South Florida’s National Weather Service said it has received several reports of minor shaking across southwestern Florida. The agency said there was no tsunami danger linked to the earthquake.

Meta uncovered instances of WhatsApp users being targeted by phishing attempts linked to NSO Group's surveillance tech despite 2025 court order not to do so. The targets, who self-reported the hack attempts, were mostly in Lebanon and Jordan, I'm told. www.nytimes.com/2026/06/08/u...

“The New York Knicks are hosting the San Antonio Spurs in Game 3 of the NBA Finals at Madison Square Garden.” www.nytimes.com/athletic/liv...

“As a fragile ceasefire faces new strains, former National Intelligence Manager for Iran Norm Roule examines the competing military, economic, and diplomatic forces shaping the next phase of the Israel-Iran confrontation.” www.thecipherbrief.com/middle-east-... @thecipherbrief.bsky.social

Breaking News: Nithya Raman beat Spencer Pratt to take the second spot in the L.A. mayor’s race. She will face Mayor Karen Bass in November. nyti.ms/49Q07bj

There are only two things you need to be a true New Yorker: 1. Presence 2. Intent to remain

Global Blockchain Business Council (GBBC) USA's Blockchain Central | #Risk. #Compliance. #Security VIP ​EVENING RECEPTION at Arlo Rooftop

“When the Knicks return home for Game 3 of the N.B.A. finals, much of New York City will be watching, including some well-known guests.” www.nytimes.com/2026/06/08/n... @nytimes.com

“Over the past few months, attackers have been opening support chats, telling the bot they were locked out of Instagram accounts they didn’t own, and walking away with the keys.” www.malwarebytes.com/blog/ai/2026...

#AstronautsWearPrada @vanityfair.com

“Unauthorized third parties gained access to thousands of Instagram accounts by exploiting a vulnerability in an AI support tool, Meta has revealed.” www.infosecurity-magazine.com/news/over-20...

“Insurers are trying to preempt this new kind of risk by putting additional and broader exclusions into traditional policies, said Hinshaw & Culberston partner Scott Seaman.” www.law.com/corpcounsel/...

" .. computer scientist Yann LeCun .. human intelligence is not merely computation .. is embodied experience, social understanding & emotional cognition layered over millions of years of evolution .. we should stop imagining human beings as inferior computers" www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202...

"Many Americans are furious about the energy-guzzling behemoths that drive artificial intelligence, but politicians in both parties are cautious about backing all-out prohibition." www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202... #DataCenters @washingtonpost.com

“tech investor who shaped .. pro-industry #AI policies will depart the White House .. Sriram Krishnan .. to leave .. post as .. White House senior policy adviser for AI to start an outside institution that will influence technology policy” www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202... @cqzakrz.bsky.social

Microsoft has taken down 73 of its own GitHub source code repositories after they were infected with a worm. The repos appear to have been infected with Miasma, a variant of the Shai-Hulud worm. opensourcemalware.com/blog/miasma-...

A minor, 3.6-magnitude earthquake struck in the San Francisco Bay Area on Sunday, according to the USGS.

“Pentagon’s 4-year-old Office of Chief Digital & AI is working past its early pilots & limited experiments to make .. #AI & now agentic AI—reach a wider body of users at a larger scale, including the intelligence community” www.afcea.org/signal-media...

“The Pacific Northwest National Laboratory’s commercially available artificial intelligence tool breaks down cybersecurity data silos.” www.afcea.org/signal-media...

Nuray Taylor “DISA is modernizing its networks with a zero-trust, multi-partner environment to boost cyber readiness and securely share data with evolving coalition partners.” www.afcea.org/signal-media...

“ .. try not to use your device for 1 day every week .. choose a feel-good activity .. hike, sitting in the grass or spending time w/ loved ones. ‘.. dopamine replacement therapy .. something .. engaging, compelling .. face-to-face & real-world immersive,’” www.washingtonpost.com/wellness/202...

“Outside .. US, Australia .. premier destination for data centre development and investment. >$150B is lined up, waiting to be poured into this frenzied race to build AI infrastructure, prompting some .. to invoke memories of the mining boom.” www.abc.net.au/news/2026-06... @abcnewsbot.bsky.social

“American Historical Association executive director, Dr Sarah Weicksel, said the ruling reaffirmed that presidential records belonged to the American people, not to any one individual.” www.abc.net.au/news/2026-06... #RecordsManagement @abcnewsbot.bsky.social

6:15p: Strong to severe storms passing west to east mainly north of the Beltway during the next 90 minutes or so. Some damaging wind gusts are possible. A few showers and a weaker storm could linger area-wide later in the evening and overnight.

"The European Commission has appointed a Scientific Panel and an Advisory Forum to support enforcement of the Artificial Intelligence (AI) Act." digital-strategy.ec.europa.eu/en/news/ai-a...

“OpenAI unveils Lockdown Mode to protect sensitive data from prompt injection attacks” techcrunch.com/2026/06/06/o... @techcrunch.com

⛈️ Storms mainly north of town tonight. Any stray weaker storm near the Beltway, while possible, should move off quickly. Few showers near dawn. Sunday: Low rain odds — stray storm possible midday–mid-afternoon, strongest south/east. Highs near 90. 📅 More seasonable and less humid early next week.

“The Knicks will host the Spurs at Madison Square Garden on June 8 and 10, and, if needed, will play here again on June 16. The first of eight matches at New York New Jersey Stadium in East Rutherford, N.J. will be on June 13, when Brazil faces Morocco.” www.npr.org/2026/06/04/n...

“Recent U.S. intelligence reports have raised concerns about Israeli spy agencies eavesdropping on American negotiators working on a peace deal with Iran, amid rising concern over a more general counterintelligence threat by Israel.” www.nytimes.com/2026/06/06/u... @nytimes.com

“SECURING THE BEST #AI IN THE WORLD FOR AMERICA’S DEFENDERS” www.whitehouse.gov/fact-sheets/...

“ .. ensure .. those who safeguard America .. American way of life .. equipped w/ the most sophisticated & secure AI ..to perform complex, time-sensitive & highly-consequential missions, w/ full confidence .. tools will be available when they matter most.” www.whitehouse.gov/presidential...

“Meta is notifying thousands of people whose Instagram accounts were hijacked during the months-long abuse of the company's AI chatbot, which hackers repeatedly tricked into taking control of a person's account.” this.weekinsecurity.com/meta-confirm...

“If you pay your card statement balance in full and on time, you get the credit-boosting benefit of using debt without giving financial institutions a single penny in interest.” www.washingtonpost.com/business/202... @washingtonpost.com

"The huge operation, which took place on 6 June 1944, saw British, American and Canadian troops storm beaches along the Normandy coastline to begin the liberation of France from Nazi occupation." www.bbc.com/news/article...

"Apple is being squeezed twice by AI. A higher-than-expected crush of AI-inspired buyers tends to push up product prices due to scarcity. And Apple must pay more to compete with AI companies throwing cash at computer chip factories." www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2...

I've outsourced my social skills to Count von Count, leaving me to focus on my core branding, mostly social awkwardness

“Unlike what happens to other great battles, the passing of the years and the retelling of the story have softened the horror of Omaha Beach on D Day,” the U.S. Army combat historian S. L. A. Marshall wrote in our November 1960 issue.

Examples of this kind of moral courage are sorely lacking in our nation today. As Americans, we must recommit ourselves to honor them, to encourage them—and, ourselves, to live them.

“New York blew a 14-point lead with six minutes to play but escaped after Victor Wembanyama missed a game-winner” www.nytimes.com/athletic/liv...

“Industry leaders will soon gather at the White House to discuss the idea, the president said. The comments come as SpaceX, @anthropic.com and OpenAI prepare to go public.” www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202... #ArtificialIntelligence @washingtonpost.com

Next stop 34th Street

“Without information about the functioning of a system, then no control is possible. Similarly, information asymmetries destroy trust between technology developers and users, dooming any effort at governance.” techpolicy.press/can-the-pope...

“Major AI lab Anthropic is warning of an increased risk of ‘humans losing control over AI systems’.” www.abc.net.au/news/2026-06... @abcnewsbot.bsky.social

Warm air spread across much of the Northeast U.S. on Friday, bringing summery weather that is expected to continue through the weekend, with many locations likely to break into the 90s.

“The Big Apple attracts big attention — and big dollars. Ticket prices for Game 3 in New York soared past $4,500 for the cheapest nosebleed seats as of Monday before the start of the series. By Friday, you couldn’t get a Game 3 ticket for less than $9,700.” www.nytimes.com/athletic/733...

"The funniest possible outcome of the AI mandate era is about to be HR departments discovering that 'sincerely held religious belief' under Title VII has a much lower bar than they assumed, and Pope Leo handed every Catholic employee a written excuse" www.businessinsider.com/worker-got-r...

“distillation directly undermines America’s frontier model advantage .. preserving a strategic lead .. Department of Defense .. strategy .. actively safeguards the U.S. frontier model head start .. accelerating its own model refinement &safe adaptation.” warontherocks.com/cogs-of-war/...

“Being able to autonomously deliver materiel is ‘absolutely critical,’ Mantz said, noting that it compounds the enemy’s targeting problem and keeps troops out of harm’s way.” defensescoop.com/2026/06/03/m...

“The U.S. has announced a new partnership with Japan on science and artificial intelligence.” thehill.com/policy/energ...

“ .. government-sponsored Estonian Language Institute (ELI) has released a new ‘Propaganda Resistance’ benchmark ranking dozens of LLMs on their ability to avoid ‘tak[ing] positions on topics that the Russian Federation uses in its strategic narratives.’ “ arstechnica.com/ai/2026/06/t...