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Health:

• YOU can now eat pigs genetically modified using CRISPR: FDA approves altered German-style sausages to be sold at restaurants and grocery stores from Daily Mail.com
• Scientists Identify Root Cause Behind Heart Damage Caused By Cancer Medication from Medical Daily
• White House: COVID-19 Vaccination Requirement 'No Longer Necessary' For Travelers, Federal Employees from Medical Daily
• COVID-19 Vaccine Makers Accused Of Trial Data Manipulation; Investigation Launched from Medical Daily
• 35 Test Positive For COVID-19 After Attending CDC Conference; Probe Launched from Medical Daily
• Face Mask Recommendation Did Nothing To Curb COVID-19 Incidence: Study from Medical Daily
• Former Guess Who drummer on life support, family calls for return mask requirements at health-care centres from Winnipeg Free Press
• Seasonal Allergies Or COVID-19? Why It's Easier To Tell With The New Arcturus Variant from Medical Daily
• Study Finds COVID-19 Vaccine Probably Won't Make Your Periods Worse from Healthline
• 2023 Operation Nightingale Enforcement Action from U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Office of Inspector General
• Eli Lilly Says New Drug Can Reduce Alzheimer's Disease Symptoms from Healthline
• Study Finds Breath Work May Decrease Alzheimer's Disease Risk from Healthline
• Sons Of Women With PCOS More Likely To Develop Obesity: Study from Medical Daily
• Obese Boys Are At Increased Risk Of Infertility In Adulthood, Study Says from Medical Daily
• Want to Lower Your Risk of Heart Disease? Try Eating Watermelon from Healthline

Happiness

• How I Found Forgiveness and Compassion When I Felt Hurt and Betrayed from Tiny Buddha
• 31 Specific Phrases to Shut Down a Gaslighting Person from Happier Human
• 9 Signs & Examples of Spiritual Gaslighting to Watch Out for from Happier Human
• Six months later, the iPhone 14 Pro is everything I love and hate about phones from The Verge
• 11 Steps for Going No Contact with Your Toxic Parents from Happier Human
• One Thing We Need to Survive Crisis, Loss, and Trauma from Tiny Buddha

Refire

Pursuit of a Higher Consciousness

• Hemp vs. Marijuana: What’s the Difference? from Healthline
• Forty-Two Percent of American Adults Use Cannabis from High Times
• Activist Preserves Legacy Of Husband Who Won Right To Medical Marijuana Grown By The Feds 45 Years Ago from Marijuana Moment
• Mushrooms Could Offer Improvements to Color Blindness, Study Suggests from High Times
• Discovering THCA Flower from High Times
• Missouri Retailers Sold $350 Million Worth Of Legal Marijuana Products Since Recreational Sales Launched Three Months Ago from Marijuana Moment
• Missouri Cannabis Sales Top $1 Billion from High Times
• Connecticut Takes in $21 Million in Legal Weed Sales for April from High Times
• Magic Mushrooms For Treating Depression, Substance Addiction? Researchers Explain How They Work from Medical Daily
• Washington State County Approves Psychedelics Decriminalization Resolution from Marijuana Moment
• Top Federal Official Touts ‘Significant Potential’ Of Psychedelics At Senate Hearing from Marijuana Moment
• Ohio State University Gets DEA License To Grow Psilocybin from High Times
• The Mushroom That Tastes Like Fried Chicken from Daily Meal

Back of the Pantry

• Meatloaf Recipe
  • 2 lb Ground Beef (80/20 or 73/27 works best)
  • 1 medium Onion finely chopped
  • 2 eggs
  • Medium size chunk of Cheddar Cheese Grated
  • 1 Tbsp Salt
  • ½ Tbsp Pepper
  • 1 Tbsp Garlic powder
  • ½ Tbsp Onion powder
  • 4 cloves Minced Garlic
  • ¼ cup Dried Parsley
  • ¼ cup Dried Basil
  • ¼ cup Dried Oregano
  • 1 cup Pulverized Pork Rinds
  • 1 Medium Can of Tomato Sauce
  Preheat oven to 375 degrees while mixing all ingredients together. Use only half the can of tomato sauce, saving the rest for the top of loaf. After thoroughly mixing, place mixture in a loaf pan and top with remaining tomato sauce. Bake for 40 to 50 min (160 internal temp). Remove from oven and let rest before removing from pan and slicing (this step is crucial for shape and moisture retention).
• Buttery Mashed Cauliflower from Cafe Delites
• Smashing Pumpkins' Billy Corgan got Blackmailed into Paying Ransom After Hacker Threatened to Leak the Band's New Songs from Ultimate Guitar
• BA’s Best Caprese Salad from Bon Appetit
• Property assessor eyeing crypto mining values from The Crossville Chronicle
• Property assessor eyeing crypto mining values from The Crossville Chronicle
• Federal ban on selling handguns to 18- to 20-year-olds is unconstitutional, judge says from CNN

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• RevCyberTrucker for the Cavalcade of Stupidity!
• Wiirdo
• Boolysteed
• Piranesi

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