Reading archive 2021-05-19

I watched the GOP’s Arizona election audit. It was worse than you think.: Cyber Ninjas is hunting for bamboo fibers and cheese dust. - "What I saw in Arizona shook me. If the process wraps up and Cyber Ninjas puts together some kind of report, that report will almost certainly claim that there were issues with Maricopa County’s ballots. After all, Cyber Ninjas chief executive Doug Logan has publicly voiced his wild conspiracy theories about the 2020 election. But the real problem is the so-called audit itself."

Cryptocurrencies crash in brutal sell-off, with bitcoin down nearly 10 percent: The digital currencies have fallen sharply in recent days, and it’s unclear when it will end. - "'But at the end of the day, it drops like this for the same reason it previously skyrocketed the way it did — it is primarily held by rank speculators who lack a thesis for ownership rooted in fundamentals or reality or some definition of value. Speculation cuts both ways and reflects weak hands when things turn south.'"

House Democrats’ 2020 election autopsy: Bad polling hurt and GOP attacks worked

One of the last survivors of the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre — 107 years old — wants justice: Viola Fletcher, who lived through the Tulsa Race Massacre a century ago, testified before Congress Wednesday on the push for reparations