Odds and Ends — 26 April 2022
Don’t mess with the Kraken (40 mana, Unprotected rule set, Water and Life splinters available).
Cryptocurrency, Investing, Money, Economy, and Debt:
Twitter Set to Accept Elon Musk’s Offer
Twitter is poised to agree a sale to Elon Musk for around $43 billion in cash, the price the chief executive of Tesla Inc (TSLA.O) has called his ‘best and final’ offer for the social media company.
“I also want to make Twitter better than ever by enhancing the product with new features, making the algorithms open source to increase trust, defeating the spam bots, and authenticating all humans. Twitter has tremendous potential – I look forward to working with the company and the community of users to unlock it.” — Elon Musk
Authenticating all humans?
Trump’s Truth Social appears officially fucked, thanks to Elon Musk buying Twitter
Coronavirus News, Analysis, and Opinion:
Chinese Markets Tank as Investors Worry About Covid-19 Lockdowns
Japan’s Shionogi Says COVID Pill Shows Rapid Clearance of Virus
Fear of lockdown sparks panic buying in Bejing following Covid outbreak
Politics:
A New York judge on Monday held Donald Trump in contempt of court for failing to turn over documents to the state’s attorney general, an extraordinary rebuke of the former president.
The judge, Arthur Engoron, ordered Mr. Trump to comply with a subpoena seeking records and assessed a fine of $10,000 per day until he satisfies the court’s requirements. In essence, the judge concluded that Mr. Trump had failed to cooperate with the attorney general, Letitia James, and follow the court’s orders.
Mike Lindell continues to bang his head against the wall, Trump joins the whine-fest.
”We don't have to worry about signals being sent down from the sky!”
Russia warns United States against sending more arms to Ukraine
Call it a guess, but that will be taken under advisement.
Georgia GOP Debate Was A Pissing Match Over Who Wants To Help Trump Destroy Democracy More
Georgia Republicans Stuck In 2020
Italy puts 25C limit on air conditioning as Ukraine crisis forces energy rationing
Ukrainian Women Were Raped Before Being Killed
Forensic doctors carrying out postmortem examinations on bodies in mass graves north of Kyiv say they have found evidence some women were raped before being killed by Russian forces.
SecDef Austin Says the Quiet Part Out Loud
At a news conference in Poland after the visit, Mr Austin told reporters the US wants to see "Russia weakened to the degree that it can't do the kinds of things that it has done in invading Ukraine".
Deleted Videos Contradict Greene’s Testimony
Since-deleted videos from Georgia Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene’s social media contradict comments the GOP congresswoman made at a court hearing on Friday downplaying her ties to a YouTuber and conservative activist who participated in the January 6, 2021, mob that broke into the US Capitol.
Huh. I could swear that lying under oath was a crime. Yup. Sure enough, it’s a felony.
McCarthy Keeps Dodging Questions About Leaked Audio
House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) on Monday continued to dodge questions about a report that he had told fellow Republicans he would call President Donald Trump and tell him to resign in the wake of the Jan. 6, 2021 storming of the U.S. Capitol by a pro-Trump mob.
Serendipity:
Elon Musk’s plans for Twitter could make its misinformation problems worse
