Yesterday, we lost a cherished member of our family.
We got Sunny at the start of our second term in the White House, and all of us – including our first dog, Bo – immediately fell in love. We also had trouble keeping up with her, for Sunny was a force of nature. Athletic and full of boundless energy, she leapt over the hedges on the South Lawn like they weren’t even there, chasing squirrels, birds and anything else that moved. And whereas the way to Bo’s heart usually involved a treat, Sunny was more interested in having us run around with her, roll on the floor with her, or have her belly rubbed for as long as we were willing.
She loved the girls, even if they were pestering her when she was napping. She loved our team, and would often follow them around, helping them on the job. She was fiercely protective of Bo, who she rightly sensed wasn’t always as alert and attentive as she was. She had her eccentricities: other than Bo, she preferred people to dogs; she was a loud and sloppy drinker; and despite being a Portuguese Water Dog, she hated getting wet.
But as far as our family was concerned, she was pretty much perfect, and for thirteen years, she would be by our side – always loyal, always sweet, always ready for adventure, still fiery and gorgeous till the very end of her days.
We will miss her terribly, and imagine she’s with her big brother now, making sure he’s okay.
FYI:
For all parents unsure if they should take young kids to the parade on Thursday,
The Children’s Museum of Manhattan is hosting a mini ticker-tape parade on Wednesday afternoon
There will soon be more AI agents transacting than humans.
That used to sound like science fiction, but today we launched the infrastructure to make it real.
AgentCore payments, built with @coinbase and @stripe.
Available in preview: https://t.co/ijDuNzWCUZ
Agents that reason, plan, and act can now transact.
AgentCore payments in Amazon Bedrock AgentCore is now in preview. AI agents can instantly access and pay for APIs, MCP servers, web content, and other agents during execution—no bespoke billing integrations required.
Built with @coinbase and @stripe, AgentCore payments handles wallet authentication, payment processing over x402, spending governance, and full observability.
Payment is native to the AgentCore platform, governed by the same identity, policy engine, and controls as every other action the agent takes.
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Rick Ankiel opens up about battling the yips:
The loneliness, frustration, and embarrassment…
and how far he went trying to make them stop.
@TheeRickAnkiel