Goldmay

Just being Me

[Stony Brook University @stonybrooku]

Today, SBU and @BrookhavenLab demonstrated a wireless quantum link, transmitting quantum information through open air across 13 miles.

This first U.S. demonstration of its kind marks a milestone for quantum networking beyond fiber-optic cables.

See more: https://t.co/RsUAWeMGvQ

[Nikita Bier @nikitabier]

Generational banger

[Eunice Ajim @euniceajim]

Before I was writing checks, I was braiding hair.

When I moved to the US as a student, braiding was how I paid my way through school. Hours in a chair, hands cramping, a full day gone for one client. I know this industry from the inside.

So when I saw that Yinka Ogunbiyi just raised $7M to commercialize HaloBraid, the world's first patented braid assist robot, I had to stop scrolling.

A few things stood out to me.

This is not a "replace the stylist" story. HaloBraid is built as a cobot. The human still parts the scalp, sections the hair and sets the foundation. The robot takes over the repetitive mid shaft weaving that eats up roughly 80% of a knotless braid appointment. Then the stylist finishes and styles the ends.

The demand is already proven. Over 7,000 salons are on the waitlist before this has even scaled.

And @sevensevensix, @alexisohanian firm, led the round, with @alley_corp and @blingcapital backing it too. Seeing investors I deeply respect put capital behind this tells me something: smart money is catching up to what millions of Black women and their braiders have known for decades. This industry is massive, physically brutal on the people who run it, and it has been overlooked for far too long.

Braiders develop carpal tunnel, arthritis and spinal strain from doing this for years. Almost nobody talks about that. A tool that cuts appointment time in half is not just a convenience play, it could add years to someone's career.

We keep hunting for disruption in the flashiest categories. Meanwhile, some of the most meaningful tech is quietly showing up in the "boring" service businesses that touch millions of people every single day.

What other "unsexy" industries do you think are next?

[U.S. Mission Nigeria @USinNigeria]

Nigerian-American engineer & Harvard grad Yinka Ogunbiyi built HaloBraid, the world's first braid-assist robot, easing strain on stylists & saving salons time. $7M raised, 7,000+ salons waitlisted. American innovation, global impact. #AmericanExcellence in action.

Learn more: https://t.co/rThzLldE64

[FOX Soccer @FOXSoccer]

DR Congo's legendary statue fan, Lumumba is FIFA World Cup ready 🇨🇩

(via IG/lumumbaveaofficiel)

[HHI | West Africa OSINT @HHOSINT]

👀 American 🇺🇸 surveillance yesterday over Oyo State, Nigeria 🇳🇬, took a twist.

Instead of its typical area-hopping pattern, ISR coverage remained concentrated on a specific location for an extended period. Such behavior may suggest that an asset of interest has been identified, with operators opting for persistent observation rather than broad-area reconnaissance.

[FOX Sports @FOXSports]

ELOY. ROOM. ONE FOR THE HISTORY BOOKS. 🇨🇼

The veteran goalkeeper leads Curaçao to their first ever FIFA World Cup point, with 15 saves

[Mario Nawfal @MarioNawfal]

🇳🇴🇸🇳 Norway fans just turned Times Square into a Viking longship

Senegal bout to get absolutely rowed into the Hudson 😂

Writer: Oliver

[Jackson Hinkle 🇺🇸 @jacksonhinkle]

🇳🇬 NEW: Nigeria launches massive $400M rare earth processing plant.

The new plant will boost rare earth processing capacity to 18,000 tons per year.

[NASA @NASA]

The official FIFA World Cup ball went to space!

We're working to inspire the next generation by showing how space exploration inspires innovation in sports science — and everyday life. Learn more: https://t.co/CWbI8MFDtp

[Zlatan Ibrahimović @Ibra_official]

The studio will never forget

[Al Jazeera English @AJEnglish]

A depiction of the slave trade was staged on Juneteenth outside a fortress in Accra that once served as a hub for transporting slaves. Ghana has been hosting a conference there that aims to advance the UN resolution that declared slavery the 'gravest crime against humanity'.

[Sean Hannity 🇺🇸 @seanhannity]

Broken Legs, Body Full of Shrapnel — He Still Got Every Man Out - Maj. James Capers, Jr. The First Black Marine Officer Nominated for the Medal of Honor Just Got It

[LVMPD @LVMPD]

REAL-TIME RESULTS!

On May 12, a homeowner was out of town when their security cameras alerted them that someone was trying to get inside their Las Vegas home near Desert Inn and Arville.

They called Metro.

An LVMPD drone launched from a SkyPort and was overhead in seconds, locating the suspect outside the residence. Working together, the drone pilot and dispatcher quickly guided responding officers to the location, leading to an arrest.

When every second counts, eyes in the sky can make all the difference.

We have flown more than 12,000 drone flights so far in 2026. Today, our drones are arriving on scene before officers more than 70% of the time. That means faster response, better situational awareness, better information for our officers, and ultimately safer outcomes for our community.

[Shakira @shakira]

From Maracaná Stadium, here is “Dai Dai,” the @FIFAWorldCup Official Song 2026. Coming 5/14. We’re ready! ⚽️🐺 @burnaboy

[Alexander Whedon @alex_whedon]

Introducing SubQ - a major breakthrough in LLM intelligence.

It is the first model built on a fully sub-quadratic sparse-attention architecture (SSA),

And the first frontier model with a 12 million token context window which is:

- 52x faster than FlashAttention at 1MM tokens
- Less than 5% the cost of Opus

Transformer-based LLMs waste compute by processing every possible relationship between words (standard attention).

Only a small fraction actually matter.

@subquadratic finds and focuses only on the ones that do.

That's nearly 1,000x less compute and a new way for LLMs to scale.

[Delta @Delta]

If Spirit's shutdown affected your travel plans, we're here to help. We're offering reduced, nonrefundable rescue fares for the next five days across domestic routes (nonstop and one-stop via our hubs) and routes between the U.S. & Latin America. Learn more: https://t.co/XtUTgpqutQ