Weekly digest, Dec. 18th 2022

Dear Reader,

It has been a month of surreal news stories. Last week we had an alleged coup plot with a cast fit for an Agatha Christie novel. This week one of the world’s largest fish tanks exploded in a Berlin hotel, ejecting swarms of exotic fish into the foyer and onto the street outside.

For anyone who isn’t aware of what I’m talking about, the Aquado…