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Health:

• Deny, denounce, delay: The battle over the risk of ultra-processed foods
• Nestlé Launches Frozen Food Line for People Using GLP-1 Drugs
• Leafy greens are 'major source' of foodborne illnesses and costs, study finds
• A Botulism Outbreak Over Improperly Stored Mayonnaise Killed 1 Person and Sickened 75
• Working Against Nature with Dr. Cate Shannahan
• Egyptians Performed Brain Surgery 4,000 years ago: A Discovery Called a ​​‘Milestone in the History of Medicine’

Happiness:

• Engineers from 2 Countries Will Meet in the Middle to Complete the Gordie Howe Bridge, Connecting 2 Hockey-Loving Nations
• Coldplay Singer Gives Fan with Arthritis a Lift to Show: ‘Such a nice man!’

Tales from Rideshare/Toast and Jam:

The Pursuit of a Higher Consciousness:

• Consuming Cannabis Before Bed Doesn’t Cause Impairment the Next Day, Study Affirms
• Marijuana And Hemp Businesses At Odds Over Consumable Cannabinoid Ban In House Farm Bill

Back of the Napkin:

• Here's yet more ransomware using BitLocker against Microsoft's own users
• After you die, your Steam games will be stuck in legal limbo
• Massive Ticketmaster, Santander data breaches linked to Snowflake cloud storage

Dishonorable Mentions:

• Electric car chargers out of action as thieves cut cables
• ICQ messenger shuts down after almost 28 years
• Startup tracks weight-loss drugs

Images:

Credits:

• RevCyberTrucker for the Cavalcade of Stupidity!

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