Linkage

• The Rule of “Experts” Is Destroying Democracy (Jacobin) The technocrats are enforcers of the privilege of the PMC, even if they don't perceive it.
  
• Mechanics invent an axle that can achieve steering angles of up to 80 degrees (Interesting Engineering) Freaky, see video below.
• Cheetahs Will Soon Be Reintroduced to India (Smithsonian Magazine) Unfortunately, these are African, and not Asiatic Cheetahs, remain in the wild only in small areas of Iran.
  
• Deconstructing the cult of Winston Churchill: racism, deification and nostalgia for empire (The Conversation) Nice seeing the largely Margaret Thatcher inspired hagiography fading.
  
• Opinion | Hardly Anyone Talks About How Fracking Was an Extraordinary Boondoggle (New York Times) Short version:  It never made money for anyone but the bankers arranging financing and investment deals.
  
• Here's Where Private Equity Is Most Involved in Medicine (MedPage Today) Does not mention emergency room practices, where miscoding and surprise billing, and hence profits, are legion.
• Lawyers for Noah’s Ark theme park are suing its insurance company for rain damage (Washington Post) Tell me that this is not a little slice of comedic perfection straight from God.
  

This is downright freaky: