Cryptocurrency, Investing, Money, Economy, and Debt:
Bitcoin is key to the future of Twitter, Jack Dorsey says. Which could in part explain why #hive posts on Twitter have a tendency to vanish, @theycallmedan got shut down, etc.
Uniswap Labs Limits Access to Some Tokens
The software development studio cited an “evolving regulatory landscape” in making its decision.
Global supply chains buckle as virus variant and disasters strike
Coronavirus News, Analysis, and Opinion:
California bars start demanding proof of vaccinations as Delta surges. Will vax requirements spread?
Virus Surge Disrupts Office-Return Plans
St. Louis requires masks for everyone amid rising Covid-19 cases
Officials Now Expect Vulnerable Will Need Booster Shots
Senior officials now say they expect that people who are 65 and older or who have compromised immune systems will most likely need a third shot from Pfizer-BioNTech or Moderna, two vaccines based on the same technology that have been used to inoculate the vast majority of Americans thus far. That is a sharp shift from just a few weeks ago, when the administration said it thought there was not enough evidence to back boosters yet.
Politics:
The Christian nationalist assault on democracy goes stealth — but the pushback is working
Arizona secretary of state tells Trump before election lie rally: get over it
’We lost’: Some U.S. veterans say blood spilled in Afghanistan was wasted
Afghans Must Run Taliban Gauntlet for Evacuation
Thousands of Afghans who are eligible for a U.S. evacuation out of the country now face one final life-and-death hurdle — getting to Kabul without being captured or killed by the Taliban.
The Biden administration this week emailed hundreds of Afghans who worked for the U.S. government telling them to prepare for evacuation to the U.S. in coming days… But the Afghans have to make their way to the capital of Kabul on their own in order to be evacuated.
This is shameful. You’d think we’d have learned something about losing wars by now. I guess there won’t be photos of a helicopter on the embassy roof if those who’ve risked their lives to help us are murdered before they can make it to the embassy.
Unlikely Partners Pelosi and Cheney Team Up
Rarely has there been a meeting of the minds like this — two of the strongest women on Capitol Hill, partisans at opposite ends of the political divide — bonding over a shared belief that the truth about the insurrection should come out and those responsible held accountable. They believe no less than the functioning of America’s democracy is on the line.
Mike Lindell promises his “cyber symposium” will be bigger than Elvis’ 1973 Hawaii concert
Capitol Rioter Has Feces Thrown at Him in Jail
Heavy metal band Iced Earth’s guitarist Jon Schaffer, who pleaded guilty to charges related to the Capitol riot, had feces thrown at him and faced death threats during a hellish stint at an Indiana jail, according to his lawyer.
“My client, who is presumed innocent, has just gone through two months of hell where other people were throwing feces at him and urine at him and threatening his life in a horrible, horrible situation.”
Um, one of those may be true, but not both of them.
Serendipity:
Dubai Makes Artificial Rain With Drones That Shock Clouds
Meme credit: bdburley (source)
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