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Juliette Kayyem@juliettekayyem
This may get lost but agreement on ransomware -- calling out Russia, buttressing criminal and intelligence investigations, recognizing damage to civilians - moves cyber attacks on critical infrastructure from a comparatively niche issue to a major global one. Good. #G7
Jennifer Jacobs @JenniferJJacobs
NEWS: On ransomware, Biden and G7 leaders don't weigh in on payment of ransoms. But they call on Russia to "stop its destabilising behaviour," investigate and "credibly explain" use of chemical weapon, and hold to account those within its borders who conduct ransomware attacks.
1:58 PM · Jun 13, 2021
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Kinda assumed they already were a big deal, this seems like a step in the right direction.
Kai Ryssdal@kairyssdal
I mean, holy cow.
Michael S. Schmidt @nytmike
NEW: DOJ secretly subpoenaed Apple for personal info of Trump's then WH counsel Don McGahn and his wife in Feb '18. DOJ barred Apple from telling them at time but 3 years later in May '21 Apple told them. It's unclear what investigation it was related to. https://t.co/bqZAycoIo4
3:50 PM · Jun 13, 2021
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Doesn't seem like this is a good trend, apparently they also went after records of a bunch of congresspeople as well. I’m really interested to find out what was going on here.
Kyle Griffin@kylegriffin1
Netanyahu is out:
JERUSALEM (AP) — Naftali Bennett sworn in as Israel's new prime minister.
6:05 PM · Jun 13, 2021
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Apparently he gave quite an unhinged speech on his way out.
Sam Altman@sama
Prediction: AI will cause the price of work that can happen in front of a computer to decrease much faster than the price of work that happens in the physical world.
This is the opposite of what most people (including me) expected, and will have strange effects.
3:38 PM · Jun 13, 2021
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I've also been expecting real world work to decline, but self-driving cars are taking quite a bit longer than expected.
Walter Olson@walterolson
Don’t pass a law unless you’re prepared to see violence exercised to enforce it. For example: laws against public vaping.
Jayne Miller @jemillerwbal
Widely circulated video shows Ocean City MD police officer kneeing a man held down on the boardwalk.
In new statement, police dept said officers saw a "large group vaping".
4 arrested..."aware of the video"
https://t.co/XbgaLH5yEs
2:35 AM · Jun 14, 2021
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This is an excellent rule of thumb for laws.
Kevin Guilfoile@kevinguilfoile
They've just beamed down and I gotta say, I don't like Merkel's chances.
3:39 PM · Jun 11, 2021
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Does Boris Johnson’s hair ever not look terrible?
