Odds and Ends — 16 July 2026
As I prepare dinner, my sous chef Lucy stands by with two streams of drool in case I need to add them to the jambalaya.
Cryptocurrency, Investing, Money, Economy, Business, AI, and Debt:
Autonomous AI agent economy faces infrastructure gaps: Visa, Artemis
Japan reclassifies crypto as a financial asset, paves way for tax cuts
Coronavirus and Public Health:
Sanofi sues Pfizer, Moderna over COVID shot technology
https://x.com/WUTangKids/status/2077455068601725313
https://x.com/dieworkwear/status/2077524169315753994
Iran:
No end in sight for new Iran war
New? In what sense is it new?
https://x.com/TonyIsHere4You/status/2077234109001113897
https://x.com/TrumpsPortfolio/status/2077493571129622834
Politics:
https://x.com/jimstewartson/status/2077136706525155772
https://x.com/fire_starter457/status/2077025747424977159
https://x.com/RickPetree/status/2077034054029918293
https://x.com/davetroy/status/2077497210804019615
———— Stark. Raving. Mad. ————
https://x.com/DarrigoMelanie/status/2077502458125815925
———— E. Jean Carroll ————
https://x.com/samyoungman/status/2077408886500495504
———— What time is it? ————
https://x.com/lydiakauppi/status/2077224938839192033
https://x.com/pcavlin/status/2077202792750457256
https://x.com/aakashgupta/status/2077229415931781326
———— The Epstein Coverup ————
https://x.com/MollyJongFast/status/2077149631696228480
https://x.com/MeidasClips/status/2077527543708598580
———— Lindsey Graham ————
https://x.com/dccommonsense/status/2077433038854918185
https://x.com/Andie00471/status/2077407143301382593
———— Autocracy R Us ————
https://x.com/RonFilipkowski/status/2076812262967247359
https://x.com/KellyScaletta/status/2077412611063198184
https://x.com/covie_93/status/2077536134146527655
https://x.com/Kasparov63/status/2077480816569876864
https://x.com/amandacarpenter/status/2077157671266865541
ICE reverses, admits it may have trove of documents on agents at polling places
https://x.com/PabloReports/status/2077329242644259090
https://x.com/KellyScaletta/status/2077195704099815837
https://x.com/ruthbenghiat/status/2077227547457159391
FBI Has Looked at Using Questionable AI Tech to Review Signatures on Seized Mail-In Ballots
https://x.com/JasonBassler1/status/2077110883877093662
———— Blatant In-Your-Face Corruption ————
https://x.com/CarolLeonnig/status/2077493754760712635
———— Putin&Krasnov vs. Ukraine ————
https://x.com/davetroy/status/2077131423895392296
https://x.com/Kasparov63/status/2077056663589097634
https://x.com/rshereme/status/2077085851968741475
———— Melon Husk ————
https://x.com/FredLambert/status/2077030255378751901
https://x.com/MuellerSheWrote/status/2077144896054440056
Musk Funds Ramaswamy’s Bid for Ohio Governor
In the weeks after President Trump named Elon Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy to lead the so-called Department of Government Efficiency, the two men and their allies developed a frosty relationship. Just as Mr. Trump was inaugurated last January, Mr. Ramaswamy left the initiative, aimed at downsizing the federal work force, before it began, and Mr. Musk took charge.
But they seem to have buried the hatchet: Mr. Musk, the world’s richest person, donated $5 million in May to back Mr. Ramaswamy’s bid to be governor of Ohio, according to a campaign-finance filing made public on Wednesday.
The donation is another sign of Mr. Musk’s engagement in the midterm elections despite his apparent disillusionment with Republican politics over the past couple of years. He has now spent at least $90 million this election cycle, becoming one of its largest donors.
———— Hegseth on the Rocks ————
https://x.com/RonFilipkowski/status/2077440270702989565
So gender-affirming healthcare is now Trumpist policy?
https://x.com/covie_93/status/2077549094872940843
https://x.com/jimstewartson/status/2077521178768666753
———— Mors Imperii ————
https://x.com/SethAbramson/status/2076827187794079766
https://x.com/Kasparov63/status/2077584383830073626
https://x.com/ErinBanco/status/2077543203205533893
https://x.com/jerseyh0mo/status/2077335111847035072
Serendipity:
https://x.com/Smorgasboredom/status/2077374548542922913
https://x.com/horrormuseum/status/2077552252290809961
https://x.com/TallbarFIN/status/2077369092525224041
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