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Some Gulf and European leaders (who won’t go on-record) say a US-Iran peace deal will take about six months. / Bloomberg [$]

A 10-day ceasefire takes effect between Israel and Hezbollah. / NPR

A good summary of Israel’s “one-state reality,” showing how it’s an apartheid system. / The New York Times [$]

Laura Rozen: Trump himself may not yet know what he wants to do. / Diplomatic

A report says that thanks to Trump and Israel’s war on Iran, this is the first energy shock where going green is not a moral or long‑term bet, but the cheapest way for countries to protect their economies. / The Rockefeller Foundation

Thus far, damaged energy infrastructure in the Gulf looks to cost nearly $60 billion to repair. / Oilprice

Unrelated: Investigating an award-winning photograph that depicts a murder in Bosnia. / New Lines Magazine

Connie Ballmer, wife of former Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer, gives NPR $80 million to upgrade its tech infrastructure. / Reliable Sources

Brokerages are developing accounts for teenagers, enabling them to buy stocks without parental approval. / The Wall Street Journal [$]

Young women report that, perhaps unsurprisingly, “looksmaxxing” leads young men to be more critical of women’s bodies. / Bustle

Gaby Del Valle says the only way to fight deepfakes is to make deepfakes. / The Verge [$]

See also: Remembering Iris Murdoch’s arguing for centering love in philosophy. / The Hedgehog Review

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Waiting for an organ donor may no longer be necessary once we have “more complex pigs” to harvest from. / The MIT Press Reader

From last month, an explainer for why school backpacks have gotten so bad: “repeat failure, repeat purchase, repeat revenue.” / Worse on Purpose

Some musings (connected to Halo) on why certain psychological phenomena continue to be studied after being debunked. / Experimental History

A right-wing press is reprinting the original 1920s Hardy Boys books because the 1950s versions were seemingly too progressive. / The New York Review of Books

One hundred years ago this week, the Book of the Month club mailed readers its first selection: “a proto-feminist witch novel.” / Today in History

Unrelated: Ten reasons to get into vaporwave now. / zensounds

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