Odds and Ends — 3 June 2026

I made mushroom risotto last night, loosely following this recipe. Instead of half white mushrooms and half portobello that the recipe calls for, I used 1.5 pounds of white and a half a pound of portobello simply because I’d gotten a 1.5 pound package of organic white ones at Costco. Step 6 of the recipe says to remove from heat before adding the last ingredients but I’ve made mushroom risotto five or six times now and have learned it’s maybe better to instead turn the heat way down to a low simmer rather than all the way off and also to add a bit more Parmesan right before bringing it to the table.

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

Trezor says Safe 7 chip flaw found by Ledger does not put funds at risk

Martin Scorsese accused of ‘throwing artists under bus’ with AI storyboards

Grayscale launches lowest-fee U.S. Hyperliquid ETF as competition heats up around HYPE

Coronavirus and Public Health:

Long COVID may affect 1 in 6 infected patients

Iran:

https://twitter.com/SundaeDivine/status/2061798596089921709
- SundaeDivine

Trump Dreads an Iran Deal Worse than Obama’s

Politics:

https://twitter.com/cturnbull1968/status/2061823611476861335
- cturnbull1968

Trump Will Still Get Audit Immunity

U.S. officials are continuing with an agreement that bars the government from probing past tax filings from President Donald Trump and his businesses, while a plan to set up an ‘Anti-Weaponization Fund’ is on hold.
Another part of the deal banning any audits and tax-related probes of Trump, his family members and his companies that were started before the settlement isn’t affected by the decision to place the fund on hold.

Well, nobody really thought that the IRS was going to do any audits while a Trump sycophant is in charge of the IRS, with or without a bogus agreement in place. But that doesn’t mean that a future administration will in any way be bound by such an agreement.

SCOTUS Cobbles Together Excuse to Let Alabama Discriminate Against Black Voters in New Order

U.S. Is Said to Be Investigating George Santos Over Kalshi Betting

The former congressman was referred to federal authorities after he bet on his own attendance at the State of the Union address…

https://twitter.com/covie_93/status/2061978667081724373
- covie_93

———— Trump’s Health, or Lack Thereof ————

https://twitter.com/MikeNellis/status/2061873469566996541
- MikeNellis

https://twitter.com/covie_93/status/2061902283147771989
- covie_93

https://twitter.com/OurShallowState/status/2061929262022873374
- OurShallowState

https://twitter.com/stealthygeek/status/2061871101722906692
- stealthygeek

https://twitter.com/TomJChicago/status/2061974582911770958
- TomJChicago

———— Albania ————

https://twitter.com/Megatron_ron/status/2061835257171542122
- Megatron_ron

———— The Epstein Coverup ————

https://twitter.com/AmberWoods100/status/2061919968669712463
- AmberWoods100

https://twitter.com/atrupar/status/2061924398786134269
- atrupar

———— DNI ————

Roger Stone Helped Trump Choose His New Intel Adviser

President Donald Trump on Tuesday installed his top housing regulator as acting director of national intelligence — a decision swayed by longtime Republican operative Roger Stone and other MAGA forces inside the administration, according to multiple sources.