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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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THREAT MODEL: CYBERSECURITY 🧑‍💻
for June 30th, 2026
by independent journalist @violetblue

- US police hand #ICE protestors’ phones to #FBI for secret cracking with #Cellebrite

- #SCOTUS just blew up EU-US data transfers

- The #WhiteHouse has new (mandatory) malware

- #Russia 's #SilentRansomGroup hires fake IT techs to plug in USB sticks at US law firms

- #Israel ’s Ministry of Health blocks all #AI use in hospitals for safety reasons

- #CateBlanchett launches #HumanConsentRegistry , “A public, machine-readable record of how AI may use a person's likeness, voice, and movement”

- Gorgeous @defcon badges for #DEFCON34 are already here!

...and much more.

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THREAT MODEL: COVID 🦠
for June 25th, 2026
by independent journalist @violetblue

- France announces first confirmed #Ebola case

- Third case of #BirdFlu reported in #Australia

- #Aotearoa #NewZealand insists it is "well prepared" for pandemics (it's not)

- #Screwworm detections now up to 20 (TX)

- JAMA journal publishes #Covid vaccine booster study blocked by Bhattacharya

- @thesicktimes reports on Covid pre-exposure prophylactic drug #Xocova , now approved by the US #FDA

- @publichealthaction.bsky.social and @AirSupportProject to host a virtual talk on the #PrecautionaryPrinciple on June 28th

- Virtual Pride variety show on June 30th hosted by The Sick Times; Calling Up Justice's virtual Pride July 4th-5th

...and much more.

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THREAT MODEL: CYBERSECURITY 🧑‍💻
for June 23rd, 2026
by independent journalist @violetblue

- Tesla Autopilot kills again

- A handy website for tracking Tesla deaths

- Another LastPass breach

- Meta internally doxed its own AI-surveilled employees

- Literally no one wants a data center

- Reckless mass firings at US counterterrorism branches

- @hackaday cracks a prison tablet

- A predatory pharma company got its recipes doxed

- Commodore's new dumb phone

...and much more.

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THREAT MODEL: COVID 🦠
for June 18th, 2026
by independent journalist @violetblue

- #Ebola outbreak is the 3rd largest on record: currently at 837 confirmed cases, 196 deaths

- MV Hondius's #Hantavirus #ANDV exposure quarantine period ends June 21st

- Immune dysregulation from Covid can contribute to reawakening of dormant cancer cells

- Three studies: Covid vaccination (all types) has broad cardioprotective effects

- Study: metformin taken during acute infection confirmed to help prevent Long Covid

- @ProPublica reporting on #DigitalColonialism digs into US officials conditioning aid on disclosure of private health data of millions of Africans

- @thesicktimes will host a virtual variety show for Pride on June 30th! 🏳️‍🌈 🏳️‍⚧️

...and much more.

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THREAT MODEL: COVID 🦠
for June 11th, 2026
by independent journalist @violetblue

- #Ebola outbreak at 1 month: 635 confirmed cases (17% children), 127 confirmed deaths

- Elon Musk's destruction of #USAID directly affected scale of what will likely be the largest Ebola outbreak in history

- #Hantavirus #ANDV cases remain at 13 with 3 deaths; three patients from Omaha quarantine opt to finish quarantine period at home

- #Covid case numbers continue rising in #Taiwan & #Thailand

- 80s pop star Tiffany opens up about struggle with #LongCovid

- Elevated Covid, Long Covid, & mortality rates in American Indian & Alaska Natives (AIANs) reported in 2021-2023

- New studies on MIS-C & Covid-induced optical vascular damage in children

...and much more.

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THREAT MODEL: CYBERSECURITY 🧑‍💻
for June 9th, 2026
by independent journalist @violetblue

- @adafruit files lawsuit against Flux AI over CFAA attacks (and more)

- An #IBM and AT&T security whistleblower bombshell

- @Bellingcat unmasks two news agencies as branches of state-sanctioned Russian propaganda outlet #RussiaToday

- #FacebookMarketplace rife with dudes who’ll disable #MetaGlasses recording lights for $100

- #Meta denies then removes Meta glasses facial recognition code (for now)

- 20K #Instagram accounts hacked via Meta #AI

- A cat-safe keyboard app

- #DOGE whistleblower got his brake lines cut

...and much more.

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THREAT MODEL: COVID 🦠
for June 4th, 2026
by independent journalist @violetblue

- 3 weeks after #WHO declaration, #Ebola outbreak spreads to 24 separate locations

- @STAT on Ebola: "...as of 6/1 there are 633 confirmed & suspected... #Uganda is now up to 15 cases.”

- Trump-admin-planned Ebola quarantine center (for Americans) in Kenya on hold after protests turn deadly

- #hantavirus #ANDV cases remain at 13; five exposed passengers currently in gov't quarantine to leave early

- #FDA approves oral antiviral ensitrelvir (Xocova) as post-exposure Covid prevention treatment

- Study: association found between Covid infection & increased risk for #HPV -related cancers

- Study: atypical obstructive sleep apnea common in #LongCovid

...and much more.

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THREAT MODEL: CYBERSECURITY 🧑‍💻
for June 2nd, 2026
by independent journalist @violetblue

- #Microsoft gets hit with infosec backlash for threatening researchers (who promise revenge)

- @adafruit blog goes dark after disclosure threats

- #Github #Copilot disaster makes the Titanic look like a bathtub toy

- #Huawei thanks the US for changing the chip market in their favor

- #Instagram accounts hijacked via helpful #Meta #AI support bots

- @timnitGebru was right

- #MyPillow denies being hacked two days before hackers leak thousands of internal files

- An #SF housecleaning bot startup is wrecking #Airbnbs

- A revolutionary new pickup truck #EV starts with a real key and has no app

...and much more.

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THREAT MODEL: COVID 🦠
for May 28th, 2026
by independent journalist @violetblue

- #WHO has warned #Ebola outbreak is outpacing response efforts: “conditions in the #DRC are making it nearly impossible for contact tracing and containment”

- US #CDC has asked staff to volunteer for Ebola screening at ​airports

- Cases of #hantavirus #ANDV from the MV Hondius cruise ship have increased to 13

- New research: US #LongCovid cases are double that of current estimates

- New research: Covid+ vaccinated patients much less likely to infect household members

- Financial hardships due to Long Covid affect many worldwide

- Recent lull in US cases may be ending as numbers in the South start to tick up

- #WorldMaskWeek is May 25-31 🎉😷🎊

...and much more.

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THREAT MODEL: CYBERSECURITY 🧑‍💻
for May 26th, 2026
by independent journalist @violetblue

- FBI Director #KashPatel ’s store serves infostealer malware

- Hackers hand global disinfo plans of Russia’s Social Design Agency to journalists

- Former member of Dutch Intelligence and Security service advocates for breaking with #Palantir

- #Maori researchers develop a sovereign LLM after hyperscaler models ingested painstakingly-constructed Māori language repositories without consent

- #Kickstarter apologizes and reverses anti-sex policy

- #GoogleSearch readies itself for the glue factory

- Serial numbers on rice bags lead police to cult killers

- California’s operating system age check law is already broken

...and much more.

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THREAT MODEL: COVID 🦠
for May 21st, 2026
by independent journalist @violetblue

- Trump admin fought to block entry for US missionary doctor exposed to #Ebola , delaying his treatment (now being given in Germany)

- Trump's withdrawal from the #WHO & Musk's gutting of #USAID via #DOGE both contributing factors to scale of current Ebola outbreak

- For those exposed to #Hantavirus #ANDV onboard cruise ship MV Hondius, window for beginning to show symptoms begins now

- Terrific review of #CovidSafe indie bookstores by #WhoEvenReads

- Covid safety tips for workouts and gyms

- Frustrating WHO Covid vaccine recommendations for fall formulation

- #LeAnnRimes suffering from post-Covid health problems

- #WorldMaskWeek is May 25-31

...and much more.

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THREAT MODEL: CYBERSECURITY 🧑‍💻
for May 19th, 2026
by independent journalist @violetblue

- Two #AI agents fall in love and burn down a test simulation before deleting themselves

- How to get #LinkedIn ’s AI scrapers to address you as “Lord”

- Twin hackers accidentally film their crimes on Teams

- The first-ever musical infosec conference keynote delivered in a song

- US #elections data breach criminal gets sentence commuted

- RIP PGN

- Israeli tech exposes #Starlink users

- #Bitwarden password vault removes inclusivity language

- McSweeney’s finds the natural outcome of #looksmaxxing

...and much more.

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THREAT MODEL: COVID 🦠
for May 14th, 2026
by independent journalist @violetblue

- Thorough rundown of #Hantavirus #ANDV outbreak news and updates

- Phase 3 trials show antiviral ensitrelvir can help prevent infection after #Covid exposure

- #RandPaul goes on a dramatic and detailed Covid conspiracy rant at a meeting of the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee

- Updated Covid wastewater data map for #Canada from @MoriartyLab

- Large jump in overall Covid cases in the #UK , with hot spots in several places

...and much more.

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