Odds and Ends — 17 August 2026
Published on HivePostify by @preparedwombat · Mon Aug 17 2026
Cryptocurrency, Investing, Money, Economy, Business, AI, and Debt:
Binance gave Moscow client details used to charge Russian over Ukraine donations
https://x.com/adamemedia1/status/2088648752403714446
Hackers Are Abusing a macOS Screen Sharing Flaw to Secretly Mine Monero
Flash Fiction:
There may be a worse way to spend a 104°F afternoon in a car without air conditioning than being stuck in bumper to bumper traffic for miles right behind a truck full of squealing swine on their way to a pig auction, but I wouldn’t put money on it.
Written for this prompt.
Coronavirus and Public Health:
False claims about miscarriage risk from Covid-19 vaccines are spreading online. They use a faulty interpretation of data
Iran:
https://x.com/Acyn/status/2089089375372279942?s=20
Persian Gulf Allies Grow Frustrated with Trump >Frustration with Washington is growing in the Persian Gulf region, where U.S. allies are increasingly concerned that President Donald Trump is unable to manage the diplomacy necessary to secure peace with Iran, Arab and Western officials say. >Trump in recent weeks has repeatedly issued threats against Iran, only to withdraw them, citing progress in talks. After months of conflict, and continuing missile and drone strikes by Iran and its proxies, the governments of Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, Qatar, Kuwait and Bahrain are now united in their aggravation with the administration.
https://x.com/PeterCronau/status/2088450596861026802
Trump Threatens to ‘Bomb the Shit’ Out of Oman
https://x.com/jessmargera/status/2088994924926566559
Politics:
https://x.com/MeidasTouch/status/2088496593255411771
Hakeem Jeffries No Longer Backs Medicare for All >House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY) indicated that he does not currently support Medicare for all legislation after co-sponsoring similar bills from 2013-2021.
He’s essentially saying that when Democrats take the House, he’s not really interested in being Speaker. Medicare for all is very popular with the Dem base and a bunch of candidates are running with it as part of their platforms.
https://x.com/davidsirota/status/2089085678302998543
https://x.com/LiamSroka/status/2089102113913577802
https://x.com/DropSiteNews/status/2082155828627608055
https://x.com/atrupar/status/2088713138040696895
———— Air Farce One ————
https://x.com/HelenfegusonogG/status/2088818931347640624
https://x.com/smc429/status/2088649490060497078
https://x.com/atrupar/status/2089045386761765020
———— Mitch is Undead ————
Beshear Says He’s Heard Nothing From McConnell >Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear said Sunday that he hasn’t heard back from Sen. Mitch McConnell following formal requests for updates on his health last month amid a weekslong hospitalization that prompted widespread speculation and concern.
I don’t understand why Beshear doesn’t play hardball here.
———— Stark. Raving. Mad. ————
https://x.com/marlene4719/status/2088462877111820764
https://x.com/RepJackKimble/status/2089001952365477976
https://x.com/SethAbramson/status/2088733861379273066
———— The Epstein Coverup ————
https://x.com/hqnewsnow/status/2088351482433220873?s=46
https://x.com/JamesTate121/status/2088673227266507094
———— The Panopticon ————
https://x.com/RandyGoat/status/2088396177779683658
https://x.com/HIBFlocked/status/2088458805566705724
https://x.com/OrwellDay/status/2088779018451689658
https://x.com/robdoar/status/2089053637821567125
https://x.com/naomibrockwell/status/2088984557953389018
———— Autocracy R Us ————
https://x.com/MilesTaylorUSA/status/2088663430777421893
https://x.com/NormOrnstein/status/2088634508320936027
https://x.com/TheToddSchulte/status/2088627177633792322
https://x.com/donwinslow/status/2089116395724566973
https://x.com/ReichlinMelnick/status/2088683823504433244
———— Blatant In-Your-Face Corruption ————
Tags: #oddsandends#freewrite#dailyprompt#politics#iran