#JOURNALISM: Al Jazeera Is Now More Positive on US-Israeli Strategy Than US Media.

To be fair, they actually understand it.

DATA REPUBLICAN: The Blob Eats Its Own: War on the Rocks and the Capture of Realist Journalism. What the doxxing of Cynical Publius reveals about how the national security establishment protects itself. “That is the tell. Not the funding, not the network, not the deletion of “realist lens” from the About page — though all of it is documented. The tell is this: the publication that was supposed to be the honest after-action review became the institution that shuts it down. The correction mechanism became the immune system. When someone tried to do the work the publication was founded to do, the publication exposed him to the people he was criticizing and let them take it from there.”

Plus: “The people tasked with explaining why America keeps losing are the same people defending the institutions that produced the losses.”

OPEN THREAD: Monday, Monday.

FROM THAT TO STARSHIP IN A SINGLE CENTURY: 2 seconds that changed the world: Robert Goddard launched the 1st liquid-fueled rocket 100 years ago today.

SECOND-WORST GERMAN CHANCELLOR IN A CENTURY:

“You don’t understand, I had to import a million billion migrants from third world hellholes who refuse to assimilate; the alternative was that AfD might win.”

“What’s their platform?”

“Not importing a million billion third world migrants, mostly.” https://t.co/CzIG7eOksv

— Simulator di tutti i Simulatori (@fleshsimulator) March 16, 2026

WELL, THIS IS THE 21ST CENTURY, YOU KNOW:

The closest thing to a sci-fi laser https://t.co/LiKossRU2P

— wretchardthecat (@wretchardthecat) March 16, 2026

The closest thing to a laser part 2 https://t.co/j6QfNGrARF

— wretchardthecat (@wretchardthecat) March 16, 2026

It’s basically a land-based phalanx system.

WELL, GOOD: Repurposed Drug Improves Sleep Apnea by Up to 50% in Clinical Trial.

GRETA THUNBERG SHOULD BE PLEASED:

Congratulations to Cuba on reaching net zero https://t.co/OgGDkk1Uul

— James Morrow (@pwafork) March 16, 2026

But isn’t.

I’M STICKING WITH MARK RIPPETOE, THOUGH: The first major revision to resistance training guidelines in 17 years carries a straightforward takeaway. Doing any resistance training at all can boost strength, increase muscle size, improve power, and enhance physical function.

SCIENCE: Brain scans reveal link between thinner brain cortex regions and higher psychopathic traits.

THEY’LL BE ALL OVER MY NEIGHBORHOOD SOON: Source: Shelby American Is Launching a Baja-Ready Ford Super Duty Truck.

SOMEHOW TRUMP’S TODDLER-TANTRUMING IS DOING A BETTER JOB THAN DECADES OF “EXPERT” DIPLOMACY:

This may be it. If the Castros don't get on that plane to Sochi, Minsk or whereever (anywhere except for Cuba) then who knows what will happen to them. https://t.co/ahE84ms7kt

— Mike Gonzalez (@Gundisalvus) March 16, 2026

Maybe he’s not actually a toddler throwing tantrums?

Related: The Coming Revolution Down South.

JUST SLING IT OVER YOUR SHOULDER: Is There Room In the House Chamber for a Gun Locker?

FAST: BYD’s latest EVs can get close to full charge in just 12 minutes.

MICROBIOME NEWS: The gut can drive age-associated memory loss, research reveals.

ALIENS: ‘Shiny’ geometric mystery object spotted on Mars sparks call for NASA probe.

ANSWERING AN IMPORTANT QUESTION: Why are there seven days in a week?

UGH: 153 people on Princess cruise ship in the Caribbean infected with norovirus.

LOL:

“Premature,” lol. The abject refusal to just admit this guy was completely wrong is one of the funnier Boomer-coded traits. pic.twitter.com/oM5GYgDEtR

— Sonny Bunch (@SonnyBunch) March 16, 2026

Rest in wrongness, Paul.

IN HOLLYWOOD, HATING COMMUNISTS IS A MORTAL SIN; CHILD RAPE IS A PECCADILLO AT WORST.

I'm super confused by this b/c Elia Kazan's crime was that he hated communists. I thought that was less bad than Roman Polanski's crime (raping little girls) which Madigan and Harris applauded only 3 year later. https://t.co/iwwLjJpJ8r

— PoIiMath (@politicalmath) March 16, 2026

HATING AMERICA IN WARTIME IS A BAD LOOK: Howard U. women’s b-ball team to remain in locker room following mandate to stand for nat’l anthem.

LOCK THEM UP: Arkansas state troopers attacked, multiple protesters arrested at Erika Kirk Club America event.

ICYMI: THEY WERE WARNED.

I am getting an almost uniform sense from my sources in the black community that there are fears that immigrants are taking over the Democratic Party, and not even offering power sharing. Mandani’s commie cabinet is remarkably devoid of black men.

— David Marcus (@BlueBoxDave) March 13, 2026

I HAD THREE YEARS OF LATIN: Now terribly long ago, in my high school, the better students, in the two Academic class sections, received instruction in Latin in 9th and 10th grade. No human sacrifice was involved, however.

#JOURNALISM: FIND SOMEONE WHO WILL SAY WHAT YOU WANT, THEN CALL THEM AN “EXPERT.”

I mean, I believe her that the Biden Pentagon had no plans for this sort of thing, but she has zero idea what the Trump Pentagon has been planning for the last year.

— Jerry Dunleavy IV 🇺🇸 (@JerryDunleavy) March 16, 2026