Odds and Ends — 12 January 2025

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

Donald Trump’s fortress economy is starting to hurt America

Bitcoin slump may rebound up to 21% in 7 days if history repeats: Economist

https://twitter.com/KellyScaletta/status/1977029720052318614

When You Tell AI Models to Act Like Women, Most Become More Risk-Averse

Coronavirus and Public Health:

Mask Mandate Returns to Parts of California

https://twitter.com/FrankLuntz/status/1977035884240495072

Politics:

Afghanistan says it killed 58 Pakistani soldiers in border operations

https://twitter.com/DittiePE/status/1977005271609115100

Immigration Enforcement Hurting Food Prices

The Trump administration said that its immigration crackdown is hurting farmers and risking higher food prices for Americans by cutting off agriculture’s labor supply.

https://twitter.com/saletan/status/1976841955389976864

Trump Bringing Back Scores of CDC Experts Fired in the Day Before

The Trump administration on Saturday raced to rescind layoffs of hundreds of scientists at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention who were mistakenly fired on Friday night…
Among those wrongly dismissed were the top two leaders of the federal measles response team, those working to contain Ebola in the Democratic Republic of Congo, members of the Epidemic Intelligence Service, and the team that assembles the C.D.C.’s vaunted scientific journal, The Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report.

———— The Epstein Coverup ————

https://twitter.com/USMCLiberal/status/1976988622713970712

———— Autocracy R Us ————

https://twitter.com/TirahAtt/status/1976765451800920171

https://twitter.com/GregTSargent/status/1976977876391280964

https://twitter.com/baylisswagner/status/1976774078569828827

https://twitter.com/MalcolmNance/status/1977035594418339902

This Isn’t Crisis Response, It’s Crisis Construction

Nearly nine months into President Trump’s second term, immigration enforcement has become the administration’s primary political weapon — not to solve problems, but to manufacture fear, provoke outrage and stage an illusion of control. This isn’t a crisis response. It’s crisis construction.
The president’s team vowed to target gang members, murderers and rapists, but we’re not just rounding up violent offenders. We’re arresting working parents, students, asylum seekers and even U.S. citizens, to create made-for-TV crackdowns.

https://twitter.com/tmorello/status/1977054518216122786

https://twitter.com/Timodc/status/1977000690158600591

https://twitter.com/Timodc/status/1976731963172999356

https://twitter.com/RonFilipkowski/status/1976981949903499611

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

https://twitter.com/davidfrum/status/1977014663624962186

https://twitter.com/allenanalysis/status/1977006724994261446

https://twitter.com/Kasparov63/status/1977034233333133536

https://twitter.com/Mollyploofkins/status/1977140119560667478

https://twitter.com/YourAnonCentral/status/1977291235812688124

https://twitter.com/TVietor08/status/1977017015744487465

———— Putin&Krasnov vs. Ukraine ————

https://twitter.com/visionergeo/status/1976915769746141508

Oasis Or Training Camp? The Serbian Resort Where Russia Allegedly Plotted Unrest In Moldova

https://twitter.com/P_Kallioniemi/status/1976679917438874106

Latest refinery strike shows ‘no safe places in Russia’s deep rear’

Bashneft oil refinery in Ufa is 1,400km from Ukrainian border

https://twitter.com/visionergeo/status/1977096300572135483

https://twitter.com/rshereme/status/1976620277485171028

https://twitter.com/anyonewantchips/status/1976699968577577375

———— Hegseth on the Rocks ————

https://twitter.com/RonFilipkowski/status/1976984844900221225

https://twitter.com/JoJoFromJerz/status/1976833367514792177

———— Mors Imperii ————

https://twitter.com/Kasparov63/status/1977132092254470366

https://twitter.com/AmberWoods100/status/1976972260725735683

https://twitter.com/allenanalysis/status/1977059498800873767
https://twitter.com/donwinslow/status/1977174825757294772

https://twitter.com/BigBlueWaveUSA/status/1976819320002166936

Serendipity:

https://twitter.com/aelfred_D/status/1976767485585297472

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