1/ A had recent chilling conversation with a group of teenagers and I want to tell you about it. They were upset by my bill to ban social media's use of algorithmic boosting to teens. This practice is used to curate (often harmful) content to keep kids addicted to screens.

As expected. But will be interesting to see how China responds.

How many armed officers does it take to subdue a woman in a yellow skirt armed with nothing but her conscience? This scene would be comical if it weren't so tragic, what they are trying to reduce a wondrous city to:

As night falls, police in Victoria Park surround a man who's sitting on a bench and raising an unlit white candle. "What do you mean 'I can't '? I do my thing, you do your thing, okay?" He told the officers. "I'm holding a candle, can you see?"

Pence, Haley and DeSantis slam Trump for congratulating North Korea's Kim Jung Un | Fox News foxnews.com/politics/pence…

youtu.be/kMKvxJ-Js3A

Caught in US-China Rivalry, South Korea Inches Toward Washington voanews.com/a/caught-in-us…

Yoon has more explicitly aligned South Korea with the United States and become bolder about confronting China, leaving little question about his approach to the great power rivalry between Washington and Beijing. voanews.com/a/caught-in-us…

France objects to Nato plan for office in Tokyo - on.ft.com/3qoaVtf via Financial Times

Sirens are about to go off for 1 minute in South Korea. Don't worry, it's normal.

Reporter: "Will you continue to wait for the talks with the North Koreans?" Kirby: "It's not about waiting."

A helpful big picture look at the state of Korea tensions, by Christopher Green. crisisgroup.org/asia/north-eas…

"North Korea will probably return to nuclear talks at some point, but not until it has achieved most, if not all, of its five-year defense development plan. When it does, the terms of negotiations will likely change significantly." gjia.georgetown.edu/2023/05/31/the…