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IF IT WERE ETHANOL, WE COULD SEND STEPHEN GREEN: Interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS is ‘bursting with methanol,’ new study finds.

NEWS FROM 30 MINUTES INTO THE FUTURE:

Democrats Expel Fetterman After Repeated Warnings To Stop Supporting America https://t.co/Apr1rkizu5 pic.twitter.com/XgViL13r48

— The Babylon Bee (@TheBabylonBee) March 12, 2026

SOMETHING NEEDS TO BE FIXED HERE:

This is not the way I want to see a familiar face show up on my feed.

Brandon and I were classmates at the Command and General Staff College.

He deployed to fight the enemy overseas in combat zones.

Meanwhile, America imported the enemy who k*lled him.

When I say this… https://t.co/Q78llmW7nE

— Chase Spears (@DrChaseSpears) March 12, 2026

WELL, GOOD: Breakthrough to Strengthen Bones Could Reverse Osteoporosis.

HOW’S THAT SPACE PROGRAM COMING ALONG? Bus-sized asteroid will fly past Earth tonight mere days after being discovered. Here’s what to expect.

SYPHILIS WASN’T BROUGHT BY COLUMBUS: A 5,500-Year-Old Skeleton Reveals the Deep Origins of Syphilis. Instead, the traditional belief that it was taken to Europe from the Americas seems correct: “A newly reconstructed genome from the bacterium responsible for syphilis, Treponema pallidum, is providing new clues about the long history of treponemal diseases in the Americas. The research is based on a 5,500-year-old specimen discovered in Colombia. The results indicate that the origins of syphilis were not tied to the rise of agriculture or the crowded living conditions that often accelerate the spread of infectious diseases. Instead, the pathogen appears to have emerged within the environmental and social settings typical of hunter-gatherer communities.”

HMM: Claims data study ties epilepsy drugs in pregnancy to developmental risks.

IT LOOKS LIKE A FANCY MINI-VAN: 2028 Mercedes-Benz VLE First Look: It’s a “Grand Limousine,” Not a Mega-Fancy Van.

LIFE IN THE BLUE ZONES: Parolee With 131 Priors Caught After Setting Homeless Man on Fire in Mamdani’s NYC.

BONER PILLS AREN’T JUST FOR BONERS ANYMORE: Active ingredient of Viagra can help treat rare genetic disease.

Related: PDE5 Inhibitors Like Viagra, Cialis Associated With 35% Reduction In Colorectal Cancer.

Viagra Linked to Much Lower Risk of Death in Men, But Questions Remain.

RESOURCES: Mining the ocean floor: 5 deep-sea sources of critical minerals essential to technology.

EVERYTHING IS DEADLY: The new bad work habit you didn’t know you had? Email apnea. “The term, coined by technology wellness expert Linda Stone, refers to holding your breath or breathing very shallowly without realizing it while reading and responding to emails or working on a computer or phone. It’s also known as screen apnea — the stress-related breathing pattern that can kick in when you’re intensely focused or overloaded by everything coming at you on your screen.”

SCIENCE: Fat cells burn energy to make heat – making them the next frontier of weight loss therapies.

BJORN LOMBORG SHOULD GET A CHAIR: Harvard’s proposed climate major raises concerns about lack of free-market perspectives.

HIGHER EDUCATION BUBBLE UPDATE: University official threatens to call cops on Christian YouTuber for not moving to ‘expressive activities space.’

AND MUCH LESS ENTERTAINING:

As the great Aelfred the Great observes: https://t.co/5X1usmGzhl

— Northern Barbarian (@xnoesbueno) March 12, 2026

VICTOR DAVIS HANSON: The Politicking of Barack Obama. “Now, I would say in another footnote, all of these speeches at these funerals that Obama presents are basically about himself. He always relates anecdotes, not about necessarily just about the politician in question, but about his interaction with him.”

IT WAS NEVER ABOUT HELPING WOMEN:

The loudest feminist voices are suddenly silent regarding Iran’s women’s soccer team. Megan Rapinoe, Amber Glenn and all the female athletes who preach about supporting women… they're nowhere to be found. Such hypocrites and cowards. pic.twitter.com/XvoklYYYjb

— Link Lauren (@itslinklauren) March 12, 2026

GOOD: Schumer’s SAVE Act Meltdown Backfires: Pressure Against Thune Builds Up.

LESSONS FROM TARGETS BEING SERVICED? ‘Decolonial Organizing Lessons from Gaza’s Warrior Mujahideen’: Union Theological Seminary, A Columbia Affiliate, To Host Talk From ‘Activist-Scholar’ Banned By Columbia for Endorsing Hamas.

DON SURBER: Military is winning in Iran, so the media spins a lobster tale .

TREAT THE STABBERS APPROPRIATELY AND YOU WON’T NEED THE KITS: London Assembly Calls for Kits to Treat Deep Stab Wounds on London Buses.

ECONOMIC NEWS:

In just one year under President Trump, blue-collar workers have made up all the wages they lost under Biden.

More progress. More to come. pic.twitter.com/XGWDO6gASC

— Rapid Response 47 (@RapidResponse47) March 11, 2026

Existing home sales are up, and housing affordability has improved for the eighth consecutive month.@POTUS’ economic agenda is delivering for the American people. https://t.co/zBhb6EgPT8

— Scott Turner (@SecretaryTurner) March 10, 2026

I ASSUME ALL SUCH REPORTS ARE HOAXES PENDING ACTUAL EVIDENCE:

Good follow up from Chicago Tribune on bizarre story of US citizen allegedly arrested at O’Hare and detained by ICE for days.

In short: zero evidence any of this happened apart from the word of a woman who just got off probation… for filing a false police report. https://t.co/Wst5sJyno5

— Peter Meijer (@PeterMeijer) March 11, 2026