Odds and Ends — 22 February 2026

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

Dutch authorities call on Polymarket arm to cease activities

The prediction market's Dutch arm, Adventure One, allegedly offered illegal bets, including on elections in the Netherlands.

https://twitter.com/heygurisingh/status/2025237896647901361

Blockchain Apps Have Failed to Win Over the Masses, Ethereum Builders Admit

Ethereum builders at ETH Denver said that the crypto infrastructure has been laid—but not products people actually want to use.

Well, maybe they’re on the wrong blockchain. 😉

Flash Fiction:

“Aw mom, bean stew again?”

“It’s what we have.”

“But it’s really bean soup, not bean stew. Stew has meat in it.”

“Alright Mr. Pedant, where are we going to get meat?”

“I’ll go into the down below. Maybe I can find a rat.”

“Well make it quick. I’m hungry now. Take too long and I’ll eat all of this not good enough for the likes of you bean stew.”

Written for this prompt.

Coronavirus and Public Health:

Doctors see spike in patients experiencing respiratory illnesses after Mardi Gras

Politics:

https://twitter.com/DeanObeidallah/status/2025208222424916344

The Dire Meaning of Gallup’s Announcement

The company’s presidential-approval poll is the latest casualty in a divided, suspicious nation.

https://twitter.com/BRICSinfo/status/2025278817313362288

———— Minnesota Under Siege ————

https://twitter.com/Timodc/status/2025220534871421080
https://twitter.com/DanielBShapiro/status/2025271397950382178

———— Stark. Raving. Mad. ————

https://twitter.com/TheMaineWonk/status/2025390210041716784

Um, sure. Whatever you say.

President Donald Trump announced on Saturday via social media that the United States will send a hospital ship to Greenland to provide medical care, posting alongside an illustration of the USNS Mercy that “we are going to send a great hospital boat to Greenland to take care of the many people who are sick, and not being taken care of there. It’s on the way!!!”
As of late January, the 1,000-bed hospital ship was firmly in drydock at Alabama Shipyard in Mobile, where it has been undergoing scheduled maintenance since July 2025.

———— The Epstein Coverup ————

https://twitter.com/HarrietSergeant/status/2024848298855571913

https://twitter.com/SethAbramson/status/2025307823073087760

———— Iran ————

https://twitter.com/ProfessorPape/status/2025214568050446627

https://twitter.com/Robert_E_Kelly/status/2025334938275643509

———— Autocracy R Us ————

https://twitter.com/kyledcheney/status/2025191488523575475

https://twitter.com/scarylawyerguy/status/2025270163172454812

https://twitter.com/LibertarianRed1/status/2025305977101090864

https://twitter.com/Noahpinion/status/2025291972056125908

———— Putin&Krasnov vs. Ukraine ————

https://twitter.com/FraserNelson/status/2025248625920479629

https://twitter.com/PhilipObaji/status/2024942758985703446

https://twitter.com/Kasparov63/status/2025301779294880169

———— Smoot-Hawley 2.0 ————

https://twitter.com/DamonLinker/status/2024922280325714125

https://twitter.com/Angry_Staffer/status/2025210138857021631

https://twitter.com/neal_katyal/status/2025251260840976418

https://twitter.com/Daractenus/status/2025246858205937930

———— Tech Bros ————

https://twitter.com/David_Fairchild/status/2025235795443913121

———— Mors Imperii ————

https://twitter.com/jerseyh0mo/status/2025335296896737411

The U.S. spent $30 billion to ditch textbooks for laptops and tablets: The result is the first generation less cognitively capable than their parents

https://twitter.com/DrCatharineY/status/2025234745194369520

Serendipity:

https://twitter.com/Dalbodog/status/2025186715661488511

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