Odds and Ends — 24 October 2025

@preparedwombat 78

7 days ago

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

Worst Uptober ever? Bitcoin price risks first ‘red’ October in years

https://twitter.com/LibertyLockPod/status/1981195898358288661

JPMorgan to Let Clients Use Bitcoin and Ethereum as Collateral for Loans

https://twitter.com/vincempls/status/1981483503045722303

Coronavirus and Public Health:

Once-promising anti-inflammatory drug fails to improve long-COVID functional outcomes in trial

Measles Oubreak Spreads

The nation’s second-largest measles outbreak this year is spreading beyond its epicenter along the Utah-Arizona border

Politics:

https://twitter.com/jimstewartson/status/1981453689417322526

https://twitter.com/karlykingsley/status/1981440168704799059

Trump Opens Pristine Alaska Wilderness to Drilling

The Trump administration on Thursday announced a plan to allow oil and gas drilling in Alaska’s Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, one of the largest remaining tracts of pristine wilderness in the United States.
The decision was the latest twist in a long-running fight over the fate of the refuge’s coastal plain, an unspoiled expanse of 1.56 million acres that is believed to sit atop billions of barrels of oil but is also a critical habitat for polar bears, caribou, migratory birds and other wildlife.

Yet another bad idea from Trump, but not much likelihood that drillers will rush into this. Petroleum is currently about $65 a barrel and the difficult conditions in ANWR probably need something like $100 oil to make it attractive for investment.

https://twitter.com/ruthbenghiat/status/1981517529991565816

https://twitter.com/DarrigoMelanie/status/1981467351468958018

https://twitter.com/cmclymer/status/1981358615081763082

Prosecutors who investigated New York Attorney General Letitia James for possible mortgage fraud found evidence that would appear to undercut some of the allegations in the indictment of James secured earlier this month — including the degree to which James personally profited from her purchase of the property — according to a memo summarizing the state of the case in September.

https://twitter.com/Used_To_Be_GOP/status/1981403735319294007

https://twitter.com/ChrisMurphyCT/status/1981123599424688609

https://twitter.com/IAmSophiaNelson/status/1981137348688826547

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

https://twitter.com/DarrigoMelanie/status/1981003783674196140

https://twitter.com/TVietor08/status/1981389005326602635

https://twitter.com/Timodc/status/1981354820360429824

https://twitter.com/RonFilipkowski/status/1981473668925423707

———— Putin&Krasnov vs. Ukraine ————

https://twitter.com/FacciniMyriam/status/1981035705930326055

https://twitter.com/EuromaidanPress/status/1981324236758057082

https://twitter.com/jakluge/status/1981355227736392172

https://twitter.com/JustAJaneJ/status/1981301084284227944

———— Smoot-Hawley 2.0 ————

Trump Terminates Trade Negotiations With Canada

President Trump said late Thursday he was terminating trade negotiations with Canada, contending the country ran an advertisement featuring Ronald Reagan speaking negatively about tariffs.

How dare they!

https://twitter.com/DjOmegaMVP/status/1981560203561533779

https://twitter.com/mmpadellan/status/1981566112212091161