The Lotus Effect

138 - Hawaii Bastards

2024-06-15

Your favorite petalheads discuss BRI, Xylitol, Statins and Cancer, Plant-Based Ultra-Processed Foods, happy, higher consciousness, hi-tech hijinks, and S'mores yay or nay?

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

Health:

• Is the Body Roundness Index the New BMI? What it Says About Your Health
• Artificial Sweetener Xylitol Linked to Increased Stroke, Heart Attack Risk
• Statins May Help Prevent Cancer in Addition to Lowering Cholesterol
• Plant-Based Ultra-Processed Foods May Raise Your Risk of Heart Disease and Early Death

Happiness:

• Dog Runs Four Miles to Get Help for Owner Who Crashed Car into Oregon Ravine
• Wild Horses Return to Kazakhstan Plains After Two Centuries of Absence
• Retired engineer discovers 55-year-old bug in Lunar Lander computer game code

Tales from Rideshare/Toast and Jam:

• Cards Against Formality

The Pursuit of a Higher Consciousness:

• Get Paid To Smoke Pot, in the Name of Science
• 12 People Sickened After Eating Mushroom Chocolates, FDA Warns

Back of the Napkin:

• Snowflake tells customers to enable MFA as investigations continue
• Hackers Target AI Users With Malicious Stable Diffusion Tool on GitHub to Protest 'Art Theft'

The Junk Drawer:

• Elon Sued His Critics, But Reporters Keep Exposing How He’s Monetizing Hate
• Vinnie Tortorich Dirty Keto Documentary
• VW Is Shifting Billions From EV Plans to Gas Car Development

Dishonorable Mentions:

• Disaster narrowly avoided as plane clears Bristol Airport runway with just seconds to spare
• City Sued For $1 Million After Cop Murders A Tiny Dog For The Crime Of Being Lost
• Lime Scooters Geofences 'No Go Zone' Over Pride Flag On Spokane City Street

Images:

Credits:

• RevCyberTrucker for the Cavalcade of Stupidity!

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