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One of the darkest days in Lebanon’s recent history! 100 Israeli strikes in 10 minutes across different regions. More than 250 have been killed and 1,200 wounded, with the toll expected to rise as civilians remain trapped under the rubble. My heart is aching. I’m still in shock.

I discussed the limits of empathy in The Better Angels of Our Nature, but it's still a powerful force in the decline of violence and expansion of well-being, and I find the new right-wing contempt for empathy ("toxic empathy," "suicidal empathy") contemptible. With a presidential administration that delights in cruelty and callousness, an excess of empathy is the least of our problems.

ABC: The DOJ is investigating a series of suspiciously timed trades in the oil market just ahead of major announcements by Trump about the war against Iran, sources told ABC News. The DOJ, along with the CFTC, is probing at least four of these trades where traders made a total of more than $2.6 billion betting that oil prices would drop right before they did.

اللبناني المبعد إلى إسرائيل جوناثان الخوري لـ"#هنا_لبنان": أنا لبناني وأحمل الهوية اللبنانية وجواز سفر لبناني وأنا إسرائيلي أيضاً.. ونحن رفعنا العلم اللبناني في الكنيست الإسرائيلي!

לבנון - ממשיכים לחסל מאות מחבלים ולהשמיד תשתיות טרור. אין כמו הלוחמים שלנו!

"One ought to recognize that the present political chaos is connected with the decay of language, and that one can probably bring about some improvement by starting at the verbal end" - George Orwell

This is what ethnic cleansing looks like. The Israeli army has completely destroyed most of the civilian homes in the town of Beit Lif. This is a war crime.

Israءl detonated the historic Mosque of Qantara, believed to date back to the 14th century, a cultural landmark restored in the mid-20th century and again in 2014. This forms part of a broader pattern of destruction of cultural, religious, and historical sites,

My unpopular take: Can we not import the idea that celebrities voicing their political opinions/support matter? I don’t care if she posts an “all eyes on Lebanon” story. I like her songs, and I enjoy telling my international friends, “did you know that Shakira is Lebanese?” 🤪