Odds and Ends — 29 May 2026

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

Bitcoin ETFs bleed $2.8B in record nine-day outflow streak

Kalshi follows CFTC in suing Minnesota over law criminalizing prediction markets

https://twitter.com/MollyJongFast/status/2059640019036299422

It’s not just high gas prices – inflation is now spreading through the US economy

Coronavirus and Public Health:

Manufacturing a scandal: What the FDA’s COVID vaccine pediatric death review actually says

Iran:

Of course it is: U.S. Officials Say Deal to Reopen Strait of Hormuz Is Close

U.S. officials are closing in on a framework for negotiations with Iran that could extend the cease-fire, lead to the reopening of the Strait of Hormuz and set the table for more substantive talks, according to three U.S. officials with knowledge of the discussions.
Mr. Trump has not signed off on the emerging framework, and it was not clear if it matched Iran’s understanding.

https://twitter.com/TheRickWilson/status/2060091973042884733

https://twitter.com/BrettErickson28/status/2060097168577638909

Politics:

https://twitter.com/ReichlinMelnick/status/2059463644350410951
https://twitter.com/RonFilipkowski/status/2060027474910593162

US violent crime is at its lowest in more than a century – but the funding that helped reduce it is disappearing

https://twitter.com/propublica/status/2059801852598685772

How Japan Lost 3 Million People in Five Years

Japan’s population fell by more than 3 million over the past five years, according to official statistics released on Friday, a drop that underscores the depths of the country’s accelerating demographic crisis.

https://twitter.com/DanCollins2011/status/2060105932747456590

https://twitter.com/MattisRedacted/status/2060110925948916061

———— E. Jean Carroll ————

https://twitter.com/covie_93/status/2059792713243836644

https://twitter.com/AdamParkhomenko/status/2059794806499352912

Judge Lewis Kaplan: “The fact that Mr. Trump sexually abused — indeed, raped — Ms. Carroll has been conclusively established.”

https://twitter.com/thejackhopkins/status/2059812089862951304

https://twitter.com/OurShallowState/status/2060120197860880532

———— The Epstein Coverup ————

Pam Bondi’s Epstein hearing won’t be a sworn, filmed deposition

https://twitter.com/covie_93/status/2060107714638786861

https://twitter.com/BillKristol/status/2060351050800894329

———— Stephen Miller ————

https://twitter.com/RonFilipkowski/status/2059799387941814459

https://twitter.com/theliamnissan/status/2060071145785675886

https://twitter.com/7Veritas4/status/2060214794800480384

https://twitter.com/theliamnissan/status/2060114443464225229

———— Autocracy R Us ————

https://twitter.com/MacFarlaneNews/status/2059726378027610480

https://twitter.com/NormEisen/status/2059718551913558176

https://twitter.com/RobertFreundLaw/status/2060071954112233590

https://twitter.com/Mollyploofkins/status/2059368162223673606

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

https://twitter.com/TheRealThelmaJ1/status/2060039506959712460

———— Putin&Krasnov vs. Ukraine ————

https://twitter.com/highbrow_nobrow/status/2059778185076883531

https://twitter.com/ChrisO_wiki/status/2059978511880687645

https://twitter.com/SethAbramson/status/2060172065164931320

———— Peter Thiel ————

https://twitter.com/emeriticus/status/2060057900014280841
https://twitter.com/stevanzetti/status/2060064397507055879

https://twitter.com/posta_octavian/status/2060103188682789046

https://twitter.com/ReubenR80027912/status/2060101238230790383

———— Mors Imperii ————

https://twitter.com/esjesjesj/status/2060146806667772375

https://twitter.com/SimplyShae13/status/2059710510573174949

Serendipity:

https://twitter.com/SketchesbyBoze/status/2059784175654510733

https://twitter.com/pensandpoison/status/2059983780417310833

PFAS leave fingerprints in your blood – researchers are figuring out how forever chemicals transform in your body to read these clues

https://twitter.com/mariana057/status/2059620423533302168

https://twitter.com/Todd_Spence/status/2058961486647820489

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