Odds and Ends — 23 August 2026
Published on HivePostify by @preparedwombat · Sun Aug 23 2026
Cryptocurrency, Investing, Money, Economy, Business, AI, and Debt:
https://x.com/mikenelson586/status/2090975207993360520
A Third of the Post-ChatGPT Web Is AI-Written, Pew Finds
https://x.com/Nguyenanime3/status/2091185698107781433
Coronavirus and Public Health:
The real covid-19 scandal is still unfolding >For all the zeal Congress has shown in investigating America’s response to the covid-19 pandemic, it has been strangely uninterested in exploring a basic question: why did so many Americans die relative to the numbers who succumbed to the virus in other rich countries? Understanding the answer would seem relevant to guarding against the next, inevitable pandemic. >Many countries were slow to react, but as they learned about the transmissibility of the virus, and as vaccines became available, they rapidly cut their death rates. Not so America.
Iran:
https://x.com/ChaseMadar/status/2090926360969535726
https://x.com/RadioFreeTom/status/2090872120926404705
https://x.com/PhillipsPOBrien/status/2091042547388788918
Politics:
https://x.com/hellline0/status/2091142748447662469
‘Mom, are we OK?’ Children worry their families can’t afford food after Trump’s SNAP cuts
https://x.com/AzPetrich/status/2091205369351815323
Mike Rogers Tells AIPAC to Stay Out of His Senate Race >Allies of Mike Rogers, Michigan’s GOP nominee for the U.S. Senate, have asked AIPAC not to advertise on his behalf, triggering a rupture with the powerful but polarizing pro-Israel group. >The extraordinary tension underscores how far AIPAC’s political standing has fallen amid voters’ anger over the war in Gaza. Even Rogers — a staunchly pro-Israel Republican — fears the group’s public support could be a liability in the Nov. 3 election.
https://x.com/thedailybeast/status/2090919375796666646
'Vapid depravity': Rudy Giuliani ordered to prepare for 'sordid' sex trial
https://x.com/BarbMcQuade/status/2090811314079707408
https://x.com/theboywizard/status/2091024324149026881
———— A mari usque ad mare ————
‘Attacked’ by Trump on Trade, Canada Is ‘at War’ With U.S., Carney Says
https://x.com/Heel4thewin/status/2091365166948528535
https://x.com/BenjaminFogel/status/2091425802684420581
———— Stark. Raving. Mad. ————
https://x.com/RadioFreeTom/status/2091271458504745258
———— Scott Bessent ————
https://x.com/Bogachan1971/status/2090666195976323257
https://x.com/daveweigel/status/2090464542127976653
———— Where’s the Beef? ————
https://x.com/RonFilipkowski/status/2090920040572797091
https://x.com/DoDeportations/status/2090928918022787283
Mystery Meat: Trump Refuses to Say Where His New Flood of Foreign Beef Is Coming From
https://x.com/davethul/status/2091149540485124152
———— The Panopticon ————
https://x.com/JasonBassler1/status/2090942020814561510
https://x.com/planefag/status/2090918353070100632
https://x.com/Cyael/status/2091089233947807983
https://x.com/Parodyjeffx/status/2091115535308067160
———— Mitch is Undead ————
https://x.com/eddieunion/status/2091041868205142369
———— The Epstein Coverup ————
https://x.com/PiperK/status/2091261997723558052
https://x.com/TomJChicago/status/2091277902776058165
https://x.com/SollenbergerRC/status/2091292524862193914
———— Natalie Harp ————
https://x.com/vicvaiana/status/2090621652329451726
https://x.com/JonLemire/status/2090593826515857773
https://x.com/SethAbramson/status/2090607673716736499
https://x.com/SarahAMatthews1/status/2090828831556833648
Natalie Harp Flooded Twitter on January 6 >Years before Natalie Harp became a key White House aide to President Donald Trump, she flooded her Twitter feed with posts demonstrating extraordinary devotion to him on January 6, 2021. >Harp posted more than 150 tweets that day, urging Republicans to ‘FIGHT FOR TRUMP’ as he began his speech near the White House. She echoed the president’s talking points that the election was stolen, and amplified rhetoric of his allies, who also sought to undermine the legitimacy of Joe Biden’s election win. Harp’s X account appears suspended. It’s unclear when her account was taken down, and whether she or the platform removed her posts.
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