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• Five things we can do to protect people on the move during COVID-19 [MSF}

• Make music from start to finish with the new issue of Computer Music! [Computer Music]

• How the world’s most powerful country is handling covid-19 [The Economist]

• How to Monitor Your Employees — While Respecting Their Privacy [Harvard Business Review]

• Coronavirus: How the pandemic in US compares with rest of world [BBC News]

• Trump is Taking a Political Gamble With the U.S. Economy—and Maybe Your Life [Bloomberg Businessweek]

• If Trump kicks out Twitter, there’s always Germany [Reuters]

• Women Make Science: Greece’s Dolphin Sanctuary [AL-Jazeera News]

• Can Christopher Nolan Save the Summer [The New Yorker]

• Please don’t buy this fake $350 anti-5G USB stick [The Verge]

• How I made new friends during the pandemic [Vox]

• SpaceX gets FAA permission to fly its Starship spacecraft prototype [TechCrunch]

• The 3-D Printer That Could Finally Change Manufacturing [MIT Technology Review]

• Virtual therapy is growing in popularity during COVID-19, and it may be making counseling more accessible [Business Insider]

• Searching for Superman: why Henry Cavill deserves another chance as the Man of Steel [The Guardian]

• Americans are scared about what will happen if pandemic relief is not renewed [The New York Times]

• Conway: Mail Voting for Me But Not For Thee! {Huffington Post]

• Why Americans Might Not Trust the Election Results - Many are already worried about the integrity of November’s vote [The Atlantic]

• The Voters Who Don’t Like Trump Or Biden [FiveThirtyEight] Bernie Sanders was winning but the Establishment stopped him. This is still bullshit and Bernie Sanders should remain on the ballot for remaining Primaries and receive maximum number of Delegates.

• Public schools face a fall with a lot more costs and a lot less funding [The Washington Post]

• Jean Tirole: “Le grand danger serait d’oublier l’avenir de la France et de l’Europe” dans la reponse à la crise [Le Monde]

• Students in Tunisia aid hospitals running out of supplies by 3D printing 1000 face shields [Mashable]

• The Noisey Questionnaire of Life - Adam Devine [VICE News]

• ‘They treat us like stray dogs’: Migrant workers flee India’s cities [National Geographic]

• 14 Million People In Latin America, Caribean At Risk Of Hunger, U.N. Report Says [NPR]

• ‘Food Is Social Adhesive,’ So Questlove Is Hosting A Virtual Potluck [CapRadioNews]

• Pourquoi il faut se mefier des chiffres chinois sur le coronavirus [Le Monde diplomatique]

• Taliban, Afghan Government Hint at Progress as Cease-Fire Expires [Foreign Policy]

• The Spanish Flu Didn’t Wreck the Global Economy [Foreign Affairs]

• What COVID-19 Means for the US-Japan Alliance [The Diplomat]

• The Problem(s) with the Administration’s Approach to Arms Control and Open Skies [The Cipher Brief]

• Growing Anomalies at the Large Hadron Collider Raise Hopes [Quanta magazine]

• The Higgs boson: What makes it special? [CERN]

• NASA STEM Engagement [NASA]

• Getting the Job Done Despite a Global Pandemic [Air Force Magazine]

Hi there! Here comes another report. Let me just say that I am pissed as much as any other citizen about the latest police brutality in Minneapolis. We really have to say it out loud, white nationalists were allowed to invade a state capitol with AK-47s sitting one inch from cops and nothing happened, but when black protest in the street, they’re attacked with tear gas. What is this shit? This is embarrassing for our country. I am brown. Do you realize what would happen if I walked down the street with a weapon? I’d get shot on sight! Thankfully I’m so liberal I’m left handed, and my only weapon of choice is a large bamboo stick. Look, I can’t be Obama’s Angry Translator forever. We got about 5 more months until Election Day. Do you remember those scenes in movies where the dude says “hold….”hold…..." then he says “go now!” That’s essentially our state of affairs. We need to hang on this goddamn situation for about 5 more months, then we vote. I want Bernie Sanders president, but if we can’t get that, we vote for Joe Biden. We need a Democrat in the White House, because the GOP has been exposed. They’ve been exposed for only caring about rich people and making tax cuts just for them, letting the rich get richer and the poor get poorer. We need Bernie Sanders’ policies to jumpstart our Economy again. An Economy that works for every American. Not for the Pundits on CNBC who just yap and yap and yap, trying to support Trump while 100,000 people died. How many times does Bernie Sanders have to explain to you that Democratic Socialism is not the same as Soviet Union Communism? Listen to him, damnit.

There’s a new documentary on Dalai Lama, I’m so excited.

Remember, keep your cool. We got less than 160 days until Election Day. We can do this. Remember what the ancestors of our great nation had to deal with during WW II. Surely you can stay home, quarantine/isolate, hang it there, until we can mass produce a vaccine for COVID19. Hopefully doctors can get this done within the next 12 months, and not 18 months.

Until next time!

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• Nanotechnology and Nanomaterials Solutions for COVID-19: Diagnostic Testing, Antiviral and Antimicrobial Coatings and Surfaces, Air-Borne Filtration, Facemasks, PPE, Drug Delivery and Therapeutics [GlobalNewswire]

• MSF condemns this outrageous attack, this senseless act of cowardly, destructive violence in Kabul, Afghanistan [MSF] there will be hell to pay for those responsible.

• Universal basic income isn’t just a solution during the pandemic—it’s right for after it, too [The Economist]

• Masks cover your face but your choice of style reveals much about you [1843 magazine]

• In Times of Crisis, a Little Thanks Goes a Long Way [Harvard Business Review]

• Israeli PM Netanyahu goes on trial for corruption [BBC News]

• California Will Get So Hot That Mountain Streams Could Kill [Bloomberg Green]

• Coronavirus ‘cover-up’ is China’s Chernobyl: White House adviser [Reuters] #UmbrellaCorporationInvestigation

• Is Capitalism Racist? A scholar depicts white supremacy as the economic engine of American history [The New Yorker]

• Google Messages may finally be adding end-to-end encryption for RCS [The Verge]

• How the coronavirus is changing science [Vox]

• This image could be the first direct evidence of a planet being born [MIT Technology Review]

• What the lessons from Auschwitz teach us about the choices we make [The Guardian] (Maybe treating the Palestinians with more humanity and not keep them behind cages like the Nazis did to the Jews?)

• Inequality Has Been Laid Bare by the Outbreak. Now What? We’re seeing how we have compares with what others have, and the differences can matter a lot. [New York Times]

• “Un jour tout va bien, un jour je m’ennuie, un jour je suis heureuse”: dans les carnets de bord de collégiens confinés [Le Monde]

• Bow Humans: Trillions of Cicadas Are Going to Rule America [VICE]

• Inside the Influential Evangelical Group Mobilizing to Reelect Trump [The Intercept]

• From Camping To Dining Out: Here’s How Experts Rate The Risks Of 14 Summer Activities [NPR]

• Celebrating Beethoven And Brubeck [CapRadioNews]

• Ces indésirables réfugiés syriens [Le Monde diplomatique]

• Why the White House Should Propose More Economic Stimulus [Foreign Policy]

• America’s Opportunity in the Middle East - Diplomacy Could Succeed Where Military Force Has Failed [Foreign Affairs]

• A General’s View of Future Information Wars [The Cipher Brief]

• Symbolic Mathematics Finally Yields to Neural Networks [Quanta magazine]

• Color My Space with NASA Coloring Activities for Young Students [NASA}

• Air Force Removes Height Requirement for Pilot Applicants [Air Force Magazine]

• Celebrate 40 years of Casio keyboards, synths and pianos in less than 4 minutes [Computer Music]

Hi there! Hope that everybody is having a good Eid celebration. Also it’s Memorial Day Weekend. Those that I know who served usually don’t tend to like to talk about this holiday because it reminds them of their men in arms they have lost. At the very least, please take a moment of silence for those we lost. I thank you. Also, because it’s a long weekend, lots of people on the road. Remember, always wear a seatbelt, it’s vital. No ands, ifs, or buts. If you’re gonna drive, please drink a 0.0% beer. It’s just not worth taking the risk. Get a designated driver. Remember, a nice holiday weekend can be completely negated if you don’t get home safely.

A lot of people are thinking that maybe education is useless. That way of thinking is not correct. Education is important, but it should be free. That’s why we need #FreeTuition someday. Because trust me, boys, and girls, when everything reopens, and you’re looking for a job, they’re gonna ask you if you got that college degree or not. They say they don’t care, but they do. Whether it is a degree, or a certificate, use your time under quarantine/isolation wisely. Sure you can play some PS4/XBOX/PC (I do too), but allocate some time for study and work. Don’t fall behind. Do you want to know the secret about school? Don’t skip class (in other words, don’t skip lesson). Why? Because any freshman will tell you, any class that they skipped once, two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight, nine, ten times. They will fall so behind that they can’t keep up and have to drop the class. So don’t do that. Teachers are super stressed out because they want a good future for you. They will help you, but you have to listen to them.

We really need more stimulus checks, and the $2000/month stipend that Senator Sanders, Senator Harris and others are working on. Main Street is hurting while Wall Street is striving. The rich kept getting richer and the poor kept getting poorer. Capitalism needs reform. We need a system where everybody wins, not every man or woman for themselves.

Work as a team with your partner/loved ones. If you work together, you can accomplish a lot.

Spending more time on a DAW! Lots to learn! Thank God for Computer Music magazines.

Until next time!

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• Apple Logic Pro X 10.5 released with Live Loops, new samplers and fresh beat creation tools [Computer Music]

• The coronavirus reaches the Rohingya refugee camps [The Economist]

• Leading Through Anxiety [Harvard Business Review]

• Space Plane: Mysterious US military aircraft launches [BBC News]

• The US government is getting ready to sue Google for monopolizing online ads [The Verge]

• Read Obama’s inspiring commencement address to 2020’s high school graduates [Vox]

• 3 views on the future of work, coffee shops and neighborhoods in a post-pandemic world [TechCrunch]

• An AI algorithm inspired by how kids learn is harder to confuse [MIT Tech Review]

• ‘Llamas are the real unicorns’: why they could be our secret weapon against coronavirus [The Guardian]

• How to Let Your Children Be Upset - A series of children’s books can help start conversations about deeply uncomfortable subjects [The New York Times]

• Grading the electoral college: C for chaos [The Washington Post]

• Robert Pattinson: A Dispatch From Isolation [Gentlemen’s Quarterly]

Hi there! As much as I love treehugger mentality, I understand there are some factions who say to stop Productivity. But here’s the thing, if some people stopped manufacturing masks for our healthcare workers, how would they go to work? I know it’s tough to stay productive, but get into a routine. For me, it’s as simple as making that cup of coffee, loading up the laptop, and opening two windows, side by side. In one window, I have my website opened, and in the other, I am reading and curating my articles. And making new music podcasts of course!

Looking forward to the last two episodes of the Michael Jordan documentary!

Until next time!

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• What can past wars teach us about conquering coronavirus? [The Economist Radio Podcasts]

• The best drum machine VST plugins 2020: beatmaking software for your DAW [Computer Music]

• New music from Daft Punk on the way in upcoming film score [Dancing Astronaut]

• Flume Remixes Eiffel 65 “Blue (DA BA DEE)” to Sweet, Sad, Quarantine Perfection [Your EDM]

• On Our Radar: May 2020 [beatportal]

• A Timeline of The Weeknd’s Career, From Drake’s Co-Sign to ‘After Hours’ Domination [billboard]

• Send your masks to healthcare workers without leaving your house [Mask Match]

• Gamers Not Amused With May 2020 PS Plus Free Games [VGR]

• Drake Promises to Collab with Lil Wayne on New Music [XXL]

• Lil Wayne and Eminem Admit They Google Their Own Lyrics to Make Sure They Aren’t Repeating Rhymes [XXL]

• Mike Skinner shares The Streets’ new single “Where the Fuck Did April Go” [Fader]

• Chance the Rapper Rates Elon Musk, Deep Dish, and Tattoos [Pitchfork]

• JAY-Z & Roc Nation Call For Justice In Ahmaud Arbery Case [HipHopDx]

• Weezer Give The Simpsons’ Theme Song the Rock Concert Treatment [SPIN]

• Kygo Reveals Tracklist for Upcoming Album ‘Golden Hour’ [EDM Sauce]

• Remembering Kraftwerk’s Florian Schneider [Resident Advisor]

• Fail Forward: Lessons learned from a career AF Special Tactics operator [Air Force Special Tactics (24 SOW)]

• New article about the Air Force SR-72 [redacted]

Hello there! I understand many of you lack the motivation to do work, or study right now, due to the quarantine/isolation we are under. I want to tell you a story about resiliency. Imagine someone sitting at a coffee shop. Then picture this person, sitting at that coffee shop, every day, waiting for someone. Someone that may or may not come. Then imagine waiting a year. 2 years. 5 years. 10 years. How long will this person wait? When it will be the final straw? Well, after 17 years, this person had enough. This person used the power of music to build something. Build what? He was not sure. While most albums and playlists had 10 tracks/songs, most of his playlists had over 50 songs. Some were over 100. One time he got so upset, his playlist was over 300 songs. What he did not realize, is that all of his various music podcasts and playlists turned into some kind of music-based Operating System. This was his way to deal with his Mental Health. After the trauma he experienced. It’s not as glamorous as the “Baby Driver” movie plot, but imagine someone’s whose life has been turned completely upside down, and music saved him. That person is me. Resilience is very important. People make fun of you? People think you’re inadequate? Work on a project. Do a little bit, every day. Just keep building. They’ll laugh at you, they’ll think this is a joke. But when you work on something for so many years. Then it just clicks. I hope many people who deal with Mental Health will read my blog from the beginning, and see how far I’ve came along, and why I love the Deus Ex videogame franchise.

On an another serious note, due to coronavirus, there are lower reported cases of child abuse, but the statistics are still scary because these children aren’t on school grounds, and unable to tell a teacher or other adults. There are reported cases of “dungeons” where people are kept. Currently, FBI, ATF and Interpol are working in conjunctions with local authorities nationwide and on an international level, in order to save those in needs. If you know of anything, please contact local authorities. Even sending just one tip can make a huge difference. I thank you.

I’m currently reading Harvard Business Review’s 10 Must Reads on Mental Toughness. I’m listening to various DJs podcasts, and I’m trying to beat the damn 510 in the videogame “The Crew” on PS4.

Keep working hard, build yourself from the ground up. You can do it. Never give up.

Dear Makers of Fast & Furious 9, don’t make us wait 2-3 years. Just release it on Streaming, and we promise, we’ll still go to the Movie Theater when it’s safe.

Dear Senator Kamala Harris, thank you for working in conjunction with Senator Sanders on a $2000 per month stipend for Americans until this coronavirus is over.

I’m re-reading (yet again) Thomas Piketty’s latest book, this time in english, on Income Inequality, and why Capitalism needs reform. Remember, reading is fundamental. Read a book.

Until next time!

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• Opinion: 5 Ways Dance Music Should Radically Change After Coronavirus [beatportal]

• Music theory basics: what are notes, intervals, scales and chords? [Computer Music]

• How pandemics have inspired art, music and literature [The Economist]

• Can we escape from information overload? [1843 magazine]

• Which Covid-19 Data Can You Trust? [Harvard Business Review]

• COVID-19 - How to work from home — comfortably [BBC Worklife]

• In leaked call, Obama describes Trump handling of virus as chaotic [Reuters]

• Living under a lockdown in Europe has brought back memories of my childhood in Gaza during the Palestinian uprising [AL-JAZEERA]

• The Underground Efforts to Get Masks to Doctors [The New Yorker]

• How one professional soccer player is adapting to life as a FIFA pro [The Verge]

• 4 reasons state plans to open up may backfire - and soon [Vox]

• California turns to vote-by-mail to keep residents safe come November [TechCrunch]

• Is getting pregnant “medically necessary” right now? [MIT Technology Review]

• Astronomers just stitched together an unprecedented portrait of Jupiter in infrared — and realized its Great Spot is full of holes [Business Insider]

• Premier League begins crunch talks with no help from Boris Johnson [The Guardian]

• Can the Democrats Avoid Trump’s China Trap? [The New York Times]

• In the early days of the pandemic, the U.S. government turned down an offer to manufacture millions of N95 masks in America [The Washington Post]

• “J’ai peur pour nos enfants, pour nos seniors, si une seconde vague arrive” : a la veille du deconfinement, quatre maires temoignent [Le Monde]

• Watch Spike Lee’s 3-minute short film tribute to New York, New Yorkers, and healthcare workers [Mashable]

• Former Sen. Harry Reid Believes in Aliens, Urges Politicians to Not Be Afraid [VICE]

• Space Force | Official Teaser | Netflix [YouTube]

• When is the next episode of The Grand Tour season 4 on Amazon Prime Video? [Techradar]

Hello there! Stay safe, stay healthy. Here’s another update. F1 2019 for PS4 is really awesome but very hard! Anyway, enjoy the podcasts! I got another AKAI controller for FL Studio 20, it’s really fun! I’m enjoying watching all these DJs’ livestreams on various platforms. I gotta say, with the lockdown, only electronic dance music keeps us sane! I can’t wait to listen to all these new albums that are going to come out later this year and in 2021! They’re going to be amazing! All the DJs and Producers are working really hard!

Until next time!

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• 10 pieces of software that changed the way we make music [Computer Music]

• On Saturday, May 2, Beatport Live invites 14 of the drum & bass scene’s most revered artists for a 14-hour livestream fundraiser [beatportal]

• Out of view, but not out of mind: MSF’s response to COVID-19 in care homes [MSF]

• The pandemic will leave the rich world deep in debt, and force some hard choices [The Economist]

• How CEOs Can Support Employee Mental Health in a Crisis [Harvard Business Review]

• Coronavirus: “We used to donate to this food bank, now we rely on it” [BBC News]

• How voting by mail could save the US election [Vox]

• The US needs to do 20 million tests a day to reopen safely, according to a new plan [MIT Technology Review]

• Why universal basic income could help us fight the next wave of economic shocks [The Guardian]

• Leaders Are Crying on the Job. Maybe That’s a Good Thing. [New York Times]

• The coronavirus pandemic is pushing America into a mental health crisis [Washington Post]

• La Formule 1 veut la jouer (un peu) plus modeste sur les dépense [Le Monde]

• Apple CEO Tim Cook asks graduates: How will coronavirus change you? [Mashable]

• A Piece of Mars That Fell in Antarctica Contains Ingredient for Life, Scientists Discover [VICE]

• Tori Amos Offers Quarantine Comfort With A Recipe For Vegan Mushroom Stew [NPR]

• ‘They Want To Play.’ Parents Keep Kids Busy, Entertained Without Seeing Their Friends [capradionews]

• En Floride, les riches n’auront pas les pieds dans l’eau [Le Monde diplomatique]

• As If Things Aren’t Bad Enough, Trump Mulls Fresh Trade War With China [Foreign Policy]

• American Leadership Begins at Home [Foreign Affairs]

• The COVID-19 Catastrophe in Bangladesh [The Diplomat]

• NATO’s Future after the Threat it Didn’t see Coming [The Cipher Brief]

• Math After COVID-19 [Quanta magazine]

• AMD Response to COVID-19 [AMD]

• Meeting the Challenge of COVID-19 [Intel]

• An NLU-Powered Tool to Explore COVID-19 Scientific Literature [Google AI Blog]

• Hundreds arrested in crackdown on terrorist routes in Southeast Asia [INTERPOL]

• Flying Cars Could Take Off Soon, If We Let the Military Help (Agility Prime) [WIRED]

• Could a Mach 5 SR-72 Spy Plane Already Be in the Sky? [National Interest]

Hello there! I was really thankful for Beatport and their livestream on Saturday for Drum & Bass. It was awesome and I was glad to donate to the United Nations / WHO’s COVID-19 Solidarity Response Fund. Thank you to Ubisoft for those Watch Dogs walkthroughs. I’m learning more about the world of Formula 1! There’s a Netflix series, and F1 2019 is on PS4. These guys have an almost “fighter pilot” mentality to be able to do what they do.

I’m starting to realize that a ton of people who never had to deal with Mental Health suddenly are very distressed. Remember, you can do it, you will be okay, it just takes time. For me, it took years of therapy. But, you will be fine. You Are Not Alone. Check out NAMI.org.

So much income inequality in the United States! Do you see why Thomas Piketty was right? Why his books on the subject are so important? Educate yourself. Read. Then read some more.

I hope Bernie Sanders continue to push for a $2000/month stipend for Americans until the end of the COVID-19. We need it, especially since Unemployment system is completely kaput and not working, with millions of people still unable to receive their checks.

Because it’s important to lead by example, not only did I take a class this Spring 2020, but I’m taking one for Summer 2020. Keep up with your studies, it is very important. If you think finding a job is hard now, just imagine how tough it will be when the pandemic is over and a quarter of America are looking for work.

Anybody that needs either a Business Analyst / Data Analyst / Project Coordinator / Project Manager, contact me on LinkedIn. I have 9 years of experience as an Analyst, and I have handled some of the biggest projects out there, and wrote numerous business procedures (BPs). Just because I work on Superintelligence, don’t write me off as overqualified. I’m eager to work in the Technology and Government sectors. My work speaks for itself.

Thank you, Drake, for your new mixtape! Can’t wait for your new album this summer! I think that along with The Weeknd are the two best albums out there right now (that aren’t dance music).

I’m slowly updating edmlibrary.com with old episodes of JETLAG RADIO. As you can see, over the past 5-6 years I have shared thousands of tracks, give it a listen, you might find something you like/love listening to.

The Michael Jordan documentary is bringing tears to my eyes. It’s been very emotional watching this series.

Also, why do many people still glamorize bad guys (I’m looking at the best-seller movies/tv shows)? Do you think Joker and Harley Quinn are going to save you from COVID-19 or do you think it’s gonna be Batman and the Justice League? You can’t hate on the good guys and only ask for their help when it’s convenient. Do you know how that makes people feel? I’m also calling for a new name for the COVID-19 virus. Calling it a Coronavirus is giving psychological trauma to every Fast & Furious fan. Why are we calling it a Coronavirus but not a Halo virus? Does that mean that Microsoft has more pull than the Corona beer company? Give it some obscure name. Or the name it deserves, the C-Virus. Because we’re dealing with some goddamn Umbrella Corporation bullshit right now. Even the Secretary of State admitted as well.

I implore everybody to play Deus Ex: Human Revolution & Deus Ex: Mankind Divided. We need Square Enix / EIDOS Montreal to announce the third game in the trilogy.

Let’s hope the vaccine comes here sooner than the 18 months it will probably take.

May the Fourth Be With You! Baby Yoda is here for you. Check out the new documentary of The Mandalorian.

Love you all, be safe, and always wear a mask in public. I know it’s not easy, but remember, it’s a whole lot easier than being in a hospital on a ventilator unable to breathe.

Until next time!

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• MSF teams are racing to respond to the COVID-19 pandemic in over 70 countries, including opening projects in new countries as they become pandemic hotspots. [MSF]

• The Best Drum & Bass on Beatport This Month [beatportal]

• The modern Deus Ex games are now DRM free, and for a while, very cheap [PC Gamer]

• Fu Ying on why China and America must co-operate to defeat covid-19 [The Economist]

• To Take Care of Others, Start by Taking Care of Yourself [Harvard Business Review]

• For Israeli and Palestinian Muslims, This Ramadan is Different [VOA News]

• Covid-19: Quelle est la situation en Israel et Palestine? [EcomnewsMed]

• US Intelligence Alerted Israel, NATO In Mid November About COVID-19 Outbreak In China [Daily Kos]

• How the Coronavirus Pandemic Has Shattered the Myth of College In America [New Yorker]

• How a Team of NASA Engineers Developed a Ventilator for COVID-19 Patients in just a Month [The Verge]

• Why summer likely won’t save us from the coronavirus [Vox]

• Johns Hopkins launches COVID-19 testing hub to provide public access to testing data [TechCrunch]

• The US already has the technology to test millions of people a day [MIT Technology Review]

• Coronavirus ‘could affect international football calendar for two or three years’ [BBC Sport]

• Back to the future: are drive-in theaters the future of safe cinema trips? [The Guardian]

• Coronavirus as a Reminder of the Urgency of Getting Your Vaccines [New York Times]

• People love to hate Germany—but the country is doing far more than most nations to help its European neighbors fight the coronavirus [Foreign Policy]

• The Paths to Net Zero - How Technology Can Save the Planet [Foreign Affairs]

• Agents of SHIELD Season 7 Trailer Teases an Agent Carter Crossover and a Hydra Twist [IGN]

• Rewatch The Assassin’s Creed Valhalla Reveal [GameSpot]

• Comics will start shipping to shops again on May 20 [Polygon]

• Hubble peers into a Cosmic Reef [Astronomy]

• C’est pas sorcier -Religion 1 “Un Dieu, 3 religions” [YouTube] #cantweallgetalong

• 90s SPECIAL! - Issue 282 of CM is out now - The 90s was quite the decade for musical development. House, acid, jungle drum & bass, techno and hip hop all exploded around the world, defining not only the present, but the future of music too. [Computer Music]

• Flying Cars [Agility Prime]

Hello there! well, this post is a bit sentimental for me, since I wanted to raise awareness for people in Palestine, who live in oppression, behind a wall and cages. 50 years ago after the Nazis we said “Never Again” yet Netanyahu’s government is doing the exact same thing to Palestinians and the world is turning a blind eye. We need a Two State Solution. Back to 1967 borders. We need to stop Netanyahu and Israel war crimes. Then we wonder, why did the Coronavirus forsaken us? Maybe if we treated people better, the planet wouldn’t try to eradicate us. There was a great political cartoon in The Economist which showed how the world is currently fighting the Coronavirus but that Climate Change was looming right behind us, an even greater and larger threat. You may think that Israel has been at war for about 50 years, but guess what, Palestine has been at war for 100 years. To learn more about what went wrong (on both sides of the conflict, and learn what we can do), check out the book: The Hundred Years’ War on Palestine: A History of Settler Colonialism and Resistance, 1917—2017 which is what I am reading right now.

I’m doing what I can. I’m writing my reports, I’m reading my magazines (The Economist and Foreign Affairs), and I’m listening to a lot of music. I’m hoping that everybody around the world that has a 3D Printer would utilize it to print medical masks and ship them to hospitals around the nation and the globe.

Self-care is very important, since it’s been about 2 months of isolation, so be sure to take care of yourselves and your loved ones.

Be kind, and tell your loved ones you love them.

And get them to learn about Electronic Dance Music!

No new The Mandalorian for a while, but there’s a Baby Yoda documentary in May! Hooray!

Until next time!

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• Set Times Announced For Beatport’s 36-Hour Livestream, Reconnect [Beatportal]

• MSF supports COVID-19 response in Cameroon [MSF]

• Can the world find a good covid-19 vaccine quickly enough? [The Economist]

• Trump’s suspension of WHO funding is a disaster for the world’s health. The US president’s move will damage a unified response as well as several key health programs. [Quartz]

• Coronavirus scammers are flooding social media with fake cures and tests [Recode]

• Why these Quasar jets appear to travel faster than light [TheNextWeb]

• Crowdsourcing Projects Take on Covid-19 [Iinc.]

• Need a new puzzle? Here are some gorgeous ones that celebrate great design [Fast Company]

• A Tool Kit for Stressed Couples on Lockdown [Medium]

• 18 Freelance Sites to Find Your Next Gig [Entrepreneur]

• AI Uncovers a Potential Treatment for Covid-19 Patients [WIRED]

• USAFA Graduates First Space Force Lieutenants [Air Force Magazine]

Hello there! Times are stressful! That’s why you gotta bust up some popcorn and watch family movies among your loved ones. I’m also listening to a lot of music to keep me motivated, given that I have so many reports to write.

Until next time!

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• Northwest Syria will “struggle to cope in the face of the COVID-19 pandemic” [MSF]

• The economic crisis will expose a decade’s worth of corporate fraud [The Economist]

• Finding the Right Words in a Crisis [Harvard Business Review]

• Google is now listing COVID-19 testing centers in search results [The Verge]

• We’re not overreacting to the coronavirus [Vox]

• How to test everyone for the coronavirus [MIT Technology Review]

• NASA to launch first manned mission from US in decade [BBC World]

• Coronavirus: five months on /What scientists now know about Covid-19 [The Guardian]

• Surprising Poll Results: People Are Now Happy to Pick Up the Phone [The New York Times]

• Coronavirus Just Hit One of the Most Vulnerable Parts of War-Torn Syria [VICE NEWS]

• To Beat COVID-19, Think Like a Fighter Pilot [Nautilus]

• Last month was the first March in 18 years without a single school shooting in America [Upworthy]

• National Guard Looks Out for Members’ Benefits During Pandemic [Air Force Magazine]

Hello there. Hope everybody is doing well. I want to thank all my favorite racers in the WEC community who are performing in simulators to keep us entertained. I’m making progress in Gran Turismo Sport, but Good Lord, it is hard. FF7R is awesome, and bringing back so many memories. Remember boys and girls, you may think that “school is wack” but don’t forget this. Whenever this crisis is over, and eventually it will be, lack of education means lack of opportunities. Think about our brethren in poor countries around the world. It appears that SATs and ACTs are canceled, but you can still apply to some state schools. That’s great news! The more you educate yourself, the more you learn. Remember what Malala taught us. One teacher, one book, one pen, can change the world.

MEDICARE FOR ALL DAMNIT, MEDICARE FOR ALL. Bernie still in Congress making policies happen, thank God. Hopefully he gets the American people that $2000 a month until the Coronavirus crisis is over. Bernie Sanders still on the ballot for Primaries. Then it’s Biden or Bust. Can’t afford 4 more years of Trump.

Until next time!

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• How to Speak [Y Combinator Hacker News]

• Other diseases will not relent in Borno state during COVID-19 pandemic [MSF]

• Free Ableton book: download 74 Creative Strategies for Electronic Music Producers for free [MusicRadar]

• How will humans, by nature social animals, fare when isolated? [The Economist]

• How to Manage Your Stress When the Sky Is Falling [Harvard Business Review]

• Pentagon Bankrolls N95 Mask Production With Production Act Funds [Bloomberg]

• To prevent the next pandemic, scientists search for animal zero [The Verge]

• I live in rural America cut off from the internet. The pandemic has made me more isolated than ever. [Vox]

• Let’s give tech philanthropists the benefit of the doubt on COVID-19 [TechCrunch]

• How months at sea prepared me for lockdown on land [MIT Technology Review]

• Do eggs contain the secrets of the universe? [BBC IDEAS]

• Why is South Korea beating coronavirus? Its citizens hold the state to account [The Guardian]

• How to Save Black and Hispanic Lives in a Pandemic [NY Times]

• Under Cover of Covid-19, Donald Trump Ramps Up His War on Truth-Tellers [The Intercept]

• The Show Must Go Online: Theaters Closed By COVID-19 Get Creative [NPR]

• The Coronavirus Is Accelerating History Past the Breaking Point [Foreign Policy]

• Universities Fill the Void - Working Across Borders to Solve the Pandemic Where International Institutions Have Failed [Foreign Affairs]

• Letters [Air Force Magazine]

Hello there! Here’s another update. Just wanted to wish everyone a Happy Easter Holiday. I am thankful that many religious leaders and United Nation leaders are pushing for Peace and various Ceasefires. It is time for every nation on Earth to gather together and fight this Coronavirus. That also includes Israel to stop the blockade on Palestine. Let us pray for peace in Afghanistan, but hopefully not at the expense of the women and children of Afghanistan. Let us not forget Syria either. As tormented that country has been by war, just imagine what damage COVID-19 could do to it. It’s time for Russia/China to back off in Syria, and bring the situation to Peace.

Given the current climate, you can tell that I have a lot of reports to write. I am still finding the time to stay in high spirits, thanks to the release of FF7R, Top Gear marathons (Grand Tour won’t be back for a while), and reading every issue of Computer Music in the past few years. It is also giving me time to do a lot of podcasts!

Everyone working in the hospitals around the country and the world are deep in my thoughts and I think of them every time I meditate/pray.

We need leadership in this time of crisis. I am thankful that there are people in Congress who are finally forcing Trump to select someone (preferably military/doctor) to be in charge of all aspects of fighting the coronavirus.

Until next time!