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

Health:

• Plant-Based or Low-Carb: Which Is Better for Diabetes Prevention?
• RFK Jr. Links Aluminum in Vaccines to Peanut Allergies. Here Are the Facts
• The Science That Could Change How You Think about Protein
• Why you don’t want to get tuberculosis on your penis

Happiness:

• Heart Transplant Survivor Has Best Day Ever as Traveling Fan for Carolina, Meeting Panthers Legend
• Community Rallies to Protect Local Cobbler Until Supermarket Cancels Plans to Expand

Tales from Rideshare/Toast and Jam:

• Agtonomy

Higher Consciousness:

• Brazil Can’t Stop Throwing Cannabis Events — And It’s Changing the Map
• ‘California sober’: marijuana may help you drink less, study finds

Lotus Tech Tips:

• 'A Sharp Escalation': Americans Starting To Revolt Against Data Centers
• Anthropic says an AI may have just attempted the first truly autonomous cyberattack

The Junk Drawer:

• NTSB releases preliminary report on the UPS plane crash in Louisville. What we now know
• Congressman, 71, Blames Elon For Looking at Dirty Pictures on Plane

Last Call:

• Linux Creator Linus Torvalds Is Sort of Okay With Vibe Coding, Actually
• SEMI-TRUCK DRIVER CITED IN CROSSVILLE FOR MULTIPLE INSTANCES OF DIESEL THEFT
• PSA: IHOP Omelettes Aren’t Just Eggs—and Customers Are Shocked

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Credits:

• RevCyberTrucker for the Cavalcade of Stupidity!
• Sharky

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