The Lotus Effect

184 - Shitpocalypse of the Week

2025-05-17

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.

“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:

• Man facing charges after major crash on Mother's Day on I-75 near Georgia-Tennessee state line claims lives

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

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Credits:

• RevCyberTrucker for the Cavalcade of Stupidity!
• Mama T

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