Odds and Ends — 11 October 2025

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

Red Uptober? Crypto Liquidations Top $1 Billion as Bitcoin, Ethereum and Solana Erase Gains

Crypto.com CEO calls for probe into exchanges after $20B liquidations

Senate Democrats' Leaked Crypto Position Would Strangle DeFi, Industry Insiders Say

Coronavirus and Public Health:

Data suggest 29% to 64% efficacy of 2024-25 COVID vaccine against poor outcomes in US veterans

https://twitter.com/kylegriffin1/status/1976822618209894697

Politics:

https://twitter.com/daveweigel/status/1976665423224729725
https://twitter.com/ChrisMurphyCT/status/1976768435989496157

Retribution Is Here

If the secret to understanding a strongman is to identify his greatest weakness, one place to start with Donald Trump is his obsession with his own eventual obituaries. Trump knows that they will mention his history-making presidencies, his ostentatious wealth, and his unusual charisma—but he also is aware that when he dies, people will remember his conviction on 34 felony counts, and that there is nothing he can do about it.
Even now, White House officials have told me, Trump rages about how his guilty verdict is sure to be mentioned way up high in his obituaries.

https://twitter.com/RonFilipkowski/status/1976672449610792991

MIT Rejects Trump’s Sweeping ‘Compact’

The Massachusetts Institute of Technology became the first university to reject a sweeping proposal from the Trump administration offering colleges funding advantages in exchange for far-reaching campus reforms.
Said MIT President Sally Kornbluth: “In our view, America’s leadership in science and innovation depends on independent thinking and open competition for excellence. The people of MIT gladly compete with the very best, without preferences. Therefore, with respect, we cannot support the proposed approach to addressing the issues facing higher education.”

Trump Hosts ‘Antifa Roundtable’

Trump just hosted an ‘Antifa roundtable’ at the White House. It was so much worse than you’re imagining.

https://twitter.com/krassenstein/status/1976549229092032936

https://twitter.com/jmontforttx/status/1976714874500665725

President Trump announced Friday he will raise tariffs on China in response to a move from Beijing to tighten its control over certain critical minerals and rare earth elements.
Trump announced on Truth Social that he would impose a tariff of 100 percent on Chinese goods beginning Nov. 1 or sooner. Those tariffs will supersede existing duties already in place on Chinese goods.
Said Trump: “It is impossible to believe that China would have taken such an action, but they have, and the rest is History.”

It’s only “impossible to believe” if you’re a moron.

———— Hegseth on the Rocks ————

https://twitter.com/juliettekayyem/status/1976442139161809007

———— Mors Imperii ————

https://twitter.com/ChrisO_wiki/status/1976532277585904079

Trump Nominee Accused of Sexual Harassment

In late July, Paul Ingrassia, the White House liaison for the Department of Homeland Security, arrived at a Ritz-Carlton in Orlando with a lower-ranking female colleague and others from their department. When the group reached the front desk, the woman learned she didn’t have a hotel room.
Ingrassia then informed her that she would be staying with him… Eventually the woman discovered that Ingrassia had arranged ahead of time to have her hotel room canceled so she would have to stay with him.

https://twitter.com/USA_Polling/status/1976391887121723396

https://twitter.com/ruthbenghiat/status/1976618573314367755

https://twitter.com/RBReich/status/1976701813282791695