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Checkpoints are springing up around Tehran as Iranian authorities seek out people they suspect helped Israel’s attacks. / The Wall Street Journal [$]

Haaretz says soldiers have been ordered to shoot at unarmed Palestinians seeking aid in Gaza. / Haaretz, Al Jazeera

See also: In Britain, a round-up of newspaper front pages decrying a music act at the Glastonbury festival that led chants of "Death, death to the IDF." / sky news, CNN

A heat wave continues to afflict large parts of Europe. / BBC News

France moves to ban smoking cigarettes on beaches, in parks, and at bus shelters. / euro news

A list details nearly everything in Trump and the Senate Republicans’ massive bill. / The Washington Post [$]

Stuart Buck: There ought to be a federal department exclusively focused on making government work better, that is, government efficiency. / The Good Science Project 

In Silicon Valley, artificial intelligence is reported to be writing around half of some tech firms’ code. / Semafor

A round-up of what CEOs are saying about AI in internal messages, blog posts, and investor updates. / Gizmodo

Some thoughts on GHC, or “global homogenetic culture,” when every major city seems and feels the same. / The Trend Report

Coupons are said to no longer be cool, “not even to the people who used to love them.” / The Wall Street Journal [$]

Related: The “cabin porn” aesthetic is mostly gone, but the escapist dream it fulfilled “is still very much alive.” / Dwell

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