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Israel reportedly says any attacks on Iran will target its military, not nuclear or oil facilities. / CNN
Republican campaigns spend more money at Shake Shack and Jimmy John's while Democrats eat at Sweetgreen and Le Pain Quotidien. / The Washington Post [+]
People whose homes were damaged by recent storms are likely to be forced to “build up or move out.” / Heatmap
Related: Emergency workers in North Carolina were withdrawn for fear of trucks of armed militia “saying they were out hunting FEMA.” The local sherriff's office says otherwise. / The Guardian, Citizen Times
Nepalese teenager Nima Rinji Sherpa breaks the record for the youngest mountaineer to summit Earth's 14 highest peaks. / BBC News
A team finds the remains of one of the first climbers to attempt Mount Everest. / National Geographic
Prior to the 20th century, oyster reefs covered more than 1.7 million hectares across European oceans. / Bloomberg [+]
Do more people die from heat or cold? Cold, but most die from “moderate cold.” / Sustainability by numbers
The amount of tents on the streets of San Franicsco is down 60% since July 2023. / The San Francisco Standard
New Yorkers deploy “anti-influencer architecture” in neighborhoods popular with TikTokers. / Curbed
See also: A nonprofit called Mothers Against Media Addiction aims to follow the model of Mothers Against Drunk Driving. / The Information
Fitness bros on TikTok participating in “locktober” may not know the term's history as a chastity kink. / Them
Author Rumaan Alan's solution for his midlife crisis is to get tattooed with things he doesn't want to forget. / Esquire
An argument for skipping wellness and personal development for “wasteful intervals of pure, delicious nothingness.” / The Good Question