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Health:

• ‘It’s a death sentence’: US health insurance system is failing, say doctors
• Got a Desk Job? Skip The Hours In Gym—Doctor Recommends Doing This Every 45 Minutes
• Influential podcasts fuel 'harmful' health misinformation
• More Than Half of People with Diabetes Are Deficient in This Vitamin, New Study Suggests-

Happiness:

• Pub Owner Adopts Dog After it Dashed into Bar When Owner Died in Car Crash–Now He’s a Local Favorite
• California Fire Chief Saves Altadena Homes from Blaze with Nothing but Milk and ‘a Couple Beers’

Tales from Rideshare/Toast and Jam:

• ForkLyfted - 489-Pound Rapper Sues After Rideshare Driver Says 'You Can't Fit'
• STARBUCKS’ MOST BELOVED OFFERING IS DISAPPEARING

Higher Consciousness:

• Washington Lawmakers Consider Bills To Legalize Home Marijuana Cultivation And Allow Direct-To-Consumer Sales By Farmers
• Former Purdue football player drove 96 mph with over 1 pound of marijuana in car, police say

Back of the Napkin:

• CDNs: Great for speeding up the internet, bad for location privacy
• 'Just give me the f***ing links!'—Cursing disables Google’s AI overviews

The Junk Drawer:

• Man reacts to seeing Times Square and iPhones in modern age after spending 44 years in prison
• Aliens From a Parallel Universe May Be All Around Us—And We Don’t Even Know It, Study Suggests

Last Call:

• Walmart broccoli recall elevated to highest level by FDA over risk of ‘death’

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Credits:

• RevCyberTrucker for the Cavalcade of Stupidity!

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