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Health:

• Studies of migraine’s many triggers offer paths to new therapies
• THOUSANDS OF BOTTLES OF DULOXETINE (CYMBALTA) RECALLED
• High-Intensity Exercise Works Like An Appetite Suppressant, Study Finds
• How Ozempic, GLP-1 Weight Loss Drugs Affect the Brain to Curb Substance Misuse

Happiness:

• After Getting $4.99 Cheese-making Kit for Christmas He Now Runs His Own Creamery And Wins Awards
• 'Nothing but happiness': Phoenix Latina celebrates 100th birthday with bingo, Zumba and art

Tales from Rideshare/Toast and Jam:

Higher Consciousness:

• Snoop Dogg Confirms He Has A Staffer Who Makes Sure People He’s Smoking Marijuana With Don’t Get Too High
• There’s ‘No Linear Relationship Of Blood THC To Driving,’ Study Finds, Calling Into Question Many State Marijuana-Impaired Driving Laws

Back of the Napkin:

• We Tried Apple’s New Hearing Test—and the New AirPods Pro Hearing Aids
• 24,000 Abandoned Redbox DVD Rental Kiosks Are Leaking Sensitive Customer Information

The Junk Drawer:

• DENNY’S TO CLOSE 150 RESTAURANTS
• This town has no cell service, so the ‘electrosensitive’ have made it home

Last Call:

• Fractured Streaming So Bad Injured NFL Players Turn To Illicit Streams To Watch Their Own Teams

Images:

Credits:

• RevCyberTrucker for the Cavalcade of Stupidity!
• Boolysteed

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