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  "description": "Some Gulf and European leaders (who won’t go on-record) say a US-Iran peace deal will take about six months. / Bloomberg [$]\n\nA 10-day ceasefire takes effect between Israel and Hezbollah. / NPR\n\nA good summary of Israel’s “one-state reality,” showing how it’s an apartheid system. / The New York Times [$]\n\nLaura Rozen: Trump himself may not yet know what he wants to do. / Diplomatic\n\nA report says that thanks to Trump and Israel’s war on Iran, this is the first energy shock where going green i...",
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    "about six months.",
    "and Hezbollah.",
    "an apartheid system.",
    "he wants to do.",
    "their economies.",
    "$60 billion to repair.",
    "a murder in Bosnia.",
    "its tech infrastructure.",
    "without parental approval.",
    "of women’s bodies.",
    "to make deepfakes.",
    "love in philosophy.",
    "to harvest from.",
    "repeat revenue.”",
    "after being debunked.",
    "too progressive.",
    "witch novel.”",
    "into vaporwave now.",
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  "textContent": "**Some Gulf and European** leaders (who won’t go on-record) say a US-Iran peace deal will take about six months. / Bloomberg [$]\n\n**A 10-day ceasefire** takes effect between Israel and Hezbollah. / NPR\n\n**A good summary** of Israel’s “one-state reality,” showing how it’s an apartheid system. / The New York Times [$]\n\n**Laura Rozen:** Trump himself may not yet know what he wants to do. / Diplomatic\n\n**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\n\n**Thus far, damaged energy** infrastructure in the Gulf looks to cost nearly $60 billion to repair. / Oilprice\n\n**Unrelated:** Investigating an award-winning photograph that depicts a murder in Bosnia. / New Lines Magazine\n\n**Connie Ballmer,** wife of former Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer, gives NPR $80 million to upgrade its tech infrastructure. / Reliable Sources\n\n**Brokerages are developing** accounts for teenagers, enabling them to buy stocks without parental approval. / The Wall Street Journal [$]\n\n**Young women report** that, perhaps unsurprisingly, “looksmaxxing” leads young men to be more critical of women’s bodies. / Bustle\n\n**Gaby Del Valle says** the only way to fight deepfakes is to make deepfakes. / The Verge [$]\n\n**See also:** Remembering Iris Murdoch’s arguing for centering love in philosophy. / The Hedgehog Review\n\nIf you enjoy these headlines, please join us as a Sustaining Member to support what we do and unlock access to paywalled links.\n\nSubscribe\n\n**Waiting for an organ donor** may no longer be necessary once we have “more complex pigs” to harvest from. / The MIT Press Reader\n\n**From last month,** an explainer for why school backpacks have gotten so bad: “repeat failure, repeat purchase, repeat revenue.” / Worse on Purpose\n\n**Some musings** (connected to _Halo_) on why certain psychological phenomena continue to be studied after being debunked. / Experimental History\n\n**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\n\n**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\n\n**Unrelated:** Ten reasons to get into vaporwave now. / zensounds\n\nIn the members area, unlocked links from Bloomberg, the New York Times, the Wall Street Journal, and the Verge ↓\n\n### This post is for subscribers only\n\nBecome a member to get access to all content\n\nSubscribe now",
  "title": "Vapor tiger",
  "updatedAt": "2026-04-17T14:26:51.725Z"
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