Odds and Ends — 20 January 2024
How do you pair up your socks before putting them in the sock drawer of your dresser?
On the left, how I do it. Because that’s how my mom taught me to do it. On the right, how my wife does it. Because that’s how her mom taught her to do it.
Cryptocurrency, Investing, Money, Economy, Business, and Debt:
Spot Bitcoin ETFs scoop up another 10,600 BTC on day 5
BlackRock’s ETF sucked up the most Bitcoin compared to other funds, while Grayscale’s fund continued to see outflows on trading day five.
Americans Are Suddenly a Lot More Upbeat About the Economy
https://twitter.com/CohibaSmkr/status/1748454058245996794
Coronavirus News, Analysis, and Opinion:
Follow up, funding critical on long COVID
California health officials shorten COVID isolation period to 1 day
Florida Man:
The Worst Campaign of the Modern Era
When the history of 2024 is written, DeSantis will earn the distinction of having run the single worst presidential campaign of the modern era. He had all of the money and all of the institutional support, yet he bungled every strategic and tactical decision. He could not manage his organization. He did not display a single moment of competence. He chose expediency over principle and lost anyway.
https://twitter.com/NC5PhilWilliams/status/1748356261760921729
Politics:
https://twitter.com/danpfeiffer/status/1748535007411687906
Louisiana lawmakers OK new congressional maps, adding Black-majority district
https://twitter.com/grantstern/status/1748395540369264937
Defamation Trial Will End Badly for Trump
Trump is attending this trial, which will almost certainly result in much larger award for Carroll than she would otherwise get, in order to delegitimize it. And Trump has decided it is worth millions to do that.
https://twitter.com/stuartpstevens/status/1748469018237808882
Andrew Yang Slides Further Into Irrelevance
3-judge panel rules parents can sue over Tennessee school voucher law
https://twitter.com/WesClarkjr/status/1748466120129130569
Alina Habba Files Motion for Mistrial in Carroll Case
She added to a previous motion that was denied.
https://twitter.com/middleageriot/status/1748426545151001062
Israeli War Cabinet Divisions Break Into The Open
https://twitter.com/MayoIsSpicyy/status/1748355493771489670
Outrage as Oklahoma Republican’s bill labels Hispanic people ‘terrorists’
Lawmaker JJ Humphrey seeks punishments for ‘acts of terrorism’ and defines terrorist as ‘any person who is of Hispanic descent’
https://twitter.com/maziehirono/status/1748102836108366204
The Founders Never Contemplated This
It was never contemplated that the courts would have to defend themselves against such a belligerent defendant president determined to delegitimize them in the eyes of the American public, and they are powerless to defend themselves against him. And he knows it.
In the months ahead, the courts of the United States will be tested up to, and beyond, the breaking point, like they have never been tested in history and will never be tested again.
https://twitter.com/Kasparov63/status/1748447914249121871
When the Kremlin launched its full-scale war against Ukraine, it did so in the belief that the West lacked the strategic purpose, steadfastness and moral fibre to enable Ukraine to prosecute it to its conclusion.
https://twitter.com/piper4missouri/status/1748401151895056650
A ‘whale’ of a tale: Trump continues to distort cognitive test he took
https://twitter.com/clearing_fog/status/1748442763442672079
Serendipity:
https://twitter.com/blacklionking73/status/1748500159980315043
https://twitter.com/TheFigen_/status/1748382309106225616
A groundbreaking study shows kids learn better on paper, not screens. Now what?
https://twitter.com/Locati0ns/status/1748376473151402464
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In Cuba we usually follow your mum way.
I must admit I fold socks like your wife does. 🧦 less involved to fold and unfold and they fit better in the shallow drawer that way.
So you think it is just the bag holders cheerleading bitcoin or is the latest action actually sucking up a good amount of the liquid/exchange btc?
Makes me shake my head when the news headline is whether or not voters will accept the results of the next election. Like it matters one bit how individuals feel in that game and speaks volumes about how the process doesn’t even serve the people anymore. Or is it just more divisive strategy to push people to the left and right so they argue with each other rather than the system!
If I really understood why markets do what they do, I’d be a very wealthy man. 😅
The army trained me to do it the first way, my mom said the second way was the way, now I just lay them on top of each other.
I'm not good with being told what to do by 'authorities'.