Odds and Ends — 7 March 2026

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about 7 hours ago

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

https://twitter.com/Amena__Bakr/status/2029860298581233712

Kazakhstan's Central Bank Will Invest Up to $350 Million in Crypto Assets

https://twitter.com/WSJ/status/2029919983237472649

Manhattan office tower values plummet below COVID-era slump amid fears AI will wreak a white-collar bloodbath

https://twitter.com/DavidBCollum/status/2029992753250152894

Flash Fiction:

”If we frame it as a revolutionary change to their lives, people won’t see a contradiction with the shortages they’re facing. We can tap into a whole range of their emotions.”

”I can’t conceive a scenario where that will play out the way you’re expecting. Won’t they just see our brand as a manufacturer of lies?”

”You’re new to this, aren’t you? You’re giving the general public far too much credit. Why do you think they’re called sheep?”

Written for this prompt.

Coronavirus and Public Health:

Babies with COVID-19 develop more serious disease than those with RSV, US data reveal

Iran:

https://twitter.com/MarkAmesExiled/status/2029896942088499695

https://twitter.com/RupertStone83/status/2029943426993520912

https://twitter.com/AKDay89/status/2029904772749222380

Systemic Risk: A 12-Order Cascading Analysis of a Zero-Flow Strait of Hormuz Closure

The modern world order, having organized itself around efficiency, cost minimization, and logistical precision, has created a machinery of dependence so extreme that the interruption of one narrow corridor can propagate outward into a general crisis of civilization.
What appears at first as a maritime blockade is in fact the exposure of the entire global system as a hierarchy of brittle interdependencies.
Oil and LNG fail as inputs into electricity, fertilizer, shipping, chemicals, mining, manufacturing, and state finance.

https://twitter.com/esjesjesj/status/2029975411069747230

https://twitter.com/calvinfroedge/status/2030034297525010778

Cancellation of Army exercise fuels speculation about Mideast troop deployments

The Army in recent days abruptly canceled a major training exercise for the headquarters element of an elite paratrooper unit, officials said, fueling speculation within the Defense Department that soldiers specializing in ground combat and a range of other missions may be sent to the Middle East as the conflict with Iran widens.
The 82nd Airborne Division at Fort Bragg in North Carolina includes a brigade combat team of about 4,000 to 5,000 soldiers ready to deploy on 18 hours notice for missions as varied as seizing airfields and other critical infrastructure, reinforcing U.S. embassies and enabling emergency evacuations. Its headquarters element is responsible for coordinating how those operations are planned and executed.

https://twitter.com/cirnosad/status/2029982500060287355

https://twitter.com/TrentTelenko/status/2029972063587320146

https://twitter.com/MaryKostakidis/status/2029776504750813453

The War He's Always Wanted