Cryptocurrency, Investing, Money, Economy, and Debt:

Dinosaurs on parade: Berkshire Hathaway vice chair labels bitcoin ‘stupid’ and ‘evil’

…it’s stupid because it’s very likely to go to zero, and it’s evil because it undermines the Federal Reserve System and national currency system, which we desperately need to maintain its integrity and government control and so on.

Uh, at most, pick one of those. You can’t possibly have both.

Crypto is Winning, and Bitcoin Diehards are Furious About It

Bitcoin maxis do not want to talk about cryptocurrencies or Web3. They want to talk about the One True Faith, which is Bitcoin.

Coronavirus News, Analysis, and Opinion:

Boris Johnson’s defence on Covid risk to care homes hit by new revelation

Lockdowns and supply chain disruption to accelerate Apple's move away from China, with India a likely beneficiary, analysts say

COVID Truthers Have Found a New ‘Pandemic’ to Freak Out About

Politics:

“This is the first time the president has attended this dinner in six years. It’s understandable. We had a horrible plague – followed by two years of Covid.” — Joe Biden, at the White House Correspondents’ dinner.

A Recommendation

I think that on balance the US is making the correct decisions with respect to the Ukraine War and I disagree with the thrust of the arguments in this piece by Michael Hirsch in Foreign Policy. Russia’s actions are likely a better measure of their intentions than their words. But it’s a close run thing and I recommend it to you.

The Mysterious Case of Marina O.

Her anti-war protest on live Russian TV was seen by millions. But is she a Kremlin stooge?

Russia’s Top Officer Visited the Front Line

The chief of the general staff of the Russian military, Gen. Valery Gerasimov, the country’s highest ranking uniformed officer, made a visit to dangerous front-line positions in eastern Ukraine late last week in an effort to ‘change the course’ of Russia’s flagging offensive there.
Ukrainian officials learned of the visit, the Ukrainian official said, but not in time to catch General Gerasimov. When Ukrainian forces launched an attack on one position visited by General Gerasimov, at School No. 12 in the Russian-controlled city of Izium on Saturday evening, he had already departed for Russia.

Democrats Punch Back Against GOP’s Culture War

Fascists believe in free speech up until the moment they take power.

— Middle Age Riot (@middleageriot) April 30, 2022

Evidence mounts of GOP involvement in Trump election schemes

The text exchange, in an April 22 court filing from the congressional panel investigating the Jan. 6 riot, is in a batch of startling evidence that shows the deep involvement of some House Republicans in Trump’s desperate attempt to stay in power. A review of the evidence finds new details about how, long before the attack on the Capitol unfolded, several GOP lawmakers were participating directly in Trump’s campaign to reverse the results of a free and fair election.
It’s a connection that members of the House Jan. 6 committee are making explicit as they prepare to launch public hearings in June. The Republicans plotting with Trump and the rioters who attacked the Capitol were aligned in their goals, if not the mob’s violent tactics, creating a convergence that nearly upended the nation’s peaceful transfer of power.

Russia Recasts Fight in Ukraine as War With the West

Moscow is recasting its fight with Ukraine as a broader war between Russia and the West, as Kremlin leaders and state propaganda outlets warn Russians that the conflict with its smaller neighbor could spill over into a global clash.
The Kremlin and state-controlled media have warned in recent days that the West ultimately seeks to contain—or even destroy—Russia and have threatened retaliation, including the possibility of nuclear strikes.

Serendipity:

The race to design a bacteria that can eat plastic. What could possibly go wrong?

An Antimatter Experiment Shows Surprises Near Absolute Zero

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