Iran and its proxies are meeting to discuss potential retaliation against Israel. / Reuters
Spencer Ackerman: If Harris wants to be different on Israel, she quickly needs to choose “active deescalation.” / Forever Wars
“Why are you being so weird?” Inside the Democrats' new “big weirdo” political strategy. / Vanity Fair
Related: “They're weird. Normal people don't want to be around them.” / Talking Points Memo
As of last month, zero Republican members of the House of Representatives or the Senate had TikTok accounts. / NPR
A researcher uses a citation-boosting service advertised on Facebook to make his grandmother's cat the world's most cited animal. / Reese Richardson
Some very old paintings and drawings of people storing their books in “cases, cupboards and carousels.” / Lost Art Press
See also: Early photographs of people posed with books. / Public Domain Review
Fran Hoepfner: The stars of the Paris Olympics are people really good at just one thing. / Vulture
A brief history of free condoms at the Olympics. Also, a new product seemingly wants to be your imaginary friend. / Mental Floss, X
A millennial's eating diary from a food technology event. “We are more into texture, it turns out, than any other generation.” / STAT