Odds and Ends — 31 January 2026

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

Analyst claims single entity is ‘suppressing’ Bitcoin below $90K

Bitcoin Traders See Nearly Even Odds for $69K Drop or $100K Recovery

Bitcoin sentiment on Myriad flipped bearish for first time in two months as traders bet on further downside amid shutdown fears and extreme market volatility.

Coronavirus and Public Health:

What Covid in Pregnancy May Mean for a Generation of Children

A growing body of research shows that exposure to Covid-19 in the womb can have a subtle but lasting impact on brain development.

Politics:

Trump Calls for Obama to Be Arrested

https://twitter.com/adamscochran/status/2017284770158485767

———— Minnesota Under Siege ————

https://twitter.com/thejackhopkins/status/2017182463043219634

https://twitter.com/brhodes/status/2017234966283997296

https://twitter.com/SenatorSlotkin/status/2017277189473886415

https://twitter.com/llamalaikum/status/2017275773313323022

How Minnesota’s civic culture fueled a tough ICE resistance, took feds by surprise

It’s not pleasant for people to go toe-to-toe with the federal government. But in this case, it’s very Minnesotan.

https://twitter.com/TheMaineWonk/status/2017334673177821324

Tim Walz says Trump administration wants to 'twist reality' in Minnesota

https://twitter.com/JoyceWhiteVance/status/2017387792037269742

———— The Epstein Coverup ————

https://twitter.com/TomJChicago/status/2017243136691495371

https://twitter.com/MeidasTouch/status/2017276465705025710

https://twitter.com/stealthygeek/status/2017291353479090398

https://twitter.com/TheMaineWonk/status/2017305673860624632

DOJ releases tranche of Epstein files, says it has met its legal obligations

Democrats question DoJ’s claim that all Epstein files have been released

https://twitter.com/MikeNellis/status/2017401475874316717

https://twitter.com/PabloReports/status/2017307470155169836
https://twitter.com/NotHoodlum/status/2017318207011357050

https://twitter.com/AaronParnas/status/2017346905227870258

https://twitter.com/RoguePOTUSStaff/status/2017372254766829843
https://twitter.com/BlackKnight10k/status/2017364840868655234

https://twitter.com/DD_Geopolitics/status/2017326003597807853

An FBI Informant Said Trump is Compromised by Israel. Headline USA Knows the Informant’s Identity

https://twitter.com/KlonnyPin_Gosch/status/2017384680983597077

https://twitter.com/mudpuppy_16/status/2017320970521088199

https://twitter.com/MemeIndustrial/status/2017311325165392308

https://twitter.com/TheMaineWonk/status/2017373980298973554

https://twitter.com/mrsorokaa/status/2017362598199537953

https://twitter.com/SethAbramson/status/2017397258929537121

https://twitter.com/TimothyDSnyder/status/2017388949480644672

———— Autocracy R Us ————

https://twitter.com/matthewamiller/status/2017256429825016312

https://twitter.com/shashj/status/2017278493311000993

https://twitter.com/mayaonstage/status/2017248664000122998

https://twitter.com/ReichlinMelnick/status/2017278860329443418

Judges Across the Country Rebuke ICE for Defying Courts

For a year, federal judges grappling with President Donald Trump’s mass deportation agenda have looked askance at his administration, warning of potential or, in rarer cases, outright violations of their orders.
But in recent weeks, that drumbeat of subtle alarm has metastasized into a full-blown clarion call by judges across the country, who are now openly castigating what they say are systematic legal and constitutional abuses by the administration.

https://twitter.com/MollyJongFast/status/2017255941243126044
https://twitter.com/druidDUDE/status/2017260615945900132

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

https://twitter.com/NiallStanage/status/2017048258351182301

The Premiere of a ‘Docu-Bribe’

———— Putin&Krasnov vs. Ukraine ————

https://twitter.com/TomRtweets/status/2017011123011154206

———— Melon Husk ————

https://twitter.com/WyattDuncan/status/2017389961910358175

———— Mors Imperii ————

https://twitter.com/svblxyz/status/2017288239288041527

‘A Rare, Unicorn Film’

No doubt there is a great documentary to be made about Melania Knauss, the ambitious model from out of Slovenia who married a New York real-estate mogul and then found herself cast in the role of a latter-day Eva Braun, but the horrific Melania emphatically isn’t it. It’s one of those rare, unicorn films that doesn’t have a single redeeming quality. I’m not even sure it qualifies as a documentary, exactly, so much as an elaborate piece of designer taxidermy, horribly overpriced and ice-cold to the touch and proffered like a medieval tribute to placate the greedy king on his throne.

https://twitter.com/narceducator/status/2017317408097067495

Serendipity:

https://twitter.com/BeschlossDC/status/2017246901477708153

https://twitter.com/vincempls/status/2017235247163658338

https://twitter.com/TheHorrorMaster/status/2017388353071792169

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