Grund is a beast (38 mana, Equal Opportunity rule set).

Cryptocurrency, Investing, Money, Economy, and Debt:

Global Economies Flash Warning of Sharp Slowdown

Looks bare: OpenSea turns into NFT ghost-town after volume plunges 99% in 90 days

Slower inflation won’t stop central banks

Inflation Hedge or Not, Bitcoin’s True Value Is Separation of Money and State

Coronavirus News, Analysis, and Opinion:

Fall Vaccination Campaign Will Bring New Shots, Worse Access

China’s Shenzhen shuts electronics market to fight COVID outbreak

Politics:

Inside Trump’s Post-Presidential Hell Of Criminal Probes And Feeble Lawyering

Graham Warns of Riots If Trump Is Indicted

So I’m sure that Graham will fully support the police who teargas the rioters and charge into them on horseback wielding billy clubs.

Trump’s Legal Team Scrambles to Find an Argument

As the partial release of the search warrant affidavit on Friday, including the May 25 letter, illustrated, Mr. Trump is going into the battle over the documents with a hastily assembled team. The lawyers have offered up a variety of arguments on his behalf that have yet to do much to fend off a Justice Department that has adopted a determined, focused and so far largely successful legal approach.
Often tinged with Mr. Trump’s own bombast and sometimes conflating his powers as president with his role as a private citizen, the legal arguments put forth by his team sometimes strike lawyers not involved in the case as more about setting a political narrative than about dealing with the possibility of a federal prosecution.

If it really is a witch hunt, it is time to burn us a fucking witch.

— Middle Age Riot (@middleageriot) August 26, 2022

I want some of what she’s smoking: Boebert Says Biden Is Funding ‘Lesbian Dance Theory’ Degrees

Does anyone take Lauren Boebert seriously?

U.N. Inspectors Head to Ukraine Nuclear Plant

United Nations atomic-energy inspectors are heading to the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant amid fears that fighting in the area has damaged power lines and caused fires at the facility that could lead to nuclear catastrophe.

Vulnerable U.S. electric grid facing threats from Russia and domestic terrorists

Truth Social’s Ugly Truth

Truth Social, the app launched by Donald Trump as a free speech platform for conservatives, is facing serious financial and legal stress at it tries to survive.

Same-sex marriage puts Ron Johnson in a bind

GOP Candidates Are Increasingly Sharing Misinformation

The media has routinely reported on these falsehoods, making it seem like misinformation is rampant in politics. But are candidates for Congress actually sharing more misinformation in 2022 than 2020?
Yes, according to our analysis of congressional candidates’ Facebook posts. We found that politicians in the 2022 election are sharing more links to unreliable news sources than they did in 2020, and the increase appears to be driven by nonincumbent Republican candidates.

”The Sandman” and the American Dream: Donald Trump is the Corinthian

Serendipity:

Rapid eye movements in sleeping mice match where they are looking in their dreams, new research finds

Mickey Mantle baseball card sells for record $12.6 million

My dad emmigrated to the U.S. from Norway and had no real interest in baseball. But he did take me to Yankee Stadium once and I got to see Mickey Mantle play. Mantle went 0-4 that day.

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