Odds and Ends — 10 June 2024

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

Friend.tech’s plan to develop own blockchain leaves users confused

Friend.tech is still a thing?

Have Milei's first six months improved the Argentine economy?

Explaining Bitcoin's Dull Price Action Amid Record ETF Inflows

Coronavirus News, Analysis, and Opinion:

Two-in-one flu and Covid jab passes advanced trial

https://twitter.com/SethAbramson/status/1799616023857094679

Politics:

https://twitter.com/7Veritas4/status/1799952335273103474

Biden Mulls Unilateral Deal with Hamas

Biden administration officials have discussed potentially negotiating a unilateral deal with Hamas to secure the release of five Americans being held hostage in Gaza if current cease-fire talks involving Israel fail.
Such negotiations would not include Israel and would be conducted through Qatari interlocutors, as current talks have been.

https://twitter.com/KatiePhang/status/1799873255471276521

Israeli war cabinet minister Benny Gantz quits emergency government

https://twitter.com/Stonekettle/status/1799841061822709823

Endangered Republicans Gamble on Backing Trump

In many bellwether districts that will determine the next House majority, including in the 19 GOP districts Biden carried in 2020, Republicans are quickly falling in line behind Trump.
And they’re echoing his line that the New York hush money trial was unfair and that he’s a victim being persecuted, aligning with a riled-up base and effectively gambling that swing voters won’t punish them for backing a felon at the top of the ticket.

https://twitter.com/PaulRudnickNY/status/1799826081912123785

How a Drop in Small-Dollar Donations Is Shaking Up Both Parties

https://twitter.com/AntiToxicPeople/status/1799896343131165106
https://twitter.com/RexHuppke/status/1799930741930836014

How Fox News massaged a Trump interview

https://twitter.com/FixMediaNow/status/1799776365484617780

Retired judge David Tatel issues a stark warning about the Supreme Court

https://twitter.com/JayinKyiv/status/1799814785040871591
https://twitter.com/_JakubJanda/status/1799788580791017708

Why Russia Is Happy at War

A centuries-long tradition of authoritarian rule and disregard for individual rights underpins Vladimir Putin’s imperial project.

https://twitter.com/ruthbenghiat/status/1799823970235293775

In E.U. Elections, the Center Holds, but the Far Right Still Wreaks Havoc

Elections in 27 countries for the European Parliament ended on Sunday with early projections giving far-right parties a strong showing, a result that, if confirmed, would amount to a powerful gauge of voter dissatisfaction and a stinging rebuke for the political mainstream.
The balloting indicated that the prevailing winds had grown decidedly chill for Europe’s political establishment. The results are likely to make it harder for the European Parliament to form majorities to pass laws, and would render negotiations over divisive issues even tougher. More broadly, they underscored that the momentum of the far-right forces that have been expanding their challenge to centrists over the past decade had yet to crest.

Complex coalition talks loom in Belgium after Flemish nationalist parties win federal election

https://twitter.com/dumbmailguy/status/1799560281523396836