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!

JETLAG RADIO 279 | BENKYO RADIO 279

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  • US sanctions Russia for 2020 election interference and SolarWinds hack, blacklisting six tech companies that provide support to Russian intelligence services [TechMeme]

  • A Covid-19 variant first seen in India was detected in the UK. Scientists worry the variant, which contains two mutations in its spike protein, could be more infectious, but more research is needed. And Pfizer’s chief said people will likely need to take a third shot of the Covid-19 vaccine within a year. [Quartz]

  • What is a Vaccine Passport? and Where can I get one? [Recode]

  • What Giant Radio Pulses could teach us about radio signals from beyond the Milky Way [TheNextWeb]

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

  • At LinkedIn, Mindfulness Is Serious Business [Inc.]

  • These 40 creative gifts will delight your mom (or anyone) this Mother’s Day [Fast Company]

  • On resting vs working [Medium]

  • Frustrated With a Colleague? Expectations May Be Why. [Entrepreneur]

  • The FBI Takes a Drastic Step to Fight China’s Hacking Spree [WIRED]

  • Windows Weekly - Episode 720 [TWIT]

  • Retro Tech: Wearables [MKBHD]

  • gmail dark mode on desktop is hidden, but it’s there - settings (top right, the cog) - all settings - themes tab (all the way on the right) - DARK [Sam Sheffer]

  • The Ultimate 2D Tech Playlist [Dave 2D]

  • Autism Acceptance: I Can’t Believe I NEVER KNEW... [Thomas Sanders]

  • New Electric Bike! Turbo Como SL! [iJustine]

  • Nature’s Rival - Claudian on a derided remake [Lapham’s Quarterly]

  • The Sky This Week: The Lyrid meteor shower peaks [Astronomy magazine]

What’s up, everybody! Here are JETLAG RADIO 279 & BENKYO RADIO 279.

I wanted to take this time to pray for Peace in Afghanistan, and hope for our troops to come home safely soon. The war lasted a very long time due to #MilitaryIndustrialComplex. Only Bernie Sanders wanted to discuss this subject. I am glad that President Biden had the cojones to say enough is enough, and that we cannot continue this course of action. The best is to now monitor from Satellites and Space. Only Education can save Afghanistan. An internet without censorship can help Afghanistan educate its population (utilizing MOOCs and other education programs).

Until next time!

JETLAG RADIO 278 | BENKYO RADIO 278

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  • Sama’ Abdulhadi Takes Over Beatport’s Livestream Residency in April [beatportal]

  • Podcasting and streaming with your NT-USB Mini microphone just got a whole lot easier with Røde Connect - and it's free! [Computer Music]

  • The 40 greatest synth sounds of all time, No 31: Prince - 1999 [Future Music]

  • NI Maschine+ review: the ultimate standalone music-making device? [DJ Mag]

  • Raves not War: How Shum is Building a New Future for War-Torn Eastern Ukraine [Mixmag]

  • Premiere: Innellea creates techno intangibles with lead single from upcoming EP, ‘It’s Us’ [Dancing Astronaut]

  • Subsidia Releases Third Installment Of Its ‘Dawn’ Collection, With Loads Of New Melodic Bass [Your EDM]

  • Kitchen Rave: Spotify Data Proves that Despite Uncertain Times, Dance Music Thrived during the Pandemic [EDM.com]

  • COLD BLUE Puts His Uplifting Touch To Richard Durand & Christina Novelli’s “Save You” [EDM Sauce]

  • Sustainable solutions for children and adolescents at risk of drug-resistant tuberculosis [MSF]

  • “Gary, my podcast only has 1 listener, should I stop recording?” {GaryVee]

  • Coinbase goes public with a pop [The Economist]

  • Are you into productivity porn or yak shaving? [1843 magazine]

  • Designing the Hybrid Office [Harvard Business Review]

  • Crypto firm Coinbase valued at more than oil giant BP [BBC World]

  • Black Americans Are Embracing Stocks and Bitcoin to Make Up for Stolen Time [Bloomberg Wealth + Equality]

  • 'Time to end the forever war': Biden to begin U.S. Afghanistan exit on May 1 [Reuters]

  • ‘Super-spreader’: Over 1,000 COVID positive at India’s Kumbh Mela [AL-Jazeera News]

  • Recently, for the first time in its thirty-two-year history, B’Tselem declared Israel an apartheid regime [The New Yorker]

  • Introducing a New Spotify Experience Across Desktop App and Web Player [Spotify]

  • Like it or not, you should probably start paying attention to bitcoin [Vox]

  • Ford takes aim at Tesla, GM with its new hands-free driving system [TechCrunch]

  • Are you ready to be a techno-optimist again? [MIT Technology Review]

  • Officer who fatally shot Daunte Wright charged with manslaughter [The Guardian]

  • ‘No Victory Dance’: Veterans of Afghan War Feel Torn Over Pullout - President Biden’s decision to withdraw American troops from Afghanistan by Sept. 11 is met with relief and anguish, frustration and regret among those who served there. [The New York Times]

  • Defense Medical Expert In Chauvin Trial: Car Exhaust Could Have Played A Role [Huffington Post]

  • Biden tells Americans ‘we cannot continue the cycle’ in Afghanistan as he announces troop withdrawal [The Washington Post]

  • « Si les gens savaient… » : à l’hôpital Bichat, une troisième vague de Covid-19 violente avec des patients de plus en plus jeunes [Le Monde]

  • How to get a Covid-19 vaccination appointment in every state [Mashable]

  • FBI Accesses Computers Around Country to Delete Microsoft Exchange Hacks [Motherboard - Tech by VICE]

  • Dave Grohl and Mick Jagger’s Pandemic Song Is Even Worse Than It Should Be [NOISEY - Music by VICE]

  • Chauvin’s Defense Called Its First Witnesses. It Did Not Go Well. [VICE News]

  • Rep. Betty McCollum Leads Effort to Block Israel from Using U.S. Aid to Destroy Palestinian Homes [The Intercept_]

  • Air pollution kills millions every year, like a ‘pandemic in slow motion’ [Nat Geo]

  • Coinbase, A Bitcoin Startup, Goes Public. Is Crypto Really The 'Future Of Finance'? [NPR]

  • Celebrating Blue Note Records During Jazz Appreciation Month [CapRadioNews]

  • Déradicalisation, enquête sur un fiasco [Le Monde diplomatique]

  • Biden’s Withdrawal Plan Sets the Clock Ticking in Afghanistan - With troops to depart on Sept. 11, the next five months are critical for any chance of peace. [Foreign Policy]

  • What a U.S. Withdrawal Means for Afghanistan [Foreign Affairs]

  • Biden Announces Plan for US Exit from Afghan War, Urges Attention to Future Challenges [The Diplomat]

  • How Technology is Driving US Intelligence [The Cipher Brief]

  • How Radio Astronomy Reveals the Universe [Quanta magazine]

  • Brazil: Two arrested in global hunt to catch child predators [INTERPOL]

  • Biden: ‘It’s Time to End the Forever War’ [Air Force magazine]

  • NATO Secretary General meets US Secretary of State and US Secretary of Defense [NATO]

  • Autism Awareness Car Show [SuperStreet]

  • You can finally run Windows 10 along with Ubuntu Linux on Apple M1 Mac computers [betanews]

What’s up, everybody! Here are JETLAG RADIO 278 & BENKYO RADIO 278.

I wanted to let you know that I have completed the COVID-19 vaccination process. It was great. I got two shots of vaccine within 2-3 weeks of one another. I want you to know that it was easy, and that you should do it too. By vaccinating myself, I am now eager to hug family / relatives & friends whom I have not seen in a very long time. Doctors in hospitals implore you, they have people in ICUs on ventilators. This pandemic is no joke. I cannot wait to sit down in a coffee shop and read a book, while watching rain on the window. I also look forward to a trip to the Irish Pub, and watch some football (soccer) while drinking a beer. Can’t wait until everything starts to reopen!

Zack Snyder’s Justice League was pretty good! It was long, so it took a few viewings so I could watch the whole thing.

Until next time!

JETLAG RADIO 277 | BENKYO RADIO 277

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  • Cyberpunk 2077 PATCH 1.2 — LIST OF CHANGES [Cyberpunk 2077]

  • The G7 urged Russia to de-escalate on the Ukraine border. Foreign ministers of the group, plus the European Union, warned Moscow against its military buildup in the region, where tensions have run high in recent weeks. [Quartz]

  • Why a global chip shortage is screwing up America’s pickup trucks [Recode]

  • What we know about Coinbase’s April 14 IPO [TheNextWeb]

  • Eat Shrimp on a Stick, Watch ‘Waffles & Mochi,’ and More Weekend Entertainment [Eater]

  • Announcing Sidechannel, a new community for Platformer subscribers [Platformer]

  • The CDC Changed Its Guidance on Cleaning. Here's What That Means for Your Business [INC.]

  • Why universal childcare is the crucial infrastructure the economy needs [Fast Company]

  • Being A Nice Guy Will Get You Nowhere [Medium]

  • Don't just teach your audience about your product or services. Entertain them. [Entrepreneur]

  • 100 Million More IoT Devices Are Exposed—and They Won’t Be the Last [WIRED]

  • This Week in Tech 818 [TWIT]

  • The World's Largest Smartphone Camera! [MKBHD]

  • 2021 Tesla Model Y Review! [Sam Sheffer]

  • Dave2d on Instagram [Dave2D]

  • Black History: I Can’t Believe I NEVER KNEW… [Thomas Sanders]

  • Epic Drone Flying Day! [iJustine]

  • “One machine can do the work of fifty ordinary men. No machine can do the work of one extraordinary man.” —ELBERT HUBBARD, 1911 [Lapharm’s Quarterly]

  • 40 years since the first space shuttle mission, STS-1 - Only 20 years — to the day — after the first human ventured to space, Columbia became the first reusable space shuttle to take humans into orbit. [Astronomy magazine]

What’s up, everybody! Here are JETLAG RADIO 277 & BENKYO RADIO 277.

Cyberpunk 2077 is awesome! It’s keeping me busy until Mass Effect: Legendary edition comes out next month in May. Even so, I’ll still be going through Night City until the DLCs come out.

I wanted to talk to you about “The Power of Tiny Gains.” 1% better every day is 1.01^365 = 37.78. 1% worse every day is 0.99^365 = 0.03. If you go back to what I discussed during the beginning of the pandemic, I mentioned the importance of keeping up with your studies. This is imperative because the job market is becoming extremely competitive. I am working on Project Management. A year or so ago, I had just begun. I am now taking my 6th class. With BENKYO RADIO, I am encouraging young people to keep up with their studies. You do not need to become a rocket scientist overnight. You just need to study a little bit every day. If you study a little bit every day, after a long period of time you will reap the benefits. But, it takes time.

With JETLAG RADIO, I am showcasing music from all my favorite DJs as we anticipate their upcoming albums that are coming out later which they’ve worked on, due to a year being indoors. I am also including music from various parts of the world. The other various podcasts have different styles of genres of music.

While I love Doctor Strange, I am not Doctor Strange. I just got a cup of coffee, then I wrote and showcased my thoughts and ideas and work. I did that for years.

Coinbase is going to go IPO soon. That means that DOGECOIN will be listed on its platform soon, and skyrocket. Very eager about that. I am still disappointed that nobody has donated to my Paypal, but hopefully, I can get some funding via investing in Bitcoin/Dogecoin and other cryptocurrencies. All in due time.

Looks like Adidas and South Park are introducing the Towelie shoe on 4/20! Check it out!

Hope you have a very blessed Ramadan to all of those who are celebrating.

Get your vaccination shots this month! It’s time! Let’s beat COVID-19!

Until next time!

JETLAG RADIO 276 | BENKYO RADIO 276

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  • Marcus Barnes hears the history of SCI+TEC Records, straight from label founder Dubfire. [beatportal]

  • Casio launches a new range of Casiotone keyboards aimed at “everyday music-makers” [Computer Music]

  • Issue 369 of Future Music is on sale now [Future Music]

  • What are NFTs and why should electronic music care? [DJ Mag]

  • Stand Together Unites Drum ‘N’ Bass Labels to Tackle Racism, Launches Compilation and Fundraiser Event [Mixmag]

  • Vicetone share debut LP embodying ‘the type of music they stand for’ [Dancing Astronaut]

  • Swedish House Mafia Sign with Sal Slaiby, Manager to The Weeknd, Doja Cat & More [YourEDM]

  • He Survived Addiction, a Brain Tumor and the Military: there’s no Stopping D-NAMX [EDM.com]

  • Zeds Dead Release Spellbinding 13-Track ‘Catching Z’s’ Mixtape Via Altered States [EDM Sauce]

  • In DRC, measles is spreading and killing again in what seems to be a never-ending fight [MSF]

  • Will We Ever Go “Back to Normal?” [GaryVee]

  • Riding high in a workers’ world - A jobs rebound, shifting politics and technological change could bring a golden age for labour in rich countries [The Economist]

  • History’s best comebacks, from Jesus to John Travolta [1843 magazine]

  • Making Quantum Computers a Commercial Reality [Harvard Business Review]

  • The 'Iron Man' body armour many of us may soon be wearing [BBC News]

  • Netflix Gets ‘Spider-Man,’ ‘Jumanji’ in Multiyear Sony Deal [Bloomberg]

  • Judge hands Amazon a setback in New York lawsuit over COVID-19 shortfalls [Reuters]

  • Qatar Red Crescent to launch global refugee vaccination project [AL-Jazeera News]

  • Why it’s so Hard for America to End its Wars - Is there any way for Biden to achieve peace with honor in Iraq, Syria, and Afghanistan? [The New Yorker]

  • Hasbro’s new $700 Optimus Prime toy can finally transform all on its own [The Verge]

  • Why the author of Girl, Stop Apologizing had to apologize twice in a week [Vox]

  • Building the right team for a billion-dollar startup [TechCrunch]

  • Got your covid shots? You might have to prove it. [MIT Technology Review]

  • Bitcoin tops $60,000 and sets new high over the weekend as Elon Musk aims towards the "moon" [Business Insider]

  • Hideki Matsuyama holds nerve to become Masters champion [The Guardian]

  • Blackout Hits Iran Nuclear Site in What Appears to Be Israeli Sabotage which jeopardizes the 2015 Iran Nuclear Peace Deal talks [The New York Times]

  • Unionizing Amazon Warehouses was Never Going to Be Easy [The Verge]

  • Saudi Arabia’s Yemen blockade is starving millions. Democrats want Biden to stop it. [Vox]

  • Biden Acknowledges Black Community’s ‘Pain And Trauma’ After Daunte Wright’s Killing [Huffington Post]

  • ‘I Never Thought China Could Ever Be This Dark’ - Leaving Xinjiang has not meant Uyghur women are free of Beijing’s grasp. [The Atlantic]

  • Why Americans Can’t Resist A Celebrity Political Candidate [FiveThirtyEight] we do not need a celebrity candidate, we need AOC & Nina Turner for 2024 and transform this country

  • Domestic terrorism incidents surge, led by white supremacists, far-right [The Washington Post]

  • Noël Mamère : « L’attente de la société civile pour un rassemblement des forces de gauche et de l’écologie n’a jamais été aussi insistante » [Le Monde]

  • Photos: 60 years ago, Yuri Gagarin became the first person in space [Mashable]

  • Canadian Military Documents UFO Sightings, Intelligence Report Reveals [Motherboard - Tech by VICE]

  • Ten Years Later, Soulection Is Still The Standard for Music Discovery [NOISEY - Music by VICE]

  • Leaked Chats Show ‘White Lives Matter’ Movement in Shambles After Antifa Infiltration [VICE News]

  • A Billionaire-Funded Website with Ties to the Far Right is Trying to “Cancel” University Professors [The Intercept_]

  • Why Ramadan is the most sacred month in Islamic culture [National Geographic]

  • How to Conquer COVID-19 Amid a Confederacy of Dunces - Science can’t be democratic, says an outspoken virologist. [Nautilus]

  • The Country That Vaccinated 93% Of Adults In Under 2 Weeks [NPR]

  • Can Vaccines Stop Variants? Here's What We Know So Far [CapRadioNews]

  • Dialogue tendu entre Washington et Téhéran [Le Monde diplomatique]

  • Israel’s Government Has Nobody at the Wheel - A cycle of deadlocked elections has left the country without a functioning administration—and a foreign policy set on autopilot. [Foreign Policy] it’s time for Benjamin aka Bibidi Netanyahu to step down. For the sake of Israel, for the sake of the Peace Plan with the Palestinians. He must finally face his corruption charges. The only worst person than him on the entire Planet Earth is Trump.

  • A Dark Pandemic Year Could Still Portend a Brighter Future - The World After COVID-19 Could Be as Good as or Better Than the One Before [Foreign Affairs]

  • Pakistan Police Arrest Radical Islamist Party Head in Lahore [The Diplomat]

  • The Pentagon’s ‘All Hell Breaking Loose’ Scenario for Climate Change [The Cipher Brief]

  • Mathematician Disproves 80-Year-Old Algebra Conjecture [Quanta magazine]

  • 1959 : l'expérience #gminus2 au CERN - Pour le #TBT, nous nous souvenons des débuts de l'expérience avec l'un de ses anneaux de stockage. Félicitations encore à @Fermilab pour les résultats d'hier ! En savoir plus avec le @CERNCourier (en anglais) [CERN_FR]

  • Mars Helicopter Flight Delayed to No Earlier than April 14 [NASA]

  • 500 rescued and 195 arrested following INTERPOL human trafficking and migrant smuggling operation [INTERPOL]

  • Department of the Air Force Begins Work on Second Disparity Review [Air Force Magazine]

  • 2022 Toyota GR 86 First Look: New Name, Same Sports Car Formula [MOTORTREND]

What’s up, everybody! Here are JETLAG RADIO 276 & BENKYO RADIO 276.

I’m so excited about the vaccination process! Once vaccinated, 2 weeks thereafter, you can safely go places and stay indoors. I am eager to sit at a Coffee Shop once more, it’s been too long.

Until next time!

JETLAG RADIO 275 | BENKYO RADIO 275 | MU/OMEGA/DISCO/DEEP HOUSE RADIO 018

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  • The FBI arrested a far-right extremist who allegedly plotted to destroy AWS data centers in Virginia with C-4; FBI was tipped off by posts following Jan. 6 riot [TechMeme]

  • A kitchen tool goes global. For many households, the humble rice cooker is an essential tool, saving home chefs the time and effort of having to watch over a pot, while reliably delivering perfectly cooked rice. But this is no mere kitchen implement—the rice cooker’s history is a tale of innovation and globalization, tracing an arc from post-World War II Japan to modern international success. We’re tucking in to the backstory with the Quartz Weekly Obsession. [Quartz]

  • Vaccine-themed gear is in high demand on Etsy [Recode]

  • Physicists working with Microsoft think the universe is a self-learning computer [TheNextWeb]

  • Halal Restaurants in Philly Prepare for Another Ramadan in a Pandemic [Eater]

  • Survey: Employees Would Rather Quit Than Lose Remote-Work Flexibility - Some employees say they don't want to return to the office five days a week. But few want to remain completely remote. [Inc.]

  • Why anti-vaccine propaganda still runs rampant on Instagram

    Despite Facebook’s countermeasures, the photo-sharing app remains a nexus for content that sows doubt in the COVID-19 vaccines. [Fast Company]

  • Stop Consuming. Start Creating. [Medium]

  • Start Making Money by Launching a Profitable Side Hustle Freelancing [Entrepreneur]

  • The Best Rain Jackets to Help You Brave the Elements [WIRED]

  • This Week in Tech 817 [TWIT]

  • The Ultimate Gaming Phone! [MKBHD]

  • Sam Sheffer’s birthday is June 19, and he joined Twitter in March 2009 [Sam Sheffer]

  • This Gaming Phone is a MONSTER!!! [Dave2D]

  • NEW Thomas Sanders Vine Compilation | THOMAS SANDERS Newest Vines 2020 (Merry Christmas) [Thomas Sanders]

  • McLaren GT - My New Car! [iJustine]

  • Prometheus’ Toolbox [Lapham’s Quarterly]

  • Infinity & Beyond — Episode 17: What are Pulsars? [Astronomy magazine]

What’s up, everybody! Here are JETLAG RADIO 275 & BENKYO RADIO 275.

For this post, I wanted to emphasize the importance of Mental Health, especially while we all have “Pandemic fatigue.” For DJs, it’s about the “next level.” What does that mean? That means that once you start a series of podcasts, you want to think about the next episode. That can put a lot of pressure on a musician. It can make you self-conscious and sometimes stressed out. It’s important to talk to fellow DJs and family & friends in the industry. I look forward to reading Gareth Emery’s book about working in the industry.

Until next time!

JETLAG RADIO 274 | BENKYO RADIO 274

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  • With DJ Sets, Beatport’s Web App Unlocks Unlimited Inspiration [beatportal]

  • Opinion - Nils Frahm calls out artists for selling NFTs: “It’s unforgivable to participate in something which is so bleak and wrong” [Computer Music]

  • Nils Frahm releases surprise ‘secret’ album for Piano Day 2021: why not celebrate by learning to play? [Future Music]

  • How vinyl has survived during the coronavirus pandemic [DJ Mag]

  • Elon Musk has released a Techno Album [Mixmag]

  • Dancing Astronaut presents Supernovas 003: Jonathan Mendelsohn [Dancing Astronaut]

  • AREA21 (Martin Garrix x Maejor) Tease New Music Out Friday [YourEDM]

  • Following Union Protests, Spotify Denies Demand for Penny-Per-Stream Payment [EDM.com]

  • KRYDER Presents METAVERSE VOLUME 1 [EDM Sauce]

  • “Only vaccination will end the ferocious spread of COVID-19 in Iraq” [MSF]

  • The Airplane Project [GaryVee]

  • Almost one billion doses of covid-19 vaccines have been produced [The Economist]

  • April fools used to make us laugh. Then came fake news [1843 magazine]

  • Make Time for “Me Time” [Harvard Business Review]

  • Kneeling on Floyd ‘uncalled for’ top officer says [BBC News]

  • Biden Pulls Trump Sanctions Against International Criminal Court [Bloomberg]

  • Senior officer says Chauvin used ‘totally unnecessary’ force [Reuters]

  • US preparing more than $100 million in aid for Palestinians [TheHill]

  • Biden’s Jobs Plan is Also a Climate Plan. Will it make a Difference? [The New Yorker]

  • The Unsettling Surveillance of Anti-Asian Racism [The Verge]

  • Artificial intelligence can now design new antibiotics in a matter of days [Vox]

  • A CISO and a hacker detail how they’d respond to the Exchange breach [TechCrunch]

  • Beauty filters are changing the way young girls see themselves [MIT Technology Review]

  • Google has put together a secretive team to build the future of quantum computing, called Sandbox. Here's what we know about it. [Business Insider]

  • At Easter, I can cope without church and chocolate. But how I miss people [The Guardian]

  • Would You Jump In to Stop an Assault? - A recent video showed several men seeming to ignore an anti-Asian attack in Midtown. Yet research shows that most people are more than willing to intervene and help someone. [The New York Times]

  • ‘Sacred’: John Lewis’ Final Fight to Protect Voting Rights [Huffington Post]

  • A Black Army Rises to Fight the Racist Right [The Atlantic]

  • The Buzz Around Bitcoin: Why 2021 May Be the Year to Invest [FiveThirtyEight]

  • HP, Dow, Under Armour among nearly 200 companies speaking out against voting law changes in Texas, other states [The Washington Post]

  • Coupe du monde au Qatar : la timide diplomatie des footballeurs [Le Monde]

  • FTC warns of 'vaccine survey' scams, because people are the worst [Mashable]

  • ‘Fight for $15’ Files Charges Against McDonald’s for Illegally Spying on Workers [Motherboard by VICE]

  • Joyce Wrice's 'Overgrown' Is 2000s R&B Done Right [NOISEY by VICE]

  • How QAnon Is Tearing Families Apart [VICE News]

  • Daniel Ellsberg on Biden and Whistleblowers [The Intercept_]

  • We still don’t know the origins of the coronavirus. Here are 4 scenarios. [Nat Geo]

  • Do We Even Know How To Socialize Anymore? [NPR]

  • CDC Says Travel Is Safe For Fully Vaccinated People, But Opposes Nonessential Trips [CapRadioNews]

  • Le sommeil a une histoire [Le Monde diplomatique]

  • In Afghanistan, the Choice Isn’t Withdraw or Endless War [Foreign Policy]

  • China’s Dangerous Double Game in North Korea - Biden Must Force Beijing to Cooperate Fully With Washington or Pivot to Obvious Obstruction [Foreign Affairs]

  • Space Regime in Deep Distress: Experts [The Diplomat]

  • Executing Commander’s Intent at Machine Speed for Cyber [The Cipher Brief]

  • Cells Form Into ‘Xenobots’ on Their Own [Quanta magazine]

  • Il y a 6 ans, le CERN a annoncé la première preuve non équivoque de la Force. Depuis, nous avons exploité la Force pour ranger les étagères de la bibliothèque et parfois pour réchauffer le café au CERN. 📚☕ #ThrowbackThursday - #poissondavril ou pas ? 😉: [CERN_FR]

  • Hubble Revisits the Veil Nebula [NASA]

  • Firearms trafficking [INTERPOL]

  • Watch & Read: AFA Shares Videos, Transcripts from virtual Aerospace Warfare Symposium [Air Force magazine]

  • Nissan Z will just be Z, not 400Z, source says, sharing other details [Autoblog]

What’s up, everybody! Here are JETLAG RADIO 274 & BENKYO RADIO 274.

I really enjoyed Godzilla, Kong: Skull Island, Godzilla: King of the Monsters, and Godzilla vs. Kong. They were amazing movies, and fun to watch.

I want to remind you of the importance of starting the COVID-19 vaccination process. The sooner we are all vaccinated, the sooner we can sit at our favorite cafes, restaurants, movie theaters, and enjoy concerts and DJ events. Please continue to wear a mask, social-distance, and wash your hands. We are so close to life being back to normal. Let’s make it happen. In order to hug our loved ones again, to see our families & friends, we must all get vaccinated. I thank you in advance.

Happy Easter!

Until next time!

JETLAG RADIO 273 | BENKYO RADIO 273 | MU/OMEGA/DISCO/DEEP HOUSE RADIO 017

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  • The Pentagon says Microsoft will build 120K custom HoloLens headsets for the US Army; Microsoft says the contract could be worth up to $21.88B over 10 years [TechMeme]

  • Alexei Navalny is going on a hunger strike. The Russian dissident said he is protesting being denied access to proper medical care in prison. [Quartz]

  • Why we can’t stop talking about billionaires [Recode]

  • Spotify has launched a trio of new personalized playlists [TheNextWeb]

  • We’re all Learning to Love Jellyfish now, Thanks to Climate Change [Eater]

  • The mess at Medium [Platformer]

  • How Kind Snacks Grew Faster Than Ever During a Recession [Inc.]

  • ‘Godzilla vs. Kong’ reveals America’s conflicted feelings about its monstrous sins [Fast Company]

  • Kylie Jenner Wants You to Pay for Her Makeup Artist’s Brain Surgery [Medium] “We’re tired of billionaires opting out of society.”

  • The Airline Industry Will Release a Covid-19 Passport for Your iPhone Next Month [Entrepreneur]

  • The Weird Science of Loneliness and Our Brains [WIRED]

  • This Week In Tech 816 [TWIT]

  • Marques Brownlee’s ‘Retro Tech’ Returns April 13 With Bill Gates, Neil DeGrasse Tyson, More [MKBHD]

  • (A retweet) You aren’t alone, even if you’ve been feeling that way for a while. Reach out to somebody. They’re probably feeling the same way. - We’re better together. [Sam Sheffer]

  • My review of the Pocophone F3 from Xiaomi [Dave2D]

  • Kingdom Hearts 3 - Ep. 1: Thomas Sanders Shows His Dork Side ♡ | Joystick Joyride [Thomas Sanders]

  • Tate McRae Interview and Sony's Spatial Reality Display! [iJustine]

  • Lizzo Is Leading the Live Music Comeback at Bonnaroo With a 'Good As Hell' Lineup [billboard]

  • Japanese Breakfast Is Working the Pain Away [Pitchfork]

  • Woman allegedly armed with knife arrested outside Drake’s mansion [XXL Magazine]

  • The Lil Nas X Outrage Is Exposing Hypocrites [COMPLEX]

  • Adult Swim Delivers Action-Packed 'Rick and Morty' Season 5 Trailer [HYPEBEAST]

  • Batman/Catwoman Reveals Mister Freeze's Tragic Future [comicbook]

  • Final Evangelion Film's Hit Run Promoted With New Trailers Filled With Spoilers [AnimeNewsNetwork]

  • Greeks Bearing Gifts [Lapham’s Quarterly]

  • Could we steal energy from leaking black holes? [Astronomy magazine]

What’s up, everybody! Here are JETLAG RADIO 273 & BENKYO RADIO 273.

I am extremely excited that the Cyberpunk 2077 v1.2 patch is released, which means that the game is more stable, so I am looking forward to getting back into it.

I’m listening to Russell Brand on Audible, he helped get out of a bad groove one day. Just listening to him in a ten-minute speech about how to deal with procrastination and burnout (paradox), helped me get to the next iteration of blogpost/podcasts.

Until next time!

JETLAG RADIO 272 | BENKYO RADIO 272 | LAMBDA/QUANTUM/GT/TECHNO RADIO 064

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  • A Definitive Guide To Techno [beatportal]

  • The lavish Moog Sound Studio kits could bring modular synthesis to the masses: “just add headphones” [Computer Music]

  • Koka’s Pocket Beatbox is a portable multisampling drum machine that looks both cute and capable [Future Music]

  • Pioneer DJ Launch New Studio and DJ Monitors [DJ Mag]

  • 1500-Person Festival takes Place in the Netherlands to Test Covid Safety [Mixmag]

  • The Space Station Week 4: More new NERO and Rezz remixing Porter Robinson on Audius [Dancing Astronaut]

  • NERO Drop Another Edit, This Time for Frankie Goes To Hollywood’s Classic, “Relax” [Your EDM]

  • A New Swedish House Mafia Song Title Has Been Listed on ASCAP [EDM]

  • Lucas & Steve Team with Blackstreet For Dance Remake of ‘NO DIGGITY’ [EDM Sauce]

  • COVID-19 support desperately needed as second wave overwhelms Yemen [MSF]

  • Overrated or Underrated: Pringles, Kevin Hart, NBA Top Shot, Beeple, the Mona Lisa, and More! [GaryVee]

  • Bright side of the moonshots [The Economist]

  • Forget Brexit. Britain is winning the vaccine World Cup [1843 magazine]

  • A Career Detour Doesn’t Have to Compromise Your Long-Term Goals [Harvard Business Review]

  • Covid-19: CDC head warns of 'impending doom' in US [BBC News]

  • Global Tourism Looks Shaky With Herd Immunity a Distant Dream [Bloomberg]

  • It’s never too late to learn says 50-year-old Nigerian school pupil [Reuters]

  • Fourteen countries raise concern over WHO report on COVID origin - Group including US, Japan and UK say the study was delayed and scientists lacked full access to data, as the WHO chief calls for a deeper probe into lab leak theory. [AL-Jazeera News]

  • Why Computers won’t Make Themselves Smarter - We fear and yearn for “the singularity.” But it will probably never come. [The New Yorker]

  • Apple WWDC 2021 announced as online-only event [The Verge]

  • 550,000 US Covid-19 deaths have left an estimated 5 million mourners. It’s a crisis. - Millions of Americans have lost relatives and friends. We need to pay attention to the science and consequences of grief. [Vox]

  • Apple Maps adds COVID-19 travel guidance for over 300 airports worldwide [TechCrunch]

  • Astronomers thought comet Borisov was pretty boring. They were wrong - The interstellar comet’s pristine nature is a sign that perhaps our solar system is not so different from others in the galaxy. [MIT Technology Review]

  • Working for a startup and experiencing burnout? We want to hear from you. [Business Insider]

  • Covid: new vaccines needed globally within a year, say scientists [The Guardian]

  • What Can You Do Once You’re Vaccinated? [The New York Times]

  • Do You Suffer From 'Revenge Bedtime Procrastination'? Here's How To Tell. [Huffington Post]

  • The Fourth Surge Is Upon Us. This Time, It’s Different. [The Atlantic]

  • 2021 MLB Predictions [FiveThirtyEight]

  • Opinion: Here’s some hope for supporters of criminal justice reform [The Washington Post]

  • La France aurait-elle vraiment pu inventer Internet ? [Le Monde]

  • Climate change is making Kyoto's cherry blossoms bloom the earliest in 1,200 years [Mashable]

  • A Glowing Mystery at Our Galaxy's Center Has a Mind-Blowing Explanation, Physicists Believe [Motherboard by VICE]

  • Autumn Is Shoegaze Season [NOISEY by VICE]

  • Off-Duty Firefighter Said the Cops Wouldn’t Let Her Give George Floyd CPR [VICE News]

  • After Half Century in Prison, Elderly Black Panther Should Not Be Left to Die [The Intercept_]

  • A Bangladeshi woman stands in the home she purchased with a special microloan in this image [National Geographic]

  • What will happen to the organoids? A work of fiction. [Nautilus]

  • Should Masking Last Beyond The Pandemic? Flu And Colds Are Down, Spurring A Debate [NPR]

  • ‘Coming Back to God’: Religious Leaders Say Sacramentans Relied More On Faith During Pandemic [CapRadioNews]

  • Au Sahel, la France sous-traite sa guerre [Le Monde diplomatique]

  • Women Cut Out of the Afghan Peace Process - Two decades of progress are threatened by the Taliban return—and a hasty U.S. exit. [Foreign Policy]

  • The Paris Commune Lives on in French Politics - A Freighted Anniversary Becomes Talisman to Both Right and Left [Foreign Affairs]

  • Japan Edges One Step Closer to Marriage Equality [The Diplomat]

  • Re-Budgeting for a Right-Sized International Counterterrorism Posture [The Cipher Brief]

  • Mathematicians Find a New Class of Digitally Delicate Primes [Quanta magazine]

  • Dans la dernière partie de notre série #10yearsOfLHCPhysics, nous nous intéressons aux recherches qui vont au-delà de notre compréhension actuelle de l’Univers. [CERN_FR]

  • NASA Names Robyn Gatens Director for International Space Station [NASA]

  • Strategic Framework 2017-2020 [INTERPOL]

  • Brown Says Networks are Key to New Revolution in Military Affairs [Air Force magazine]

  • Production Version of Nissan 400Z Leaked [SuperStreet]

What’s up, everybody! Here are JETLAG RADIO 272 & BENKYO RADIO 272.

It’s so exciting to know that schools are re-opening. As you know, millions of students were for so long saying they were glad they weren’t in class, but now they miss it. They miss learning, and they miss their friends, and their teachers. Socializing is an important part of growing up.

I am extremely irate about the chip shortage…I wonder if Intel Corporation did that because they were losing their dominance and AMD & ARM were ramping up…this is putting car manufacturing in jeopardy, which is no bueno.

While I think “Emotional Intelligence” is important, I can emphasize with leadership when they say, sometimes you just need a scolding. As a result, I am “reading the fucking manual.” (RTFM) on a multitude of subjects.

I finally am watching the “Mighty Ducks” movie series! They’re pretty good! A funny story about me is when I was growing up, I was so excited to move to Cincinnati because I heard they were the home of the Mighty Ducks, not realizing they weren’t the same Mighty Ducks of Anaheim! Anyway, Cincinnati is still home of the amazing Bengals. Who Dey! We will a Superbowl before the end of the decade, it will happen.

Exciting news in the world of Quantum Computing, IBM is launching its first quantum developer certification!

Until next time!