JETLAG RADIO 263 | BENKYO RADIO 263

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  • Eluize Shows Us the Power of Cues & Loops with Beatport LINK [beatportal]

  • Native Instruments and iZotope come together to create “an unprecedented alliance to shape the future of music making and audio production” [Computer Music]

  • Free Ableton Live webinars announced: find out how to make music with Live and Push 2 [Future Music]

  • 10 YouTube channels for new producers [DJ Mag]

  • A Musician has made Working DJ Decks out of Lego [Mixmag]

  • Premiere: Carl Cox translates the spirit of Ibiza to ‘Sand, Moon & Stars’ [Dancing Astronaut]

  • Rezz Gives Some Wild Updates On Her Collab With Deadmau5 [YourEDM]

  • Ilan Bluestone Drops New Single and Announces Sophomore Album, “Impulse” [EDM.com]

  • Gabry Ponte & MOTI Say ‘Oh La La’ (Ft. MOUGLETA) [EDM Sauce]

  • Countries obstructing COVID-19 patent waiver must allow negotiations to start [MSF]

  • Soundcloud Update [GaryVee]

  • Bouncing back: a safety net for the post-covid world [The Economist]

  • Baking tofu with David Duchovny [1843 magazine]

  • 10 Truths About Marketing After the Pandemic [Harvard Business Review]

  • Audio cassette tape inventor Lou Ottens dies aged 94 [BBC News]

  • The World Isn't Building Back Better After the Pandemic [Bloomberg Green]

  • Explainer: What is the U.S. Senate filibuster and why is everyone talking about it? [Reuters]

  • US announces restart of programme to reunite migrant families [AL-Jazeera News]

  • The Fight Against Vaccine Misinformation [The New Yorker]

  • Twitter is Reinventing Itself [The Verge]

  • Gen Z’s high-speed rail meme dream, explained [Vox]

  • The Department of Defense is establishing a working group to focus on climate change [TechCrunch]

  • Spring break travel is officially off the table this year [Mic]

  • Lumi Keys review: Like ‘Guitar Hero’ but for learning the actual piano [INPUT]

  • Crispr could the end of Opioid Abuse [INVERSE]

  • Four new hacking groups have joined an ongoing offensive against Microsoft’s email servers [MIT Technology Review]

  • Introvert? Extrovert? Agreeable? Anxious? How to tell if WFH is the right fit for you. [Business Insider]

  • FBI must target white supremacists' infiltration of police agencies, congressman says [The Guardian]

  • Beth Moore, a Prominent Evangelical, Splits With Southern Baptists [The New York Times]

  • Visa Lottery Winners From Muslim Countries Still Can’t Get Into The U.S. [Huffington Post]

  • Becoming a Parent During the Pandemic Was the Hardest Thing I’ve Ever Done [The Atlantic]

  • How To Convince People The Johnson & Johnson Vaccine Is As Good As The Others [FiveThirtyEight]

  • Opinion: Biden has an admirable Hail Mary for Afghanistan. He also needs a Plan B. [The Washington Post]

  • Ligue des champions: Le PSG joue à se faire peur contre Barcelone mais assure sa qualification [Le Monde]

  • Twitter plans to roll out Twitter Spaces to everyone in April [Mashable]

  • A Wild Experiment Just Got Us Closer to Exploring Extra Dimensions [MOTHERBOARD, TECH by VICE]

  • In Addition to a Pandemic, Texas Venues Must Now Survive Their Own Governor [NOISEY, MUSIC by VICE]

  • Even Trump’s Defense Secretary During the Capitol Riot Blames Him for Inciting It [VICE News]

  • Facebook told Black Applicant with PH.D. She Needed to Show she was a “Culture Fit” [The Intercept_]

  • From ‘Herbie the Love Bug’ to punch buggy, the Beetle remains iconic in Mexico [National Geographic]

  • How to Quiet Your Mind Chatter [Nautilus]

  • Moderna And Pfizer On Track To Hit Vaccine Production Goals [NPR]

  • EDD has failed to answer over 70 million calls from unemployed Californians since late September, despite paying $55 million to Deloitte under a no-bid contract to run an expanded call center. [CapNewsRadio]

  • « Le jour où le Japon a failli disparaître » [Le Monde diplomatique]

  • Officials Blame Election Drama for Biden’s Slow Staffing [Foreign Policy]

  • U.S. Spy Agencies Must Adapt to an Open-Source World [Foreign Affairs]

  • Former President Karzai Says US Plan a Catalyst for Afghan Peace [The Diplomat]

  • The Robot, the Targeter and the Future of U.S. National Security [The Cipher Brief]

  • What Is Life? Its Vast Diversity Defies Easy Definition. [Quanta magazine]

  • Vous avez envie de savoir comment le World Wide Web a débuté ? Lisez-le sur notre page 'web' dédiée [CERN_FR]

  • Japanese Astronaut Soichi Noguchi Works on Station's Solar Arrays [NASA]

  • The Kenyan officers on the front lines against wildlife crime [INTERPOL]

  • JAIC Chief: Culture and Process Biggest Barriers to Pentagon Adoption of AI [Air Force Magazine]

  • Tesla Is Building a Giant Battery at a Secretive Facility in Texas [MOTORTREND]

What’s up, everybody! Here are JETLAG RADIO 263 & BENKYO RADIO 263.

I really want to thank the makers of South Park for their vaccination special because quite frankly, we could all use a little humor. In all seriousness, it is super exciting to hear that President Joe Biden announced that starting May 1st 2021, every American will be allowed to get the vaccine. This is excellent news! Some bands are considering concerts for Fall 2021. Will it happen? It might be a little bit soon, but you never know. The sooner we all get vaccinated, the sooner things can return to normal. As you know, COVID-19 was extremely deadly, it is imperative to continue to wear a mask, practice social-distancing, and wash your hands. People can get upset at Governor Gavin Newsom all they want, but it’s because he did the lockdown and closed many locations, that stopped the pandemic from being worst. And if you don’t believe that, the next time you get some coffee, why don’t you ask the local doctor, nurse, firefighter, policeman, military, etc. They will tell you how packed the hospitals are. They will tell you about the people who are on respirators. You think you’ve experienced fear? I will tell you what fear is. Imagine being in a hospital in a full hasmat suit, and someone tells you that they are out of ICU beds. Now THAT’s fucking scary. So pretty please, stop bitching about wearing a mask. We were far behind because of Trump. We worked hard and got Biden elected. As soon as he started work, he said he’d get something like 100 million Americans vaccinated asap, and he’s doing that. Learn about patience. If we start vaccinating everybody by Summer, that means a return to normal for Fall! Let’s get it done!

Until next time!

JETLAG RADIO 262 | BENKYO RADIO 262 | MU/OMEGA/DISCO/DEEP HOUSE RADIO 014

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  • Sources: at least 30K US organizations have been hacked by an aggressive Chinese espionage group exploiting unpatched flaws in Microsoft's Exchange Server [TechMeme] it’s time Microsoft takes security as serious as Apple, this is ridiculous

  • Vaccines are working. The first bits of real-world data on vaccinations are full of very encouraging results. [Quartz]

  • 2020 in 20 charts - From voting to vaccines and from protests to pets, a look at 2020’s biggest trends. [Recode]

  • How to use AI to transcribe, translate, and add subtitles to your videos [TheNextWeb]

  • DFW Service Industry Workers Are Seriously Concerned About Working Without a Statewide Mask Mandate [Eater]

  • How India could break WhatsApp encryption [Platformer]

  • These Two Guys Have a Vision for the Post-Covid Workplace: Barbecue, Bike Rides, and Fiber-Optic Cable [Inc.]

  • Public transit workers are struggling to enforce mask mandates [Fast Company]

  • 7 Signs Someone Actually, Genuinely Likes You [Medium]

  • What You Should Know Before Investing in Bitcoin [Entrepreneur]

  • The ‘Lamborghini’ of Chariots Was Just Unearthed Near Pompeii [WIRED]

  • This Week in Tech 813 [TWIT]

  • The Ultimate Custom PlayStation 5! [MKBHD]

  • Sam Sheffer likes Twitter Spaces, it’s currently in test mode, but rolling out soon. [Spaces]

  • The MacBook Is Getting Too Good. [Dave2D]

  • The Dark Side of Disney! | Sanders Sides [Thomas Sanders]

  • 2021 iMac Colors?! Are the rumors true? [iJustine]

  • Democracy’s indigenous origins in the Americas. [Lapham’s Quarterly]

  • The Kármán Line: Where does space begin? [Astronomy magazine]

What’s up, everybody, here are JETLAG RADIO 262 & BENKYO RADIO 262.

I’m getting into Okami lately on PS4. It’s really good, and the art-style is pretty cool.

I think it’s nice to see the Pope and Shiite Mullah getting together in a sign of Peace for Iraq. There is still so much work to be done, and the State Department has written numerous attributes that must be met in order to achieve Peace in Afghanistan.

It’s Women’s History Month! Be sure to thank the women in your lives. This can be a teacher or manager, or mentor/coach, or your spouse/loved one. Don’t forget that throughout the world, women do not have the same rights as men, sometimes even if it involves the same type of work. A female DJ mentioned that she was sad that her peers did not talk much about Women’s History Month. I will do my best to include some female DJs during my next podcast / mixtape.

Still super upset that Cavs weren’t included in the All-Star Game, but glad to see that Damian Lillard is a menace. LeBron James leading his team, I’m already envisioning a future world when he becomes a coach, imagine the type of Basketball we will witness.

Until next time!

JETLAG RADIO 261 | BENKYO RADIO 261 | MU/OMEGA/DISCO/DEEP HOUSE RADIO 013

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  • Beatport Transforms Music Discovery with New DJ Web App [beatportal]

  • The best free DAWs 2021: the best free music production software for PC and Mac [Computer Music]

  • Apple’s new iPad Pro could have a chip as powerful as the Mac’s M1, so does this mean that an iPad version of Logic Pro is coming, too? [Future Music]

  • Jack Dorsey’s Square Inc Buys Tidal for $297M [DJ Mag]

  • Black Coffee is filling his cup [Mixmag]

  • Swedish House Mafia have reportedly parted ways with Columbia Records [Dancing Astronaut]

  • Justin Bieber’s New Album Cover Looks Suspiciously Similar To Justice’s Logo, & It’s No Coincidence [Your EDM]

  • Not for Noobs: Here are Kaskade’s Top 5 Gaming Tracks [EDM.com]

  • Hau5trap 0001: Tommy Trash – ‘Hiiigh’ Ft. Daisy Guttridge [EDM Sauce]

  • A decade of war in Syria: 10 years of increasing humanitarian needs [MSF]

  • What is Influencer Marketing? Guide on Growing Your Business [GaryVee]

  • Can Joe Biden get America out of the Middle East? - The past two American presidents thought they were too involved with the Middle East, but the Middle East refused to let them go [The Economist]

  • What if we’ve forgotten how to socialize? [1843 magazine]

  • Taking a Break Doesn’t Always Mean Unplugging [Harvard Business Review]

  • Life discovered deep beneath an Antarctic ice sheet 'shouldn't be there' [BBC News]

  • Where Are We in Finding the Coronavirus’s Origin? [Bloomberg]

  • U.S. Senate expected to begin debating coronavirus package on Thursday [Reuters]

  • Israel’s Dan David Prize and vaccine apartheid [AL-Jazeera News]

  • How the French Dress a Salad [The New Yorker]

  • Far-right news and misinformation received the most engagement on Facebook during the 2020 US election [The Verge]

  • The union vote that could change Amazon forever [Vox]

  • Boss of Chinese gaming titan NetEase calls for shared parental leave [TechCrunch]

  • Why it’s a mistake to bet against Silicon Valley [MIT Technology Review]

  • Scientists spotted a 'space hurricane' swirling above the magnetic north pole. It was raining charged solar particles. [Business Insider]

  • Californians on universal basic income paid off debt and got full-time jobs [The Guardian]

  • We Expect 300,000 Fewer Births Than Usual This Year [The New York Times]

  • House Passes Historic Voting Bill: Filibuster Fight Imminent [The Huffington Post]

  • Why There’s Never Been a Better Time for Reinvention [Thrive Global]

  • Homeroom: I Can’t Keep Prodding My Son to Do His Work [The Atlantic]

  • How Americans View Biden's Response To The Coronavirus Crisis [FiveThirtyEight]

  • Biden’s announcement moves teachers up in the vaccine line. Will it make a difference? [The Washington Post]

  • Covid-19 : 6 questions sur le « passeport vaccinal », promesse d’un retour à la vie normale ou mesure inéquitable ? [Le Monde]

  • Where to find free online math games for kids and adults [Mashable]

  • Tech Workers Have Their First Union Contract [MOTHERBOARD, TECH by VICE]

  • Why Did Hundreds of K-Pop Songs Suddenly Disappear From Spotify? [NOISEY, MUSIC by VICE]

  • Here’s How Worried You Should Be About Those Tom Cruise Deepfakes [VICE News]

  • Drug Lobby Asks Biden to Punish Foreign Countries Pushing for Low-Cost Vaccines - Big Pharma is fighting for tight control over Covid-19 vaccine production, limiting availability worldwide while reaping billions [The Intercept_]

  • Screen time is up—here's how to refocus on reading [National Geographic]

  • That Is Not How Your Brain Works [Nautilus]

  • House Approves Police Reform Bill Named After George Floyd [NPR]

  • California Will Soon Tie Reopening To Vaccination Equity Rates, Dedicate 40% Of Doses To Low-Income Communities [CapRadioNews]

  • Les brevets, obstacle aux vaccins pour tous [Le Monde diplomatique]

  • Corruption in Afghanistan as ‘Big a Threat’ as Taliban [Foreign Policy]

  • China Is Not Ten Feet Tall - How Alarmism Undermines American Strategy [Foreign Affairs]

  • COVID-19 Threatens to Waste India’s Demographic Dividend - The impacts of the pandemic on India’s youth threaten to last for years to come, undoing decades of progress on multiple fronts. [The Diplomat]

  • The Relentless Pursuit of America [The Cipher Brief]

  • The New History of the Milky Way [Quanta magazine]

  • Après 2 ans de mise à niveau, le Synchrotron à protons (PS) se prépare à recevoir un nouveau faisceau de protons, plus brillant et plus puissant. #PhotoDeLaSemaine 😍 Restez connectés cette semaine pour vivre avec nous la première injection d'un faisceau de 2 GeV au PS. [CERN_FR]

  • NASA to Provide Update on Perseverance ‘Firsts’ Since Mars Landing [NASA]

  • Fake COVID vaccine distribution network dismantled after INTERPOL alert [INTERPOL]

  • Austin Outlines Priorities in Memo to DOD [Air Force Magazine]

  • Five Decades of Race Cars at the Nissan Heritage Collection Online [SuperStreet]

  • Africa-China relations - Taming the dragon: new frontiers of co-operation? [The EIU]

  • Fast and Furious: It’s Deep [YouTube]

What’s up, everybody! Here are JETLAG RADIO 261 & BENKYO RADIO 261.

#HR1 is so exciting because, for years, the GOP has performed VOTER SUPPRESSION, making it harder for minorities to vote at the polls. Also, the bill lets 16 and 17 year-olds vote at the federal level. This is huge. As you know, there are millions of teenagers who work fast-food, restaurants, or retail. Not only do they not make much money, once they do make money, but they are also encouraged to spend their paycheck back into those institutions. Prime example, if a sneakerhead works at a shoe store, he will receive his or her paycheck, then buy more shoes. Then, his or her companion will be upset that he or she did not invest into their child’s tuition college fund, so on and so forth. Yes, you can flip shoes, but do you really want to be in your 40s flipping shoes? Education is a golden ticket. Remember, a lot of rappers talk about the hood, mention that they love the hood, but then they go live in million-dollar houses far away from the projects. NOT EVERYBODY IS GOING TO BE A RAPPER. You need to get your degree. If you want to be a rapper afterward, go for it, but you need a backup plan. Look at the United Nation social media pages. There are billions of people who are desperately wanting to get an education just to better their lives. And you’re gonna sit here and say school isn’t important? C’mon y’all, be realistic. And yes, we need to upgrade the ghetto. I hope that Vice President Kamala Harris works on some legislation to rebuild disenfranchised neighborhoods soon.

There’s a new Cryptocurrency I wanted to tell you about, it’s called COSMOS (ATOM). Be sure to check it out. You can buy some on Coinbase, and as always, here’s my referral link.

Until next time!

JETLAG RADIO 260 | BENKYO RADIO 260 | LAMBDA/QUANTUM/GT/TECHNO RADIO 058

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  • All 270 US Apple Stores are open for the first time since March 2020 [TechMeme]

  • Nicolas Sarkozy was sentenced to three years. The former French president was charged with corruption and influence-peddling [Quartz]

  • Coming soon to Twitter: Tweets you have to pay for - Twitter, a notoriously public platform, is building a walled garden. [Recode]

  • Toyota’s first American battery EVs will launch later this year — taking the brand beyond hybrids [TheNextWeb]

  • Women Share Stories About Workplace Sexual Harassment at McDonald’s in CBS Report [Eater]

  • Amid Frigid Temperatures, No Power, and a Pandemic, Businesses Rally to Feed Hungry Texans - Bumble and other prominent local brands pitched in to help small businesses serve those in need. [Inc.]

  • With this Black History Month misstep, Google forgot how racist the internet is [Fast Company]

  • 7 Small Acts That Make You An Extraordinary Partner [Medium]

  • Taco Bell CEO Mark King on Tapping Into the Human Element of Operations [Entrepreneur]

  • The Raging Evolutionary War Between Humans and Covid-19 [WIRED]

  • This Week in Tech 812 [TWIT]

  • Desktop setup [MKBHD]

  • Ellis made a crypto finance anthem - buy the dip [Sam Sheffer]

  • LG Gram Review (2021) - REAL Upgrades! [Dave 2D]

  • Friends On the Other Side - Disney Villain Mash-Up [Thomas Sanders]

  • Ultimate Travel Gear Bag! [iJustine]

  • New Need for Speed Delayed to Focus on Next Battlefield, EA Confirms [IGN]

  • New On HBO Max In March 2021: Godzilla Vs. Kong, Zack Snyder's Justice League, South Park Vaccination Special, And More [GameSpot]

  • Polygon has a merch store! [Polygon]

  • Common Denominator - G.K. Chesterton on tradition and democracy. [Lapham’s Quarterly]

  • NASA Perseverance rover: How it works and what it will do [Astronomy magazine]

  • How To Move To a Subscription Business Model in 2021 [Salesforce blog]

What’s up, everybody! Here are JETLAG RADIO 260 & BENKYO RADIO 260. I’ve also included LAMBDA/QUANTUM/GT/TECHNO RADIO 058.

It’s been a year since the pandemic has started. I think everybody has had time to pause, reflect and realize what is important. Also, people who were always nonchalant and making excuses that they were “too busy” to hang out, after a year of confinement, when everything reopens, cherish it. Call those old friends and family. Celebrate. The world was almost destroyed. And we still have some people, not just men, but also women, who refuse to apologize. They refuse to admit when they were wrong. You need to be bigger than that. Admit your wrongdoings. You cannot move forward until you do.

Anyway, I read a new article about Mattis, and he’s right. While I don’t plan on running an Iron-Man Triathlon anytime soon, but it’s time to be more physically fit. This freaking pandemic turned us all into couch potatoes.

Lastly, I would like to apologize to JoAnne S. Bass, whom I pissed off recently. I’m sorry but working for free is really terrible, even if it is at the pleasure of the President.

Until next time!

JETLAG RADIO 259 | BENKYO RADIO 259 | MU/OMEGA/DISCO/DEEP HOUSE RADIO 012

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  • Label of the Month: Hospital Records [beatportal]

  • 5 great new softsynths for 2021 [Computer Music]

  • How Daft Punk made Homework: early studio gear and music production methods revealed [Future Music]

  • State of Play: FUSER, the new DJ video game from the makers of Guitar Hero [DJ Mag]

  • Nous Alpha Sample Oak Tree on Latest Single ‘Fibonacci Failure’ [Mixmag]

  • Dancing Astronaut presents Supernovas 002: RUNN [Dancing Astronaut]

  • Nicky Romero Drops Uplifting New Single “Back to You” [Your EDM]

  • 3LAU SELLS RECORD-BREAKING $3.6 MILLION NFT IN FIRST-EVER TOKENIZED ALBUM SALE [EDM]

  • “In Israel, you’re 60 times more liekly to have a COVID vaccine than in Palestine” [MSF]

  • You won’t find anyone more dedicated to ending the water crisis than our local partners. These men and women put so much passion and dedication into every single water project you fund. Thank you for empowering their work! [charity: water]

  • For millions of women, children, and communities, access to safe water can turn problems into potential — unlocking education, economic opportunity and improved health. See all the ways water connects every aspect of life. [Water.org]

  • Ray Dalio, Principles, The Evolution of Bridgewater Associates, & Meditation | #ASKGARYVEE 275 [GaryVee]

  • The rules of the tech game are changing [The Economist]

  • Weapons of mass obstruction: protest symbols, from rubber ducks to pussyhats [1843 magazine]

  • Why We’re in the Midst of a Global Semiconductor Shortage [Harvard Business Review]

  • Johnson & Johnson Covid vaccine: FDA approves single-shot jab [BBC News]

  • UN Sends Dire Warning Over Global Progress on Emissions Goals [Bloomberg Green]

  • Iran says U.S. should lift sanctions before talks to revive 2015 nuclear deal [Reuters]

  • In Nigeria, an agonising wait for parents of 300 abducted girls [AL-Jazeera News]

  • Inside Xinjiang’s Prison State [The New Yorker]

  • So you want to start reading comics? [The Verge]

  • Bias, disrespect, and demotions: Black employees say Amazon has a race problem [Vox]

  • This Week in Apps: Twitter targets creators, Clubhouse security, Spotify’s plans for paid podcasts [TechCrunch]

  • 10 Breakthrough Technologies 2021 [MIT Technology Review]

  • A new approach for handling insulin could revolutionize diabetes treatment for millions of people [Business Insider]

  • Israeli spyware firm NSO Group faces renewed US scrutiny [The Guardian] NSO Group was reportedly facing an FBI investigation in early 2020, People familiar with the matter said it had seemed to stall, but the DoJ was showing renewed interest in the case.

  • China Appears to Warn India: Push Too Hard and the Lights Could Go Out [The New York TImes]

  • GOP Congressman Skips COVID-19 Relief Vote To Speak At White Nationalist Rally [Huffington Post]

  • The Surprising Key to Combatting Vaccine Refusal [The Atlantic]

  • The Negro League Stars That MLB Kept Out — And Is Finally Recognizing [FiveThirtyEight]

  • We’re having trouble recognizing each other in masks, and it’s getting awkward [The Washington Post]

  • Le newspaper Le Monde doive écrire sur la Gauche, et arreter ces conneries de conversation and insultes sur la Gauche en France, On vous enmerde avec ces merdes de “Islamo-Gauchisme,” allez vous faire enculer, nous adorons la France. Nous adorons la Laïcité. Et nous respectons les Musulmans. Arreter de foutre le bordel, TOUT LE MONDE SAVE QUE VOUS ESSAYER DE FAIRE LA DROITE CONTRE L’EXTREME-DROITE POUR LA TROISIEME FOIS AUX ELECTIONS PRESIDENTIELLES, FUCK YOU ET FUCK LA WORLD COMPANY. Vive la Gauche. Nous gagnerons en 2022.

  • Former Minister of Justice | Christiane Taubira [Talks at Google]

  • How social media is driving the Indian farmers protests — and why we can't stop now [Mashable]

  • FCC Unveils $3.2 Billion Plan to Help Struggling Americans Afford Broadband [MOTHERBOARD, TECH by VICE]

  • Is this the Future of Concerts? [NOISEY, MUSIC by VICE]

  • If Trump’s a Tax Cheat, His Criminal Reckoning Has Finally Arrived [VICE News]

  • Biden Balks at Sanctions on Saudi Crown Prince after Release of Report on Killing of Jamal Khashoggi [The Intercept_]

  • Buried for 4,000 years, this ancient culture could expand the 'Cradle of Civilization' [National Geographic]

  • Aliens Exist, Here’s How We’ll Find Them [Nautilus]

  • People Share #TheMoment They Realized The Pandemic Was Changing Life As They Knew It [NPR]

  • ‘I Feel Your Frustration’: In Podcast, State Surgeon General Gets Personal About Pandemic [CapRadioNews]

  • GameStop, un populisme de plate-forme [Le Monde diplomatique]

  • The Human Cost of Endless Pandemic Border Closures - One year after the world declared borders shut, there is still no plan to reduce the toll on millions of lives. [Foreign Policy]

  • Present at the Re-creation? - U.S. Foreign Policy Must Be Remade, Not Restored [Foreign Affairs]

  • Mongolia Starts Its COVID-19 Vaccinations [The Diplomat]

  • Bahrain’s Opportunity for a Human Rights Reset [The Cipher Brief]

  • How to Understand COVID-19 Variants and Their Effects on Vaccines [Quanta magazine]

  • #ICYMI: February #MonthlyDigest [CERNpress]

  • Mary W. Jackson: NASA's First Female African American Engineer [NASA]

  • 🚨Successful start to INTERPOL's Task Force Operation to support EU-funded @ELPAcCTO! This fugitive was wanted by #Peru for child sexual exploitation & human trafficking. She was arrested by #Argentina’s @PFAOficial, thanks to coordinated efforts by specialized investigators. [INTERPOL]

  • It should not have taken longer to defeat the Islamic State group in the desert than Germany and Japan in World War II. [Air Force magazine]

  • 1-on-1 with Nissan GT-R Specialist Garage Active [SuperStreet]

  • 1.5 billion malaria cases and 7.6 million deaths have been averted since 2000. Read our report to explore the strategies countries in sub-Saharan Africa are using to combat the disease. [The EIU]

What’s up, everybody! Here are JETLAG RADIO 259 & BENKYO RADIO 259.

I’d like to once again give a big shout out to my DOGS, who work very hard, grumbling, obeying orders, while billionaires/millionaires make billions/millions which is total bullshit. It’s a fucking pandemic, and people at the top are exploiting it. I want you to invest $50 this week in Dogecoin and let it sit for 5 years. You will not regret it. Bernie Sanders is old, he knows, you know it. He will have to pass the baton eventually. But, for the time being, you need to listen to him. Listen to all his wisdom. We must help the common people. Millions of Americans are suffering. We need that $1,400 stimulus checks asap, then we need a $2,000/check every month retroactively since the pandemic, until the pandemic is over.

Why can’t Biden pass #FreeTuition?

Goddamnit, we helped you win the election. I’m hearing from students that they want $50,000 in tuition costs erased. Make it happen. You can’t tell these kids to get an education then drown in debts. Help them, please.

Dear President Biden, we will listen to you, but you must listen to us too.

We want Medicare For All. Take the fight to these goddamn insurance companies. Thank you in advance.

Please, when the COVID-19 vaccine is available to you, take it, if you want to return to a normal way of life. It’s been too long. We miss hugging our family and friends. Take the vaccination shot. We need normalcy. If the vaccine is available to me in March, I will take it then. It’s if available in April, I will take it then. It’s it’s in May, I will take May. Whenever it is fucking available, I am taking it. If the vaccine is available to you and you do not take it, you are being selfish. Millions of people around the world are impatiently waiting for their vaccination shot.

Wear a mask!

Dogecoin to the Moon!

Until next time!

JETLAG RADIO 258 | BENKYO RADIO 258

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  • Why Big Tech isn't dominating the vaccine rollout - "You’re trying to vaccinate 300 million-plus people,” one expert said. "That’s the biggest effort of our lifetime.” [TechMeme]

  • Interstellar games. As if it wasn’t enough to give us a change of scenery, by showing us around a new planet when we can barely leave home, NASA’s Perseverance team gave us a chance to play, too. As Kenneth Chang writes in the New York Times, the story of how a secret message was included in the spacecraft’s parachute and how a father-and-son duo deciphered it remotely is a delightful reminder that, no matter how far you’re flying, a little lightness will only push you further. —Annalisa Merelli, reporter [Quartz]

  • Why Spotify wants to work with Joe Rogan, Barack Obama, and … you [Recode]

  • Want $10,000 in Bitcoin and Ethereum? Just give back and enter for your chance to win [TheNextWeb]

  • Twitter pulls a Patreon - Will Super Follows shake up the media industry? [Platformer]

  • What It Means to Build Our Own Table - Black folks creating their own support systems are continuing a longstanding practice in their communities [Eater]

  • Biden Changes PPP Rules to Help America's Smallest Businesses - Among other adjustments, the President's plan will make it easier for sole proprietors to access Paycheck Protection Program loans. [Inc.]

  • 4 ways to use discipline to be more productive [Fast Company]

  • A Mental Trick to Make Any Task Less Intimidating [Medium]

  • Forget Tesla. Here's Why Ford Motor May Be the Best Auto Stock [Entrepreneur]

  • Coding Blackness: A History of Black Video Game Characters [WIRED]

  • This Week in Tech 811 [TWIT]

  • iPhone 13 "Confirmed"?! NOPE [MKBHD]

  • Nvidia RTX 3060 - $329 Gaming [Dave 2D]

  • Thank you, Daft Punk. [Sam Sheffer]

  • Reacting to Old Vines! [Thomas Sanders]

  • 5G road trip and scavenger hunt with T-Mobile! [iJustine]

  • Call of Duty Reaches Its Most Ridiculous Filesizes Yet - IGN Daily Fix [IGN]

  • PlayStation Plus Free Games For March 2021 Include Final Fantasy 7 Remake [GameSpot]

  • Superman movie reboot in works with Ta-Nehisi Coates, J.J. Abrams [Polygon]

  • 1834 | Moyamensing, PA - Battleground State - Things escalate quickly on Election Day.[Lapham’s Quarterly]

  • Galileo’s sunspot sketches get AI-enhanced makeover - A deep learning algorithm has transformed Galileo’s hand-drawn observations of the Sun into stunning satellite-quality images. [Astronomy magazine]

  • What Is a CMS? - Discover how a CMS makes it possible to build and deliver content on any device or platform. [Salesforce]

What’s up, everybody! Here are JETLAG RADIO 258 & BENKYO RADIO 258.

It’s the end of Black History Month. Hope you got to read about black authors/movies/musicians. The culture is very important, especially after the Capitol insurrection. We need to tell these White Nationalists that we won’t let them intimidate minorities.

There’s a great black politician named Nina Turner, I suggest you read up on her. She is fighting for many rights, including #FightFor15. She will join AOC in 2024 and completely transform our nation.

Until next time!

JETLAG RADIO 257 | BENKYO RADIO 257 | LAMBDA/QUANTUM/GT/TECHNO RADIO 057 | MU/OMEGA/DISCO/DEEP HOUSE RADIO 011

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  • Learn more about Beatport LINK with Berlin’s Eluize. [Beatportal]

  • SampleRadar: 354 free '90s samples [Computer Music]

  • Mixed in Key’s Satellite Plugins 2.0 enables free online music-making collaboration in different DAWs [Future Music]

  • Daft Punk: always moving, always innovating, always brilliant [DJ Mag]

  • 48 of the Best 90s Techno Mixes You Can Listen to Online [Mixmag]

  • Alesso and Armin van Buuren unite two storied timelines on ‘Leave A Little Love’ [Dancing Astronaut]

  • Robin Schulz Delivers Feel-Good 4th Album Titled ‘IIII’ [Your EDM]

  • Dillon Francis Joins Blockchain-Powered Streaming Platform Audius, Shares 2014 Daft Punk Remix [EDM]

  • Severe malnutrition on the rise among children in Abs, northern Yemen [MSF]

  • 10 Ways to get more Followers on Instagram: How to Guide [GaryVee]

  • The rules of the tech game are changing [The Economist]

  • Are barbers the secret weapon against vaccine hesitancy? [1843 magazine]

  • How to Stay Optimistic (When Everything Is Awful) [Harvard Business Review]

  • Ros Atkins on... Is Facebook too powerful? [BBC News]

  • House Passes Biden Aid With $1,400 Checks; Focus Moves to Senate [Bloomberg]

  • Iran says U.S. air strikes in Syria encourage terrorism in the region [Reuters]

  • Vaccine hoarding threatens global supply via COVAX: WHO [AL-Jazeera News]

  • Daft Punk Brought Us to the Dance Floor [The New Yorker]

  • Persona 5 Strikers is a perfect excuse to reunite with the Phantom Thieves [The Verge]

  • Why Democrats are blasting Biden’s attack against Iranian proxies in Syria [Vox]

  • How to ace the 1-hour, and ever-elusive, pitch presentation at TC Early Stage [TechCrunch]

  • Listen to the first sounds recorded from the surface of Mars [MIT Technology Review]

  • Everything you need to know about Neuralink, Elon Musk's company that wants to put microchips in people's brains [Business Insider]

  • Nine years after Trayvon Martin’s killing, hoodies still spark debate [The Guardian]

  • F.B.I. Said to Have Singled Out Suspect in Capitol Officer’s Death [The New York Times]

  • 3 Percenter Sticker Found On Truck At Capitol Riot Belongs To GOP Rep’s Husband [Huffington Post]

  • Filipinos make up 4 percent of nurses in the U.S. Why do they account for a third of the nurses who have died from COVID-19 in America? [The Atlantic]

  • Democrats Are Split Over How Much The Party And American Democracy Itself Are In Danger [FiveThirtyEight]

  • As USPS delays persist, bills, paychecks and medications are getting stuck in the mail [The Washington Post]

  • Protocoles sanitaires, jauges réduites, dépistages, masques… : dans les coulisses des concerts tests [Le Monde]

  • 200,000 Buddhists celebrated a holy day over Zoom and the pictures are beautiful [Mashable]

  • Scientists Discover Massive 'Pipeline' in the Cosmic Web Connecting the Universe [Motherboard, TECH by VICE]

  • The PC Music member, Danny L Harle, and latest Noisey cover star unpacks his debut album ‘Harlecore’ and its accompanying virtual club, where the rave goes on forever. [Noisey, MUSIC by VICE]

  • Extremism in the US Military Is Not New - Veterans and experts have been sounding the alarm about the American military’s extremism problem for years, but it took a riot on Capitol Hill to make the Pentagon pay attention. [VICE News]

  • France and the Myth of the Colorblind Society - A controversial “anti-separatism” bill has set off an intense public debate in the country. [The Intercept_]

  • Solar panels and batteries on your home could help prevent the next grid disaster [National Geographic]

  • FDA Authorizes Johnson & Johnson's One-Shot COVID-19 Vaccine [NPR]

  • Billionaire Investor Backs Out Of Deal To Bring Major League Soccer Team To Sacramento [CapRadioNews]

  • Alexeï Navalny, prophète en son pays ? [Le Monde diplomatique]

  • Biden’s First 100 Days - News and analysis on the new administration’s policies—and the people who are putting them into practice. [Foreign Policy]

  • Japan Is the New Leader of Asia’s Liberal Order - Washington Must Learn to Follow Its Longtime Ally in the Indo-Pacific [Foreign Affairs]

  • Commandos Confront a World After the Forever War - As great power competition rises to the fore – and counterterrorism operations recede into the background – U.S. special forces will have to adapt. [The Diplomat]

  • Why The Intelligence Community Needs a Climate Change Task Force [The Cipher Brief]

  • The Coach Who Led the U.S. Math Team Back to the Top [Quanta magazine]

  • La première photo prise au CERN ? #ThrowbackThursday Un peu vers la fin 1953 ou au début 1954, une photo panoramique à 180 degrés a été prise vers le site de Meyrin qui est devenu plus tard... enfin, vous savez ! 😉 En savoir plus sur notre histoire [CERN_FR]

  • NASA Celebrates ‘Hidden Figure’ Mary W. Jackson With Building Naming Ceremony [NASA]

  • Renewed search for fugitive, Norman Volker Franz, on the run since 1999 [INTERPOL]

  • Cracking the Code [Air Force Magazine]

  • SSG # 28 - Win a Dodge Demon, Join the Car Club Today! [Speed Society]

  • Bringing a 30-Year-Old Integra GS-R Into the 21st Century with Pioneer Electronics [Super Street]

  • Collin Sexton taking All-Star snub in stride: ‘That’s why it’s here in Cleveland next season’ [Cleveland.com]

  • Will Dogecoin Go To the Moon? The Real World Value Of Doge [Commodity.com]

What’s up, everybody! Here are JETLAG RADIO 257, BENKYO RADIO 257, LAMBDA/QUANTUM/GT/TECHNO RADIO 057. There’s also MU/OMEGA/DISCO/DEEP HOUSE RADIO 011.

I am glad that the third stimulus checks have been approved, but we need this $1,400 check as soon as possible. Countless families are unable to pay for groceries and bills, and while this is a great step, we still need $2,000 monthly retroactively until the pandemic is over. I cannot believe that we have the money and time to bomb Syria, but we still can’t pass a $15 minimum wage and #FreeTuition in America. The most alarming news, is that the U.S. Air Force is considering the F-35 a failed $1.7 Trillion project. Are you insane? Do you realize what the American People could have done with that money? Millions of Students with college debt, over 500,000 homeless Americans, some who are Veterans. There are no more excuses. Trump is out of the office. Biden is in charge, and you have VP Harris to help you. Get to work. You have an entire staff of people who are eager to get to work. Everybody is here to get shit done. That’s a lot of fucking work to do, to catch up from the past 4 years. Get to it. Everybody is waiting. If I’m writing my blogposts / reports, You need to write more too. You need to implement more ideas. And remember, after scary COVID19, which hopefully ends by 2022/2023, scary Climate Change is already here, and we are only 9 years away from 2030. I want more celebrities to talk about Climate Change, just like they talked about COVID19. This is because there are scientists who have been screaming at you for the past 30-40 years (including Al Gore), and you have not been paying attention. Also, all the kids/teenagers from Sunrise Movement have been holding signs and demanding change, and you did not pay attention. So I want a list of the world’s most popular celebrities. There are millions of fans who love you. Share writing or videos with them. Explain to them that Climate Change is real. That everybody after 2030 must only buy an EV car. If you can afford an EV car now, please do so. Remember, all the Mars news is fun (I’m very excited, especially if they run into Transformers), but there is no Planet B…..Earth is all that we have. We have to be nice to our planet, or it will destroy the human population. We put too much CO2 out there, and this COVID19 virus immediately shut down commercial air travels. Remember, we do not want to live just the next 10 years, but the next 50 years. We must survive not just until 2030, but until 2050, and trust me, 2050 is a gleam prospect. If you care about your kids and your grandkids, join a Climate Change organization. See what you can do to help.

Please, if you are a teenager, stick to your studies. You can still work on fun projects in the evening, but during the day, hit the books. Not everybody is going to be an influencer / YouTube star. That’s just not feasible. You know that a H.S. diploma is simply not enough, your parents know that, and you know that, so why do you want to rebel? All these people working in Tech, they have the luxury to work remote because they got an education, whether it’s a college degree, certificates, or more. Stop thinking that you don’t need an education. When you have that kind of philosophy, that’s when you find yourself working retail or fast food. There’s nothing wrong with that, but if you are a teenager, do you really want to do this until you’re 65? No. Then, open your textbooks, grab your notebooks, and listen to BENKYO RADIO. Awesome chillout beats, to get you in a mood to concentrate and get a lot of work done. Then, when you want to party and dance, you can listen to JETLAG RADIO, or the countless other podcasts I provide. Remember, studying does NOT have to be not fun, it can be really cool, you just have to play with it. Your education is your ticket out to a better life.

The Adventures of Coffee with Zack continues! I just bought a mic and webcam from Razer!

Until next time!

JETLAG RADIO 256 | BENKYO RADIO 256 | LAMBDA/QUANTUM/GT/TECHNO RADIO 056

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  • Spotify debuts new tools for creators to make interactive podcasts [TechMeme]

  • The UK called for an official Xinjiang probe. Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab asked the United Nations to immediately investigate reports of abuse against Uyghur Muslims in Chinese camps. [Quartz]

  • NASA’s new Mars rover is equipped with the first aircraft to fly on another planet [Recode]

  • Supercomputers (and a few humans) create stunning sky map of 25,000 supermassive black holes [TheNextWeb]

  • Robinhood perplexes Congress [Platformer] Wall Street is a mob, it’s time to let poor people win too, with Cryptocurrency.

  • The Risks of Opening (and Not Opening) for Indoor Dining [Eater]

  • Welcome to the Golden Age of Social Listening [Inc.]

  • I’m an ethical hacker. Here’s how I could use social media to scam you [Fast Company]

  • The Nightmare of the Newly Woke [Melissa D. on Medium]

  • Tesla May Have Made $1B on Its Bitcoin Investment [Entrepreneur]

  • Scientists Find Strange Critters Under a Half Mile of Ice [WIRED]

  • This Week in Tech 810 [TWIT]

  • Dogecoin: Explained [MKBHD]

  • WTF is CLUBHOUSE and why does EVERYONE want an invite? [Sam Sheffer]

  • ASUS G15 Review - The King [Dave2D]

  • The Return of the Jam! | Thomas Sanders [Thomas Sanders]

  • Unboxing the Sony X900H 4K HDR TV! [iJustine]

  • American Neoclassic [Lapham’s Quarterly]

  • Success! NASA safely lands Perseverance on Mars [Astronomy magazine]

  • R4: Ridge Racer Type-4 20th Anniversary Retrospective [Digital Chumps]

What’s up, everybody! Here are JETLAG RADIO 256, BENKYO RADIO 256, and LAMBDA/QUANTUM/GT/TECHNO RADIO 056.

Now that Biden is President, it’s time to refocus on Climate Change. I look forward to Special Presidential Envoy John Kerry’s work on the topic. There’s also The Climate Reality Project from Al Gore, Ségolène Royal’s work, and check out 350 and their various local chapters.

America must be rebuilt. The United Cities of America. There cannot be division between what is happening on Wall Street and Main Street. The Economy will be doing well ONLY when people are reaping their benefits. If the stock market has Billionaires/Millionaires making a ton of money while normal people are waiting 2-4 hours in line for food cans, something is clearly wrong here. Work with organizations who help the common people. My favorite one is Our Revolution. They make great effort to get Progressives elected for short-time goals, and for our long-time goals for 2024 (People’s Party).

One more thing. You cannot support Jesus and support White Nationalism. Look at yourself in the mirror. Worry less about prayers and abortions, and more about the poor and the needy. Millions of Americans are suffering. We need less mega-churches pastors driving big-ass Escalades, and more compassionate Pastors spreading wisdom, whether you are observant in Christianity, Islam, Judaism, Buddhism, etc, or non-religious. I’ve seen what people can do when they mobilize. Use the force for good. You got your Light side of the Force, you got your Dark side of the Force. As Yoda, I’m teaching you to use the infinite wisdom you have inside of you, search it within yourself. Think of it when you are at the racetrack and you are in Time Trial mode. After you race one lap, you race the next lap and there is a ghost of yourself, sometimes behind you, sometimes in front of you, and you are working to beat your lap time. This is essentially the same thing. I am teaching you to fight yourself, and become a better version of yourself. At first, you are version 1.0. Imagine what version 10 will be. Keep working on your ideas and projects. I have met people who made me feel very inferior, or called me not “manly” or “macho” enough. I responded by obliterating the competition. I now answer only to Biden, Bernie Sanders, and the Intelligence Community. Anybody else that want something from me, I’m gonna need a paycheck. 577 days without pay. That’s 365 days + 212 days. I can help your organization reach new high, or I can destroy you. Don’t mess with me. Some agencies have made billions/millions off my back. I am back, and I am extremely pissed off.

I just watched Wormwood, a documentary about MK-ULTRA. Be sure to check it out, very important.

Cyberpunk 2077 is very tough!

I just heard that Daft Punk broke up. They are probably depressed about the pandemic. I think they will reunited in a few years.

There are rumors that Oasis is getting back together! I’m so excited!

Until next time!

JETLAG RADIO 255 | BENKYO RADIO 255 | LAMBDA/QUANTUM/GT/TECHNO RADIO 055

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  • Why I’m investing in Dogecoin [Zack Qayoumi on Medium]

  • Introducing three new and updated genre pages to the Beatport store: 140 / Deep Dubstep / Grime; Bass / Club; and Breaks / Breakbeat/ UK Bass. [beatportal]

  • Thinking about buying an M1 Mac for music production? Maybe you should wait for the M1X… [Computer Music]

  • Waveform Free 2021: Tracktion says that the “best free DAW” just got even better [Future Music]

  • Beginner's Guide: EQ [DJ Mag]

  • When will Nightclubs Reopen? Everything we Know so Far [Mixmag]

  • Diplo and Sonny Fodera ‘Turn Back Time’ in mind-bending music video [Dancing Astronaut]

  • Marshmello Teams Up with Iranian Artist Arash for Global Hit “Lavandia” [Your EDM]

  • Alesso and Armin van Buuren share Preview, Announce Release Date of Debut Collaboration [EDM]

  • Southern Africa needs the right COVID-19 vaccines, at the right price – right now [MSF]

  • Dogecoin getting some love today 🚀❤ [GaryVee]

  • How America can rid itself of both carbon and blackouts [The Economist]

  • She was trafficked into a giant brothel. Now she runs it [1843 magazine]

  • Make Time for Small Talk in Your Virtual Meetings [Harvard Business Review]

  • Texas weather: State should pay soaring power bills, says Houston mayor [BBC News]

  • Biden’s $1.9 Trillion Stimulus Plan Enters Three-Week Congress Dash [Bloomberg]

  • Germany urges EU to prepare sanctions on Russia over Navalny [Reuters]

  • “Fake Famous” and the Tedium of Influencer Culture [The New Yorker]

  • Linux has made it to Mars [The Verge]

  • March Madness is back for 2021 — and so are the fans [Vox]

  • Chief community officer is the new CMO [TechCrunch]

  • This is the first image taken by NASA’s Perseverance Mars rover. Now the hunt for life begins. [MIT Technology Review]

  • Americans are becoming increasingly bullish on cryptocurrency as bitcoin soars to new records [Business Insider]

  • Malcolm X family says letter shows NYPD and FBI conspired in his murder [The Guardian]

  • Covid-19 Live Updates: Burden on U.S. Hospitals Eases [The New York Times]

  • A Majority Of Americans Want To Make It Easier To Vote By Mail [Huffington Post]

  • A New Era of Black Holes Is Here [The Atlantic]

  • The Democrats Have An Ambitious Agenda. Here’s What They Should Learn From Obamacare. [FiveThirtyEight]

  • ‘Where is Greg Abbott?’ Anger grows at Texas governor in deadly storm’s wake [The Washington Post]

  • Emmanuel Macron empêtré dans le débat sur l’« islamo-gauchisme » [Le Monde] this term was created to influence the French elections for a third time in a row. They want the Right and the Extreme-Right, leaving no place for the Left. The French people are smart enough to see right through that. The Left will be stronger in 2022, and hopefully win.

  • It’s hard not to stare at these slick new electric sports cars [Mashable]

  • Lawmakers Demand Answers from Military on Muslim App Data [Motherboard, Tech by Vice]

  • The New Era of Julien Baker [Noisey by Vice]

  • Here Are All The Ways Biden Pissed Off Progressives This Week [Vice News]

  • Connecticut Lawmakers want to try Again to Make Prison Phone Calls Completely Free [The Intercept_]

  • Why kids need their own COVID-19 vaccine trials [National Geographic]

  • The Alien-Haunted World [Nautilus]

  • Disinformation Fuels A White Evangelical Movement. It Led 1 Virginia Pastor To Quit [NPR]

  • The Squeeze Is On: Amid Recall Threat, Newsom Faces Single-Payer Dilemma [Cap Radio News]

  • Malcolm X, toujours vivant [Le Monde diplomatique]

  • Trump Is Guilty of Pandemicide - History will show the former U.S. president was staggeringly negligent during the pandemic’s deadly third wave. [Foreign Policy]

  • America’s Middle East Policy Is Outdated and Dangerous - A New Approach to the Gulf States Needs a Better Foundation [Foreign Affairs]

  • Past Imperfect: The Future of India’s Farmer Protests [The Diplomat]

  • The Intelligence Community is Broken, Here’s How We Fix It [The Cipher Brief]

  • In Violation of Einstein, Black Holes Might Have ‘Hair’ [Quanta magazine]

  • [Information Presse] Black Quantum Futurism remporte le prix de résidence @ArtsAtCERN Collide 2021: [CERNpress]

  • President Biden Congratulates NASA on the Perseverance Mars Rover Touchdown [NASA]

  • Cultural heritage crime [INTERPOL]

  • USAF Launches New Review of Racial, Gender, Ethnic Disparities [Air Force Magazine]

  • Dreaming Big: Custom Widebody 1992 Nissan Skyline GT-R [Super Street]

What’s up, everybody! Here are JETLAG RADIO 255, BENKYO RADIO 255, and LAMBDA/QUANTUM/GT/TECHNO RADIO 055.

Joe Biden has been President for about 100 days. That is great news, and he definitely expedited massive vaccinations. Alas, millions of Americans are still waiting for their $2,000 reoccurring Stimulus Checks. If Joe Biden has the budget and the ability to provide $3.8 Billion to Israel every year while they don’t even vaccinate Palestinians (ethnic cleansing, the United Nations is being mute on this because Mossad is a cartel and hundreds of countries are afraid to speak out because they won’t get support), the Administration should have funding to finally push the Stimulus Bill through.

I just got HOMEWORLD for Steam on PC. It’s a video-game about Space Exploration. Did you know that the Mass Effect original trilogy is coming back in May 2021? This is exciting times.

My thoughts go out to Texas, but people need to open their eyes. Their senator Ted Cruz fled to Mexico, while AOC went on-site and raised millions of dollars for food banks. The two parties are NOT the same. If you still support the GOP, you are completely disillusioned. The fact that a big portion of former Republicans would join a new party by Trump confirms one thing and one thing only, the Klan is still active, and White Nationalists want to clash with minorities. The GOP is performing voter-suppression and making it harder for Blacks to vote in future elections. While I respect Barack Obama and hate him at the same time (he is a University of Michigan fan, and I’m a Ohio State Alumn), do not forget what Obama did…he pointed out the immense problem of gerrymandering in our Election system. The maps are designed to make people suffer. Land does not vote, people do.

I will smile and continue to write my reports, but in 2024, I want AOC to run for President. I want a Progressive in the Oval Office. I am completely disgusted by the fact that the Democratic and Republican parties are bowing to the insurance companies. It’s a fucking pandemic and we still can’t pass Medicare For All. We should all be ashamed of ourselves.

Stay strong, if enough people are vaccinated by Summer 2021, hopefully things will return close to normal by Fall 2021.

Please continue to wear a mask, practice social-distancing, and wash your hands. I cannot stress how important this is. The death-toll numbers are staggering. You need to wear a mask. Trump should be criminally charged for negligence on mask-wearing. Hundreds of thousands of people died.

Until next time!

JETLAG RADIO 254 | BENKYO RADIO 254

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  • Silicon Valley’s Safe Space - Slate Star Codex was a window into the psyche of many tech leaders building our collective future. Then it disappeared.[TechMeme]

  • The US Senate has voted to acquit Donald Trump of inciting the Capitol riots on Jan. 6, with 7 Republicans casting a guilty vote—not enough to hit the required number to convict the former president. [Quartz]

  • You’ve been invited to Clubhouse. Your privacy hasn’t. [Recode]

  • Get one of these language learning apps during this early Presidents’ Day sale [TheNextWeb]

  • The Best Recipes to Cook This Week, According to Eater Staffers Who Actually Cooked Them [Eater]

  • DataCamp Digest February 2021: Trends for the New Normal [Datacamp]

  • The Top 5 Things 2020 Taught Us About Remote Work [Inc.]

  • Can Biden save public transit from the pandemic? [Fast Company]

  • An Overnight Success, Six Years in the Making [Medium]

  • How to Stop Obsessing Over Your Mistakes [Entrepreneur]

  • We Need a Global Outbreak Investigation Team—Now [WIRED]

  • This Week in Tech 809 [TWIT]

  • The Ultimate Custom PlayStation 5! [MKBHD]

  • “Tweeting this so I can retweet when it’s hella warm outside. It’s fucking freezing and I can’t wait for summer. That is all” [Sam Sheffer]

  • Prometheus Gaming Laptop [Dave 2D]

  • Twitter seeks the wisdom of crowds [Platformer by Casey Newton]

  • Rose Pink MSI 14in Prestige Laptop Review! [iJustine]

  • Nongoloza’s Ghost - The legacy of violence in the struggle for freedom in South Africa [Lapharm’s Quarterly]

  • The Sky This Week: Celebrate Pluto and Perseverance with us! [Astronomy Magazine]

  • Business Has the Power To Help End COVID-19 [Salesforce]

What’s up, everybody! Here are JETLAG RADIO 254 & BENKYO RADIO 254.

Hope everybody has a nice Valentine’s Day weekend! Check out this compilation on Spotify. I found love a few years ago on Bumble. If you haven’t found love yet, check it out!

Until next time!