Odds and Ends — 8 June 2026

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“So many books. So little time.” — Frank Zappa

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

https://twitter.com/MrMatthewTodd/status/2063227580472295759

South Korea police raid Bithumb

https://twitter.com/Hedgesgurl/status/2063681492023128452

BlackRock-backed tokenization firm Securitize clears key hurdle to go public on NYSE

https://twitter.com/bluewmist/status/2063873282781413486

https://twitter.com/sagnaceffect/status/2063939479279214726

Coronavirus and Public Health:

The Painful Truth About Long Covid

Iran:

Trump Says Iran War Will End ‘One Way or the Other’

“We’re going to come out of Iran very quickly — one way or the other, whether it’s a piece of paper or the very tough way. The very tough way may be the easier way.”

In related words of wisdom, “Well, Jane, it just goes to show you, it’s always something — if it’s not one thing, it’s another.” — Roseanne Roseannadanna

https://twitter.com/RonFilipkowski/status/2063736849529532657

Trump Says Israel Will Accept Iran Peace Deal

“I call the shots. I call all the shots. Netanyahu doesn’t call the shots.”

Politics:

https://twitter.com/covie_93/status/2063616738311262230

The New York Primary That Is All About Israel

Not long ago, Dan Goldman was a hero of the resistance… Now, Goldman is struggling to hold on to his seat.
He has been fighting a Democratic primary challenge from Brad Lander, New York City’s former comptroller and a close ally of Mayor Zohran Mamdani. The contest, in a district stretching from lower Manhattan into brownstone Brooklyn, has featured plenty of bile about Trump, promises of a more affordable city and picayune local disputes.
But the dominant issue has been some six-thousand miles away: Israel, and its war in Gaza.

https://twitter.com/rushicrypto/status/2063688322174931033

The American Postal Workers Union (APWU) says it is “deeply alarmed” about the United States Postal Service’s (USPS) new rule created to carry out President Donald >Trump’s plans for restricting mail-in voting.
Calling it an “unconstitutional attack on the millions of Americans who vote by mail,” the APWU said in a press statement that it “rejects the premise” that the USPS needed to comply with Trump’s order.
The Executive Order also ignores the fundamental purpose of the Postal Service and postal workers, which is to provide universal service to all,” reads the statement. “The Postal Service serves all Americans – regardless of party, religion, or race; it is not a tool for politicians to pick which Americans get which benefits.”

———— Putin&Krasnov vs. Ukraine ————

https://twitter.com/BBCWorld/status/2063519916959965522

https://twitter.com/TrentTelenko/status/2063390970951909766

What’s Eating ‘Putin’s Brain’?

Even Russia’s leading warmonger has run out of ways to justify the Ukraine invasion.

https://twitter.com/rpotter_9/status/2063273645959721280

https://twitter.com/Mylovanov/status/2063708619456082347

https://twitter.com/JAHeale/status/2063733606007157086

———— Hegseth on the Rocks ————

Pete Hegseth’s D-day speech on immigration condemned as ‘grotesque stupidity’

———— Mors Imperii ————

https://twitter.com/MatthewMacVane/status/2063729609087037468

Weight-Loss Drugs Are Next on the Corporate Chopping Block

Coverage for Ozempic and other drugs used for weight loss has fast become one of the most coveted workplace benefits—so much so that companies say they can no longer afford to provide it.