“Sit down, strap in, shut up, and listen!” — Pheonix

Health:

• Allergies seem nearly impossible to avoid — unless you’re Amish
• The Sugar Substitute In Your “Healthy” Snacks May Be Risky For Your Brain Health. Here's Why
• Despite self-perceived sensitivities, study finds gluten and wheat safe for many people with IBS
• Humans used to have straighter teeth—what changed?
• Weston A. Price from the Book of Knowledge
• The Weston A. Price Foundation

Happiness:

• Lost Mother and Son ‘Did Everything Right’ to Lead Rescuers to Their Broken Car
• Guinness Record Holder for Most Premature Baby is Thriving at 1-Year Old–and All Giggles After ‘Zero Odds’ to Live

Tales from Rideshare/Toast and Jam:

• Zoom H6essential Recorder (Affiliate Link)
• Original iSesamo Spudger + Mini iSesamo Spudger Repair (Affiliate Link)

Higher Consciousness:

• WHY BIG ALCOHOL IS BETTING ON CANNABIS BEVERAGES TO WIN BACK CUSTOMERS
• Popular restaurant unknowingly drugs customers by serving them marijuana pizza, CDC report claims

Lotus Tech Tips:

• After $380M hack, Clorox sues its “service desk” vendor for simply giving out passwords
• He Had Dangerous Delusions. ChatGPT Admitted It Made Them Worse.

The Junk Drawer:

• It’s 'frighteningly likely' many US courts will overlook AI errors, expert says
• DHS Says 233,000 Unaccompanied Children Were Lost During Biden Presidency

Last Call:

• Why this nationally acclaimed S.F. pizza spot won’t serve pizza anymore
• Ozzy Osbourne, Prince Of Darkness And Counterculture Legend, Dies At 76
• Wrestling superstar Hulk Hogan dies at 71

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Credits:

• RevCyberTrucker for the Cavalcade of Stupidity!
• cottongin

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