Odds and Ends — 18 November 2025

@preparedwombat 78

5 months ago

oddsandends

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

Figment, OpenTrade debut Solana-based stablecoin product targeting 15% APR

https://twitter.com/TheMaineWonk/status/1990488575264371020

The next recession is coming — and this time, you’re the collateral

https://twitter.com/TaraSetmayer/status/1990547092235039127

Two Technical Signals Hinting at a Bitcoin Bear Market

Coronavirus and Public Health:

A very small sample size makes this experiment a bit suspect but FWIW, A Simple Daily Supplement May Help Ease Lingering Long COVID Symptoms

Politics:

https://twitter.com/adamscochran/status/1990507797927375178

WTF? The official White House account actually posted this on Twitter.

UN Security Council Adopts U.S. Peace Plan for Gaza

Russia and China abstained in the vote, which provides a legal mandate for the Trump administration’s vision of how to move past the cease-fire to rebuild the war-ravaged enclave after two years of war.

Well, I was wrong. I thought that at least one of them would veto it. Maybe they decided that letting the U.S. stroll into a quagmire might not be a bad thing.

https://twitter.com/RonFilipkowski/status/1990518349676360192

Nevada Supreme Court revives criminal case over Trump elector gambit

The 6-0 decision comes just days after Trump pardoned dozens of allies — including the six defendants in Nevada — for any potential federal crimes related to the 2020 election. However, the president’s pardon power does not extend to state-level offenses like those brought by Ford.
Among those facing forgery charges — which carry a maximum five-year penalty — are the state’s sitting GOP chairman Michael McDonald, his vice chair Jim Hindle and the state’s Republican National Committeeman Jim DeGraffenreid.

https://twitter.com/ddale8/status/1990535467746668766

Ousted Bangladesh PM Sentenced to Death

Even the Supreme Court can't question his use of force in American cities, Trump says

https://twitter.com/kyledcheney/status/1990594187201585562

https://twitter.com/kylegriffin1/status/1990154197900341690

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

https://twitter.com/Kasparov63/status/1990267049227293124

https://twitter.com/RWPUSA/status/1990586356947652774

———— Putin&Krasnov vs. Ukraine ————

https://twitter.com/Kasparov63/status/1990488334989463611

Poland says 2 Ukrainians working for Russia are suspected in railway track blast

https://twitter.com/PaulConRO/status/1990305175484166329

———— Smoot-Hawley 2.0 ————

https://twitter.com/TheOnion/status/1990450053392015689

———— Hegseth on the Rocks ————

Venezuela’s Leader Says CIA Plotted ‘False Flag’ Attack on U.S. Warship to Create False Pretext for Invasion

Venezuela says a CIA-backed cell planned to hit the USS Gravely and blame Caracas; Washington denies the claim, calling it unverified and offering no comment on alleged covert actions.

https://twitter.com/EmmaMAshford/status/1990533581593296897

———— Mors Imperii ————

https://twitter.com/JeremyWard33/status/1990397007140380818

The Powers That Be aren’t hiding their plans: America’s path out of $38 trillion national debt crisis likely involves pushing up inflation and ‘eroding Fed independence,’ says JPMorgan Private Bank

https://twitter.com/ChuckHoskin_Jr/status/1990095914904486255

The Supreme Court made a horrible mistake when it gave Trump absolute power

By now, the U.S. Supreme Court surely must see that it made a horrendous mistake last year when it ruled that presidents are above the law. The court’s conservative majority should admit its error and fix it.
Their decision in Trump v. United States was naïve at best. More likely, the court bought into the right wing’s confusion about the difference between a unitary president and a dictator. Either way, the ruling put the Constitution and the rule of law into the hands of a president who willfully abuses both.

https://twitter.com/KellyScaletta/status/1990234833398690121

https://twitter.com/NormOrnstein/status/1990257867040210965

Serendipity:

This 1,200-Page Poetry Book Affirms Seamus Heaney’s Towering Genius

Does the Grocery Cart Actually Need a Makeover?

The rolling basket we dump our food in hasn’t changed much in almost a century, and for good reason—it works. But meddling tech gurus think they know better.