Odds and Ends — 13 September 2025

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

Half of PancakeSwap’s ‘random’ prize winners appear connected

https://twitter.com/SpencerHakimian/status/1966618961149132845

Winklevoss Twins Call for $1 Million Bitcoin Price as Gemini Goes Public

Coronavirus and Public Health:

Trump officials to link covid shots to child deaths, alarming career scientists

Trump health officials plan to link coronavirus vaccines to the deaths of 25 children as they consider limiting which Americans should get the shots.
The findings appear to be based on information submitted to the federal Vaccine Adverse Event Reporting System, which contains unverified reports of side effects or bad experiences with vaccines submitted by anyone.

R.F.K., Jr., Brings More Chaos to COVID Policy and the C.D.C.

When MAGA met MAHA, Donald Trump vowed that Kennedy would “go wild on health.” Promises made, promises kept.

Politics:

Document Contradicts Trump’s Claim About Fed Governor

A loan estimate for an Atlanta home purchased by Lisa Cook, the Federal Reserve governor accused of mortgage fraud by the Trump administration, shows that Cook had declared the property as a “vacation home.”
The document appears to counter other documentation that Cook’s critics have cited in support of their claims that she committed mortgage fraud by reporting two different homes as her primary residence.

https://twitter.com/SethAbramson/status/1966577301841162668

Texas AG is caught in shocking sex scandal as details of secret affair with married Christian influencer mom-of-seven are exposed

I think there’s a Yiddish saying that, loosely translated, says something like Don’t let that little sausage run your life.

https://twitter.com/highbrow_nobrow/status/1966543122764009918

Really? Show the receipts. If so, it was wasted money. He looks crazy for free.

———— The Epstein Coverup ————

https://twitter.com/highbrow_nobrow/status/1966555541330592219

———— Charlie Kirk ————

https://twitter.com/ChildPleez007/status/1966534117664722957

https://twitter.com/JoJoFromJerz/status/1966609058518954448

https://twitter.com/SpencerHakimian/status/1966636143425827122

https://twitter.com/MaryLTrump/status/1966575473246310661
https://twitter.com/acnewsitics/status/1966581560276103371

https://twitter.com/gtconway3d/status/1966548520657105408

https://twitter.com/jimstewartson/status/1966512480496112125
https://twitter.com/buckadeath/status/1966523688817225803
https://twitter.com/covie_93/status/1966589687704834497

https://twitter.com/AmoneyResists/status/1966678185392693590

https://twitter.com/bossladyK83/status/1966572851470745807

———— Autocracy R Us ————

The Climate of Fear Is Self-Imposed

It has been observed that individual Americans are putting up more fight than many institutions. Those individuals are also smaller targets for the authoritarian president and his allies. They are less powerful.
But that’s obviously why it’s more important for the institutions to engage and not to succumb to the climate of fear. That climate, after all, only exists if it goes unchallenged. There is no climate of fear without capitulation.

Judge Worries Trump Sidestepping Torture Protections

A federal judge worried publicly Friday that the Trump administration had, ‘with a wink and a nod,’ deported a group of African nationals to Ghana, only to have Ghana redirect them to countries where they may face torture and persecution.
U.S. District Judge Tanya Chutkan is still weighing what, if any, power she has to order protections for the group of Nigerian and Gambian citizens, who were abruptly sent to Ghana last week aboard a U.S. military plane. But she made clear that she viewed the administration’s actions as underhanded.

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

“I think it’s frankly ridiculous that anyone in this room would even suggest that President Trump is doing anything for his own benefit.” — White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt

“The Party told you to reject the evidence of your eyes and ears. It was their final, most essential command.” — George Orwell

———— Putin&Krasnov vs. Ukraine ————

https://twitter.com/Kasparov63/status/1966566525927584108

https://twitter.com/CoffinItUp/status/1966586688530272263

https://twitter.com/MargoGontar/status/1966482405360873506

———— Melon Husk ————

https://twitter.com/P_Kallioniemi/status/1966374184046440639

———— Mors Imperii ————

https://twitter.com/BohuslavskaKate/status/1966530513440493964

https://twitter.com/MikeSington/status/1966509268112449837

https://twitter.com/JessicaValenti/status/1966630236235210949

Serendipity:

https://twitter.com/donwinslow/status/1966566841087914374

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