Odds and Ends — 13 November 2022
Cryptocurrency, Investing, Money, Economy, and Debt:
Elon Musk Reveals Talks With Sam Bankman-Fried: ‘My Bullshit Meter Was Redlining’
Bitcoin will shrug off FTX 'black swan' just like Mt. Gox
Eli Lilly Dives After Fake Twitter Account Promises Free Insulin; Takes Novo Nordisk, Sanofi With It
Coronavirus News, Analysis, and Opinion:
A cruise ship with 800 covid cases docks in Sydney
Pharmaceutical companies lobbied to ‘water down’ rules on Covid vaccine access
Politics:
Senate control guarantees many more judges for Democrats
Judicial and executive branch confirmations are of the few things the majority party has unilateral control over.
Ironic isn’t it? Mitch McConnell stealing a Supreme Court seat cost him his last chance at being Leader McConnell.
— Claire McCaskill (@clairecmc) November 13, 2022
Trump sues January 6 committee seeking to block subpoena for his testimony and documents
I’m shocked.
New House math:
— Dave Wasserman (@Redistrict) November 12, 2022
Dem called/likely (212), incl. #AKAL, #CA09, #CA21, #CA47, #CA49, #CO08, #ME02, #OR06
GOP called/likely (217): incl. #CA03, #CA27, #CA45, #CO03, #NY22, #OR05
Toss Ups (6): #AZ01, #AZ06, #CA13, #CA22, #CA41, #WA03
Dems need to run the table on Toss Ups for 218.
Jesse Ventura Already Invited By Minnesota Gov. Walz To Cannabis Legalization Signing Ceremony
Key Gulf Ally Meddled in American Politics
U.S. intelligence officials have compiled a classified report detailing extensive efforts to manipulate the American political system by the United Arab Emirates, an influential, oil-rich nation in the Persian Gulf long considered a close and trusted partner.
My friends call me an electron denier but I think I'm just overly positive. https://t.co/TsU43bLizP
— Noam Blum (@neontaster) November 12, 2022
COP27: Sharp rise in fossil fuel industry delegates at climate summit
They Told Him to Change His Name. Now Crowds Are Shouting It.
Aftab Pureval, the young mayor of Cincinnati, has Democrats reaching for some flattering comparisons.
The 6 Sharpest Critiques From The Federal Judge Who Sanctioned Trump’s Attorneys
Netanyahu Gets Mandate to Form His Sixth Government
Benjamin Netanyahu moved closer to becoming Israel’s prime minister for a record sixth term after President Isaac Herzog said Friday that he would hand him a mandate to form a coalition expected to be made up of right-wing, ultranationalist and religious parties.
How Russia’s humiliating defeat in Kherson came to be
Trump Makes Racist Attack About Virginia Governor Glenn Youngkin’s Last Name
Democrats have mastered mail balloting. Republicans will pay if they fail to step up
Serendipity:
Meet the Safecracker of Last Resort
Charlie Santore sees Los Angeles from the inside, by breaking into safes whose owners can no longer unlock them.
Finding safe haven in the climate change future: The Midwest
Mexico depicts Philadelphia street scenes in anti-drug ads
Iranian who made Paris airport home for 18 years dies
That picture is a bit scary, their limbs are strange.
Yeah, the software seems to have a hard time with people. Curves where humans tend not to have curves, hands that look like thalidomide might have been involved, eyes that aren’t quite right.
One from a couple of days ago looked like it had a hand growing from a guy's chin.
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