Odds and Ends — 17 April 2001
Coronavirus News, Analysis, and Opinion:
U.S. has administered over 200 million COVID-19 vaccine doses
Why South Africa Banned Booze — And What Happened Next
Escaping the anti-vax conspiracy rabbit hole
Pfizer CEO reveals vaccinated individuals will ‘likely’ need a booster shot in 12 months
Cryptocurrency, Investing, Money, Economy, and Debt:
Forget the 🌎 you thought you knew, it’s dead.
— Real Vision (@RealVision) April 15, 2021
Welcome to “The Exponential Age.”@RaoulGMI on the migration of value to the #digital 🌎 and the immensity of the narrative shift that is now underway.
The Exponential Age: #Crypto’s Fast and Furious 🚀
Dropping TONIGHT 12AM ET pic.twitter.com/KOtSWfkVLq
Sputnik-type panic when WS grasps the danger of being left behind in some very important areas, and launches a moonshot program to get into BTC/crypto in a big way.
— MacroScope (@MacroScope17) April 13, 2021
Record $600M BNB burn suggests Binance made $750M in profit in Q1
Politics:
NEW In @PunchbowlNews Midday
— Punchbowl News (@PunchbowlNews) April 16, 2021
A new America First Caucus — led by @mtgreenee and @RepGosar — is recruiting people to join based on “Anglo-Saxon political traditions” architectural style that “befits the progeny of European architecture”
Some of the most nativist stuff we’ve seen pic.twitter.com/diPDItUt2V
McCarthy Say GOP Not Party of ‘Nativist Dog Whistles’
“He’s right. It’s more like air raid sirens than dog whistles.”
— Taegan Goddard
Alleged Capitol Insurrectionist’s Foiled Plan To Flee To Switzerland Lands Him In Jail
Colombia gives nearly 1 million Venezuelan migrants legal status and right to work. Something like this in the USA’s future?
It Turns Out Popular Policies Are Popular
Most Americans Oppose Anti-Transgender Laws
A Damning New Report Finally Explains the Strangest Thing I Saw Inside the Capitol Riot
Serendipity:
First monkey–human embryos reignite debate over hybrid animals
Meme credit: Clauds (source)
Dogecoin is booming quite beautifully right now. I'm glad I've been holding Doge for as long as I have. lol