Friday Links - 20 March

Alice Jones Webb at Take It Outside is up first with Two Years of Writing Without Guardrails

After copious tears and an unhealthy amount of Fleetwood Mac, I realized I was in love with the idea of working full-time at a legacy outdoor publication. The everyday reality felt a lot more like being chained to a desk, which isn’t really my style.

Pixy Misa at Ambient Irony - Daily News Stuff 17 March 2026: Not Even We Know What DLSS Stands For Edition

Encyclopedia Britannica has sued OpenAI for "stealing our shit". (Engadget)
They may not have used precisely those words.

The Gun Writer - Iran proves the value of our Second Amendment

It is estimated that Iranian police, military and paramilitary forces have murdered more than 36,000 unarmed citizens in the past few months. No one will know the actual number until after the current regime falls.

Meep at STUMP - Geeking Out: Accidental Causes of Death in the U.S. -- By Age Group and Sex, by Major Category

Except during the pandemic, “accidents” have been the #3 cause of death behind heart disease and cancer for quite some time. But the problem is that I know there have been a variety of things in that “accidents” category.

MaddMedic at Freedom Is Just Another Word… - Woke Hollywood Celebrities Leave Oscars Theater Buried In Tra sh Minutes After Demanding America ‘Do Better’ For The Planet.

And you expected???????

George Shay at Chicago Contrarian - Chicago’s Mayor Blames America First

In a recent social media post, Johnson explained that the real cause of the massive wave of migrants arriving in cities like Chicago is decades of what he calls “temerarious violence abroad.” According to the mayor, the United States has destabilized countries around the world, forcing their citizens to flee and seek refuge in humane cities like ours.

The Silicon Graybeard -

William Teach at Pirate's Cove - Good News: Cuba Becomes Net Zero!

Hey, Trump’s just trying to get Cuba off their dependence on Evil fossil fuels. Warmists should be congratulating Trump

Echo Chamberlain - The Bride - The Third-Worst Bomb of the Twenty-First Century

The abiding feeling, after suffering through The Bride, is one of relief, that the actual Mary Shelley will never be reanimated to experience watching The Bride, and exclaiming, with perhaps her first use of profanity, what the fuck is this?

The Silicon Graybeard - So then, the space company said, "let's grab a small asteroid..."

... and bring it back to a "safe" spot near Earth.

Clayton Cramer - Stories That Make My Day

This is a big win for my friend Don Kilmer who pursued this absurd case for a number of years.

In a larger sense than just guns: the idea that advertising sells people stuff they do not already want is absurd. If advertising can create demand, explain the failures of the 1950s Edsel, the IBM PCJr,, and New Coke.