The Lotus Effect

226 - Slutty Siren

2026-06-06

Your favorite petalheads discuss stress and sex, listening and talking in your sleep, heat and your brain, Florida suing OpenAI, Paul McCartney and weed, toxic soil, cola and your kidneys, and the petalheads discuss how they handle electronic-induced rage

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

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Links:

• Why stress can outlast the event: Dopamine tied to lingering sexual suppression in fruit fly study
• Scientists Discovered Something Unsettling About Your Brain Under Anesthesia
• They call it stupid hot for a reason: Heat muddles animal brains
• Florida Sues OpenAI and CEO Sam Altman, Alleges Altman Showed ‘Utter Disregard for the Risk to Human Life’
• How Many Times Was Paul McCartney Arrested for Weed?
• Can your brain talk to others while asleep? This experiment says yes
• Los Angeles Families Are Rebuilding Homes on Toxic Soil — And Federal Agencies Stopped Testing Before They Finished the Job
• What Happens to Your Kidneys When You Drink Dark-Colored Soda Every Day
• Iconic American Beer Brand Discontinued After 177 Years

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• RevCyberTrucker for the Cavalcade of Stupidity!
• cottongin

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