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Israel and Hezbollah continue to war in Lebanon despite the nominal ceasefire. / Al Jazeera

Why didn’t Iran’s oil infrastructure implode like Trump said? Because the country was prepared and had already priced in “an extended period of confrontation.” / Drop Site

Donald Trump’s disapproval rating reaches 62%, the worst of his two terms in office. / The Washington Post [$]

Republicans facing deep dissatisfaction look to flip Pennsylvania Democrat John Fetterman. / Politico Magazine

Justin Mazzola and Jose Zamora: Governments that want to silence journalists don’t ban journalism—they criminalize it. / Amnesty USA

Analyzing the New York Times finds the longest obituaries go to world leaders, religious leaders, politicians, “and white men.” / Kottke

Protests against the “Bezos Met Gala” include nearly 300 bottles of fake urine placed inside the Metropolitan Museum of Art. / The New York Times [$]

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American public schools increasingly rely on YouTube, with students watching thousands of videos. / The Wall Street Journal [$]

More than half of US parents and nearly half of Gen Z wish social media was never invented. / Wake Up to Politics

Your weekly white paper: With posting down and scrolling up, social media should be called “parasocial media.” / Sage Journals

A former pro athlete explains the difference between injuries and “injuries.” / Finite Jest

“Ultrafinitism” proposes a mathematics without infinity. / Quanta Magazine

Did you know? The mean spacing between bus stops in the United States is 313 meters. / Works in Progress

Evolutionary biologist Richard Dawkins on artificial intelligence: “If these machines are not conscious, what more could it possibly take to convince you that they are?” / Unherd