Episode 153
153 - Milk of Amnesia
Your favorite petalheads discuss: bottled water, pain relief, Mucinex and pregnancy, IBS and hypnosis, happy, higher consciousness, hi-tech hijinks, fallout from Hurricane Helene, and yay or nay on pumpkin spice?
October 5, 20242h 31mExplicit
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Show Notes
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Health:
- Drinking bottled water is much worse for you than tap, scientists find
- Pain Relief Woes: Here's Why It's Risky to Take Ibuprofen Daily
- Why People on TikTok Are Claiming Mucinex Helped Them Get Pregnant
- She Was in Agony—Until She Tried This Centuries-Old Method for Relief
Happiness:
- When Dying Boy’s Life Support Was Turned off He Began Improving–and Went Home with Parents
- Stranger Carried a Senior Hiker for Hours on His Back After She Fell and Couldn’t Walk
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Tales from Rideshare/Toast and Jam:
Higher Consciousness:
- The Feds Are Hiring A Contractor To Roll Hundreds Of Thousands Of ‘Marijuana Cigarettes’ For Research
- Down from the high: States that first legalized marijuana see plummet in tax revenue
Back of the Napkin:
- Why it's time to take warnings about using public Wi-Fi, in places like airports, seriously
- Russian Hackers Are Using Fake AI 'Nudify' Sites to Steal Data
The Junk Drawer:
- Helene shuts down Spruce Pine, NC mine that is pivotal to world’s semiconductor supply
- The government doesn’t care about you
Last Call:
- UNLV quarterback leaves team, saying $100,000 NIL payment wasn’t made. The dispute didn’t have to happen
- Google's hidden AI tool turns your text into stunningly lifelike podcasts - for free. Listen for yourself
- Aphantasia Deep Dive by Google NotebookLM via Aphant Chris Abraham
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Credits:
- RevCyberTrucker for the Cavalcade of Stupidity!
- Dame Jennifer
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