Cryptocurrency, Investing, Money, Economy, and Debt:

Crypto Exchange Blockchain.com Faces $270M Hit on Loans to Three Arrows Capital

Elon Musk says he is terminating $44bn Twitter deal

Fairfax County highlights the value in the 'short-term nature' of yield farming

Coronavirus News, Analysis, and Opinion:

Several hundred thousand’ new COVID cases a day aren’t being reported as hospitalizations keep climbing

Hundreds of San Diego cops refused COVID vaccines. Now, some don't want tests either

U.S. scientists enroll nearly 40,000 patients in high-stakes, $1.2 billion study of long Covid

Politics:

Who Are You, Really?

I don’t think those who live outside the American right understand the extent to which the upheaval of the Trump years impacted multiple, intersecting aspects of personal identity and exposed the true hierarchy of personal values.

Roy Moore’s Defamation Suit Rejected

An appeals court on Thursday rejected a $95 million defamation lawsuit against Comedian Sacha Baron Cohen filed by former Alabama Supreme Court Chief Justice Roy Moore, who said he was tricked into a television appearance that lampooned sexual misconduct accusations against him.

Worse Than Harvey Weinstein

Putin World’s Lovefest With ‘Beaut’ Trump Gets Cringier Than Ever

The GOP Field for Michigan Governor

A leading contender for the Republican nomination for governor in Michigan was sued in the 1990s, accused of using racial slurs about Black people in the workplace and sexually harassing his employees.
One of his rivals pleaded not guilty in federal court on Thursday to misdemeanor charges after authorities said he rallied Donald Trump’s supporters to storm the U.S. Capitol during the Jan. 6 insurrection. Another candidate is a chiropractor and self-help guru who hawked supplements he falsely claimed treated COVID-19.
And even the contender who has garnered mainstream support had an ‘admittedly lame’ hobby acting in low-budget horror pictures, one of which included a zombie biting off a man’s genitals.

Colorado Guv Takes Safe Haven Efforts A Step Further

China Tries to Tamp Down Nationalist Fervor Over Abe Shooting

After Abe died, a post saying “Let the celebrations begin!” got more than 150,000 likes within 30 minutes.

Oath Keepers Had Explosives and a ‘Death List’

The Justice Department released new details Friday evening of the alleged extensive planning by the Oath Keepers to prepare for violence in Washington, DC, on January 6, 2021, including lessons to conduct ‘hasty ambushes,’ a ‘death list’ of Georgia election officials and attempts to acquire homemade firearms.

Protesters Enter Sri Lankan President’s House

Protesters in Sri Lanka entered the president’s residence and his office on Saturday, as thousands descended on the capital, Colombo, to register their growing fury over his government’s inability to address a crippling economic crisis.

Serendipity:

Brazil’s answer to the Sichuan pepper

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