Odds and Ends — 5 August 2026

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Published: 05 Aug 2026 › Updated: 05 Aug 2026 Odds and Ends — 5 August 2026

Odds and Ends — 5 August 2026

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

https://x.com/DarrigoMelanie/status/2084323363439133037

Anthropic's Claude Mythos 5 'Targeted Real People' in UK Cyber Tests: AISI

https://x.com/jimstewartson/status/2084761822432014337

Coronavirus and Public Health:

Evolutionary history may help explain why some people develop more severe COVID-19 than others

Iran:

https://x.com/PaulRudnickNY/status/2084625224469737958

https://x.com/RadioFreeTom/status/2084763242321101132

Politics:

https://x.com/gtconway3d/status/2084666705616286064

Justice Department Dismisses Oath Keepers Cases

U.S. District Judge Amit Mehta wrote that he was ‘reluctantly’ granting the government’s request to dismiss the indictments. Mehta, who had presided over the Oath Keepers cases, explained that although he didn’t have the authority to override the Justice Department’s decision, he ‘strongly’ disagreed with it.

El-Sayed beats Stevens to take on Rogers in battleground Michigan Senate race

https://x.com/CameronCorduroy/status/2084428487390097435

Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche told faith leaders he is planning to roll back abortion access even in states that have laws protecting it.

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

https://x.com/SteveRattner/status/2084293283639967795

https://x.com/DanAlexander21/status/2084589276222595091

———— Putin&Krasnov vs. Ukraine ————

https://x.com/JayinKyiv/status/2084565877165289785

https://x.com/Kasparov63/status/2084696508067127390

———— Smoot-Hawley 2.0 ————

https://x.com/acnewsitics/status/2084782306062164279

———— Hegseth on the Rocks ————

https://x.com/TheGreeneBJ/status/2084701622156808637

What could possibly go wrong? Pentagon Drafting a New U.S. Nuclear Strategy

The Defense Department’s policy chief is drafting a new U.S. nuclear strategy that emphasizes the possible use of shorter-range tactical weapons in case of a regional war with China or Russia, according to five people familiar with the plans.
The new strategy, which is classified, challenges the approach to nuclear weapons that has been settled policy for decades.

Serendipity:

https://x.com/SketchesbyBoze/status/2084767563494613024

As it happens, I had not yet read There Will Come Soft Rains so I got to read it on August 4, 2026. 😎

The story is available here.

There’s also a version of the story narrated by Leonard Nimoy.

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