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

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.