Sometimes, you win a slugfest with the wrong line-up. I had not meant to put Carnage Titan in as the tank; it was meant for second position behind a Kraken. Just clicking links too fast. But a win’s a win. As best I can remember, this was my first run-in with the Prince Rennyn summoner.

Cryptocurrency, Investing, Money, Economy, and Debt:

ETH devs implement first-ever ‘shadow fork’ as PoS testing continues

Inflation is hammering the voters who will soon decide some key midterm races

Coronavirus News, Analysis, and Opinion:

Philadelphia Reinstates Indoor Mask Mandate

With new coronavirus cases low but rising sharply in recent days, the city of Philadelphia announced on Monday that it will reinstate an indoor mask mandate a little more than a month after lifting it, becoming the first major U.S. city to do so.

Mice occupy FDA offices after food left behind in pandemic

Politics:

Could be nothing, could be a huge development: Pentagon monitoring reports of possible Russian chemical weapons attack in Mariupol

As if tensions in Eastern Europe weren’t already past the breaking point: Polish panel: Russia behind Polish leader’s plane crash

A Polish government special commission has reinforced its earlier allegations that the 2010 plane crash that killed President Lech Kaczynski and 95 others in Russia was the result of Moscow’s assassination plan.
The latest of the commission’s reports, released Monday, alleges that an intentional detonation of planted explosives caused the April 10, 2010 crash of Soviet-made Tu-154M plane that killed Kaczynski, the first lady and 94 other government and armed forces figures as well as many prominent Poles.

More Than 10,000 Killed In Mariupol

Bucha’s Month of Terror

The New York Times has an extraordinary piece on the month of atrocities in Bucha, after reporters witnessed dozens of corpses and more than 100 body bags.
“The evidence suggests the Russians killed recklessly and sometimes sadistically, in part out of revenge.”

Fox News went from Republican propaganda to Trump propaganda to Russian propaganda so seamlessly its viewers think anti-American is pro-American.

— Middle Age Riot (@middleageriot) April 11, 2022

Climate Change Proposals Favored by Solid Majorities

Americans widely favor each of six proposals designed to limit greenhouse gas emissions that contribute to climate change. Support ranges from 59% in favor of spending federal money for building more electric vehicle charging stations in the U.S. up to 89% for providing tax credits to Americans who install clean energy systems in their homes.

Russia Warns Sweden and Finland on NATO

Jared Kushner’s Saudi payday: $2 billion deal with prince came months after exiting White House

More on this: ”This is possibly the largest and most brazen instance of public corruption I’ve seen in twenty five years covering American politics as a journalist.”

Florida lawmakers cave to DeSantis on redistricting and will defer to him with new map

Republican legislative leaders in Florida have given up trying to draw new congressional boundaries that can win Gov. Ron DeSantis' signature and, in an unprecedented move, announced Monday that they intend to essentially cede this constitutional power to the executive branch.
In a joint statement, state House Speaker Chris Sprowls and state Senate President Wilton Simpson said legislative staff will not draft a new map for lawmakers to consider when they convene in Tallahassee next week for a special session on redistricting. Instead, the legislative leaders announced they intend to let DeSantis decide how to reapportion the state's 28 congressional districts for the next decade.

Le Pen defended 🇷🇺 annexation of Crimea in 2017.
“The policies i represent are those of Trump & Putin!”
Her party continues to repay campaign finance debt, lent to her by a bank in Moscow.
Putin’s Trojan horse closes in on Macron ahead of French election. pic.twitter.com/oTNYz9Ll1B

— Rula Jebreal (@rulajebreal) April 9, 2022

Serendipity:

A two-part theory about the final episode of The Sopranos. WARNING! Thar be spoilers ahead: part 1 and part 2.

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