Odds and Ends — 1 July 2025

Cryptocurrency, Investing, Money, Economy, Business, AI, and Debt:

For Hive Power Up Day, I staked 193.004 HIVE.

Bitget Wallet Launches Crypto-Linked Mastercard in Partnership with Immersve

US dollar suffers worst start to year since 1973

Donald Trump’s trade policies and rising debt levels have sparked decline of more than 10% in first half of 2025

The Salvadoran beach town that became a Bitcoin testbed

Coronavirus and Public Health:

Moderna’s flu vaccine shows positive late-stage trial results, paving way for combination Covid shot

https://twitter.com/RadioFreeTom/status/1939876343505666183

Politics:

https://twitter.com/Logically_JC/status/1939685833725948016

Trump’s Bill Would Unleash a ‘Tidal Wave of Pain’

The ‘big, beautiful bill’ slashes food and health benefits for the poorest Americans, while giving tax cuts to higher earners — blowing a hole in the nation’s safety net, according to healthcare experts and advocates for lower-income people.
Experts say the cuts could unleash a tidal wave of pain — overcrowded emergency rooms, an increase in chronic health care issues, more medical debt, and more folks going hungry.

https://twitter.com/DarrigoMelanie/status/1939800399805845613

Thai prime minister suspended over leaked phone call

https://twitter.com/Mikel_Jollett/status/1940036157645234482

———— Autocracy R Us ————

https://twitter.com/MollyJongFast/status/1939643544542568480

Pam Bondi sues Los Angeles alleging discrimination against ICE agents

Good luck with that. As far as I know, ICE agent is not a protected class.

ICE detentions of non-criminal immigrants spike; about 8% have violent convictions, analysis of new data shows

‘The Cruelty Is the Point’

…Trump is heading to the Florida Everglades today to inaugurate a sprawling new detention center for undocumented migrants.
The facility, located on a former airstrip outside Miami, has already earned the nickname “Alligator Alcatraz.”

https://twitter.com/WUTangKids/status/1940045897947390375

https://twitter.com/Acyn/status/1940025858506596861

https://twitter.com/JasonBassler1/status/1939770664778707251

———— Blatant In-Your-Face Corruption ————

https://twitter.com/NormOrnstein/status/1939803948883615797

https://x.com/BrianKarem/status/1939876966347489583
https://twitter.com/DavidShuster/status/1939850345590501771

———— Putin&Krasnov vs. Ukraine ————

https://twitter.com/RonFilipkowski/status/1939638178505252864

https://twitter.com/olddog100ua/status/1939690087253409886

———— Smoot-Hawley 2.0 ————

Powell confirms that the Fed would have cut by now were it not for tariffs

———— Melon Husk ————

https://twitter.com/mmpadellan/status/1939804259752509702

Elon Musk Could Have the Keys to Sensitive Data

For months, Elon Musk’s U.S. DOGE Service plumbed the federal government’s information systems, scouring arcane internal records that the billionaire said were guiding his hunt for waste.
Now that Musk has stepped away from his government role, some of that data could be valuable in another way — by giving the world’s richest man a competitive advantage over his rivals in the private sector.

Tesla Shares Sink as Musk-Trump Feud Reignites

Trump Suggests Elon Musk Could Be Deported

———— Hegseth on the Rocks ————

https://twitter.com/cwebbonline/status/1939885482827292818

———— Mors Imperii ————

https://twitter.com/theliamnissan/status/1939721061710574072

https://twitter.com/RonFilipkowski/status/1940037298458157352

Serendipity:

https://twitter.com/RickyDoggin/status/1939172838025634016

https://twitter.com/AmericanGwyn/status/1939493540385751114

A Classic Childhood Pastime Is Fading

Kids on bikes once filled the streets. Not anymore.

And, at least in my neighborhood, of the kids who are on bikes, three-quarters of them are riding e-bikes so they’re not even getting exercise.

https://twitter.com/preparedwombat/status/1939532085556858921

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