It’s not exactly 90’s Al Qaeda out there. Hizb’Allah is a political party with seats in the Lebanese parliament and their own parallel civil society institutions like clinics. Decades in governance, plenty of reaching across aisles and cooperation with other faiths in Lebanon and such. They’ve tended to be sensitive about how they are perceived.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hezbollah_social_services

Naquora is tiny. 4,150 people, with a highest elevation of 60m. From what I can tell, the UN HQ is separate from the main village, in a former toll station and a couple buildings on a skinny beach strip that is two streets wide. The IDF really has to be going out of their way to attack UN troops, which is insane if Israel’s goal is to create a regional war where the US bails them out.

These are the UN deployments between the Litani river and the border.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NATO_Joint_Military_Symbology

‘least I have a chicken in every pot’

inheriting a genetic disease because my lungfish grandsire wouldn’t put on a fucking respirator around airborne hazards

sobbing over my phone because I couldn’t stop a friend from pairing full-bodied red wine with lobster

Priviblur as a Tumblr front end isn’t exactly what you’re looking for, but it’s worth knowing about