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Health:

• The USDA Say It’s Time to Replace Meat With Beans
• On Ozempic? Big Food Makers Have a New Label for You
• Dietitians Say These Processed Foods Are Actually Good for You
• This is what really happens to your body when you don’t eat enough fibre

Happiness:

• After Searching for Random Hero Who Restarted His Heart in McDonald’s He Finds a ‘Lifelong Friend’
• Hero truck driver in Ohio saves 4-year-old found wandering on busy road in the cold

Tales from Rideshare/Toast and Jam:

Higher Consciousness:

• Americans Think Marijuana And Psychedelics Are Much Safer Now Than They Did A Decade Ago, Federal Study Shows
• Man pleads guilty for 'large-scale marijuana cultivation' in Big Sur wilderness

Back of the Napkin:

• U.S. Weighs Ban on Chinese-Made Router in Millions of American Homes
• Tragedy of Suchir Balaji puts 'Death by LLM' back in the AI spotlight

The Junk Drawer:

• Biden Lied About Everything: Philly Fed Finds All Jobs ""Created"" In Q2 Were Fake
• No, the Wisconsin school shooter wasn’t transgender

Last Call:

• We Regret to Bring You This Audio of Two Google AIs Having EXTREMELY Explicit Cybersex
• California Cybertruck owner’s family calls license plate backlash a ‘misunderstanding’

Images:

Credits:

• RevCyberTrucker for the Cavalcade of Stupidity!

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