Odds and Ends — 27 December 2025

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My wife did a bit of decorating.

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

Russia’s War Economy Falters as Civilian Industries Slide Into Deep Decline

Bitmine begins staking ETH, deposits $219M into Ethereum PoS contract

Coronavirus and Public Health:

Why RFK Jr.’s plan to follow Europe on vaccines is getting panned

Politics:

https://twitter.com/mhmck/status/2004262618178195910

Cancel Culture’s Boomerang Effect

The reason so many of yesterday’s free-speech champions transitioned so easily into today’s pro-Trump censors is that their definition of free speech never included the right of others to talk back.

https://twitter.com/TheMaineWonk/status/2004670193843535899

25 Worst Villains of the Trump Admin

The worst of the worst, ranked 1-25.

https://twitter.com/Bricktop_NAFO/status/2004296335605022990

https://twitter.com/capitolhunters/status/2004684902030344706

Its plan to warehouse immigrants has shades of Nazi concentration camps and America's shameful imprisonment of Japanese Americans during World War II.

https://twitter.com/RVAwonk/status/2004630820632625507

https://twitter.com/ackocher/status/2004454382453022943

https://twitter.com/Mollyploofkins/status/2004637322076365165

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

The Politics of Plunder

Trump’s domestic and foreign policies have one consistent theme.

———— Putin&Krasnov vs. Ukraine ————

https://twitter.com/Billbrowder/status/2004231738726207766

https://twitter.com/Daractenus/status/2004459660951105749

https://twitter.com/michaeldweiss/status/2004653037240156333

Adventures in Self-Delusion: Trump Says He’ll Decide Terms of Ukraine Peace Deal

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy is expected to meet with Trump in Florida on Sunday and told reporters he’s bringing with him a new 20-point plan for peace. The framework includes a proposed demilitarized zone and the meeting is expected to focus on U.S. security guarantees.
But in an interview, Trump appeared lukewarm to Zelenskyy’s latest overture and in no rush to endorse the Ukrainian president’s proposal.
“He doesn’t have anything until I approve it,” Trump said. “So we’ll see what he’s got.”

https://twitter.com/JayinKyiv/status/2004634064603775417

https://twitter.com/yarotrof/status/2004473015094886575

https://twitter.com/Mylovanov/status/2004497755763531787

Russia isn’t winning its war on Ukraine