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Health:

• Can practicing self-compassion help people achieve weight loss goals?
• Only 6% of People Can Achieve Type 2 Diabetes Remission Via Weight Loss
• People Who Go Into Type 2 Diabetes Remission See 40% Drop in Heart Disease Risk
• Ozempic burned off my genitals — I found pieces of charred skin on the toilet
• How emotions affect word retrieval in people with aphasia

Happiness:

• Teen Who Was Told He’d Never Walk with Cerebral Palsy Just Took 1st Place in Bodybuilding Competition
• 16th c. Scottish Plaid was Found in a Bog–Now Becomes Oldest Historical Tartan Available to Wear Today
• Scores of Endangered Butterflies Slated to Be Released Along California Coast Using $1.5 Million Private Grant

Toast and Jam:

The Pursuit of a Higher Consciousness:

• Connecticut Legal Loophole Allows THC Seltzers at Liquor Stores
• Ohio Marijuana Law Has Created A ‘Goofy Situation,’ Governor Says, With Legal Possession But No Place To Buy It
• FDA Officials Recommend Reclassifying Pot Under Schedule III, How That Changes Everything
• Missouri Sold More Than $1.3 Billion Worth Of Legal Marijuana In 2023, State Figures Show
• California woman gets probation for fatally stabbing man she dated, causing 108 'sharp-force injuries'

Back of the Napkin:

• State Lawmaker Tries To Ratf*ck Community-Owned Broadband Effort In Frankfort, Kentucky
• ‘AI’ Exposes Google News Quality Control Issues, Making Our Clickbait, Plagiarism, And Propaganda Problem Worse
• How bad is Tesla’s hazardous waste problem in California

The Junk Drawer

• George Carlin’s heirs sue comedy podcast over “AI-generated” impression
• In major gaffe, hacked Microsoft test account was assigned admin privileges
• In The Midst Of Multiple Controversies Of His Own Making, NYC Mayor Adams Decides The Real Problem… Is Social Media

Dishonorable Mentions:

• Proposed CA bill would electronically restrict cars from going over speed limit
• They Created This Term to Smear Average Americans. Now It’s Come Back to Haunt Them.
• A SIM-swapping attack was behind the SEC’s fake Bitcoin post
• In-N-Out announces first restaurant closure ever, citing Oakland crime

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Credits:

• RevCyberTrucker for the Cavalcade of Stupidity!
• Wiirdo
• Phaze_Zilla
• WY7USA

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