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<h1>Cryptocurrency, Investing, Money, Economy, Business, and Debt:</h1>

<a href="https://www.coindesk.com/markets/2024/03/15/billion-dollar-volumes-and-then-a-steep-drop-prompts-allegations-of-wash-trading-on-aevo/">Billion-Dollar Volumes and Then a Steep Drop Prompts Allegations of Wash Trading on Aevo</a>

<a href="https://cointelegraph.com/news/openai-mira-murati-not-sure-sora-training-data">OpenAI’s Mira Murati is ‘not sure’ where Sora’s training data comes from</a>

<h1>Coronavirus News, Analysis, and Opinion:</h1>

<a href="https://www.axios.com/2024/03/16/covid-political-vaccine-skepticism-misinformation">COVID backlash could leave the U.S. less ready for the next pandemic</a>


<h1>Politics:</h1>

<a href="https://archive.li/3GnQy">Were You Better Off Four Years Ago?</a>
>So what was the worst year of your life?
>The answer will obviously vary, but it’s a good bet the year 2020 will rank pretty high in any list of wretched years. After all, it’s when COVID-19 arrived. The pandemic eventually took over a million lives just in America. Our economy collapsed. Schools and businesses closed, unemployment sky-rocketed, most people were isolated and terrified. As scientists struggled to figure out how the virus spread, how to keep from contracting it, and how to treat it, most Americans were hoarding hand sanitizer, paper towels, and toilet paper; avoiding door knobs, hand rails, and other shared surfaces; and obsessively cleaning their groceries and their mail.
>It was indeed a time most of us would prefer to forget. And it seems the Republican Party is counting on that.

https://twitter.com/middleageriot/status/1769362533620539491

<a href="https://archive.li/iNmYm">Trump Says Some Undocumented Are ‘Not People’</a>
>“I don’t know if you call them people. In some cases they’re not people, in my opinion. But I’m not allowed to say that because the radical left says that’s a terrible thing to say.”

https://twitter.com/acnewsitics/status/1769173530652836281

<a href="https://archive.li/UDyvY">WHITEBOARD: Delay = Danger</a>
>How Delayed Accountability Endangers Democracy

https://twitter.com/MarkHamill/status/1768713482441195550

<a href="https://www.politico.com/news/magazine/2024/03/16/hal-malchow-scheduled-death-democrats-00147362">Hal Malchow Is Going to Die on Thursday. He Has One Last Message for Democrats.</a>
>The pioneering Democratic consultant has been planning his death for decades.

https://twitter.com/briskide/status/1769027687979372746

<a href="https://archive.li/1YXhG">The War That Israel Could Have Fought</a>
>The horrific assault by Hamas demanded a firm response, but Israel has depended too much on military might and not enough on diplomacy and political vision.

https://twitter.com/MuellerSheWrote/status/1769012465751425101

<a href="https://archive.li/UDyvY">Donald Trump Is a National-Security Risk</a>
>The GOP candidate should not be given intelligence briefings.

https://twitter.com/MollyJongFast/status/1769139154720342147

https://twitter.com/billprady/status/1768789517174178005

<a href="https://archive.li/L1mGF">How Trump’s Allies Are Winning the War Over Disinformation</a>

https://twitter.com/itsJeffTiedrich/status/1769003768723497381

<a href="https://www.messageboxnews.com/p/why-pences-refusal-to-endorse-trump">Why Pence’s Refusal to Endorse Trump Matters</a>

https://twitter.com/jennycohn1/status/1769122554072137782


<h1>Serendipity:</h1>

<a href="https://archive.vanityfair.com/article/2006/11/willa-truman-truman-willa">Willa, Truman. Truman, Willa.</a>
>A chance meeting between a destitute young journalist and a blue-eyed lady in a sable coat brought together two of America's greatest writers.

<a href="https://www.salon.com/2024/03/16/could-decaf-coffee-be-banned-a-controversy-over-chemicals-is-brewing/">Could decaf coffee be banned? A controversy over chemicals is brewing</a>


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