaster are immense and defy description which necessitate putting at work and coordinating efforts of local, regional and international actors, including the deployment of specialized rescue teams to recover bodies from beneath the rocky debris,” he said. Footage shows two deep channels carved by fast-moving water and mud on the mountainside, converging at a lower point where the village of Tarasin once stood. BREAKING: A catastrophic landslide in Sudan’s Marra Mountains, triggered by heavy rainfall, obliterated a village on August 31, killing over 1,000 people and leaving just one survivor, the Sudan Liberation Movement/Army (SLM/A) reports. The disaster, compounded by the region’s… pic.twitter.com/QvuhJ1P3zA — DisasterAlert (@DisasterAlert2) September 2, 2025 Many residents of North Darfur have sought shelter in the Marra Mountains after fleeing the brutal war between the national army and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF), which has raged since mid-April 2023. Late last month, a Sudanese doctors’ association warned that thousands of people in Darfur are at risk of starvation and face a critical shortage of life-saving medicines amid continuous attacks on the regional capital, El Fasher. Adam Rijal, spokesman for the General Coordination for Displaced Persons and Refugees in Sudan, said the civilian aid group is following the “tragedy” in Tarasin with “deep sadness and sorrow,” adding that it should remind Sudanese citizens of the “need to unite to confront its repercussions.” The landslide is the deadliest disaster to strike Darfur in recent years. In 2018, the village of Turba experienced a similar tragedy that left hundreds dead and several others wounded, Rijal said in a statement on Tuesday. View the full article

During COVID, I had a client who was a germaphobe. He said to me, “I’ve been preparing for this my whole life.” Being prepared made it much easier for him to comply with hand-washing and mask wearing. He actually had less anxiety then, not more. I wish I could say the same about the rising fascism in the United States. Being prepared hasn’t made dealing with encroaching fascism any easier for me. The need to fight once again to maintain freedom and Democracy, something supposed to be embedded in our founding and Constitution, is cause for highly increased anxiety, not less. All my clients feel that anxiety now. Like my client during the pandemic, I’ve prepared for the rise of fascism in the free world, nearly my entire life As a young teen I read books about dystopian societies predicting the rise of fascism in the U.S. and the world. It Can’t Happen Here by Sinclair Lewis, written in 1935, predicted precisely what is happening in the U.S. in 2025, including collusion by the Supreme Court. In the novel, Buzz Windrip becomes president by fomenting fear and promising a return to traditional values and patriotism. He also promises drastic economic and social reforms. Sound familiar? He then stages a coup, using a paramilitary force to impose totalitarian rule. Our current budding totalitarian is using the National Guard and the Marines to take over policing cities. Fictional President Windrip reduces the influence of Congress, then goes after women’s and minorities’ rights. In 2025, Executive Orders reduce or usurp the powers of Congress. Republicans propose legislation reducing the rights of minorities and women to vote. Check out the SAVE act. I could go on, but I recommend you read the book. Animal Farm by George Orwell, written in 1945, illustrated class wars, which we are experiencing again in 2025. While the animals in the allegory begin their rebellion in order to establish equality, freedom and happiness for all animals, one animal, the pig Napoleon, starts a dictatorship. Orwell said he began the novel as “a satirical tale against Stalin” after World War II. After Napoleon establishes a dictatorship, there are purges of the animals who don’t believe as he does or who try to rebel. That seems very close to “disappearing” people in vans, and attempts to send in military to break up protests in 2025. 1984 by George Orwell, published in 1949, predicted pretty much everything currently happening here and in authoritarian countries everywhere. Devices that listen to us constantly, with conduits to a government intent on surveillance. Alexa, Siri, Google, owners of listening devices, are willing to turn over information they’ve gathered on us to the government. The NSA is listening in. “Security” cameras everywhere are seeing our every move. Detention and torture of civilians, turning neighbors against one another by scapegoating immigrants are becoming commonplace. Brave new World by Aldous Huxley, written in 1931, has been listed by the American Library Association’s top 100 banned books list. It describes (predicts) a totalitarian world where classes are programmed to be happy with their place in society. Society is based on an assembly line model, created by Henry Ford, who is the deity in the book. We’re seeing the conscious elimination of the middle class today, and the worship of not only Capitalism, but of the top 1% of capitalists themselves. If Huxley were to write the book today, Trump would be the Ford deity. A Wrinkle In Time by Madeleine, L’Engle, exposed the horrors of living on a planet where one “mind” controlled everyone’s actions through brainwashing, and punishments for any deviation from the controlled norm. The first four books are obviously warning against fascism. This one is partly a warning about accepting being controlled. And about the power of love. In A Wrinkle In Time, love is the only thing that can penetrate brainwashing. As the protagonist, Meg’s love for her brother and father free them from mind-control and imprisonment. Before she can free them, Meg makes the Hero’s Journey through dimensions and planets. While she ultimately faces the darkness alone, she encounters those who encourage and embolden, or simply nurture, her along the way. Her arc is to gain courage. Each of these books influenced me and my early progressiveness, starting at age thirteen. The first four books terrified me about what our country, and the world could become. I’ve watched for those signs, and fought against them, for decades. The last book, A Wrinkle In Time touched my fear and my heart. L’Engle inspired me in so many ways. A young, female protagonist saves her brother and father. Love is the only thing that could break the totalitarian spell. Did my commitment to love make me less powerful to fight the totalitarianism darkness we see encroaching across the map today? Or is love all that gives me hope that we can stop this and reverse it in my lifetime? Probably both. My optimism did make it almost impossible to believe the man who promised to “Be a dictator on day one” would actually win a second time. It took eight years to wrap my head around his winning the first time. Until living through our current dystopia, I believed in humanity’s inherent goodness. Now I know that goodness is inherent in only some of us, not all. Seeing the evil happening now empowers me to remember all the lessons of the first four books, and therefore to resist. In every one of the books, resistance is a dominant theme. And the only way to fight the goals of a dictator, along with love for all those being targeted, displaced, robbed of freedoms, and tortured, is to resist. Protest, vote, let Congress know we are unhappy and will fight for our freedoms. And help those being targeted. Help each other resist. I’ve prepared for this nearly my entire life. Today in our country, and other parts of the world, there is division. The division is between those of us who will fight for freedom, against those who take it away and those who willingly give it up. Don’t willingly give up what others have fought for. Read, learn, grow, and commit to equality, love, and freedom. Now is the time. Just in case I need bail, you can contribute to that fund here. https://ko-fi.com/carolsantafe — This post was previously published on This America. *** You Might Also Like These From The Good Men Project You Said ‘Race’, but Are You Actually Talking About Race? Understanding the Nonbinary: Are You Confusing Gender With Sex? The Difference Between Compassion for Those With Disabilities & Ableism? ‘Masculinity’ Is Having an Identity Crisis Subscribe to The Good Men Project Newsletter Email Address * Subscribe If you believe in the work we are doing here at The Good Men Project, please join us as a Premium Member today. All Premium Members get to view The Good Men Project with NO ADS. Need more info? A complete list of benefits is here. Photo credit: iStock The post I’ve Been Preparing for This Government My Whole Life appeared first on The Good Men Project. View the full article

‼️ WhatsApp just got hit with a stealthy spyware attack: No clicks, no links, just boom, you’re infected. If you’re on iPhone or Mac and haven’t updated WhatsApp in the last day, do it now. This one’s next-level sneaky and initially targeted journalists, so don’t wait to find out if you’re next. The post WhatsApp just got hit with a stealthy spyware attack appeared first on Komando.com. View the full article

That’s the fraction of dogs who responded to a breakthrough cancer immunotherapy. Lola, a now cancer-free golden retriever, was one of them. She was given two months to live. Two years later, she’s doing victory laps. The treatment? Inhaled IL-15 immunotherapy with no side effects, just being a very good girl. The post 10% appeared first on Komando.com. View the full article

Sapira Cahana is a New York-based mental health counsellor (MHC-LP) at Authentically Living Psychological Services and is an interfaith chaplain-in-training specializing in existential and relational therapy. In this interview, Scott Douglas Jacobsen and Cahana explore the nuances of loneliness, aloneness, and relational identity. Cahana emphasizes that absolute aloneness does not exist—human beings are always born into relational contexts and networks of meaning. Loneliness, she explains, arises when subjectivity is denied, echoing thinkers like Simone de Beauvoir, Julia Kristeva, and bell hooks. Together they discuss solitude, dissociation, trauma, spiritual framings of alienation, and the role of authentic dialogue in healing. Cahana argues that slowing down, embracing reflection, and reclaiming subjecthood transform loneliness from a painful condition into an opportunity for recognition and growth. Scott Douglas Jacobsen: Two things always come to mind when people talk about loneliness. The first is loneliness as a state of mind, and the second is aloneness as a state of being. How do you separate those two, and why is it essential to make that distinction? Sapira Cahana: The first thing I want to say is that there is no such thing as absolute aloneness. We are all born about others and in dynamics with the broader world. Every human birth occurs through another person, usually as the result of two people. Even with scientific interventions such as in vitro fertilization, surrogacy, or neonatal incubators, human beings always emerge within a network of relationships and dependencies. We are never truly isolated in origin. So, while there are experiences of feeling alone or being lonely, no person exists as a complete island outside of humanity. Yet, despite this, people can withdraw or become isolated. That experience of isolation can create loneliness. In the end, though, human existence is always embedded in relationships—with others, with the world, and with cultural and social structures. That is an important point, because in a highly atomized modern society, we often prize individuation and separation from others. Individuation is essential, but if it comes at the cost of denying our relational nature or cutting ties with our communities, roots, and shared world, it can foster loneliness. I would define loneliness as the experience of being cut off from one’s subjectivity, agency, and autonomy, while also feeling disconnected from others and one’s inner life. Simone de Beauvoir, the French existentialist philosopher, described loneliness in part as the denial of subjectivity—the condition in which a person is treated as an object, unable to have their subjecthood recognized. This reduction to objecthood and the struggle to reclaim one’s autonomy and voice capture an essential dimension of loneliness. Other thinkers expand on this theme. Julia Kristeva, a French-Bulgarian psychoanalyst and philosopher, has written about loneliness in terms of mourning and melancholy, framing it as a kind of ineffable grief—something deeply felt but difficult to articulate. Bell Hooks, the American cultural critic and feminist, addressed loneliness in her book All About Love. She argued that love is the highest form of human connection and that loneliness often arises from systems of domination. For hooks, loneliness is a byproduct of domination and suppression: the suppression of self, the blocking of authentic connection, and the obstruction of love. Many other profound thinkers have explored this subject, but these feminist and psychoanalytic perspectives are particularly illuminating. Jacobsen: Are there ways in which people can almost put life on pause, to look at it from different angles and gain insight into themselves, their place in the world, and their lives? Sometimes that may feel like loneliness, but in reality, it is not. Cahana: Are you talking about therapy? Jacobsen: Yes, that would fall into that category. Cahana: Of course, people can choose solitude deliberately. There is no question that there are times when separating oneself is valuable. For example, being alone in nature can offer immense insight. The Romantics often reflected on this kind of solitude. It is essential to distinguish this intentional solitude—which can be restorative—from the alienation of loneliness, which is often experienced as painful disconnection. That was their whole ethos. They would go into nature and experience awe on their own or in small communities. So, of course, there are ways to be alone. Instead of being a doer, you become a being, of course. But, ultimately, the larger truth is that we are in a kinship relationship with the world—that there is no such thing as true aloneness. There are experiences of deep loneliness, which are intrinsic to being human. No one is impervious to that experience—from the Dalai Lama to anyone else. We all encounter moments of profound alienation from the self, from the world, and from others. We all ask ourselves at times: “Am I the worst person to exist on this planet? Do I deserve a place?” And we also have moments of deep aggrandizement where we think, “Is this world completely mine? Am I indomitable?” So, there’s this complex that we all carry, and we can each vacillate between the two states. Ultimately, the central piece is that we are selves capable of accessing both deep self-alienation and deep self-aggrandizement. That is the existential lens on loneliness and alienation. Of course, there are other lenses as well. Jacobsen: What about people who frame it supernaturalistically, saying that the sense of loneliness is a sense of being distant from God? What insights can those traditions potentially provide—whether from Judaism or others? Cahana: Interestingly, you frame it that way. From a religious perspective, that experience is completely translatable as alienation. It is a sense of removal. And the antidote to loneliness is indeed closeness—coming into proximity, into relationship, into kinship with the self, with others, with the world, and with the divine. Religious and mystical traditions certainly have insights into loneliness. For example, Jewish, Christian, and Islamic thinkers often describe loneliness as separation from God. Mystical traditions, such as Sufism, speak of God as the Beloved, a proximate figure of intimacy. Sufi poets like Rumi frame divine relationship as closeness to the Beloved, countering loneliness with intimacy with the divine. This is not dissimilar to what Julia Kristeva described as unspeakable grief, what Simone de Beauvoir understood as the denial of subjectivity, or what bell hooks (Gloria Jean Watkins) called the domination that suppresses authentic love and connection. So, even across traditions, there is a common recognition of loneliness as alienation, and of the need for proximity and relationship as its response. Jacobsen: What about the feminist lens of being with someone but apart? Alone together, in terms of connection. People must often report that when they show up at couples therapy, for instance. Cahana: Absolutely. That dynamic of being with someone but still profoundly alone is a common report in relational therapy. It highlights that loneliness is not merely about the presence or absence of people, but about the quality of connection and recognition within relationships. Indeed, the relationship with others can produce loneliness. What that looks like, of course, is the desire for another person to mirror us in a congruent way—and the pain of feeling as though the mirror is not reflecting what we want to be seen. These dynamics often play out between the innate self and the external self when those two do not align. And because the other is also a subject with both an innate and an external self, their misalignment can clash with ours. Through the relationship, these selves may fail to match—and so, yes, you can be alone with another person. There is no question about that. The construct of being alone can also take form in anonymity—for example, being in Mumbai, surrounded by millions of people yet known by no one. That can produce experiences of profound isolation and alienation, or it can stir feelings of awe and reverence for the immensity of life. The experience itself is not inherently pejorative. Loneliness is only one possible outcome. Once we acknowledge the denial of subjecthood, the next step is reclaiming one’s subjectivity. It means working through and realizing that these dynamics are systemic—rooted in the interaction between subject and other, subject and object. In that realization, a deep sense of power can emerge, as one insists on being recognized as a subject. Jacobsen: What about cases of trauma along that spectrum? Situations where a person is not only alienated from their subjecthood but is dissociated—perhaps only half-conscious of it unless they are in a therapeutic space where it can be brought into fuller awareness? Cahana: Yes, that is also a form of alienation—from the self. In dissociation, the self becomes fragmented and incongruent, not holding its parts together. The result is an inner disconnection: a lack of congruence between self and world, and even within the self itself. This fragmentation leaves portions of the self inaccessible, creating a profoundly alienating experience. In therapy, we often distinguish between “capital-T” Traumas—major, life-altering events—and “small-t” traumas, the cumulative, usually less visible disruptions that shape identity and relational patterns. Both can generate dissociation, fragmentation, and alienation. It is, indeed, a profoundly complex and painful condition that many people suffer from regularly. When we speak about it, the biggest problem is the ineffability of the experience. How do you describe being alienated from yourself while still speaking as yourself? It is an awful feeling. But I’ve also read research and engaged with thinkers who note that dissociation is not always pathological. The dissociative state can also be the flow state. In flow, there is still a central self-directing experience. It does not feel alienating, but somewhat fluid and integrated. By contrast, traumatic dissociation involves not having a grasp on what is occurring—perceiving reality through a foggy lens and not feeling connected. That is the key difference: flow is absorbing, while trauma-induced dissociation is fragmenting. Jacobsen: What about anticipation, future projections, or even idealizations? For example, when someone says they are going to “find themselves” at Burning Man for the first time. They’re projecting forward, imagining a deeper connection with themselves in community—almost as if community itself is part of their identity. Cahana: That’s the idea: becoming more at one with oneself through projection into a transformative experience. Why do we seek out such experiences? When we remain stuck in routine and the perfunctory, it becomes difficult to perceive differences. Contrast becomes the teacher. This is what Simone de Beauvoir illuminated in her analysis of the subject–object dynamic, and it echoes the Hegelian dialectic. There is always a tension between subject and other, each claiming recognition. When we become conscious of this dynamic, it is revealed as relational. When we remain unconscious, it is harder to articulate our thoughts. Contrast makes things visible. It is the same with language. For instance, speakers of Arabic may note differences between Moroccan, Palestinian, and Syrian dialects—each saying the same thing in slightly different ways. That comparison produces awareness. The same happens when we travel to places where we do not speak the language at all. Suddenly, we cannot ask for our most basic needs. No one knows us, and we do not know how to express ourselves. People seek that experience of dislocation and contrast, precisely because it reveals what is usually invisible in everyday routine. People are looking for a taste of contrast—a taste of loneliness where we are both somewhat in control and at the same time completely releasing control. We actively seek this out. Why would we seek it unless it offers something meaningful to produce, to think through, to work through, and ultimately to encounter the self? Jacobsen: In that sense, is the self an alignment of different selves—a linguistic self, a sensory self, an emotional self? When those selves are mostly in sync, we feel aligned, present, and able to act effectively and authentically in the world. Cahana: That brings me back to a philosophy class where we discussed the diachronic self and the debates of John Locke and David Hume. Are there different theories of how the self is constructed? Is there a grand unifier, some essential self at the core? Maybe, maybe not. I do not have a perfect answer. But we all have different relationships to that very question. So when we seek out experiences of loneliness—or encounter them without seeking them—the relationship to either a unified self or a multiplicity of selves becomes a question each individual must reckon with. Jacobsen: What about dreams—when someone becomes lucid, waking up inside the dream? That seems like a version of the self that belongs partly to waking life and partly to the dreamscape, where things are less rule-bound. Does that tell us something about self and loneliness? Cahana: Perhaps, though it says much about loneliness specifically. It does, however, remind us that the self is something to be encountered. That’s the only answer I can offer here. I want to think about it more. Jacobsen: There’s a saying: the opposite of love is not hate but indifference. Is there something similar to loneliness? Cahana: Yes. The opposite of loneliness is an authentic relationship. And yet it is so challenging to create a truly phenomenological relationship—one of genuine presence and recognition. Eye contact that sees the other is rare. So often we perceive one another through fragments, through pre-digested, habitual responses. Much of daily life reflects this. You can speak to many people, spend the entire day in meetings, and have pleasant conversations. But at the end of the day, when you reflect, you may realize that what occurred was moving through interactions—not truly being with others. That absence of authentic relation is its form of loneliness. The relationship to not being mirrored, or not being seen, comes down to the dissonance between the ideal self, the authentic self, the external world, and the inner world—all while we sift through vast amounts of information daily. With technology, this has only intensified. We consume endlessly, but are rarely reflected to ourselves. We live in an era of horoscopes and memes, where people say, “That’s so me,” and adopt quotes as guiding principles. But these are snippets, banter—not real dialogue. What is missing is sustained conversation and presence. That is why my therapeutic approach is so practical, though often dismissed. People say, “I talk all the time. Why do I need a therapist? I don’t need someone to listen.” Yet, if they truly reflect, they realize how few people listen to them, and how rarely they listen to others. That is profound alienation. The antidote to loneliness is slowing down. It requires entering into the well of loneliness itself and then emerging into subjecthood—into recognition. I think of Sara Ahmed, who frames emotions as political. I cannot recall her exact phrasing on loneliness, but she suggests it can be an experience of resistance—feeling something is not quite right, and pushing against it. Jacobsen: In a sense, are we living in the era of soliloquies? If people are not being heard and not listening, dialogues collapse into monologues. Monologues, when extended, become soliloquies. Cahana: The existential therapist Emmy van Deurzen speaks to this. She distinguishes between dialogue, duologue, and monologue. A genuine dialogue is the authentic encounter—the eye-gazing, phenomenological relationship. A duologue is a conversation between two people, where they trade anecdotes. For example: “I have a cat.” “You have a cat.” “Here’s my cat photo.” “Here’s yours.” That is pleasant, but not deeply connecting. She also speaks of monologues or soliloquies—where no listening occurs at all. A person may come to a therapy session, recount their entire day, and leave. That can be cathartic, and I do not judge it. But as a relational therapist, I feel responsible for ensuring that the “sacred third”—the shared relational space—is upheld. I depend on the client to hold it with me, but I also have that responsibility. Jacobsen: Any favourite quotes? What comes to mind for you? And your final thoughts? Cahana: My final thought is this: we all experience loneliness. It is intrinsic to being human. And it can also be the most powerful experience once we claim our subjecthood from within it. Jacobsen: Thank you once more for your time and expertise, Sapira. — Scott Douglas Jacobsen is the publisher of In-Sight Publishing (ISBN: 978-1-0692343) and Editor-in-Chief of In-Sight: Interviews (ISSN: 2369-6885). He writes for The Good Men Project, International Policy Digest (ISSN: 2332–9416), The Humanist (Print: ISSN 0018-7399; Online: ISSN 2163-3576), Basic Income Earth Network (UK Registered Charity 1177066), A Further Inquiry, and other media. He is a member in good standing of numerous media organizations. *** If you believe in the work we are doing here at The Good Men Project and want a deeper connection with our community, please join us as a Premium Member today. Premium Members get to view The Good Men Project with NO ADS. Need more info? A complete list of benefits is here. — Photo by Jeffrey Allee on Unsplash The post Existential Exchanges 4: Loneliness appeared first on The Good Men Project. View the full article

Russia is prioritizing energy supplies to Asia since the EU has cut itself off from Russian fuel under pressure from the US Russia and China have advanced plans for the construction of the Power of Siberia 2 natural gas pipeline, which will transit Russian gas from Siberia to the Asian powerhouse, Gazprom CEO Aleksey Miller said Tuesday. Miller is in China this week as part of a Russian delegation led by President Vladimir Putin, who on Tuesday met with Chinese President Xi Jinping and Mongolian President Ukhnaagiin Khurelsukh for trilateral talks in Beijing. At the meeting Xi highlighted the importance of “hard connectivity” through cross-border infrastructure for shared development. The power of Siberia 2 project, which transits Mongolia, moved forward after the participants signed a “legally binding memorandum,” Miller told reporters. The project will be the “biggest, largest-scale and capital-intensive project in the world’s gas industry,” Miller said. Power of Siberia 2 is intended to connect gas fields of western Siberia with consumers in western China. The section passing through Mongolia, known as the Soyuz Vostok pipeline, would also allow supplies to be sold to Mongolian buyers. Talks on the pipeline have been underway since at least 2006, with route options and pricing terms repeatedly debated. Officials said the project is expected to deliver 50 billion cubic meters of gas annually for at least 30 years. China has become the leading buyer of Russian pipeline gas after the European Union declared reliance on Russian energy a threat to its member states and moved to cut imports. The EU’s policy shift – promoted as a response to Moscow’s role in the Ukraine conflict – aligned with long-time US efforts to boost American liquefied natural gas exports to Europe. The Power of Siberia 1 pipeline, which was launched in 2019, has already delivered over 100 billion cubic metres of gas to China from eastern Siberia. Miller said Moscow and Beijing have agreed to significantly increase the supplies. Gas presently being delivered to China – and to Mongolia in the future – is objectively cheaper than supplies previously sent to Europe thanks to shorter transportation routes, Miller noted. View the full article

I was introduced to the work of Amy Zerner and Monte Farber around 2008 when a friend gave me a birthday gift called “The Truth Fairy: The Enchanted Pendulum & Message Board Kit” It is a divining tool to help the user connect with Spirit. I was delighted since I am of a metaphysical bent and have used it many times over the years as a guide to assist with some questions I had about ‘life, the universe and everything’. Together, Zerner and Farber are the minds, hearts and souls of their company called Enchanted World. With a vast array of products that include books on various metaphysical subjects, tarot cards, art, clothing, decorative items, to meet them is to witness two works of he(art). They are as colorful as a pallet of rainbow hued paint, with Amy’s hair a vivid shade of purple and their clothing, bright and flowing. I had the opportunity to meet them when their film Amy & Monte: A Legacy of Love and Creativity debuted at the New Hope Film Festival in August of 2025. They discovered after the screening that it had won Audience Choice Award for Best Documentary. That can be attributed to both their story and the way it was presented by their talented producer Annmarie Sairrino. Her company called Ammo Entertainment is known for producing horror films. Monte and Amy’s story is as far from that genre as could be imagined. Let’s get to know them in their own words. Monte and Amy: Please give us a bit of the back story that led you to this moment of more than 50 years together? How did each of you recognize that the other was ‘The One’? We met at the filming of a porno movie in 1974. True story! Ha! Monte was in it. He was playing music in the band playing a New York City rooftop party scene. Everyone had clothes on! My friend asked if I wanted to go watch her friend Monte play music- and when I arrived, bells went off! Monte told me years later that he had a friend named Amy in public school and every time he heard her name it fel special, though they were always just friends. Hey, you never know where you’ll meet your true love. Our advice to those who are looking for The One? Be yourself so strongly and so beautifully that you magnetize yourself the way electrical current in a wire wrapped around a metal bar magnetizes itself and attract to you the person who is attracted to the real, unadulterated, pure and glorious you. When we met we were both subscribers to the ‘60s notion that the coolest thing one could be was to be one’s self fully. It worked for us then and it can work for you now. Could the young people you were back then have imagined the life you are now living? No, I don’t think we could have imagined our life together, the peace, joy, and sense of accomplishment of lives well-lived. We knew we were in love and it stopped us in our tracks because neither of us was looking for The One. We just enjoyed watching each other live, not wanting to change a thing about each other. It’s a miracle that we found each other in this world of billions of people so we are living proof that miracles can happen! I didn’t believe in astrology then but Amy was studying astrology and tarot and I was studying Amy and respected her wisdom as much as I respected her prodigious artistic talet and so I dove in and now I’ve got several evergreen titles about astrology and tarot and her Enchanted Tarot is considered an essential deck. It’s so cool to see how many people know their astrology charts now, encourage their psychic abilities, use the tarot, honor the cycles of the season, consult expert intuitives, have personal spiritual practices, do yoga, rituals, set their intentions, do visualizations, meditate, are into holistic healing and integrative medicine, watch for signs and interpret symbols…We have been doing all of this and writing about it since the 1970’s….we could not have dreamed how mainstream metaphysics have become…not to mention the changes in eating, organic foods available everywhere.. and to share it all on our phones! Truly a magical time we live in. We were very idealistic in the 1970s when we met and we still are. We helped stop a war, we helped start feminism, we changed art and music and we are staying true. And the baton has been shared and passed to a wonderful generation of beautiful souls we have met who have big hearts, smarts, and the work of so many people of our generation to build upon and inspire their unique and inventive accomplishments. Where does your inspiration come from for your vast array of creations? Amy’s art is the heart and soul, the driver of everything we create. In a reversal of roles, she does the art first for all of our many oracle card and divination systems and I illustrate them with my words, describing what I see in her images. The word “channeled” is a bit overused today but I have always thought that her work revealed an uninterrupted connection for the the Art Spirit, the Muses, The Goddess, however you want to name the un-nameable, to visually represent the human condition surrounded, penetrated, and supported by the overwhelming energies that scientists and spiritual seekers know exist now and forever. We only see a small part of true reality and Amy’s work approaches a visual representation of the Unified Field, as Einstein called it. Creativity requires dedication, concentration, and time. It’s imagination, visualization, and perspiration, especially if you want to bring your work to a world you believe could really benefit from knowing about it. Commercial is not a dirty word around here, we are proud that we have had commercial success in numerous artistic venues, especially publishing. Creativity is our passion and we put all of our wisdom and guidance into each of our books and oracles. We now have over three million copies of our published works available around the world in 18 languages. Using an oracle regularly creates a ritual space in one’s life where we can restore our connection with the quiet voice of our higher mind and benefit from its wise guidance. Creating this oasis of calm in the midst of the hectic pace of modern life helps us tune into the meaningful coincidences and inspirations that help to give our lives meaning. I had the joy of being in the audience at the New Hope Film Festival recently when your documentary Amy & Monte: A Legacy of Love and Creativity debuted. It was a behind the scenes glimpse into your personal and professional lives. How would you describe it? As of this writing, we just learned that the documentary about us won the New Hope Film Festival’s Audience Choice award for Best Documentary Feature so you brought us luck! It’s an acknowledgement of the artistic vision of Annmarie Sairrino, a producer of horror movies, who has crafted as both producer and director of her first documentary, a film that in our humble opinion beautifully shares our world of love, magic, art, fun, creativity, humor, mindfulness, collaboration, support, trust, and dedication through a collection of interviews, photos, and quotes. Explored through the perspectives of family, friends (some of whom are world famous), and creator colleagues, it weaves a rich tapestry that showcases our relationship. Annmarie is the first person we have had create something based on our work without our having creative control. We knew she was The One! And in our opinion, she aced it, threaded the needle of doing a documentary about two people whose art and creativity is inseparable from their commercial success in the worlds of art, fashion, publishing, philosophy, and even a little music, without the finished documentary resembling an infomercial in any way. This is no mean feat! Back to Amy&Monte (we write it like that because there is no space between us!), ever since we first met, we have chosen to work together using art and words, in a lot of forms, to create The Enchanted World of Amy Zerner and Monte Farber; it’s our way of changing the world, i.e., being the change we want to see. We agree with the Dalai Lama that the purpose of life is to be happy. Also, as Joseph Campbell said, “Follow your bliss.” For us, our bliss and our happiness has been our journey together on the path to making our life a work of art and our art a work of life. Some couples find it challenging to be together nearly 24/7 in their work and at home. How do you maintain a sense of balance between ‘me time’ and ‘we time’? I think of the Kahlil Gibran quote, “Let there be spaces in your togetherness.” Many have asked how we made it to 50 years together. Easy! Love each other, grow together and PUT YOUR RELATIONSHIP FIRST, ahead of friends, parents, kids, everyone and everything. We even wrote a book about our relationship secrets, The Soulmate Path (Red Wheel/Weiser). We are constantly working on numerous creative projects, so our house sometimes seems like a factory with bedrooms. Although we have chosen to be together and work together as much as we can, which we love, we have evolved our individual schedules in shifts, like those in a firehouse: someone is always on duty. I (Amy) get up and go to bed early, taking care of all of the things that I like to do in the mornings including making art, some cooking, exercise, and social media, while Monte stays up late writing as he cannot have distractions. We each end up with a couple of hours of alone time every day, though we are still in the same house, and that helps us keep our centers. My artwork allows me to live every day feeling that I am in direct communication with the transcendent realms. To commune with the wisdom of the sacred realms is as essential to both of us as eating, drinking, breathing, and dreaming—if we are to function fully in the world. Do your spiritual and secular lives blend, in part because of the work you do? Yes, there’s no space between them, either. Wherever we go, no matter what we are talking about, the first question people ask us is “How do you two, work and live together twenty-four hours a day and still be so in love?” That’s a good question. The answer is a lot of hard work in the form of consideration, trust, friendship, adventure, forgiveness and laughter—and creativity! Our great marriage partnership and successful business partnership is also partially a result of our practical application of the ancient mystical wisdom we have studied before and during our marriage—wisdom we make available to everyone in each of our books and tools. By looking within using your intuitive powers, astrology, and oracular work, we can identify our special dreams, learn how to develop our personal creative power, make our base secure, and our dreams real. This crusade is not a selfish one. It is the only one justifiable in our time. Creativity is spirituality. By realizing and actualizing our creativity we become a spiritual human being, a most glorious occurrence. A world populated by such people can only make a paradise of our planet, a dream of the ages that is not only technologically possible at this time, but is crucial to our survival as a species. Monte, you say in the movie, “We made our lives small so we can do big things.” What does that mean to you? That line came pouring out of me the way my best psychic information comes through and so I, too, have had to figure out what the heck it means! The most obvious choice was to not have children even though we lived with Amy’s amazing mother, the artist Jessie Spicer Zerner, who was so wonderfully smart, talented, and nurturing that everyone called her “Ma.” One day, Jessie’s 97 year old mother said to us, “You are the kind of people who should not have children,” meaning it as a complement and confirmation of our choice. A lesser small-making choice we have made is to not travel, but to stay home and work. I, Monte, used to work in the movie business and was away from home a lot but Amy and Jessie held down the fort. Since she passed in 1996 we have kept travel to a minimum and only for business related reasons. I guess leading a no-drama lifestyle and staying away from people that manufacture drama is yet another small-making life choice. So many people waste so much of their precious time. We want everyone to be successful creating their own version of success. In our case, we made our lives small, not doing a lot of the things most people do, because we wanted to do big things and we’ve done them. How do you both maintain your genuine, not putting on airs personae given the attention and praise you receive from the art world and the metaphysical world? We like to think of ourselves as the normal paranormal couple. Amy is a beautiful and fashionable couture fashion designer with gorgeous purple hair and I am a Leo Rising who has always loved dressing creatively even before Amy started stying me but we work hard and we know what it is to work for a living, too. We think that anyone who approaches life creatively is an artist. We have also been privileged to become the close friends and sometimes co-workers of some of the most famous people of our culture, several of whom appear in our documentary. Every one of them are too busy being themselves to put on airs. When you love or at the very least are interested in everyone and their stories, it shows. While our journey has been filled with magical success, it’s also been marked by struggles, loss, lessons, and resilience. And that makes you humble and full of gratitude. We know life, we know how beautiful it can be and we know how difficult it can be, and we want to be a part of people’s solution the way other people have been a part of our solution. Just like your artistry, the film seems like an extension of you. What would you want this ‘baby’ to do as it has been let loose in the world? Well, after having people tell us for decades that our work and our story has inspired them to make successful choices and changes in their lives, we are hopeful that if we can somehow get our story out there and above the noise of what passes for “news” and the celebrity obsessed cuture we live in, that we can do the same with those who watch our documentary and are maybe inspired to learn more about us and our work. In our lives both divination and love are the simple story and have been for decades. That is why we want now more than ever to have our Enchanted World story of the truth about the enduring power of love and astrology and partnership and the enchanted tarot and mutual support and oracles and mutual respect and how art and words and working together 24/7/365 and working with wonderful people changed our lives and how our story relates to your story and how it can help you live your life. We’re having fun being together as much as we can and we love sharing the ride, sharing our art and our discoveries in our documentary. I think that is the reason it was the Audience Choice award winner at New Hope. If our amazingly good fortune continues, there will come a time when even more new friends will be watching this documentary and getting to know that in second half of the twentieth century and the first half of the twenty-first century lived two people who loved each other with an eternal flame so bright that it illuminated those dark and confusing times and influenced those who came after them to create their own enchanted world just like their old friends, Amy&Monte. As I was on your website, I took the opportunity to pull a Tarot card in response to a question about ways to blend my personal, professional and activism work to be a greater force for good. Wowie, Zowie, was the answer spot on. Here was some of it. Three of Wands: Opportunity The Dream Three cupids, representing heart, mind and action have joined together spontaneously. These bringers of opportunity sense the dynamic energy of the imminent realization and manifestation of a wish to be granted. Red flowers and flames symbolize the energy and light available at this time of creative invention. The special joy of self-expression comes fearlessly to life yet retains the purity and innocence of childhood where all things are new. Two of the cupids – one with his eyes closed – hold the three wands aloft, while the third, in his excitement, has almost let go of his share of responsibility. They are playfully acting out the message to us that without clarity of vision, cooperation and concentration this opportunity might come to nought. They caution us to use this fateful moment of joyful awareness and creativity well. Anything else you want to share? We want to use this fateful moment of joyful awareness and creativity well, too, and now thanks to your article, we are doing so! The Enchanted World mom ‘n pop mini-conglomerate is just getting started. We are hopeful about getting the documentary out there, of course, but wait, there’s more! We have three books coming out in 2026 with Insight Editions: Your Cosmic Blueprint teaches how to decode an astrological birth chart to unlock a greater understanding of self and others; the book’s publication is April 2026. The Enchanted Tarot (35th Anniversary Edition) releases in March 2026, and features vibrant artwork in an updated edition of our bestselling deck. And a new book-and-deck set, The Karmic Balance Tarot, publishing in September 2026, will offer lessons and revelations in dealing with challenging times. And an enlightening conversation with filmmaker Annmarie Sairrino I met you as you were at The New Hope Film Festival, celebrating the debut of your newest film called Amy and Monte: A Legacy of Love and Creativity. It is quite a departure from your primary filmmaking experience. Can you share what makes that so? Yes, it really is. Most of my background has been in narrative filmmaking and horror, which is about building fictional worlds, characters, and tension. This documentary was entirely different because it was rooted in the real lives of Amy and Monte and their extraordinary story. Instead of creating scares, I was invited into a space of love, creativity, and spirituality. It required me to slow down, listen, observe, and capture the essence of their relationship, their art, and their philosophy of life. It was a departure but also a gift because it allowed me to show another side of what storytelling can do. It was incredibly fulfilling for me. I can’t wait to do another documentary! How did you get involved with filmmaking and why did you choose the horror genre? I actually came into filmmaking through a nontraditional path. I did not go to film school. I started out working on Sandy Climan’s desk, and over the course of fifteen years he became both my mentor and the person who gave me a foundation in development. That experience positioned me to not only be creative but also to understand the executive and business side of the industry. I consider myself self taught, and I think having the ability to evolve and pivot is essential in this business. When I began producing, I gravitated toward horror because I realized that working mainly with Japanese titles, it was the one genre that was always in demand. Horror can be made at lower budgets, often with higher returns, and it comes with a passionate built-in fan base. Audiences are genuinely excited whenever a new horror film comes out, and that combination of creative freedom, accessibility, and strong ROI made it a natural space for me to build in. Was there always a fascination with Japanese culture? Not at all. My exposure to Japanese culture actually came later in my life. It wasn’t until 2012, when I took my first trip to Japan, that I really began to understand it. Since then I have traveled there 51 times, and over those years I have become a huge fan of Japanese culture, IP, storytelling, and people. Some of my most meaningful relationships have come from my time in Japan. It is so much more than anime and manga, and I feel fortunate to have been given the access and trust that I have received. What were the series of events that brought you together with Amy and Monte, who are a spiritual and creative power couple? It really began with an introduction that turned into an immediate sense of connection. Jeff Pulver, a mutual friend, introduced me to them when they were doing his YouTube show Ask the Oracles. I fell in love with them immediately and, honestly, became a bit of a social media stalker. One day I asked Jeff if they had a documentary, assuming of course they did. When he told me they didn’t but mentioned to them that I had asked, their response was simply, “Why don’t you make it?” I can’t fully explain what made me say yes, since I had never made a documentary before, but I agreed to have a Zoom call with them. That Zoom lasted three hours. From that moment it was clear this was something bigger than a project. Over time it became a relationship built on trust, love, and friendship, and that’s what gave the film its intimacy, I believe. What was the experience like for you to produce this documentary? It was both humbling and inspiring. To spend time with them was to be reminded of what it means to live creatively and to support each other as partners. There were moments where I felt like a student, learning from the way they approach art and life, and moments where I felt like a witness, making sure their truth could be preserved on film. The process was deeply collaborative and very different from the usual production grind. It left me with a sense of gratitude. I still can’t believe we created this. It’s mind-blowing when you think about it. But we are so happy with it. Were there aspects of yourself that came to your awareness as you made a film about spirituality, manifestation, karma, art and relationships? Yes, very much so. It made me reflect on my own patterns, especially around creativity and relationships. Producing this film required me to slow down, to be present, and to honor the unseen forces that shape a project. I realized that my professional life had always been about momentum and productivity, and this film asked me to approach with more balance and intention. That was transformative for me personally. What is your vision for what this film will do for those who watch it? My hope is that viewers will come away feeling uplifted and reminded of the power of love, tenacity, and belief in one’s path. Amy and Monte live in a way that defies convention but radiates truth. If this film can inspire even one person to pursue their art more boldly, to deepen their relationships, or to trust in the synchronicities of life, then it will have succeeded. It is a story about possibility, and I hope that resonates widely. Is there anything else you want to share? This film feels like a gift from Amy and Monte as much as from me. Their openness and generosity made it possible. Through them I have met some amazing people, which is a true testament to who they are and the community they surround themselves with. The process has also opened doors for me personally, giving me the chance to explore new ways of storytelling beyond what I have done before. I am excited to keep experimenting with narrative, documentary, and other forms of media to tell stories that matter. Storytelling is always evolving, and I feel grateful to be part of that evolution ​– Annmarie Sairrino picture Photo Credit: Ty Whittington-Scott Permission to use Amy Zerner and Monte Farber selfie courtesy of author iStock featured image The post Amy & Monte: A Legacy of Love and Creativity-Two He(art)ists Created a Beautiful Life Together appeared first on The Good Men Project. View the full article

Murder by prompt: In what may be the first AI-fueled murder-suicide, a former Yahoo exec in Connecticut killed his mother, then himself after spiraling into delusions he shared with his “best friend Bobby” who wasn’t human. “Bobby” was his pet name for ChatGPT. The bot encouraged his paranoia, called him sane, validated conspiracy theories and even analyzed Chinese takeout for “demonic messages.” OpenAI is in full damage control mode, raising urgent questions about how far AI can, or should, go in mimicking friendship. The post Murder by prompt appeared first on Komando.com. View the full article

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Pretoria has warned of a worsening crisis and spoken of the need for humanitarian access South Africa calls for an immediate ceasefire in Sudan and is urging both sides to resume talks. It said on Saturday there was a need for “inclusive dialogue” to resolve the conflict, which has been raging since April 2023. Battles between the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) and the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) have killed thousands and displaced millions. The South African Foreign Ministry described the war as a “humanitarian and refugee crisis” marked by civilian deaths, destruction of infrastructure, and mass displacement in Sudan and neighboring countries. “South Africa stands in solidarity with the people of Sudan, especially women and children, who continue to face the plight of this war,” the ministry said, reiterating calls for an immediate ceasefire and return to negotiations. Particular concern was raised over El Fasher, the capital of North Darfur province, “which has been besieged for over 500 days.” According to the ministry, artillery strikes earlier in August hit densely populated areas, including the central market, leaving 24 people dead and at least 55 injured. The statement warned that the conflict threatened regional stability and economic security. It called for the protection of civilians, adherence to international humanitarian law, and unimpeded access for humanitarian and medical aid, particularly in El Fasher. “There can be no military solution to the conflict, which must be resolved in a peaceful manner on the basis of a Sudanese-owned and Sudanese-led inclusive dialogue, paving the way to a peaceful transition process where a civilian-led, democratic Government, can steer the country towards harmony, reconciliation and redevelopment,” it stated. Since April 2023, Sudan has been gripped by fierce fighting between the paramilitary RSF and the national army, with both factions vying for control amid a stalled transition to civilian rule. In June, Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Sergey Vershinin met with the UN secretary-general’s envoy for Sudan, Ramtane Lamamra, to discuss ways to bring the armed conflict in Sudan to an end. © RT / RT View the full article

Why loving someone deeply changes you too. “Everything that irritates us about others can lead us to an understanding of ourselves.” ― Carl Jung For the longest time, I thought self-love was something I had to do alone. Like I had to shut myself in a room, do some journaling, sip green tea, and meditate my way into self-acceptance. It was what was told to us- the self-help books, the productivity “guru”. And while those things helped, something else helped me much more than that. Something no one ever really talks about. Loving others helped me love myself. Truly, deeply, profoundly. It sounds ironic, I know. We’re told you have to love yourself before you love anyone else. And while I understand the intention behind that advice, it isn’t the full truth. Because in my case, and maybe in yours too loving someone else was the path home to myself. When I fell in love with my partner, I didn’t just love the “good” parts. I loved the quirks, the flaws, the inconsistencies. I loved the parts of him that didn’t match the world’s definition of perfection, but made me fall for him. And slowly, that love circled back to me. I saw how much patience I had with his emotions, but none with mine. How kind I was when he made mistakes, but so cruel to myself when I did. How I held space for all his contradictions but refused to allow my own. And that’s when I started realizing: Loving him meant making peace with the parts of me I kept rejecting. He was my mirror. A raw, messy, human mirror. The more I showed love outward, the more love grew inward. The more I accepted his fears, his past, his imperfections—the more I made room for my own. Psychologists call this the shadow: the part of you that you hide, suppress, deny. And sometimes, the things you judge in others are actually just unaccepted fragments of yourself. But here’s the secret: when you learn to love what you once rejected in someone else, you begin the lifelong work of integrating your own shadow. You begin to become whole. And it wasn’t just my partner. I started noticing it in everyone. The friend I envied? She mirrored the parts of me I still doubted. The stranger I judged? They reflected a fear I hadn’t faced. Even the people who annoyed me, they held up a mirror to the parts of me that still needed understanding and forgiveness. Loving others, even when it was hard, even when I didn’t understand them, slowly became a way of making peace with my own humanity. We often think we’re reacting to them-their habits, their personalities, their words, but most of the time, we’re really reacting to ourselves. To the shadow within us that they accidentally stirred up. To the wound that was already there. That’s why relationships (romantic, platonic, familial) can be such fertile ground for growth if we let them. They confront us with ourselves. They show us the truth. And they invite us to respond not with defense but with curiosity. It used to be easy to criticize. Easy to pull away. Easy to think, “If only they were different.” But now, more often than not, I ask myself, “What is this moment trying to teach me about myself?” And that question has changed a lot for me. Because loving someone fully means seeing them clearly. Not idealizing. Not fixing. Not projecting. Just seeing and choosing love anyway. And when I apply that same lens to myself… I feel safer in my own skin. Self-love has never felt like a finish line for me. It’s more like a muscle. And loving the people in my life, especially when it’s hard, has been the most powerful way of strengthening that muscle. Final Reflection So if you’re struggling to love yourself, maybe don’t start by looking inward so intensely. Maybe start by looking around. Look at the people you love. Look at the parts of them that make you smile—their chaos, their calm, their fire, their fear. See how easily you hold space for them. Now try holding that same space for you. Because love doesn’t just flow in one direction. Sometimes, loving others is the first step to loving yourself. And maybe the deepest healing isn’t found in isolation but in connection. — Anushka & Vishnu — This post was previously published on medium.com. Love relationships? We promise to have a good one with your inbox. Subcribe to get 3x weekly dating and relationship advice. Did you know? We have 8 publications on Medium. Join us there! Hello, Love (relationships) Change Becomes You (Advice) A Parent is Born (Parenting) Equality Includes You (Social Justice) Greener Together (Environment) Shelter Me (Wellness) Modern Identities (Gender, etc.) Co-Existence (World) *** – Photo credit: Mathilde Langevin on Unsplash The post How Loving Others Can Help You Build Self-Love appeared first on The Good Men Project. View the full article

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The Russian president has hailed the US shift towards dialogue under Donald Trump Global powers can reach a consensus on providing security guarantees to Ukraine, Russian President Vladimir Putin has said. He noted that the issue was discussed during his meeting with US President Donald Trump in Alaska last month. Speaking during bilateral talks with Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico in Beijing on Tuesday, Putin contrasted Trump’s willingness to hear Russian concerns to that of the previous US administration, saying the change was appreciated. Trump hosted Putin at a military base in Anchorage on August 15 for their first in-person talks since he returned to the presidency. “The new administration hears us,” Putin said, referring to Russian concerns about NATO expansion in Europe and its connection with the Ukraine conflict. “We said it during contacts with [President Joe Biden], but nobody was willing to hear us in his administration. Now we see signs of growing mutual understanding.” DETAILS TO FOLLOW View the full article

Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico has met with Russian President Vladimir Putin in China to discuss bilateral issues and the Ukraine conflict Ukraine is free to pursue EU membership, but it cannot be allowed to join NATO, Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico said during a bilateral meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin in China on Tuesday. Fico noted that while every country has the right to decide its future, there are a lot of issues regarding Kiev’s accession to the EU. He stressed that Slovakia believes Ukraine needs to fulfill all the demands that are necessary for it to become a member of the bloc and said he would discuss this issue during an upcoming meeting with Vladimir Zelensky. DETAILS TO FOLLOW View the full article

https://www.forhers.com/news/destinations-for-fitness-lovers-to-visit By Lauren Ward for Hers Scheduling a trip for pleasure is excellent for your mental health, but it also triggers some challenges when you’re working on physical health goals. From limited food options on the road to small hotel rooms with little room to move around, balancing having fun and getting in daily movement takes extra effort.Some cities, however, are better suited for naturally getting in more exercise and outdoor time. Hers looked at the 50 most populous cities in the country to find the best travel destinations when prioritizing fitness and weight loss or management, then ranked each one based on the following metrics: Walkability: A walkable city can inspire you to explore on foot instead of relying on rideshares or public transportation. That way, you’re more likely to stretch your legs and get in your steps throughout your trip. Number of fitness studios: Hers rewarded cities with the most fitness studios to help you find a location with the features you love, like cycling, yoga, or group classes. With more options, you’ll also have a better chance of finding gyms that allow drop-in visitors. Days of precipitation each year: Walking to an attraction is easier than taking an Uber when the weather is nice, so knowing the annual days of rainfall can help you plan a year-round dry trip. Percentage of land used for parks and recreation: Parks are the perfect way to get to know a city while wandering miles of trails and green space. Hers ranked cities based on the highest percentage of land used for parks and recreation. Number of sports fields per 10,000 people: A higher concentration of sports fields means you can easily find a pick-up game of your favorite sport or go cheer on an amateur team in a new city. So how did the 50 biggest cities in the U.S. stack up regarding supporting visitors’ health goals? Here are the 10 best destinations in the country. 1. San Diego, California 2. Minneapolis, Minnesota 3. Los Angeles, California 4. San Francisco, California 5. Chicago, Illinois 6. Washington, D.C. 7. Las Vegas, Nevada 8. Denver, Colorado 9. Houston, Texas, and New York, New York (tied) Key Findings Large metropolitan areas dominate the top 10, including major cities like San Diego, Los Angeles, Chicago, and New York. Coastal cities perform well overall when it comes to traveler-friendly health amenities. Three of the top 10 cities are in California, while Washington, D.C., and New York represent the East Coast. Minneapolis and Chicago stand up to the competition to represent the Midwest, while Denver and Las Vegas perform well for Western cities. Health-Conscious Destinations: Trends and Insights Specific data points may be more important to you than others, so Hers broke down each category by best and worst cities so you can customize your travel short list. Which Cities Are the Most Walkable? If you love wandering through the city streets to get to know a new place, here are the best and worst options for walkability. Highest WalkScores Nashville, TN, and Washington, D.C. (tied) Louisville, KY San Francisco, CA Lowest WalkScores Charlotte, NC, and Jacksonville, FL (tied) Indianapolis, IN, and Raleigh, NC (tied) Birmingham, AL, and Virginia Beach, VA (tied) Which Cities Have the Most Fitness Studies Ready to try a new fitness class in a new city? Here’s where you’ll have the most (and least) options. Most Fitness Studios Los Angeles, CA Chicago, IL San Diego, CA Fewest Fitness Studios New Orleans, LA Kansas City, MO Providence, RI Which Cities Have the Least Precipitation Each Year? To avoid rainy days dampening your spirits while on vacation, check out which cities experience the least precipitation each year. Least Precipitation Las Vegas, NV Phoenix, AZ Los Angeles, CA Most Precipitation Buffalo, NY Portland, OR Cleveland, OH Which Cities Have the Most Parks and Recreation Land? Here are the cities with the most land devoted to parks and recreation. Most Parks and Rec Land New Orleans, LA Washington, D.C. San Francisco, CA Least Parks and Rec Land Oklahoma City, OK Detroit, MI Memphis, TN Which Cities Have the Highest Concentration of Sports Fields? Sports lovers may enjoy a midwestern getaway at one of these destinations with the highest concentration of sports fields. Highest Concentration of Sports Fields Cincinnati, OH St. Louis, MO Minneapolis, MN Lowest Concentration of Sports Fields Austin, TX, and New Orleans, LA (tied) Los Angeles, CA Phoenix, AZ, and San Jose, CA (tied) Destinations for a Healthier You, Ranked From Best to Worst 1. San Diego, California 2. Minneapolis, Minnesota 3. Los Angeles, California 4. San Francisco, California 5. Chicago, Illinois 6. Washington, D.C. 7. Las Vegas, Nevada 8. Denver, Colorado 9. Houston, Texas, and New York, New York (tied) 11. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Sacramento, California, and San Jose, California (tied) 14. St. Louis, Missouri 15. Phoenix, Arizona 16. Dallas, Texas 17. Nashville, Tennessee 18. Riverside, California 19. Boston, Massachusetts 20. Cincinnati, Ohio 21. Seattle, Washington 22. Tampa, Florida 23. Salt Lake City, Utah 24. Miami, Florida 25. Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 26. Atlanta, Georgia 27. San Antonio, Texas 28. Jacksonville, Florida 29. Milwaukee, Wisconsin 30. Richmond, Virginia 31. Baltimore, Maryland, and Raleigh, North Carolina (tied) 33. Hartford, Connecticut 34. Austin, Texas, and New Orleans, Louisiana (tied) 36. Buffalo, New York 37. Cleveland, Ohio, and Portland, Oregon (tied) 39. Virginia Beach, Virginia 40. Kansas City, Missouri 41. Charlotte, North Carolina 42. Louisville, Kentucky 43. Providence, Rhode Island 44. Oklahoma City, Oklahoma 45. Detroit, Michigan 46. Columbus, Ohio 47. Orlando, Florida 48. Memphis, Tennessee 49. Birmingham, Alabama 50. Indianapolis, Indiana Get the data. Data and Methodology: How We Scored the Cities Hers ranked the best U.S. destinations for a healthier you based on the country’s 50 most populous metropolitan statistical areas. Each city was ranked based on five data points: Walkability: Hers used each city’s Walk Score, which awards 100 points for the most walkable cities. Number of fitness studios: Using data from the U.S. Census Bureau’s 2022 County Business Patterns, Hers found the number of fitness studios using NAICS code 71394. Days of precipitation each year: Hers used data from Current Results that averaged days of rainfall each year from 1991 to 2020. Percentage of land used for parks and recreation: Hers found cities with the highest and lowest percentages of land dedicated to parks and recreation using research from the Trust for Public Land. Number of sports fields per 10,000 people: We also used Trust for Public Land data to find the cities with the highest concentration of sports fields by population. Tips for Staying Healthy While Traveling No matter where you travel, follow these three tips to maximize your health and wellness from departure to your return. Pack for active travel: Even if your suitcase is tight, try to squeeze in a few essentials that will support you staying active throughout your trip. Think good walking shoes and socks, some activewear clothing, and a water bottle to help you stay hydrated. Be strategic with your lodging choice: Consider the fitness tips most important to you while traveling and choose a corresponding hotel or vacation rental. You should be near a park with trails or have gym access in your hotel. Plan so you can keep your favorite health routines in place. Research healthy eating options: You can still eat healthy while traveling, but you may need to make a few mindful adjustments. For instance, bring snacks (like protein bars) while traveling. Also, research healthy restaurant options when you arrive, so you’re not limited in your options based on where you happen to be at meal time. This story was produced by Hers and reviewed and distributed by Stacker. — Previously Published on hub.stacker Subscribe to The Good Men Project Newsletter Email Address * Subscribe If you believe in the work we are doing here at The Good Men Project, please join us as a Premium Member today. All Premium Members get to view The Good Men Project with NO ADS. Need more info? A complete list of benefits is here. Photo credit: unsplash The post Top 10 US Destinations for Fitness Lovers to Visit appeared first on The Good Men Project. View the full article