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Trump threatens “charges for treason” against media covering Iran war
Trump accused “Highly Unpatriotic ‘News’ Organizations” of airing “LIES” about the Iran war on Truth Social and mused about “Charges for TREASON…
 • Ellsworth Toohey
Polymarket gamblers sent death threats over an Iran missile report
More than $14 million was riding on whether Iran landed a missile on Israeli soil on March 10.
 • Ellsworth Toohey
Boing Boing, March 16, 2026
Banksy unmasked, bear crashes bear report, and a garlic spoon trick
 • Boing Boing
Trying to beat Fallout 4’s terrible Switch port before the battery dies
Bethesda was so concerned with whether or not they could that they didn’t stop to consider whether they should.
 • Grant St. Clair
Springsteen covers Pogues classic on new MacGowan tribute album
I am so stoked for this.
 • Séamus Bellamy
Saturday Night Live’s RFK Jr. hospital satire hits too close
I don’t mean to write about SNL two weeks in a row, but last night’s Harry Styles-led show unexpectedly gave us an era-defining piece of satire.
 • Grant St. Clair
Pete Hegseth wants you to celebrate the war, and stop asking questions
In a “high-energy” speech, Whiskey Pete Hegseth tried to collapse several very different ideas into one convenient talking point: that questioning an…
 • Jason Weisberger
Memory hack: self-testing beats re-reading by 50%, research shows
Students who test themselves on new material remember about 50% more than students who just re-read their notes.
 • Ellsworth Toohey
Meditators’ brains showed thicker cortexes and slower aging in study
As you age, your cortex thins.
 • Ellsworth Toohey
Kristi Noem left search and rescue techs without the tools to do their job
Kristi Noem’s mismanagement has left rescuers without critical tools during emergencies.
 • Séamus Bellamy
Star Wars shares more Maul
Another trailer has dropped for the soon-to-be-released “Maul: Shadow Lord” animated short series.
 • Jason Weisberger
Bear photobombs live TV report about bears
During a live KTLA segment about a bear incident in Monrovia, a black bear wandered into the background behind reporter Erin Myers.
 • Jason Weisberger
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