<p>“Sit down, strap in, shut up, and listen!” — Pheonix</p>
<h3>Health:</h3>
<ul>
<li><a href="https://www.zerohedge.com/medical/drug-trials-funded-manufacturers-find-50-percent-greater-drug-effectiveness">Drug Trials Funded By Manufacturers Find 50 Percent Greater Drug Effectiveness</a></li>
<li><a href="https://www.healthline.com/health-news/stop-food-noise-weight-loss">‘Food Noise’ Ruled Her Life for Years. Here’s How She Learned to Silence It</a></li>
<li><a href="https://medicalxpress.com/news/2024-10-ultra-foods-health-backfire.html">Ultra-processed foods: Why public health warnings could backfire</a></li>
<li><a href="https://www.healthline.com/health-news/burger-king-ranch-dip-cup">Burger King Offering Free 8oz Ranch ‘Big Dip’ Cup with Sandwiches: What Nutritionists Think</a></li>
</ul>
<h3>Happiness:</h3>
<ul>
<li><a href="https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/pilot-of-rescue-flight-for-pets-impacted-by-hurricanes-adopts-kitten-finding-love-at-30000-feet/">Pilot of Rescue Flight for Pets Impacted by Hurricanes Adopts Kitten, Finding ‘Love at 30,000 Feet’</a></li>
<li><a href="https://archive.ph/ld4sH">Moment dog sees friends arrive at the beach to play with him melts hearts</a></li>
</ul>
<h3>Tales from Rideshare/Toast and Jam:</h3>
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<h3>Higher Consciousness:</h3>
<ul>
<li><a href="https://www.marijuanamoment.net/snoop-dogg-plays-marijuana-meteorologist-on-the-today-show-delivering-forecasts-for-real-cities-like-blaze-kentucky-and-stoner-colorado/">Snoop Dogg Plays Marijuana Meteorologist On The TODAY Show, Delivering Forecasts For Real Cities Like Blaze, Kentucky And Stoner, Colorado</a></li>
<li><a href="https://apple.news/A_UtYaa-aTRWO7lFiXKsUfg">Legal Marijuana Contains Dangerous Mold. States Approve It Anyway</a></li>
</ul>
<h3>Back of the Napkin:</h3>
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<li><a href="https://arstechnica.com/ai/2024/10/llms-cant-perform-genuine-logical-reasoning-apple-researchers-suggest/">Apple study exposes deep cracks in LLMs’ “reasoning” capabilities</a></li>
<li><a href="https://archive.ph/vTSHN">THE AGE OF AI CHILD ABUSE IS HERE</a></li>
</ul>
<h3>The Junk Drawer:</h3>
<ul>
<li><a href="https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2024/10/bath-body-works-apologizes-after-customers-claim-winter/">Bath & Body Works Apologizes After Customers Claim Winter Themed “Snowed In” Candle Looks Like Ku Klux Klan Hoods – Pulls it From Shelves</a></li>
<li><a href="https://archive.ph/gPEc0">Kentucky man declared brain dead wakes up during organ harvesting</a></li>
</ul>
<h3>Last Call:</h3>
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<li><a href="https://www.techdirt.com/2024/10/17/steam-finally-makes-it-clear-youre-buying-a-license-not-a-game/">Steam Finally Makes It Clear: You’re Buying A License, Not A Game</a></li>
<li><a href="https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2024/10/ward-christensen-bbs-inventor-and-architect-of-our-online-age-dies-at-age-78/">Ward Christensen, BBS inventor and architect of our online age, dies at age 78</a></li>
</ul>
<h3>Images:</h3>
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<h3>Credits:</h3>
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