209 - Toking Lesbians

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

Health:

• Ozempic Meals? Restaurants shrink portions to match bite-sized hunger
• Aspartame Might Be Bad for Your Brain and Heart, Study Finds
• Keep Out All Your Christmas Spices – They’re Powerful Antioxidants Known as ‘Nutraceuticals’
• 6 “Bad Foods” You Should Eat to Lose Visceral Fat, According to Dietitians

Happiness:

• Atlanta Restaurant Provided for 100 Families During the Shutdown, Now Throws Christmas Giveaway for Them
• Idaho Secret Santa is Giving a Million Dollars to Local Residents Dealing with Chaos

Tales from Rideshare/Toast and Jam:

• Yahtzee with d20–timecode

Higher Consciousness:

• EAST TN LAWMAKERS FROM REPUBLICAN AND DEMOCRATIC PARTIES CALL FOR NEW MARIJUANA LAWS
• You Thought CBD Was for Boomers. College Students Are Using It to Survive School.

Lotus Tech Tips:

• World’s largest shadow library made a 300TB copy of Spotify’s most streamed songs
• Google sues web scraper for sucking up search results ‘at an astonishing scale’

The Junk Drawer:

• According to This Mountain Dew Conspiracy Theory, a Disaster May be Imminent
• DHS Offering $3,000 To Illegal Aliens To Self-Deport As Part Of Holiday Deal

Last Call:

• Tesla’s ‘Mad Max mode’ points to a big problem for self-driving cars

Images:

Credits:

• RevCyberTrucker for the Cavalcade of Stupidity!
• cottongin

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