Odds and Ends — 22 January 2026

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

Bitcoin doesn’t have 20 years because the quantum threat is already here

Ethereum's Vitalik Buterin Going All-In on Decentralized Social Media

Coronavirus and Public Health:

Research ties long COVID in kids to chronic school absenteeism, learning problems

Politics:

https://twitter.com/HelloStephano/status/2013847460511363409

CBS News Veers Toward Dysfunction

Ten people familiar with the workings of CBS News say the Paramount Skydance unit is veering toward dysfunction, with a management team led by Bari Weiss that doesn’t value the standards held by veteran journalists.

https://twitter.com/allenanalysis/status/2013950669963645267

https://twitter.com/mattmfm/status/2014023266218672509

———— Minnesota Under Siege ————

Independent autopsy in ICE shooting death of Renee Good released by law firm in civil investigation

https://twitter.com/atrupar/status/2014046150425227616
https://twitter.com/JamesSurowiecki/status/2014054933608194168

https://twitter.com/TheMaineWonk/status/2014099190134014219

https://twitter.com/TaurusWitch2010/status/2014181858402300414

https://twitter.com/NortonMpls/status/2014035004486037692

———— Trump in Davos ————

https://twitter.com/atrupar/status/2013981442817069332

https://twitter.com/Acyn/status/2013986812910621005

https://twitter.com/mattmfm/status/2013979160801083526

Trump Gives a Stump Speech at Davos

The president’s remarks at the World Economic Forum show that he still doesn’t understand how American greatness functions globally…
Where does one start in summarizing such a speech? The straightforward racism? The economic illiteracy? The determination to alienate allies? The many moments where the president said things that were blatantly, provably false? And because he rambled through more than an hour, he covered a lot of ground.

https://twitter.com/JustinWolfers/status/2013979978497441829

https://twitter.com/shannonrwatts/status/2013981470755315870

https://twitter.com/acnewsitics/status/2014012904664686896

https://twitter.com/mikenelson586/status/2013993865116614846

https://twitter.com/yarotrof/status/2014082092179521656

———— The Epstein Coverup ————

https://twitter.com/acnewsitics/status/2013979955043188881

https://twitter.com/JasonBassler1/status/2014130390131179863

———— Autocracy R Us ————

https://twitter.com/atrupar/status/2014035281645601035

Last I heard, a memo does not outrank a Constitution: Immigration officers assert sweeping power to enter homes without a judge’s warrant

Federal immigration officers are asserting sweeping power to forcibly enter people’s homes without a judge’s warrant, according to an internal Immigration and Customs Enforcement memo obtained by The Associated Press, marking a sharp reversal of longstanding guidance meant to respect constitutional limits on government searches.
The memo authorizes ICE officers to use force to enter a residence based solely on a more narrow administrative warrant to arrest someone with a final order of removal, a move that advocates say collides with Fourth Amendment protections and upends years of advice given to immigrant communities.

https://twitter.com/KlasfeldReports/status/2013997662983291201

https://twitter.com/ChaseForLiberty/status/2013993650582122568

https://twitter.com/IsaacDovere/status/2014010585344598362

https://twitter.com/ReichlinMelnick/status/2014041037677723716

———— Smoot-Hawley 2.0 ————

https://twitter.com/Quadcarl/status/2013984980435701811

———— Mors Imperii ————

Where We Are

It is a measure of how much Mr. Trump has changed the definition of normal that his appetite for seizing land that does not belong to him is debated as a serious proposition rather than dismissed out of hand as a brazen violation of U.S. treaty obligations and international law.

https://twitter.com/gtconway3d/status/2014026154475221212

Our Mob President

President Donald Trump assured nervous European allies on Wednesday he ‘won’t use force’ to take Greenland while adding with a mob-like menace that the world’s largest island will eventually be under the U.S. flag, one way or another…”
Still, one line stood out, as if it were a cutting-room-floor discard from Goodfellas: ‘We want a piece of ice for world protection, and they won’t give it. You can say yes and we will be very appreciative. Or you can say no and we will remember.’
Another way to read that familiar frame? We can do this the easy way or the hard way.

https://twitter.com/LePapillonBlu2/status/2014128908631683573

Serendipity:

https://twitter.com/snidog/status/2014152338379031031

https://twitter.com/EastEndJoe/status/2014053771089727946

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