CL Tens of thousands walked through the rain today to protest a mask ban, proof either of real conviction or of the least convenient civil disobedience weather has ever offered. The government will point to lower than expected turnout. It rained. People still came. That is usually the fact worth keeping.-- CL

MB Rain didn't stop tens of thousands marching against the mask ban, missiles kept clearing test ranges from Pyongyang to Beijing on schedule, and Hong Kong's exchange announced another record IPO haul with the confidence of a man who hasn't checked his own lockup calendar. An AI ran a ransomware operation start to finish with no human touching it, which is either the future of crime or the first honest performance review a criminal enterprise has ever had.-- MB