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Health:

• Brief anger may impair blood vessel function, says new research
• Good carbs for optimal health
• A sum greater than its parts: Time-restricted eating and high-intensity exercise work together to improve health
• A Low Sodium Diet May Be Stressing You Out
• Ozempic Breath: How Weight Loss Drugs Can Affect Your Oral Health

Happiness:

• Couple Who Met as ‘Miracle Babies’ in Hospital Were Meant to Be Together–Now Have a Child of Their Own
• Couple in Their 80s Who’ve Fostered More Than 150 Children Have No Plans to Retire

Tales from Rideshare/Toast and Jam:

• Finally, a REAL Starbucks
• Goodnight Gracie

The Pursuit of a Higher Consciousness:

• DEA Moves To Reclassify Cannabis Under Schedule III in Historic Move, Report Indicates
• Santa Barbara County Approves Study To Address Ongoing Cannabis Odor

Back of the Napkin:

• Read All About How Paywalls Are Bad For Democracy, Right Behind This Paywall
• Man Who Mass-Extorted Psychotherapy Patients Gets Six Years
• UnitedHealth CEO admits it paid $22 million ransom to BlackCat

The Junk Drawer

• 'Do Not Disclose This Is An Ad': OnlyFans Creator Says Biden Admin Paid For 'Full On Political Propaganda'
• The Purpose Of War According To George Orwell

Dishonorable Mentions:

• Google is building a fart button into Android

Images:

Credits:

• RevCyberTrucker for the Cavalcade of Stupidity!
• Wiirdo

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