Moby-Dick; or, The Whale:
I just finished Moby Dick. We all know the gist of the story, Ahab’s obsession with the White Whale. Maybe we’ve seen the Gregory Peck movie. That’s really all I had to go on before starting the book, not really knowing what to expect. I certainly didn’t know that the first hundred pages or so ashore before they set sail were such a hoot. Or that the mid-19th-century speech of the main characters would be filled with thee, thou, thy, wouldst, and see’st. So a bit of a slog for a modern reader.
Long out of copyright of course, there are many editions available. This is the one I read:
https://x.com/brentmichaelcox/status/2094523618277339147
Cryptocurrency, Investing, Money, Economy, Business, AI, and Debt:
https://x.com/TrevMcKendrick/status/2096762469784137756
An Exercise in Thinking About the Unthinkable
In a Virginia law school classroom, students are grappling with an event once considered unimaginable: a U.S. government debt default.
This semester’s class is indicative of a nervousness that has become more widespread about America’s standing in the global financial system.
https://x.com/_JohnnyJones/status/2097357027202777199
https://x.com/samfbiddle/status/2097510517825036653
https://x.com/TheMaineWonk/status/2097505362081362156
Coronavirus and Public Health:
COVID-19 may trigger the same immune pathway as lupus
Iran:
https://x.com/michaeldweiss/status/2097479507284238659
https://x.com/Emolclause/status/2094813180836946411
Iran Warns of ‘More Painful’ Response
Iran’s ‘proportionate responses’ to U.S. attacks are over, the country’s parliament speaker and top negotiator Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf said Sunday, while acknowledging the economic impact of the war.
Said Ghalibaf: “If they haven’t understood by now, they should understand before it’s too late that the rules of the game have changed and that from now on, any violation of Iran’s interests and security will receive a ‘faster, heavier, and more painful’ response.”
https://x.com/Glenn_Diesen/status/2096930094086316480
https://x.com/JamieBonkiewicz/status/2097109464180506681
Politics:
https://x.com/maddenifico/status/2097022584717996271
https://x.com/BarbMcQuade/status/2097014505389576632
Court Rules IRS’s Data Sharing with ICE Violated Law
The Trump administration violated federal law when it shared confidential taxpayer information with immigration authorities, an appeals court ruled Tuesday.
The Internal Revenue Service improperly allowed data transfers based on partial addresses and failed to satisfy requirements that tightly tie legal information sharing to criminal investigations.
https://x.com/BillKristol/status/2096932699915096505
https://x.com/WUTangKids/status/2097092882393960541
Young Americans have never witnessed a functioning foreign policy
Young Americans today have never witnessed Congress authorize a war, they’ve never seen a U.S. administration balance its books, they’ve never watched a well-funded and empowered state department operate, and they see only mistrust between allies. They assume the situation is normal. It is not.
The real cost of forgetting the pre-9/11 world is not a country that has changed, but one that no longer knows it could be different.
https://x.com/BillKristol/status/2096327983979983137
Making Sense of That Big Story Saying Netanyahu Was Warned About Oct 7
https://x.com/JessicaBRiedl/status/2097045659459125261
https://x.com/covie_93/status/2096981805769330966
https://x.com/TheRickWilson/status/2097289989016912124
———— Minnesota Under Siege ————
https://x.com/Amy_Siskind/status/2096779454076891243
https://x.com/vincempls/status/2097156697286418703
———— A mari usque ad mare ————
https://x.com/krassenstein/status/2096742622442242064
https://x.com/long17_de/status/2096963341939859895
https://x.com/RonFilipkowski/status/2097100741680693629
https://x.com/acnewsitics/status/2097026522397979022
———— Stark. Raving. Mad. ————
https://x.com/krassenstein/status/2096920993260277947
https://x.com/OurShallowState/status/2096642394741748064
Trump Makes Wild New Claim in Rambling Remarks About Visiting 9/11 Rubble
https://x.com/RonFilipkowski/status/2097341177028628863
https://x.com/RonFilipkowski/status/2097354868302225827
———— Mitch is Undead ————
https://x.com/BlackKnight10k/status/2096978833014480924
https://x.com/smc429/status/2096664820850528484
https://x.com/TheBabylonBee/status/2097362115153551629
———— The Epstein Coverup ————
https://x.com/DeanObeidallah/status/2096997631851417834
———— The Panopticon ————
https://x.com/JasonBassler1/status/2096346885032169789
https://x.com/TopGirlKeiko/status/2096656923181437412
———— Autocracy R Us ————
https://x.com/RadioFreeTom/status/2096780947597238274
https://x.com/tomaskenn/status/2096115253436153882
https://x.com/ReichlinMelnick/status/2097419508516307250
https://x.com/josephfcox/status/2097314177803051351
https://x.com/DarrigoMelanie/status/2097371731992420783
https://x.com/donwinslow/status/2097043895914016931
———— Blatant In-Your-Face Corruption ————
https://x.com/TheMaineWonk/status/2097151639446589682
https://x.com/AmanitaFugax/status/2097117266168930683
https://x.com/DarrigoMelanie/status/2097352226612072796
———— Putin&Krasnov vs. Ukraine ————
https://x.com/ruthbenghiat/status/2096375006699598075
https://x.com/Kasparov63/status/2096778130551972051
https://x.com/Microinteracti1/status/2096891019669188762
https://x.com/Robert_E_Kelly/status/2096748314113028180
https://x.com/donwinslow/status/2097027974931656787
https://x.com/BohuslavskaKate/status/2097008383006007296
———— Florida Man ————
https://x.com/stanveuger/status/2097469802776260996
———— DOGE ————
https://x.com/donwinslow/status/2097078860294881384
———— Hegseth on the Rocks ————
https://x.com/BillKristol/status/2096618749042237669
———— Mors Imperii ————
https://x.com/dccommonsense/status/2096805178062295173
https://x.com/jamesetta_w/status/2096964789377343764
https://x.com/JamieBonkiewicz/status/2097114703424094450
https://x.com/RonFilipkowski/status/2096915153199452447
https://x.com/fullslack_/status/2097039689073180917
Serendipity:
https://x.com/PrezLives2022/status/2096990637404909865
https://x.com/goesonrants/status/2096970664565715103
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