Odds and Ends — 7 August 2026

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Published: 07 Aug 2026 › Updated: 07 Aug 2026 Odds and Ends — 7 August 2026

Odds and Ends — 7 August 2026

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

Bitcoiners turn to dice throws as self-custody setups are re-evaluated

Tokenized Asset Deposits Tripled to $7.4B as DeFi Shrank

Coronavirus and Public Health:

FDA Approves the First mRNA-based Flu Shot

The Food and Drug Administration has approved the first mRNA-based flu vaccine, paving the way for a new type of shot that will be available for adults 50 and over looking to get immunized against the respiratory illness.

Iran:

Donald Trump trapped between escalation and an Iran deal on Tehran’s terms

https://x.com/JavierBlas/status/2084924372473598366

https://x.com/RadioFreeTom/status/2085081719808410084

Trump Grows Angry Over Reports On Depleted Munitions

President Donald Trump has privately complained in recent days that disclosures on the dwindling U.S. munitions stockpile make the United States look weak at a critical juncture, senior U.S. officials said, as he repeatedly threatens additional military action to try and motivate Iran to agree to a deal.

It’s not disclosures that make the United States look weak, it’s Trump’s complete lack of a coherent strategy that makes the United States look weak.

https://x.com/ianbremmer/status/2085329688126189652

'Ripe for accidents': Families fume at Trump as ship doctor warns sailors may go insane

Politics:

https://x.com/SethAbramson/status/2085124688645173360

Trump issues doomed executive orders aimed at birthright citizenship

And yet, the Fourteenth Amendment says he’s wrong.

https://x.com/MeidasTouch/status/2085370617822613567

https://x.com/FrakMAGA2022/status/2085048790130520126

The vast majority of people in ICE custody have no criminal conviction, and residing in the U.S. undocumented is typically a civil, not criminal, offense.
Yet once the DNA profiles of detained people enter the FBI’s Combined DNA Index System, or CODIS, law enforcement agencies across the country can compare them against evidence from unsolved crimes—and against crime-scene DNA collected years or even decades from now. The physical sample, which holds a person’s entire genome, sits in a federal laboratory indefinitely.

https://x.com/JasonBassler1/status/2085086436777173301

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

https://x.com/robertgraham/status/2085165897178587582

https://x.com/OurShallowState/status/2085190213958336660

Tech firm’s $50 million Trump library gift preceded massive federal land deal

———— Putin&Krasnov vs. Ukraine ————

https://x.com/MuellerSheWrote/status/2085122970507419839

https://x.com/hissgoescobra/status/2085093083738526079

https://x.com/JayinKyiv/status/2085265397071138834

https://x.com/Maks_NAFO_FELLA/status/2085061630769954985

———— Hegseth on the Rocks ————

https://x.com/AmyMcGrathKY/status/2085166452265361563

https://x.com/AdamKinzinger/status/2085186923174203898

https://x.com/BillKristol/status/2085343067800764595

Trump backs Hegseth, calls reports to the contrary "treasonous"

Trump on Thursday publicly defended Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, and said reporting suggesting any friction between the two was ‘treasonous.’

The Constitution has a very specific definition of treason which does not include suggestions of friction between POTUS and SecDef.

https://x.com/gtconway3d/status/2085403913239269406

———— Mors Imperii ————

Our Chaos Agent President Has Another Big Card to Play

Is it all still enough to keep me up nights until this whole thing is resolved? I’m afraid so. It’s amazing how thin the guardrails are everywhere you look with folks like this in charge.

https://x.com/patrick_mooney/status/2084894965881266352

Serendipity:

https://x.com/ordinarytings/status/2085065305978548595

https://x.com/soigomaa/status/2085068275394974002

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