Odds and Ends — 30 March 2024

about 1 month ago

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

Owner of ship that crashed into Baltimore bridge will likely try to invoke 1851 law used to cap damages after Titanic disaster

Custodia Bank Loses Lawsuit Challenging Fed Rejection of Master Account Application

U.K. court freezes £6M of Craig Wright’s assets amid Bitcoin creator claim

Coronavirus News, Analysis, and Opinion:

People in Republican-voting states more likely to report Covid-19 vaccine side effects, study says

Politics:

John Kelly goes on the record to confirm several disturbing stories about Trump

EXCLUSIVE: Excerpts From The Autographed MAGA Bible

https://twitter.com/acnewsitics/status/1773801975022522447

U.S. Signs Off on More Bombs for Israel

The Biden administration in recent days quietly authorized the transfer of billions of dollars in bombs and fighter jets to Israel despite Washington’s concerns about an anticipated military offensive in southern Gaza that could threaten the lives of hundreds of thousands of Palestinian civilians.

Israel crisis deepens over ultra-Orthodox draft

https://twitter.com/kenklippenstein/status/1773779220549820876

Federal judge blasts Trump’s attacks on judges, warns against tyranny

Texas Republicans Call For Execution of Women Who Receive Abortions, IVF In Horrifying Video

https://twitter.com/MrJonCryer/status/1773826872591495287

https://twitter.com/JoyceWhiteVance/status/1774051409752629459

China has a licence to spy: it’s time to revoke it

Serendipity:

Harlan Ellison’s Last Words: The Ambitious Plan for Sci-Fi Writer's Posthumous Comeback

The film fans who refuse to surrender to streaming: ‘One day you’ll barter bread for our DVDs’

Conjoined twin Abby Hensel is now married

Each of them controls the limbs on their side. Boston Legal should have done a show where one coinjoined twin (maybe played by the Steben Twins?) commits murder. If convicted, does the innocent twin go to prison?