Odds and Ends — 30 March 2025
Our dog Lucy doesn’t like thunder. Her Happy Hoodie does help at least a bit with her thunder anxiety but perhaps at the cost of making her look a little more psycho than she really is.
Cryptocurrency, Investing, Money, Economy, Business, AI, and Debt:
https://twitter.com/fed_speak/status/1905953750868443196
The future of finance is built on Bitcoin — Ethereum was just the testnet
https://twitter.com/P_Kallioniemi/status/1905947193346855222
Coronavirus and Public Health:
Researcher says Long COVID causing "great deal of suffering"
Measles Outbreak Worsens in Texas and New Mexico
Texas and New Mexico health departments said on Friday that the number of measles cases in their states rose 20% since their last reports three days ago, as experts warn they expect the outbreak to further spread in coming weeks.
Politics:
Le Pen’s Presidential Hopes Could Die Next Week
Monday could go down as one of the most important days in the history of the French far right.
It’s the moment judges could crush Marine Le Pen’s dream of winning the presidency, one she has never been closer to realizing, according to opinion polls. Le Pen is on trial for having participated in a scheme to embezzle funds from the European Parliament, and if found guilty could be barred from running for any public office for the next five years. The next presidential election is set for 2027.
———— Kalaallit Nunaat ————
Everything is on the table to obtain Greenland
The president on Saturday also said he has “absolutely” had real conversations about annexing Greenland, which is currently a semiautonomous Danish territory.
“We’ll get Greenland. Yeah, 100%,” Trump said.
He added that there’s a “good possibility that we could do it without military force” but that “I don’t take anything off the table.” …
Asked what message acquiring Greenland would send to Russia and the rest of the world, Trump said, “I don’t really think about that. I don’t really care. Greenland’s a very separate subject, very different. It’s international peace. It’s international security and strength.”
https://twitter.com/MalcolmNance/status/1905910837232939258
https://twitter.com/WalshFreedom/status/1905959998921806043
The Imperialism Has no Clothes
The base at Pituffik (formerly Thule) only exists because Denmark permitted the United States to build it at a sensitive time. It has served the United States for decades as a central part of its nuclear armory and then as an early-warning system against Soviet and then Russian nuclear attack.
When Vance says that Denmark is not protecting Greenland and the base, he is wishing away generations of cooperation, as well as the NATO alliance itself. Denmark was a founding member of NATO, and it is already American’s job to defend Denmark and Greenland, just as it is Denmark’s job (as with other members) to defend the United States.
Americans might chuckle at that idea, but such arrogance is unwarranted. We are the only ones ever to have invoked Article 5, the mutual defense obligation of the NATO treaty, after 9/11; and our European allies did respond. Per capita more Danish soldiers were killed in the Afghan war than were American soldiers. Do we remember them? Thank them?
https://twitter.com/EastEndJoe/status/1906104736454950956
https://twitter.com/TotalSeasons/status/1906147186863177937
———— Autocracy R Us ————
https://twitter.com/AnnaBower/status/1905767419765018936
https://twitter.com/jkbjournalist/status/1905950391583281509
https://twitter.com/morgfair/status/1905772105674924530
———— Melon Husk ————
https://twitter.com/JayinKyiv/status/1905911061498208579
Elon Musk Brags About How Much He Controls Trump
https://twitter.com/lesleyabravanel/status/1906122918670557446
https://twitter.com/ashleighlondon/status/1906137452206497978
https://twitter.com/daviss/status/1906065086604525885
———— Putin&Krasnov vs. Ukraine ————
https://twitter.com/amduffany/status/1906073822111134015
The Triple Tap Raid On the Engels Bomber Base Cost Russia $960 Million
96 Kh-101 cruise missiles went up in flames.
https://twitter.com/GicAriana/status/1905853872477794442
https://twitter.com/PaulConRO/status/1905965481128759569
———— Signalgate ————
The Signal chat exposes the administration’s incompetence – and its pecking order
The transcript exposed the internal pecking order of the Trump administration and its actual chain of command, if it could be called anything that regular. In the end, the final decision-maker within the group to whom the others deferred was not any cabinet secretary or the chief of staff.
They turned to ‘SM’ – Stephen Miller – the deputy chief of staff who is Trump’s zealous enforcer. The chief of staff, Susie Wiles, came across as a cheerleader. Miller was the one who gave the stamp of approval. He conveyed Trump’s word. For all intents and purposes, Stephen Miller acted as the de facto president.
https://twitter.com/FrankenforIowa/status/1906016076619518196
https://twitter.com/jeremynewberger/status/1905954341329981775
———— Mors Imperii ————
https://twitter.com/joncoopertweets/status/1906035430694527230
Most Scientists Consider Leaving the U.S.
A new Nature Poll found 75% of scientists are considering leaving the United States following the disruptions prompted by President Trump.
Europe and Canada were among the top choices for relocation. The trend was particularly pronounced among early-career researchers.
Trump Executive Order Says States Must Use Voting Machines That Don’t Actually Exist
https://twitter.com/AesPolitics1/status/1905984058842104043
Too bad, so sad: Republicans Play the Blame Game After Stefanik’s Nomination Crumbles
https://twitter.com/RepThomasMassie/status/1905985712781938897
https://twitter.com/TheRealDon85/status/1905762193939075120
Serendipity:
https://twitter.com/historyinmemes/status/1905679667794735460
As federal environmental priorities shift, sovereign Native American nations have their own plans
https://twitter.com/DannyDeraney/status/1905738583014809843
https://twitter.com/obversers/status/1905645008281022517
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Great to see Bernie out and about.
Specifically, the poll found that four in 10 Americans have at least thought about leaving the country within the next few years. And among Gen Z and millennials, almost one in five respondents reported “seriously considering” an imminent move.
Why?
Cost of living is first reason given. "Dissatisfaction with the current political leadership ranked as the second highest concern."
Trump wants to reshape the country. He may be doing that faster than he thinks, and in ways he doesn't anticipate.
****Thank you for Lucy!!! A great reason to smile.
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