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Health:

• Ozempic Maker Sued Over Claims the Drug Led to Woman’s Colon Removal
• Everything You Need To Know about Xanthum Gum, a Common Food Additive
• MIND Diet Linked with Sharper Memory, Lower Risk of Cognitive Decline
• Reducing Alcohol Intake Can Help Prevent Cancer, According to a New Report

Happiness:

• UPS Driver Saves Collapsed Grandmother, Then Brings Her Treats Every Week to Hospital: ‘She’s Family Now’
• Cat vanishes on Yellowstone trip — then determined pet treks over 800 miles back to CA

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Tales from Rideshare/Toast and Jam:

Higher Consciousness:

• Marijuana Use By Older Americans Has Nearly Doubled In The Last Three Years, AARP-Backed Study Shows
• Marijuana Legalization Is A ‘Significant Threat’ To Alcohol Industry Because People Substitute Cannabis For Beer And Wine, Analysis Finds

Back of the Napkin:

• How ‘Analog Privilege’ Spares Elites From The Downsides Of Flawed AI Decision-Making Systems
• So you paid a ransom demand … and now the decryptor doesn't work

The Junk Drawer:

• D&D, Once The Subject Of Moral Panic, Found Therapeutic In Autism Cases In Study
• Sheriff in Ohio calls on residents to write down addresses of Kamala Harris supporters

Last Call:

• JON BON JOVI SAVES WOMAN IN NASHVILLE FROM SUICIDE

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Credits:

• RevCyberTrucker for the Cavalcade of Stupidity!
• Sharky

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