Odds and Ends — 2 November 2024

18 days ago

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

Because play to earn has been such a hugely successful strategy: Tap-to-Earn Isn't a Telegram Game Genre, It's a Launch Strategy: TON Society Founder

https://twitter.com/gailendavid/status/1852304652018102540

Coinbase finds over '20 examples' of FDIC telling banks to avoid crypto

Coronavirus News, Analysis, and Opinion:

An Idaho health department isn’t allowed to give COVID-19 vaccines anymore. Experts say it’s a first

Politics:

https://twitter.com/Teh_Snowflake/status/1852628435786440709
https://twitter.com/SethAbramson/status/1852622251507487178

Mike Johnson Hands Democrats a Gift

Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) handed his Democratic foes another last-minute gift on Friday by suggesting Republicans would try to repeal the CHIPS and Science Act.
Johnson quickly attempted to walk back the comments, but Democrats said it’s too late for that — the damage is already done.
Said one House Democrat: “This is really deadly for them in the Midwest. We have jobs being created every day by these new laws.”

Inside the Ruthless, Restless Final Days of Trump’s Campaign

“What’s discipline got to do with winning?”

https://twitter.com/RonFilipkowski/status/1852491435041325391

Jury convicts former Kentucky officer of using excessive force on Breonna Taylor during deadly raid

https://twitter.com/TheRickWilson/status/1852332461033685137

Puerto Ricans In Florida Overwhelmingly Support Harris

https://twitter.com/JoJoFromJerz/status/1852357230844059817

What Happened with Trump’s First Cabinet?

Some have ended up in prison or criminally charged in connection to their involvement with the former president.
Some have become his most vocal critics, sounding the alarm about the dangers of a second term.
Few are still on speaking terms with him.

https://twitter.com/tribelaw/status/1852355762103669110

It’s Going to Take a Constant Fight to Preserve the Historical Record

The National Archives museum is backsliding into a sanitized mythological retelling of American history. Don’t assume the truth will prevail.

https://twitter.com/Esqueer_/status/1852178218167529475
https://twitter.com/SethAbramson/status/1852351081763787110
https://twitter.com/MeidasTouch/status/1852171968180555903
https://twitter.com/thejackhopkins/status/1852207086773412222
https://twitter.com/MayoIsSpicyy/status/1852222884040552665

Trump Is Done With Checks and Balances

Free of the guardrails that kept him in place the first time, affirmed by the Supreme Court and backed by allies and apparatchiks in the conservative movement, Trump will merge the office of the presidency with himself. He will shake it from its moorings in the Constitution and rebuild it as an instrument of his will, wielded for his friends and against his enemies.
In doing so, he will erode the democratic assumptions that undergird our current constitutional order. And he will have the total loyalty of a Republican Party that itself is twisting and abusing the counter-majoritarian features of the American system to undermine and unravel democracy in the states it controls.

Netanyahu Aide Arrested in Security Breach

An aide to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is one of several suspects arrested for an alleged security breach that involved leaking top secret intelligence.
The arrests are at the center of what is likely to be the biggest scandal inside the Israeli government since the beginning of the war in Gaza.

https://twitter.com/joncoopertweets/status/1852330828342177820

How Elon Musk Turned X Into a Pro-Trump Echo Chamber

…Musk has transformed the platform, once regarded as the global town square, into an echo chamber amplifying right-leaning causes and in particular former President Donald Trump’s electoral campaign, according to academic research, public opinion surveys, data on X’s most influential users, engagement metrics and reports about X’s working directly with the Trump campaign.
And in recent months, Musk has become one of Trump’s biggest donors and most energetic supporters, turning X into an unofficial house organ for his campaign.
As the election approaches, X’s AI-powered trending section has promoted voter-fraud conspiracy theories and smears against Vice President Kamala Harris.

https://twitter.com/Liz_Cheney/status/1852292100844621974
https://twitter.com/AesPolitics1/status/1852219032419680751
https://twitter.com/JoJoFromJerz/status/1852381964872884302
https://twitter.com/middleageriot/status/1852418835359715454

Trump’s Campaign Is Premised Around Violence

Trump is also proposing new uses of the military domestically, not only against his enemies but to conduct a mass deportation. He has encouraged brutal policing and vigilante attacks by citizens. Trump may hate war, but he loves violence.

https://twitter.com/Trump_Detester/status/1852347068985045065

Botswana's politician who did the unthinkable

https://twitter.com/MuellerSheWrote/status/1852450284829880709

Arizona's top prosecutor investigating Trump's comments about Cheney as possible death threat

European Greens Ask Jill Stein to Stand Down

A coalition of European Greens have urged the U.S. Green party’s nominee, Jill Stein, to pull out of next week’s election and endorse Kamala Harris to stop Donald Trump from becoming president.

Yeah, good luck with that. Stein has her nose so far up Putin’s butt that she can see Narnia.

https://twitter.com/KeithOlbermann/status/1852363566659010687

Dating Is Rough for Gen Z, Especially for Men Who Support Trump

Cry me a river. You made your bed, sleep in it. Alone.

https://twitter.com/KellyScaletta/status/1852741808486252733

New Louisiana election laws creating challenges for voters with disabilities

https://twitter.com/SSantiagoMayer/status/1852804143561445674

Trump Media Outsourced Jobs to Mexico

Former President Donald Trump’s social media company outsourced jobs to workers in Mexico even as Trump publicly railed against outsourcing on the campaign trail and threatened heavy tariffs on companies that send jobs south of the border.
The firm’s use of workers in Mexico was confirmed by a spokesperson for Trump Media, which operates the Truth Social platform. The workers were hired through another entity to code and perform other technical duties.

https://twitter.com/StrictlyChristo/status/1852578948192129190