Odds and Ends — 30 May 2023
Cryptocurrency, Investing, Money, Economy, Business, and Debt:
Two key security practices for Web3 startups from Israel Crypto Conference
Companies and individuals without AI expertise will be left behind: Nvidia CEO
Coronavirus News, Analysis, and Opinion:
New Study: Even Mild COVID-19 Can Have Long-Term Detrimental Effects on Heart Health
Florida Man:
“I Can’t Teach Like This”: Florida’s Education Brain Drain Is Hitting Public Schools Hard
DeSantis accused of ‘catastrophic’ climate approach after campaign launch
Politics:
Trump escalates attacks on judges amid increasing legal scrutiny
This may play well with his base, but I can’t imagine that the judges are amused. How long until one of them finds him in contempt and places him behind bars?
Biden Is More Fearful Than the Ukrainians Are
The U.S. president has promised Ukraine “whatever it takes, as long as it takes.” But out of anxiety about escalation, Washington is making decisions that could prolong the war.
Utterly bizarre how strongly critical Lindsey Graham is of Vladimir Putin, but how ridiculously obsequious he is of Donald Trump. Something about this just does not make sense. Wish we could figure it out. Maybe one day we will. pic.twitter.com/FNUdTbtt1O
— Russell Drew (@RussOnPolitics) May 29, 2023
Moscow Bombarded by Drones in ‘Worst Attack Since World War II’
What Could Trump Possibly Get Out of Attacking Special Prosecutor Jack Smith?
Wrestling explains it.
With Special Counsel Jack Smith indicating that Indictments are coming, as my good friend Bill Goldman used to say: Donald Trump is so freaked out, “he doesn’t know whether to shit or wind his watch.”
— Rob Reiner (@robreiner) May 25, 2023
China urges Japan to halt export restrictions on chips
I rather doubt that Japan will comply.
China has rebuffed a U.S. request for a meeting between their defense chiefs on the sidelines of an annual security forum in Singapore this coming weekend, showing the limits of a tentative rapprochement between the two rival powers.
The decision by China formally to inform the Pentagon shuts the door for now on a meeting between Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin and Li Shangfu, China’s new defense minister, which the U.S. had proposed on the sidelines of the annual Shangri-La Dialogue security forum.
China’s dismissal of the proposal also was termed an unusually blunt message.
Serendipity:
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