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Author Archive: Glenn Reynolds
March 18, 2026
MY LATEST SUBSTACK ESSAY: Don’t Drone Me, Bro! A new kind of war from the Department of War. But where did it come from?
HOW IT’S GOING:
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BUT WHAT ABOUT THE ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT? Scientists May Have Figured Out How to Unlock The Energy of Ocean Waves.
THE LESSON’S THERE TO BE LEARNED, IF PEOPLE WILL LEARN IT:
This is Qatar tonight.
They were the regime in Iran's greatest ally in the region and consistently did Khamenei's bidding.
But when push came to shove, none of that mattered and Qatar was bombed regardless.
Let this be a lesson.
Never trust a mullah. pic.twitter.com/wGlbmZlJuH
— 𝐍𝐢𝐨𝐡 𝐁𝐞𝐫𝐠 🇮🇷 ✡︎ (@NiohBerg) March 18, 2026
THE E.V. BUBBLE CONTINUES TO DEFLATE: Report: The 2026 Volvo EX30 is Dead for the U.S. Market.
GUN RIGHTS ARE HUMAN RIGHTS: If You Need a Lesson in the Value of Gun Rights, Just Look at Iran.
THEY’RE THE POWERHOUSE OF THE CELL: Mitochondria identified as key players in a rare disease causing microcephaly.
FROM THE DEPARTMENT OF EARTH-SHATTERING KABOOMS: Seven-ton meteor that fell from the Cleveland sky could be seen several states away.
Related: Meteor identified as likely cause of boom heard across Ohio.
WHEN YOU LOVE THE HOSPITAL SO MUCH: Florida hospital sues patient who is refusing to leave.
FLASHBACK:
On January 12, 2016, while Barack Obama was president, Iran’s IRGC seized a U.S. Navy boat.
Iran released footage showing American sailors humiliated, some kneeling and others in tears before Iranian forces.
— Eyal Yakoby (@EYakoby) March 17, 2026
“DON’T DRONE ME, BRO.” The picture says it all.
Islamic Republic prez to Starmer, Macron, "Hold my beer." https://t.co/xYiZdRQ5dY
— Northern Barbarian (@xnoesbueno) March 18, 2026
2026 IS GOING PRETTY WELL:
Maduro gone, oil flowing, beaches open, nightclubs bumping, flights landing, commerce happening, beating America in baseball…what an absolute unreal Q1 for Venezuela
— Robby B (@bobrockmn) March 18, 2026
MAKING IT PERSONAL:
The attacks hurt rank-and-file morale and drove some security forces to begin sleeping in their vehicles, mosques or other sports facilities, Israel’s assessment said.
Meanwhile, Israeli intelligence officials began placing calls to individual commanders, threatening them and their families by name if they didn’t stand aside in the event of an uprising, according to people familiar with the matter.
The Journal reviewed the contents of one call between a senior Iranian police commander and an agent of the Mossad, Israel’s foreign-intelligence service.
“Can you hear me?” a Mossad agent can be heard, speaking in Farsi. “We know everything about you. You are on our blacklist, and we have all the information about you.”
“OK,” the commander said in the recording.
“I called to warn you in advance that you should stand with your people’s side,” the Mossad agent said. “And if you will not do that, your destiny will be as your leader. Do you hear me?”
“Brother, I swear on the Quran, I’m not your enemy,” the commander said. “I’m a dead man already. Just please come help us.”
Stay tuned.
IT HAD TO HAPPEN: New university committee to study why there are so many committees.
THE MACHINE HASN’T QUIT PROTECTING THE LEFT:
🇭🇺 EXCLUSIVE BREAKING: FACEBOOK RESTRICTS ORBÁN POSTS WEEKS BEFORE HUNGARY’S ELECTION
As Hungary heads toward a crucial April election, Facebook is reportedly restricting posts from the country’s Prime Minister.
The move followed a call by an opposition party (Tisza Party)… pic.twitter.com/WXgVOJpQKx
— Mario Nawfal (@MarioNawfal) March 18, 2026
DON SURBER: The Little Orange Rooster “’Not I,’ said the NATO nations who forgot 102,839 Americans died protecting freedom since World War II.”
What are the odds that Trump puts a tariff-like “security fee” on all oil transiting the Strait of Hormuz? . . .
DUMBEST SEX SCANDAL EVER, WITH NO ACTUAL SEX, OR SCANDAL: A Democrat Illinois MeToo ‘Scandal’ Badly Implodes, and Provides an Important Reminder in the Process.
I SUSPECT THE PAKISTANI ISI HAS TENDRILS THROUGHOUT THE UPPER ECHELONS OF BRITISH SOCIETY:
No. No. No.
Hundreds killed in a Pakistani airstrike on a Kabul hospital.First the BBC downplayed it – now @BBCNews removed it from the front page entirely.
If Israel were involved, it would lead for days but no – the BBC must not talk badly about Pakistan.
Why is that? pic.twitter.com/VrNY1sOsEV
— David Collier (@mishtal) March 17, 2026
THE LEFT HAS ROOTED FOR AMERICA’S ENEMIES FOR BASICALLY MY ENTIRE LIFETIME:
I am a Democrat. I served in the Clinton administration. I did not vote for Donald Trump and am highly unlikely to support him or his acolytes in the future. I also have serious disagreements with many of the Trump administration’s domestic and foreign policies.
But it is…
— Jamie Metzl (@JamieMetzl) March 18, 2026
THIS ISN’T DECOLONIZATION, IT’S STRAIGHT-UP COLONIZATION:
They despise everything you find important and seek to humiliate you. pic.twitter.com/NR5OBOHMXX
— iamyesyouareno (@iamyesyouareno) March 18, 2026
WHEN PEOPLE LIE AND INFILTRATE, THEY AREN’T YOUR FRIEND, AND THEY PROBABLY AREN’T REALLY ALTRUISTIC:
“The Effective Altruist movement has a structural problem when it comes to conservative America. Its donor class is all Bay Area progressives… Its policy agenda, which calls for sweeping AI regulation and content governance, reads to most conservatives as exactly what it is: a… https://t.co/NN13UGGwsk
— David Sacks (@DavidSacks) March 17, 2026