Linkage

• Central bank independence as class war strategy (Counterfire) That's been pretty obvious since John Pierpont Morgan lobbied to push the enabling legislation through.
• Every Time Dr. Jay Bhattacharya Talks About COVID, He Proves He Was Totally Wrong About COVID (Science-Based Medicine) Why are the no consequences for being so egregiously and shamelessly wrong? (Same applies to Leana Wen, who continues to regularly get sycophantic interviews)
• Scientists Uncover Surprising Behavior of the World’s Most Elusive Whales (SciTechDaily)  Baird’s beaked whales, the second largest, toothed whales.  Cool aquatic mammal,
• Many Stone Age people were murdered with the same method used by the Italian Mafia — and it was all part of a ritualistic sacrifice (ZME ScienceI) Color me dubious on this one.  Sacrifices are largely voluntary, excluding things like the sacrifice of warriors following a battle, to the degree that Animals that are sacrificed are manipulated into giving assent.  Torturing someone to death as a sacrifice is unlikely, though there is historical precedent for it being used in executions.
• Miracle in Solano: California Forever unites Democrats and Republicans (Parallel Mirror) Tech bros buy up land in rural California called California Forever with the goal of creating an independent city state run by and for billionaire tech bros.  It doesn't help that they have lied in their signature collection and sued long time residents who have refused to sell out.
  

Some more context on why Richard Burton said that, "To play Churchill is to hate him."