“Sit down, strap in, shut up, and listen!” — Pheonix

Health:

• Doctors issue urgent warning over ingredient found in popular drinks that turbocharges CANCER
• Plant or Animal Protein? It Depends on Your Age, Study Finds
• This Type Of Food Was Just Linked To Heart Disease And A Serious Brain Condition—And It's Probably In Your Pantry
• This Common Over-The-Counter Medication Increases Dementia Risk, According To Doctors

Happiness:

• Dry Cleaner Gives Away his Services to Unemployed Folks Headed to Job Interviews: ‘Just Pay it Forward’
• Stray Dog Rescued from the Streets Visits Dozens of Countries with Woman Who ‘never liked dogs’
• Supermom Sticks to Breastfeeding Schedule While Running 60 Mile Ultramarathon 6 Months Postpartum

Cavalcade of Stupidity

• Poop in my Truck

Tales from Rideshare/Toast and Jam:

• 20Bar Espresso Machine Amazon Affiliate Link)
• Gevi Conical Burr Coffee Grinder (Amazon Affiliate Link)

Higher Consciousness:

• Bill Maher And Woody Harrelson’s Marijuana Dispensary Was Burglarized
• This Skill Can Help You Unlock an Altered State of Consciousness—And Mimic the Way Marijuana Feels

Lotus Tech Tips:

• To Prove They Don’t Cheat With AI, Students Are Turning to…AI
• In 3.5 years, Notepad.exe has gone from 'barely maintained' to 'it writes for you'Already played
• Authorities Carry Out Elaborate Global Takedown of Infostealer Heavily Used by Cybercriminals
• Massive data breach exposes 184 million passwords for Google, Microsoft, Facebook, and more

The Junk Drawer:

• Waste Of The Day: Still No CA Rail Line
• Amazon sending refunds for returns it never received, as far back as 2018

Last Call:

• George Wendt, the Beer-Loving Norm on 'Cheers,' Dies at 76
• Who is General Tso—and why does he have his own chicken dish?
• Duck Dynasty Patriarch Phil Robertson Dead at 79 – ‘Now with the Lord’
• ARTIST RESPONSIBLE FOR “HANG ON SLOOPY” AND “ROCK AND ROLL HOOCHIE KOO” HAS DIED

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Credits:

• RevCyberTrucker for the Cavalcade of Stupidity!
• Sharky
• cottongin
• Mama T

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