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    Odds and Ends — 2 February 2026

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

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

    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'

    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:

    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.

    ———— Minnesota Under Siege ————

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

    ———— The Epstein Coverup ————

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

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

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    ———— Autocracy R Us ————

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

    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.

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

    ———— Putin&Krasnov vs. Ukraine ————

    ———— Mors Imperii ————

    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.

    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.

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