Odds and Ends — 26 March 2023
I’d never tried putting Kralus in third position but it worked out okay (Gold league, 52 mana, Aim True, Fog of War, and Weak Magic rule sets).
Cryptocurrency, Investing, Money, Economy, Business, and Debt:
Twitter’s plan to charge researchers for data access puts it in EU crosshairs
Elon Musk’s social media giant plans to charge academics to access its data — in potential violation of Europe’s content rules
Tim Draper recommends founders hold ’at least’ two payrolls ‘worth of cash’ in crypto
American venture capital investor Tim Draper warned business founders to prepare for “more and more” bank failures if the government continues to “print money and whipsaw interest rates.“
Coronavirus News, Analysis, and Opinion:
Why the COVID-19 death rate varies dramatically across the US
Maine school districts confront COVID-19 funding cliff
Florida Man:
Disney World Event Gives Florida Gov. DeSantis the Middle Finger
Politics:
GOP Weighs Protecting Trump with New Law
A trio of House Republican committee chairs say the House of Representatives could soon take up legislation to strip state and local prosecutors of the authority to prosecute former presidents in response to Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg’s potential indictment of former president Donald Trump.
No one is above the law. No one. This legislation would literally let people get away with murder or any other state or local crime.
Squeezed by investigations, Trump escalates violent rhetoric
Indicted Chinese Exile Controls Gettr Social Media Site
…Guo Wengui, and his longtime money manager, William Je, called the shots at the company while Donald Trump senior adviser Jason Miller was its chief executive and public face.
What Anti-Abortion Advocates Really Think of Women’s Lives
In a new case, Oklahoma’s dissenting judges made a chilling declaration of their true beliefs.
Trump rallies: when you like a little geriatric dancing with your lies. pic.twitter.com/jXQcpwy91v
— Middle Age Riot (@middleageriot) March 26, 2023
Pentagon Struggles to Feed War Machine
Industry consolidation, depleted manufacturing lines and supply chain issues have combined to constrain the production of basic ammunition like artillery shells while also prompting concern about building adequate reserves of more sophisticated weapons.
Serendipity:
How do superconductors work? A physicist explains what it means to have resistance-free electricity
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