Odds and Ends — 5 February 2026
I made baked salmon and dill rice last night, pretty much following this recipe other than substituting brown basmati rice for white basmati rice. Yum.
Cryptocurrency, Investing, Money, Economy, Business, AI, and Debt:
Crypto figures address connections mentioned in latest Epstein file release
Are Humans Ready to Work for Robots?
Flash Fiction:
“It’s too dangerous, this is not a great position to be in.”
“Lieutenant, don’t start talking like Bloody Knife. He imagines that we’re vastly outnumbered. There are not enough Indians in the world to defeat the Seventh Cavalry. We’ll precede by way of Little Big Horn as I ordered.”
”Very well Colonel Custer, I’ll have the men move out.”
Written for this prompt.
Coronavirus and Public Health:
'Zombie' Remnants of COVID-19 Hunt In Packs And Kill Our Immune Cells
Politics:
US and Iran talks brought back from the brink after White House relents on move to Oman
https://twitter.com/cmclymer/status/2019167495752675747
Supreme Court Allows New California Map
The Supreme Court on Wednesday allowed California to use a new voter-approved congressional map that is favorable to Democrats in this year’s elections, rejecting a last-ditch plea from state Republicans and the Trump administration.
This is very much an own goal by Trump and his sycophants in Texas.
https://twitter.com/samstein/status/2019071477761389032
Stephen Miller’s Sinister Tactics to Influence Trump
https://twitter.com/BrianaRoseLee/status/2019082192857489624
https://twitter.com/Shut_downAmazon/status/2019090484719739164
———— Minnesota Under Siege ————
https://twitter.com/atrupar/status/2019053701315416107
https://twitter.com/factpostnews/status/2019064246865211706
https://twitter.com/bonzerbarry/status/2018802316057682055
https://twitter.com/MaryLTrump/status/2019088343930200415
https://twitter.com/seth_kaplan/status/2019190849343520892
Brothers of Renee Good speak at DHS use-of-force hearing
https://twitter.com/NortonMpls/status/2019104268909781116
The Minnesota Target Workers Who Walked Out Against ICE
The retailer, which gave $1 million to Trump’s inauguration and has allowed ICE staging and abductions on its property, is feeling pressure from its own employees.
https://twitter.com/atrupar/status/2019061297816490406
'No real medical care': Representative describes conditions for detainees at Whipple Building
https://twitter.com/BarbMcQuade/status/2018898642405302314
https://twitter.com/_ericblanc/status/2019089265913716861
https://twitter.com/kenklippenstein/status/2019166052475891774
https://twitter.com/FrederickMelo/status/2019030670689907199
———— The Washington Post ————
Bezos is not trying to save The Washington Post. He’s trying to survive Donald Trump.
https://twitter.com/BenMullin/status/2019056870686695730
https://twitter.com/McCartneyWP/status/2019065681027707367
https://twitter.com/lizziejohnsonnn/status/2019083204133609846
https://twitter.com/Kasparov63/status/2019113852198130037
The Murder of The Washington Post
Jeff Bezos, the billionaire owner of The Washington Post, and Will Lewis, the publisher he appointed at the end of 2023, are embarking on the latest step of their plan to kill everything that makes the paper special.”
The Post has survived for nearly 150 years, evolving from a hometown family newspaper into an indispensable national institution, and a pillar of the democratic system. But if Bezos and Lewis continue down their present path, it may not survive much longer.
https://twitter.com/davetroy/status/2019101907453968522
The Washington Post Dies in Daylight
It would be nice if some other billionaire would buy the Post from Bezos. But that’s not going to happen as long as we live in an authoritarian context, because owning a media company is not safe unless you are a supplicant to the regime.”
All of which leaves us in a bad place. The free market will not save the Post, because its owner is immune to market signals. Politics will not save the Post, because so long as Republican voters demand authoritarianism, no one can own a media outlet without taking on outsized risk. As sad as it is to admit, the Washington Post is beyond help.
https://twitter.com/itsJeffTiedrich/status/2019125179054715102
https://twitter.com/paranoiacs/status/2019125215071236323
https://twitter.com/themaxburns/status/2019087698607169601
https://twitter.com/SketchesbyBoze/status/2019135095144345930
https://twitter.com/Annie_Wu_22/status/2019113689815876038
———— Stark. Raving. Mad. ————
https://twitter.com/factpostnews/status/2019210954018299969
———— The Epstein Coverup ————
https://twitter.com/Daractenus/status/2019016604475163087
https://twitter.com/Mikel_Jollett/status/2019063600459985085
https://twitter.com/DarthPutinKGB/status/2019041938213830717
https://twitter.com/themarketswork/status/2019006519573180469
https://twitter.com/krassenstein/status/2019204056091357577
https://twitter.com/SallyMayweather/status/2019049131268833588
https://twitter.com/the_corvidae/status/2018878773316464751
https://twitter.com/setupspawn/status/2019066631557710326
———— Tulsi Gabbard ————
https://twitter.com/Owl_Pie2/status/2019020958238150734
https://twitter.com/PiperK/status/2018870398591623326
https://twitter.com/RobertJMolnar/status/2019097445452619945
https://twitter.com/RobertJMolnar/status/2019110353863602685
https://twitter.com/vplus/status/2019139538892079475
https://twitter.com/phildstewart/status/2019196030018105484
———— Autocracy R Us ————
https://twitter.com/NewsHour/status/2018876666232164558
https://twitter.com/msanchezMIA/status/2019077763404079111
https://twitter.com/sppeoples/status/2018991831434903863
https://twitter.com/mattmfm/status/2019045033840898304
https://twitter.com/krystalball/status/2019038709417758969
https://twitter.com/TheJFreakinC/status/2019098336804909526
https://youtube.com/shorts/1HHNSryVXfM?si=yXR5Wnna8A6DN_0w
———— Concentration Camps ————
https://twitter.com/AlCappuccinoIT/status/2018873256627855810
Trump’s New “Prison Camp” Threat Unleashes Fury Even in MAGA Country
The next phase of ICE’s big ramp-up: a nationwide network of vast detention facilities. But guess what? Even parts of Red America are saying no.
https://twitter.com/TheRickWilson/status/2019145119090549024
https://twitter.com/NathanJRobinson/status/2019131507642970260
———— Putin&Krasnov vs. Ukraine ————
https://twitter.com/yasminalombaert/status/2018797273745170517
https://twitter.com/NafeezAhmed/status/2018992411901333654
https://twitter.com/Weinsteinlaw/status/2019061116249288839
https://twitter.com/PhillipsPOBrien/status/2018986279237759093
https://twitter.com/TomCotterillX/status/2018747709381824885
https://twitter.com/davetroy/status/2018980879100719522
———— Smoot-Hawley 2.0 ————
https://twitter.com/MeidasTouch/status/2019090868997849174
———— DOGE ————
https://twitter.com/RonanFarrow/status/2019114176107671634
———— Tech Bros ————
https://twitter.com/TheTNHoller/status/2018919665343311932
https://twitter.com/Daractenus/status/2019153117359608313
———— Hegseth on the Rocks ————
Judge appears likely to rule in Sen. Mark Kelly's favor in suit over 'illegal orders' video
Kelly's lawsuit argues that Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth’s actions violate his First Amendment rights and the speech and debate clause of the Constitution.
———— Mors Imperii ————
https://twitter.com/karaokecomputer/status/2018947400363380997
https://twitter.com/nhoodpublicist/status/2018926484115673198
https://twitter.com/Daractenus/status/2019024953241420017
https://twitter.com/RobbieSherwood/status/2018838094339096707
https://twitter.com/smalls2672/status/2018852834423496717
Serendipity:
https://twitter.com/BestMovieMom/status/2018955448653623582
https://twitter.com/PulpLibrarian/status/2019125183278186924
https://twitter.com/The_Chidimma/status/2019002513458909587
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