Odds and Ends — 21 January 2026
Cryptocurrency, Investing, Money, Economy, Business, AI, and Debt:
Crypto mortgages in US face valuation risks, regulatory uncertainty
https://twitter.com/TimothyDSnyder/status/2013759213734932708
Mike Novogratz’s Galaxy to Launch $100M Crypto Hedge Fund
https://twitter.com/dennismhogan/status/2013467396472705215
Coronavirus and Public Health:
COVID-19 and the Toll it Took on Laboratory Professionals
Politics:
He doesn’t mince his words at all.
“Until now, we tried to appease the new president in the White House. We were very lenient, also with the tariffs. We were lenient hoping to get his support for the Ukraine war… But now so many red lines are being crossed that you have the choice between your self-respect. Being a happy vassal is one thing. Being a miserable slave is something else.” — Belgian prime minister Bart De Wever
https://twitter.com/Daractenus/status/2013701979084664877
Halligan Leaves as Faux U.S. Attorney
Lindsey Halligan, tapped by President Trump to prosecute his enemies, has left the U.S. attorney’s office in the Eastern District of Virginia, Attorney General Pam Bondi said late Tuesday after a judge called Ms. Halligan’s bid to remain in office a ‘charade.’
https://twitter.com/pepel_klaasa/status/2013614937126355058
https://twitter.com/EpsilonTheory/status/2013725228929818644
———— Minnesota Under Siege ————
https://twitter.com/PrezLives2022/status/2013468377235300729
https://twitter.com/atrupar/status/2013664998908739946
https://twitter.com/lydiakauppi/status/2013743292031111610
Trump targets Minnesota as he marks one year of second term
https://twitter.com/factpostnews/status/2013728293283905746
https://twitter.com/Guru_Merc/status/2013715338118959584
https://twitter.com/NortonMpls/status/2013640676970201352
ICE agents from down south who are here are going to learn some things the hard way:
https://twitter.com/ChrisReeceWX/status/2013733683895607460
———— Trump Rambling ————
https://twitter.com/RadioFreeTom/status/2013694833022345217
https://twitter.com/MacFarlaneNews/status/2013706655771304138
Trump doubles down on Greenland threats, saying there is 'no going back'
https://twitter.com/KeithOlbermann/status/2013696469228732722
https://twitter.com/TheRealThelmaJ1/status/2013736694802153815
https://twitter.com/RadioFreeTom/status/2013697364230275077
Ex-Trump Press Secretary Warns President Is ‘Mentally Slipping’ Following ‘Bizarre’ Presser
———— The Epstein Coverup ————
https://twitter.com/davetroy/status/2013486397521354944
———— Autocracy R Us ————
How the attorney general became a person who loves telling Trump yes
https://twitter.com/DavidLeftyMA/status/2013306008735752701
Why Trump’s Justice Department Is Redefining Dissent as Terrorism
https://twitter.com/curtismorrison/status/2013366277297914363
———— Blatant In-Your-Face Corruption ————
George Orwell: “They will have tyranny and they will call it justice, lies and they call it truth, war and they call it peace.”
Donald Trump: “Peace Board”
———— Putin&Krasnov vs. Ukraine ————
https://twitter.com/JayinKyiv/status/2013570683846935022
https://twitter.com/TheRickWilson/status/2013610421672943729
———— Melon Husk ————
Trump administration concedes DOGE team may have misused Social Security data
Two members of Elon Musk’s DOGE team working at the Social Security Administration were secretly in touch with an advocacy group seeking to “overturn election results in certain states,” and one signed an agreement that may have involved using Social Security data to match state voter rolls, the Justice Department revealed in newly disclosed court papers.
———— Mors Imperii ————
https://twitter.com/JuddLegum/status/2013609418001182990
https://twitter.com/AnnaBower/status/2013683370664849828
Citing $115,000 in unpaid rent, Lehigh County evicts ICE from Allentown office space
https://twitter.com/bananafitz/status/2013694961833701862
Trump Threatens Europe Over Greenland
As Trump talked about Greenland, the auditorium went silent. Some people audibly gasped as he attacked NATO and said he did not think the alliance would come to the United States’s defense in the future. But for the most part, the audience has nervously listened quietly to to each word of his speech.
https://twitter.com/MeachamDr/status/2013693575729401998
https://twitter.com/TheoMoudakis/status/2013719998422782072
Serendipity:
https://twitter.com/gcochran99/status/2013414871375745243
https://twitter.com/MAMBarLife/status/2013723839096611326
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Thank you for being my safe haven. I was thinking, where can I post this? And then I remembered.
So his feint on Greenland is over. What did he get? Probably nothing more than he would have had without the histrionics. I'm tempted to say his sudden turnaround may mean someone upped his dose of medication. I think what he really wanted was everyone to look at him. He wanted to strut his power. He wanted to be the global bully (plus who's looking at Epstein?)
What did he get? Nothing. The world gets something though. Europe is more united now. On notice that the U.S. is totally unreliable and they have to strengthen their defenses.
What did we get? Great show. He looks more like a maniac, loses more followers in the U.S. Puts us all on notice that there is no limit to his megalomania. Opinion polls should show a greater decline after this debacle.
Holding my breath for the elections...will they be sabotaged?
Thanks again for offering a place where I can air these thoughts.
Zip. Zilch. Nada.
And, pathetically, he pretended he got a “framework” from the NATO General Secretary. Who has zero say over Denmark/Greenland’s internal politics.