WELL, STAY TUNED:

Grok's assessment:

The arrest and internet disruptions are substantiated facts.

HOWEVER: Putin coup-prevention framing is interpretive and unsubstantiated, though it aligns with ongoing patterns of Kremlin paranoia.

Rooted in rumors circulating on Telegram channels like…

— TomT ✞ ن (@VRWCTexanTwo) March 11, 2026

A coup in Russia could be good or bad news, if true.

OPEN THREAD: Hump Day.

THE NEW SPACE RACE: SpaceX IPO: 5 key questions answered.

RHETORIC VS. REALITY:

The internet: IM NOT FCKING DYING FOR ISRAEL! Our soldiers don’t want to fight Israel’s wars!

IDF soldier to American pilot: it is a great honor for us to fight with you.

American pilot: likewise! Please be safe out there. Strike hard. pic.twitter.com/xzO0WGp7uC

— Mostly Peaceful Latinas (@mplpodcast305) March 11, 2026

I MEAN, HE’S NOT WRONG:

Every normal world leader is falsely described by Associated Propaganda (AP) and legacy press as “far right”!

— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) March 11, 2026

YOU USED TO BE CANCELED FOR SUGGESTING THAT THOSE OCCURRED: Scientists Can Finally Explain Rare Blood Clots Linked to COVID Vaccines.

WELL, GOOD: Extra Virgin Olive Oil Linked to Better Brain Function.

CARROTS DON’T DO ANYTHING FOR VISION: Carrots aren’t the only food for better vision: 4 others that may help protect your eyes.

The claim that carrots improve night vision was a scam made up to keep the Germans from figuring out that the British had managed to put radar into night fighters.

THE E.V. BUBBLE CONTINUES TO DEFLATE: 2027 Chevrolet Bolt First Drive: Cheap, Good, Flawed—and Nearly Dead.

GOOD: Courageous 11-Year-Old Shoots and Kills His Mom’s Vicious Attacker.

SAD: Teenagers are getting far less sleep now than they did in late 2000s, finds new study.

THE NEW SPACE RACE: NASA just picked a new upper stage for its SLS moon rocket amid Artemis shakeup.

NEWS YOU CAN USE: Just thinking about tequila, whiskey or wine shifts your mindset – new research. “Thinking about certain types of alcohol can alter your mood and trigger certain mindsets, especially among young consumers. For instance, tequila calls up a party mindset, whiskey activates a masculine mindset, and wine primes a sophistication mindset.”

COUNTRIES SHOULD NOT BE RULED BY PEOPLE WHO HATE THEM. PEOPLE WHO HATE THE COUNTRIES THEY RULE SHOULD BE DEPOSED BY FORCE.

This is a MUCH bigger deal than many people think. It is the destruction of a nation's history and culture by its elites, who hate it. https://t.co/29tXdja8q8

— Rod Dreher (@roddreher) March 11, 2026

JOHN LUCAS: A Tale of Two Rallies. “This weekend I attended two rallies in Richmond, Virginia. Both claimed to support freedom for the Iranian people. But, to borrow further from Charles Dickens’ contrasting images of Two Cities, one stood for darkness with a platform of hatred, anarchy and antisemitism. The other symbolized light, even wisdom. One exuded despair; the other marked an unprecedented alliance that bore hope for the future.”

SADLY, BY “FANI WILLIS,” HE MEANS “GEORGIA TAXPAYERS.” Fani Willis can’t fight $17M bill in Trump prosecution, judge says. “The Atlanta judge overseeing the scuttled 2020 election interference case against President Donald Trump and others has barred Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis from fighting their request for almost $17 million in defense costs. Willis was disqualified from the case before it was dismissed in November under a replacement prosecutor, allowing Trump and most of his co-defendants to seek attorney fees through a new Georgia law written with the case in mind.”

People wrongly prosecuted should be able to recover costs from the government, something that I have argued for for years. But there should be costs for overreaching prosecutors, too, not just taxpayers.

CHANGE: Lindt says weight-loss drugs users are eating more chocolate, not less.

I THINK HE NAILED IT: “Tarantino answers the question. He attributes bad motivations to her. His insinuation is subtle, barely stated at all, but it hits harder than ‘racist and creepy,’ because it’s more believable: You’re a washed up old actress hungry for publicity.”

Well, once you get a Toto song written about you, it’s hard to give up the limelight.

SOLID POINT:

At this point, the strongest evidence is how freaked out you guys are at the prospect of showing ID https://t.co/OlqJAC53zK

— Bennett's Phylactery (@extradeadjcb) March 11, 2026

HIGHER EDUCATION BUBBLE UPDATE: UVA ‘ecofeminist’ course has students listen to ‘birds,’ ‘lichen’ to understand oppression.

THE ENEMY WITHIN: ANALYSIS: ‘Death to America’ chants echo across campuses due to Iranian influence and radical professors.

FOLLOW THE SCIENCE? Science Has A Major Fraud Problem: For decades, scientists were above reproach. Not any more. Joe Nocera investigates the murky world of fraudulent research, and the sleuths exposing dishonest science.

Flashback: The Suicide of Expertise.

ENDORSED:

RFK jr should launch a national study to nail down the clear connection between men who vote Democrat and extremely low testosterone levels pic.twitter.com/jzE4ifewtJ

— Buck Sexton (@BuckSexton) February 14, 2025

LOL, KATIE COURIC:

Katie Couric made an anti-gun documentary, and in the climactic scene, she asked a room full of gun owners a tough question, to which they had no answer.
It was a total fabrication. They edited in silence from another point. In truth, the gun owners all had answers.
Nobody… https://t.co/42EfJpN3QQ

— Tim Carney (@TPCarney) March 10, 2026

THE ENEMY WITHIN:

This is what I have been trying to tell you all

Listen to Iranians, they know the playbook https://t.co/7fW6DzvXAG

— Shaun Maguire (@shaunmmaguire) March 11, 2026