Odds and Ends — 23 May 2026

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

SEC approves Nasdaq to list Bitcoin index options on the exchange

https://twitter.com/Polymarket/status/2057552588132716939

Argentina Launched an AI to Predict the Future. It Couldn't Predict a Typo

Milei's government unveiled a social digital twin to overhaul public policy—announced via a video full of AI slop, grammatical errors, and a deepfake of a minister.

https://twitter.com/william_fitz/status/2057777650471764386

Coronavirus and Public Health:

No child deaths definitively linked to Covid shots, FDA says

The agency’s analysis contradicts claims made by former vaccine chief Dr. Vinay Prasad.

Iran:

https://twitter.com/atrupar/status/2057502458989969612

https://twitter.com/thecyrusjanssen/status/2057727681417154861

https://twitter.com/BrettErickson28/status/2057925132677796262

Politics:

Trump says he’s sending 5,000 troops to Poland, deepening confusion over US military deployments to Europe

https://twitter.com/MarkAmesExiled/status/2057782979712205180

———— Stark. Raving. Mad. ————

https://twitter.com/atrupar/status/2057948735687033248

https://twitter.com/RonFilipkowski/status/2057618374834672111

———— Cuba ————

https://twitter.com/thatdayin1992/status/2057370819148521551

https://twitter.com/David__Osland/status/2057810815663616181

https://twitter.com/danpfeiffer/status/2057939180261642499

———— The Epstein Coverup ————

Lutnick Donated to House GOP Before Epstein Testimony

Howard Lutnick, President Trump’s secretary of commerce, made a $5 million donation last month to a committee supporting House Republicans, an unusually large contribution for a sitting cabinet secretary.
The donation was made on April 1, four weeks after the House Oversight Committee arranged to interview Mr. Lutnick about his ties to the sex offender and financier Jeffrey Epstein.

———— Tulsi Gabbard ————

https://twitter.com/theliamnissan/status/2057946817677910340

https://twitter.com/sentdefender/status/2057881138341831137

https://twitter.com/theliamnissan/status/2057886874211938379

———— Autocracy R Us ————

https://twitter.com/MeidasTouch/status/2057902032879796491

https://twitter.com/rgoodlaw/status/2057914757353533645

Justice Department deletes press releases on charges against Jan. 6 rioters

The Justice Department confirmed that it had deleted the press releases as part of “stripping DOJ’s website of partisan propaganda.”

Thank you, Memory Hole!

https://twitter.com/stephen_richer/status/2057514556474503535

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

Almost as good as a pardon

I’ve seen a lot of settlement agreements, but never one like this where the government is giving the store away and getting nothing in return.

———— Putin&Krasnov vs. Ukraine ————

https://twitter.com/NAAF0Racoon/status/2057777361521684507
https://twitter.com/TrentTelenko/status/2057909348681068610
https://twitter.com/JayinKyiv/status/2057779013632864521

https://twitter.com/ChrisO_wiki/status/2057721763597799609

https://twitter.com/revishvilig/status/2057857938471924170

https://twitter.com/JayinKyiv/status/2057903722584211824

———— Mors Imperii ————

https://twitter.com/covie_93/status/2057877750334034090

The White House is ordering agencies to place its new app on all employees’ government phones

The newly created, often overtly political app places the Trump administration into unprecedented and “dangerous” territory, IT experts say.

https://twitter.com/Jenna_DC/status/2057516450181488829

Serendipity:

https://twitter.com/RepJackKimble/status/2057668521773932696

https://twitter.com/xav_moss/status/2057848743127289994

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