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“Sit down, strap in, shut up, and listen!” — Pheonix
Health:
Red Meat Raises Dementia Risk, but Nuts and Beans May Have a Protective Effect
Butterbur: The Herb that Relieves Allergies, Migraines & More
Zero calorie sweetener linked to blood clots and risk of heart disease, study finds
How a legal loophole allows unsafe ingredients in US foods
Happiness:
Brad Paisley Wants to Open Another Free Grocery Store in Nashville After 5 Years of Dedicated Service
Mom calls daughter to celebrate $3,000 lottery win. Daughter informs her it’s much more
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Tales from Rideshare/Toast and Jam:
The Dirty Keto Documentary by Vinnie Tortorich
Higher Consciousness:
Bay Area dispensary owner receives $40,000 grant through equity program he called ‘anti-white’
Indica vs. sativa: Science suggests there’s not actually a difference
Back of the Napkin:
BangBros unzipped: 12 million records laid bare, users exposed
Windows Update downgrade attack 'unpatches' fully-updated systems
The Junk Drawer:
In world first, Russian chess player poisons rival’s board with mercury
A firefighter-turned-farmer’s foresight and quick thinking saved lives and property Aug. 8
Last Call:
Massachusetts Cannabis Regulators Acknowledge Failure To Collect More Than $500,000 In Licensing Fees
United Discontinuing Hemispheres Magazine: End Of An Era
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Health:
Maximize memory function with a nutrient-rich diet
The A list Ozempic user who pooped the bed at a Hollywood party
Older weight loss drugs are in demand. But are they safe or effective? And should you take them?
What plastic pollution does to your body, and what you can do about it
Happiness:
Lost Donkey Seen Living With Elk Herd 5 Years Later: ‘Living His Best Life’
Hobbyists Restores Steam Locomotive to Pristine Condition–Puffs Down the Tracks for the First Time in 44 Years
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Higher Consciousness:
'Extremely dangerous': Health experts slam doping-friendly Enhanced Games
What Are the Symptoms of Marijuana Allergy and How to Treat It?
Back of the Napkin:
New Blast-RADIUS attack breaks 30-year-old protocol used in networks everywhere
Crooks Steal Phone, SMS Records for Nearly All AT&T Customers
The Junk Drawer:
Tennessee Woman Scores A Win In Free Speech Lawsuit Filed Over Her ‘Fuck ‘Em Both 2024’ Yard Sign
What Happened When Teton Pass Collapsed
Last Call:
Ruth Westheimer, sex therapist known as ‘Dr. Ruth,’ dead at 96
Richard Simmons dead at 76: Legendary fitness guru passes away at his LA home day after his birthday
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Health:
'Ozempic Babies': How Weight Loss Drugs Can Interfere with Birth Control and Boost Fertility
$935 Diabetes Jab Can Be Made For Less Than $5, Study Suggests
We wouldn't have Ozempic without Gila monsters — their hunger-regulating venom inspired weight-loss drugs
A decade of aphantasia research: What we've learned about people who can't visualize
Happiness:
Dog Named Hero Saves Owner’s Life for Days, Fighting Off Cold and Coyotes and Getting Help
Tales from Rideshare/Toast and Jam:
The Pursuit of a Higher Consciousness:
Germany Approves Cannabis Reform Plan: Possession Legal April 1
Proposed Tennessee Rules Seek To Close Hemp THCA Loophole
Kamala Harris To Host White House Weed Policy Reform Summit With Fat Joe
Back of the Napkin:
Apps secretly turning devices into proxy network nodes removed from Google Play
TheMoon malware infects 6,000 ASUS routers in 72 hours for proxy service
Here’s our first look at Apple’s in-the-box iPhone updating machine
What we know about the xz Utils backdoor that almost infected the world
The Junk Drawer
Immunity Rejected For Tennessee Deputy Who Turned A Traffic Stop Into An Impromptu Baptism
Dishonorable Mentions:
Tennessee Senate Votes To Ban Chemtrails Because What Even The Fuck
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Health:
US Adults Refusing COVID-19 Boosters After WHO Declared Pandemic Over from Medical Daily
New CDC Study Confirms That Almost Every American Has Covid-19 Antibodies from Becker News
Jamie Foxx's Hospitalization Not Linked To COVID-19 Vaccine, Actor's Rep Clarifies from Medical Daily
Ozempic May Soon Be Available as a Pill from Healthline
Charles Barkley Lost 60 Lbs in 6 Months on Mounjaro, What Experts Think from Healthline
Ozempic Rebound from Healthline
Nature’s Ozempic: Can Berberine Supplements Really Help You Lose Weight? from Healthline
I Never Thought I’d Love a Low-Sugar Candy Bar, but Here We Are from Bon Appetit
Happiness
After Years of Walking at 4am to Haul Trash, He Graduated From Harvard Law School from Good News Network
Kangaroo Care: How Does Skin-To-Skin Contact Benefits Babies And Mothers? from Medical Daily
Refire
Jim Crow Laws from History
Jim Crow is Resurrected in Mississippi from The Daily Beast
HB 1020 from State of Mississippi
New law cracks down on freedom of speech, but just in Jackson, lawsuit says from Mississippi Today
SB 2343 from State of Mississippi
Pursuit of a Higher Consciousness
GPS Fail Sends Driver With Almost 400 Pounds of Pot to U.S.-Canada Border from High Times
New York Cultivators Have Too Much Weed on Their Hands from High Times
Antigua and Barbuda Grant Rastafari Sacramental Rights To Grow Cannabis from High Times
Delta-8 Dispute Gets In Way of Illinois Pot Reform from High Times
Back of the Napkin
OpenAI Sued For Defamation Over ChatGPT ‘Hallucination’; But Who Should Actually Be Liable? from Techdirt
Tennessee Appeals Court Says Vanity License Plates Are Likely Protected Speech from Techdirt
The Sanctions Hearing For ChatGPT Using Lawyers… Did Not Go Well from Techdirt
RIP Professor Ted from ABC News
Unabomber Manifesto from The New York Times
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Dietary Guidelines for Americas 2025-2030
Weight Loss: What I Wish I’d Known Before Taking Compounded Semaglutide
A Distorted Mind-Body Connection May Explain Common Mental Illnesses
CRAFTERIAN Stained Glass Tarot Cards
Scientists Find Drinking This Much Coffee Actually Slows Down Aging in Certain Groups
ADHD drugs work, but not the way experts thought
Forget Counting Calories, Try This Instead
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Health:
Ultraprocessed Food Makers Respond To MAHA Amid Record Lobbying Effort
FDA Announces Recall of Major Grocery Brands, From Coke and Pepsi to Hershey's, Snickers, and More, Due To Potential Rodent Contamination
Why Seasonal Allergies and Hay Fever Symptoms Are Getting Worse: Changes You Should Know
The truth about antidepressant withdrawal
Happiness:
When a Family Welcomed a Man into Their Home at Christmas, They Never Thought He’d Stay for 45 Years
A High School Supported its Star Student When She Needed it Most, 20 Years Later She Pays it Back
Tales from Rideshare/Toast and Jam:
Higher Consciousness:
California Officials Award $30 Million In Marijuana Revenue To Support Research On THC Drinks, Terpenes And Tribal Cannabis Sales
Marijuana Users Are Being Unjustly Jailed For Allegedly Driving Under The Influence, Government-Funded Study Shows
Lotus Tech Tips:
Petlibro: Your Pet Feeder Is Feeding Data To Anyone Who Asks
New York’s incoming mayor bans Raspberry Pi at his inauguration party
The Junk Drawer:
Our king, our priest, our feudal lord – how AI is taking us back to the dark ages
Washington State AG Warns Citizen Journalists To Stop Investigating Somali Daycares Or Face Potential Hate Crime Charges
Last Call:
Hackers replaced Silicon Valley crosswalks messages with Elon Musk’s voice after exposing ‘weak password,’ report says
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Health:
Ozempic Meals? Restaurants shrink portions to match bite-sized hunger
Aspartame Might Be Bad for Your Brain and Heart, Study Finds
Keep Out All Your Christmas Spices – They’re Powerful Antioxidants Known as ‘Nutraceuticals’
6 “Bad Foods” You Should Eat to Lose Visceral Fat, According to Dietitians
Happiness:
Atlanta Restaurant Provided for 100 Families During the Shutdown, Now Throws Christmas Giveaway for Them
Idaho Secret Santa is Giving a Million Dollars to Local Residents Dealing with Chaos
Tales from Rideshare/Toast and Jam:
Yahtzee with d20–timecode
Higher Consciousness:
EAST TN LAWMAKERS FROM REPUBLICAN AND DEMOCRATIC PARTIES CALL FOR NEW MARIJUANA LAWS
You Thought CBD Was for Boomers. College Students Are Using It to Survive School.
Lotus Tech Tips:
World’s largest shadow library made a 300TB copy of Spotify’s most streamed songs
Google sues web scraper for sucking up search results ‘at an astonishing scale’
The Junk Drawer:
According to This Mountain Dew Conspiracy Theory, a Disaster May be Imminent
DHS Offering $3,000 To Illegal Aliens To Self-Deport As Part Of Holiday Deal
Last Call:
Tesla’s ‘Mad Max mode’ points to a big problem for self-driving cars
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Health:
The Nordic diet can help you ‘Rebooting’ Your Eye Could Cure Vision Loss, Breakthrough Study Suggests. And It Only Takes Two Days.
Could cheese protect your brain health? Study links high-fat cheese and cream to lower dementia risk
Anti-Inflammatory Foods to Ease Pain and Boost Gut Health: Your Ultimate Inflammation Diet Guide
How swearing makes you stronger
Happiness:
‘Trashed Panda’ Story Raises $180,000 for Animal Shelter That Discovered it Drunk in the Bathroom
Trashed Panda
A Volunteer Team of Grandmas Dispense Street-side Wisdom to Those Who Need a Considerate Ear
Tales from Rideshare/Toast and Jam:
Higher Consciousness:
Trump Reschedules Marijuana. But, Wait… There’s A Catch
Wiz Khalifa Sentenced to 9 Months for Lighting a ‘Big Ass Joint’ on Stage in Romania
Lotus Tech Tips:
Senators count the shady ways data centers pass energy costs on to Americans
School security AI flagged clarinet as a gun. Exec says it wasn’t an error.
The Junk Drawer:
Seattle's Woke World Cup Agenda Implodes As 'Pride Match' Set Between Countries With Anti-Gay Laws
Harmless Christmas Card Pulled From Shelves And ""Destroyed"" After One Trans-Activist Offended
Last Call:
Rob Reiner, Legendary Comedic Actor and 'Princess Bride' Director, Found Dead in His Home
He'll Be Lucky To Have A Bookmobile: The Future Of Joe Biden's Presidential Library In Doubt As Donations Fail To Come In
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Health:
The Nordic diet can help you sleep better and live longer
Officials issue warning after discovering dangerous substances in US water supply: 'I jumped out of my chair when I saw the results'
Ultra Processed Food Risks: How Junk Food Addiction Harms Brain Health and Why a Brain Health Diet Matters
The Hidden Dangers of Keto Diet: Low Carb Risks and Ketogenic Diet Safety Explained
Happiness:
‘Dancing Wheelchair’ Helps Paralyzed Teen Feel ‘Cool’ Being a Different Sort of Dancer
Boy Sent to Christmas Nativity Show as Elvis Instead of Elf After Family Mix-up
Tales from Rideshare/Toast and Jam:
Higher Consciousness:
Tennessee Officials Reach Agreement With Hemp Industry To Temporarily Allow THCA Sales
Drone drops steak, crab legs, marijuana into South Carolina prison yard
Lotus Tech Tips:
Humanity Is Desperate for Rare Earth Elements. This Plant Is Growing Them Right Under Our Feet.
Poems Can Trick AI Into Helping You Make a Nuclear Weapon
The Junk Drawer:
Podcast industry under siege as AI bots flood airways with thousands of programs
America’s war on data centers is coming
Last Call:
Parliament-Funkadelic’s George Clinton: ‘America Made More Money Pretending to Stop Weed Than Selling It’
Gooning Was Just Named the Fetish of the Year
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Health:
Sugar vs Artificial Sweeteners: Health Effects, Aspartame Risks, and What's Worse for Your Body
Your body has a natural way of getting high (and it's not endorphins)
Why watching someone get hurt on screen makes you wince: How the brain triggers echoes of touch sensation
What is MASLD? Most common chronic liver disease affects up to 40% of adults
Happiness:
Two People from Minnesota Who Met in the Hospital After Waking up from Comas Are Getting Married
10th Grader Saves Stepfather’s Life with His Newly-Learned CPR Skills Taught in Schools
Tales from Rideshare/Toast and Jam:
Notice of $1.5 Billion Proposed Class Action Settlement Between Authors & Publishers and Anthropic PBC
Higher Consciousness:
Colorado Is Building America’s First Psychedelic Care System
Cannabis Use in Seniors Linked to Stronger Cognition and Less Binge Drinking
Lotus Tech Tips:
Humanity Is Desperate for Rare Earth Elements. This Plant Is Growing Them Right Under Our Feet.
Poems Can Trick AI Into Helping You Make a Nuclear Weapon
The Junk Drawer:
Campbell's VP Admits Soup Is "S**t For F**king Poor People" With "Chicken... From A 3D-Printer"
Uruguay Achieves 99% Green Energy After Seeking the Lowest Price for Consumers
Last Call:
Washington Moves To Soften Penalties For Child-Sex Sting Suspects
Model Reveals Former NFL Star’s Penis Size Sparked Divorce
Xbox Crocs are real
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Health:
Plant-Based or Low-Carb: Which Is Better for Diabetes Prevention?
RFK Jr. Links Aluminum in Vaccines to Peanut Allergies. Here Are the Facts
The Science That Could Change How You Think about Protein
Why you don’t want to get tuberculosis on your penis
Happiness:
Heart Transplant Survivor Has Best Day Ever as Traveling Fan for Carolina, Meeting Panthers Legend
Community Rallies to Protect Local Cobbler Until Supermarket Cancels Plans to Expand
Tales from Rideshare/Toast and Jam:
Agtonomy
Higher Consciousness:
Brazil Can’t Stop Throwing Cannabis Events — And It’s Changing the Map
‘California sober’: marijuana may help you drink less, study finds
Lotus Tech Tips:
'A Sharp Escalation': Americans Starting To Revolt Against Data Centers
Anthropic says an AI may have just attempted the first truly autonomous cyberattack
The Junk Drawer:
NTSB releases preliminary report on the UPS plane crash in Louisville. What we now know
Congressman, 71, Blames Elon For Looking at Dirty Pictures on Plane
Last Call:
Linux Creator Linus Torvalds Is Sort of Okay With Vibe Coding, Actually
SEMI-TRUCK DRIVER CITED IN CROSSVILLE FOR MULTIPLE INSTANCES OF DIESEL THEFT
PSA: IHOP Omelettes Aren’t Just Eggs—and Customers Are Shocked
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Health:
Yes, you can be intolerant to fruit and veg
The science of weight loss—and why your brain is wired to keep you fat
Formula with “cleanest ingredients” recalled after 15 babies get botulism
Metformin as a new standard of care to manage weight gain side effect of certain bipolar medications
Metformin Side Effects
Happiness:
Teen Rewarded with Cash and Job After Turning in Wad of $3,500 ‘Without Hesitation’
Boy’s Great Tagline Helps Raise Thousands For Underprivileged Kids to Afford Hockey
Tales from Rideshare/Toast and Jam:
Higher Consciousness:
You Don’t Need Duolingo To Learn Spanish. You Need Weed and a Comedian.-
Trump Signs Bill To Recriminalize Hemp THC Products, Years After Approving Their Legalization
Lotus Tech Tips:
A Huge Cannabis Hack Exposed 380k People — Now This Company Is Paying Hackers to Attack It
5 AI-developed malware families analyzed by Google fail to work and are easily detected
The Junk Drawer:
Google vows to stop scam E-Z Pass and USPS texts plaguing Americans
Three Bob Ross Paintings Sold for $600,000 at Auction in Fundraiser for Public Television
Last Call:
SODDY-DAISY MAN ARRESTED FOR SETTING WOMAN ON FIRE
MAJOR DRUG BUST AT FAIRFIELD GLADE HOME
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Health:
Seniors Who Listen to Music May Slash Their Dementia Risk by Over a Third
Experts Say This Common Drink May Be Harming Your Liver
The Ozempic effect is finally showing up in obesity data
The 7 Best Foods to Eat Before Bed for Uninterrupted Sleep, According to Nutrition Experts
Happiness:
Woman Tracks Down Long-Lost Dad Using Newspaper Ad–and Discovers 11 Siblings
She hiked the entire Appalachian Trail at 80, unaware she’d just made history
Tales from Rideshare/Toast and Jam:
Apple Podcasts supporting Podcasting 2.0 Chapters
PhoneBoy on Truth and Forgiveness
Higher Consciousness:
465 pounds of marijuana, fentanyl seized in Alabama drug raid
Brazil to Meta: Stop Censoring Weed, or I’ll See You in Court
Lotus Tech Tips:
Google pulls AI model after senator says it fabricated assault allegation
PewDiePie's self-hosted AI 'council' colludes against him
The Junk Drawer:
A colossal Buc-ee’s broke a small Colorado town
A Carnivorous ‘Death Ball’ Has Emerged from the Deep
Last Call:
Nancy Pelosi will retire after historic 20-term career in Congress
Bell bottom-era tape unearthed, could contain lost piece of Unix history
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Health:
Do Halloween treats hype kids up? Here's how to make sure you (all) get a good night's sleep
From potion to prescription: How witches' herbs became medical marvels
What Happens to Your Body When You Stop Taking Ozempic?
Blood Pressure Medication Recalled: More Than 580,000 Bottles Affected
Happiness:
80-Year-Old Grandma Who Learned to Swim at 59 Just Became Oldest Ever Female Ironman Finisher
He Won a Crayola Crayon-Naming Contest in 1992 as a Boy–Now it’s Been Voted #2 Color in the World
Tales from Rideshare/Toast and Jam:
PhoneBoy Speaks Again
Higher Consciousness:
Why California’s Treasurer Says the State’s Adult-Use Cannabis Law Is a Failure
Maryland Police Get ‘Overwhelming’ Number Of Volunteers To Smoke Marijuana And Eat Free Lunch At DUI Training For Officers
Lotus Tech Tips:
Meta denies torrenting porn to train AI, says downloads were for “personal use”
YouTube's AI moderator pulls Windows 11 workaround videos, calls them dangerous
The Junk Drawer:
GM lays off 1,700 workers making EVs and batteries in Michigan, Tennessee
Declassified MKUltra Transcripts Have Been Released. They Paint a Dark Portrait of America.
Last Call:
Missing Louisiana girl, 13, rescued from box in Pennsylvania basement
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Health:
"Almost 70% of US adults would be deemed obese based on new definition, study finds
Which alcohol is the ‘healthiest’? Scientists have an answer.
How Sugar Alcohols Might Be Messing With Your Gut
SHOULD I START SNIFFING ROSEMARY?
Happiness:
Crushed by a Car, a Stranger Comforted Him Until Help Arrived – Now They’re Getting Married
Flock of Goats Hits the Slopes of Vermont Ski Resort as Eco-Friendly Landscaping Option
Tales from Rideshare/Toast and Jam:
PhoneBoy Speaks Again
Higher Consciousness:
Colombia’s Bold Offer to Trump: Legal Weed Exports for Peace
Whiskey Company Scales Back Operations, Citing ‘Consumer Shifts’ Toward Marijuana As Alcohol Alternative
Lotus Tech Tips:
Amazon’s DNS problem knocked out half the web, likely costing billions
Robby Starbuck sues Google after AI bot accused him of sex assault, links to white supremacist
The Junk Drawer:
AI Deepfakes Fueling Digitally-Enabled Crime-Wave In The Freight Industry
Beyond Meat Crashes On Debt-Swap Plan As Fake Food Trend Goes Bust
Last Call:
Protein Powders, Shakes Test Positive for High Levels of Lead, Report Finds
Timex is resurrecting its first LCD watch 50 years later
hy doesn’t Cards Against Humanity print its game in the US? It’s complicated.
'Butt breathing' might soon be a real medical treatment
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Your favorite petalheads welcome Mrs. Bemlet and discuss Copaiba Oil, The Star in Tarot, the paranormal, and the petalheads weigh in on their favorite comfort food.
“Sit down, strap in, shut up, and listen!” — Pheonix
Health:
Why Experts Are Exploring Ketogenic Therapy For Mental Health
The Charlie Foundation
The Fibre Fix
‘OZEMPIC BREASTS’ IS TRENDING – HERE’S WHAT WE KNOW ABOUT IT
Ozempic Vulva Is Very Real, According to Terry and Heather Dubrow
Happiness:
Tourists Surprise Driver with His First-Ever Safari –Buying a Ticket So He Could Go Instead of Waiting in Car
Americans Take Home the Nation’s First Gold Medal in the ‘Cheesemonger Olympics’
Tales from Rideshare/Toast and Jam:
Higher Consciousness:
Utah Church That Uses Marijuana, Psychedelics And Vapes As Sacraments Sues Over Police Raids
The cannabis that cheats death: What frogs have to do with fresh frozen weed
Lotus Tech Tips:
Economic boom or environmental disaster? Rural Texas grapples with pros, cons of data centers
Spotify is finally taking steps to address its AI slop and clone problem
The Junk Drawer:
Your Leftovers Can Be Shocked Into Making Fuel. Scientists Just Proved It.
Trust In Media Among Americans Hits Record Low
Last Call:
Jane Goodall, renowned chimpanzee researcher and animal advocate, dies at 91
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RevCyberTrucker for the Cavalcade of Stupidity!
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Health:
IS TURNING YOUR PHONE TO RED LIGHT THE SECRET TO BETTER SLEEP?
"Yes, There’s an Ideal Length for Intermittent Fasting. It's Surprisingly Reasonable.
CAN NOISE-CANCELLING HEADPHONES DAMAGE MY EARS?
Feeding Blueberries to Babies May Reduce Allergy Symptoms and Improve Gut Health
Happiness:
"Diligent Barber May Have Saved Boy’s Life After Spotting Cancerous Lump on His Neck
"In Prisons Across Ohio, Inmates Find Meaning by Saving Orphaned and Injured Animals
Tales from Rideshare/Toast and Jam:
"EV Science
Higher Consciousness:
Medical Marijuana Reduces Anxiety And Depression, New Federally Funded Study Shows
"Is the THC % Game Rigged?
Lotus Tech Tips:
A ‘global call for AI red lines’ sounds the alarm about the lack of international AI policy
Microsoft cuts off some services used by Israeli military unit
The Junk Drawer:
Washington Forcing Speeding Offenders To Install GPS Speed Limiters
"The UK announces mandatory digital ID plans
Last Call:
YouTube will restore channels banned for COVID and election misinformation
BLEDSOE DEPUTIES EXECUTE SEARCH WARRANT AT PIKEVILLE SUNOCO
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RevCyberTrucker for the Cavalcade of Stupidity!
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Health:
What Is TikTok's Benadryl Challenge? Teen Almost Dies After Attempting Viral Trend
Exploring Benadryl for Anxiety Relief: What an Expert Says
Over 10 Cinnamon Brands Recalled Ahead of Holiday Season Due to Potential Unsafe Lead Levels
Human Gut Bacteria Can Gather Up PFAS ‘Forever Chemicals’
Happiness:
66-Year-Old Man Fulfills Lifelong Dream and Becomes Oldest Member of LSU Marching Band
A dog helped an injured wild crow. Now they’re best friends.
Tales from Rideshare/Toast and Jam:
Higher Consciousness:
Billion-dollar Chinese marijuana grow operations have infiltrated the US, experts say
Weed Causes ‘Infertility, Miscarriages, and Genetic Defects’ — That’s the Claim; the Evidence Says Otherwise.
Lotus Tech Tips:
How AI could detect signs of mental illness
Why government software remains a hacker’s playground
The Junk Drawer:
Spirit Airlines Plane Gets Too Close To Air Force One: “Pay Attention!”
Moon helium deal is biggest purchase of natural resources from space
Last Call:
Watch Out Oregon! Some Stores Sell ‘Magic Mushroom Edibles’ With No Psilocybin
Monkees musician Bobby Hart who wrote Last Train To Clarksville dies at 86
Hackers at 30: The story behind the cult cyber fairytale
I Almost Called 911 the First Time My Girlfriend Orgasmed. This Can’t Be Normal
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RevCyberTrucker for the Cavalcade of Stupidity!
Sharky
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Health:
Is cold-pressed sunflower oil healthy?
This low-calorie ingredient could be contributing to cognitive decline, study finds
The 10 Healthiest Fruits and Vegetables You Can Eat
LET’S GET TO THE BOTTOM OF THE ‘OZEMPIC VULVA’ FEAR
Pizzeria Owner Sees People Eating From Dumpster, Offers Them Free Pies and a Slice of Dignity
Happiness:
These Indian Cafes Let You Pay with Garbage: 1 Kilo of Plastic Gets You Rice, Two Curries and Dal
"Move Over, Booze: Weed Drinks Pulled $1.1 Billion in U.S. Sales in 2024
Tales from Rideshare/Toast and Jam:
Higher Consciousness:
"Move Over, Booze: Weed Drinks Pulled $1.1 Billion in U.S. Sales in 2024
What Are Cannabis Chemotypes? A Guide to Hemp’s Five Categories
Lotus Tech Tips:
This Stanford computer science professor went to written exams 2 years ago because of AI. He says his students insisted on it
Massive Leak Shows How a Chinese Company Is Exporting the Great Firewall to the World
The Junk Drawer:
Massive Leak Shows How a Chinese Company Is Exporting the Great Firewall to the World
Scientists Believe They’ve Found a Groundbreaking New Energy Source–And It’s Virtually Unlimited
Last Call:
First onshore wave energy project in the U.S. launches in Los Angeles
SUPERTRAMP LEAD SINGER DEAD AT 81
Exclusive: US warns hidden radios may be embedded in solar-powered highway infrastructure
ACTRESS POLLY HOLLIDAY PASSED AWAY ON TUESDAY AT THE AGE OF 88
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RevCyberTrucker for the Cavalcade of Stupidity!
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