Odds and Ends — 10 February 2026

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

UK regulator takes High Court action against HTX over crypto promotions

Vitalik Buterin Calls for Ethereum-Led Alternative to the 'Race for AGI'

Flash Fiction:

”You seem to think that my advice is inherently harmful but I gotta tell you that I think your plan is bound to fail.”

”I have a vision, dedication, and a strict training regime. How can you doubt me?”

”I hate to break it to you, but there’s not a lot of demand in the NBA for 4'10" point guards.”

Written for this prompt.

Coronavirus and Public Health:

Long COVID may be triggering Alzheimer’s-like changes in the brain

Make America Healthy Again Is Eugenics Without the Name

How the Politics of “Natural Health” Rebrands Preventable Death as Freedom

Politics:

Trump threatens to block opening of US-Canada bridge

I first thought that Olbermann was exaggerating. But Trump really did say that.

———— Minnesota Under Siege ————

———— The Epstein Coverup ————

British Politicians Still Have Shame

There is an irony to the undying Jeffrey Epstein scandal: It may never be more than an annoyance for President Trump, who knew Epstein well, but it could topple British Prime Minister Keir Starmer, who never met the sex-offender financier. Starmer has a 71 percent disapproval rating and leads the least popular British government since World War II.
The reasons for the Labour Party leader’s deepening plight are moral, because decency and shame still matter in British politics. But they are also institutional. An American president is less democratically accountable than the British prime minister, because partisanship has disabled the checks that the Founders placed on the chief executive.

———— Ring ————

———— Concentration Camps ————

———— Autocracy R Us ————

———— Blatant In-Your-Face Corruption ————

———— Smoot-Hawley 2.0 ————

Trump’s Tariffs Cost U.S. Households $1,000 Last Year

President Donald Trump’s tariffs cost the average American household $1,000 last year, according to new research from the nonpartisan Tax Foundation.
The cost is set to go even higher this year to $1,300 per household, assuming the existing tariffs stay in place.

———— Mors Imperii ————

American Optimism Slumps to Record Low

The percentage of U.S. adults who anticipate high-quality lives in five years declined to 59.2% in 2025, the lowest level since measurement began nearly two decades ago.

Trump to Repeal Landmark Climate Finding

The Trump administration is planning this week to repeal the Obama-era scientific finding that serves as the legal basis for federal greenhouse-gas regulation, in the most far-reaching rollback of U.S. climate policy to date.
The finding provided the legal underpinning for the Environmental Protection Agency’s climate rules, which limited emissions from power plants and tightened fuel-economy standards for vehicles under the Clean Air Act.

Serendipity:

Deadlier Than Gettysburg

How the cruelty of the Confederacy’s prison camps gave rise to the rules of war

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