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Health:

• Breathing through your nose when you exercise may make your runs easier
• The more we exercise, the longer we lounge around, study shows
• Should children with diabetes or pre-diabetes go on a low-carb diet?
• Ozempic for weight loss is disrupting companies' business model
• Mounjaro May Be Better than Fast-Acting Insulin for Uncontrolled Type 2 Diabetes
• AI predictive models shown to be unreliable over time in clinical settings
• Large analysis shows high red meat consumption likely to increase the risk of cardiovascular disease and diabetes
• California becomes first state to ban four additives in food
• Researchers document how surge of cheap, flavored cigars targets young consumers
• On nutrition: Promising news about cheese

Happiness:

• Scientists Prove Gingers Are Totally Normal–Having Been Around for Millions of Years in Other Species

Toast and Jam:

• Cavalcade of Stupidity: Tom Lehrer
• Autonomous Taxis in Nashville
• 75 Hard

The Pursuit of a Higher Consciousness:

• Study: Cannabis Use Associated With Lower Kidney Stone Risk in Male Users
• Marijuana Consumers Who Caught COVID Had ‘Better Outcomes And Mortality’ Than Nonusers, Study Finds
• Connecticut Continues To Sell $25M Per Month in Combined Adult-Use, Medical Pot
• Study: AI Can Tell if You’re Stoned by Reading Your Smartphone Data

Back of the Napkin:

• Kapusta Recipe
  Ingredients:
  • 1 head of green cabbage, shredded
  • 1 pound Kielbasa, sliced into 1/2-inch pieces
  • 1 onion, chopped
  • Several cloves of chopped garlic, to taste
  • Cooking oil of choice
  • 1 16-oz can sauerkraut
  • 12 oz. tomato juice or V8
  Directions:
  • You'll need a large pot or a Dutch oven.
  • Saute onion and garlic in oil until onion is translucent. Add cabbage, meat, and sauerkraut.
  • Add tomato juice, then three more 12-ounce measures of water.
  • Heat to boiling, then lower to a simmer. Cover pot and check on it occasionally to make sure you don't need to top up with water (as cabbage cooks down, this won't be a problem). Once cabbage has cooked down, stir every half hour or so.
  Notes:
  • Sour cream on top is divine, and it goes well with pierogi. Left-overs are better the next day because the flavors continue to marinade.
• It's 2023 and Microsoft WordPad can be exploited to hijack vulnerable systems
• Facial Recognition Tech Again Fingers The Wrong Person For The Job
• 38TB of data accidentally exposed by Microsoft AI researchers
• Elon Musk Decides ‘Who Needs Headlines, When We Can Just Have Pretty Pictures?’; Suspends Account That Made Fun Of Him

The Junk Drawer

• Plate & Bowl on the market: Owners say they ‘haven’t been able to rebound from negative social media'
• Smith & Wesson Celebrates New Tennessee Headquarters After Ditching Massachusetts
• EL AL Operating Saturday Flights For First Time In 41 Years
• Popular porn sites now display unproven health warnings thanks to Texas law

Dishonorable Mentions:

• Cris Collinsworth had jokes about a Niners fan proposing to Cowboys fan after a terrible Dallas loss
• Bone Smashing TikTok Trend Isn't Just Dangerous, It Doesn’t Work

Images:

Credits:

• RevCyberTrucker for the Cavalcade of Stupidity!
• sergiostars
• Wiirdo
• Boolysteed
• Piranesi
• Phaze_Zilla
• Sharky
• marykateultra

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