Coronavirus News, Analysis, and Opinion:

People Share #TheMoment They Realized The Pandemic Was Changing Life As They Knew It

We’re in the Third Quarter of the Pandemic. Antarctic Researchers, Mars Simulation Scientists and Navy Submarine Officers Have Advice For How to Get Through It

Donors bet a U.S. firm could transform disease testing in Africa. Then COVID-19 hit

Trapped in Germany’s COVID nightmare

Cryptocurrency, Investing, Money, Economy, and Debt:

Since JPMorgan is almost always wrong, this is probably a good sign: Don’t expect large firms to follow Tesla’s Bitcoin move, JPMorgan says

Why $1 Million Bitcoin Is Coming

Bitcoin’s price is a landmine. A $3.5 billion purchase triggered an explosion of $30,000. Imagine what a $10 billion purchase from Apple would unleash. Imagine the chain reaction from a $100 billion purchase by the Bank of Japan in a new quantitative easing program.

Walmart has reportedly lured away two Goldman Sachs bankers to help lead its new fintech venture

Politics:

Litigation Tracker: Pending Criminal and Civil Cases Against Donald Trump

Three names mysteriously removed from Khashoggi intelligence report after initial publication

Trump railed against the ‘deep state,’ but he also built his own. Biden is trying to dismantle it.

Russia sends Navalny to notorious penal camp feared by inmates

Trump delivers lie-filled CPAC speech

Hyatt Calls Design of CPAC Stage ‘Abhorrent’

How Lie Took Off About Antifa at Capitol Riots

Hive Power Up Day:

Just a smallish power up this month:

Serendipity:

Introducing our 2021 Recipe of the Year: Perfectly Pillowy Cinnamon Rolls are the ultimate soft touch

‘The New Climate War’ exposes tactics of climate change ‘inactivists’

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