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March 17, 2022 by Zaki (Zack) Qayoumi in blog, music, music therapy, reading

The Librarian’s Latest EP is a “Love Letter to Nightlife” [beatportal]
It looks like Behringer’s free DAW will come with free VST synth plugins that integrate with their hardware counterparts [Computer Music]
How to play synth solos like Jan Hammer [Future Music]
Inside the UK Afro house renaissance [DJ Mag]
Movie Magic: Weird and Wonderful Techniques used to Create Your Favorite Sound Effects [MIxmag]
Two of dance music’s most storied producers collaborate for the first time—stream Martin Garrix and Zedd’s ‘Follow’ [Dancing Astronaut]
ULTRA RETURNS! Watch The Friday 2022 Live Stream Here [Your EDM]
10 Can’t-Miss Performances at ULTRA MUSIC FESTIVAL 2022 [EDM]
Madeaux Releases “Something Real” Ahead Of New Album [EDM Sauce]
Nexo — NFT Lending and High Yield Savings [Modern Finance]
Introducing We're Ready To Talk About The Omega x Swatch MoonSwatch [HODINKEE]
Helping kids to beat TB in Tajikistan [MSF]
For all America’s success in helping Ukraine, hard times lie ahead [The Economist]
Exodus: the four kinds of Ukrainian refugee [1843 magazine]
How to Manage a Job Offer When You’re Still Interviewing Elsewhere [Harvard Business Review]
Demoralized Russian troops ‘could be encircled’ [BBC News]
Stock Traders Brace for a Chaotic Reopening to Russia’s Market [Bloomberg]
Moderna to seek regulatory approval for COVID shot for very young children [Reuters]
Poland expels ’45 Russian spies pretending to be diplomats’ [AL-Jazeera News]
What We Can Learn About The Universe From Just One Galaxy [The New Yorker]
The Halo show is nothing like the games, and that’s why it’s good [The Verge]
Car dealers are charging buyers more because that’s capitalism, baby — Car dealers are charging way over sticker price — and consumers are paying. [Vox]
TechCrunch debuts ‘Chain Reaction,’ a new podcast about the wild world of web3 [TechCrunch]
The secret police: Inside the app Minnesota police used to collect data on journalists at protests [MIT Technology Review]
Moscow insiders describe panic, frustration, and shame as Russia gets cut off from the global economy [Insider]
#G7 leaders reaffirmed their strong unity and commitment to continue working together to address the gravest threat to Euro-Atlantic security in decades.
Organized by Germany, and hosted at #NATO headquarters in Brussels, the meeting came on the back of the #NATOSummit which took place earlier on Thursday [URL] [LinkedIn] #NATO
Republicans turn Ketanji Brown Jackson hearing into a political circus [The Guardian]
Pushes to Eject Russia From G20 [The New York Times]
4 Afghan Women Describe How Life Has Changed Under Taliban Rule [Huffington Post]
Putin Doesn’t Realize How Much Warfare Has Changed [The Atlantic]
Where Did The Big Ten's March Magic Go? [FiveThirtyEight]
Opinion: Democrats are kicking rural America to the curb. Again. [The Washington Post]
Lutte contre le trafic de drogue : un bilan du quinquennat Macron en trompe-l’œil [Le Monde] Policemen & Policewomen need to focus less on weed and more on other crimes. It’s long overdue in France. There’s not enough manpower for more serious crimes.
Nicolas Cage is playing Dracula, and Twitter is ecstatic [Mashable]
USPS Decides Electric Trucks Are Good, Actually [Motherboard, TECH by VICE]
Why Aren’t We Hearing More Calls for Diplomacy to End War in Ukraine? [The Intercept]
Top Trips for Wildlife Lovers [National Geographic]
Alex Jones again fails to show up for a deposition in the Sandy Hook case against him [NPR]
California coronavirus updates: Teachers strike in Sacramento highlights staffing issues affecting schools across the country [CapRadioNews]
Effets d’aubaine [Le Monde diplomatique]
The US-Japan Alliance: The Bedrock of Peace and Stability in a Volatile World [Foreign Policy]
India’s Leaderless Opposition — The bad news is that India’s opposition still does not have a face; the good news is it has two years to sort that out. [The Diplomat]
Brain Chemical Helps Signal to Neurons When to Start a Movement [Quanta magazine]
#ThrowbackThursday en 1967 avec une machine mesurant les traces laissées par les particules dans les chambres à bulle. Cet instrument de mesure IEP était relié en ligne à un ordinateur CDC 3100. — Plus sur les ordinateurs au CERN dans les années 60 : [CERN_FR]
NASA Delivers on Making Gate to Gate Flights More Efficient [NASA]
Human trafficking is a multi-billion-dollar form of international organized crime, constituting modern-day slavery. [INTERPOL]
DOD Gives Services More Options for Measuring Body Composition [Air Force Magazine]
New Acura Integra Reservations Massively Tilted to One Transmission [MOTORTREND]

What’s up, everybody! Here are JETLAG RADIO 492 & BENKYO RADIO 492.

The situation in Ukraine continues to be alarming, but I’m somewhat baffled by the double standard. People have been suffering for about 74 years in Palestine, and nobody gave a shit (because it does not have Oil) meanwhile, within 2-3 weeks in Ukraine, and the entire planet is outpouring support. Please be more vocal about other refugees. The amount of worldwide care for Ukraine so quickly simply because they “look Christian and blue-eyes” makes us look extremely bad in the rest of the world. I mean, we’re doing everything in our power for Ukraine right now, donating billions, while millions of poor Americans, let’s be frank, African-Americans and other minorities don’t have money to put gas in their car, who could use another stimulus check, and have you seen all of this?

I’d like to remind you all, while it’s true, I do have access to a ridiculous super powerful supercomputer, it does not come with a bank account. I’m still doing this blog and my podcasts, but no one has given me a check yet. So please remember my Instagram post about Atlanta TV show with Spider-man: “It’s that time of the night where everybody is waiting for that next Mixtape but no one wants to pay for it, I see how it is.” I’m serious. I have given you my Bitcoin link and Ethereum (iamzaki.eth) URL. Support me. Elon Musk is a Billionaire. I am not. I live paycheck to paycheck. You know how Spider-man is a superhero but can’t even pay his bills? There you go. My username on Robinhood is “iamzaki.” Working for free is slavery. 4 of my podcasts (MU/OMEGA/DISCO/BETA) levels are at #65, and will remain that way until I receive funds or a salary position.

Until Next Time!

JETLAG RADIO 491 | BENKYO RADIO 491

March 16, 2022 by Zaki (Zack) Qayoumi in blog, music, music therapy, reading

The Slackification of Salesforce [Protocol]
As we all well know by now, the past few years have sadly not been full of festivals and clubshows. Things are looking better right now though, so let’s make 2022 a year full of joy, happiness and lots of dancing! Check my tour dates below, and hope to see you soon! Love, Nicky [Nicky Romero]
Doctors often use Google Translate to talk with non-English speaking patients, but researchers say inaccurate results are common and can lead to serious errors [TechMeme]
In Gaza, Palestinians with Ukraine ties watching with empathy as Russian attack continues [PBS]
The rise in wages for low-income Americans is no match for the rise in US gas prices [Quartz]
The neon shortage is a bad sign — Russia’s war against Ukraine has ramifications for the chips that power all sorts of tech. [Recode]
How an AI brain with only one neuron could surpass humans [TheNextWeb]
What a Surge in Union Organizing Means for Food and Farm Workers [Eater]
Here's How to Get Employees to Come Back to the Office, Even If They've Moved Away - Some companies may want employees to come back to the physical office, but getting them to do it happily can be delicate--particularly if employees have moved away. [Inc.]
Here’s why your LinkedIn feed looks so different these days [Fast Company]
The Night Sky Should Be As Bright as the Sun. Why Isn’t It? [Medium]
New Episode of 'Going Public': Does Anything Compare to In-Person Meetings? [Entrepreneur]
Which MacBook Should You Buy? [WIRED]
This Week in Tech 867 — [TWIT]
Basketball and brackets: a March love story [Google Blog]
Offline Optimization for Architecting Hardware Accelerators [Google AI Blog]
101 Must-See Cosmic Objects: The Rosette Nebula [Astronomy Magazine]
Hybrid Work Could Be Hurting Your Inclusion Efforts – Here’s How You Can Tell [Salesforce 360 Blog]
SAP Sapphire (VIRTUAL) — May 10-12 [SAP]

What’s up, everybody! Here are JETLAG RADIO 491 & BENKYO RADIO 491.

A huge congratulations to Wayne Rooney, who was introduced in the Premier League Hall of Fame. #GoUNITED! #MUFC

Please enjoy this DJ mix broadcast from Markus Schulz doing his tribute to Ukraine.

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JETLAG RADIO 490 | BENKYO RADIO 490

March 14, 2022 by Zaki (Zack) Qayoumi in blog, music, music therapy, reading

Six Emerging Acts On Our Radar: March 2022 [beatportal]
James Blake partners with Endel to release an adaptive soundscape that promises to improve your sleep [Computer Music]
Tom Middleton’s new wellness album is designed to reduce your anxiety and help you sleep [Future Music]
Amelie Lens’ Exhale Records Release Fundraising Compilation for Ukrainian Aid [DJ Mag]
In Session: ANNA — From slam to sound healing: ANNA delves deep into the frequencies of the psyche and provides us with an original mix of techno tones [Mixmag]
Le Youth delivers lead single from debut LP—stream ‘Lighthouse’ [Dancing Astronaut]
Rich Furniss Shines Again On Latest Disco House Single, “Game On” [Your EDM]
He’s Back: Hardwell Confirmed to Close Out Ultra Music Festival 2022 After 4-Year Hiatus [EDM.com]
Ailow And FAME Sounds Collab On Newest, Deep, Heavy Handed Club Banger [EDM Sauce]
Weekend Edition On Its Tenth Anniversary, We're Diving Into The Tudor Black Bay [HODINKEE]
Staff in major Kyiv hospital receive training for potential increase in casualties [MSF]
Russia’s war is creating corporate winners and losers [The Economist]
“They don’t want Putin to lose, because that would be a win for America”—China’s calculus on Ukraine [The Economist Podcasts]
Fixing Data Overload in Health Care [Harvard Business Review]
Russia's state TV hit by stream of resignations [BBC News]
U.S. Is Sending Dive-Bombing Switchblade Drones to Ukraine [Bloomberg]
U.N. Security Council to vote Friday on Russia move on Ukraine [Reuters]
We need to remember the crisis in Yemen is not over [AL-Jazeera News]
Why the School Wars Still Rage — From evolution to anti-racism, parents and progressives have clashed for a century over who gets to tell our origin stories. [The New Yorker]
Google I/O takes place May 11th and 12th, and it will be fully available online [The Verge]
The Stop Asian Hate movement is at a crossroads [Vox]
BMW’s CTO on electrification and supply chain issues [TechCrunch]
The online volunteers hunting for war crimes in Ukraine [MIT Technology Review]
Review: Meet BMW's sporty new electric sedan, the i4 M50. It's a great choice for first-time EV buyers. [Insider]
Dans le sillage de l'initiative Scale-Up Europe, l'initiative qui favorise l'émergence de scale-up en Europe, la Mission French Tech a participé à l'événement organisé par France Angels « Start-up to Scale-up in Europe: The Role of Business Angels » ! 📌 Les investissements européens sont clés pour la croissance des start-up de la #frenchtech et pour construire des géants européens. Récapitulatif des tables rondes et des intervenants ici ➡️ URL #ScaleUpEurope 🇪🇺 [LinkedIn] #LaFrenchTech
Dentist found guilty of damaging patients’ teeth to boost profits [The Guardian]
Michelle Yeoh’s Quantum Leaps [The New York Times]
The Taliban’s ‘Cleaning Operation’ Is Terrifying Afghans Left Behind By The U.S. [Huffington Post]
Vladimir Putin Has Fallen Into the Dictator Trap [The Atlantic]
The Top-Seeded Men's Teams That Could Bust Your Bracket [FiveThirtyEight]
Stop buying from these companies. They’re funding Putin’s war. [The Washington Post]
Ligue des champions : face à Chelsea, la marche était trop haute pour Lille [Le Monde]
How to get your kid into mindfulness [Mashable]
Hackers Provide Livestream of Dozens of Cameras Inside Russia [VICE News]
As U.S. Focuses on Ukraine, Yemen Starves [The Intercept_]
Allergy season is about to get worse [National Geographic]
Moderna seeks approval for second COVID-19 booster shot for adults [NPR]
Stephon Clark's family is still seeking justice four years later [CapRadioNews]
En Corse, « il y a un éléphant dans le salon » [Le Monde diplomatique]
Six Things NATO Can Do to Help Ukraine Right Now [Foreign Policy]
The Dangers of Putin’s Paranoia — Why Isolation Encourages Escalation [Foreign Affairs]
Japan, ASEAN and the Importance of Grassroots Diplomacy [The Diplomat]
An Antimatter Experiment Shows Surprises Near Absolute Zero [Quanta magazine]
Un nouveau binôme de scientifiques du CERN s'attaque aux boîtes mystère.
La physicienne Dorota Grabowska et l’ingénieur Alberto Di Meglio ont repris l’enquête en utilisant leurs cinq sens et ont identifié une odeur… — Regardez la vidéo entière ici: [CERN_FR]
Hubble Sees the Eye of a Colorful Galaxy [NASA]
INTERPOL trains the next generation of police leaders [INTERPOL] to combat Jewish cartels and the “MAFIA-OPERATING-SUPER-SYSTEM-AD-VERTISING” (MOSSAD)
New Head Skunk for Lockheed Martin [Air Force Magazine] you can read news about the SR-72 (Son of Blackbird) on The National Interest magazine.
Power Hungry BMW M3 Build Gets Japanese and Domestic Upgrades [MOTORTREND]

What’s up, everybody! Here are JETLAG RADIO 490 & BENKYO RADIO 490.

Aren’t you tired of these gas prices? This shit is ridiculous. It’s imperative that OPEC along with ExxonMobile, etc reduces the price at the pump since they have received record profits. People are getting upset at Biden when they should be upset at these Billionaire and Millionaire CEOs who reap all the profits, and can easily find ways to bring the price of gas back to $3-4/gallon. #gasprices

The State Department is doing everything in their power to calm the situation in Ukraine, as Putin continues to be isolated. Russia might need regime-change. We cannot have an adversary who threatens the nuclear option and bring us back to a new Cold War. Let’s be reasonable. #NuclearDeterrence

There is a new game about Harry Potter coming out soon on Playstation! The books are also on my bookclub over the next couple of months. Enjoy! #HarryPotter

Until Next Time!

JETLAG RADIO 489 | BENKYO RADIO 489

March 12, 2022 by Zaki (Zack) Qayoumi in blog, music, music therapy, reading

Microsoft overhauls its partner program with a distinct focus on Azure [Protocol]
Check out my Twitch channel for my monthly live A&R sessions ‘demo:drop’, or watch the music bar, games, or other interactive streams! [Nicky Romero]
Sources: Google has struck a deal to acquire Raxium, a five-year-old startup that makes microLED components for AR and VR displays [TechMeme]
DHS offering temporary protection and work permits to Afghans in U.S. [AXIOS]
Russia and Ukraine got closer to a deal. Both sides made optimistic remarks about a cease-fire after the latest round of talks. US markets were buoyed by the indications of progress. [Quartz]
The surprising link between Covid-19 deaths and ... internet access [Recode]
There’s a tiny star spraying antimatter all over the Milky Way — should we be worried? [TheNextWeb]
Rising Gas Prices Could Force Food Banks to Scale Back Their Critically Important Work [Eater]
Inspiring Achievement - Presented by vari [Inc.]
This startup is using video games to treat health conditions [Fast Company]
Night Coffee plays by different rules [Medium] #Webcomic (Rstevens)
A deepfake video of Volodymyr Zelenskyy circulates on social networks and this is what you need to know [Entrepreneur]
7 Great Deals to Get You Through the Workweek [WIRED]
FLOSS Weekly 672 [TWiT]
Let’s get personal: Adaptive learning tech and education [Google Blog]
Multimodal Bottleneck Transformer (MBT): A New Model for Modality Fusion [Google AI Blog]

What’s up, everybody! Here are JETLAG RADIO 489 & BENKYO RADIO 489.

I’ve discussed Lambda Calculus before, here is another video from Computerphile which may describe it better. #LambdaCalculus

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JETLAG RADIO 488 | BENKYO RADIO 488

March 11, 2022 by Zaki (Zack) Qayoumi in blog, music, music therapy, reading

Legendary French DJ and producer Kittin digs deep into Beatport’s back catalogues for her Playlist of the Week. [beatportal]
6 ways to get more out of Logic Pro [Computer Music]
How to finish an EP in 30 days: Week 3 - creating an arrangement [Future Music]
A Disco Ball Emoji is Finally Available on Apple [DJ Mag]
New Music NFT Platform TokenTraxx Allows Fans to Become Stakeholders of the Artists They Love [Mixmag]
Above & Beyond score first film documentary [Dancing Astronaut]
Showtek Talk Surviving the Pandemic, New Music, Artist Growth and Personal Moves [Interview] [Your EDM]
Programmer Creates One-Of-A-Kind Daft Punk “World Clock” [EDM.com]
Giorgio Gee & Noize Generation Collab On Techy New Bop “Complicated” [EDM Sauce]
Point/Counterpoint Display Casebacks Should Only Be Used When There's Something To Display [HODINKEE]
Humanitarian aid urgently needed for thousands of displaced people from Agok [MSF]
Russia’s armed forces are suffering substantial losses in Ukraine [The Economist]
“It’s a strange mood, but people in Kyiv have got used to it”—on the ground in a stricken Kyiv [The Economist Podcasts]
In Light of Russia Sanctions, Consider Your Conditions for Doing Business in Other Countries [Harvard Business Review]
Ukraine war: Protester exposes cracks in Kremlin's war message [BBC News]
The Global Fight Over Chips Is Only Going to Get Worse [Bloomberg]
Peace talks more 'realistic', says Ukraine president; Biden to visit NATO [Reuters]
Pakistan PM lauds UN for International Day to Combat Islamophobia [AL-Jazeera News]
The Endgame of the Oligarch Who Owns Chelsea [The New Yorker]
Ms. Marvel’s first trailer teases a cosmic take on Kamala Khan [The Verge]
The constitutional problem with Florida’s “Don’t Say Gay” bill [Vox]
Infrastructure bill could promote lean construction via data capture [TechCrunch]
The Download: China just reported its biggest one-day covid case increase yet [MIT Technology Review]
Google employees say new return to office plans are being applied unevenly, with some banned from remote work while others get special treatment [Insider]
The #GlobalRemixChallenge returns with Tiësto and Ava Max's ‘The Motto’ and a massive prize package totaling over $14,000 divided between four winning producers! [LinkedIn] #BEATPORT
Ancient tombs and sarcophagus unearthed beneath Paris’ Notre Dame [The Guardian] Hot-Damn!
106 Years, 4 Weeks, 1 Wreck: How Shackleton’s Ship Was Found [The New York Times]
UFO Expert 'Absolutely Floored' By Revelation From Obama Library [Huffington Post]
How to Time Your Second Booster [The Atlantic]
The Men’s NCAA Tournament Will Feature Plenty Of Fresh Faces On The Sidelines [FiveThirtyEight]
Opinion: Chinese ambassador: Where we stand on Ukraine [The Washington Post]
« Comment gagner la guerre en Ukraine sans la faire » [Le Monde]
Volvo brings fast EV charging to Starbucks locations [Mashable]
Ukrainians Are Getting Across the US-Mexico Border. But Russians Fleeing Putin Are Not. [VICE News]
Peter Daszak Answers Critics and Defends Coronavirus Research [The Intercept_]
Secrets of Harriet Tubman’s life are being revealed 100 years later [National Geographic]
U.N. says military violence in Myanmar may be 'crimes against humanity' [NPR]
American River College president received racist threats from a former student, officials say [CapRadioNews]
En Irak et en Syrie, les civils sont les premières victimes des bombardements [Le Monde diplomatique]
Zelensky Makes His Case to Congress [Foreign Policy]
Xi Jinping Is in Trouble — How Russia’s Botched War in Ukraine Hurts China [Foreign Affairs]
The Philippines’ False Nostalgia for Authoritarian Rule [The Diplomat]
Machine Learning Reimagines the Building Blocks of Computing [Quanta magazine]
[Press Update] #ASACUSA sees surprising behavior of hybrid matter–#antimatter atoms in superfluid helium Find out more: [CERN_FR]
NASA’s Webb Reaches Alignment Milestone, Optics Working Successfully [NASA]
Latin America: Nine of the region’s most wanted fugitives arrested in global operation [INTERPOL]
Watch, Read: Future ISR Will Include AI for Faster Decision-Making [Air Force Magazine]
Turn Down For What? Nissan GT-R Deemed Too Loud for Europe [MOTORTREND]

What’s up, everybody! Here are JETLAG RADIO 488 & BENKYO RADIO 488.

The following post is mostly redacted but I’ll get right to the point. 83 days before Trump was elected president in 2016, I had Bubble Tea at Quickly with __________ in Folsom, CA. In the parking lot, was an unknown driver of a White Ferrari 488 Italia with his lights on, while the two of us were inside having a conversation. In metaphor, he is an Espada. He must be found. He must be arrested. The FBI, including Mueller’s team has a lot of questions for him. I will not rest until he is found and arrested, and for making my life a living nightmare. Yes, that does mean the sheer magnitude of the Trump mafia investigation is even bigger than one has anticipated.

I’d like to point out that if Trump’s actions the other year against Biden’s son Hunter about Ukraine involved Trump preparing Putin for his war the following year, Former President or not, Trump is eligible to get the (electric) chair for this. We uphold the Constitution of the United States against all enemies, FOREIGN AND DOMESTIC.

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JETLAG RADIO 487 | BENKYO RADIO 487

March 10, 2022 by Zaki (Zack) Qayoumi in blog, music, music therapy, reading

Vince Staples Calls Out Record Labels for Capitalizing on Violence & Dead Rappers [HipHopDX]
VIDEO: Sean Paul Ft. PIA MIA “How We Do It” [RapRadar]
Azealia Banks Calls Kanye West a “Blind Dumb Deaf Mascot’ for Selling $200 Stem Player [XXL]
Cassandra Jenkins: Abbey Road Amplify x Pitchfork London Sessions [Pitchfork}
Mavis Staples & Levon Helm – “You Got To Move” [Stereogum]
Latest Tracks [Hype Machine]
How to read a tech company climate plan [Protocol]
Kickstart [Nicky Romero]
Google says Steam launched in Alpha “on select Chromebooks for users to try”; code changes showed earlier that it will work only on high-performance Chromebooks [TechMeme]
The iTunes single has never been so unpopular [Quartz]
Social media is full of confused people wondering why they weren’t notified of calls and why it seems as though everyone’s messages are silenced. [Recode]
We ranked the new iOS 15.4 features from best to worst [TheNextWeb]
SXSW 2022: Where to Eat in Austin [Eater]
The Idea for This Coffee Brand Came to Him in an Instant. A Do-or-Die Moment Made It the Midwest's No. 1 Private Company [Inc.]
The metaverse is just an idea, but Adobe says it’s time to prep for it [Fast Company]
How to Transform DevOps Technology to Achieve DevSecOps [Medium]
False heiress Anna Sorokin, whose case inspired a successful Netflix series, will be deported to Germany [Entrepreneur]
It’s Like GPT-3 but for Code—Fun, Fast, and Full of Flaws [WIRED]
Drive with Christina Aguilera this March [Waze Blog]
How the James Webb Space Telescope began its voyage to the edge of time [Astronomy Magazine]
Are Remote Workers Better for Corporate Net Zero Efforts – Or Worse? [Salesforce 360 Blog]
RISE with SAP | The Road Ahead [SAP]

What’s up, everybody! Here are JETLAG RADIO 487 & BENKYO RADIO 487.

FRONTLINE PBS has a new special documentary on the War in Ukraine. Please watch. Thank you.

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March 09, 2022 by Zaki (Zack) Qayoumi in blog, music, music therapy, reading

Michael Lawson catches up with Cinthie, the Berlin-based dance music stalwart who is enjoying a creative renaissance. [beatportal]
Apple updates Logic Pro, MainStage and GarageBand: spatial audio head tracking for AirPods and Mac Studio optimization are among the new features [Computer Music]
How to finish an EP in 30 days: week 2 - generating ideas [Future Music]
Vintage Culture: changing the game [DJ Mag]
Kavinsky: “I Want People to Talk to Me About Something Other Than ‘Nightcall’ Now” [Mixmag]
Dillon Francis and VINNE team up for new house cut on Revealed Recordings, ‘Once Again’ [Dancing Astronaut]
The Cat Dealers Bring Their Debut Cat House Sessions Show to Miami For Miami Music Week [Your EDM]
Calvin Harris, Kygo to Headline Life is Beautiful 2022: See the Full Lineup [EDM.com]
LUM!X Brings The Heat To Eurovision Song Contest With New Single, ‘Halo’ [EDM Sauce]
Auctions Phillips Announces Thematic Auction For The Royal Oak's 50th Anniversary [HODINKEE]
Measles poses deadly risk for malnourished children in Afghanistan [MSF]
The return of the crowded office [The Economist]
“I’ll stay until Putin’s dead or the war is over”: the Americans fighting for Ukraine [1843 magazine]
DEI Isn’t Enough; Companies Need Anti-Racist Leadership [Harvard Business Review]
Why has the Syrian war lasted 11 years? [BBC News]
The War in Ukraine Prompts the Kindness of Strangers [Bloomberg Opinion]
U.S. carriers lean on 'unparalleled' travel demand to counter higher fuel costs [Reuters]
From Kyiv to Kabul: The blessings of civilization [AL-Jazeera News]
How Putin’s Invasion of Ukraine Upended Germany [The New Yorker]
Google Stadia is subtly reinventing itself to attract new games and gamers [The Verge]
What happened the last time high gas prices dominated US politics [Vox]
Germany warns against using Kaspersky software, citing ‘considerable’ cyber risk after Russia’s invasion [TechCrunch]
The Download: Russia is spreading misinformation about chemical weapons in Ukraine [MIT Technology Review]
Elon Musk challenged Putin to single combat over Ukraine [Insider]
#ColdResponse22 is a long-planned, defensive exercise bringing together thousands of troops from #NATO Allies and partners, testing their ability to work together in cold weather conditions across #Norway – on land, in the air and at sea [LinkedIn] #NATO
‘It’s the right thing to do’: the 300,000 volunteer hackers coming together to fight Russia [The Guardian]
How Life as a Trucker Devolved Into a Dystopian Nightmare [The New York Times]
Suns of Anarchy: Senate Votes to Make Daylight Saving Time Permanent [Huffington Post]
Putin’s Nuclear Threats Are a Wake-Up Call for the World [The Atlantic]
The Favorites To Watch And Upsets To Pick In The 2022 Men’s NCAA Tournament [FiveThirtyEight]
Opinion: Biden has the perfect answer to those calling for him to do ‘more’ on Ukraine: No World War III. [The Washington Post]
« Grand Theft Auto » : vingt-cinq ans de polémique [Le Monde]
There's now an official 'Downton Abbey' rewatch podcast [Mashable]
Culture Warriors Are Very Upset About the Sweet and Inoffensive ‘Turning Red’ [VICE News]
Anti-War Protester Interrupts Live News Broadcast on Russian State TV [The Intercept_]
How to grocery shop to help the environment [National Geographic]
Without sending troops, the U.S. wages 'hybrid warfare' against Russia [NPR]
UC Davis researchers are using ultrasounds to help endangered abalone spawn [CapRadioNews]
Pouvoir d’achat, emploi… Faut-il craindre l’inflation ? [Le Monde diplomatique]
‘Nowhere to Turn to’: U.S. Forces Closure of Afghan Embassy [Foreign Policy]
International Law Goes to War in Ukraine — The Legal Pushback to Russia’s Invasion [Foreign Affairs]
War in Ukraine and Taiwan’s ‘Like-Minded Diplomacy’ in Europe [The Diplomat]
Machine Learning Reimagines the Building Blocks of Computing [Quanta magazine]
#LeSaviezVous : le Grand Collisionneur de Hadrons (LHC) est plus froid que l'espace intersidéral! Les aimants du #LHC fonctionnent à -271.3 °C... Mais comment atteindre cette température ? Voici une recette simple pour refroidir le LHC ⬇️[CERN_FR]
Tiny Star Unleashes Gargantuan Beam of Matter and Antimatter [NASA]
INTERPOL launches center against financial crime and corruption [INTERPOL] (this is very important to combat the MAFIA-OPERATING-SUPER-SYSTEM-AD-VERTISING (MOSSAD)
Glass Ceilings — America may be on the verge of promoting its first woman to lead a military service. The Air Force has the inside track. [Air Force Magazine]
Ford Expands Deal With VW To Include a New Sporty Crossover EV [MOTORTREND]

What’s up, everybody! Here are JETLAG RADIO 486 & BENKYO RADIO 486.

Please enjoy this video from LGR of himself building a 486 DOS PC!

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JETLAG RADIO 485 | BENKYO RADIO 485

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

Block will use a fingerprint sensor for its bitcoin wallet [Protocol]
Masterclasses [Nicky Romero]
Apple rolls out iOS 15.4 with the ability to use Face ID while wearing a mask, and iPadOS 15.4 with Universal Control, which requires macOS Monterey 12.3 [TechMeme]
Russian oligarchs’ crypto wallets may have been identified. Elliptic, a London-based crypto forensics firm, said it found ties to individuals who might be trying to evade sanctions. [Quartz]
Social media is bad for kids. At least it is according to multiple studies, former social media company employees, and the president of the United States. It’s also just one more way that the internet can be a dangerous place for children — a problem that lawmakers have been trying for decades to solve. They’re still trying. [Recode]
I like the Apple Studio Display, but I’d love a $500 version [TheNextWeb]
The 18 Best Cookbooks of Spring 2022 [Eater]
War or Not, Americans Are Still Headed to Europe [Inc.]
Why your brand should think less about designing a logo, and more about designing a sound [Fast Company]
Decoding the Bitcoin paper Part 1 — Prerequisites and abstract [Medium]
Elon Musk Offers Advice on Inflation, Says He Won't Be Selling Crypto: 'It Is Generally Better to Own Physical Things' [Entrepreneur]
How Much Pi Do You Really Need? — To celebrate Pi Day, we look at applications—from NASA to cars—that prove you can have too much of a good thing. [WIRED]
iOS Today 592 [TWiT]
Female founders change lives in the data center capital — In Loudoun County, Virginia — the data center capital of the world — two intrepid female executives are working hard to set an example for other aspiring women while also changing lives in their communities [Google Blog]
Educational resources [Quantum AI at Google]
American astronaut will return to Earth on Russian spacecraft despite Ukraine invasion, NASA says [SPACE.com]
Accessible Technology Means Including Everyone – Here’s How To Build It [Salesforce 360 Blog]
What are the Top 2022 Business Process Management Trends ? [SAP]

What’s up, everybody! Here are JETLAG RADIO 485 & BENKYO RADIO 485.

As much as it is my personal duty to start raving at Armin van Buuren’s celebration of ASOT 1000 in Los Angeles, I alas have a scheduling conflict. I will have to perform my civic duty to vote in the French Presidential Elections during the first and second round. This is because of the rise of Nazism and the Far-Right in France from the various new parties that have emerged, all inspired by Nazi Le Pen and her Nazi Dad Jean-Marie Le Pen. It is now a duty for every French citizen, whether in France, or overseas, to vote in these Presidential Elections. If you do not cast a vote, or worst, vote “blanc”, and Anne Hidalgo & Emmanuel Macron do not make it to the second round of the Presidential Elections, you can hold yourself personally responsible for the fall of the 5eme Republique. Do not make that mistake. Vote. Votez. It is your civic duty. You’ve seen the damage a candidate like Trump did to America. Don’t let it happen to France. Thanks for listening.

I was very proud of France Rugby doing great (FMP! Fumoffu Episode 7). Drank a Pint of Guinness as a token of gratitude. Great job, guys! Vive La France!

Until Next Time!

JETLAG RADIO 484 | BENKYO RADIO 484

March 07, 2022 by Zaki (Zack) Qayoumi in blog, music, music therapy, reading

The Global Remix Challenge Returns with Tiësto’s ‘The Motto’ [beatportal]
Quincy Jones: “My proudest achievement? It would be like having to name my favorite child" [Computer Music]
How much do you know about ‘90s drum ‘n’ bass? Take the BBC Mastermind quiz and find out… [Future Music]
Ukrainian Artists, Labels and Fundraising Releases to Support [DJ Mag]
Stormzy Reveals His Third Album To Be Out This Year [Mixmag]
Martin Garrix, Matisse & Sadko hand-pick five deserving names to rework ‘Won’t Let You Go’ with John Martin [Dancing Astronaut]
ARC Festival Unveils Lineup for 2022 ft. Carl Cox, Cirez D, Charlotte De Witte [Your EDM]
Odesza Announce First Live Show In Three Years [EDM]
John Summit – La Danza [EDM Sauce]
Introducing The Glamorous, Glow-In-The-Dark Louis Vuitton Spin Time Air Quantum (Live Pics & Pricing) [HODINKEE]
Survivors of “most difficult rescue” need an immediate place of safety [MSF]
How to avoid nuclear catastrophe—and a costly new arms race [Bulletin of Atomic Scientists]
America returns to containment to deal with Russia and China [The Economist]
The battle for Irpin: Russian troops close in on the capital [1843 magazine]
What Stops People on Your Team from Leaving? [Harvard Business Review] a paycheck (decent compensation)
US warns China against support for Russia [BBC News]
Secret paper highlights corrupt Abramovich deals (it all started with a corrupt Rabbi) [BBC News]
Panic Selling Grips Chinese Stocks in Biggest Plunge Since 2008 [Bloomberg] China would be wise to do two things: NOT support Russia in its war with Ukraine, and start supporting Bitcoin again.
Investors turn to crypto funds, companies as Russia-Ukraine crisis escalates [Reuters]
It is hardly surprising Empire stole Afghan money — Washington’s decision to give Afghan funds to 9/11 victims is a continuation of its colonial venture in Afghanistan. [AL-Jazeera News] Meanwhile, Dick Cheney is still alive as he is afraid of the Hell that awaits him. In Hell.
Have Chinese Spies Infiltrated American Campuses? — The U.S. arrested Chinese professors, implying that they were foreign agents. The academics say that they’ve been caught up in a xenophobic panic. [The New Yorker]
Employee Revolt on Live Russia TV: ‘Stop The War!’ — ‘They Are Lying’ [Huffington Post]
This Is a Uniquely Perilous Moment — Smaller-scale tactical nuclear weapons could bring the great powers into a brutal, deadly, and unprecedented conflict. [The Atlantic] #NuclearDeterrence
How The War In Ukraine Might Change Putin’s Popularity Among Russians [FiveThirtyEight]
18 Famous Men Who Opened Up About Shirtless Scenes, Body-Shaming, And The Unrealistic Body Standards Hollywood Creates [BuzzFeed] #JEXI
Millions of vulnerable Americans likely to fall off Medicaid once the federal public health emergency ends [The Washington Post]
« J’ai compris que j’étais pauvre en arrivant au lycée Henri-IV » [Le Monde]
The best laptops to power your favorite hobbies [Mashable]
Unearthing the Bitcoin Tapes — Nine years later, we’re finally publishing footage from one of the first major Bitcoin conferences. [VICE News] #BTC #Bitcoin
Burning Tires Left Louisiana Prisoners With Migraines, Breathing Problems, and Minimal Medical Care [The Intercept_]
The history of the Molotov cocktail, an iconic weapon of underdogs [National Geographic]
The goal: Vaccinate 70% of the world against COVID. Scientists are proposing a reboot [NPR] #COVID19 #VaccinesSaveLives
Sacramento city’s participatory budget program is underway. Here’s how to get involved. [CapRadioNews]
Diplomatie « des valeurs » à la sauce verte [Le Monde diplomatique]
Hungary’s Orban Pivots Away From Putin as Elections Loom [Foreign Policy]
Why Strangling Russia’s Economy Could Backfire — Harsh Sanctions Could Make the Country a Bigger, Badder North Korea [Foreign Affairs]
Kazakh-Russian Relations in the Context of the War in Ukraine [The DIplomat]
Tiny Galaxies Reveal Secrets of Supermassive Black Holes [Quanta magazine]
#LeSaviezVous : le Grand Collisionneur de Hadrons (LHC) est plus froid que l'espace intersidéral! Les aimants du #LHC fonctionnent à -271.3 °C... Mais comment atteindre cette température ? Voici une recette simple pour refroidir le LHC ⬇️[CERN_FR]
Coverage, Activities Set for First Rollout of NASA’s Mega Moon Rocket [NASA]
Over the next 4 days, the INTERPOL Specialists Group on Crimes Against Children is meeting to combat online child sexual abuse, identify victims & their attackers, & disrupt criminal networks involved in producing & circulating abusive content. #SGCAC [INTERPOL]
Germany to Buy F-35 and Typhoon Fighters as It Boosts Defense Spending [Air Force Magazine]
Row Your Ohms: Toyota (!) Wants To Save Manual Transmissions for EVs [MOTORTREND]

What’s up, everybody! Here are JETLAG RADIO 484 & BENKYO RADIO 484.

As I’m reading and highlighting my new copy of Foreign Affairs magazine, it already feels a bit outdated due to the ruckus in Ukraine. It’s still a very important issue focusing on The Middle East, and highly recommend that you read it. Also, please refer to listening and watching The Economist, BBC News, France 24, and podcasts from VICE News and The Intercept. I haven’t watched CNN in a while, so please watch a few new episodes of Anderson Cooper 360, because he was in tears at how depressing things were in the region. Thank you.

Until Next Time!

JETLAG RADIO 481 | BENKYO RADIO 481

March 04, 2022 by Zaki (Zack) Qayoumi in blog, music, music therapy, reading

Armin van Buuren live at FSOE 500 (The Great Pyramids Of Giza, Egypt) 🇪🇬 (September 15, 2017) [YouTube]
The allure of free-to-play has grown too big for console gaming to ignore [Protocol]
Presenting: Monocule [Nicky Romero]
Race and voting: The path forward [AXIOS]
Twitter updated its iOS app to let users swipe between the algorithmic Home and reverse chronological Latest timelines but users can't make Latest the default [TechMeme]
3 ways the US can replace its Russian oil imports at the pump [Quartz]
“The alarmists were right all along”: A Moscow journalist on Putin and the new Russian reality [Recode]
All of Apple’s M1 processors in one simple table [TheNextWeb]
The Best Air Fryer Recipes, According to Eater Editors [Eater]
These Retailers Don't Wait, They Innovate — It takes more than just good marketing to get customers to buy non-essential items. Some sellers have found out-of-the-box solutions for a retail environment that is anything but normal. [Inc.]
11 science-backed tactics that help when you lose that one hour of sleep this weekend [Fast Company]
There’s now a cheaper, easier way for your friends and family in Mexico to cash out the crypto you send them [Medium] #COINBASE #CRYPTOCURRENCY
10 Reasons Why Your Brand Needs to Be Online in 2022 [Entrepreneur]
This Massive Indie Game Bundle Costs $10 and Benefits Ukraine Charities [WIRED] I’ve mentioned this one in a previous post, but wanted to mention it again. #UKRAINE
This Week in Space 2 [TWiT]
Explore Bob Marley's most extensive archive ever [Google Blog]
Azure. Create the games that you would play. — Build, run, distribute, and help secure your apps and games at global scale. Start with an Azure free account, 12 months of popular services free, and a $200 credit. [Azure]
The Sky This Week: Venus and Mars dazzle before dawn [Astronomy Magazine]
How Slack Builds Accessibility, One Feature at a Time [Salesforce 360 Blog]
The Human Factor Ep 11: The Relativity of Success - Podcast by SAP (Teaser) [SAP]

What’s up, everybody! Here are JETLAG RADIO 481 & BENKYO RADIO 481.

As you may know, the Pyramid of Giza is 481 feet. I’ve always wanted to visit Egypt, and unfortunately, its president is a ruthless man who has imprisoned journalists, including ones from AL-Jazeera. Mahmoud Houssein was released after spending more than four years in detention. This is terrible, because people in Egypt are wonderful, not to mention DJs Aly & Fila are from there. They throw amazing parties and festivals, and would love to see them perform one of these days. Having over 481 songs/tracks on a playlist/mixtape/podcast is a lot, and you have the time to listen, take some time to listen to JL R 083. An ex-coworker kept talking about “Ancient Aliens” TV show, and I think I will finally give it a go. You can also experience an amazing story of Assassin’s Creed Origins, which takes place in Egypt. I look forward to revisit that game once I can allocate some time. I also have tremendous respect for Mohamed Salah, an Egyptian Football player from Egypt who supports the Palestinian People, despite the fact that he is a Liverpool player (as you know, I’m a huge Manchester United supporter).

Until Next Time!