Odds and Ends — 8 February 2025

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

WazirX Tells Creditors Accept New Scheme or Wait Until 2030 for Refunds From $230M Hack

Tornado Cash developer Alexey Pertsev leaves prison custody

Coronavirus and Public Health:

Researchers Uncover a Startling Link Between COVID-19 and Alzheimer’s Biomarkers

Politics:

The No-Longer-Need-to-Hide-It Administration

Paul Ingrassia, an online reactionary, is in place at the DOJ.

Trump says some white South Africans are oppressed, could be resettled in the US. They say no thanks


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Kash Patel Was Paid by Filmmaker with Kremlin Ties

How Elon Musk boosted false USAID conspiracy theories to shut down global aid


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A US Treasury Threat Intelligence Analysis Designates DOGE Staff as ‘Insider Threat’

Musk’s DOGE Teen Was Fired By Cybersecurity Firm for Leaking Company Secrets

Edward Coristine, a 19-year-old member of Elon Musk’s squad that’s criss-crossing U.S. government agencies, was fired from an internship after he was accused of sharing information with a competitor.

Federal workers who took Trump buyout feel fear, regret after judge’s order

For the federal workers struggling to decide whether to take the Trump administration’s deferred resignation program, a Massachusetts federal judge’s order to delay the Thursday night deadline was a reprieve — a chance to take a few more days to weigh a life-altering offer to leave their jobs with pay through Sept. 30.
But for some of the tens of thousands of federal employees who have already accepted the deal, the Thursday afternoon ruling in a lawsuit seeking to nullify the program brought confusion about their status, regret that they’d jumped at the offer too quickly, questions about whether to try to take back the decision or fear that if the program is ultimately thrown out, they now had a target on their backs.


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Democrats Dig In Against Mike Johnson on Shutdown

Democrats are locking arms against House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) on government funding, vowing to use the process to try to roll back many of President Trump’s efforts to upend the federal government.

Trump Says He Won’t Deport Prince Harry

Said Trump: “I don’t want to do that. I’ll leave him alone. He’s got enough problems with his wife. She’s terrible.”

Serendipity:

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