Odds and Ends — 3 January 2026
Cryptocurrency, Investing, Money, Economy, Business, AI, and Debt:
Ethereum and Solana set the stage for 2026’s DeFi reboot
BitMine stakes $259M more ETH, pushing validator entry queue near 1M Ether
Coronavirus and Public Health:
Pregnant women hospitalized for COVID-19, and their newborns, have higher complication risk
Politics:
U.S. Captures Venezuelan Leader, Trump Says
https://twitter.com/speechboy71/status/2007388822888386843
https://twitter.com/itsJeffTiedrich/status/2007397293973221861
https://twitter.com/davetroy/status/2007373147927130603
https://twitter.com/highbrow_nobrow/status/2006772434246975601
https://twitter.com/nikicaga/status/2007148870439186494
Yemen escalation reveals rift between Gulf powers Saudi Arabia and UAE
———— The Jack Smith Deposition ————
https://twitter.com/JenniferEValent/status/2007149533114020003
https://twitter.com/tripgabriel/status/2007216317758357867
https://twitter.com/HouseJudiciary/status/2007097876162216378
———— Iran ————
https://twitter.com/GhorbaniiNiyak/status/2007072128076550568
———— The Epstein Coverup ————
Kevin O’Leary Is Wrong: Americans Care Deeply About Epstein
Podcast: Andrew Weissmann: Epstein Files Release Looks Like a DOJ Cover-Up
https://twitter.com/anthon7yandrews/status/2006949349071425617
https://twitter.com/lawofruby/status/2007300844757405708
———— Autocracy R Us ————
https://twitter.com/ackocher/status/2007204303249830099
https://twitter.com/BillKristol/status/2007100822300303862
https://twitter.com/noturtlesoup17/status/2007277635077038138
———— Putin&Krasnov vs. Ukraine ————
https://twitter.com/IAPonomarenko/status/2007086620990922896
https://twitter.com/Tendar/status/2007202628619645105
———— Smoot-Hawley 2.0 ————
https://twitter.com/SykesCharlie/status/2007090057220366520
———— Mors Imperii ————
https://twitter.com/johnbourscheid/status/2007081600258081043
https://twitter.com/JohnFugelsang/status/2007198330988962140
Why the Rules of Power Donald Trump Never Understood, Are Now Destroying Him
The very traits that let mob bosses survive, explain why Trump’s collapse is accelerating.
https://twitter.com/RadioFreeTom/status/2007208006480691695
https://twitter.com/atrupar/status/2007165142216352057
Serendipity:
https://twitter.com/TheCinesthetic/status/2007154208752185400
https://twitter.com/cyynapse/status/2005737758376251701
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Man you are going to have PLENTY of stories to share over the next while! As if it hasn’t already been a big year, bigger stories are starting to make themselves!
I am hoping you have a sense of humour and community or you might drown in it!
Fabulous film The Third Man, one of my favourites.