Odds and Ends — 23 November 2023

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5 months ago

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

https://twitter.com/WhaleWire/status/1727343379032223759?s=20

Bitcoin's Anti-Censorship Ethos Surfaces After Mining Pool F2Pool Acknowledges ‘Filter’

https://twitter.com/gaborgurbacs/status/1726974307405033840?s=20

From airlines to ticket sellers, companies fight U.S. to keep junk fees

An array of powerful moneyed lobbyists have warred with the Biden administration over its new regulatory crackdown as they scramble to protect their profits

https://twitter.com/mikealfred/status/1727093848139325912?s=20

‘Breakthrough battery’ from Sweden may cut dependency on China

https://twitter.com/PositiveCrypto/status/1727254106572739009?s=20

Fresh blow for Elon Musk as UK government pulls millions in Twitter advertising

https://twitter.com/WhaleWire/status/1727482696157315108?s=20

Coronavirus News, Analysis, and Opinion:

British state ‘surprisingly bad’ at responding to COVID-19, inquiry hears

Chief Medical Officer Chris Whitty blames sluggish government machine for U.K.’s pandemic failings.

Florida Man:

DeSantis Super PAC C.E.O. Resigns

Chris Jankowski, the chief executive of the Never Back Down super PAC, stepped down as internal disputes among supporters of Ron DeSantis intensified.

Politics:

https://twitter.com/Meidas_LaurenA/status/1727477640255397926?s=20

Have You Listened Lately to What Trump Is Saying?

Trump’s rhetoric is a permission slip for his supporters to dehumanize others just as he does. He portrays others as existential threats, determined to destroy everything MAGA world loves about America. Trump is doing two things at once: pushing the narrative that his enemies must be defeated while dissolving the natural inhibitions most human beings have against hating and harming others.
It signals to his supporters that any means to vanquish the other side is legitimate; the normal constraints that govern human interactions no longer apply.

https://twitter.com/RadioFreeTom/status/1727350874094420085?s=20

New York City Mayor Eric Adams Accused of Sexual Assault in Legal Filing

https://twitter.com/TheSGTJoker/status/1727494327016845754?s=20

Donor allegedly offered $20M to recruit a Tlaib primary challenger

https://twitter.com/TheRickyDavila/status/1727521564495896866?s=20

US thwarted plot to kill Sikh separatist in America

https://twitter.com/RonFilipkowski/status/1727458608739242374?s=20

https://twitter.com/acnewsitics/status/1727469240599667157?s=20

Dutch election: Anti-Islam populist Geert Wilders wins dramatic victory

https://twitter.com/stealthygeek/status/1727152893554479553?s=20

Did Trump Co-Defendant Harrison Floyd Just Violate his Modified Bond Order?

https://twitter.com/Davidlaz/status/1727353830470533339?s=20