Odds and Ends — 11 March 2024

in oddsandends •  4 months ago


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

    Bitcoin’s Market Cap Jumps to $1.4T, Surpassing Silver

    A ‘simple’ hard fork could subvert a quantum attack on Ethereum: Vitalik Buterin

    Coronavirus News, Analysis, and Opinion:

    Four years on, the COVID-19 pandemic has a long tail of grief

    Politics:

    https://twitter.com/OurShallowState/status/1766513970951938342

    Trump Finds Another Line to Cross

    More than Trump’s ugly taunt, one thing stands out to me about these moments: the sound of Trump’s supporters laughing right along with him. This is a building block of Trumpism. The man at the top gives his followers permission to be the worst version of themselves.

    https://twitter.com/Liz_Cheney/status/1766649106527629572

    There should be newspapers that we work at where we do this

    A conversation with Jonathan Katz

    https://twitter.com/kenklippenstein/status/1766551668013863230

    Why Katie Britt Matters

    Britt represents a long, unhealthy tradition of staffers running for their boss’s old seat. They come not with beliefs but an ingrained sense of how to ‘play the game.’ She was an aide and then chief of staff for retired Alabama Senator Richard Shelby.
    This is not new in American (or human) history, but that doesn’t make it better. It allows someone like Britt to achieve an incredible amount of power and prestige powered not by belief and conviction, but timing, fundraising, and connections. They now sit on the other side of the desk, and along with their staff and bevy of consultants, triangulate every issue, every vote, and every press release based on what’s best for their career. She represents not the people of Alabama, but her own ambition.

    https://twitter.com/atrupar/status/1766842778464502022
    https://twitter.com/VABVOX/status/1767018444996714652
    https://twitter.com/BettyBowers/status/1766867494654923211
    https://twitter.com/MSignorile/status/1767014114050580583

    Moms for Liberty Is Slowly Imploding

    With Moms for Liberty co-founder Bridget Ziegler embroiled in scandal, the group is now on the defensive—and that will hurt Republicans in this fall’s elections.

    https://twitter.com/TimothyDSnyder/status/1766637084972827005

    Trump says a TikTok ban would empower Meta, slams Facebook as ‘enemy of the people’

    https://twitter.com/Heidi_Cuda/status/1765900636091199656

    Serendipity:

    Daylight Saving Time Is Not the Enemy

    FDA to Finally Outlaw Soda Ingredient Prohibited Around The World

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