Odds and Ends — 31 August 2025

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

'Red September' Is Coming—Here's What to Expect From the Bitcoin Market

Canada Economy Contracts in Second Quarter as Tariffs Sink Exports

California governor teases ‘Trump Corruption Coin’ in jab at MAGA memecoins

Coronavirus and Public Health:

https://twitter.com/JoshEakle/status/1961938101430841527

https://twitter.com/thedailybeast/status/1961906207075057707

Politics:

Prime minister of Yemen's Houthi-run government killed in Israeli strike

Trump’s Attacks on Science Part of Autocratic Playbook

In rapid bursts, Mr. Trump has also laid off large teams of scientists, pulled the plug on thousands of research projects and proposed deep spending cuts for new studies. If his proposed $44 billion cut to next year’s budget is enacted, it will prompt the largest drop in federal support for science since World War II, when scientists and Washington began their partnership.
Few if any analysts see Mr. Trump as a Stalin, who crushed science, or even as a direct analog to this era’s strongmen leaders. But his assault on researchers and their institutions is so deep that historians and other experts see similarities to the playbook employed by autocratic regimes to curb science.

———— The Epstein Coverup ————

https://twitter.com/GeneralMCNews/status/1961529223639613500

https://twitter.com/smc429/status/1959050490198495721

———— Autocracy R Us ————

https://twitter.com/thejackhopkins/status/1959059644800016525

https://twitter.com/BillKristol/status/1959005455155679498

https://twitter.com/maddenifico/status/1961882234698322216

———— Stark. Raving. Mad. ————

https://twitter.com/AntiToxicPeople/status/1961862922151608783

———— Putin&Krasnov vs. Ukraine ————

https://twitter.com/ChrisO_wiki/status/1962073553622208760

Trump casts doubt on Putin-Zelensky meeting: ‘Maybe they have to fight a little longer’

Oh, Trump will be so disappointed when Ukraine wins the war. If he lives that long.

https://twitter.com/ManiamAkash/status/1961514787524747540

https://twitter.com/FrankenforIowa/status/1958891197784617176

———— Melon Husk ————

Police warning over misinformation after Elon Musk and Tommy Robinson share false claims about knife incident

———— Hegseth on the Rocks ————

https://twitter.com/mhmck/status/1959047096675221684

Honoring Ashli Babbitt Dishonors the Military

If there’s no difference between upholding the Constitution and attacking it, then there’s no honor in service.

———— Mors Imperii ————

https://twitter.com/RonFilipkowski/status/1961926313628876822

Trump to Sign Executive Order Mandating Voter ID

President Trump said late Saturday that he would issue an executive order to require voter identification for all U.S. elections, a continuation of his efforts to overhaul the nation’s election laws, which he has long attacked and falsely blamed for his 2020 election loss.

Does he really not understand that he has no power to do this? Voting procedures are up to the states (unless Congress says otherwise), not the President. I’ve been voting in Minnesota for fifty years, never once had to show ID when I voted.

https://twitter.com/TheRickWilson/status/1961795782962471247

Serendipity:

https://twitter.com/RealEmirHan/status/1961930017513881821

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