Odds and Ends — 29 October 2023

Cryptocurrency, Investing, Money, Economy, Business, and Debt:
First Bitcoin ETF trades $1.5B as GBTC ‘discount’ echoes $69K BTC price
UAW Has Tentative Deal with Stellantis, Expands Strike with GM
Sam Bankman-Fried Throws Caroline Ellison Under Bus in Testimony
https://twitter.com/MeidasTouch/status/1582791976100823040?s=20
Coronavirus News, Analysis, and Opinion:
Children infected with Covid at risk of blood vessel damage that can trigger clots, scientists warn
Florida Man:
Vocal on Israel, DeSantis Is Challenged on His Silence on Neo-Nazis in Florida
Politics:
https://twitter.com/MarkJacob16/status/1718084694716080331?s=20
Misinformation Flows Ahead of Ohio Abortion Vote
The inflammatory language targeting a reproductive rights measure on Ohio’s fall ballot is the type of messaging that is common in the closing weeks of a highly contested initiative campaign — warning of ‘abortion on demand’ or ‘dismemberment of fully conscious children’ if voters approve it.
Only the messaging isn’t just coming from the anti-abortion groups that oppose the constitutional amendment. It’s being promoted on the official government website of the Republican-controlled Ohio Senate.
And because the source is a government website, the messaging is being prioritized in online searches for information about Issue 1, the question going before Ohio voters Nov. 7 to enshrine abortion access in the state Constitution.
https://twitter.com/DavidCayJ/status/1718366650284777977?s=20
Trump lashes out at New York judge for order requiring Ivanka to testify
If I had a Bitcoin for every headline starting with Trump lashes out over the last few years, I’d be a wealthy man indeed.
Mike Pence Ends Presidential Bid
Former Vice President Mike Pence, who spent four years dutifully serving President Donald Trump but refused to carry out Mr. Trump’s demand that he block the 2020 election results, ended his presidential bid on Saturday, with a final appeal for his party to return to conservative principles and resist the ‘siren song of populism.’
The surprise announcement came at the end of his remarks before a crowd of Jewish Republican donors in Las Vegas, and was met with gasps of surprise. Mr. Pence had received a warm welcome and a standing ovation, and opened his speech with a full-throated endorsement of Israel’s military operations in Gaza.
https://twitter.com/7Veritas4/status/1718603672358174758?s=20
Someone Compiled Maine Shooting Suspect's Twitter History—And It's A Who's Who Of MAGA
https://twitter.com/amandacarpenter/status/1718312022754914324?s=20
Mike Johnson Conducted Seminars Promoting the US as a “Christian Nation”
https://twitter.com/JoJoFromJerz/status/1718307892657262757?s=20
Serendipity:
https://twitter.com/DanaDelany/status/1718079969472151566?s=20
Asteroids in the solar system could contain undiscovered, superheavy elements
https://twitter.com/JohnCleese/status/1718276330955952261?s=20


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I like that entry meme. A lot of people don't really "get it", they want to buy themselves a better position in the centralized economy, not build a decentralized economy that is better for everyone.
Gus Fring was a savvy investor.
Such a great show...
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