Onward, dear heart
Oil prices fall as traders seem to be unfazed by the risk of war between Israel and Iran's Hezbollah. / CNBC
Mohanad Hage Ali: Hezbollah will likely choose restraint and de-escalation, owing to Lebanon's fragility. / Foreign Affairs
Kamala Harris's team tells donors to be wary of email and text messages supposedly raising money for the vice president. / The Bulwark
Warren Buffett decides to leave his money to his children, not the Gates Foundation. / Vox
The Trump campaign tells a conference of crypto enthusiasts exactly what they want to hear. "We get nothing but support now." / WIRED
Unrelated: If you ever cared about Winamp skins, you may enjoy an investigation into a few secrets they contained. / Jordan Eldredge
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention says a glitch in its bird flu test hasn't harmed the agency's outbreak response. / Scientific American
Photos depict a man's life inside a 230-square-foot earthquake shack in San Francisco. / The San Francisco Standard
An explainer for how Paris supposedly built the first bicycle-accessible Summer Games. / Bloomberg
What's French about French Polynesia, where the surfing event is being held? Seemingly, not very much. / Al Jazeera
Related: It's said to be the most terrifying venue in Olympic history. / The Wall Street Journal [+]
Andrew Long Chu makes the case against "women's writing," specifically Rachel Cusk's new novel. "Cusk, I'm afraid, is one of those rare writers whose genius exceeds the depth of her own experience." / Vulture
"Onward, dear heart." A writer remembers the great Lewis Lapham. / Stranger's Guide
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