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Health:
Drug Trials Funded By Manufacturers Find 50 Percent Greater Drug Effectiveness
‘Food Noise’ Ruled Her Life for Years. Here’s How She Learned to Silence It
Ultra-processed foods: Why public health warnings could backfire
Burger King Offering Free 8oz Ranch ‘Big Dip’ Cup with Sandwiches: What Nutritionists Think
Happiness:
Pilot of Rescue Flight for Pets Impacted by Hurricanes Adopts Kitten, Finding ‘Love at 30,000 Feet’
Moment dog sees friends arrive at the beach to play with him melts hearts
Tales from Rideshare/Toast and Jam:
Higher Consciousness:
Snoop Dogg Plays Marijuana Meteorologist On The TODAY Show, Delivering Forecasts For Real Cities Like Blaze, Kentucky And Stoner, Colorado
Legal Marijuana Contains Dangerous Mold. States Approve It Anyway
Back of the Napkin:
Apple study exposes deep cracks in LLMs’ “reasoning” capabilities
THE AGE OF AI CHILD ABUSE IS HERE
The Junk Drawer:
Bath & Body Works Apologizes After Customers Claim Winter Themed “Snowed In” Candle Looks Like Ku Klux Klan Hoods – Pulls it From Shelves
Kentucky man declared brain dead wakes up during organ harvesting
Last Call:
Steam Finally Makes It Clear: You’re Buying A License, Not A Game
Ward Christensen, BBS inventor and architect of our online age, dies at age 78
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