Odds and Ends — 21 April 2021

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Guilty, guilty, guilty. An historic day in the struggle for civil rights in America.

Minneapolis streets erupt in elation over guilty verdicts for Derek Chauvin

Coronavirus News, Analysis, and Opinion:

Exasperated Canadians watch Americans getting vaccinated faster

Ted Nugent Thought He Was Dying from Coronavirus

Everybody told me that I should not announce this, but I have had flu symptoms for the past 10 days. I thought I was dying. Just a clusterfuck.
My god, what a pain in the ass. I literally could hardly crawl out of bed the last few days.

India running out of oxygen, hospital beds amid unrelenting COVID-19 surge

Cryptocurrency, Investing, Money, Economy, and Debt:

Bitcoin transactions fees in US dollars near all-time high levels

Mayor Garcetti’s $24-million anti-poverty program would give cash to L.A. residents

South Korea Kicks Off New Crackdown on Illicit Crypto Activities

Politics:

Biden wants to crack down on corporate tax loopholes, resuming a battle his predecessors lost

Democratic leaders find a way to defuse conservatives’ House floor sabotage

Good luck with that: Lin Wood Still Trying to Overturn Election

Celebration is laced with warnings after Derek Chauvin conviction

Judge orders L.A. city and county to provide shelter for everyone on skid row by fall

The Empty Vessel of Matthew McConaughey

He’s polling well ahead of the current governor of Texas. Would he still be that popular if he stops flirting with it and actually, like, runs?

Serendipity:

Splinter-free toilet paper didn’t exist until the 1930’s

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Badge thanks to @arcange

Photo taken by me, 3 June 2021, at the intersection where George Floyd was murdered.