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  • StuDocu raises $50M as its note-sharing network for college students passes 15M users [TechMeme]

  • Violence in Jerusalem continues. There have been further clashes by the Al-Aqsa mosque before today’s annual march by Jewish nationalists, against a backdrop of anger over Palestinian evictions; the US expressed “serious concerns.” [Quartz]

  • Amy Klobuchar takes aim at 12 vaccine misinformation influencers [Recode]

  • How to use Google search to find the nearest vaccination center in India [TheNextWeb]

  • A Paella Mixta Recipe for When You Have a Boatload of Calasparra Rice [Eater]

  • What’s at Stake in the Epic v. Apple Trial [Inc.]

  • This new bamboo sneaker is changing the shoe industry [Fast Company]

  • I Procrastinate for 3 Hours Before Starting Work. Here’s How I Solved the Problem. [Medium]

  • A German Scientist Predicted That a Person Named 'Elon' Would Lead Humans to Mars [Entrepreneur]

  • Rugged French Presses for Your Coffee-Fueled Summer Adventures [WIRED]

  • This Week in Tech - Episode 822 [TWIT]

  • M1 iMac Review: Ultra Thin Design Choice! [MKBHD]

  • Design for a Machine, French, eighteenth century. The Metropolitan Museum of Art. Elisha Whittelsey Collection, Elisha Whittesey Fund, 1962 [Lapham’s Quarterly]

  • Space is expensive. Can 3D printing and on-orbit construction drive down the cost? [Astronomy magazine]

What’s up, everybody! Here are JETLAG RADIO 289 & BENKYO RADIO 289.

We have to keep getting everybody vaccinated. Doctors and Nurses and EMTs are exhausted. The sooner we have “herd immunity,” the better. I understand that sometimes I talk about really complicated things like Quantum Mechanics, for the part of my audience that likes this type of stuff, unfortunately, some of it can fly right over your head. As a result, I am including a very simple easy to understand YouTube video series “Community Immunity” that explains to you how important it is to get vaccinated if we want to move forward. Thanks for listening.

Until next time!

JETLAG RADIO 288 | BENKYO RADIO 288

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  • Beatport Insider April 2021: Top-Selling Drum & Bass Tracks, Artists, and Labels [beatportal]

  • Akai goes old-school with the ‘80s-style MPC One Retro music production box [Computer Music]

  • The digital currencies that matter - Get ready for Fedcoin and the e-euro [The Economist]

  • How the pandemic made fonts friendlier [1843 magazine]

  • Did You Get My Slack/Email/Text? [Harvard Business Review]

  • Covid: Dracula's castle in Romania offers tourists vaccine [BBC News]

  • Hack Knocks Out Pipeline for Third Day With Traders on Edge [Bloomberg]

  • India’s COVID-19 cases dip from peak, calls for shutdown mount [Reuters]

  • Afghanistan - Visualising the impact of 20 years of war [AL-Jazeera News]

  • The Politics Behind India’s COVID Crisis [The New Yorker]

  • Elon Musk’s SpaceX is literally launching a Dogecoin-funded satellite to the Moon [The Verge] THIS IS HUGE NEWS, #DOGECOINTOTHEMOON IS HAPPENING!!!

  • Israel’s actions in East Jerusalem are a human rights test for Biden [Vox]

  • Toyota AI Ventures and May Mobility will talk the future of the transportation industry on Extra Crunch Live [TechCrunch]

  • Why mixing vaccines could help boost immunity [MIT Technology Review]

  • California is expanding its stimulus-check program to send checks to two-thirds of its residents, Newsom announces [Business Insider]

  • Nasa spacecraft leaves asteroid Bennu with a belly full of space rock samples [The Guardian]

  • Republicans Are Still Waging War on Workers [The New York Times]

  • Fox News Host Has Uncomfortable Moment As Guest Presses On Election Misinformation [Huffington Post]

  • Coffee Rust Is Going to Ruin Your Morning [The Atlantic]

  • How The Politics Of White Liberals And White Conservatives Are Shaped By Whiteness [FiveThirtyEight]

  • Opinion: Teens could become the ambassadors for vaccination that we need [The Washington Post]

  • Le chef d’état-major invite les signataires des tribunes de militaires à quitter l’armée

    « Valeurs actuelles » a publié, le 9 mai dans la soirée, un texte présenté comme une nouvelle tribune de militaires pour « la survie de notre pays », lancé cette fois par « des militaires d’active ». [Le Monde]

  • Learn ASL with this AI fingerspelling game [Mashable]

  • How Fast Food Workers Are Finally Getting $15 an Hour [Motherboard, Tech by VICE]

  • Paul McCartney Hints at a Glastonbury 2020 Slot… a Riddle [Noisey, Music by VICE]

  • YouTube Is Making the COVID Vaccine-Hesitancy Problem Way Worse [VICE News]

  • Andrew Yang Can’t Explain When Asked Why He Supports Israel Bombing Gaza [The Intercept_] the reason is, anybody in Politics who speak about injustice of Palestinians gets blacklisted by the (AIPAC mafia) in the news

  • Survivors recall the terror of the first F5 tornado [National Geographic]

  • Woman Who Murdered 7 Veterans In VA Hospital Gets Multiple Life Sentences [NPR]

  • No, The Death Rate For Vaccinated People Is Not Higher Than That Of Unvaccinated People [CapRadioNews]

  • Cinquante ans d’observation de la droite israélienne — « Le camp de la paix ne comprend pas l’idéologie de Netanyahou » [Le Monde diplomatique]

  • What the United States Wants From Japan in Taiwan [Foreign Policy]

  • How China Controls Its Restive Regions (Tibet) [Foreign Affairs]

  • Japan, US, France hold 1st Joint Drills on Japanese Land [The Diplomat]

  • How to Integrate Climate in Future National Security [The Cipher Brief]

  • How to Solve Equations That Are Stubborn as a Goat [Quanta magazine]

  • À l'intérieur de l'expérience MoEDAL Eyes #PhotoDeLaSemaine

    Cette expérience du #LHC est à la recherche d'une particule hypothétique dotée d'une charge magnétique, "le monopôle magnétique".

    Pour en savoir plus sur cette expérience "attractive" 🧲: [CERN_FR]

  • Jurczyk Retires as NASA Associate Administrator [NASA]

  • 101 arrested and 19,000 stolen artefacts recovered in international crackdown on art trafficking [INTERPOL]

  • Space Force Looks to Boost Cyber Defenses of Satellites with Acquisition Reorganization [Air Force magazine]

  • Hondas Overtake San Diego’s Waterfront [SuperStreet]

What’s up, everybody! Here are JETLAG RADIO 288 & BENKYO RADIO 288.

I am extremely pleased with what Elon Musk said when he started SNL, he said he is the first host who has Asperger’s Syndrome (remember, not all Asperger’s Syndrome people are dicks like Mark Zuckerberg). Now I have a few things to say about the SNL evening. First of all, Elon redeemed himself. He is no longer in a Lex Luthor mode, but returned to his Iron Man persona. Here’s what you must understand, “The Dogefather” sketch, which was supposed to be amazing and exceed all expectations, was ridiculed, and this was not by mistake. SNL takes place in New York, the heartland of the Mafia of Wall Street. The writers could have EASILY wrote something AMAZING for that sketch, and they did not. Elon Musk was like “fuck this!” stayed polite and a few days later, he announced that he is sending a FUCKING SPACE ROCKET TO THE MOON PAID FOR WITH DOGECOIN. He is taking Dogecoin to the moon. This is crucial. Don’t be upset about your 20-30% dip of Dogecoin. In the long run, as many of us know, Dogecoin will be extremely valuable. I tip my hat to Elon for this move, because goddamn, that is impressive. I’m still upset that he doesn’t pay enough taxes, but it’s good because Biden gave him and other rich people an ultimatum, either pay higher taxes, or invest in Infrastructure.

Until next time!

JETLAG RADIO 287 | BENKYO RADIO 287

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  • Flurry analysis: just 4% of iPhone users in the US and 12% worldwide have so far actively chosen to opt into app tracking after the rollout of iOS 14.5 [TechMeme]

  • India’s Vaccine Paradox [Quartz]

  • Your most important vaccine passport questions, answered [Recode]

  • These growth marketing courses can boost your Instagram brand to over 10K followers [TheNextWeb]

  • Six Recipes That Got Us Through Another Week [Eater]

  • Everyone yells at the Oversight Board [Platformer]

  • Small Business Week Town Hall: 3 Tips to Thrive in the New Normal - Business leaders weigh in on how companies can flourish as they take the uncharted path ahead. [Inc.]

  • Why quantum computing will change life as we know it [Fast Company]

  • Pearl Jam’s ‘Deep’ Digital Live Archives of Nearly 200 Shows [Medium]

  • Top Cryptocurrenci]es To Buy In 2021? 4 To Watch Right Now [Entrepreneur]

  • ISPs Funded 8.5 Million Fake Comments Opposing Net Neutrality [WIRED]

  • Tech News Weekly - Episode 182 [TWIT]

  • What Is Right To Repair? [MKBHD]

  • Cybertruck by Tesla [Sam Sheffer]

  • Lenovo Legion 5 Pro Review [Dave2D]

  • Playing OLD VIDEOGAMES! [Thomas Sanders]

  • 30 Second iPhone Cleaning Challenge! [iJustine]

  • Google — “Expanding the Android Security Rewards Program,” 2019 [Lapham’s Quarterly]

  • Astronomy Magazine Collection 2016-2020 DVD-ROM [Astronomy magazine]

What’s up, everybody! Here are JETLAG RADIO 287 & BENKYO RADIO 287.

It is appalling that Instagram is taking down content supporting Palestinians. Need I remind you that Jack Dorsey is pretty smart, and he created Twitter, Square, and Cash app. Nothing stops him from creating a picture app even better than Instagram. So, pretty please, let people post about Palestine on Instagram. This is about free speech and protesting about Israel’s evil horror on them. Thanks in advance.

Dogecoin sketch on SNL tonight! Let’s take Dogecoin to the moon!

Get your COVID-19 vaccine shots! Let’s get ‘herd immunity’!

Until next time!

JETLAG RADIO 286 | BENKYO RADIO 286

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  • See the Top 50 Tracks Played During Beatport’s Livestreams [beatportal]

  • The 40 greatest synth sounds of all time, No 17: Kraftwerk - Computer World [Computer Music]

  • First look: IK Multimedia has released the Uno Synth Pro, so does it offer “next-generation analogue for everyone"? [Future Music]

  • How can clubs become more accessible for those with disabilities? [DJ Mag]

  • More than a Quarter of UK Music Festivals Cancelled due to Lack of Insurance [Mixmag]

  • Study: 87% of surveyed musicians say mental health deteriorated during COVID-19 lockdowns [Dancing Astronaut]

  • Martin Garrix Confirms Euro 2020 Anthem with Bono & The Edge Out This Month [YourEDM]

  • Pierce Fulton has died following struggles with Mental Health [EDM.com]

  • Faulhaber says ‘Go Ahead Now’ [EDM Sauce]

  • The Biden administration says it will support lifting patent protections to help produce more vaccines globally. [MSF] [NYTimes]

  • Gary Vaynerchuk is launching art NFTs linked to ethereum cryptocurrency [GaryVee]

  • Health care and workplaces must adjust for long covid [The Economist]

  • Out of oxygen, out of time: covid-19 suffocates Kolkata [1843 magazine]

  • What Mix of WFH and Office Time Is Right for You? [Harvard Business Review]

  • Man City 2-0 PSG (4-1 on aggregate): Kylian Mbappe absence not to blame for loss - Pochettino [BBC Sport]

  • Stanford’s New Cardiology Chief Aims to Eliminate Health-Care Inequality [Bloomberg]

  • EXCLUSIVE Boeing faces new hurdle in 737 MAX electrical grounding issue -sources [Reuters]

  • Israel is trying hard to erase Jerusalem’s Palestinians - And it has made colonial violence a permanent feature of Palestinian lives in the holy city. [AL-Jazeera News]

  • Biden’s Great Economic Rebalancing - The President is looking to correct a capitalist economy that has gone askew, and reclaim a lost vision of shared prosperity. [The New Yorker]

  • Understanding the nanotechnology in COVID-19 vaccines [CAS] #nanotechnology

  • Microsoft Teams’ new reading feature helps students during the pandemic and beyond [The Verge]

  • How Biden could actually deliver on his climate goals [Vox]

  • How to break into Silicon Valley as an outsider [TechCrunch]

  • How technology helped archaeologists dig deeper [MIT Technology Review]

  • 28 of the best 'Star Wars'-themed gifts for fans of all ages [Business Insider]

  • To understand why Joe Biden has shifted left, look at the people working for him [The Guardian]

  • You Might Be Depressed Now, but Don’t Underestimate Your Resilience [The New York Times]

  • Docs Reveal How They Really Feel About Anti-Vaxxers In Scathing Kimmel Segment - Actual medical professionals have heard about the Facebook posts and podcasters — and they’re not even a little bit amused. [Huffington Post]

  • This Is Not a Review of Ford’s New Electric Mustang [The Atlantic]

  • Examining Extremism In The Military [FiveThirtyEight]

  • I am getting sick of writing these pieces to respond to people like Rick Santorum [The Washington Post]

  • Bibidi Netanyahou mis en échec par ses alliés - Le premier ministre israélien a échoué, mardi, à former un gouvernement. Le centriste Yaïr Lapid va, à son tour, tenter de réunir une coalition. Il mise sur une union nationale incluant le dirigeant d’extrême droite Naftali Bennett, pour éviter de nouvelles élections. [Le Monde]

  • Signal tried to run a very honest ad campaign on Instagram. Facebook said no. [Mashable]

  • NASA Probe Picks Up Faint Radio Signal in Venus's Atmosphere [Motherboard, Tech by VICE]

  • What Black Parties Mean for the Black Community [Noisey, Music by VICE]

  • ‘It’s Painful What's Going On’: The Doctors Battling COVID Without Being Paid [VICE World News]

  • Brazil seeks to hold Bolsonaro Accountable for More Than 400,000 COVID-19 Deaths [The Intercept]

  • Trillions of cicadas are coming to the U.S. Here’s why that’s a good thing. [Nat Geo]

  • Reinstate Trump? Facebook Oversight Board Set To Rule On Indefinite Ban [NPR] He should be banned permanently for Jan 6.

  • Democratic Leaders Rally Behind Newsom To Fight Recall, But How Enthusiastic Is The Grassroots? [CapRadioNews]

  • L’inéluctable déclin du sionisme de gauche [Le Monde diplomatique] The Extreme-Right is still too strong in Israel. It’s imperative for Moderate and Leftist Jews to fix this.

  • What Kazakhstan Can Teach About Medium-State Diplomacy [Foreign Policy]

  • Afghanistan’s Moment of Risk and Opportunity - A Path to Peace for the Country and the Region [Foreign Affairs]

  • Violence Remains High in Afghanistan as US Withdrawal Begins [The Diplomat]

  • A New Age for Arms Control [The Cipher Brief]

  • Researchers Read the Sugary ‘Language’ on Cell Surfaces [Quanta magazine]

  • Bienvenue dans @lhcbexperiment qui étudie les quarks beauté et essaye de savoir pourquoi nous vivons dans un Univers composé presque entièrement de matière et pas d'antimatière. Hushed faceThinking face #PhotoDeLaSemaine A découvrir en vidéo [CERN_FR]

  • Vice President Harris Swears in NASA Administrator Sen. Bill Nelson [NASA]

  • INTERPOL launches project to tackle digital piracy following COVID-19 linked surge [INTERPOL]

  • More B-52s Land in Middle East as Afghanistan Withdrawal Continues [Air Force magazine]

  • 2021 Honda Civic Type R vs. 2001 Acura Integra Type R: Nothin’ But a Good Time [MOTORTREND]

What’s up, everybody! Here are JETLAG RADIO 286 & BENKYO RADIO 286.

Today is May 5th! Looking forward to Cinco de Mayo. Just remember y’all, please celebrate responsibly. If you’re going to enjoy some Tequila tonight, it might be best not to drive tonight. Be smart. And of course, always wear a seatbelt. Thank you in advance.

Please listen to Jon Stewart and pass the #BurnPitAct for our veterans. Thank you.

Get your COVID-19 vaccine if you haven’t already so we can have herd immunity! I will wear a mask for another year but not for another 5 fucking years just because of ANTI-VAXXERS, which Doctors simply shake their heads because they will die from the pandemic. I guess it’s just natural selection. Get your vaccine shots, it will save your life.

Until next time!

JETLAG RADIO 285 | BENKYO RADIO 285

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  • Dogecoin co-creator says he sold all his coins in 2015 to buy a used Honda Civic; Dogecoin is now near its all time high and has a bigger market cap than Honda [TechMeme] #DogecoinToTheMoon

  • Covax secured more vaccines for lower-income countries. The United Nations-backed program made a deal with Moderna for 34 million more doses this year. [Quartz]

  • Twitter makes all of its money from ads. It’s trying to change that. [Recode] still waiting on Twitter Super Follow.

  • Disney finally made a retractable lightsaber that looks legit [TheNextWeb]

  • Even if you’re vaccinated, indoor dining is still complicated [Eater]

  • How to Manage the First Day Back in the Office (Hint: No Parties, but Lots of Flexibility) [Inc.]

  • The secret to happy, healthy homes? Universal childcare [Fast Company]

  • Want People to Understand How to Work With You? Write Them a Manual [Medium]

  • If You're an Entrepreneur, Daymond John Says Now's the Time to Take Advantage of This Company's Free Service [Entrepreneur]

  • They Told Their Therapists Everything. Hackers Leaked It All - A mental health startup built its business on easy-to-use technology. Patients joined in droves. Then came a catastrophic data breach. [WIRED] I think real Hackers need to punish these evil Hackers who did something so unforgivable. You do not go after medical records.

  • This Week in Tech 821 [TWIT]

  • Apple vs The Paradox of Choice! [MKBHD]

  • “the best laptop mouse” - Razer Orochi V2 [Dave2D]

  • What AVATAR: THE LAST AIRBENDER Can Teach Us About Self-Worth - Cartoon Therapy| [Thomas Sanders]

  • This Screen is INCREDIBLE - Lenovo Legion 7 [iJustine]

  • Mark Twain on simultaneous invention. [Lapham’s Quarterly]

  • This is the way to find Baby Yoda in the sky - This May the Fourth, you can find Grogu much closer than a galaxy far, far away. [Astronomy magazine]

What’s up, everybody! Here are JETLAG RADIO 285 & BENKYO RADIO 285.

When I went to the grocery store recently, I was able to buy some “Le Petit Ecolier” in Milk Chocolate and Dark Chocolate, and some Pim’s, which is a European biscuit with orange. These were delicious, and remind me of my youth, growing up in France. I cannot wait until I see “Hello de Lu” chocolate chip cookies. Those were unbelievably delicious, and anybody who lives in France understands how amazing those cookies were.

Can’t wait for all of us to take Dogecoin to the Moon. It appears that the Oakland A’s are now accepting payment for baseball tickets in dogecoin. More and more entities will follow. Think big picture. Think long-term.

Until next time!

JETLAG RADIO 284 | BENKYO RADIO 284

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  • We dig into the at-times mysterious world of music publishing to find out what every artist should know. [beatportal]

  • Ableton Loop Create is a free online event for music-makers from around the world [Computer Music]

  • Ultimate Guitar owner Muse Group acquires Audacity, pledging to keep it free and open-source [Future Music]

  • Tomorrowland Announces First Names for Virtual Festival 2021 [DJ Mag]

  • Ibiza Tourism could Begin by the Start of June “At the Latest” [Mixmag]

  • ZHU shines on junior LP ‘DREAMLAND 2021’ [Dancing Astronaut]

  • Porter Robinson Has 12 ‘Nurture’ Tracks Charting on Billboard’s Hot Dance/Electronic Songs [YourEDM]

  • “So Much Bigger than Trance”: Jeffrey Sutorius on Mental Health and Post-Dash Berlin Future [EDM.com]

  • Wolfgang Gartner Shares New Single “Octopus Teeth” [EDM Sauce]

  • Four questions on India’s second wave of COVID-19 [MSF]

  • Prepare for 5/5 [GaryVee]

  • Battered by covid-19, Narendra Modi is humiliated by Indian voters [The Economist]

  • “I've mortally offended Putin by surviving”: why Alexei Navalny keeps fighting [1843 magazine]

  • The Fear Black (and Brown) Employees Carry [Harvard Business Review]

  • Manchester United v Liverpool game postponed after fan protest [BBC Sport]

  • Can Evangelical Christians Become Woke? [Bloomberg Opinion]

  • Ethereum breaks past $3,000 to quadruple in value in 2021 [Reuters]

  • US top diplomat: China acting more ‘repressively, aggressively’ [AL-Jazeera News]

  • How the Pentagon Started Taking U.F.O.S Seriously [The New Yorker]

  • President of Elon Musk’s Neuralink venture tweets that he’s left the company [The Verge]

  • Republicans and Democrats agree we need an infrastructure bill. That’s about all they agree on. [Vox]

  • Sony announces investment and partnership with Discord to bring the chat app to PlayStation [TechCrunch]

  • How megacities could lead the fight against climate change [MIT Technology Review]

  • SpaceX has safely landed 4 astronauts in the ocean for NASA, completing the US's longest human spaceflight [Business Insider]

  • ‘It’s terrifying’: parents’ struggle to get help for children with long Covid [The Guardian]

  • Day 1 of the End of the U.S. War in Afghanistan [The New York Times]

  • Prince Harry Says Access To COVID-19 Vaccine Should Be ‘Basic Right’ [Huffington Post]

  • Millions Are Saying No to the Vaccines. What Are They Thinking? [The Atlantic]

  • American Politics Now Has Two Big Racial Divides [FiveThirtyEight]

  • Opinion: Elected Republicans are lying with open eyes. Their excuses are disgraceful. [The Washington Post]

  • Elections régionales : en Bourgogne-Franche-Comté, la gauche divisée face au Rassemblement national - Le candidat d’extrême droite (Nazi) est donné en tête du premier tour. Les écologistes, La France insoumise et la présidente PS sortante partent en rangs dispersés. [Le Monde] #NonAuFrontNational #SOSRacisme la Gauche doit gagner en 2022. Il est temps de dire ON A MARRE DE LA DROITE & L’EXTREME-DROITE MAGOUILLES, FUCK LA WORLD COMPANY

  • Do you have 600 or more Twitter followers? You can use Twitter Spaces now. [Mashable] Awesome news! Still waiting on Twitter SuperFollow.

  • Europol Just Took Down One of the World’s Largest Dark Web Child Porn Sites [Motherboard, Tech by VICE]

  • 14 Songs That Give Us Hope For The Future [Noisey, Music by VICE]

  • COVID Herd Immunity in the US Is Never Going to Happen Now [VICE News] The sooner we get people to get vaccinated, the sooner things can calm down. Remember what doctors said. The people who came to the hospital and weren’t vaccinated died. The people who were vaccinated did not die. Don’t be stupid. Do it for yourself and your loved ones. Get vaccinated.

  • Empire Politician - A half-century of Joe Biden’s stances on war, militarism, and the CIA [The Intercept]

  • Future COVID-19 vaccines might not have to be kept so cold [Nat Geo]

  • You're Probably Not As Open-Minded As You Think. Here's How To Practice [NPR]

  • Pediatricians Weigh In On What's Safe And Not Safe For Unvaccinated Children [CapRadioNews]

  • Rwanda, l’énigmatique silence africain [Le Monde diplomatique]

  • What Comes After the Forever Wars [Foreign Policy]

  • Semiconductors and the U.S. - China Innovation Race [Foreign Policy]

  • How to Transform the Pentagon for a Competitive Era [Foreign Affairs]

  • The Missing Pieces of the US Cyber Strategy of ‘Persistent Engagement’ [The Diplomat]

  • Why the Istanbul Summit May be Afghanistan’s Last Chance [The Cipher Brief]

  • How to Rewrite the Laws of Physics in the Language of Impossibility [Quanta magazine]

What’s up, everybody! Here are JETLAG RADIO 284 & BENKYO RADIO 284.

It appears that Elon Musk will have his Dogecoin sketch this weekend. Cryptocurrency is huge. Don’t listen to dinosaur Warren Buffett. He’s simply an old geezer that the Wall Street Journal keep stroking him because he’s really rich. The future belongs to normal people, not the rich. Cryptocurrency will be the next gold standard. I believe in dogecoin. I will hold for a while because we all remember the Bitcoin (BTC) story: 2013, $1 = 1 Bitcoin, 2020, $50,000 = 1 Bitcoin. You have to admit that. You have to admit that Coinbase went IPO and is worth billions of dollars. Cryptocurrency is no longer a joke. It’s real. And for millions of us who are barely getting by, paycheck per paycheck, or waiting for Unemployment or Stimulus Checks, a small cryptocurrency investment can make a huge difference. Do NOT invest your lifesavings. ONLY invest a little bit, and watch your fruits go.

Until next time!

JETLAG RADIO 283 | BENKYO RADIO 283

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  • Wed. 04/28 - CES Says: “We’re Doing It Live!” [TechMeme]

  • Microsoft Office is ditching Calibri. Five new custom fonts—Tenorite, Bierstadt, Skeena, Seaford, and Grandview—are in the running to be the new default. [Quartz]

  • This Barack Obama adviser is quietly investing $250 million in startup founders of color [Recode] This guy needs to give me a call!

  • CDs: Forgotten, but still amazing [TheNextWeb]

  • Vaccinated Diners Can Go Maskless When Seated Outside, Says CDC [Eater]

  • India censors the platforms [Platformer]

  • Biden Wants to Spend $1.8 Trillion to Buoy Families. He Won't Get It Without a Fight [Inc.]

  • This breakthrough new malaria vaccine could save hundreds of thousands of lives a year [Fast Company]

  • Why among the People You Date the Most Attractive Ones Tend to Be Jerks [Medium]

  • Stop Calling It a Side Hustle [Entrepreneur]

  • The WFH Exodus Creates an Opportunity for Small Cities [WIRED]

  • This Week in Google 609 [TWIT]

  • OnePlus Watch Review [MKBHD]

  • iOS 14.5 Features: Unlock iPhone with Mask! [Sam Sheffer]

  • The MECHANICAL Alienware Laptop! [Dave2D]

  • I’m fully Vaccinated!!! #shorts [iJustine]

  • Weary of Work [Lapham’s Quarterly]

  • Humans have been living on the International Space Station for 20 years [Astronomy magazine]

What’s up, everybody! Here are JETLAG RADIO 283 & BENKYO RADIO 283.

I’m so excited about the month of May! It’s my birthday month. I have some projects to focus on as well. I wanted to highlight this month as a friendly reminder that whenever you feel as though the major countries of the G7 disrespect Palestinians by ignoring their problems, by ignoring the fact that Israel isn’t vaccinating them, causing ethnic cleansing, I want you to remember that you always have a friend in me. I raised awareness in the dance music community, and I am forever thankful that Beatport is showcasing Sama’ Abdulhadi’s incredible Techno DJ sets. We pray for peace and love for our Palestinian brothers and sisters.

As the pull-out begins to take place in Afghanistan, the Taliban must realize how stupid their rhetoric is. Killing innocent civilians won’t help them win the hearts and minds of everyday Afghan men and women. The United States confirmed that they are beginning to withdraw troops. There should be no more attacks. Need I remind you that the United States Air Force holds some pretty intense weapon systems. You should be thankful that we have a Democratic President. He could easily blow up Afghanistan to smithereens but he chooses not to because we are decent human beings. We are all human beings on this planet. Whether you are Christian, Muslim, Jew, Buddhist, other, or non-religious, we are all living on Planet Earth. And if you remember Carl Sagan’s speech from the satellite photo near Saturn, our world is nothing but a tiny blue dot. “God” or The Universe could easily burp and make us all disappear. You’ve seen how a pandemic virus brought us down to our knees. We need to work together. It’s time for the United States to lead the effort and give the patent of the vaccine to MSF (Doctors Without Borders) and Red Cross, so they can begin vaccinating the whole globe.

Summer is upon us. Let us pray for our firefighters who have a long fire summer season upon themselves. Let us pray for rain. Do a rain dance if you can. While #ClimateChange was the hashtag everybody was using, I want you to start using hashtag #ClimateChangeEmergency to raise the alarm. Sunrise Movement, keep holding the pressure on our elected officials. I know everybody thinks John Kerry is boring and annoying, but he’s here to get shit done. He’s here to work on our diplomatic ties with people around the world to work on the Climate Emergency.

Lastly, I am launching CYBERPUNK RADIO, my latest podcast series. Cyberpunk 2077 is such an amazing game and world. Please be patient, with version 1.22, and even more patches to come, it will be even better. Just imagine the DLCs…just imagine the sequels. For those of you who like VR, just imagine walking around Night City in VR. I have stickers, coffee mugs, t-shirt, hoodie, etc. I absolutely love this world. It’s cool and futuristic and I adore the music.

Please continue to support your favorite football (soccer) players in the EPL. Many have been subjugated to harassment and racism on Social Media. Racism has no place in Football.

The 2021 6hr of Spa-Francorchamps is taking place this weekend! Best of luck to all the drivers! Can’t wait to see these Hypercars!

Until next time!

JETLAG RADIO 282 | BENKYO RADIO 282

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  • Beatport Next: IMANU is a Production Prodigy, and the Future is Bright [beatportal]

  • The 40 greatest synth sounds of all time, No 23: Daft Punk - Da Funk [Computer Music]

  • 15 questions for... Blay Vision: "I played Sonic the Hedgehog to listen to the music rather than enjoy the game" [Future Music]

  • LoopMasters Announce Loopcloud 6 with AI Search [DJ Mag]

  • Ticket Touts are Threatening the Safety of Festivals this Summer [Mixmag]

  • Porter Robinson discusses depression in new interview, feared he, ‘wouldn’t be able to ever make music again’ [Dancing Astronaut]

  • Nicky Romero & Teamworx Drop Progressive House Gem “World Through Your Eyes” [YourEDM]

  • Beatport to Accept Bitcoin as Payment, Launches Collaborative NFT Partnership with Crypto.com [EDM.com]

  • JWILLI Unveils Highly Nostalgic ‘Recover’ [EDM Sauce]

  • Pumps, bicycles and satellites: fighting malaria in Burundi [MSF]

  • How to Make a Cryptocurrency or NFT Wallet [GaryVee]

  • The West’s armies are getting more serious about climate change [The Economist]

  • America and the taco: an immigrant story [1843 magazine]

  • Eliminate Strategic Overload [Harvard Business Review]

  • Lockdowns hurt child speech and language skills - report [BBC News]

  • Vaccinated Americans May Get Clearance to Not Wear Masks Outdoors [Bloomberg]

  • Human Rights Watch accuses Israel of ‘apartheid’ crimes against Palestinians [Reuters]

  • Israel uses ‘apartheid’ to subjugate Palestinians: HRW - Policymakers must shift focus for Israeli-Palestinian peace away from a political solution to a rights-based approach, Human Rights Watch says. [AL-Jazeera News]

  • Satire: Trump Blasts Biden for Firing Almost No One in First Hundred Days [The New Yorker]

  • Twitter is adding a COVID-19 vaccine fact box box to users’ timelines [The Verge]

  • Why the new iOS update is such a big deal [Vox]

  • Daily Crunch: Spotify adds support for paid podcasts [TechCrunch]

  • The US has pledged to halve its carbon emissions by 2030 [MIT Technology Review]

  • Read the résumé a college senior used to land her dream internship at Spotify and praise from CEO Daniel Ek [Business Insider]

  • Police killings of Black Americans amount to crimes against humanity, international inquiry finds [The Guardian]

  • C.D.C. Eases Some Outdoor Mask Guidance [The New York Times]

  • Democrats Pressure Joe Biden To Go Bigger On Checks For Parents [Huffington Post]

  • India Is What Happens When Rich People Do Nothing [The Atlantic]

  • A Majority Of Americans Think Climate Change Should Be A Political Priority [FiveThirtyEight]

  • Biden urges unvaccinated people to ‘go get the shot' [The Washington Post]

  • Anorexie, boulimie… La crise sanitaire provoque une hausse inquiétante des troubles alimentaires chez les jeunes adultes [Le Monde]

  • Netflix's 'Yasuke' trailer sees LaKeith Stanfield voicing a legendary Black samurai [Mashable]

  • Update Your iPhone So You Can Tell Apps to Stop Tracking You [Motherboard - TECH by VICE]

  • How Prince Influenced a South Asian Kid in Birmingham [Noisey - MUSIC by VICE]

  • Space Force Is Totally Serious, Stop Laughing [VICE News]

  • Contributions to Swing District Democrats by AOC Add Obstacle for Challengers [The Intercept_]

  • How India’s second wave became the worst COVID-19 surge in the world [Nat Geo]

  • CDC: If You’re Vaccinated, You Don’t Need To Mask Outdoors (Unless You’re In A Crowd) [NPR]

  • Expanding Cal Grant Would Help A Quarter Million Older Students — And Cost Hundreds Of Millions More Dollars [CapRadioNews]

  • Vous avez dit unité? [Le Monde diplomatique]

  • ‘We Can Turn It Around’ -John Kerry [Foreign Policy] #ClimateChange

  • “Israel will soon find Palestinians’ calls for civil rights protections impossible to ignore.” [Foreign Affairs]

  • Pakistan’s COVID-19 Vaccine Campaign Crawls Along [The Diplomat]

  • Reviewing America’s Nuclear Capabilities & Posture [The Cipher Brief]

  • Cosmic Map of Ultrahigh-Energy Particles Points to Long-Hidden Treasures [Quanta magazine]

  • A l'occasion du #jourdelaterre 🌐/ #EarthDay2021 🌐, découvrez les technologies de pointe du CERN qui se traduisent par des solutions pour un avenir plus vert. [CERN_FR]

  • NASA Astronaut Paints a Picture of Success Growing Plants in Space [NASA]

  • Taking a stand against online stalking [INTERPOL]

  • Who is Cipher? [Fast 9 Wiki]

  • Make-or-Break Time for the F-35 [Air Force Magazine] The team in charge of updating the software must work around the clock ASAP.

  • United Launch Alliance Successfully Launches NROL-82 Mission to Support National Security [ULA]

  • Retweet to join us in wishing our Ally Flag of Netherlands the #Netherlands a good National Day! #koningsdag2021 #koningsdag #WeAreNATO [NATO]

  • 2021.5 NISMO Special Edition GT-R [SuperStreet]

What’s up everybody! Here are JETLAG RADIO 282 & BENKYO RADIO 282.

I presume that everybody is excited that Summer is almost upon us. It’s a bit problematic for some of us in California because we have barely gotten any rain. With a megadrought upon us, it’s a bit alarming. Especially with fire season about to begin. Please listen to every PSA from Cal Fire. Thanks in advance.

Cyberpunk 2077 is really awesome, and I love the music. For those who enjoy that kind of sound and vibes, I am launching CYBERPUNK RADIO sometime in May 2021. Episodes will be available on Spotify.

There are rumors that Oasis is getting back together at the end of the month. I hope that’s true!

Until next time!

JETLAG RADIO 281 | BENKYO RADIO 281

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  • Twitter complies with an emergency order from India and hides 50+ tweets, some of which were critical of Modi’s handling of COVID-19, from users in the country [TechMeme] this is ridiculous, Modi is obviously a terrible ruler.

  • Being known around the world for good coffee isn’t good enough for Italy. A brewing dispute over a Unesco designation for coffee heritage has left many Italians with a bitter taste in their mouths. Pietro Lombardi and Cecilia Butini spill the tea in the Wall Street Journal by filtering the single origin issue through the history of cultural conflict between Italy’s north and south. Omitted by all parties though is coffee’s true origins: East Africa and the Middle East. —David Yanofsky, Things editor [Quartz]

  • Elon Musk’s $150 million charity spending spree [Recode] I guess he really did not want to pay his taxes. At least it’s going to charity.

  • iOS 14.5 is rolling out next week — here are its best new features [TheNextWeb]

  • How Figma went remote [Platformer]

  • New Netflix Show Explores the Vital Influence of Black Culture on America’s Kitchen [Eater]

  • The Pandemic Taught Adi Tatarko to Never Say 'Never' [Inc.]

  • How one group of doctors is helping Latinx New Yorkers get vaccinated [Fast Company]

  • 8 Things Christians Say That Just Ain’t True [Medium]

  • You Are Not a Leader Until You Face These 5 Pains [Entrepreneur]

  • The Plane Paradox: More Automation Should Mean More Training [WIRED]

  • FLOSS WEEKLY [TWIT]

  • The New Purple iPhone 12! [MKBHD]

  • AirTags: Apple's New Tracking Gadget! [Sam Sheffer]

  • iMacs + AirTags - Let’s Talk [Dave2D]

  • Reacting to Sanders Sides TIK TOKS! - We Take Requests [Thomas Sanders]

  • New Purple iPhone 12! [iJustine]

  • Bureaucratic Drift [Lapham’s Quarterly]

  • The Sky This Week: It’s a Pink Super Moon! [Astronomy magazine]

What’s up, everybody, here are JETLAG RADIO 281 & BENKYO RADIO 281.

I was really disappointed by the European Super League announcement. It lasted 48 hours. It was a terrible idea. That’s a hint about the Mafia-Operating-Super-System-AD-vertising (MOSSAD). All the big club owners are Americans and were driven by greed. Real Football (Soccer) supporters and fans were not going to have it. There are a lot of people who are poor or middle-class, and for them, Football (Soccer) is their religion. Their ability to watch their favorite team on the weekend is what they live for. They adore their club. It’s not like the NBA where when your favorite player leaves, you suddenly become a bandwagon fan. I have been a Manchester United supporter since the early 1990s, meaning before I was even 10 years old. I still have yet to make the pilgrimage to Manchester which I hope to make someday. Football is here to stay, and once everybody is vaccinated, the stadiums will be filled with fans, and they will cheer their favorite teams once again. The players have been playing without fans for over a year, and it’s been tough on them.

The video below is in French. If you do not speak French, I apologize. If you speak French, great! If you don’t, you should learn it! It’s a great language. Check out Duolingo.

Until next time!

JETLAG RADIO 280 | BENKYO RADIO 280

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  • We talk to Richie Hawtin About Deeper Focus, his Collaborative Soundscape with Endel AI to get you Focused [beatportal]

  • The 40 greatest synth sounds of all time, No 32: Underworld - Born Slippy [Computer Music]

  • Serato announces Support for Big Sur and Apple M1 Chips [DJ Mag]

  • Underground House Syria: Meet the Duo Building a House Music Community against All Odds [Mixmag]

  • BBC Radio 1 Announced Prince Philip’s Death in the Middle of a Techno Song—and TikTok had a Field Day [EDM.com]

  • City of Stockholm to Build Memorial for Avicii in HumbleGarden Park [EDM Sauce]

  • What is Social Listening and Why is it Important? [GaryVee]

  • Why America’s white evangelicals shy away from covid jabs - And what can be done to change their minds [The Economist]

  • Tony’s Chocolonely: the risks of being a woke brand [1843 magazine]

  • A Five-Week Guide to Getting a Job [Harvard Business Review]

  • Rebuilding Notre-Dame cathedral... with 1,000 oak trees [BBC World]

  • U.S. Vaccinations Reach 200 Million as Campaign Picks Up Speed [Bloomberg]

  • Drug companies to face first opioid trial following pandemic delays [Reuters]

  • Thousands of Palestinians attend Friday prayers at al-Aqsa mosque [AL-Jazeera News]

  • Leaving Afghanistan, and the Lessons of America’s Longest War [The New Yorker]

  • What to expect from Apple’s ‘Spring Loaded’ event [The Verge]

  • The state of the plant-based food industry [Vox]

  • Reform the US low-income broadband program by rebuilding Lifeline [TechCrunch]

  • Geoffrey Hinton has a hunch about what’s next for AI [MIT Technology Review]

  • Dogecoin extends record-shattering weekly gain to 520% after another inscrutable tweet from Elon Musk [Markets Insider]

  • Innovative gun violence program saved many lives and millions of dollars, researchers find [The Guardian]

  • Watch Live: Biden and Japanese Prime Minister Hold News Conference [The New York Times]

  • Borat Trolls Donald Trump’s Election Lies In Never-Before-Seen Footage Teaser [Huffington Post]

  • America Has Pandemic Senioritis - Being so close (and yet so far) is a stress all its own. [The Atlantic]

  • In Formula One, Does The Driver Or Car Matter More? [FiveThirtyEight]

  • With a sense of betrayal and relief, Afghans eye a future without U.S. troops [The Washington Post]

  • La France, l’Allemagne et l’Ukraine appellent au retrait des troupes russes de la frontière ukrainienne [Le Monde]

  • Curable is a helpful tool in your chronic pain treatment arsenal [Mashable]

  • Grocery Delivery Workers at Imperfect Foods Vote to Unionize [Motherboard - TECH by VICE]

  • How Many Artists Have to Say They're Struggling Before We Listen? [NOISEY - MUSIC by VICE]

  • Anti-Vax Activists Are Quietly Bending State Politics To Their Will [VICE News]

  • The New Mexico Spring - How progressives took power in the state’s Democratic Party. [The Intercept_]

  • Avoid crowds at the 10 least-visited U.S. national parks [National Geographic]

  • A 'Worst Nightmare' Cyberattack: The Untold Story Of The SolarWinds Hack [NPR]

  • All Federal Inmates To Be Offered Vaccine By Mid-May, BOP Director Says [CapRadioNews]

  • BFM TV, CNews, LCI… Les fléaux de l’information, avec Sophie Eustache [Le Monde diplomatique]

  • Biden Just Made a Historic Break With the Logic of Forever War [Foreign Policy]

  • The SolarWinds Hack Is Just the Beginning - The United States Must Learn to Live With Cyber-Espionage [Foreign Affairs]

  • How South Korean Soldiers and YouTube Catapulted a K-Pop Girl Group to Fame [The Diplomat]

  • A Worldwide Threats Hearing Guide from the Bleachers [The Cipher Brief]

  • The New Historian of the Smash That Made the Himalayas [Quanta magazine]

  • [Communiqué de presse] La Lettonie va devenir État membre associé du

    @CERN Les représentants du CERN et de la République de Lettonie ont signé aujourd'hui un accord qui octroie à la Lettonie le statut d'État membre associé du CERN [CERN_FR]

  • NASA Astronaut Kate Rubins, Crewmates Return Safely to Earth [NASA]

  • Fake medicines [INTERPOL]

  • Jolly Green II Finishes Developmental Test [Air Force magazine]

  • First Look at a Modified Toyota FR 86 & BRZ [SuperStreet]

What’s up, everybody! Here are JETLAG RADIO 280 & BENKYO RADIO 280.

As you know, I believe some police work is important, whether it is to fight Organized Crime, or INTERPOL’s Counter-Terrorism Task Forces, or even fighting Human Trafficking.

But, the trial of George Floyd is extremely important to African-Americans, because that officer was clearly in the wrong, and I hope that the family of the individual wins. It’s important if we want this nation to heal. Black Lives Matter. I thank you for listening.

Also, I demand that President Biden gives the patent away for the COVID-19 vaccine to MSF (Doctors Without Borders) so that they begin vaccinating the entire planet. There are millions of people in the world who need the vaccine, and if we want this global pandemic under control, you need to make this happen. People are dying. Please. Thanks in advance.

One more thing, it’s time to make ClearMask available in every store. I have been reached out by the deaf community and they told me how hard it is for them to communicate because they can’t read lips. Thanks in advance.

Until next time!