RUMOURS OF WAR
The Conspirasphere has shifted its attention – like everyone else on the planet – from Covid to the war in Ukraine. This led one wag to post that “Putin has cured Covid”; a slanted but not entirely inaccurate take on the nature of the news cycle. I found myself idly imagining one of those word games where you have to get from ‘Covid’ to ‘Putin’ in five steps.
One area of particular excitement and concern involves bio-weapons labs. There are a number of biochemical research facilities in Ukraine: some of these are run under