Odds and Ends — 1 March 2026

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Cryptocurrency, Investing, Money, Economy, Business, AI, and Debt:

For Hive Power Up Day, I staked 105.12 HIVE.

Tokenized gold drives weekend price signals while CME futures are closed

https://twitter.com/BenjaminDEKR/status/2027800680753246420
- BenjaminDEKR

https://twitter.com/JoshEakle/status/2027909369308852255
- JoshEakle

Be careful where you point that package: Minneapolis man finds loaded gun in Amazon package delivered to his doorstep

Flash Fiction:

”I can’t seem to eliminate these weeds. I’ve tried everything. Pulling their roots, Roundup, even salt. Nothing can kill it.”

”Well, you may have tried most things, but everything isn’t quite true.”

”What have you got in mind?”

”Billy Bob’s Death Ray. Set to 10.”

”But won’t that destroy half the neighborhood and kill dozens of people?”

”Desperate times call for desperate measures.”

”Yeah, okay. But let’s try setting it at 9 to start.”

Written for this prompt.

Coronavirus and Public Health:

Researchers praise ‘stunning’ results of new prostate cancer treatment

Politics:

———— Iran ————

https://twitter.com/covie_93/status/2027750325164159114
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https://twitter.com/gregolear/status/2027703811016466539
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https://twitter.com/MilesTaylorUSA/status/2027758072316248406
- MilesTaylorUSA

https://twitter.com/Furbeti/status/2027818721822019898
- Furbeti

https://twitter.com/GrandpaHarris65/status/2027903542812676501
- GrandpaHarris65

“The U.S. has stepped into shit today, if I could put it bluntly.” — Jeff Sachs

Where Does It End?

During his presidential campaigns, Trump reassured his supporters there would be no more ‘forever wars,’ and that the U.S. wouldn’t be bogged down in the Middle East. But with the launch of air strikes this morning, the U.S. is once again on the front lines of conflict there, with the desire to overthrow a nation’s government.
How long war lasts—and where it leads Iran—is not up to just Trump or Israel. The fate of a war Trump sees as shaping his legacy is now in the hands of both the regime and the people inside Iran.

https://twitter.com/kneerecon/status/2027719663187038458
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https://twitter.com/gtconway3d/status/2027696391745597784
- gtconway3d

https://twitter.com/mattyglesias/status/2027692621418635704
- mattyglesias

Iran Confirms Khamenei Is Dead

https://twitter.com/squinteratn/status/2027705994164207827
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https://twitter.com/hajarkagalwa/status/2027660355296760212
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https://twitter.com/MalcontentmentT/status/2027721661316034915
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https://twitter.com/hugolowell/status/2027779980512423944
- hugolowell

https://twitter.com/NiallStanage/status/2027710847787675997
- NiallStanage

Trump Has No Plan for the Iranian People

The American bombardment of Iran has been launched without explanation, without Congress, without even an attempt to build public support. Above all, it has been launched without a coherent strategy for the Iranian people, and without a plan to let them decide how to build a legitimate Iranian state…
The absence of broader strategy fits a pattern. For decades, American presidents from both parties have oscillated between coercion and engagement with Iran, sometimes offering diplomacy, sometimes sanctions. Doves and hawks both sought to manage the tactics of the Islamic Republic—its nuclear ambitions, its ballistic missiles, its network of proxy militias throughout the Middle East—without ever coming up with a meaningful strategy to combat the root problem: the ideology of the regime itself.

https://twitter.com/AdamJSchwarz/status/2027815597099151463
- AdamJSchwarz

https://twitter.com/JamieBonkiewicz/status/2027875440673579269
- JamieBonkiewicz

https://twitter.com/isaiahrmartin/status/2027855997478351278
- isaiahrmartin

No imminent threat: Experts dispute Trump admin claims for striking Iran

The Trump negotiators seemingly not understanding why Iran would not accept the US promise of fuel for their nuclear program “reflects a profound lack of knowledge and depth regarding the long history of Iran’s nuclear program and its experience with the West…”

https://twitter.com/Microinteracti1/status/2027850658838192377
- Microinteracti1

https://twitter.com/BrittanyinTexas/status/2027856236163567948
- BrittanyinTexas

———— The Epstein Coverup ————

https://twitter.com/DougJBalloon/status/2027809055931084907
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https://twitter.com/peterjukes/status/2027794450496311704
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https://twitter.com/jkbjournalist/status/2027788647706009796
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———— Kristi Noem ————

Noem burning deportation cash on luxury jets

https://twitter.com/Anna_Giaritelli/status/2027545048204644358
- Anna_Giaritelli

———— Autocracy R Us ————

https://twitter.com/marceelias/status/2027772523119550692
- marceelias

How the federal government is painting immigrants as criminals on social media

———— Putin&Krasnov vs. Ukraine ————

https://twitter.com/SSestanovich/status/2027796785343685079
- SSestanovich

https://twitter.com/DarthPutinKGB/status/2027833875951460529
- DarthPutinKGB

———— Hegseth on the Rocks ————

The whole thing was a scam

The fix was in, and Dario never had a chance.

https://twitter.com/glubold/status/2027730359853469913
- glubold

———— Mors Imperii ————

https://twitter.com/thewritertype/status/2027877941279855069
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https://twitter.com/annielcrawford/status/2027501855522136403
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Trump Freezes Out Vance Over Iran

Vice President JD Vance has been left out in the cold by Donald Trump as the United States wages war on Iran.
Vance has made no secret of his skepticism over America’s involvement in foreign wars, and sources say the split has affected his relationship with the president. As everyone else in Trump’s inner circle took on key assignments for the unauthorized strike on Iran, Vance was notably absent.