Odds and Ends — 7 June 2021

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Coronavirus News, Analysis, and Opinion:

U.S. donating 750,000 COVID vaccines to Taiwan amid reports China blocking doses

Delta variant is around 40% more transmissible

China’s manufacturers braced for drop in orders as coronavirus outbreak snarls-up southern shipping hubs

Cryptocurrency, Investing, Money, Economy, and Debt:

Energy secretary says adversaries have capability of shutting down US power grid. How much food do you have on hand right now? Where will your water come from if there’s no electricity to run pumps?

NFTs, or The Readymade Reversed

Two-fifths of Aussie millennials think crypto investments beat real estate

Politics:

Joe Biden, Donald Trump and the Weimar Republic: History’s dark lessons

Peruvian voters face choice between 2 polarizing populists

The pandemic not only has collapsed Peru’s medical and cemetery infrastructure, left millions unemployed and highlighted longstanding inequalities in the country, it has also deepened people’s mistrust of government as it mismanaged the COVID-19 response and a secret vaccination drive for the well-connected erupted into a national scandal.

The Candidates To Replace Cy Vance Have To Walk A Fine Line On Trump

Israeli Security Issues Insurrection Warning

The head of Israel's internal security service said that "extremely violent and inciting discourse" targeting the lawmakers who are seeking to end Benjamin Netanyahu's 12-year tenure as prime minister could take a potentially lethal form — a grim echo of the warnings ahead of the Jan. 6 insurrection at the U.S. Capitol.

Supreme Court affirms tribal police authority over non-Indians

Mo Brooks Reveals His Email Password

Rep. Mo Brooks (R-AL) tweeted photos of his computer screen, including a sticker at the bottom of the screen that included his email password.

Serendipity:

A slowing current system in the Atlantic Ocean spells trouble for Earth

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Badge thanks to @arcange

Meme credit: Ocean_cow_soap (source)



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