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Israel launches preemptive attack on Hezbollah

1 year 2 months ago
This is maybe not the smoothest translation ever, but apparently Israel has launched a massive preemptive attack on Hezbollah along Lebanon's southern border: Presumably the planned Hezbollah operation was the long-awaited Iranian retribution for Israel's recent assassinations. Hezbollah has well over 100,000 rockets in its arsenal, so this could end up as a very long, ...continue reading "Israel launches preemptive attack on Hezbollah"
Kevin Drum

Boredom on the internet

1 year 2 months ago
Here's something I never expected to see: Katy Y.Y. Tam, a postdoctoral psychology researcher and boredom expert.... Huh. And ironically, I imagine that studying boredom is pretty fascinating. Anyway, this is from a story about mindless switching between TikTok videos. Tam says this is an attempt to relieve boredom that backfires: the more you do ...continue reading "Boredom on the internet"
Kevin Drum