I've received about 20 variations of this email in the last two months. Each of them is written by AI, and the aim always is to push a service on authors to promote their books - for a price, of course. They never mention this directly, however. I finally responded to one of the emails

FBI issues alert about North Korean actors using malicious QR codes to lure targets in phishing emails. TIL today -- QR codes used in phishing emails are called "quishing" (smdh).

I do not want your pay-to-play offer CIO Look magazine. Please stop sending me these pitches

What a difference a day makes

Oh, to be a bug planted in one of those betting chips. Bill Gates and Mark Zuckerberg at Kris Jenner's 70th birthday party. Please caption the pic

From the story:

This week the Times reported that in 2020 UK gov classified systems were compromised and reams of sensitive data were stolen by China; a gov coverup prevented public from learning about it. But @ciaranm.bsky.social who was head of UK National Cyber Security Centre at the time says this is bollocks

Challenge coin that FBI Director Kash Patel gives to US and foreign dignitaries he meets.

Here's the reply he mistakenly sent every journalist on the list. And here's a piece he wrote about how he pitches PR reps when they send him press releases (though he doesn't disclose in this that they have to pay for him to publish Q&As with their clients) www.lastwatchdog.com/my-take-the-...

I'm always hesitant to say I got into journalism because of All the President's Men - because it's a cliche. But it's true. So many journalists were brought to the profession by the film (and book). Redford and Hoffman made what is often a very tedious/frustrating job feel compelling and important.

Here's the text of the phishing email making good use of ChatGPT to compose it. The subject line reads: Request for Input on Draft Legislative Proposal – Comprehensive Sanctions Framework Targeting the PRC

"Fall of Rome-Scented Candle smells like cypress trees and red wine. Light it and watch the Roman forum melt into a puddle of wax while you quietly contemplate the impermanence of civilizations and/or candles" Light it and then play your violin while it burns jdandkateindustries.com/products/rome

"If you touch any law enforcement officer, we will come after you," Attorney General Pam Bondi about Justice Department worker who threw sandwich at US CBP agent. 👇 Former Jan. 6 rioter Jared Wise who yelled at fellow rioters to "kill" cops on Capitol Hill and now works for DoJ as senior adviser

Posed the question to AI and got a made-up answer that contradicts itself.

Trump left the G7 early yesterday to meet with his national security council in the situation room today. Now reports that US refueling tankers are headed to the Middle East.

Trump: "I told them ... that the US makes the best and most lethal military equipment anywhere in the World, BY FAR, and that Israel has a lot of it.... Certain Iranian hardliner’s spoke bravely, but they didn’t know what was about to happen. They are all DEAD now, and it will only get worse!"

Yesterday recalled this exchange from March in which Elon Musk called Poland's foreign minister "small man" and told him to keep quiet. Today, the foreign minister, Radoslaw Sikorski, replied.

TeleMessage claims all messages that get archived are encrypted end-to-end but @micahflee.com found this isn't true. There's only end-to-end encryption between the TeleMessage/Signal app and Signal, NOT between TeleMessage and the servers where messages are sent for archiving. See TeleMessage claim👇

Is this really something that merits a breaking news email?

College doesn't just train you for a vocation it trains you for life. If done right, it produces well-rounded people who have knowledge of history, art, politics, civics, literature - things that can make them better workers and co-workers. Working for a tech company alone just trains you for a job

The war on showerheads is over.

U.S. government warns current and former workers about foreign intelligence agencies posting legitimate-looking job listings on social media and LinkedIn seeking to lure U.S. gov workers - especially ones with security clearances.

Exiled Russian journalist Mikhail Rubin said last week there was little resistance when press rights began to disappear in Russia. “We did not resist for the small things." Everyone was waiting for the worst to occur before resisting, but when it finally did they had already lost ability to resist

Spring has finally sprung in DC. The first buds and blossoms have appeared on the trees outside my windows.

Trump unilaterally withdrew from the last nuclear agreement that the U.S. had made with Iran. Why would Iran trust the U.S. to make another deal and stick to it?