You might recall that back in October of last year, president of the United States Donald Trump shared an AI-generated video of himself flying a fighter jet and dropping loads of feces all over protesting Americans.
While this was a completely deranged piece of content for — once again — the president of the United States to post, and it’s probably safe to say that most people probably didn’t take this AI-generated clip as a literal threat. Did it communicate the commander-in-chief’s hostility to Americans exercising their right to protest, in this case during 2025’s “No Kings” demonstrations? Well, yes. But did we think that the president would actually unleash explosive diarrhea on Americans? We didn’t, at least — and we’re sorry to say that we were sorely mistaken.
In July, the US was hit with a wave of explosive diarrhea caused by an outbreak of cyclospora, a parasite that spreads through food and water tainted with human feces. As of this week, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) reported that the outbreak has impacted people in at least 47 states, and that suspected cases had climbed to more than 24,000. At least two people in Michigan with existing medical conditions even tragically died after contracting the parasite.
The outbreak has been linked to contaminated lettuce. (For the past month, many Americans have understandably been avoiding salads.) Taylor Farms, the company closely tied to the outbreak, issued a recall.
