Episode 176
176 - Viva la Fuck You
Your favorite petalheads discuss "natural" sugar, melatonin, sleepy drinks, food recalls, good boys, weed fairs, backdoored bluetooth, shitty appliances, and yay or nay on peeps!
March 22, 20251h 46mExplicit
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Show Notes
“Sit down, strap in, shut up, and listen!” — Pheonix
Health:
- Is Natural Sugar Really Healthier Than Refined? Here's the Answer
- Melatonin shown to improve muscle energy efficiency, offering a potential therapy to combat 'diabesity'
- 8 Drinks to Help You Fall Asleep Faster
- Beef Sticks, Hot Sauce, and More: The 5 Biggest Recalls That Happened This Week
Happiness:
- Boy Saves His Friend from Choking at School: ‘I just did my thing, which was a Heimlich’
- Four-Year-old is Ecstatic to Receive Reply to His Message in a Bottle–and Wonders if He has to Send Another Bottle Back
Tales from Rideshare/Toast and Jam:
Higher Consciousness:
- California State Fair Will Again Feature On-Site Marijuana Sales And Consumption, With New Award Categories For Blunts, Hash And Chocolates
- Atlanta’s Decriminalization Of Marijuana ‘Led To A Reduction In Violent Crime,’ New Research Shows
Lotus Tech Tips:
- Undocumented commands found in Bluetooth chip used by a billion devices
- 'Uber for nurses' exposes 86k+ medical records, PII in open S3 bucket for months
The Junk Drawer:
- Lynnwood, WA council member withdraws from position after OnlyFans controversy
- Do Household Appliances Really Not Last As Long As They Used To?
Last Call:
- Punk rock legend, ‘Scrooged’ actor dead at 75
- Nearly All Cybertrucks Have Been Recalled Because Tesla Used the Wrong Glu
Images:
Credits:
- RevCyberTrucker for the Cavalcade of Stupidity!
- Mama T and her best friend
- Dame Jennifer
- The Matriarch
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