Odds and Ends — 9 March 2025
“So many books, so little time.” — Frank Zappa
Cryptocurrency, Investing, Money, Economy, Business, and Debt:
The future of Ethereum scaling lies in hardware, not software
Brazil’s Postal Service Seeks Blockchain, AI Solutions for Operations
The 10 Public Companies With the Biggest Bitcoin Portfolios
Coronavirus News, Analysis, and Opinion:
Doctors are still burned out five years after COVID exposed systemic failures
Politics:
https://twitter.com/GrumpyHobbit22/status/1898440012733284473
https://twitter.com/PhillipsPOBrien/status/1898430993326805381
The FAA’s Troubles Are More Serious Than You Know
https://twitter.com/ChrisMurphyCT/status/1898383315775717836
Foreign Aid Cuts Set the Stage for Disease Outbreaks
The Trump administration’s pause on foreign aid has hobbled programs that prevent and snuff out outbreaks around the world, scientists say, leaving people everywhere more vulnerable to threatening viruses and bacteria.
That includes Americans. Outbreaks that begin overseas can travel quickly: The coronavirus may have first appeared in China, for example, but it soon appeared everywhere, including the United States. When polio or dengue appears in this country, cases are usually linked to international travel.
https://twitter.com/RonFilipkowski/status/1898193909676716331
North Korea Unveils Nuclear-Powered Submarine
North Korea unveiled for the first time a nuclear-powered submarine under construction, a weapons system that can pose a major security threat to South Korea and the U.S.
https://twitter.com/McFaul/status/1897879870627258696
https://twitter.com/Fernand46357857/status/1898168465321603293
https://twitter.com/DPJHodges/status/1898288057851302149
NOAA Said to Be Planning to Shrink Staff by 20 Percent
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, the nation’s premier agency for weather and climate science, has been told by the Trump administration to prepare to lose another 1,000 workers, raising concerns that NOAA’s lifesaving forecasts might be hindered as hurricane and disaster season approaches.
https://twitter.com/JayinKyiv/status/1898515154226074089
https://twitter.com/shannonrwatts/status/1898555356923535628
The US has pardoned insurrectionists twice before – and both times, years of violent racism followed
Donald Trump has begun a mafia-like struggle for global power
Move Fast and Destroy Democracy
Three principles are at play in the cases concerning DOGE
Ex 'Apprentice' Staffer Says Trump Snorts Adderall and 'Can't Read'
https://twitter.com/Cooperstreaming/status/1898506229305299405
Serendipity:
https://twitter.com/EastEndJoe/status/1898333669288227210
The bizarre quantum paradox of 'negative time'
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