Odds and Ends — 23 December 2024

Spotted in the Wild:

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

Spacecoin XYZ launches first satellite in outer space blockchain network

MicroStrategy unveiled a Bitcoin purchase for the seventh consecutive week, topping off its corporate coffers alongside its Nasdaq-100 debut.

Coronavirus News, Analysis, and Opinion:

Beyond Paxlovid: Scientists Unveil Game-Changing Antiviral That Could Combat COVID, Ebola, and More

DenyDefendDepose:

https://twitter.com/alittleleader/status/1870657338836918577
https://twitter.com/GenZdemagogue/status/1870595306607485269
https://twitter.com/Angelica_Reed1/status/1870980006685663387

Politics:

https://twitter.com/acnewsitics/status/1870862408748540057
https://twitter.com/OMGno2trump/status/1870823920779383108
https://twitter.com/atrupar/status/1870958732479492347

NOT a hoax. I went to his Truth Social account and both posts are real.

https://twitter.com/davegreenidge57/status/1870816635499495559

Pissing off Canada and Panama, so why not Denmark too? Trump Says He Wants to Buy Greenland

President-elect Trump floated taking ownership of Greenland as he named PayPal co-founder Ken Howery as his pick for U.S. ambassador to Denmark on Sunday.
Trump said during his first administration that he was looking into the U.S. buying Greenland and canceled a state trip to Denmark after Danish officials said the autonomous territory that’s part of its kingdom was not for sale.

Read the room. Some Greenlanders favor independence, some favor continuing autonomous status with Denmark. I’m not aware of any desire by Greenlanders to throw their lot in with the United States.

https://twitter.com/CaitlinPacific/status/1870573621095420232

Matt Gaetz Report Released

https://twitter.com/theliamnissan/status/1871201769407009193

https://twitter.com/Phil_Lewis_/status/1870609282150039737

Democrats Keep Mocking ‘President Musk’

From floor speeches to hallway chats to post-vote statements, Democrats have spent the past few days portraying Musk as a shadow president — a man perhaps more influential than Trump himself. Musk, you may recall, used his social media platform to start whipping Republicans into tanking the initial, bipartisan funding deal before Trump publicly nuked it.
Yes, it’s a transparent play to prey on the incoming president’s insecurities — Trump despises when people outshine him, and one of the most notable elements of his second-term team so far is that it’s filled with people who are unlikely to steal his spotlight. MAGA world is warning not to take the bait, but, nevertheless, Dems are persisting.

https://twitter.com/RonFilipkowski/status/1870906156832714949

Republicans embrace ”our prime minister” Elon Musk

https://twitter.com/DrEricDing/status/1870787999333769321

Biden commutes sentences of 37 federal death row prisoners

https://twitter.com/Defence_blog/status/1870455200382918673

Serendipity:

https://twitter.com/Alphafox78/status/1870907407603306667

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