Odds and Ends — 12 November 2021

over 2 years ago (Edited)

I’m Doing Something Wrong With My Chicken:

I’m a noob at Splinterlands, cluelessly flailing about in Bronze III. I’ve been dipping my toes into buying a few cards and yesterday picked up a Furious Chicken. When I tried it out in first position in a few practice battles, it worked fine. But when I did a few ranked battles, I couldn’t see it as an available card and reverted to placing a tank in first position. Clearly, I’m doing something wrong, but what?

Edit: Duh, I just had a hard time finding it, didn’t realize that the button for “1” mana also displayed the “0” mana card.

Cryptocurrency, Investing, Money, Economy, and Debt:

’Probably Nothing’: Why People Still Hate Crypto

Backlash to Discord potentially integrating an Ethereum wallet shows how skeptical the greater public really is.

If you only learn one new thing in 30 years, it should be #Bitcoin.https://t.co/7CXeUzy4er
— Michael Saylor⚡️ (@saylor) November 10, 2021

Bitcoin Adoption Is The Start Of A Digital Revolution

Miami will hand out free Bitcoin to residents from profits on city coin

The weirdest supply chain story I’ve yet seen: South Korea rations urea amid shortage, drivers panic buy

Coronavirus News, Analysis, and Opinion:

Austrian leader says lockdown for the unvaccinated is likely

FWIW, polling suggests that in the U.S. there’s Steady Support for Vax Mandates

Measles is a renewed global threat after 22 million babies missed their vaccines during the pandemic, CDC warns

Officer dies of COVID while on leave for missing California city’s vaccine deadline

Federal judge overturns Texas mask mandate ban for public schools

Politics:

“I’m really worried about a return of Donald Trump this time, because this time, the Velociraptors have figured out how to work the doorknobs.” — Former Bush speechwriter David Frum

The January 6th investigation gets closer to Donald Trump.

Stephen Gillers, a professor of law at New York University, said that Attorney General Garland may wait for higher courts to rule on Trump’s legal claims, but he believes that Garland will eventually prosecute Bannon. Gillers pointed out that if Bannon is not charged, those who were subpoenaed this week might be encouraged to try waiting out the investigation. “Garland knows that,” Gillers said, adding, “Everything we know about his devotion to the rule of law makes me confident that he will not allow that to happen.”

In which @brianstelter says there are "A-list" journalists he's talked to "who see the election subversion efforts intensifying, and they don't feel like they can say so. They feel constrained." https://t.co/CgVqmsMZ0z
— Jay Rosen (@jayrosen_nyu) November 11, 2021

Domestic Extremists Push Violence Against Congress

Domestic extremists continue to exploit false narratives to promote violence online, calling for attacks on members of Congress and public health and school officials, even as they share information about how to build bombs, according to a new intelligence bulletin by the Department of Homeland Security that paints a picture of persistent danger.”

At the Willard and the White House, the Jan. 6 Panel Widens Its Net

Here’s the memo, never before made public, that Johnnie McEntee's Presidential Personnel Office wrote making the case for firing Secretary of Defense Mark Esper. Written on 10/19/20, it’s a remarkable window inside the thinking of the Trump White House. #Betrayal pic.twitter.com/BQneokFmbT
— Jonathan Karl (@jonkarl) November 10, 2021

Oh noes, he had “vowed to be apolitical” as SecDef.

Taliban Suicide Squad Commander Named to Post

A Taliban commander with links to al-Qaeda, who was notorious for kidnapping foreign journalists and directing suicide attacks in the Afghan capital has been made governor of Kabul province.

Journalist Reveals Key Capitol Riot Evidence Mike Pence Is Trying To Keep Hidden

Why inflation is a political nightmare for Biden