Odds and Ends — 2 February 2026

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

Saylor’s Strategy buys $75.3M in BTC as prices briefly dip below $75K

https://twitter.com/tonyannett/status/2017703952431604118

- tonyannett

Bitcoin Derivatives Signal Elevated Stress Following Market Rout

Bitcoin’s weekend plunge opened a rare CME futures gap, as macro and geopolitical pressures drove a broad deleveraging.

Coronavirus and Public Health:

'ME and Long Covid have brought my children's lives to a standstill'

https://twitter.com/MikeDrucker/status/2018144556991029715

- MikeDrucker

Flash Fiction

Let me introduce you to my little friend. I call it the pear of despair. Some say anguish, but that comes later. Let’s begin, shall we?

Written for this challenge.

Politics:

https://twitter.com/cabsav456/status/2017969869510074454

- cabsav456

Democrats Go All-In On Shutdown Politics

A large swath of federal employees will be sitting at home tomorrow, furloughed without pay. And let’s be clear: The Democrats are the reason — the second shutdown they’ve caused in just a few months, for those keeping score.
But here’s the fascinating part: Democrats have flipped the script on shutdown politics, turning what was once a risky gambit into a winning strategy. They’re capitalizing on public opinion to press their advantage. And somehow, despite using aggressive tactics voters have long scorned, they’re doing it successfully.

https://twitter.com/LiamFromBoston/status/2017984186942914670

- LiamFromBoston

https://twitter.com/davetroy/status/2018326788460445982

- davetroy

———— Minnesota Under Siege ————

https://twitter.com/sarobertsonca/status/2018016331249930443

- sarobertsonca

https://twitter.com/hollmic/status/2018070397980217352

- hollmic

The ICE surge has disrupted business. Minnesota’s top economic official is ‘very concerned.’

———— The Epstein Coverup ————

https://twitter.com/cabsav456/status/2017763086879334433

- cabsav456

https://twitter.com/SethAbramson/status/2017716999766364625

- SethAbramson

https://twitter.com/donwinslow/status/2018072132920697130

- donwinslow

Epstein victims' lawyers ask court to order DOJ to take down Epstein files website

https://twitter.com/joni_askola/status/2017898587007389879

- joni_askola

https://twitter.com/davetroy/status/2017790637144240215

- davetroy

https://twitter.com/jsparkblog/status/2017741693227860468

- jsparkblog

https://twitter.com/TheKennyDevine/status/2017719393971741104

- TheKennyDevine

https://twitter.com/ColonelTowner/status/2018024120605380761

- ColonelTowner

https://twitter.com/MacaesBruno/status/2017876379098853727

- MacaesBruno

https://twitter.com/justinamash/status/2017762463714857285

- justinamash

https://twitter.com/peterjukes/status/2018008526568710324

- peterjukes

https://twitter.com/FreeMattKim/status/2018023566592147678

- FreeMattKim

———— Autocracy R Us ————

https://twitter.com/nikosunity/status/2017995822319706346

- nikosunity

https://twitter.com/thejackhopkins/status/2018057077403337202

- thejackhopkins

https://twitter.com/TimothyDSnyder/status/2017990049409704336

- TimothyDSnyder

Concentration Camps R Us: US Spends Millions on Warehouses in Historic Expansion of ICE Detention

https://twitter.com/DrEricDing/status/2018199187527975328

- DrEricDing

https://twitter.com/DavidAFrench/status/2017995716883304656

- DavidAFrench

https://twitter.com/cwebbonline/status/2017930867252080730

- cwebbonline

https://twitter.com/PabloReports/status/2018093190515925360

- PabloReports

Fulton County Will Sue Over Seizure of Election Records

An official in Fulton County, Georgia, announced the county will file a lawsuit Monday over the FBI’s search and seizure of 2020 election records.
The FBI served a warrant last Wednesday at the Fulton County election office, near Atlanta, Georgia, taking 700 boxes of election materials as it probes alleged voter fraud in the 2020 presidential election.

https://twitter.com/ReichlinMelnick/status/2018168150248865985

- ReichlinMelnick

https://twitter.com/S_Fitzpatrick/status/2017999346713968920

- S_Fitzpatrick

https://twitter.com/JHillje/status/2017983538864234936

- JHillje

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

https://twitter.com/davidfrum/status/2018000893807870229

- davidfrum

https://twitter.com/davidaxelrod/status/2017968251423351058

- davidaxelrod

———— Putin&Krasnov vs. Ukraine ————

https://twitter.com/TrueFactsStated/status/2018004156678652228

- TrueFactsStated

https://twitter.com/gregolear/status/2017951355386704198

- gregolear

https://twitter.com/jimstewartson/status/2018045149797069093

- jimstewartson

———— Mors Imperii ————

https://twitter.com/USA_Polling/status/2018028966104162497

- USA_Polling

https://twitter.com/RonFilipkowski/status/2018109991001985508

- RonFilipkowski

House Democrats Split Over Homeland Security Funding

House Democrats splintered on a private call Sunday over whether to vote for legislation that would keep the Department of Homeland Security funded for two more weeks.
The deal was the result of negotiations between Senate Democrats and the White House, but many House Democrats despise the idea of voting to fund DHS without reforms, even in the short term.

https://twitter.com/royalpratt/status/2018183300783738916

- royalpratt

https://twitter.com/BraddrofliT/status/2018024411115511825

- BraddrofliT

The US Is Flirting With Its First-Ever Population Decline

America’s population wasn’t expected to start falling until 2081. Trump’s immigration crackdown means it could happen as soon as this year.

https://twitter.com/aaronklemz/status/2017966436136706545

- aaronklemz

https://twitter.com/girldrawsghosts/status/2018063133814706594

- girldrawsghosts

Serendipity:

https://twitter.com/RKing618/status/2018024263085609345

- RKing618

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