🔴 Blood Moon Tonight

• A total lunar eclipse will turn the moon red tonight. The best viewing times:
  • 11:57 PM – Pre-shadow phase
  • 1:09 AM – Partial eclipse begins
• Leslie suggests using a microscope to view it. WHAT?

😴 Microsleeps Are Real & Dangerous

• Scientists warn that post-daylight savings time sleep deprivation leads to microsleeps – tiny lapses in attention that cause accidents at work and on the road.
• Barnes accuses Leslie of microsleeping through meetings and always just agreeing with the guys to end the convo.

⚡ Future Tech: Your Clothes Could Charge Your Phone

• Scientists in Sweden are developing wearable textiles that generate electricity from body heat.
• Barnes: "This is for all those people walking around at 8% battery all the time."
• Leslie: "Isn’t that dangerous?"
• Crash: "I run hot, so I’m good to go."

✈️ Southwest Airlines Drops Free Bags – Travelers Are Pissed

• After 50+ years, Southwest is ending free checked bags starting May 28th.
• Only A-list loyalty members, business fare travelers, and Southwest credit card holders will keep the perk.
• Barnes: "This screams financial trouble for Southwest."

🚽 Airline Mishaps Continue

• Air India flight from Chicago to Delhi forced to turn around after 9 out of 10 toilets clogged mid-flight.
• Leslie: "What was happening on that plane?"
• Barnes: "Too much deep dish before takeoff. Gross!"

🎧 Airlines Finally Ban Loud Devices Without Headphones

• American Airlines now bans watching movies or listening to music without headphones.

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