Odds and Ends — 23 May 2026

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

SEC approves Nasdaq to list Bitcoin index options on the exchange

https://twitter.com/Polymarket/status/2057552588132716939

- Polymarket

Argentina Launched an AI to Predict the Future. It Couldn't Predict a Typo

Milei's government unveiled a social digital twin to overhaul public policy—announced via a video full of AI slop, grammatical errors, and a deepfake of a minister.

https://twitter.com/william_fitz/status/2057777650471764386

- william_fitz

Coronavirus and Public Health:

No child deaths definitively linked to Covid shots, FDA says

The agency’s analysis contradicts claims made by former vaccine chief Dr. Vinay Prasad.

Iran:

https://twitter.com/atrupar/status/2057502458989969612

- atrupar

https://twitter.com/thecyrusjanssen/status/2057727681417154861

- thecyrusjanssen

https://twitter.com/BrettErickson28/status/2057925132677796262

- BrettErickson28

Politics:

Trump says he’s sending 5,000 troops to Poland, deepening confusion over US military deployments to Europe

https://twitter.com/MarkAmesExiled/status/2057782979712205180

- MarkAmesExiled

———— Stark. Raving. Mad. ————

https://twitter.com/atrupar/status/2057948735687033248

- atrupar

https://twitter.com/RonFilipkowski/status/2057618374834672111

- RonFilipkowski

———— Cuba ————

https://twitter.com/thatdayin1992/status/2057370819148521551

- thatdayin1992

https://twitter.com/David__Osland/status/2057810815663616181

- David__Osland

https://twitter.com/danpfeiffer/status/2057939180261642499

- danpfeiffer

———— The Epstein Coverup ————

Lutnick Donated to House GOP Before Epstein Testimony

Howard Lutnick, President Trump’s secretary of commerce, made a $5 million donation last month to a committee supporting House Republicans, an unusually large contribution for a sitting cabinet secretary.
The donation was made on April 1, four weeks after the House Oversight Committee arranged to interview Mr. Lutnick about his ties to the sex offender and financier Jeffrey Epstein.

———— Tulsi Gabbard ————

https://twitter.com/theliamnissan/status/2057946817677910340

- theliamnissan

https://twitter.com/sentdefender/status/2057881138341831137

- sentdefender

https://twitter.com/theliamnissan/status/2057886874211938379

- theliamnissan

———— Autocracy R Us ————

https://twitter.com/MeidasTouch/status/2057902032879796491

- MeidasTouch

https://twitter.com/rgoodlaw/status/2057914757353533645

- rgoodlaw

Justice Department deletes press releases on charges against Jan. 6 rioters

The Justice Department confirmed that it had deleted the press releases as part of “stripping DOJ’s website of partisan propaganda.”

Thank you, Memory Hole!

https://twitter.com/stephen_richer/status/2057514556474503535

- stephen_richer

———— Blatant In-Your-Face Corruption ————

Almost as good as a pardon

I’ve seen a lot of settlement agreements, but never one like this where the government is giving the store away and getting nothing in return.

———— Putin&Krasnov vs. Ukraine ————

https://twitter.com/NAAF0Racoon/status/2057777361521684507

- NAAF0Racoon

https://twitter.com/TrentTelenko/status/2057909348681068610

- TrentTelenko

https://twitter.com/JayinKyiv/status/2057779013632864521

- JayinKyiv

https://twitter.com/ChrisO_wiki/status/2057721763597799609

- ChrisO_wiki

https://twitter.com/revishvilig/status/2057857938471924170

- revishvilig

https://twitter.com/JayinKyiv/status/2057903722584211824

- JayinKyiv

———— Mors Imperii ————

https://twitter.com/covie_93/status/2057877750334034090

- covie_93

The White House is ordering agencies to place its new app on all employees’ government phones

The newly created, often overtly political app places the Trump administration into unprecedented and “dangerous” territory, IT experts say.

https://twitter.com/Jenna_DC/status/2057516450181488829

- Jenna_DC

Serendipity:

https://twitter.com/RepJackKimble/status/2057668521773932696

- RepJackKimble

https://twitter.com/xav_moss/status/2057848743127289994

- xav_moss

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