Odds and Ends — 15 November 2025

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

https://twitter.com/Angry_Staffer/status/1989313027343057069
- Angry_Staffer

Median Age of Homebuyers Keeps Growing

In 2010, the median age of all US homebuyers was 39 years old. Today, it is 59.

https://twitter.com/micah_erfan/status/1988631385452548443
- micah_erfan

Harvard Triples Its Bitcoin Position as Emory Expands BTC ETF Holdings

https://twitter.com/buccocapital/status/1989447297491767737
- buccocapital

Coronavirus and Public Health:

Weight-Loss Drug Zepbound Is Being Tested as a Treatment for Long Covid

https://twitter.com/DrEricDing/status/1989303898415255567
- DrEricDing

Politics:

https://twitter.com/samstein/status/1989439977629876636
- samstein

A Database of Young Men Fit for War

Germany will build a database of young people detailing their fitness, aptitude and outlook to help it pick whom to draft should the country be attacked.
The proposed move, a step toward reintroducing military conscription, comes as countries across Europe grapple with how to repopulate their armed forces under pressure from Washington and an expansionist Russia that European capitals accuse of waging a hybrid war on the continent.
The decision to test all 18-year-old males for their fighting abilities starting next year underlines how rapidly European countries, including those with a post-World War II tradition of pacifism, are getting war-ready in an effort to deter Russia.

https://twitter.com/adamscochran/status/1989117923345199151
- adamscochran

China advises against travel to Japan amid escalating row over PM’s Taiwan comments

Alaska Will Test Voting by Phone

The largest city in Alaska is about to undertake an experiment that feels both inevitable and impossibly futuristic in an era of pervasive mistrust toward elections: allowing all voters to cast ballots from their smartphones.

https://twitter.com/JamieBonkiewicz/status/1989074650677342431
- JamieBonkiewicz

https://twitter.com/irregulargrapes/status/1989127621326582138
- irregulargrapes

https://twitter.com/jonfavs/status/1989128245170827452
- jonfavs

———— Stark. Raving. Mad. ————

https://twitter.com/Acyn/status/1989501594334105871
- Acyn

https://twitter.com/RpsAgainstTrump/status/1989550469358788692
- RpsAgainstTrump

———— The Epstein Coverup ————

https://twitter.com/jayacoop/status/1989365899720270074
- jayacoop

https://twitter.com/jbendery/status/1989362339360215440
- jbendery

https://twitter.com/RickPetree/status/1989090991761232110
- RickPetree

Epstein Returns at the Worst Time for Trump

Since his return to office, President Donald Trump has missed few chances to flex the power he wields over the nation’s most formidable institutions and its wealthiest people. So when the White House announced that Trump would host the latest in a series of dinners with top business executives, this time including JPMorgan Chase head Jamie Dimon and the chief executive of Nasdaq, reporters in the White House press pool prepared to watch Trump show off.
Nope. Last night’s dinner was closed to the press. No reporter was even given a glance. And later, when the White House held a signing ceremony for the president to officially end the longest federal-government shutdown in history, the reporters present were quickly whisked out of the Oval Office. Today, too, he didn’t talk to the press after signing an executive order alongside the first lady in the East Room. The president, to be clear, had not suddenly become camera-shy. But he had indicated to aides that he didn’t want to face reporters’ questions, because every inquiry was going to be about the one subject that Trump, for all his power, simply can’t make go away.

https://twitter.com/emptywheel/status/1988770582025126035
- emptywheel

https://twitter.com/JoyceWhiteVance/status/1989416956404052097
- JoyceWhiteVance

Epstein and me

My little Epstein story contains just one horrifying fact…
My prediction: The files will be secretly destroyed.

https://twitter.com/TheRickWilson/status/1989328824115368198
- TheRickWilson

https://twitter.com/RedPencilScript/status/1989195595626737779
- RedPencilScript

https://twitter.com/MeidasTouch/status/1989455542587416939
- MeidasTouch

https://twitter.com/donwinslow/status/1989448698640961865
- donwinslow

———— Autocracy R Us ————

https://twitter.com/TheJFreakinC/status/1989148591399571891
- TheJFreakinC

https://twitter.com/hissgoescobra/status/1989389153583468621
- hissgoescobra

https://twitter.com/Kasparov63/status/1989396372240629880
- Kasparov63

https://twitter.com/propublica/status/1989377753968169037
- propublica

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

https://twitter.com/MeidasTouch/status/1989371796127392150
- MeidasTouch

https://twitter.com/scarylawyerguy/status/1989342790921404462
- scarylawyerguy

———— Putin&Krasnov vs. Ukraine ————

https://twitter.com/LuisMorenolg/status/1989179100217663781
- LuisMorenolg

https://twitter.com/Mylovanov/status/1989075709395103778
- Mylovanov

https://twitter.com/joni_askola/status/1989337950627508552
- joni_askola

https://twitter.com/maria_drutska/status/1989231071679115600
- maria_drutska

———— Smoot-Hawley 2.0 ————

How to Lobby Trump with Swiss Precision

Forget retaliation: To cut tariffs President Trump imposed on their country, the Swiss sent a delegation of industry tycoons bearing gifts — a special Rolex desktop clock, a 1-kilogram personalized gold bar, and loads of flattery.
Trump loves such pampering, and the word’s out among nations and companies seeking his favor. Tributes fit for a king — especially gold — catch his eyes and his heart.