206 - Stripper Yeast

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

Health:

• Sugar vs Artificial Sweeteners: Health Effects, Aspartame Risks, and What's Worse for Your Body
• Your body has a natural way of getting high (and it's not endorphins)
• Why watching someone get hurt on screen makes you wince: How the brain triggers echoes of touch sensation
• What is MASLD? Most common chronic liver disease affects up to 40% of adults

Happiness:

• Two People from Minnesota Who Met in the Hospital After Waking up from Comas Are Getting Married
• 10th Grader Saves Stepfather’s Life with His Newly-Learned CPR Skills Taught in Schools

Tales from Rideshare/Toast and Jam:

• Notice of $1.5 Billion Proposed Class Action Settlement Between Authors & Publishers and Anthropic PBC

Higher Consciousness:

• Colorado Is Building America’s First Psychedelic Care System
• Cannabis Use in Seniors Linked to Stronger Cognition and Less Binge Drinking

Lotus Tech Tips:

• Humanity Is Desperate for Rare Earth Elements. This Plant Is Growing Them Right Under Our Feet.
• Poems Can Trick AI Into Helping You Make a Nuclear Weapon

The Junk Drawer:

• Campbell's VP Admits Soup Is "S**t For F**king Poor People" With "Chicken... From A 3D-Printer"
• Uruguay Achieves 99% Green Energy After Seeking the Lowest Price for Consumers

Last Call:

• Washington Moves To Soften Penalties For Child-Sex Sting Suspects
• Model Reveals Former NFL Star’s Penis Size Sparked Divorce
• Xbox Crocs are real

Images:

Credits:

• RevCyberTrucker for the Cavalcade of Stupidity!
• cottongin

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