Odds and Ends — 2 March 2026

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

Bitcoin exposes the structural weaknesses that banks refuse to admit

https://twitter.com/baba_Omoloro/status/2028135009098351074

Arthur Hayes forecasts Fed printing as Trump’s Iran war ramps up. Here’s what that means for the price of Bitcoin

Flash Fiction:

”I’ve been in this business for a long time and ended up on the inside when things went south but this has got to be the stupidest reason for getting caught since stupid reasons were invented.”

”I said I’m sorry. I don’t know how it happened.”

”Jimmy and I had to risk our lives with an armed guard. All you had to do was drive the getaway car. How could you neglect to put gas in the tank?”

Written for this prompt.

Coronavirus and Public Health:

COVID-19 infection predicts higher risk of kidney disease

Politics:

https://twitter.com/jayblackisfunny/status/2028241883957166502

Prerogative Powers and Presidential Self Care

…remember to see this whole escalating series of military adventures in the proper light. Trump is very unpopular and growing more so every day. He now faces what seems close to the certainty of losing at least one House of Congress. As his public support ebbs his power and the power to dominate ebb as well. For Trump that is akin to a psychic death. So, as a matter of psychological balancing and self-care more than strategy, he is leaning heavily into the presidential prerogative powers where his power is most untrammeled, where the loss of political power doesn’t really matter.

Hubris Without Idealism

Donald Trump has embraced a warped version of the neoconservatism he once derided.

https://twitter.com/RVAwonk/status/2028288284628058486

———— Iran ————

https://twitter.com/naiivememe/status/2028022759662752246

https://twitter.com/dimitrilascaris/status/2028178796432474519

https://twitter.com/WeTheBrandon/status/2028316269062078702

https://twitter.com/atrupar/status/2028131787788972090

https://twitter.com/alaynatreene/status/2028157147112997138

https://twitter.com/TommySiegel/status/2028199104342597735

Just 27% of Americans Approve of Trump’s Attack on Iran

https://twitter.com/sbg1/status/2028249825221771599

https://twitter.com/gina_scooter/status/2027925804428992774

https://twitter.com/borzou/status/2028015112787812807

Trump and Netanyahu want regime change, but Iran’s regime was built for survival. A long war is now likely

https://twitter.com/NiallStanage/status/2028306391069319232

https://twitter.com/SaysSimulation/status/2028110138712739930
https://twitter.com/7Veritas4/status/2028112800841601299

https://twitter.com/CarolinaLion2/status/2028088634109288734

Black is white, war is peace: Hegseth Claims U.S. Didn’t Start War with Iran

https://twitter.com/RudyHavenstein/status/2028136211634864242

https://twitter.com/RonFilipkowski/status/2028145102317560110

Not surprisingly, the regional war has spread to Lebanon.

https://twitter.com/Euan_MacDonald/status/2027838564113817879
https://twitter.com/Bbmorg/status/2028083552408174911

https://twitter.com/richimedhurst/status/2028163665535332651

Trump Calls U.S. Casualties a ‘Great Deal for the World’

https://twitter.com/BujokMr/status/2028222424592830628

https://twitter.com/GovPressOffice/status/2028237293216289268

https://twitter.com/ArmchairW/status/2028195969246904791

Just 24 hours ago White House sources were talking about a 4–5 day war: Trump Expects War with Iran to Last a Month

https://twitter.com/Denver4VA/status/2028450329419821263
https://twitter.com/AdamJSchwarz/status/2028440554535587902
https://twitter.com/adamscochran/status/2028474816446054849

———— Putin&Krasnov vs. Ukraine ————

https://twitter.com/JimmySecUK/status/2028471315087122828

———— Hegseth on the Rocks ————

https://twitter.com/MaxBlumenthal/status/2028336691908374748

https://twitter.com/WeTheBrandon/status/2028466937450070185

———— Mors Imperii ————

https://twitter.com/Kulambq/status/2027853718037684711

https://twitter.com/hissgoescobra/status/2028218298576621861

https://twitter.com/schwarz/status/2028217530741915657

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