Odds and Ends — 15 September 2026

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“So many books, so little time.” — Frank Zappa

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

https://x.com/davidfrum/status/2099526676749181404

It’s All Fun and Games Until You Give AI Your Credit Card

AI personal assistants are now acting on people’s behalf in the real world—and all sorts of strange things are going wrong.

https://x.com/adamscochran/status/2098974028241293775
https://x.com/tylerbanham/status/2098869000184680952
https://x.com/ArthurCDent/status/2098988450087424133
https://x.com/franifio/status/2098943946126954915
https://x.com/AIandDesign/status/2099170469102637552

Coronavirus and Public Health:

Pandemic tech grows up

Six years after COVID-19 emerged, technologies built for the pandemic are being repurposed for cancer treatment, home testing, and more

Iran/Yemen:

“There’s no fighting. We have essentially taken over Iran.” — Donald Trump, quoted by the Washington Post.

https://x.com/RonFilipkowski/status/2099532751258919279

https://x.com/AmoneyResists/status/2099338358539350495

https://x.com/scarylawyerguy/status/2099297873032618325

‘A f***-up of epic proportions’: Blame game begins after Iran-backed Houthis’ lightning advance down Red Sea coast

https://x.com/someguyspoasts/status/2099207241870270549

https://x.com/mindys4biden/status/2099595490199269564

———— Diesel ————

https://x.com/RonFilipkowski/status/2099183262643966405

https://x.com/AndyKimNJ/status/2099158316341461403

https://x.com/rshereme/status/2099197188161081440

https://x.com/DarthPutinKGB/status/2099192600125161609

https://x.com/Retrievals1/status/2099221632455762167

Politics:

https://x.com/aintscarylarry/status/2099154692580536698
https://x.com/maddenifico/status/2099147283904229517
https://x.com/malonebarry/status/2099187385770614861

Trump Can’t Stop Backing Stuff Americans Hate

There was a time not that long ago when Donald Trump had earned a reputation as a populist, someone who bucked the political Establishment — or at least the Republican Establishment — by embracing policy positions that enjoyed widespread voter support.
Those days are over. Less than two months from midterm elections that will serve as a referendum on the first half of Trump’s second term in office, he seems to be going out of his way to associate himself with everything voters don’t like.

https://x.com/HQNewsNow/status/2099581470226465004

https://x.com/BBCWorld/status/2099129195083300963
https://x.com/RYP__/status/2099195748990726182

The Supreme Court on Monday rejected President Donald Trump’s mail ballot restrictions for now, capping a flurry of last-minute legal action with voting in the midterm elections already underway.
The decision allows states to continue sending out mail ballots under the same processes they’ve used for years.

Not sure I trust that “for now” bit.

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

https://x.com/anneapplebaum/status/2099624220510597240

Empire of Grift

Far-right ideologues have transformed American foreign policy into a tool of private gain and antidemocratic reaction.

———— Wedding Bells ————

I had to add a new section today. Blatant in your face corruption or Putin&Krasnov might have been fine places to put it, but it’s really an amalgamation of the two:

https://x.com/propublica/status/2099429380153872751

https://x.com/Kasparov63/status/2099609668981064144

https://x.com/swd2/status/2099561041281548327

https://x.com/MollyJongFast/status/2099510658601513048