Joggernaut
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The Pentagon and the president publicly disagree about how long Trump’s war on Iran will last. / The Hill
Attacks on desalination plants risk turning a military confrontation “into a direct threat to civilian survival." / Forever Wars
Tim Snyder: People who survive water deprivation won’t be wrong to blame the United States. / Thinking about…
Lorenzo Warby: A war may be an unconstitutional act, it may be an immoral act, but it is not “illegal.” / Lorenzo from Oz
From last week, Lindsey Graham basically takes credit for talking Trump into the attack. / The Wall Street Journal [$]
Unrelated: An excoriation of former Prince Andrew, who long before Epstein was trading favors and access for money and sex, his “only truths.” / The London Review of Books
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Over the past four years, the number of New Zealanders leaving their country (aged 30-50) has more than doubled. / CNN
A round-up of lessons learned after an editor spends a year raking through government data. / Statecraft
A large study finds using GLP-1 medications to be associated with a lower risk of developing substance use disorders. / the bmj
Roblox paid out $1.5 billion last year to game creators—and high school is the highest level of education for more than half of them. / Bloomberg [$]
Photographs from an iconic men's shop in San Francisco. Also, a game involving California’s working payphones. / The Old Ghosts, Payphone Go
A nice video of skating around Paris. / Kottke
Mathematicians are excited about progress made in a problem regarding lonely runners. “It’s really a quantum leap.” / Quanta Magazine
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