I follow his reasoning until he starts frothing about BTC and the vaccines having "tiny dysfunctions"...

one of his most revealing comments was that Matt Taibi was "still independent but under the influence of someone"

He's all good in his element, but then he takes these sudden detours about how Russia is manufacturing conspiracy theorists. maybe; but these lines come out in a jagged rush, unlike how he usually writes, even in the same article.