Odds and Ends — 10 December 2025

about 2 months ago

#flashfiction

I’ve got a heavy magnetic elbow. The sad reality is that my family gave it to me as a reward. For something I didn’t even do, but too late now to tell them. The thing is worth a fortune, how they managed to pay for it is a mystery to me. Gotta admit that it’s been quite helpful for my scrap metal side hustle.

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

Japan plans major shift as crypto moves from payments to securities law

Ark Invest’s Cathie Wood: Bitcoin’s Four-Year Cycle Will Be ‘Disrupted’

Coronavirus and Public Health:

Long-COVID research just got a big funding boost: will it find new treatments?

https://twitter.com/NatureInd/status/1997941722890780897

Politics:

https://twitter.com/ReichlinMelnick/status/1998535645032231331

https://twitter.com/YourAnonCentral/status/1998415908826739107

Newsom’s Favorability Soars as He Opposes Trump

———— Stark. Raving. Mad. ————

https://twitter.com/AntiToxicPeople/status/1998567133220057348

Trump blasts "decaying" Europe but praises Orbán, Erdoğan

“NATO calls me Daddy.” — Donald J. Trump

https://twitter.com/AntiToxicPeople/status/1998578038112727423

AI Models Analyze Trump’s Latest Rant

———— Autocracy R Us ————

https://twitter.com/propublica/status/1998460173950525465

https://twitter.com/kyledcheney/status/1998257142646886581

Illinois Governor Signs Bill Imposing New Limits on Immigration Enforcement

Gov. JB Pritzker of Illinois, a Democrat, signed into law on Tuesday a measure that restricts immigration enforcement outside state courthouses and that makes it easier to sue immigration agents if residents believe their rights have been violated.

https://twitter.com/TPM/status/1998105714322190781
https://twitter.com/NormOrnstein/status/1998189942561034412
https://twitter.com/ElieNYC/status/1998445528690893145

U.S. Showing Signs of ‘Rapid Authoritarian Shift,’ Civic Freedoms Report Warns

https://twitter.com/dieworkwear/status/1998520823913787558

https://twitter.com/Fernand46357857/status/1998509261895393582

https://twitter.com/DiscussingFilm/status/1998495264190115886

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

https://twitter.com/TheMaineWonk/status/1998124454023491689

———— Putin&Krasnov vs. Ukraine ————

https://twitter.com/atrupar/status/1998476167117156605

https://twitter.com/WalshFreedom/status/1998219753295663198

https://twitter.com/RickPetree/status/1998393689668735245

Trump Gives Zelensky ‘Days’ to Respond to Peace Deal

Donald Trump’s envoys have given Volodymyr Zelensky days to respond to a proposed peace deal requiring Ukraine to accept territorial losses in exchange for unspecified U.S. security guarantees…

https://twitter.com/michaeldweiss/status/1998156056552407081

https://twitter.com/Robert4787/status/1998221392756588940

https://twitter.com/CalltoActivism/status/1998443764877242541