Israel has damaged more buildings in two weeks than in a year of fighting with Hezbollah. / BBC News
A brief history of Hezbollah, Israel, and Lebanon. / Vox
China cracks down on “uncivilized” puns that people use to get around censorship controls. / The Guardian
One of the foremost American experts on fascism comes around to applying “this most toxic of labels” to Trumpism. / The New York Times Magazine [+]
An argument for making an “emotional hedge bet” on the presidential election—among 27 observations from a political insider. / Matt's Five Points
For Millennials, “wealth may have gone up, but if that's mostly housing wealth, then that's not actually making people better off.” / The Washington post
Housing prisoners in “containment cages” for days—standing-room only, with no toilet or sink—is a widespread and unchecked practice in Texas. / Slate
In the past 40 years, the number of catastrophic injuries sustained by cheerleaders is greater than those sustained by female athletes playing all other high school and college sports combined. / The New York Times Magazine [+]
As of 2022, only about six percent of the nation's doctors identified as Black and only seven percent as Hispanic. / The Atlantic
What is the trendy recreational drug “pink cocaine?” A grab bag of different drugs dyed pink that often doesn't include cocaine. / The Associated Press
A “fruit detective” studies old paintings for produce we no longer eat. / Smithsonian Magazine
Photographs by Lars Tunbjörk of corporate worklife in the 1990s. / Lars Tunbjörk
“I don't have to tell you that posting on the internet is a weird thing to do.” Lessons learned from a 90-day course taught by a TikTok influencer. / Defector
Watch: A carpenter fires his nail gun in time to a band performing next door. / Kottke