Cryptocurrency, Investing, Money, Economy, and Debt:

Europe’s new tax on high-carbon imports is bad news for China

How Axie Infinity Creates Work in the Metaverse

A cute NFT pet game called Axie Infinity is currently raking in more protocol revenue than Ethereum and Bitcoin. Filipinos are benefitting.

Shipping container shortage inflicts pain on German shoppers

Coronavirus News, Analysis, and Opinion:

Hunger sweeps India in Covid’s shadow as millions miss out on rations

Senior Biden officials finding that Covid lab leak theory as credible as natural origins explanation

In France and Germany, those who reject vaccines find doors increasingly shut

Politics:

Putin’s new Ukraine essay reveals imperial ambitions

Two-thirds of Southern Republicans want to secede and significant minorities among all political identifications feel the same in other parts of America.

Bolsonaro Hints at Not Allowing Next Election

Brazil President Jair Bolsonaro has begun sowing distrust in next year’s elections, alarming lawmakers and the courts alike. In speeches, Bolsonaro, a former military captain, has been questioning the integrity of an electronic ballot system that’s been in place since 1996 and suggesting he might not even allow elections to happen.

Arizona Audit’s Fundraising Docs Are Public Records, Judge Says

We Now Know Exactly What the Trump-Backed Arizona “Audit” Is Going to Do

Gobsmacking

It’s worth pausing every so often to admire (if that’s the right word) the sheer insanity of the pandemic situation in the United States.

Serendipity:

Before Shark Week and “Jaws,” World War II spawned America’s shark obsession

^{Badge thanks to @arcange}

^{Meme credit: Rev.Ngt (source)}