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NASGate Treatise

• Where on the Doll PNS was touched by the Podfather
• Eriner on why noagendasocial.com became noauthority.social
• 39 - Mirror Mirror
• Do Not Blame Social Media for How Diversity Has Divided Societyr

Health:

• Woman will suffer diarrhea FOREVER after Ozempic caused horror bowel injury
• Energy Drinks Linked to ADHD, Anxiety, and Depression In Kids, Young Adults
• The Risks and Effectiveness of 5 Popular ‘Budget Ozempic’ Alternatives for Weight Loss
• Eli Lilly Warns Against Using GLP-1 Drugs Like Mounjaro for Cosmetic Weight Loss

Happiness:

• Dead’ Man Jolted Back to Life by the Intolerable Bumps of India’s Potholes
• Hulk Hogan just rescued a teen girl after a crazy driver flipped her car on the highway
• 12-year-old Uses Boy Scout Know-How to Rescue Lost Couple and injured Dog on a Hike

Toast and Jam:

The Pursuit of a Higher Consciousness:

• Rhode Island’s new bill would make it legal to cultivate psylisobin less than 1 oz
• Washington D.C. council approves penalty for unlicensed weed gifting shops

Back of the Napkin:

• Apple Watch no longer sold with blood oxygen monitoring after patent battle loss
• Amazon Brand Spammers Are Getting Lazy, And Letting Failed ChatGPT Queries Name Products ‘I Cannot Fulfill This Request It Goes Against OpenAI Use Policy’
• Chrome Updates Incognito Warnings to Admit Google tracks users in 'private' mode
• 'A Bunch of Dead Robots:' Frigid Chicago Temps Turn EV Charging Stations into 'Car Graveyards
• Inventor of NTP protocol that keeps time on billions of devices dies at age 85

The Junk Drawer

• The TSA Plans Big Digital ID Push in 2024
• Students Dressed as Furries Could be Collected by Animal Control if New Oklahoma Bill Passes

Dishonorable Mentions:

• eBay fined millions for employees who sent live spiders and cockroaches to a Massachusetts couple
• San Francisco Bets Big On Surveillance, Blankets City With 400 Automatic License Plate Readers
• Bulk Suspicion: Typo In Geofence Warrant Created Two-Mile Long Dragnet
• Only 11 Senators Care to Know if Israel Is Violating Human Rights

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Credits:

• RevCyberTrucker for the Cavalcade of Stupidity!

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