Today’s Solutions: August 26, 2026

The Optimist Daily Update with Summers McKay & Kristy Jansen – Your weekday update from The Optimist Daily featuring discussions of our top positive news solutions from independent, reader-funded, journalists. Today we talk all things fishy and Kristy shares how she’s been spending her quarantine free time. Listen to The Optimist Daily Update with Summers & Kristy – Making Solutions the News!

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In France, peace and quiet is now a legal right by banning unsolicited cold c...

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Throwing food waste in the trash is now illegal in Vermont

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