Odds and Ends — 18 November 2023


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

Fidelity Wants to Create an Ether ETF, Joining BlackRock in Doubling Down on Crypto

U.S. Economy Outpaces Chinese Economy For The First Time in 40 Years

https://twitter.com/davidfrum/status/1725362308556161399?s=20

Gas Prices Tumble Ahead of Thanksgiving

The national average price of regular gasoline is down by 55 cents a gallon over the past two months to $3.33, according to AAA. This exceeds the typical seasonal drop in gas prices during the fall and leaves the national average at a 10-month low.
If prices stay near current levels, this would be the cheapest gas price on Thanksgiving Day since 2020 when Covid-19 caused many Americans to stay off the roads altogether.

Coronavirus News, Analysis, and Opinion:

Why some people who got the COVID-19 vaccine aren’t getting boosted now

Florida Man:

Washington Post lawsuit challenges Florida law shielding DeSantis travel records

Politics:

The Economist: Donald Trump poses the biggest danger to the world in 2024

A shadow looms over the world. In this week’s edition we publish The World Ahead 2024, our 38th annual predictive guide to the coming year, and in all that time no single person has ever eclipsed our analysis as much as Donald Trump eclipses 2024. That a Trump victory next November is a coin-toss probability is beginning to sink in.

How Money Flowed From Moscow to the Seychelles to Belize to Scotland to a GOP Lobbyist

https://twitter.com/rgoodlaw/status/1725666725771776196?s=20

White House Challenges Legitimacy of Impeachment Probe

White House special counsel Dick Sauber questioned the validity of the GOP-led impeachment inquiry into President Biden on Friday in a scathing letter sent to House Oversight Chairman James Comer (R-KY) and House Judiciary Chairman Jim Jordan (R-OH).
In the four-page letter, Sauber demanded that Comer and Jordan withdraw their subpoenas and requests for interviews with members of the Biden family and aides, arguing that since the House did not hold a floor vote on the impeachment inquiry, it has not been formally authorized by the legislative body as required by the Constitution.

https://twitter.com/lawofruby/status/1725609711079235714?s=20

How the war in Ukraine is changing the Caucasus

Turkey and Azerbaijan hope to benefit from Russia’s betrayal of Armenia

https://twitter.com/theliamnissan/status/1725582068162203921?s=20

Putin’s brutal war on Ukraine vanishes from news coverage amid raging conflict in Gaza

https://twitter.com/itsJeffTiedrich/status/1725530074277986700?s=20

Serendipity:

https://twitter.com/DrSpooky_ER/status/1725485934081130698?s=20

A Coder Considers the Waning Days of the Craft

Coding has always felt to me like an endlessly deep and rich domain. Now I find myself wanting to write a eulogy for it.

https://twitter.com/Enezator/status/1725405096589049879?s=20

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I was thinking about bearing the weight of other peoples issues a bit. Reading your updates and collections of news probably makes you so informed that you are drowning in it. I get to sample and you do laps in the news to fish out the gems.

Do you find it tough to be so informed about the silly political game and anticipating the effects of Florida Man level stupidity might have on us?

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