JETLAG RADIO 434 | BENKYO RADIO 434

January 08, 2022 by Zaki (Zack) Qayoumi in blog, music, music therapy, reading

We speak to Shall Not Fade label founder Kieran Williams about the label’s new storefront and plans for its six-year anniversary. [beatportal]
Music theory basics: How to use key changes in your songs without resorting to cliché [Computer Music]
The ultimate beginner's guide to Ableton Live 11 Lite: creating MIDI clips [Future Music]
Pioneer DJ Tease New Hardware in Cryptic Video [DJ Mag]
Grimes Hints at Dropping an “Absurdly Long” Nightcore Album [Mixmag]
The Weeknd shares fifth studio LP, ‘Dawn FM’ [Dancing Astronaut]
Your EDM’s Top 40 Artists To Watch in 2022 [Your EDM]
Raking in $4 Million in NFT Sales, Deadmau5 is Showcasing Potential of New Creator Economy [EDM]
David Guetta & MORTEN Kick Off 2022 With A Bang With Another Future Rave Smash ‘Permanence’ [EDM Sauce]
Join the Modern Finance Newsletter and receive Kevin’s favorite new crypto projects, articles, finance hacks, and more. [Modern Finance]
Dr. Michio Kaku — Exploring Time Travel, the Beauty of Physics, Parallel Universes, the Mind of God, String Theory, Lessons from Einstein, and More (#562) [Tim Ferriss]
To Everyone Under 30: Take a Deep Breath Right Now [GaryVee]
“If the rain abandons us again, we don’t know what we will do” [MSF]
A young Afghan woman on breaking free of the burqa — It was dehumanizing to grow up in Afghanistan under a veil. I escaped but others are now ensnared, says Sultana [The Economist]
Capitol riot: “America was on the edge of disaster long before Trump” [1843 magazine]
When Being Indispensable Backfires — Being too helpful may end up hurting your career progress. Here’s how to set some boundaries. [Harvard Business Review]
Man gets genetically-modified pig heart in world-first transplant [BBC News]
Pfizer Begins Making Shot That Targets Omicron, Original Virus [Bloomberg]
U.S. CDC advises Americans to avoid travel to Canada [Reuters]
UN launches nearly $5bn aid appeal for Afghanistan [AL-Jazeera News]
Can Companies Force Themselves to Do Good? A new kind of corporate structure, the perpetual-purpose trust, can make the values of pro-social companies permanent. [The New Yorker]
Google exec says Apple is ‘holding back’ customers who text — Android boss says it’s not about iMessage — it’s about RCS [The Verge]
We need to wear better masks — Cloth masks won’t cut it against omicron. [Vox]
GM finally agrees California can set vehicle emissions rules as it preps to scale EVs [TechCrunch]
Competitive e-cycling lets you be a champion from your apartment [MIT Technology Review]
Psaki and Fox News reporter spar over Biden's 'pandemic of the unvaccinated' comments: 'You're 17 times more likely to go to the hospital if you're not vaccinated, 20 time more likely to die' [Business Insider]
In a ceremony on January 7, Commodore Ad van de Sande🇳🇱 of the Royal Netherlands Navy assumed command of the Standing NATO Maritime Group One (SNMG1). — The command was transferred from Commodore Bradley Peats🇨🇦 of the Royal Canadian Navy during a virtual ceremony between Ottawa, Canada; Allied Maritime Command in Northwood, UK; and Amsterdam, Netherlands. [LinkedIn] #NATO #maritime
‘It looks like a war zone’: horror as Bronx apartment building went up in flames [The Guardian]
Georgia Wins National Title, Conquering a Drought and a Rival [The New York Times]
Michelle Obama Voting Rights Push Includes Plan To Register More Than 1 Million New Voters [Huffington Post]
It’s Time for Democrats to Break the Glass [The Atlantic]
The NFL Regular Season Ended As It Started: In Absolute Chaos [FiveThirtyEight]
Opinion: West Virginia’s coal miners just made Joe Manchin’s life a lot harder [The Washington Post]
Autotests et attestation sur l’honneur : Jean Castex annonce une simplification du protocole sanitaire dans les écoles [Le Monde]
Apple reportedly wants nothing to do with Zuck's metaverse [Mashable]
Google Had Secret Project to ‘Convince’ Employees ‘That Unions Suck’ [VICE News]
The Silence — or Worse — of Human Rights Hawks on U.S. Sanctions Against Afghanistan — When opposing the withdrawal from Afghanistan, D.C. hawks crowed about human rights. With U.S. sanctions causing starvation? Not so much. [The Intercept_]
Rescues of rare Philippine eagles soar during the pandemic [National Geographic]
For this Latinx graphic novelist, superheroes can be real. They can even be family [NPR]
Single-payer health care is back on the table at the California Capitol [CapRadioNews] #MedicareForAll #M4A
En Allemagne, deux lignes pour un même camp [Le Monde diplomatique]
DeepMind’s David Silver on games, beauty, and AI’s potential to avert human-made disasters [Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists]
More Power to More People — To protect democracy, we have to first figure out why it’s worth saving. [Foreign Policy]
The Search for Stability in Afghanistan [Foreign Affairs]
Japan’s COVID-19 Surge Spreads at Alarming Speed [The Diplomat]
Euler’s 243-Year-Old ‘Impossible’ Puzzle Gets a Quantum Solution [Quanta magazine]
#ThrowbackThursday à janvier 1977 avec la Division Théorie. — Les physiciens théoriciens du CERN encouragent la recherche fondamentale et appuient la recherche expérimentale dans les champs en rapport avec la physique des hautes énergies. 🔗[CERN_FR]
NASA Announces New Chief Scientist, Senior Climate Advisor [NASA]
With Europe the largest and fastest growing user of INTERPOL channels it was a very constructive meeting with EU Counter-Terrorism Coordinator @ilkka_salmi. Looking forward to further developing this strong relationship in addressing the #terrorist threat in Europe and beyond. [INTERPOL]
US to Russia: Concessions Must be ‘Reciprocal’ [Air Force Magazine]
Toyota's New GR86 Goes Anime With Initial D and the Drift King [MOTORTREND]
Undertake projects like you mean it with the Project and Roadmap apps in #MicrosoftTeams. Manage, track, and collaborate on your projects from one place. Learn more: [Microsoft Project]

What’s up, everybody! Here are JETLAG RADIO 434 & BENKYO RADIO 434.

First off, I am extremely excited that #MedicareForAll (#M4A) is back on the table in California. I am eager to hear more from Senator Bernie Sanders and his coalition from Our Revolution to make this happen. This would be huge.

Thank you to POTUS for addressing that he is tired of the Filibuster along with millions of us Americans. We need to pass the John Lewis Voting Rights Act in the Senate, it has already passed in the House of Representatives.

Congratulations to Georgia who did the impossible: beat the almighty Alabama team in the College Football National Championship.

Extremely proud of the FBI, the DOJ, and the Intelligence Community for going after Trump’s mob who wanted to renew their Insurrection on the anniversary of January 6th, and how those who took part in that insurgency must be arrested and put on trial. They attacked the police and must suffer the consequences. The GOP is currently on a path to White Nationalism, and Democrats must save our democracy. It is imperative that work continues to stop this threat. POTUS said it, we must fight all enemies, foreign and domestic, and these individuals were domestic terrorists. The same way it is illegal to enter the pilot’s cabin in an airplane, you cannot have unauthorized access to the Capitol. It’s fucking common sense. Do not underestimate Mueller’s warning. If Trump isn’t barred from holding office again, he might install himself as a Dictator and stop future elections. I am not kidding.

I want to thank Secretary Blinken on two fronts. First, for reiterating the importance with our NATO partners about the need for de-escalation with Russia regarding Ukraine, which is a situation that Putin created himself needlessly. Nobody wants M.A.D., and we must all do a better job of advertising the Bulletin of Atomic Scientists newsletter since the Kremlin must understand that nobody wins in that scenario. It’s best to instead for both countries to hold exercises and keep it at that. Second, I want to thank the Secretary for committing more funds for the people suffering in Afghanistan. It is imperative that the money goes to aid workers who can evenly distribute it to people in the region, and not to the Taliban.

Attached below is a YouTube video series on A.I. from PBS for those interested in the topic.

PS. Hillary Clinton was forced to testify before Congress more than 10 hours. Donald Trump hasn't even been subpoenaed once. How strong is their mob? It’s time for the FBI to act.

Until Next Time!

JETLAG RADIO 433 | BENKYO RADIO 433

December 29, 2021 by Zaki (Zack) Qayoumi in blog, music, music therapy, reading

Google Fiber employees seek union recognition [Protocol]
Ahmaud Arbery killers sentenced to life [AXIOS]
GameStop Entering NFT and Cryptocurrency Markets as Part of Turnaround Plan [TechMeme]
The secret to having more meaningful conversations [Quartz]
To catch an insurrectionist — Everyone thought it was cool to take selfies doing crimes until the FBI got all their data from Google and said hello. [Recode]
Dell’s new XPS 13 Plus makes weird design choices in the name of power [TheNextWeb]
Taco Bell Debuts the Only Good Fast Food Subscription [Eater]
Why the Next Generation of Robots May Be Based on Ants and Fish [Inc.]
The 8 most highly anticipated video games of 2022 [Fast Company]
Perspective: Bitcoin is not boring [Medium] #Coinbase
5 Tips for Effective Workplace Communication [Entrepreneur]
Astronomers Discover a Strange Galaxy Without Dark Matter [WIRED]
The Tech Guy 1856 [TWIT]
CES 2022: Making the most of your drive with Google [Google Blog]
Training Machine Learning Models More Efficiently with Dataset Distillation [Google AI Blog]
Astronomy Magazine Collection 2016-2020 DVD-ROM [Astronomy Magazine]
Embrace Enterprise AI: What It Is and How It Adds Value [SAP]
Snapcraft, the app store for Linux [UBUNTU]

What’s up, everybody! Here are JETLAG RADIO 433 & BENKYO RADIO 433.

In case you did not know, 433 is one of the biggest football communities in the world. Here is the website, be sure to check it out. Patrice Evra was recently featured, and his book will eventually be on my bookclub as well.

Until Next Time!

JETLAG RADIO 431 | BENKYO RADIO 431

December 25, 2021 by Zaki (Zack) Qayoumi in blog, music, music therapy, reading

It’s going to be a busy year in tech policy. Here’s what to watch. [Protocol]
If the metaverse takes off, it could take cues from today's privatized, centralized, financialized tech ecosystem and echo the development of play-to-earn games [TechMeme]
Mike Pence’s team helping Jan. 6 committee [AXIOS]
GM’s 90-year reign as the best-selling car maker in the US is over. Toyota finally overtook the Detroit giant in 2021. [Quartz]
3 ways remote work could remake America [Recode]
Scientists created a biological quantum circuit in grisly experiment with tardigrades [TheNextWeb]
Three Shots or Bust [Eater]
Biden's New Omicron Strategy Includes 500 Million Free At-Home Covid Tests [Inc.]
Not motivated at work? 3 strategies to get back in gear [Fast Company]
10 Predictions for Web3 and the Cryptoeconomy for 2022 [Medium] #Coinbase
Why Every Leader Could Benefit From Adopting a Gen Z Mindset [Entrepreneur]
The History of Predicting the Future [WIRED]
This Week in Tech 856 [TWIT]
How a college grad kicked off his career in data analytics [Google Blog]
A Scalable Approach for Partially Local Federated Learning [Google AI Blog]
Only That I Were an Official Person! [Lapham’s Quarterly]
Astronomer Amy Mainzer spent hours chatting with Leonardo DiCaprio for Netflix's Don't Look Up [Astronomy Magazine]
13 Ways Revenue Leaders Can Deliver Growth in the New Year [Salesforce Blog]
Cruz Roja y SAP: apostando por la diversidad y la inclusión (español) [SAP]

What’s up, everybody! Here are JETLAG RADIO 431 & BENKYO RADIO 431.

Remember when you get demoralized from studies, take it one day at a time. Study just a little bit, one day at a time, and eventually, you will earn your degree, certificate, etc.

Always think of what Malala said: One Teacher, One Book, One Pen, can Change the World.

Until Next Time!

JETLAG RADIO 426 | BENKYO RADIO 426

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

With Behind the Beat, we get to know Beatport’s expert curation team, who highlight their best post-lockdown memories this year and their favorite music of 2021. [beatportal]
Apple Logic Pro 10.7 review [Computer Music]
SampleRadar advent calendar: 352 free chillout samples [Future Music]
DJ Mag to Host Five-Hour NYE Takeover on Reprezent Radio [DJ Mag]
Gheist Releases Video for “We Are Not Alone” [Mixmag] #MentalHealth
Kaskade reconvenes with Late Night Alumni for ‘How Long v3’ [Dancing Astronaut]
Your EDM’s Top 40 Artists To Watch in 2022 [Your EDM]
Subtronics Reveals Debut Album, Drops First Single “Spacetime” with Nevve [EDM]
Galantis, Lucas & Steve, And ILIRA Welcome Their ‘Alien’ [EDM Sauce]
Interview Brian Shul, One Of The Fastest-Flying Pilots Ever, Brings Us Up To Speed On Watches And Spy Planes — Get to know the man behind the legendary SR-71 Speed Check story. [HODINKEE]
Q&A with Tim — Tools for Better Sleep, Musings on Parenting, the Different Roles of Fear, the Delight of Deepening Friendships, the Purpose of College, How to Boost Your Mood, HRV Training, and More (#557) [Tim Ferriss]
What is BOOK GAMES? In late August, @garyvee held a 24 hour promotion, where for every multiple of 12 copies of @12andahalfbook you purchased, you’d be gifted one NFT. BOOK GAMES is the series that the NFT falls under. [VeeFriends]
Archbishop Desmond Tutu was the best kind of troublemaker [The Economist]
The James Webb Space Telescope—a new look at the cosmos [The Economist Podcasts]
Omicron’s impact will depend on three factors: transmissibility, severity and its ability to evade immunity [The EIU]
The World Ahead 2022 — Tests and treatments for “long covid” are on the horizon [The Economist]
Engineering Your Way Out of the Global Chip Shortage [Harvard Business Review]
Which language has 400 words for snow? [BBC News]
We must thank the white-coat army for saving us and the world — If it were not for the selfless dedication of nurses, doctors and scientists, many of us would not be around. [AL-Jazeera News]
The Afghans America Left Behind — The U.S. promised protection to the locals it relied on during the war. When it withdrew, it abandoned thousands to the Taliban. [The New Yorker]
An app gave crucial seconds of warning before a major California earthquake [The Verge]
Omicron collides with a struggling global vaccination campaign [Vox]
Stop creating self-fulfilling prophecies: How to apply AI to small data problems [TechCrunch]
The rare spots of good news on climate change [MIT Technology Review]
An anti-vax podcaster has reportedly contracted COVID-19 and now is hospitalized on a ventilator [Insider]
🏎️ An F1 car can complete a lap in just over 1 minute. You can simulate a new business model in less time. Test drive SAP S/4HANA Cloud with a free trial. [LinkedIn] #SAP
Capitol panel to investigate Trump call to Willard hotel in hours before attack [The Guardian]
Covid Live Updates: Fauci Says Vaccination Requirement Should ‘Seriously Be Considered’ for Air Travel [The New York Times]
Afghanistan Sinks Deeper Into Desperation — An already war-devastated economy once kept alive by international donations alone is now on the verge of collapse. [Huffington Post]
How to Live When You’re in Pain [The Atlantic]
How To Make Good New Year’s Resolutions [FiveThirtyEight]
The grueling struggle of being a California firefighter in the age of climate change [The Washington Post]
Télétravail obligatoire, rassemblements limités, restrictions de consommation… Ce qu’il faut retenir des annonces du gouvernement [Le Monde]
The best 2021 video games we wish we had more time to play [Mashable]
The Cybersecurity Stories We Were Jealous of in 2021 [VICE News]
The 10 Worst Americans of 2021 [The Intercept_]
5 things to know about COVID-19 tests in the age of Omicron [National Geographic]
Winter weather makes travel nearly impossible in parts of California, Nevada [NPR]
The Tower Bridge's motor is broken, and large boats along the Sacramento River can't pass underneath [CapRadioNews]
Tiédir quand ça chauffe [Le Monde diplomatique]
5 Reasons to Be Optimistic About 2022 [Foreign Policy]
How to Make COVID-19 Vaccines Available to All — Manufacture the Right Kinds in the Right Places [Foreign Affairs]
Can Technology Solve Hambak Village’s Littering Problem? [The Diplomat]
The Year in Physics [Quanta magazine]
#ThrowbackThursday #TBT avec un hiver neigeux et froid au CERN en 1964. En parlant de froid, #SaviezVous que le Grand Collisionneur de Hadrons, #LHC, constitue le plus imposant système cryogénique au monde et est plus froid que l'espace? En savoir plus : [CERN_FR]
Astronauts Discuss Christmas and New Year’s From Orbit Aboard Space Station [NASA Johnson]
Asia: Thousands of firearms destroyed following counter-terrorism operation [INTERPOL]
Space Force Launches Website Aimed at Potential Recruits, Public Education [Air Force Magazine]
2022 Toyota Supra Pricing: More Standard Stuff and a Super-Limited Edition [MOTORTREND]

What’s up, everybody! Here are JETLAG RADIO 426 & BENKYO RADIO 426.

I wanted to let you know that cloth masks are simply not enough to fight Omicron. It’s time to upgrade to N95 or KN95 masks. I’ve ordered some, and I plan to order more. Here is an article from NPR about this.

I understand that NYE is coming up, and many of you want to go out and celebrate, just remember that with the Omicron Variant, you are at risk of getting sick.

If you listened to my PSA for Christmas, I thank you very much. Now, here’s my PSA for NYE, please pretty please do NOT accept pills from strangers. Think of yourself and your loved ones. It’s not worth it. There is no point in doing something you might regret on New Year’s Eve, if you do not wake up on January 1st 2022. I thank you for listening. I really miss going to a Dance Music concert, so I need to snag that Razer LED mask and then I’m definitely going. But not until that. It’s just not worth getting sick. Please re-watch the new South Park COVID specials. The majority of the population is tired as hell. Don’t make us live through COVID for the next 40 fucking years. We want the pandemic to last just about 3 years, not forever. Therefore, please get vaccinated, please get boosted. Thank you.

Until Next Time!

JETLAG RADIO 425 | BENKYO RADIO 425

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

Rise of the restock account: How the PS5 shortage changed online shopping [Protocol]
Jack Dorsey causes controversy by criticizing Web3, tweeting: “You don't own ‘web3.’ The VCs and their LPs do. It will never escape their incentives” [TechMeme]
China is no longer represented in the top 10 global companies, by market cap. New data show that the departure of Alibaba and Tencent left room for Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. to become Asia’s most valuable company. [Quartz]
One Good Thing: The only Christmas music playlist you’ll ever need is (almost) 8 days long [Recode]
UN fails to agree on ‘killer robot’ ban — get ready for the autonomous weapons race [TheNextWeb]
A Creamy, Spicy Pasta Recipe Made With Shin Ramyun Seasoning [Eater]
Biden's New Omicron Strategy Includes 500 Million Free At-Home Covid Tests [Inc.]
After 35 years, NASA’s amazing new space telescope is ready to launch [Fast Company]
How to Launch a Lucrative NFT Marketplace like Rarible — A Beginner’s Guide 2021 [Medium]
5 Things the Future Holds, According to the World's Most Elite Superforecasters [Entrepreneur]
19 Gift Ideas for People Who Work From Home [WIRED]
This Week in Tech 854 [TWIT]
A new podcast season about people powering the internet [Google Blog]
A Scalable Approach for Partially Local Federated Learning [Google AI Blog]
A study of sixty-two mammalian species found that animals around the world have shifted into more nocturnal lives. “Humans are now this ubiquitous, terrifying force on the planet,” said lead author Kaitlyn Gaynor, “and we are driving all the other mammals back into the night-time.” The Southeast Asian sun bear, formerly diurnal, now spends as much as 70 percent more time awake at night to avoid humans. [Lapham’s Quarterly]
The Sky This Week: Winter officially begins [Astronomy Magazine]
Facilitate Remote Collaboration Like a Pro - Free openSAP Course (Teaser Video) [SAP]

What’s up, everybody! Here are JETLAG RADIO 425 & BENKYO RADIO 425.

Well, Christmas is upon us! Here’s my Present for all of you. As you may remember, in the video game GTA III (which has now been remastered), there was a radio station that had Drum & Bass, entitled “MSX FM.” I loved that radio station. Unfortunately, it only had about 25 minutes of Drum & Bass. Well, guess what, GT RADIO, my Drum & Bass podcast, is now at episode 267. With the super playlist, it has over 5000 songs or about 400 hours of Drum & Bass. Now you can go and enjoy some D&B wherever you go. Please remember to drive safely.

Here’s my usual PSA for Holidays, and that includes Christmas. Please drive safely. Please always wear a seatbelt. Please drink a 0.0% alcoholic beer if you’re a designated driver.

A Merry Christmas to all of you around the world that are celebrating, especially those in the Palestinian Territories, who have been victimized and oppressed for over 73 years by Israel. Will the United Nations finally sanction Israel? Well, “nearly two-thirds of The Washington Post recent survey group think the Israeli-Palestinian situation is akin to apartheid.” We can be hopeful that Netanyahu finally faces jail time for his corruption and war crimes. At the very least, he is no longer Prime Minister, even though his successor is quite worse.

Remember to leave Milk & Cookies for Santa! Follow him on NORAD tracks Santa!

Until Next Time!

JETLAG RADIO 424 | BENKYO RADIO 424

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

Beatport Insider: Top-Selling Tracks, Artists, and Labels of 2021 [beatportal]
The 5 best new sequencers and controllers of 2021, as voted by you [Computer Music]
The 5 best new drum machines of 2021, as decided by you [Future Music]
Berlin Clubs and DJ Paul Van Dyk Launch Legal Action Against City’s Dancing Ban [DJ Mag]
NYE Ticket Sales see Dramatic Dip Amidst Skyrocketing Omicron Cases [Mixmag]
Above & Beyond celebrate ’10 Years of Group Therapy’ with remix album [Dancing Astronaut]
REPORT: Tomorrowland Granted Permission to Expand to Three Weekends in 2022 [Your EDM]
David Guetta’s NYE Performance at the Louvre Abu Dhabi to Feature Dazzling Projections of Historic Art [EDM]
NEW EDM 2021 ⚡EDM HITS 2021 [EDM Sauce]
Seiko’s New Collab With Rowing Blazers Is A Stroke Of Genius [HODINKEE]
The Incredible Kyle Maynard — Fear{less} with Tim Ferriss (#556) [Tim Ferriss]
Purchase my very first NFT here: Zack as V for Cyberpunk 2077 [Rarible] #NFT
How we chose this week’s cover image [The Economist]
Meet the cryptokings [The Economist Podcasts]
IDEO’s CEO, Sandy Speicher, Asks: What Is an Office Even For Now? [Harvard Business Review]
GirlsDoPorn victims win rights to their videos [BBC News]
U.S. to face increasing power reliability issues over next 10 years - NERC [Reuters]
Iran nuclear talks to resume ‘soon’ after modest gains in Vienna [AL-Jazeera News]
A Political Philosopher is Hopeful About the Democrats [The New Yorker]
Chipotle hides the assembly line, testing new online-order-only ‘Digital Kitchen’ [The Verge]
Caira Conner — My father, the white supremacist — I’d inherited his family’s money, his height, his arthritis. Could I inherit the very worst parts of him, too? [Vox]
Equity Podcast — You are the most influential person we know [TechCrunch]
Lewis Black asks for his comedy to be removed from Spotify as joke copyright dispute continues [Complete Music Update]

“I in no way represent all of the comedians on Spotify, but I do believe that all of them should be paid for the writing that they have done and not just for the performance of what they wrote”, the comedian said in a statement. “It has taken a long time for comedy to be recognised as an artform. Therefore, Spotify should recognise that a joke is as powerful as a lyric of a song, which they do pay for”.
“Many comics have recently been taken off Spotify for no reason at all and it truly hurts their exposure and income”, he added. “Since I haven’t been taken off, I would like to be, as it is wrong that I am on the platform and so many aren’t. I need neither the money nor the exposure, but please put all of the comedians back on your platform and let’s sit down and find a way to pay us what we are owed for the words that make you laugh. Yes, a joke is intellectual property”. -Lewis Black

The internet runs on free open-source software. Who pays to fix it? [MIT Technology Review]
AOC says it's 'actually delusional' to think Democrats can get re-elected without acting on student debt or expanding child tax credits [Insider]
Statement by the North Atlantic Council on the situation in and around Ukraine [LinkedIn] #NATO
Little did he know that come 2021, he would be involved in hundreds of legal cases, handing people to the police for trying to solicit assassin services. This week, one woman was found guilty, after trying to have her husband killed through Innes’ website. [The Guardian]
Man Gets 5 Years on Capitol Riot Charges, Longest Sentence So Far [The New York Times]
Chilling: Ex-Generals Warn to Prep for Coup Attempt [Huffington Post]
America Is Not Ready for Omicron [The Atlantic]
Who benefits from a booster shot, and when should we get one? [FiveThirtyEight]
Highly vaccinated countries thought they were over the worst. Denmark says the pandemic’s toughest month is just beginning. [The Washington Post]
Le négociateur du Brexit, David Frost, démissionne du gouvernement britannique [Le Monde]
A fiery Kamala Harris did NOT let Charlamagne Tha God's spicy Biden question slide [Mashable]
Stan Lee Is an NFT Now, And Fans Are Very Upset [VICE News]
Louisiana Policy Intended to Reform Solitary Confinement Still Leaves People in Indefinite Lockdown [The Intercept_]
10 of the most amazing dinosaurs discovered in 2021 [National Geographic]
The top five video games of 2021 selected by the NPR staff [NPR]
California coronavirus updates: Biden’s vaccine-or-test rule for workers is back on [CapRadioNews]
Derrière les volets d’un pavillon de banlieue [Le Monde diplomatique]
Why Ukraine’s Fight Against Corruption Scares Russia [Foreign Policy]
The Revolution Will Not Be Privatized — Corporate Responsibility and Its Limits [Foreign Affairs]
Japan’s MHI Launches Fourth Mogami-Class Multirole Frigate for JMSDF [The Diplomat]
Mathematician Hurls Structure and Disorder Into Century-Old Problem [Quanta Magazine]
Federal Charges Filed against Carlos following Record-breaking Seizure of Fentanyl and Meth [DOJ]
#ThrowbackThursday avec un ancêtre de votre écran de téléphone. #LeSaviezVous: le CERN est un des pionniers des écrans tactiles.Exploding head — Les premiers écrans tactiles capacitifs furent développés pour un système de contrôle. — En savoir plus avec @CERNCourier [CERN_FR]
NASA Sets Coverage, Invites Public to View Webb Telescope Launch [NASA]
Pleased to meet up with French Interior Minister @GDarmanin and @Gendarmerie DG Christian Rodriguez in Doha for the Qatar National Day celebrations. [INTERPOL]
Hack-a-Sat Organizers Pledge to Improve Scoring Transparency [Air Force Magazine]
First Look at GTA Online: The Contract, Which Includes Dr. Dre [SUPER STREET on MOTORTREND]

What’s up, everybody! Here are JETLAG RADIO 424 & BENKYO RADIO 424.

I wanted to address Playstation Fans like myself who are sad that they won’t receive a PS5 for Christmas. It’s okay. There are plenty of good games for PS4. Let’s be honest, did you finish all your games? Probably not. So get to it, and maybe hopefully we can find a PS5 in 2022, preferably before GT7 comes out.

Until Next Time!

JETLAG RADIO 423 | BENKYO RADIO 423

December 15, 2021 by Zaki (Zack) Qayoumi in blog, music, music therapy, reading

The Log4j disaster could get worse before it gets better [Protocol]
Apple releases Swift Playgrounds 4 with support for app development on iPad [TechMeme]
China’s covid-zero lockdowns loom over the global supply chain [Quartz]
The case against Big Tech [Recode]
Neural networks can hide malware, and scientists are worried [TheNextWeb]
The Anatomy of a Perfect Irish Coffee at the Buena Vista [Eater]
Nobel Prize-Winner Daniel Kahneman Just Explained What He's Learned About A.I. Outsmarting Humans [Inc.]
Companies need to have climate plans—not just climate pledges [Fast Company]
How Coinbase thinks about the Metaverse [Medium]
Report: Bruce Springsteen to Sell Catalog for $500 Million in Biggest Transaction for an Artist Ever [Entrepreneur]
The Best Games of 2021 Were an Explosion of Color and Charisma [WIRED]
Windows Weekly - Episode 755 [TWIT]
Explore resilience in the face of the California wildfires [Google Blog]
A Scalable Approach for Partially Local Federated Learning [Google AI Blog]
The Coin Standard [Lapham’s Quarterly]
Watch stars slingshot around the Milky Way’s supermassive black hole [Astronomy Magazine]

What’s up, everybody! Here are JETLAG RADIO 423 & BENKYO RADIO 423.

In anticipation of playing NBA 2K22 on Christmas Day (Santa Claus’ present), I have tried out “NBA 2K Playground 2” on PS4. It’s really good, and definitely has some NBA JAM feelings to it. Be sure to check it out.

Don’t forget, the best way to enjoy the holidays safely is to be vaccinated, therefore, make sure you got your COVID-19 vaccination shot and your booster shot. You can also learn about the COVID-19 vaccines for children and teens, and the Pfizer vaccine for children ages 5-11 years on the official governmental website vaccines.gov.

Until Next Time!

JETLAG RADIO 422 | BENKYO RADIO 422

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

Beatport Unveils new $9.99 Subscription Tier, The Beatport Plan [beatportal]
5 of the best free music theory resources for producers [Computer Music]
The ultimate guide to sequencing: step up your sequencing abilities with modulation, randomisation and more [Future Music]
DJ Mag’s top albums of 2021 [DJ Mag]
Aitch has Offered £7 Million for Liam Gallagher to Feature on His Album [Mixmag]
Dancing Astronaut’s 2021 Artist of the Year: ILLENIUM [Dancing Astronaut]
GunFight Unleashes New Drum & Bass Gem “Smoke Signal” [Your EDM]
Mura Masa Opens Up About Mental Health and Music Production in Candid Reddit AMA [EDM]
Apollo XO & Tanner Dixon – Metamora (Radio Edit) [EDM Sauce]
Side Chain Scaling with Sandeep Nailwal, Co-Founder of Polygon [Modern.Finance]
The Liberation of Cosmic Insignificance Therapy [Tim Ferriss]
Alarming numbers of Yemeni children suffering from malnutrition [MSF]
Follow me on Twitter (@iamzaki) for a chance to win a free copy of GaryVee’s new book [GaryVee]
Why supply-chain snarls still entangle the world [The Economist]
“Cornelius’s best hope is embarrassing the Dubai government into freeing him. “The UAE is not like Russia. It is very pr-conscious. It really hates this sort of publicity,” says one lawyer involved. Dubai is particularly sensitive to criticism during the delayed Expo 2020, which began on October 1st and runs until March 2022. This is the first world fair exhibiting innovations since the one held in Milan in 2015. The Emirate’s government sees it as a golden opportunity to promote Dubai as an investment and tourism destination.” [1843 magazine]
5 Critical Priorities for the U.S. Health Care System [Harvard Business Review]
On the front line as Afghan children battle malnutrition and measles [BBC News]
Reddit Files for IPO After Igniting the Year’s Meme Stock Frenzy [Bloomberg]
Refugees lack COVID shots because drugmakers fear lawsuits - documents [Reuters]
Palestinian embroidery added to UNESCO cultural heritage list [AL-Jazeera News]
An Education While Incarcerated [The New Yorker]
Ford launches new EV charging project to help commercial customers go electric [The Verge]
“It’s easy to point to QAnon, which some have argued is itself its own religion, as the worst-case scenario of internet spirituality. QAnon appeared to be led by a mysterious, prophetic figure, dropping vague omens and references to a coming battle of good and evil before over time becoming increasingly likely that Q, the supposed top-ranking official under President Trump, was actually just the guy running the message board” [Vox]
France latest to slap Clearview AI with order to delete data [TechCrunch]
Revealing the data paradox [MIT Technology Review]
The Capitol riot committee is weighing whether Trump could be guilty of criminal obstruction of Congress [Insider]
✈️ In Slovenia and the Western Balkans, #NATO Allies keep the airspace secure with fighter jets #60YearsAirPolicing #AvGeek [LinkedIn] #NATO
‘Poor folks trying to make it as best we can’: surviving Mississippi’s miserly healthcare system [The Guardian]
The Supreme Court, Weaponized [The New York Times]
Rep. Jim Jordan Admits To Sending One Of The Texts Revealed By Jan. 6 Committee [Huffington Post]
Spider-Man: No Way Home Is Highly Entertaining Fan Service [The Atlantic]
Can’t Decide Which Bowl Games To Watch? We’ve Got A Metric For That. [FiveThirtyEight]
Storms, extreme winds from Colorado to Michigan leave more than 510,000 without power [The Washington Post]
Au procès du 13-Novembre, la quête de l’origine du mal — Pourquoi et comment de jeunes hommes nés en France ou en Belgique en viennent-ils un jour à tuer leurs concitoyens ? La cour d’assises spéciale de Paris interroge les proches des terroristes à ce sujet. [Le Monde]
Finding a gift that kids actually like is tricky. This guide will make it easier. [Mashable]
‘You Want Me to Die So You Can Get Your Slippers?’ Amazon Workers Say They’re Pressured to Work in Dangerous Weather [VICE News]
After Deadly Warehouse Collapse, Amazon Workers Say They Receive Virtually No Emergency Training [The Intercept_]
The COVID outbreak and a culture of volunteerism in Thailand [National Geographic]
Vaccine skeptics in Eastern Europe are having a change of heart [NPR]
As vaccine availability for kids expands, rates vary across California [CapRadioNews]
Le candidat des médias [Le Monde diplomatique]
Pentagon Worries About Chinese Buildup Near India [Foreign Policy]
Washington Is Preparing for the Wrong War With China — A Conflict Would Be Long and Messy [Foreign Affairs]
What Does the National Resistance Front of Afghanistan Have to Offer? [The Diplomat]
What Does It Mean for AI to Understand? [Quanta magazine]
Cette #PhotoDeLaSemaine a été prise au centre d'accueil des visiteurs de
@ALICEexperiment, lorsque notre artiste en résidence, Rasheedah Phillips de Black Quantum Futurism, a visité la caverne de l'expérience. En savoir plus sur Black Quantum Futurism : [CERN_FR]
NASA-NOAA Tech Will Aid Marine Oil Spill Response [NASA]
Depleting fish stocks fueling transnational crime [INTERPOL]
BAE Gets $493 Million Contract to Upgrade F-35’s Electronic Warfare Suite [Air Force Magazine]
GReddy Food Drive: Great Cars Supporting a Great Cause [SUPER STREET on MOTORTREND]

What’s up, everybody! Here are JETLAG RADIO 422 & BENKYO RADIO 422.

I think we’ve all realized how terrible Facebook Metaverse is, and the importance of Microsoft’s Metaverse, hopefully Sony Playstation’s, Metaverse and Valve Software Steam’s Metaverse need to be. They need to push it in high gear because Facebook is not the right company for this job.

Until Next Time!

JETLAG RADIO 421 | BENKYO RADIO 421

December 12, 2021 by Zaki (Zack) Qayoumi in blog, music, music therapy, reading

Reddit has filed for an IPO [Protocol]
A deep dive into an NSO (Israeli Malware/Spyware) zero-click iMessage exploit, captured in the wild by Citizen Lab and one of the most sophisticated Google's Project Zero has seen [TechMeme]
The US’s top doctor said existing covid boosters all work against omicron. Anthony Fauci encouraged anyone who’s able to get a booster to get one, whichever one is most available to them, without delay. [Quartz]
The downside to Biden’s electric vehicle charging plan [Recode]
I can’t get excited about Nvidia GeForce RTX 40 series cards — here’s why — It's hard to get hyped over new graphics cards when current-gen GPUs are nigh impossible to find [Tom’s Guide]
AMD's CES show will highlight upcoming Ryzen processors and Radeon graphics [PC Gamer]
Intel says the metaverse requires a 1000x boost in computing power [TheNextWeb]
How Starbucks and Colectivo Coffee Workers Rode a New Wave of Labor Organizing [Eater]
Fad or Future: Finding Success in The Metaverse [Inc.]
Plant-based meat isn’t perfect, but it is a form of harm reduction [Fast Company]
Coinbase Transparency Report -Q1-Q3, 2021 [Medium]
Become an Adobe Designer with This 36-Hour Course [Entrepreneur]
Google Warns That NSO Israeli Malware/Spyware Hacking Is On Par With Elite Nation-State Spies [WIRED]
This Week in Google 642 [TWIT]
A closer look at Android 12 (Go edition) [Google Blog]
Training Machine Learning Models More Efficiently with Dataset Distillation [Google AI Blog]
Cosmos: Origin and Fate of the Universe [Astronomy Magazine]

What’s up, everybody! Here are JETLAG RADIO 421 & BENKYO RADIO 421.

Not getting the COVID-19 vaccine is a gamble. When you are not vaccinated, you are gambling with your life. I have seen pictures of X-Rays of people who are vaccinated, and those who are not vaccinated. It’s scary. Please get vaccinated. Your life depends on it. Thank you.

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JETLAG RADIO 420 | BENKYO RADIO 420

December 11, 2021 by Zaki (Zack) Qayoumi in blog, music, reading, music therapy

The 50 Best Tracks of 2021 [beatportal]
The best new Eurorack modular gear of 2021, as decided by you [Computer Music]
Brad Pitt is reopening a classic French recording studio used by Pink Floyd and AC/DC, and he’s co-designing the mixing desk [Future Music]
Estimated 40% of Ticket Holders Not Attending Music Events Due to COVID-19 Concerns [DJ Mag]
Malta Set to Legalize Personal Cannabis Use in a European First [Mixmag]
David Guetta aligns with Faithless for rework of iconic track ‘God is A DJ’ [Dancing Astronaut]
New Artist Spotlight: Tanuki Project Is ‘Adamant’ About their New Releases [Your EDM]
First-Ever DJ Workshop for the Deaf in the U.K Scheduled for 2022 [EDM]
K?D Returns With Remix Of Neon Genesis Evangelion Theme [EDM Sauce]
Listen to the latest news on Cryptocurrencies on the Modern Finance podcast [Modern.Finance]
Introducing What's The Secret Sauce Hidden Inside The Patek Philippe Advanced Research Projects Minute Repeater? [HODINKEE]
Jerry Colonna — How to Take a Two-Month Sabbatical Every Year (#554) [Tim Ferriss]
I have a couple of extra copies of Gary Vaynerchuk’s new book! Would you like a copy? Follow me on Twitter and you might get selected. I need to reach 10,000 followers for Super Follow. [GaryVee]
Casualties arrive en masse at MSF hospital following an airstrike in Idlib [MSF]
Special reports: Japan offers the world examples to follow as well as ones not to. It is as relevant as ever, argues Noah Sneider [The Economist]
African countries are getting more coronavirus vaccines than they used to, but utilisation rates remain low - this is because many rich countries artificially beef up their donation figures by sending doses that are about to expire to poorer nations [The EIU]
Why the Workplace is Actually a Good Place to Heal [Harvard Business Review]
Miami is banking on cryptocurrency and New York wants in [BBC News]
FAA Officials Say Boeing Pilot Charged in 737 Max Crash Is a ‘Scapegoat' [Bloomberg]
Pfizer says COVID-19 pill near 90% protective against hospitalization, death [Reuters]
In Afghanistan, education must take precedence over politics [AL-Jazeera News]
Can “Distraction-Free” Devices Change the Way We Write? — The digital age enabled productivity but invited procrastination. Now writers are rebelling against their word processors. [The New Yorker]
Spider-Man: No Way Home Swings Big on Two Decades of Fan Payoff [The Verge]
January 6 texts from Fox hosts reveal the lie at the heart of the conservative movement — The texts expose how the rich exploit culture wars to benefit themselves. [Vox]
Still No GTA 6, But Rockstar Releases GTA 5 Online DLC- IGN Daily Fix [IGN]
Analogue Pocket Review: The Best Way To Play Game Boy Games [GameSpot]
The best science fiction and fantasy books of 2021 [Polygon]
COVID is Inspiring Smell Scientists to Explore Exciting New Frontiers [MIC]
Drake’s OVO brand has the perfect jackets to keep you warm this winter [INPUT]
How did Life Arise? New Study Offers Fundamental Evidence for a Disputed Theory [INVERSE]
7 investors discuss web3’s present and peer into its future [TechCrunch]
The Atlantic’s vital currents could collapse. Scientists are racing to understand the dangers. [MIT Technology Review]
Your ultimate guide to the best gifts — for every budget, holiday, and type of person [Insider]
Happy Holidays from all of us at NATO [LinkedIn]
Capitol attack a ‘coordinated act of terrorism’, says DC lawsuit against far-right groups [The Guardian]
Rising From the Antarctic, a Climate Alarm [The New York Times] #ClimateChange
QAnon Believer Who Threatened To Shoot Nancy Pelosi For Trump Sentenced To Prison [Huffington Post]
T Cells Might Be Our Bodies’ Best Shot Against Omicron [The Atlantic]
The Cavs Are Finally Winning Without LeBron [FiveThirtyEight]
The Pastor Who Defied the Odds — How a West Virginia reverend created something distinctive: a diverse congregation in an overwhelmingly White area [The Washington Post Magazine]
« Ce ne sont pas seulement les électeurs de gauche qui doivent être frustrés. C’est un manque incroyable pour le débat public français. Vous avez d’un côté l’extrême droite, la droite, Emmanuel Macron qui se battent pour gagner et, à gauche, ils se battent pour quoi ? Ils se battent pour être premier à gauche », a regretté M. Glucksmann, qui s’affirmait honteux et en colère de la situation. Durant son intervention, il a exhorté les candidats à parler entre eux. [Le Monde]
NASA's tough spacecraft dives into the sun's atmosphere, captures wild footage [Mashable]
How the View of Earth From Space Is Changing Humanity [VICE News]
A Conversation with Larry Krasner on Criminal Justice Reform [The Intercept_]
The year began with vaccines and optimism. But a new Covid-19 wave, violent conflicts, and the climate crisis made 2021 one more year we'd need resilience to survive. [National Geographic]
Most nations are promising to end deforestation, but skeptics want proof [NPR]
California's governor pledges to model an assault weapons ban on Texas abortion law [CapRadioNews]
‘France first’, a formula that can draw the voters? [Le Monde diplomatique]
Biden Takes Aim at Kleptocrats [Foreign Policy]
Don’t Sell Out Ukraine — The West Must Respond to Russia With Strength, Not Appeasement [Foreign Affairs]
Amid Tensions With Turkey, China Is Putting the Kurdish Issue in Play [The Diplomat]
The Afghan Debacle Should Prompt China to Revise its South Asian Policy [The Cipher Brief]
When a Genetic Disorder Discovery Is Unwelcome News [Quanta magazine]
Check out this new paper from @DMGrabowska of #CERNqti and Christian Bauer from @LBNLphysics: Together they introduce a resource-efficient representation for U(1) #gaugetheory simulation on digital #quantumcomputers. [CERNquantum]
NASA Enters the Solar Atmosphere for the First Time, Bringing New Discoveries [NASA]
INTERPOL’s Special Investigation Division in MOSSAD and its associates benefiting in billions and trillions of dollars in insider trading around and after 9/11/2001 continues to this day. [INTERPOL]
AFRL’s ‘Fight Tonight’ to Prototype AI and Gaming Tech for Attack Planning [Air Force Magazine]
Toyota Hints At Future Electric Sports Car—Wait, Really?! [MOTORTREND]

What’s up, everybody! Here are JETLAG RADIO 420 & BENKYO RADIO 420.

As you can see from the Cyberpunk 2077 trailer below, there are 3 separate campaigns in Cyberpunk 2077. I look forward to finishing the Nomad campaign, and afterward I will attempt the other two. The 1.31 patch makes the game work well on Steam (PC), and the 1.5 patch is coming in First-Quarter of 2022. If you are tired of the pandemic and need to get lost in another world for a few hours per week, Cyberpunk 2077 is the place to be. I want every song from every radio stations to be available on streaming portals (Spotify and Apple Music), so please, CD Projekt Red, make that happen. Thanks in advance.

It’s episode 420! Should weed be legal? Well, right now, there are millions of Black and Brown Americans in jail for weed, while Elon Musk made more than 300 billion dollars of profit during a pandemic in which millions of people suffered. So what do you think? As always, please remember not to smoke and drive under the influence. I thank you for listening.

Until Next Time!