Odds and Ends — 31 December 2024

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

The Year in Crypto: War on Digital Privacy

How artificial intelligence can help American workers

https://twitter.com/preparedwombat/status/1873478250208612399

World’s 500 Richest Surpassed $10 Trillion in Wealth

The world’s 500 richest people got vastly richer in 2024, with Elon Musk, Mark Zuckerberg and Jensen Huang leading the group of billionaires to a new milestone: A combined $10 trillion net worth.

Coronavirus News, Analysis, and Opinion:

After a long lull, Covid-19 levels are surging in the US

https://twitter.com/aboutasteph/status/1873251473397821477

DenyDefendDepose:

'I can't go on like this': US asks what's next for healthcare

Elon, Elon, Elon:

https://twitter.com/AesPolitics1/status/1873859180421144786

Politics:

https://twitter.com/ChrisDJackson/status/1873572388149108981

Why Trump Endorsed Mike Johnson

https://twitter.com/AmoneyResists/status/1873604717936574783

Half of Republicans Back Immigrant Concentration Camps

https://twitter.com/craigunger/status/1873518354897699237
https://twitter.com/steinkobbe/status/1873481634890342556

Greg Abbott Offered Condolences to Carter’s Dead Wife

Carter Carved a New Mold for Ex-Presidents

President Jimmy Carter had no idea what he was going to do next when he delivered his farewell address to the nation in January 1981. Defeated after a single term by Ronald Reagan, he simply told Americans that he would leave the White House and ‘take up once more the only title in our democracy superior to that of president — the title of citizen.’
Forty-four years later, there is little question among historians that Citizen Carter carved a new mold for life after the Oval Office and that his post-presidency was the most consequential in modern history. But his impact was felt more strongly overseas than at home — especially in the realm of public health.

https://twitter.com/adgirlMM/status/1873496130056806816

https://twitter.com/officejjsmart/status/1873759894559391932

Russia rejects Trump’s Ukraine peace proposals

North Korean soldiers kill themselves to avoid capture in Ukraine, U.S. says

https://twitter.com/Strandjunker/status/1873754162242228250

China Hacked Treasury Department in ‘Major’ Breach

https://twitter.com/MeidasTouch/status/1873872881496842287

Pentagon Releases Guantánamo Detainee Held Since Day 1

The Pentagon on Monday repatriated a Tunisian detainee who was brought to the U.S. military prison at Guantánamo Bay, Cuba, the day it opened, was never charged at the war court and was approved for transfer more than a decade ago.
Ridah Bin Saleh al Yazidi, 59, spent years languishing at the wartime prison because deals could not be made to repatriate or resettle him.

https://twitter.com/NotHoodlum/status/1873833524043952499