Odds and Ends — 21 December 2025

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

Bitcoin institutional buys flip new supply for the first time in 6 weeks

Why Bitcoin Billionaire Arthur Hayes Expects BTC to Hit $200K by March

Coronavirus and Public Health:

Study finds Southern California bird species evolved during pandemic

Politics:

https://twitter.com/electionsjoe/status/2002424296401179130

Israel Wants to Attack Iran Again

Israeli officials have grown increasingly concerned that Iran is expanding production of its ballistic missile program, which was damaged by Israeli military strikes earlier this year, and are preparing to brief President Donald Trump about options for attacking it again?

https://twitter.com/RonFilipkowski/status/2001794180553805831

U.S. boards un-sanctioned tanker with Venezuelan oil to tighten blockade

———— The Epstein Coverup ————

https://twitter.com/beinlibertarian/status/2002154060049494112

Trump’s Epstein Coverup Is Just Getting Started

https://twitter.com/Microinteracti1/status/2002289436877373730

https://twitter.com/TheOnion/status/2002138564465996226

https://x.com/WalshFreedom/status/2002366688684093526

https://twitter.com/TheTNHoller/status/2002381073104199981

https://twitter.com/fuckyouiquit/status/2002168952752079225

https://twitter.com/DittiePE/status/2002389725018022164

Justice Department Scrubs Epstein Files

At least 16 files disappeared from the Justice Department’s public webpage for documents related to Jeffrey Epstein — including a photograph showing President Donald Trump — less than a day after they were posted, with no explanation from the government and no notice to the public.
The missing files, which were available Friday and no longer accessible by Saturday, included images of paintings depicting nude women, and one showing a series of photographs along a credenza and in drawers. In that image, inside a drawer among other photos, was a photograph of Trump, alongside Epstein, Melania Trump and Epstein’s longtime associate Ghislaine Maxwell.

https://twitter.com/TheRickWilson/status/2002416684465090848

President Donald Trump likes to use a big number to anchor his point, especially when he wanders off on a tangent. Often it seems that a specific figure is on the tip of his tongue…
His fixation on the number between 91 and 93 has been a feature for a while. In April, Trump claimed that egg prices had fallen by 92 percent. (The Bureau of Labor Statistics said 12.7 percent.) And at a rally shortly before last November’s election, while railing against journalists and the media, he allowed that ‘not all of them’ are ‘sick people.’ Just ‘about 92 percent.’ That one, admittedly, is difficult to fact-check.
I came upon this curious pattern in the course of tracking down the basis for a far more serious claim the president has made repeatedly as part of his justification for the U.S. military buildup near Venezuela.

https://x.com/AdamParkhomenko/status/2002273187258618346

White House Threatens Smithsonian Funds

The Trump administration escalated pressure on the Smithsonian this week, threatening to withhold federal funds if it does not submit extensive documentation for a sweeping content review.
President Donald Trump earlier this year set out to purge what he called ‘improper ideology’ from the nation’s most prestigious museum system, efforts that are expected to intensify as his administration tries to shape the country’s 250th anniversary celebrations next year.