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THREAT MODEL: COVID 🦠
for October 22nd, 2026
by independent journalist @violetblue

- US #Measles cases grow 8% in 1 week; current case count at 4410

- #DRC #Ebola case-fatality rate 48%; 1 in 4 new cases are children

- #UK #Covid rates are high, hospitalizations surge 41% in 2 weeks

- Preprint study: #Covid evolving to be harder for human immune systems to ID

- #POTS cases in kids up 84% from pre-pandemic rates

- Needle-free #mRNA #vaccines on the near horizon

- Modeling study: indoor #gym environs show 18.4% hourly transmission risk if 1 in 30 users is infected

- Olympic sprinter speaks out about her severe #ME, in part triggered by Covid infection

- 2026 #MaskRequired summer camp in Boston is planning for summer 2027!

...and much more.

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THREAT MODEL: CYBERSECURITY 🧑‍💻
for October 20th, 2026
by independent journalist @violetblue

- #Meta interfered with elections in #Brazil and #NoKings protests in the US

- #Musk (for a second time) throttled #Starlink in favor of #Russia to harm #Ukraine ’s war effort

- The #Trump #WhiteHouse compels #Holland to seize #AutisticiInventati ’s "antifa" server

- A look at the loopholes #Flock exploits to avoid public knowledge of its contracts with cops

- #MapQuest released a Surveillance Layer

- An elderly woman was arrested for standing in front of #Uber Eats robots

- Lime bikes are excellent for medieval jousting

...and much more.

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THREAT MODEL: COVID 🦠
for October 15th, 2026
by independent journalist @violetblue

- RIP Helen Branswell, eminent public health & science journalist

- Present-day doctors alarmed at & unprepared for how #measles damages children's health

- #Congo #Ebola outbreak now 9066 cases (~1/3 of true estimated total) & 4381 deaths

- #RFKjr shelves federal #AvianFlu response plan, cutting off vaccine access to US birds

- US #flu season hits hard, unexpectedly early; 13th #Covid wave enters "double peak"

- #Knicks star #KarlAnthonyTowns on losing 8 family members to Covid

- How a #CovidConscious school in #Minneapolis came to be

- Trans people with #LongCovid face similar barriers as #HIV patients in early years of the #AIDSepidemic

...and much more.

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THREAT MODEL: CYBERSECURITY 🧑‍💻
for October 13th, 2026
by independent journalist @violetblue

- Spilling tea on the French refrigerator attacks

- Deconstructing the false ‘Ukraine destroys Russian bot traffic’ story

- Poland’s proof that #NSOGroup (Pegasus) shares intel with Israel

- US weaponizes its social media corporations in sanctions attack on #ICC

- #Flock is somehow allowed to issue its own CVEs

- Rad breakdown of the #xkcd comic Dependency #xkcd2347 in real life

- A thoughtful look at the “trans monster” in #horror cinema

- Beavers destroy anti-beaver signage

...and much more.

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THREAT MODEL: COVID 🦠
for October 8th, 2026
by independent journalist @violetblue

- Sourcing solid, paywall-free intel on the possible #PneumonicPlague case in #Russia

- Statewide emergency issued for #NewYork over #Measles spread

- #PostMeasles health complications on the rise

- #DRC #Ebola patient traveled through 3 countries + a commercial flight before dying

- #H5N1 #BirdFlu threatens critically endangered Australian sea lions

- #Dengue outbreak in #Florida the largest in decades for the #Lower48

- #Covid linked to increased risk of new-onset allergies

- Superhero comic book co-created by kids with #LongCovid

- 2026 #SanFrancisco Trans Film Festival #SFTFF attendance options: virtual or mask-required in-person!

...and much more.

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THREAT MODEL: CYBERSECURITY 🧑‍💻
for October 6th, 2026
by independent journalist @violetblue

- How to turn off #Apple Intelligence permanently and get 12GB back

- #Doom in a #SQL database is obviously a bad idea

- Your car is a surveillance nightmare

- Heads-up streamers: there’s a JS execution in #OBS

- New film #KIllingAnna set in Syria and made by @Bellingcat and #KeoFilms to debut in the #UK #Netherlands and #Latvia this month

- #Reddit will kill all #RSS feeds on November 13

- Another cautionary tale about dangerous #Meta #MuseFacebookAI agent

- Candy Corn Pizza

...and much more.

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THREAT MODEL: COVID 🦠
for October 1st, 2026
by independent journalist @violetblue

- Fifth #Measles death announced in Pennsylvania

- Congo runs short of health workers as confirmed #Ebola cases pass 8000 (incl 3901 deaths)

- New findings from case study of British Colombia's human #H5N1 #BirdFlu patient

- US's 13th #Covid surge still surging

- Repeated Covid, #flu infections linked to higher #Parkinsons risk

- Covid's long-term impact on existing health problems

- Post-Covid effects on the GI system and #GutBrainAxis

- #LongCovid in #Scotland and the #Netherlands

- Long Covid inside the carceral system

...and much more.

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THREAT MODEL: CYBERSECURITY 🧑‍💻
for September 29th, 2026
by independent journalist @violetblue

- #SamAltman “sorry” his US company hacked a foreign government

- #ShinyHunters royally pwns the #FBI

- #Intel drops payments from its bug bounty program

- "AI sex cult" ≠ polyamorous, consensually non-monogamous, and sex-positive people in tech

- Tips for anonymous #Signal registration without a phone number

- #Meta ’s #AI is doxing #FacebookMarketplace users

- Researchers now investigating “tens of thousands” of #Anthropic / #OpenAi hacking incidents

- Hotel room security tips

...and much more.

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THREAT MODEL: CYBERSECURITY 🧑‍💻
for September 22nd, 2026
by independent journalist @violetblue

- 🎂 Happy birthday Violet and Max-Cat 🥳

- #ShinyHunters hijacks ransomware gang #Cl0p complete with threats of public shaming

- US won’t allow #PuertoRico to regulate disinformation during emergencies (⚠️)

- How the US #midterms will be stolen

- A horrifying #AI mistaken identity case

- #Flock ’s device security is exciting trash

- Internet's “Wild West” era is the subject of a fabulous new art project

...and much more.

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THREAT MODEL: COVID 🦠
for September 24th, 2026
by independent journalist @violetblue

- RFK Jr pressures CDC to keep #Measles deaths unrecorded

- Front-line #Ebola vaccine trial begins in the DRC

- Concern about turkey supply for Thanksgiving '26 as #H5N1 #BirdFlu outbreaks continue to surface

- US's 13th #Covid surge now in 40 states, NYC notably hard-hit

- Study: airport indoor air testing detected #SarsCoV2 in over 98% of samples, #FluA in over 17%

- #CDC archives #Covid19 guidance for healthcare personnel with or exposed to Covid

- CDC holding back Covid vaccines for all kids in at least 11 states and 1 territory

- Forensic specialist confirms world football icon #DiegoMaradona died from Covid

...and much more.

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THREAT MODEL: CYBERSECURITY 🧑‍💻
for September 15th, 2026
by independent journalist @violetblue

- More #OpenAI hack attacks come to light as #SamAltman peddles OpenAI’s cyber-defense product

- #USAirForce confirms placing weapons in orbit

- Stalkers use #AirTags and #Tesla data tools to harass and murder women

- Ransomware hackers leak more than half a million files after breaching Florida DMV

- #Meta caught in half-assed coverup of CSAM AI app ads

- Robots march for #AI regulation in Poland

- Hunter S. Thompson on 9/11

- #LG TVs caught spying while offline

- “Rich guy said a thing” journalism is still annoying

- Violet's #Anthropic update

...and much more.

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THREAT MODEL: COVID 🦠
for September 10th, 2026
by independent journalist @violetblue

- Both #Measles & #Covid now on the rise in Japan

- #Cyclosporiasis cases continue to surface; feds & most state agencies cease tracking after CDC-defined "season" end

- DRC/Uganda's #Ebola outbreak still spreading alongside a severe regional hunger crisis

- #H5N1 wildlife cases still on the rise, along with #BirdFlu denial conspiracy disinformation

- 33 US states in major Covid outbreaks; notable rises in Hawai'i & Oregon

- Study: large percentage of world governments underreported Covid mortality

- Study: Covid has lasting effects on vocal health

- Exciting lineup for upcoming virtual disability film festival

...and much more.

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THREAT MODEL: CYBERSECURITY 🧑‍💻
for September 8th, 2026
by independent journalist @violetblue

- No more free Ransomware Readiness Assessments from #CISA

- #1Password goes in the bin

- 150+ million across North America affected in digital identity #VeriScan breach

- #Tesla Cybercab emergency guidance cautions “not every high voltage component is labeled”

- Meet the Swiss army knife of anti-surveillance devices

- #OpenAI faces 50 lawsuits for shootings and IRL harm

...and much more.

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THREAT MODEL: COVID 🦠
for September 3rd, 2026
by independent journalist @violetblue

- US #Measles cases ⬆️; CDC un-reported 2 confirmed measles deaths

- 32,857 state-reported #Cyclosporiasis cases; tracking stopped in some states due to CDC-defined "season" ending 8/31

- #Ebola outbreak is fastest-growing on record per the UN (6k confirmed cases, 3k deaths)

- 1st documented #H5N1 #BirdFlu cases in minks, "who have similar respiratory tracts to humans"

- 29 states in major outbreaks during US's 13th #Covid surge

- Appointments for this Fall's Covid vaccines already available in the US at CVS, Costco

- Anti-gaslighting guidance from a Black women w/ Long Covid

- How to re-start a Covid safety journey for those who stopped

...and much more.

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THREAT MODEL: CYBERSECURITY 🧑‍💻
for September 1st, 2026
by independent journalist @violetblue

- Marking one year since the US started bombing boats in the Caribbean

- The US designated an Italian tech collective a terrorist org

- Implications of the Meta settlement outside the US

- California makes Linux exempt from age-verification laws

- MapQuest soars to Number 1 in the app store after Google rushes to rename Lake Ontario

- 1Password has some explaining to do about its donations

- New SamCat and MaxCat updates

...and much more.

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THREAT MODEL: COVID 🦠
for August 27th, 2026
by independent journalist @violetblue

- #Cyclosporiasis case tally per state reporting is 32,500, CDC count still lags at 17,180

- #DRC / #Uganda #Ebola outbreak: #UN says affected area now larger than France; @whn warns spread beyond that area is not a distant risk [see 1st reply below]

- #Australia announces 1st recorded #H5N1 #BirdFlu confirmed transmission between bird & mammal

- US summer #Covid surge explodes nationwide, forces school closures in #Louisiana & #Texas

- #India : study confirms 2.5x surge in cardiac emergencies in kids post-Covid

- #DollyParton , amazing human & largest donor to Covid mRNA-vaccine development early in the pandemic, dies at 80

...and much more.

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THREAT MODEL: CYBERSECURITY 🧑‍💻
for August 25th, 2026
by independent journalist @violetblue

- Pro-Trump multi-felony election hacker is now a DOJ election monitor

- #DEFCON34 attendees targeted with phishing attacks

- #AliExpress website surveillance jams Bluetooth devices

- #Android cars are getting infected with botnet malware

- #Flock CEO’s laughable PR tour

- How to DIY a Geiger counter and a doomscrolling shock collar

- Ukrainian soldiers on love and sex during wartime

- SamCat and MaxCat health updates

...and much more.

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THREAT MODEL: COVID 🦠
for August 20th, 2026
by independent journalist @violetblue

- State reporting has #Cyclosporiasis cases at 31,342 with CDC's data on a 6-week delay

- #Cyclospora identified in blueberries, cilantro, lettuce, raspberries, snow peas

- DRC/Uganda's #Ebola outbreak still growing, with a death rate of 46%

- New #H5N1 #BirdFlu detections in Utah egg farms and cattle ranches, while Cambodia confirms 1 human case

- CDC changes #Covid wastewater tracking map back to soothing colors, adjusts calculations to lower severity thresholds

- Major flu surge in #Aotearoa #NewZealand brings back Covid-era safety measures

...and much more.

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THREAT MODEL: CYBERSECURITY 🧑‍💻
for August 18th, 2026
by independent journalist @violetblue

- US greenlights private firms to “hack back” attackers from outside the US (what could possibly go wrong...?)

- JKR-banned #AmnestyInternational report removed from #InternetArchive and the #StreisandEffect is still real

- Adversarial Pattern Research has an #AntiFlock car wrap

- Print your own 3D #Flock Sock

- Undercover fed caught violating court order after dropping her wire on the floor

- Violet's #BlackHatAsia keynote is now online (and spicy!)

...and much more.

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THREAT MODEL: COVID 🦠
for August 13th, 2026
by independent journalist @violetblue

- Trump signs EO overriding #CDC authority over childhood vaccine schedule

- #Cyclosporiasis case reporting a mess; blueberries, raspberries, & snow peas now also affected

- #Ebola outbreak started in February per genetic sequencing; current stats: 4300 confirmed cases, >1900 deaths

- New #H5N1 Watch map for #Oceania #SoutheastAsia region

- Research review: Covid may weaken bones long after recovery

- Persistent eye issues following Covid documented 3 mos to 3 yrs post-infection

- #LongCovid study finds "extensive immune abnormalities in intestinal tissue"

- How US clean-air clubs are helping protect communities from wildfire smoke

...and much more.

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THREAT MODEL: CYBERSECURITY 🧑‍💻
for August 11th, 2026
by independent journalist @violetblue

- @defcon and @craignewmark teamed up to protect US water systems

- US #StateDepartment targeted #DEFCON hackers in an ad, but left the comments open

- #OpenAI launched a new cybersecurity product strangely similar to the recent cybersecurity incident it got caught doing

- #CherokeeNation banned #DataCenters on tribal/trust lands

- There’s a suicide cluster in US #CyberCommand

- We’ll never know when Andy Greenberg gets hacked for reals

- We must launch all Harry Potter fans into the sun

...and much more.

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THREAT MODEL: COVID 🦠
for August 6th, 2026
by independent journalist @violetblue

- #Cyclospora outbreak reaches 47 states, #Cyclosporiasis cases top 22k & claim two lives

- #Ebola outbreak still growing, with confirmed cases now at 3802 and deaths at 1707

- Australia confirms first mass avian mortality incident from #H5N1 bird flu, other species at risk

- New #Covid lineage PJ.2.1 considered a major evolutionary jump as Alpha, Delta, & Omicron were

- Study: Covid infections can reactivate dormant viruses, tied to increase in autoimmune conditions post-Covid

- Study: severe Covid infections linked to “anxiety [traits] in offspring via altered sperm RNA”

- #Fauci invokes 5th amendment >100 times in Senate witch-hunt hearing

...and much more.

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THREAT MODEL: CYBERSECURITY 🧑‍💻
for August 4th, 2026
by independent journalist @violetblue

- Water systems in twelve US states targeted in a coordinated #cyberattack

- The “escaped AI” story gets worse

- Deliberately backdoored Android TV boxes belie a botnet

- How to combat intrusive #AI

- Hacker summer camp has begun! #BlackHat #BSidesLV #DEFCON34

- Far-right choads are making AI doxbots

- A look at The #ReligiousPredatorTrackingProject

- The @Bellingcat Challenge hits 100

...and much more.

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THREAT MODEL: COVID 🦠
for July 30th, 2026
by independent journalist @violetblue

- US #Cyclosporiasis cases pass 18k in 45 states with multiple #Cyclospora outbreaks now on record

- #DRC & #Uganda #Ebola outbreak cases are at 3,360 and deaths at 1,487, with affected areas experiencing serious food shortages and starvation

- #Covid summer surge is creeping up in multiple countries worldwide

- Massive study review concludes #Covid19 infection increases a “wide range of autoimmune diseases"

- #AmericanLungAssociation issues warning about #LongCovid in kids

- Long Covid may affect up to 5% of healthcare workers in hospitals

- Black Americans with Long Covid are less likely to get diagnosed than any other demographic

...and much more.

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THREAT MODEL: CYBERSECURITY 🧑‍💻
for July 28th, 2026
by independent journalist @violetblue

- How #HuggingFace 's #AI attacker used an #0day to escape containment and left notes for future iterations of itself

- The US #DOJ is bringing federal charges against a protestor for wiping his phone running #GrapheneOS (after denying him a lawyer)

- A very serious ban on #Meta creep glasses by @defcon for #DEFCON34

- Click To Pray, the official prayer app of the Pope's Worldwide Prayer Network, is an unholy mess for user data privacy

- X launches the Cybertruck of banks

- Hunter Schafer is in Blade Runner 2099

- Much ado about the Neuromancer trailer

...and much more.

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THREAT MODEL: COVID 🦠
for July 23rd, 2026
by independent journalist @violetblue

- #Cyclospora : new additional outbreak found (source as yet unknown); total cases climb past 12k in 41 states

- #Ebola : 2400 confirmed cases with 100 deaths; WHO believes true numbers are 4x higher; 80% of new cases are outside known transmission chains

- #H5N1 : livestock cases fall in Idaho but rise in Utah and Texas; more wildlife cases found in Australia

- #Measles : cases-per-year hit 35-year high... in July

- #Covid : US summer surge continues to rise; new Canadian study on nosocomial (hospital-acquired) infections

- #LongCovid : a new #JuliaDoubleday piece; 450k Netherlands residents have LC; care webs in the face of gov't abandonment

...and much more.

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THREAT MODEL: CYBERSECURITY 🧑‍💻
for July 21st, 2026
by independent journalist @violetblue

- Trump cites a Defcon #VotingVillage DOOM prank as evidence

- EU’s password manager is kind of totally run by #FSB operatives

- A #Meta Engineering Manager was busted grooming children for sex

- #AntiAI music hacktivism takes down Suno

- A look at #JurassicPark computers in excruciating detail

- Queer risk assessment for conference season

...and much more.

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THREAT MODEL: COVID 🦠
for July 16th, 2026
by independent journalist @violetblue

- #Cyclosporiasis outbreak, the largest in US history, soars past 5000 cases over at least 31 states

- #Ebola 's true infection count believed by the #WHO to be 2-4x official numbers

- #H5N1 cause of death for over 1.2M hens in Utah, as #Aotearoa #NewZealand beings vaccinating their endangered birds

- #Covid counts inch up worldwide as #SummerWave2026 starts its upward curve

- 2020-2022 study of 1.1M grandparents shows family birthday parties drive Covid risk

- New study shows #herpes simplex virus reactivation linked to #LongCovid

- Sunday 7/19: @AirSupportProject online skillshare for those stressed about masking in a "post-Covid" world

...and much more.

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THREAT MODEL: CYBERSECURITY 🧑‍💻
for July 14th, 2026
by independent journalist @violetblue

- New breach that #DHS denied twice comes to light

- Israeli cybersecurity startup caught deploying malware

- #SFPD leaked its drone surveillance footage and data online

- US states prepare for a new adversary (the federal government)

- #EpicGames Kids Web Services hoovers up even more age check data

- Two-thirds of #LinkedIn posts are #AI

- Things are getting deeply weird in the anti-AI trenches

...and much more.

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THREAT MODEL: COVID 🦠
for July 9th, 2026
by independent journalist @violetblue

- #Ebola outbreak: infection has spread to a new Congo province; misinformation-fueled violence and attacks on frontline workers continue

- #H5N1 prevalence: increased livestock cases in US, Australia

- #Screwworm case count rises to 33

- Multi-millionaire biohacker, #DontDie founder, & #LongCovid haver #BryanJohnson diagnosed with autoimmune gastritis

- #RFKjr smoothing way to file claims of & be compensated for Covid-mitigation-measure (both vaccine & non-vaccine) "injuries"

- #ChildrensHealthDefense shields woman charged with murdering her infant twins that she claimed were killed by vaccines

- Cyclist Jonas Vingegaard N95s for #TourDeFrance

...and much more.

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THREAT MODEL: CYBERSECURITY 🧑‍💻
for July 7th, 2026
by independent journalist @violetblue

- Rockstar gets Lapsus$ hacker sentenced to indefinite hospitalization

- Drama with The Intercept’s Signal tipline

- Spain’s government bans #Palantir over national security concerns

- #Facebook restarts tracking people off Facebook

- #Wisconsin residents within 30 miles new #Fairweather data center suing #Microsoft over the "not only excessive, but consistent and pervasive" noise

- Some really good advice about leaving #Flock cameras alone

- #ICE is going after online critics

- What an #AI “cyber nuclear war” would actually look like

...and much more.

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THREAT MODEL: COVID 🦠
for July 2nd, 2026
by independent journalist @violetblue

- Confirmed totals for the Ebola outbreak, current but with reporting delays: 1333 cases, 399 deaths

- Healthcare workers at risk in the Ebola outbreak zone due to insufficient PPE; public health officials racing to combat misinformation and panic

- PBS New Jersey warns cat guardians to keep felines inside due to H5N1 prevalence

- Screwworm detections now up to 29

- RFK Jr. to end all Covid-19 Emergency Use Authorizations (EUAs) "for drugs & biological products & for medical devices"

- Study: fourfold increase in Tuberculosis observed in post-acute-COVID patients

- Long Covid's effect on the global workforce

- Wastewater hints at summer wave

...and much more.

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