Odds and Ends — 24 September 2021

Cryptocurrency, Investing, Money, Economy, and Debt:

Chaotic TIME Magazine NFT Launch Sends Gas Fees Spiraling

Why Hive’s “Upvote” is the future of the Creator economy, not Twitter’s “Tipping”

American Gentry

The jet-setting cosmopolitans of popular imagination exist, but they are far outnumbered by a less exalted and less discussed elite group, one that sits at the pinnacle of America’s local hierarchies.

BP Prepares To Ration Gas At UK Service Stations Amid Supply Woes

Coronavirus News, Analysis, and Opinion:

No, Vaccinated People Are Not ‘Just as Likely’ to Spread the Coronavirus as Unvaccinated People

This has become a common refrain among the cautious—and it’s wrong.

Germany Ends Quarantine Subsidies for Unvaccinated

Americans who relied most on Trump for COVID-19 news among least likely to be vaccinated


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Biden Pushing For Dishonourable Discharges, Court Martials For Troops Who Refuse Vaccines

Well, duh, there are consequences for disobeying your Commander-in-Chief.

Politics:

Biden Will Likely Release Trump Info on January 6 Attack

The White House is leaning toward releasing information to Congress about what Donald Trump and his aides were doing during the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol despite the former president’s objections — a decision that could have significant political and legal ramifications.
Trump has said he will cite ‘executive privilege’ to block information requests from the House select committee investigating the events of that day, banking on a legal theory that has successfully allowed presidents and their aides to avoid or delay congressional scrutiny for decades, including during the Trump administration.
But President Biden’s White House plans to err on the side of disclosure given the gravity of the events of Jan. 6.

Bannon Admits He Advised Trump To Plan ‘Reckoning’ On Jan. 6 That Would Kill Biden Presidency ‘In The Crib’

So much for the “audit” that Trumpists had so much faith in: The Controversial Election Review In Arizona Confirms Biden's Win

A Republican-commissioned review of nearly 2.1 million ballots cast last year in Arizona confirmed the accuracy of the official results and President Biden’s win in Maricopa County.
After nearly six months and almost $6 million — most of it given by groups that cast doubt on the election results — the draft report shows that the review concluded that 45,469 more ballots were cast for Biden in Maricopa County than for Trump, widening Biden’s margin by 360 more votes than certified results.

The New Big Lie Republicans Want You to Believe

This time, for sure: Mike Lindell moves the “reinstatement” goalposts again — now Trump will be back by Thanksgiving

Billionaires Paid Just 8.2% In Taxes

US Haiti envoy quits over 'inhumane' deportations

Ex-Catalan leader Carles Puigdemont detained in Sardinia

Tough-on-Crime District Attorney Accused of Violent Rape

A Republican district attorney in Pennsylvania who styled himself as a tough-on-crime prosecutor — while refusing to pursue charges against anyone cited for disregarding state mask mandates — now stands accused of violently raping a female acquaintance in her own home.

Select Committee Subpoenas Four Trump Aides and in related news, ”Criminal contempt” possible for Jan. 6 committee witnesses who refuse to testify

Serendipity:

Fossilized footprints show humans made it to North America much earlier than first thought

EU rules to force USB-C chargers for all phones

Winged Microchip Is Smallest-Ever Human-Made Flying Structure – The Size of a Grain of Sand

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