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June 17, 2021 by Zaki (Zack) Qayoumi in blog, music, reading

“Juneteenth is a Celebration of Resilience.” Dr. Milo Dodson Explains One of America’s Most Significant Holidays [beatportal]
How to program a dub techno-style percussion line [Computer Music]
40 years of techno: how synths and drum machines have defined a genre [Future Music]
Inside the UK’s First Legal Rave Since The Coronavirus Pandemic Began [DJ Mag]
A Brand New Festival is Heading to Manchester This Summer [Mixmag]
12th Planet announces new ‘Supernova’ EP, coinciding tour, ‘I am absolutely ready to get back on the road again’ [Dancing Astronaut]
Armin van Buuren and Sander van Doorn Team Up for Epic New Single “Jonson’s Play” [Your EDM]
Top 5 Quotes from Avicii, one of Dance Music’s Most Introspective Innovators [EDM.com]
Above & Beyond Surprise-Release Next Installment Of “Flow State” [EDM Sauce]
Millions of lives at stake if cross-border aid channels close in Syria [MSF]
The First 30 Days of VeeFriends [GaryVee]
A life-saving new drug for covid-19 is found [The Economist]
Milk tea’s colonial roots make it a surprising symbol for activists [1843 magazine]
IKEA Navigates the Future While Staying True to Its Culture [Harvard Business Review]
Three things to watch as Biden meets Putin [BBC News]
Regeneron Drug Reduces Covid Patient Deaths in Large Study [Bloomberg]
DOJ lays out plan to tackle white supremacist violence [Reuters]
Gaza survivors face rebuilding – again – after Israel’s attack [AL-Jazeera News]
The Man Who Controls The Senate - Will Joe Manchin’s search for common ground wreck the Democrats’ agenda? [The New Yorker]
The best laptop deals for Amazon Prime Day 2021 [The Verge]
UFOs are real. That’s the easy part. Now here’s the hard part. [Vox]
Spotify acquires Podz, a podcast discovery platform [TechCrunch]
NASA inches closer to printing artificial organs in space - Researchers used 3D-printing to create human liver tissue that could soon be tested on the International Space Station. [MIT Technology Review]
COVID-19 survivors may suffer from a loss of gray matter and other brain tissue over time, a long-term study suggests [Insider]
Democrats’ domestic agenda faces setbacks by Republican obstructionism [The Guardian]
Whom Do the Billionaires Want for Mayor? Follow Their Money. - Ultrawealthy donors have given $16 million to super PACs dedicated to the New York City mayor’s race. Half of that money has gone to three moderate candidates. [The New York Times]
How White Parents Can Talk To Their Kids About Race [Huffington Post]
The Vaccine Donations Aren’t Enough - The pandemic won’t be over until it’s under control around the world [The Atlantic]
The Buzz Around Bitcoin: Why 2021 May Be the Year to Invest [FiveThirtyEight]
Unmasking the far right: An extremist paid a price when his identity was exposed online after a violent clash in Washington [The Washington Post]
Résultats des élections régionales et départementales 2021 : fusion des listes de gauche en Centre-Val de Loire [Le Monde]
6 maps that show how far we still have to go for LGBTQ equality [Mashable]
Facial Recognition Failures Are Locking People Out of Unemployment Systems [Motherboard, Tech by VICE]
How Adult Swim Remixes Took Over the Internet [Noisey, Music by VICE]
This QAnon Militia of Ex-Cops and Soldiers Is Training ‘Patriots’ for Revolution [VICE News]
India’s Vaccine Makers are Pandemic Profiteers, Not Humanitarians [The Intercept]
Black dads share their best tips for traveling this summer [Nat Geo]
The Record Temperatures Enveloping The West Are Not Your Average Heat Wave [NPR]
California Launches Digital Vaccination Card [CapRadioNews]
Ce que s’abstenir veut dire [Le Monde diplomatique]
Three Years Is Too Long to Wait for a Global Vaccine Rollout [Foreign Policy]
Women Are the Key to Vaccinating the World [Foreign Affairs]
Why Are Indians So Angry at Bill Gates? - The latest backlash against the Gates Foundation in India is the result of years’ worth of concerns raised by human rights activists and civil society. [The Diplomat]
How Animals Color Themselves With Nanoscale Structures [Quanta magazine]
[Communiqué de presse] Pose de la première pierre du Portail de la science au CERN #CERNScienceGateway [CERNpress]
Sun Science Stamps Highlight a Decade of Sun-Watching from Space [NASA]
War crimes (by Israel) - Crimes such as genocides, crimes against humanity and war crimes are serious concern to the international community [INTERPOL]
Elastic - DOD’s Data-Driven Future: Shared Knowledge, Near Real-Time Answers [Air Force Magazine]
Everything We Know about Forza Horizon 5 [Super Street]

What’s up, everybody! Here are JETLAG RADIO 304 & BENKYO RADIO 304.

I presume by now you have realized that apparently that we have some communities, many in cities, others in rural communities where radical religious groups have QAnon strangleholds. These are very dangerous people, and if you live among these people, it is time to speak up. This is because the FBI and the ATF are not playing around. These radicals went to our Capitol and launched an insurrection. I’ve said this before and I will say it again: if these were black people doing this in D.C., they would be shot on sight. It is imperative that we don’t have a different law for whites, and a different law for blacks. Trump is a cult leader. 600,000 people have died. Please give yourself a reality check and understand the gravity of the situation.

Until next time!

JETLAG RADIO 303 | BENKYO RADIO 303

June 16, 2021 by Zaki (Zack) Qayoumi in blog, music, reading

Interviews with ~200 people show how Amazon’s warehouse employment system, under strain before the pandemic, burned through workers and created huge confusion [TechMeme]
The Airbus-Boeing dispute has finally been settled. After a 17-year feud over airplane manufacturing subsidies, the US and Europe agreed to suspend tariffs for five years and focus on China instead. [Quartz]
What are you legally allowed to say at work? A group of fired Googlers could change the rules.
The NLRB is expanding its complaint against Google for allegedly retaliating against employee activists in what could turn out to be a precedent-setting decision. [Recode]
This Apple Mac prize bundle is worth over $5,700 — and you can win it for free. [TheNextWeb]
The Ultimate Guide to Barbecue Sauces [Eater]
A New Survey Finds That Workers Were More Stressed Than Ever in 2020. Here's What You Can Do About It - Gallup's State of the Global Workplace report has some unsettling findings about employees' mental well-being. [Inc.]
Middle-aged Americans struggle with physical and mental health—but it’s not the same everywhere [Fast Company]
Your Brain Is a Supercomputer. Here’s How to Reboot It, According to World-Renowned Brain Coach Jim Kwik. [Entrepreneur]
NASA Might Put a Huge Telescope on the Far Side of the Moon [WIRED]
TWIT News 372 - WWDC 2021 Keynote [TWIT]
Top 5 Android 12 Features: Huge Redesign! [MKBHD]
Sam Sheffer joined Twitter in March 2009, ten years before COVID-19 [Sam Sheffer]
The AMD Razer Laptop [Dave2D]
Janus Society [Lapham’s Quarterly]
A galactic archaeologist digs into the Milky Way’s history [Astronomy magazine]

What’s up, everybody! Here are JETLAG RADIO 303 & BENKYO RADIO 303.

Please watch this PSA from United States of AL so you can learn more about and help bring the Afghan interpreters to safety. Their lives are in danger after helping our troops while they were serving in Afghanistan. Please write to your local congressman/congresswoman, senator, governor, and our Vice President & President to raise awareness. Thanks in advance.

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JETLAG RADIO 302 | BENKYO RADIO 302

June 14, 2021 by Zaki (Zack) Qayoumi in music, reading, blog

Watch Amazon Music’s New Documentary, ‘Better Days: The Story of UK Rave’ [beatportal]
Songwriting basics: how to use diminished 7ths to spice up your chord progressions [Computer Music]
Producer Federico Vindver says that Timbaland’s new solo album contains “some of the most incredible music that I’ve heard in my life” [Future Music]
David Guetta Makes a Track in Ableton using a Talkbox [DJ Mag]
The Prodigy announce Revamped ‘Breathe’ with Wu-Tang Clan’s RZA [Mixmag]
Lane 8 sets the seasonal wheels in motion on four-hour ‘Summer 2021 Mixtape’ [Dancing Astronaut]
Petition to Bring Back Daft Punk Gets Punny Response from UK Government [Your EDM]
Tycho Teases New Curated Music Festival [EDM.com]
Anthony Keyrouz & Paradigm – When It Hurts The Worst [EDM Sauce]
Haiti: Violence puts patients, medical activities, and staff at risk [MSF]
Official VeeFriends Twitter Profile Avatars [GaryVee]
Hispanic Americans are most vulnerable to covid-19 [The Economist]
Don’t save the date! Euro 2020 isn’t the only event to take place in the wrong year [1843 magazine]
Figure Out the Right Hybrid Work Strategy for Your Company [Harvard Business Review]
Cristiano Ronaldo ditches Coca-Cola for water at Euro 2020 press conference [BBC Sport]
Juneteenth Would Be a National Holiday Under Senate-Passed Bill [Bloomberg Equality]
French Muslims pay heavy price in COVID pandemic — "It's not because they're Muslims," he said of the COVID death rate. "It's because they belong to the least privileged social classes." [Reuters] it is imperative that Emmanuel Macron does more for minority groups, including this one. Please expedite vaccinations. Thanks in advance.
World reacts to new government in Israel, end of Netanyahu era [AL-Jazeera News]
Does Tech need a New Narrative? In Silicon Valley, “disruption” is giving way to “building.” What will be built? [The New Yorker]
CD Projekt says Cyberpunk 2077 will return to Sony’s PlayStation Store on June 21st [The Verge]
Call it authoritarianism - The Republican Party has embraced an agenda that rigs the rules in their favor. There’s a name for that behavior [Vox]
How to identify unicorn founders when they’re still early-stage [TechCrunch] (Call me)
Anti-vaxxers are weaponizing Yelp to punish bars that require vaccine proof - Negative spam reviews are destroying bars and restaurants as they attempt to re-open safely. [MIT Technology Review]
Working from home made you smarter and nicer. Psychologists reveal how to keep those positive personality traits. [Insider]
With over 3000 satellites orbiting around our planet, space is becoming more congested, contested and competitive. NATO and Luxembourg are contributing to a safer space domain by providing situational awareness [LinkedIn]
Goodbye masks, hello full bars: California lifts Covid rules in ‘grand reopening’ [The Guardian]
U.S. Nears 600,000 Virus Deaths Despite Progress From Vaccines [The New York Times] it’s time to send Trump to prison for crimes against humanity.
My Autistic Son Didn’t Have A Prom Date. What His Brother Did Next Was Beautiful. - “While schools may be slow to find a place for families like mine, sometimes a good-natured big brother can make a difference.” [Huffington Post]
A Strangely Comforting Finding About Alien Rain - Whether they’re made of iron or quartz, raindrops on other worlds are about the same size as those on Earth. [The Atlantic]
Will 70 Percent Of Americans Be Vaccinated By July 4? [FiveThirtyEight]
‘Part of the club’: Biden relishes the revival of alliances that Trump shunned [The Washington Post]
Euro 2021 : contre l’Allemagne, la France franchit son premier sommet [Le Monde]
3 types of inequality that worsen mental health [Mashable]
The Motherboard Guide to the Gig Economy [Motherboard, Tech by Vice]
Taco Bell Has Been Quietly Subsidizing Touring Bands for 15 Years [Noisey, Music by Vice]
Joe Biden's Plan to Fight Domestic Terrorism Will Give Local Cops a Bigger Role - While the plan includes new tools for federal agencies, including the CIA and FBI, the biggest shift in strategy could be at the local policing level. [VICE News] (fighting the KKK)
Reality Winner, Whistleblower on Russian Hacking, is Released from Prison [The Intercept_]
How LGBTQ youth are building community through conversation work [Nat Geo]
Doctors Warn Of Burns From Asphalt As A Record-Breaking Heat Wave Envelops The West [NPR]
Cooling Centers To Open Starting Wednesday Across Sacramento Region As Heatwave Arrives [CapRadioNews]
L’Alliance atlantique bat la champagne en Asie [Le Monde diplomatique]
Putin and Biden Curb Their Enthusiasm - A “cold peace” is the best-case scenario coming out of this week’s summit. [Foreign Policy]
The End of the Netanyahu Era - Can Israel’s New Coalition Overcome His Legacy? [Foreign Affairs] it’s time for Bibidi Netanyahu to face the Justice Court of Israel for bribes, fraud, and corruption charges
What Explains Vietnam’s Current COVID-19 Struggles? [The Diplomat]
What Makes Quantum Computing So Hard to Explain? [Quanta magazine]
Ceci est un cristal courbé développé par la collaboration UA9. Au moment des collisions dans le LHC, sa forme permet de rediriger le halo du faisceau dans des absorbeurs. [CERN_FR]
NASA, SpaceX Update Crew Launch and Return Dates [NASA]
The Most Wanted Woman in America - Heather Tallchief - FBI investigators who spent 12 years trying to track her down [CrimeReads]
NATO Looks to Counter Russian Threats, Growing Chinese Influence [Air Force Magazine]
Toyotafest 2021 Pt. II – Supra, MR2, Lexus & More [Super Street]

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June 10, 2021 by Zaki (Zack) Qayoumi in blog, music, reading

Adobe Dreamweaver [Adobe]
The Pill Club, an online birth control prescription and delivery service, raises $41.9M as an extension to its $51M Series B from Jan. 2019, led by Base 10 [TechMeme]
Christiane Amanpour has ovarian cancer. CNN’s chief international anchor, who’s 65, revealed her diagnosis after four weeks off air for surgery. [Quartz]
Elon Musk says Tesla will once again accept bitcoin [Recode]
Is ‘brain drift’ the key to machine consciousness? [TheNextWeb]
Welcome to Coffee Country - Redefining Coffee in the Pacific Northwest [Eater]
Congress readies an assault on the platforms [Platformer]
Companies Are Offering Incentives to Vaccinated Consumers, but More Important: Why? - The business case for offering free doughnuts, beer, and burgers to Americans who are vaccinated. [Inc.]
‘The Oregon Trail’ is back—and a little less racist [Fast Company]
One man found 62 resumes in the trash, fixed them, and hired 14 people [Entrepreneur]
All the New Privacy and Security Features Coming to iOS and macOS [WIRED]
This Week in Tech 827 [TWIT]
Why iPhone’s Features are Always “Late” [MKBHD]
Unagi Model One Electric Scooter Review! [Sam Sheffer]
The Next MacBook [Dave2D]
iOS 15 and more at WWDC 2021! [iJustine]
Decades Ball [Lapham’s Quarterly]
The Sky This Week: Enter the Summer Triangle [Astronomy magazine]

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June 06, 2021 by Zaki (Zack) Qayoumi in blog, music, reading

Beatport Unveils Powerful New Mobile App for DJs and Refreshed Brand Design [beatportal]
Apple confirms Logic Pro update with Spatial Audio authoring tools [Computer Music]
Review: Behringer TD-3 Analog Bass Line Synthesizer [Future Music]
Sama’ Abdulhadi: Palestine’s techno champion [DJ Mag]
“A Tool for Protest”: DJs from the Global South are Fighting Oppression with Music [Mixmag]
Vicetone craft dance-centric conversion of The Weeknd’s ‘Save Your Tears’ [Dancing Astronaut]
Eric Prydz is Finishing Up Another Fan Favorite, “All Night” ID [YourEDM]
"Since announcing a tour my inbox has been full of requests for free tickets," Emery wrote. "And in normal times I'm usually the first to help someone out, and often throw random people on the list for a good reason." — "But not now," he continued. "Clubs have been closed over a year. Many went bust. Others barely survived. So whether it's my show or not: Support live music. Support these venues. Buy the fucking tickets." -Gareth Emery [EDM.com]
EDX & Jess Ball Reconnect for Huge Second Collaboration ‘Take Me Home’ [EDM Sauce]
Greece and EU must change approach to migration as scale of people’s suffering revealed [MSF]
Instagram DM: Direct Messaging to Network [GaryVee]
America’s wary approval of an Alzheimer’s drug offers hope to millions [The Economist]
In praise of pastrami, the world’s sexiest sandwich [1843 magazine]
You Can’t Cure Your Employee’s Existential Crisis. But You Can Help. [Harvard Business Review]
'My foggy glasses solution helped me through Covid' [BBC World]
U.S. Latinos finally get their turn with Lin-Manuel Miranda movie 'In the Heights' [Reuters]
What’s behind Ireland’s support for Palestine? [AL-Jazeera News]
How a City Comes Back to Life [The New Yorker]
Apple WWDC 2021: the 15 biggest announcements [The Verge]
The lab leak hypothesis, explained [Vox]
macOS 12 Monterey upgrades Continuity with Universal Control [TechCrunch]
Which US vaccine plans actually helped hard-hit communities? [MIT Technology Review]
Workers are 'rage quitting' their jobs as a tightening labor market forces employers to take note of unfavorable conditions and low pay [Insider]
‘Truly an emergency’: how drought returned to California – and what lies ahead [The Guardian]
How the ‘Alpha’ Coronavirus Variant Became So Powerful [The New York Times]
‘A Lot Of Anxiety’ For Democrats As Biden Agenda Stalls [Huffington Post]
Pete Buttigieg, Infrastructure Salesman [The Atlantic]
Politics Podcast: One Special Election Can’t Forecast The Midterms [FiveThirtyEight]
G-7 leaders face pressure to aid poor countries grappling with climate change [The Washington Post]
Léna Lazare, 23 ans, nouveau visage de l’écologie radical [Le Monde]
Ford’s hybrid Maverick truck is a cheaper alternative to the F-150 Lightning [Mashable]
New York Senate Passes Electronics Right-to-Repair Legislation [Motherboard, Tech by VICE]
Greentea Peng is Healing, Using Shrooms and Music's Miracle Tone [Noisey, Music by VICE]
Ex-Canadian Soldier Linked to Neo-Nazi Terror Plot Pleads Guilty in US [VICE News]
Expanding Research Complex in Berkely Highlights Dangers of U.S. Biolabs [The Intercept_]
Thousands of fake online pharmacies shut down in INTERPOL operation [INTERPOL]
The New York Times reported that the Defense Department is considering authorization to provide air support for Afghan forces if the Taliban threatens to take Kabul or other major cities after U.S. forces leave. This would be a change from the current publicly disclosed plan to conduct “over-the-horizon” counterterrorism operations to deter attacks that would target the U.S. [Air Force Magazine]
HKS’ Boosted Toyota GR 86 [SuperStreet]

What’s up, everybody! Here are JETLAG RADIO 300 & BENKYO RADIO 300. Whoa! What a milestone! I am so excited to have made it this far. My blog has now 1,000 monthly unique visitors. As you know, I have 1,500 Twitter followers, so it’s nice to see some traction. I have had this blog for a couple of years, which helped me with my Mental Health, especially after facing discrimination in the workplace. Many false promises were made, and I had to turn myself from “underqualified” to “overqualified.” I work nights, as I still impatiently await a day-job, but so far, the DIA keeps kidnapping my Tech-Industry (Intel Corporation, AMD, Apple, Google, etc) recruiters. Therefore, if they make my life complicated, I will make their lives complicated. As a result, tens of thousands of people at NATO have heard about my story. This makes the DIA embarrassed. They still haven’t released their 2021 Bookclub list, which I am forcing them to include a book on Palestine. I might be an Intelligence Officer by night (pro-bono) but by day, I’m still a Project Manager, and I need a paycheck. So don’t push my buttons, or else, I’m gonna push some buttons, if you know what I mean.

Until next time!

JETLAG RADIO 299 | BENKYO RADIO 299

June 02, 2021 by Zaki (Zack) Qayoumi in blog, music, reading

Microsoft says Teams will support end-to-end encryption for one-to-one voice calls on desktop and mobile apps starting in early July [TechMeme]
For decades, Hong Kongers held a solemn candlelight vigil every June 4 to commemorate the victims of Beijing’s brutal crackdown on the 1989 Tiananmen Square student democracy protests. It was the lone place in China where mourners could come together publicly to honor the painful moment in the country’s history. [Quartz]
Billionaires are racing to sidestep President Biden’s plan to raise their taxes [Recode]
Microsoft’s new version of Windows will launch on June 24 [TheNextWeb]
Trump deplatforms himself [Platformer]
The 16 Best and Worst Jerky Brands for Your Next Road Trip [Eater]
These Startups Are Remodeling the Doctor's Office [Inc.]
Dogecoin is joining Coinbase Pro and fans want to finally boost its price to $1 [Fast Company] THIS IS HUGE NEWS
It’s time to tell Mitch McConnell to get the fuck out [Medium]
5 Ways Mental Fitness Apps Can Improve Your Quality of Life [Entrepreneur]
45 Father’s Day Gifts for the Dependable Dad in Your Life [WIRED]
This Week in Tech 826 [TWIT]
When Smartphones Copy Each Other! [MKBHD]
Nvidia Gaming Laptops Just Got Beat. [Dave2D]
Recipe for Me - Original Song [Thomas Sanders]
WWDC 2021! What to expect? [iJustine]
Masthead [Lapham’s Quarterly]
The Sky This Week: A ring of fire eclipse [Astronomy magazine]

What’s up, everybody, here are JETLAG RADIO 299 & BENKYO RADIO 299.

I was extremely disappointed by Manchester United’s loss in the Europa Final. This prevented us from receiving silverware this year. Just remember that we still finished 2nd in the EPL Premier League table. That still calls for celebration, a Pint of Guinness, and the fact that we return to the Champions League next year. This Summer Transfer season is vital. I will scrutinize our coach, just like the rest of the MUFC supporters around the world. In 2022, we must win silverware. Let’s all watch the new Eric Cantona and the new Alex Ferguson documentaries, and hype ourselves. We are the best damn Football Club in the world, by golly. Remember, we are fans whether we win or lose. Always be proud of wearing your MANUTD jersey.

Until next time!

JETLAG RADIO 298 | BENKYO RADIO 298

June 01, 2021 by Zaki (Zack) Qayoumi in blog, music, reading

Watch Amazon Music’s New Documentary, ‘Better Days: The Story of UK Rave’ [beatportal]
Novation Circuit Tracks' synth engines explained [Computer Music]
The beginner's guide to: chillwave [Future Music]
DJ MAG SAMA’ ABDULHADI COVER - JUNE 2021 (UK) - PRINTED - SOLD OUT [DJ Mag]
Public Service Broadcasting look for ‘Bright Magic’ with News of Their Forthcoming New Album [Mixmag]
David Guetta, MORTEN, and John Martin defy the ‘Impossible’ on all-time future rave meeting [Dancing Astronaut]
Tiësto Takes Coldplay’s “Higher Power” Even Higher with New Remix [Your EDM]
World’s Longest-Working DJ Retires after Record-Breaking Career of 70 Years [EDM.com]
Monticolombi - Praise [EDM Sauce]
Zamfara state gripped by humanitarian crisis as violence escalates [MSF]
15 Tips on How to Brand Yourself Online [GaryVee]
The Israel-Palestine conflict has claimed 14,000 lives since 1987 [The Economist]
Covid has exposed the great fiction of middle-class life in India [1843 magazine]
Social Anxiety and Work [Harvard Business Review]
Tulsa Race Massacre: President Biden commemorates 100-year anniversary [BBC News]
Vaccine Shortages in Poor Nations Are the Biggest Threat to Rich Ones - No one is safe until everyone is safe. Rich countries may finally be getting the message that poorer nations need help. [Bloomberg]
From free beer to free childcare, Biden touted new efforts to get U.S. adults vaccinated by July [Reuters]
Will Israel be held accountable for war crimes? UN says 15 healthcare centres and a water desalination plant were targeted during the Israeli onslaught on Gaza [AL-Jazeera News]
The Age of Reopening Anxiety [The New Yorker]
Microsoft looks ready to launch Windows 11 [The Verge]
Is United’s green supersonic jet too good to be true? [Vox]
Waymo’s driverless taxi service can now be accessed on Google Maps [TechCrunch]
NASA is ending its 30-year Venus drought with two new missions [MIT Technology Review]
50 founders and VCs dish on what it's like to work with (secret White Nationalist) Jason Calacanis, Silicon Valley's most polarizing, Howard Stern-inspired investor [Business Insider]
Biden announces ‘month of action’ to get 70% of Americans vaccinated [The Guardian]
Bibi Is Trump and the Israeli Change Coalition Is Biden [The New York Times]
FBI Investigating Postmaster General Louis DeJoy Over Political Fundraising: Report [Huffington Post] Is this the motherfucker who threw away mailboxes preventing people from voting absentee ballots for Biden, meaning we may have had another 4 years of Trump nightmare? If this is the guy, he needs to go to jail
The Cowardice of Cruella [The Atlantic]
Was Chelsea’s Champions League Win A Fluke? [FiveThirtyEight]
D.C. police recruits, mostly from elsewhere, learn about Black history and the city’s culture. Leaders think it will make them better officers. [The Washington Post]
Du FN de 2007 au RN de 2022, ce qui perdure et ce qui a changé dans le programme de l’extrême droite (Nazi) [Le Monde] #NonAuFN #SOSRacisme
Looking for a Father's Day gift he'll actually use? Get a robot vacuum. [Mashable]
Darth Vader and Stormtroopers Attend U.S. Military Ceremony [Motherboard, Tech by VICE]
Travis Barker Is Everywhere [Noisey, Music by VICE]
Why We’re Seeing More UFOs [VICE News]
Congress Sought Details About Biden’s Pledge to End U.S. Support for Yemen War. They Got a “Non-Answer.” [The Intercept_]
How virus variants get their confusing names—and why that’s changing [National Geographic]
Human Trafficking Allegations Thrust Caste Into Spotlight For American Hindus [NPR]
Gov. Newsom Wants Transitional Kindergarten For All 4-Year-Olds. What Does That Mean? [CapRadioNews]
Origine sociale des étudiants par cursus [Le Monde diplomatique]
Here are all the new features to expect in iOS 15 [Mashable]
The 'Mystery Illness' Taking the U.S. By Storm Is the Common Cold [Motherboard, Tech by VICE]
Biden to Tap Career Diplomat as Top Official on Refugee Policy [Foreign Policy]
COVID’s Haves and Have-Nots - To End the Pandemic, Rich Countries Must Pay to Vaccinate Poor Ones [Foreign Affairs]
Will Afghanistan Collapse When the US Withdraws? [The Diplomat]
The Cost of Inaction in Myanmar [The Cipher Brief]
Mathematicians Identify Threshold at Which Shapes Give Way [Quanta magazine]
#ThrowbackThursday: une soirée disco au CERN ? Man dancing - En réalité, cette photo qui date de juillet 2000 montre des chercheurs en train de préparer des faisceaux de lasers pour tirer sur des atomes d’hélium antiprotonique Firework sparkler [CERN_FR]
NASA’s Juno to Get a Close Look at Jupiter’s Moon Ganymede [NASA]
INTERPOL unveils new global database to identify missing persons through family DNA [INTERPOL]
Space Force Looks to Operationalize New Structure, Build Culture in 2022 [Air Force Magazine]
2022 Toyota GR 86 Power Figures [SuperStreet]

What’s up, everybody! Here are JETLAG RADIO 298 & BENKYO RADIO 298.

I’m really loving the “Car Thing” from Spotify. It’s such a wonderful device, and I highly recommend it. It’s the best piece of Technology that’s affordable for a used-car vehicle. Be sure to check it out!

Until next time!

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May 27, 2021 by Zaki (Zack) Qayoumi in blog, music, reading

You can join Twitter’s Clubhouse-like Spaces rooms from a browser starting Wednesday [TechMeme]
Big Oil faced a day of defeats. Exxon Mobil shareholders elected two new board members who want to move the company away from fossil fuels. In the Netherlands, a court ordered Royal Dutch Shell to shrink its carbon dioxide emissions by 45%. [Quartz]
2020 was the summer of road trips. 2021 is the summer of resorts. [Recode]
Germany says ‘JA!’ to fully autonomous vehicles hitting public roads in 2022 [TheNextWeb]
America Loves Gas Station Snacks. Here Are Some of the Finest by Region [Eater]
As Blavity's Traffic Soared, Advertising Plummeted. Here's How This 31-Year-Old Black Woman CEO Pulled Through 2020 [Inc.]
“For those in the Black community who may be apathetic to the plights of Palestinian people, Hill urged them to consider that the issues they face at home are being enacted upon many other people around the world.” [Blavity]
What Instagram really learned from hiding like counts [Platformer]
The secret to happy, healthy homes? Universal childcare [Fast Company]
The Spotify Car Thing [Medium]
10 Side Hustle Skills You Can Master This Summer on a Budget [Entrepreneur]
Sega's beloved speedster arrived on the scene 30 years ago. Since then, he's gone through numerous transformations—not all for the better. [WIRED]
Car Photography with Larry Chen [TWIT]
Ford F150 Lightning Impressions: Better Than I Thought! [MKBHD}
Tesla Cybertruck in NYC! #shorts [Sam Sheffer]
M1 iMac Review - Better and Worse [Dave2D]
Why Do We Get Out of Bed in the Morning? [Thomas Sanders]
Unboxing ALL 7 M1 iMac Colors! [iJustine]
The World in Time - Sonia Shah [Lapham’s Quarterly]
The Sky This Week: Super Moon, Flower Moon, Blood Moon [Astronomy magazine]

What’s up, everybody! Here are JETLAG RADIO 297 & BENKYO RADIO 297.

There are various COVID-19 vaccine lotteries including one in California. Make sure you get vaccinated and you may have a chance to win some money!

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May 20, 2021 by Zaki (Zack) Qayoumi in blog, music, reading

Adam Beyer and DJ Rush Join Forces on ‘Restore My Soul’ EP [beatportal]
Waves Vocal Bender review [Computer Music]
Nonlinear Labs C15 synth gets an internal audio recorder [Future Music]
De La Soul’s Back Catalogue could be Available Digitally Soon [DJ Mag]
Trial date set for Men who Allegedly sold Mac Miller Drugs Laced with Fentanyl [Mixmag]
Alesso cashes in two Ultra Taiwan IDs on long-awaited ‘PROGRESSO VOL. 2’ mixtape [Dancing Astronaut]
Kaskade Introduces New Wave of ‘REDUX’ Originals with “Where Did You Go” [Your EDM]
Situation in Peru remains critical as world’s worst-hit COVID-19 country [MSF]
Instragram DM: Direct Messaging to Network [GaryVee]
Joe Biden wants to Europeanise the American welfare state - His plans are ambitious, thoughtful and risky [The Economist]
For Americans, black Britain is the last word in cool [1843 magazine]
“The conventional 9-to-5 model is growing obsolete” [Harvard Business Review]
Israel-Palestinian conflict: Eyes on peace options as Gaza truce holds [BBC News]
The How-to Issue: 50+ Lessons from Really Smart People [Bloomberg Businessweek]
In climate push, G7 agrees to stop international funding for coal [Reuters]
In Pictures: Palestinian solidarity rallies around the world [AL-Jazeera News]
A Liberal Zionist’s Move to the Left on the Israel-Palestinian Conflict - Peter Beinart, once a staunch defender of Israel, is arguing for the Palestinians’ right to return [The New Yorker]
Tim Cook’s Fortnite trial testimony was unexpectedly revealing [The Verge]
A million Muslims detained - China’s Uyghur minority has been subjected to torture, forced labor, religious restrictions, and even forced sterilization, NPR’s Throughline explains how they became the target of what many are calling a genocide [Vox]
White House teams up with dating apps to give vaccinated users free perks [TechCrunch]
How space weather could wreck NASA’s return to the moon [MIT Technology Review]
Biden to host family of George Floyd at White House on the first anniversary of his death [Insider]
Blinken pledges US will deal with ‘grave humanitarian situation in Gaza’ [The Guardian]
The coronavirus is spreading faster in Manitoba than anywhere else in Canada, the United States or Mexico, with Indigenous people and people of color hit disproportionately hard. [The New York Times]
Can America Close The COVID Vaccine Race Gap? [Huffington Post]
Mitch McConnell’s Gift to Progressives - For Democrats who want to scrap the Senate filibuster, the GOP’s move to block a January 6 commission is the perfect fight. [The Atlantic]
How Racial Justice Protests Have Become The Contemporary Culture War [FiveThirtyEight]
Yes, we’ll probably need coronavirus booster shots. But which one? [The Washington Post]
Les juges antiterroristes ordonnent un procès contre neuf membres du groupuscule d’ultradroite OAS - Les neuf hommes sont accusés d’avoir envisagé des attaques, potentiellement contre des personnes musulmanes ou contre Christophe Castaner. Ils vont être jugés en correctionnelle pour « association de malfaiteurs terroriste ». [Le Monde] Ceci est la raison pourquoi le Front National est tellement dangereux en France. La raison pour laquelle Marine LePen est dangereuse. Elle fait peur aux Blancs, et continue la chasse a l’immigré. La Gauche doit répondre.
AOC speaks out on mental health and Latinx trauma post-Trump [Mashable]
Why Corporations Won’t Hire Remote Workers in Colorado [Motherboard, Tech by VICE]
A Year Ago, the ‘Big Three’ Record Companies Pledged $225 Million to Racial Justice. Where Did It Go? [Noisey, Music by VICE]
Cleaners Say Bosses Treated Them So Badly It May Have Helped Spread COVID - One hospital cleaner told VICE World News of an incident where a supervisor forced open a toilet door because they thought she was slacking. [VICE World News]
With Thousands Left Homeless, Gaza Reconstruction Faces Familiar Obstacle: Israeli Siege - In the shadow of the Israel-Hamas cease-fire, thousands of Gazan residents face homelessness, grief, and trauma — amid a continuing Israeli blockade. [The Intercept_]
In California, extreme heat and ozone pollution hit poor communities hardest [National Geographic]
You Can Still Count The Number Of Black CEOs On One Hand [NPR]
California Will Give Away More Than $116 Million In Cash, Gift Cards To Get More People Vaccinated [CapRadioNews]
Un peuple debout [Le Monde diplomatique] #Palestine
Big Oil’s Tobacco Moment - Shell is responsible for more emissions than most countries. A new court ruling holds it accountable. [Foreign Policy]
Iran Needs the Nuclear Deal to Keep Russia and China at Bay [Foreign Affairs] imperative to return to the 2015 Iran Nuclear Deal
School Bombing Latest Tragedy for Afghanistan’s Hazaras - Afghanistan’s Hazaras have long been persecuted and over the last 20 years targeted in attacks of increasingly cruelty. [The Diplomat]
How the Middle East Conflict Leads Back to US National Security [The Cipher Brief]
Mathematicians Find Long-Sought Building Blocks for Special Polynomials [Quanta magazine]
Des protons à @ISOLDEatCERN pour la première fois après la mise à niveau du LHC ! - Préparatifs en cours pour produire les premiers isotopes radioactifs pour plus d'une douzaine de stations expérimentales, à partir du 21 juin Smiling face with sunglasses [CERN_FR]
Magnetized Threads Weave Spectacular Galactic Tapestry [NASA]
Fugitive Italian mafia boss arrested in Brazil [INTERPOL]
Budget to Include ‘Largest Ever’ Research and Development Request, Aims to Deter China [Air Force Magazine]
E3 2021 Racing Game & Gear Preview [SuperStreet]

What’s up, everybody! Here are JETLAG RADIO 296 & BENKYO RADIO 296.

I’m really going bonkers that Fast 9 is the number one movie around the world and it’s still not released in America. There are spoilers everywhere and it’s very hard to stay away from them. I just want to enjoy this movie that I have been waiting for years to watch. There are still two more Fast & Furious movies after this one, meaning that the Fast Family will have to fight that dirty-blonde-hair woman terrorist for a few more movies. Anyway, the movie looks amazing!

Until next time!

JETLAG RADIO 295 | BENKYO RADIO 295

May 18, 2021 by Zaki (Zack) Qayoumi in blog, music, reading

Twitter is rolling out its new verification program, with revamped categories that include activists and journalists, and previews upcoming changes to profiles [TechMeme]
What’s (still) going on. Marvin Gaye’s 50-year-old masterpiece What’s Going On is filled with rage against the injustices faced by Black Americans that sadly have not changed much in the last five decades. But as Vanderbilt professor Emily Lordi writes in the Guardian, the album was also “for his own people in his own time.” Songs like “What’s Happening Brother?” checked “the claims of those in power against the authority of everyday Black people” by drawing from Gaye’s personal experiences and those of the people close to him. —Hasit Shah, news editor [Quartz]
Tracking the world’s largest iceberg [Recode]
What happens when computers can literally do everything? [TheNextWeb]
5 Recipes That Got Us Through Another Week - Gooey croque madames, tahina-spiked shakes, and a rhubarb upside-down cake because, well, spring [Eater]
A Sudden Surge of Vaccinated Patrons Is Forcing Businesses to Get Creative [Inc.]
How to advocate for a flexible work arrangement [Fast Company]
Get vaccinated from COVID-19 so you can move forward [Medium]
Steve Jobs and Albert Einstein Applied the Concept of 'No Time' to Boost Their Creativity. What Does It Entail? [Entrepreneur]
Does Apple Put Greed Before Gamers? Tim Cook Takes the Stand [WIRED]
TWiT+ 52 [TWIT]
The Memes That Made Us - The origin story of “one nation, indivisible.” [Lapham’s Quarterly]
Inside star cities [Astronomy magazine]

What’s up, everybody! Here are JETLAG RADIO 295 & BENKYO RADIO 295.

I just read an article about how the lack of paid leave could be preventing people from getting COVID-19 vaccines. It is imperative that companies let people get their vaccination shots.

Until next time!