A short timeline of events that led to Belgian aid worker Olivier Vandecasteele's capture by Iran, the controversial prisoner swap treaty Belgium signed to get him back — and his release after 455 days in prison🧵 Long story short: Iran had a man held in Belgium that it wanted to get back. To have some leverage, it captured a Belgian national first chance it got.
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Happy Valentine’s Day!

Lately I’ve been reading about love — what it is, how it manifests itself — in trying to make sense of a recent break-up.

I’d like to share some of what I've learned with you, along with a few thoughts. 🧵 At first, I went back to basics. Sappho, whom the Greeks consider their greatest lyric poet, wrote about the beauty and pain of love.

She originated the term “bittersweet,” giving a name to this ever-present duality and unknowingly making way for years of modern-day research.