Odds and Ends — 29 May 2026

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

Bitcoin ETFs bleed $2.8B in record nine-day outflow streak

Kalshi follows CFTC in suing Minnesota over law criminalizing prediction markets

https://twitter.com/MollyJongFast/status/2059640019036299422

- MollyJongFast

It’s not just high gas prices – inflation is now spreading through the US economy

Coronavirus and Public Health:

Manufacturing a scandal: What the FDA’s COVID vaccine pediatric death review actually says

Iran:

Of course it is: U.S. Officials Say Deal to Reopen Strait of Hormuz Is Close

U.S. officials are closing in on a framework for negotiations with Iran that could extend the cease-fire, lead to the reopening of the Strait of Hormuz and set the table for more substantive talks, according to three U.S. officials with knowledge of the discussions.
Mr. Trump has not signed off on the emerging framework, and it was not clear if it matched Iran’s understanding.

https://twitter.com/TheRickWilson/status/2060091973042884733

- TheRickWilson

https://twitter.com/BrettErickson28/status/2060097168577638909

- BrettErickson28

Politics:

https://twitter.com/ReichlinMelnick/status/2059463644350410951

- ReichlinMelnick

https://twitter.com/RonFilipkowski/status/2060027474910593162

- RonFilipkowski

US violent crime is at its lowest in more than a century – but the funding that helped reduce it is disappearing

https://twitter.com/propublica/status/2059801852598685772

- propublica

How Japan Lost 3 Million People in Five Years

Japan’s population fell by more than 3 million over the past five years, according to official statistics released on Friday, a drop that underscores the depths of the country’s accelerating demographic crisis.

https://twitter.com/DanCollins2011/status/2060105932747456590

- DanCollins2011

https://twitter.com/MattisRedacted/status/2060110925948916061

- MattisRedacted

———— E. Jean Carroll ————

https://twitter.com/covie_93/status/2059792713243836644

- covie_93

https://twitter.com/AdamParkhomenko/status/2059794806499352912

- AdamParkhomenko

Judge Lewis Kaplan: “The fact that Mr. Trump sexually abused — indeed, raped — Ms. Carroll has been conclusively established.”

https://twitter.com/thejackhopkins/status/2059812089862951304

- thejackhopkins

https://twitter.com/OurShallowState/status/2060120197860880532

- OurShallowState

———— The Epstein Coverup ————

Pam Bondi’s Epstein hearing won’t be a sworn, filmed deposition

https://twitter.com/covie_93/status/2060107714638786861

- covie_93

https://twitter.com/BillKristol/status/2060351050800894329

- BillKristol

———— Stephen Miller ————

https://twitter.com/RonFilipkowski/status/2059799387941814459

- RonFilipkowski

https://twitter.com/theliamnissan/status/2060071145785675886

- theliamnissan

https://twitter.com/7Veritas4/status/2060214794800480384

- 7Veritas4

https://twitter.com/theliamnissan/status/2060114443464225229

- theliamnissan

———— Autocracy R Us ————

https://twitter.com/MacFarlaneNews/status/2059726378027610480

- MacFarlaneNews

https://twitter.com/NormEisen/status/2059718551913558176

- NormEisen

https://twitter.com/RobertFreundLaw/status/2060071954112233590

- RobertFreundLaw

https://twitter.com/Mollyploofkins/status/2059368162223673606

- Mollyploofkins

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

https://twitter.com/TheRealThelmaJ1/status/2060039506959712460

- TheRealThelmaJ1

———— Putin&Krasnov vs. Ukraine ————

https://twitter.com/highbrow_nobrow/status/2059778185076883531

- highbrow_nobrow

https://twitter.com/ChrisO_wiki/status/2059978511880687645

- ChrisO_wiki

https://twitter.com/SethAbramson/status/2060172065164931320

- SethAbramson

———— Peter Thiel ————

https://twitter.com/emeriticus/status/2060057900014280841

- emeriticus

https://twitter.com/stevanzetti/status/2060064397507055879

- stevanzetti

https://twitter.com/posta_octavian/status/2060103188682789046

- posta_octavian

https://twitter.com/ReubenR80027912/status/2060101238230790383

- ReubenR80027912

———— Mors Imperii ————

https://twitter.com/esjesjesj/status/2060146806667772375

- esjesjesj

https://twitter.com/SimplyShae13/status/2059710510573174949

- SimplyShae13

Serendipity:

https://twitter.com/SketchesbyBoze/status/2059784175654510733

- SketchesbyBoze

https://twitter.com/pensandpoison/status/2059983780417310833

- pensandpoison

PFAS leave fingerprints in your blood – researchers are figuring out how forever chemicals transform in your body to read these clues

https://twitter.com/mariana057/status/2059620423533302168

- mariana057

https://twitter.com/Todd_Spence/status/2058961486647820489

- Todd_Spence

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