Episode 184
184 - Shitpocalypse of the Week
Your favorite petalheads discuss okra, foods not to freeze, breathing, touching, long-lost sisters, overtaxing marijuana, persistent ransomware, the surveillance state, MFA isn’t a panacea, and your favorite springtime flowers.
May 18, 20253h 4mExplicit
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Show Notes
“Sit down, strap in, shut up, and listen!” — Pheonix
Health:
- Okra and Fenugreek Extracts Safely Remove Microplastics From Water in New Texas Research
- 6 Foods You Should NEVER Freeze, According To Experts
- How changing the way you breathe can improve your brain and body
- Touch can comfort and heal, but also harm—a psychologist explains why gestures don't always land as intended
Happiness:
- 12-Year-old Taught Himself to Bake Fantastic Cakes–by Watching YouTube Videos" "12-Year-old Taught Himself to Bake Fantastic Cakes–by Watching YouTube Videos
- Women Reunited With Sister After DNA Test and 57-year Search Ends the Mystery of a Forced Adoption
Tales from Rideshare/Toast and Jam:
Higher Consciousness:
- CBP officers seize $875K in marijuana disguised as a shipment of men's overalls
- Marijuana insiders say Gov. Whitmer’s proposed 32% tax would strangle golden goose
Lotus Tech Tips:
- You think ransomware is bad now? Wait until it infects CPUs
- License Plate Reader Company Flock Is Building a Massive People Lookup Tool, Leak Shows
- VPN owner shows buyer’s remorse; claims was unaware of lifetime subscriptions
- Why MFA is getting easier to bypass and what to do about it
The Junk Drawer:
- 3M Settles New Jersey's 'Forever Chemicals' Contamination Lawsuit For $450 Million
- Thousands of Starbucks baristas strike over new dress code
Last Call:
- EAST TENNESSEE EARTHQUAKE RANKS AMONG STRONGEST IN REGION’S HISTORY
- Metallica's 'Enter Sandman' Performance Registers Seismic Activity
- Joe Don Baker, star of 'Walking Tall' and James Bond films, dies at 89
- Software glitch inadvertently cancels thousands of Oklahoma marijuana business licenses
Images:
Credits:
- RevCyberTrucker for the Cavalcade of Stupidity!
- Mama T
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