Odds and Ends — 29 December 2025

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

Tokenized silver volumes explode as metal's price rises to record

Emerging market economies to drive RWA tokenization in 2026: Crypto exec

Coronavirus and Public Health:

Urban birds' beak shape rapidly changed during COVID-19 lockdowns, suggesting human-driven transformations

https://twitter.com/joshuarolson/status/2005358009829273734

Politics:

The Caribbean islands that give you a passport if you buy a home

https://twitter.com/aliasvaughn/status/2005616111644262734

The Colorado Supreme Court Has a Blatantly Unconstitutional Practice. Two Justices Want to Change That.

———— The Epstein Coverup ————

https://twitter.com/JoshEakle/status/2004897539104117145

https://twitter.com/ImBreckWorsham/status/2003854227840315752

https://twitter.com/donwinslow/status/2005426749312807070

———— Autocracy R Us ————

https://twitter.com/EdKrassen/status/2005396779366527146

64 days in Chicago: The story of Operation Midway Blitz

What happened here for more than two months is unlike anything in recent American history: the federal government sending agents dressed for war into neighborhoods of the country’s third-largest city to arrest mostly people who look Latino and to ask questions later. To target people largely on the basis of their skin color, on the presumption that they may be in the country without documentation, or that they may have a criminal record, or an association with a gang.

Why ICE Is Getting Away With It

The Constitution inarguably applies to federal immigration agents—but the Supreme Court has taken away the hope of ever holding them to that standard.

https://twitter.com/cwebbonline/status/2005662311173021776

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

https://twitter.com/LindseyBoylan/status/2005584351170543701

———— Putin&Krasnov vs. Ukraine ————

https://twitter.com/pl_european/status/2005245377205924286

https://twitter.com/mhmck/status/2005332734391267459

https://twitter.com/JonLemire/status/2005321549495091608

https://twitter.com/ChrisMurphyCT/status/2005334498620399927

https://twitter.com/RadioFreeTom/status/2005401295348265055

https://twitter.com/Maks_NAFO_FELLA/status/2005408027910812129

https://twitter.com/Tendar/status/2005408191308566742

https://twitter.com/RonFilipkowski/status/2005460890834067668

https://twitter.com/BBCSteveR/status/2005542703874863214

https://twitter.com/maria_drutska/status/2005556141573669097

———— Mors Imperii ————

https://twitter.com/kylegriffin1/status/2005334216947699879

https://twitter.com/TheAuthorGuy/status/2005349334460850266

For Trump, everything’s a “hoax.” It’s pure projection

Both impeachments, the Epstein scandal, COVID, climate change — it's all a "hoax." Is Trump telling us something?

Serendipity:

https://twitter.com/JoyceCarolOates/status/2005326249120436455

https://twitter.com/JoshPhillipsPhD/status/2005317699522691113

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