The Lotus Effect

223 - Wrong Number of Vowels

2026-05-09

Your favorite petalheads discuss coffee, allergies, dreams, ADHD and anger, winning the war on AI datacenter, Soylent for real, restoring the Chinook salmon, WKRP is real, and the petalheads weigh-in on their favorite ice cream flavor.

“Sit down, strap in, shut up, and listen!” — Pheonix

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• Fuck Etsy
• Why ADHD Causes Rage and Anger and How to Manage It
• "We Can't Move Forward": Brookfield-Backed Compass Abandons Virginia Data Center Project-1:53:39
• Admit It, That Protein Shake Is Basically Soylent
• Why this tribe is buying up hundreds of acres of farmland — and flooding it
• WKRP in Cincinnati Is Now a Real-Life Radio Station
• 111-Year-Old Man, Believed to Be the Oldest in the U.S., Says These 3 Things Are the Secret to Living a Long Life

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• RevCyberTrucker for the Cavalcade of Stupidity!
• cottongin

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