JETLAG RADIO 501 | BENKYO RADIO 501

  • Nvidia wants to solve 'hard problems' for health care companies with AI. At stake? $10 trillion. [Protocol]

  • PRR 503 [Protocol Radio]

  • Meta disrupts covert influence operations by Belarus- and Russia-linked actors targeting Ukrainians, like hacking Ukrainian military staff's Facebook accounts [Techmeme]

  • Why China won’t give up on zero-covid in 2022 [Quartz]

  • How a bunch of Starbucks baristas built a labor movement [Recode]

  • It’s 2022, so why is USB-C still so damn complicated? [TheNextWeb]

  • How 100 Tons of Oysters Are Farmed Off the Coast of France [Eater]

  • SBA Will Expand a Key Obama-Era Lending Program for Low-Income Business Owners [Inc.]

  • BA.2 omicron symptoms: What to look out for as variant spreads in the US [Fast Company]

  • The Kindness of Coffee [Medium]

  • Unfiltered: How to Be as Happy as You Look on Social Media [Entrepreneur]

  • I Finally Found a Work Computer Setup That’s Practically Perfect [WIRED]

  • The Tech Guy 1882 [TWIT]

  • 100 versions of Chrome later: What we learned along the way [Google Blog]

  • VDTTS: Visually-Driven Text-To-Speech [Google AI Blog]

  • Intel Launches New Energy-Efficient Chip for Bitcoin Mining [CryptoPotato]

  • AMD's Future CPUs Could Feature a 3D-Stacked ML Accelerator [Tom’s Hardware]

  • Dance Stance Revolution [Lapham’s Quarterly]

  • Cosmic-ray scans to explore hidden secrets of Great Pyramid of Giza [Astronomy Magazine]

  • Pundit Refuses to Rule Out Manchester United in Premier League Top 4 Race, Spurs and Arsenal Named as Favourites [Sports Illustrated]

What’s up, everybody! Here are JETLAG RADIO 501 & BENKYO RADIO 501.

There are still lots of children who are NOT vaccinated, therefore, I implore you to wear a mask if you are not vaccinated. Don’t become the reason why some toddler or small child gets sick because you’re being an asshole. Doctors and Nurses have documented hundreds of cases of children and teenagers with “LONG COVID” which is very scary stuff. In order to avoid that, please get vaccinated, and get boosted. If you are ready for the 2nd booster and eligible, get to it.

I want you to understand that millions of people around the world have died of COVID-19. It’s not a fake disease, it’s real, and people who work in hospitals know it firsthand. These doctors and nurses are especially upset when they hear stories of idiots who don’t want to get vaccinated. Then again, there’s that new Ronny Chieng comedy special, where he says, “you mean to tell me I need to save these Klansmen? Why the fuck would I? Let them not get vaccinated and die” Maybe he has a good point, but we can not in good conscience let people die of COVID-19, because they are too ignorant about the disease. The COVID-19 vaccination pill is almost upon us. If they won’t get the jab, let them take the pill. As long as they get protected from this virus so we can move on. We can’t possibly stay home forever, at some point, we got to get back out there.

Here are some tips about fire prevention week. It’s over 90 degrees in early April. Let’s be vigilant and prevent the beginning of California fire season as long as we can.

Manchester United must secure top 4 spot. It’s possible, it’s do-able, so get it done. If France Rugby could destroy the competition in their sport, it’s time MUFC show us what the Red Devils can do. This is Football. This is Man United.

Until Next Time!

JETLAG RADIO 500 | BENKYO RADIO 500

  • Chevry Agency Debuts New Label with V/A Compilation, ‘The Great Meeting’ [beatportal]

  • How to stream a DJ set [Computer Music]

  • ROLI returns with Seaboard RISE 2: “easier to play, more durable and a more beautiful, expressive experience than ever before” [Future Music]

  • Drumz Of The South: these photos document dubstep’s early years [DJ Mag]

  • Dance System Releases Album and Unheard Track, ‘Pump It Up’ [Mixmag]

  • Martin Garrix surprise reveals debut album ‘Sentio,’ reunites with Mesto for its second preview, ‘Limitless’ [Dancing Astronaut]

  • Your EDM Premiere: Will Sparks – “Say It Again” [Armada Music] [YourEDM]

  • This Band Has an Inventive Approach to Producing Techno—With Household Items [EDM]

  • FRIGID Releases Hot Urban EP Banger, ‘Memories Like Daggers’ [EDM Sauce]

  • Introducing NOMOS Dips Into Pink And Purple For New Club Campus Releases [HODINKEE]

  • VeeFriends Series 2: Burning BOOK GAMES for the 15 New Characters [VeeFriends]

  • 3 things to know - the impact of migration policies — The EU's migration policies are having a direct impact across the Mediterranean Sea, while people are trying to flee dangerous conditions in Libya. Here are three ways that the EU's policies on migration impact on the lives of people trying to seek safety. [MSF]

  • Why Ukraine must win [The Economist]

  • How did America find the answer to its child poverty problem—and then abandon it? [The Economist Podcasts]

  • Your “Autism Awareness Day” Might Be Excluding Autistic People [Harvard Business Review]

  • Fifa World Cup Qatar 2022: What are the draw highlights? [BBC World]

  • Ghislaine Maxwell Denied New Trial Over Juror’s Past Abuse [Bloomberg]

  • Bill to legalize marijuana passes U.S. House, but faces dim prospects in Senate [Reuters]

  • Infographic: Ramadan greetings in 16 different languages [AL-Jazeera News]

  • A New Video Shows a Missing American Hostage Pleading For Help In Taliban Custody [The New Yorker]

  • Amazon Workers Vote to Unionize Staten Island Warehouse [The Verge]

  • No, Putin is not actually achieving his goals in Ukraine [Vox]

  • The US just announced that cars will have to be a lot more fuel efficient by 2026 [TechCrunch]

  • Droughts are cutting into California’s hydropower. Here’s what that means for clean energy. [MIT Technology Review]

  • The US decision to release 180 million barrels of oil will help offset the loss of Russian supply and keep prices steady, JPMorgan says [Markets Insider]

  • We're excited to formally announce the all-new PlayStation Plus! — Launching in June, we’re bringing together PlayStation Plus and PlayStation Now in an all-new PlayStation Plus subscription service that provides more choice to customers across three membership tiers globally. Check out PlayStation Blog for more details and a message from Sony Interactive Entertainment's President & CEO, Jim Ryan. [LinkedIn] #PlayStation

  • Dire warning on climate change ‘is being ignored’ amid war and economic turmoil [The Guardian]

  • How Two Best Friends Beat Amazon — The company’s crackdown on a worker protest in New York backfired and led to a historic labor victory. [The New York Times]

  • Sean Penn Calls On Billionaires To Buy Fighter Jets For Ukraine [Huffington Post]

  • Why People Are Acting So Weird [The Atlantic] “We’re social beings, and isolation is changing us”

  • How Education Became Today’s Wedge Issue [FiveThirtyEight]

  • Russia pulls back from battered Kyiv region in major shift of war to east [The Washington Post]

  • Jean-Luc Mélenchon, Anne Hidalgo et Valérie Pécresse en meeting à une semaine du premier tour… Suivez l’actualité politique en direct [Le Monde]

  • Stephen Colbert blasts CBS for hiring Trump aide Mick Mulvaney [Mashable]

  • Amazon Warehouse Workers Win Historic Union Election [VICE News]

  • At a Pivotal Moment, Democrats Failed to Modernize Elections [The Intercept_]

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

  • He was fired by Amazon 2 years ago. Now he's the force behind the company's 1st union [NPR]

  • Indigenous activists protest plans to log redwoods in a Northern California forest [CapRadioNews]

  • Choc de mémoires et conflit de récits [Le Monde diplomatique]

  • Afghanistan’s Hungry Will Pay the Price for Putin’s War — The knock-on effects of Russia’s war on Ukraine are hammering wheat-dependent countries such as Afghanistan. [Foreign Policy]

  • A Country of Their Own — Liberalism Needs the Nation [Foreign Affairs]

  • Overcoming COVID-19 the Bhutanese Way [The Diplomat]

  • In Music and Math, Lillian Pierce Builds Landscapes [Quanta Magazine]

  • #TBT en 1958 avec les tous premiers "CERNois" profitant d'une pause café. Dans le fond, on aperçoit l'Arve et le Salève. 🌲En savoir plus sur l'histoire du CERN, de ses origines à aujourd'hui [CERN_FR]

  • Webb Completes First Multi-Instrument Alignment [NASA]

  • Visite très intéressante hier soir au sein du Secrétariat général d'INTERPOL. Un excellent moment d'échange avec réalisateurs, scénaristes, auteurs et éditeurs en marge du festival #QDP2022. [INTERPOL]

  • Innovative Technology Helps Airmen Navigate and Utilize Mental Health Resources [Air Force Magazine]

  • What If the 2023 Acura Integra Received a Honda Civic Type R-Inspired Makeover? [MOTORTREND]

  • The Fast And The Furious Shrimp Scene [YouTube]

What’s up, everybody! Here are JETLAG RADIO 500 & BENKYO RADIO 500.

I recalled how upset I was during the Trump years when people started to become overly racist simply because Trump told them it was okay. I was so upset, I walked in a Barnes & Noble, bought a copy of John Lewis’ March comic book on African American Voting Rights history, and read it in one setting.

It is imperative that Congress pass the John Lewis Voting Rights Act as soon as possible.

Episode 500, just like 500 episodes of Naruto Shippuden. There are some misinterpretations about Naruto and Sakura. While it’s true that he crushed on her and loved her very much for many years, once he realized that she cares for Sasuke in a way she will never care for him, he finally moved on. He still comes to Sakura when she needs help, but that’s for the sake of the village. Ultimately, Naruto loves Hinata, as we all saw how upset he got when Pain attacked her and he turned into the Kyuubi. After Naruto’s long journey, including many years alone, after 500 episodes, we see him marrying Hinata. The adventures of this manga/anime realm continue in Boruto. Naruto and Sasuke’s friendship continues, even though they are rivals. It’s important to take into account all the other characters, each with wonderful and interesting character development.

Be sure to witness Super GT featuring the Nissan Skyline GTR on YouTube!

November 2022 is about 6+ months away. I demand POTUS to pass many of Senator Sanders & AOC’s Progressive Policies. So many young people voted democrat expecting you to help them out, and we need to see more. If you want the Democrats to win the Midterms 2022, you need to cancel Student Debt. Please get this done.

To those celebrating Ramadan, enjoy the festivities.

Congrats on the first Amazon Union! Hopefully the first of many!

Since I have been repeatedly discriminated against when looking for work these past couple of years, I have no choice but to begin the paperwork for disability for Bipolar Disorder & EDS Syndrome. I want to work, but if these companies discriminate, there’s nothing else I can do.

The Batman movie was very good, and it will be available on streaming this month on HBO Max.

Some of the latest TV shows I’m watching include “Severance”, “The Problem with Jon Stewart”, and “The Girl from Plainville”. “Peacemaker” is pretty good so far, and I hope to start “The Book of Boba Fett” afterward. I’m re-watching “Stranger Things” because the new season is in late May. There’s also “Halo The Series” which just started.

The situation in Ukraine continues to be aggravated. While I am glad that the United States and Allies are sending Tanks to the region, it’s time to send Jets, please. Thanks in advance.

The House of Representatives approved the legalization of Marijuana. When the US passes this law, it will be a huge win for African-Americans and other minorities, who were victims of Mass Incarceration simply because of weed, while Trump gets away with being a Mob Boss. Trump is surrounded and with the amount of evidence, there’s NO FUCKING WAY he can run in 2024.

Until Next Time!

JETLAG RADIO 499 | BENKYO RADIO 499

  • Amazon workers in Staten Island have unionized in historic win [Protocol]

  • Clothing Merchandise - Offline - We are Back Soon [Nicky Romero]

  • DWAC, Trump's Truth Social SPAC, has lost 31% of its value since the app launched; Apptopia says downloads are down 95% from its peak and the app has ~513K DAUs [TechMeme]

  • Sequels: Here we go again [Quartz]

  • America finally gets an Amazon union [Recode]

  • This bizarre Japanese flying bike wants to bring air travel to the streets [TheNextWeb]

  • How Starbucks Workers Unionizing Could Inspire Other Chains to Organize [Eater]

  • How This Founder Sold His Company Without a Single In-Person Meeting [Inc.]

  • Want to build a great brand? Steal these secrets from Patagonia, Yeti, and Warby Parker [Fast Company]

  • Be web3-ready in a few clicks with Coinbase Pay [Medium]

  • Why Get CNN for Free When You Can Pay for CNN+ [WIRED]

  • This Week in Google 657 — Who Is Behind QAnon? Linguistic Detectives Find Fingerprints [TWIT]

  • Manga Out of the Box: the story of a Japanese art form [Google Blog]

  • Introducing CVSS: A Massively Multilingual Speech-to-Speech Translation Corpus [Google AI Blog]

  • Doctors Without Borders [Lapham’s Quarterly]

  • 101 Must-See Cosmic Objects: Quasar 3C 273 [Astronomy Magazine]

  • How Will Brands Show Up in the Metaverse? Our Predictions [Salesforce Blog]

  • What is SAP Analytics Cloud? The SAP Analytics Cloud solution combines BI, augmented and predictive analytics, and planning capabilities into one cloud environment. As the analytics layer of SAP’s Business Technology Platform, it supports advanced analytics enterprise-wide. — SAP Analytics Cloud software showcasing bi, planning, augmented, and predictive analytics features [SAP]

What’s up, everybody! Here are JETLAG RADIO 499 & BENKYO RADIO 499.

It took some time, but an incredible thing happened. Canada, Mexico, and the United States have qualified for the World Cup 2022 in Qatar. Now, this is important, because the FIFA World Cup 2026 will be staged in Canada, Mexico, and the United States. That’s right, we’re going to have a world cup right here in North America. Do you realize how wild things are going to be? Obviously, I will be rooting for France, but can you imagine that America may win the World Cup in 2026!?! That’s crazy. MLS is getting stronger every year here in America, and the hype is real, in 4 years, America will experience the joy of experiencing the FIFA World Cup. I cannot wait, and the same goes for millions of American Football/Soccer fans.

I’m playing catch-up with all the ULTRA MUSIC FESTIVAL concerts that our favorite DJs nicely put on YouTube for us millions of fans to enjoy. I just saw Martin Garrix’s DJ set and it was awesome. I look forward to watching the other ones in due time.

Until Next Time!

JETLAG RADIO 498 | BENKYO RADIO 498

  • Progressives Revive Push for Medicare for All at House Hearing [Common Dreams] #MedicareForAll #M4A

  • Making It: Six Innovative Ways to Launch Your Music Career in 2022 [beatportal]

  • How to finish an EP in 30 days: self-releasing your EP [Computer Music]

  • Richie Hawtin and Chilly Gonzales release short film to celebrate the launch of their new album, Consumed In Key [Future Music]

  • DJ Mag Top 100 Clubs 2022 Voting Now Open [DJ Mag]

  • A List of Ways You Can Support Ukraine [Mixmag]

  • Hardwell is back: Ultra intro IDs become first pair of ‘Rebels Never Die’ singles [Dancing Astronaut]

  • Electric Zoo Announces They Will Accept Crypto-Only Payment Methods Beginning In May [Your EDM]

  • Swedish House Mafia’s Masters and Publishing Catalog Acquired by Pophouse [EDM]

  • Gareth Emery Teams Up With Omnia On “Unity” A Track For Ukraine [EDM Sauce]

  • HODINKEE Radio Daily Episodes from Watches & Wonders 2022 [HODINKEE]

  • MSF commits to reduce carbon emissions to help safeguard the most vulnerable [MSF] #ClimateChange

  • The Taliban are shackling half the Afghan population [The Economist]

  • In the war room with Volodymyr Zelensky [1843 magazine]

  • To Retain Employees, Support Their Passions Outside Work [Harvard Business Review]

  • Ukraine war: Putin being misled by fearful advisers, US says [BBC News]

  • Some Amazon Drivers Deal With Dog Bites and Peeing in Bottles [Bloomberg]

  • Giga-casting and robots: How Volkswagen's Trinity aims to catch up with Tesla [Reuters]

  • Infographic: When is Ramadan 2022? [AL-Jazeera News]

  • A Syrian Photographer’s Gift to Refugee Children [The New Yorker]

  • Sony’s new PlayStation Plus makes retro games an expensive option [The Verge]

  • Who should get a fourth Covid-19 vaccine shot — and when? [Vox]

  • YouTube TV finally adds picture-in-picture support on iOS; YouTube support expected in ‘coming months’ [TechCrunch]

  • The Download: A US oil-drilling hotspot is kicking out far more methane than we thought [MIT Technology Review]

  • The Spotify Car Thing gives any car a touchscreen that lets you easily control your music — here's how it works and how to personalize it [Insider]

  • Volta XR in the metaverse ✨

    Volta is self-described as a “free, self-service XR creation platform” that will ultimately allow creators to build and broadcast their own experiences within the metaverse.

    Volta's work has already been seen in action via partnerships with Beatport, Boiler Room, and Imogen Heap, who hosted unique livestreams. The music tech and XR company has received a cosign from some of the biggest players in the game. Richie Hawtin and deadmau5's PIXELYNX, Jillionaire, Post Malone, and Beatport CEO Robb McDaniels are just a few of the names that have contributed to the company's latest funding round.

    #funding #creation #platform #metaverse

    [LinkedIn] #BEATPORT

  • Biden announces ‘largest release of oil reserves’ in effort to curb gasoline prices [The Guardian]

  • Students and Teachers in Europe Grapple With the War in Ukraine [The New York Times]

  • Black Students Are Caught In The Middle Of America's Culture Wars [Huffington Post]

  • Seriously, Why Not Get a COVID-19 Vaccination Fourth Shot? [The Atlantic]

  • Americans Think Politics Is Like ‘The West Wing’ [FiveThirtyEight]

  • Corporate landlords are gobbling up U.S. suburbs. These homeowners are fighting back. [The Washington Post]

  • Marine Le Pen : un programme fondamentalement d’extrême droite (Nazi) derrière une image adoucie [Le Monde] #NonAuFN #SOS_Racisme

  • You should be following more disability activists. Here's where to begin. [Mashable]

  • Complete Human Genome Sequenced for First Time In Major Breakthrough [VICE News]

  • Migrants Fleeing Hurricanes and Drought Face New Climate Disasters in Ice Detention [The Intercept_]

  • Antarctic ice shelves are shattering. How fast will seas rise? [National Geographic]

  • Dua Lipa: Tiny Desk (Home) Concert [NPR]

  • California task force: Reparations for direct descendants of enslaved people only [CapRadioNews]

  • La neutralité, une arme pour la paix [Le Monde diplomatique]

  • Taliban Reversal on Girls’ Education Ignites World’s Anger [Foreign Affairs]

  • How to Keep Belarus Out of the War — NATO Should Put the Squeeze on Russia’s Chief Accomplice [Foreign Affairs]

  • Inside the Philippines’ Critical Presidential Election [The Diplomat]

  • Massive Black Holes Shown to Act Like Quantum Particles [Quanta magazine]

  • Quantum Theory: Quantum theory is the theoretical basis of modern physics that explains the nature and behavior of matter and energy on the atomic and subatomic level. [CERN]

  • NASA Science Enables First-of-its-Kind Detection of Reduced Human CO2 Emissions [NASA]

  • "Not everyone who has flocked to the Ukrainian border in the past month is doing so with good intentions" 👀 — INTERPOL deployed a team to Moldova this week following the surge of Ukrainian refugees at risk of human traffickers and smugglers. [INTERPOL]

  • USAF to Form New F-22 Training Unit; JATM Will Help Raptors Keep Their Edge [Air Force Magazine]

  • Toyota Drops GR-Something Teaser, It's Probably the Hotter Corolla [MOTORTREND]

What’s up, everybody! Here are JETLAG RADIO 498 & BENKYO RADIO 498.

I’d like to thank Bernie Sanders & the Our Revolution team of elected officials and volunteers for pushing for #MedicareForAll. Thank you all for the incredible work you are doing. It’s bewildering that we are still in a pandemic where millions of people have died, and we still have a system where Hospitals run a “for-profit” business. It’s embarrassing on a worldwide scale.

Until Next Time!

JETLAG RADIO 497 | BENKYO RADIO 497

  • Meet this year’s Turing Award winner [Protocol]

  • Nicky Romero - Ultra Music Festival Miami 2022 Mainstage [Nicky Romero]

  • A new study finds business school mainly teaches managers to keep wages low [Quartz]

  • The real scandal behind billionaire Eric Schmidt paying for Biden’s science office [Recode]

  • How long does an electric car battery last? [TheNextWeb]

  • Every Drink Is Seltzer Now [Eater]

  • Tatcha's Founder Shares the Unusual Advice She Received From a Zen Monk — Tatcha founder Vicky Tsai on what she's learned from her mentor, Toryo Ito. [Inc.]

  • Do you have a poor sense of direction? Your hometown could be to blame — People who grow up around street grids, like the kind you’ll find in Manhattan, may have a harder time finding their way around, new research suggests. [Fast Company]

  • The Dev Migration — Leaving Web2 for Web3 [Medium] #COINBASE

  • The IRS Is Coming for Your Crypto. Here's What You Need to Know. [Entrepreneur]

  • Russians Need VPNs. The Kremlin Hates Them — VPNs are divided between trying to help Russians stay connected to the global web and steering clear of Putin’s messy politics. [WIRED]

  • This Week in Tech 868 [TWIT]

  • Go with the flow state: What music and AI have in common [Google Blog]

  • Quantum Computing Service — The platform enabling researchers to access beyond-classical computational resources — Our quantum computing service provides chaperoned access to NISQ processors and our simulator for researchers who aim to advance the state-of-the-art in quantum computing and publicly share their results in algorithms, applications, tools, and processor characterizations. [Quantum AI Google]

  • PlayStation Plus Games for April 2022 Announced [IGN] Note, Playstation runs on AMD hardware.

  • Steam Deck Review - Redefinition [GameSpot] Note, Steam Deck runs on AMD hardware.

  • Polygon’s newsletter will make your weekends even better [Polygon]

  • Leading experts discuss how organizations are reinventing flexibility as a core part of transforming the employee experience. https://sap.to/6041KXGAb [SAP]

What’s up, everybody! Here are JETLAG RADIO 497 & BENKYO RADIO 497.

I’d like to thank Hideo Kojima for making Death Stranding Director’s Cut available now on PC (Steam), since Playstation 5 are still hard to find.

Until Next Time!

JETLAG RADIO 496 | BENKYO RADIO 496

  • Jaden Thompson and Seth Troxler Team Up on ‘Talking Walls’ [beatportal]

  • How to finish an EP in 30 days: self-releasing your EP [Computer Music]

  • Getting started with FL Studio 20.9: everything you need to know [Future Music]

  • Aslice wants to fix the imbalance between DJ and producer incomes, here’s how it works [DJ Mag]

  • Kyiv’s 20FT Radio Starts Week-Long Fundraising Broadcast [Mixmag]

  • The king reclaims his throne: Hardwell announces album, world tour [Dancing Astronaut]

  • PREMIERE: TATE SEDAR Creates Bright Electro-Pop Single, “Find A Way” [Your EDM]

  • Miami Police Report “Record Low” Number of Arrests From Ultra Music Festival 2022 [EDM]

  • Swerve Collective Creations Showcase Brand New 4 Track EP “Swerve Miami Sampler ’22” [EDM Sauce]

  • Introducing The Tudor Black Bay Pro [HODINKEE]

  • Pushed back, beaten and exposed: stories from the US-Mexico border [MSF]

  • Volodymyr Zelensky on why Ukraine must defeat Putin [The Economist]

  • “It sounded like a cork popping. Then the shrieking began.” A survivor of the Mariupol theatre bombing speaks [1843 magazine]

  • How to Make Progress on Your Long-Term Career Goals [Harvard Business Review]

  • How the sex trade preys on Ukraine's refugees [BBC News]

  • Bitcoin’s Stealth Rally Erases Its Losses for the Year [Bloomberg]

  • In call with Putin, Turkey's Erdogan stresses need for ceasefire [Reuters]

  • Thousands rally in Pakistani capital as pressure grows on PM Khan [AL-Jazeera News]

  • How to Flood Putin’s “Information Desert” [The New Yorker]

  • Steam Next Fest kicks off in June and will offer ‘hundreds of demos’ [The Verge]

  • How CODA managed to pull out a Best Picture win [Vox]

  • Meet your co-founder or find your next gig at TC Sessions: Mobility 2022 [TechCrunch]

  • The Download: We spoke to a radiation expert in Kyiv about the current nuclear accident risk [MIT Technology Review]

  • 3 crypto analysts explain why bitcoin could be on the verge of a 'major breakout' — and why ethereum's Kiln testnet merge last week could ultimately lead to an 'inevitable speculative bounce in price' [Insider]

  • CDC is updating COVID-19 community recommendations.

    CDC’s new COVID-19 Community Level tool classifies every county in the U.S. into low, medium, or high. These levels are based on new hospitalizations, current hospital capacity, and new COVID-19 cases. Knowing the COVID-19 Community Level in your area will help determine what prevention measures are needed to protect yourself and your loved ones, as well as decrease strain on hospitals and health systems.

    Check your community’s level and learn more here: [LinkedIn] #CDC

  • Capitol attack panel expects to hear how militia groups coordinated plans before insurrection [The Guardian]

  • Pretending the Pandemic Is Over Will Not Make It So [The New York Times]

  • Oscars Hold Moment Of Silence For Ukraine, Urge Global Community To 'Do More' [Huffington Post]

  • Steven Spielberg’s West Side Story Is an Undeniable Triumph [The Atlantic]

  • Should We Expect More Madness In The Women's Sweet 16? [FiveThirtyEight]

  • ‘Hillsong: A Megachurch Exposed’ reveals something more sinister than hypocrisy [The Washington Post]

  • Newsletter Présidentielle [Le Monde]

  • 'Stranger Things' crossover comes to 'Far Cry 6' just in time for a free weekend [Mashable]

  • The Dyatlov Pass Mystery May Have Just Been Solved by New Video Evidence [VICE News]

  • The Hidden Story of a Notorious Guatemalan Nickel Mine — A trove of internal documents related to Solway Investment Group’s Fenix mine reveals bribery, pollution, and troubling efforts to repress dissent. [The Intercept_]

  • If no one else is wearing a mask, should you? — Masking mandates are being revoked as COVID-19 cases drop. Experts explain why we still need to keep masks close at hand. [National Geographic] #COVID19 #VaccinesSaveLives

  • A Jewish, far-right politician is being sued for Holocaust denial in France [NPR] Zemmour is a Nazi, and he must now be ineligible for French Presidential Elections. In fact, the same should go for woman candidate Marine Le Pen.

  • ‘An enormous disabling event’: Long COVID could have inequitable impact on Californians [CapRadioNews] #COVID19 #VaccinesSaveLives

  • Dans les geôles de la République [Le Monde diplomatique]

  • Pentagon Rolls Out Defense Strategy Amid War in Europe — Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has forced the Pentagon to tweak its China-focused approach. [Foreign Policy]

  • The Ukrainian Exodus — Europe Must Reckon With Its Selective Treatment of Refugees [Foreign Affairs]

  • Japan Resets Its Role in Europe in the Wake of Ukraine War [The Diplomat]

  • Cells Blaze Their Own Trails to Navigate Through the Body [Quanta magazine]

  • [Press update] CERN Council takes further measures in response to the invasion of Ukraine [CERN_FR]

  • Smash-Up: How To Create Rocky Planets [NASA]

  • RED NOTICE: Sabonge Carlos Hostilio [INTERPOL]

  • Talk to Me — F-35 simulators overcome policy and technical roadblocks to finally communicate effectively with allies’ systems. [Air Force Magazine]

  • The History of Japan’s First Supercar: The Nissan Skyline GT-R [MOTORTREND]

What’s up, everybody! Here are JETLAG RADIO 496 & BENKYO RADIO 496.

I’d like to speak about the lack of respect our seniors are suffering from regarding Information Technology troubleshooting. First of all, you don’t have to be a dick about it. If they need help resetting the router, then reset the router. If they need help installing Anti-Virus or VPN, help them. I know all you teenagers go through that “I hate you Mom & Dad” phase but here’s what you must understand:

An average baby uses 2,500-3,000 diapers in their first year of life. Do you realize what that means? That means your Mom/Dad changed THOUSANDS OF DIAPERS when you were a toddler. So the next time he or she does not understand how to update iOS to the latest version or Windows Updates, don’t be an asshole, and just do it for them. Even better, show them how, then they’ll know how to do it themselves. Thanks in advance.

Please get vaccinated and boosted if you have not already. It’s been almost 6 months since my Boosted shot, and I plan on getting my 2nd COVID-19 Vaccine Booster shot as soon as it becomes available. It seems inconvenient but thankfully, the COVID-19 vaccine pill is almost upon us.

Until Next Time!

JETLAG RADIO 495 | BENKYO RADIO 495

  • The gas prices are too damn high [Protocol]

  • Protocol Radio 502 by Nicky Romero (Ultra Miami Special) [Protocol Radio]

  • Scoop: Progressives build massive, cloaked online powerhouse [AXIOS]

  • BBC News went off air in Afghanistan. The organization said its TV partners were ordered by the Taliban to take down international broadcasts. [Quartz] I ask Elon Musk to please make Starlink satellite internet available in Afghanistan.

  • Emergency Google Chrome update fixes zero-day used in attacks [TechMeme]

  • The Supreme Court rules that Joe Biden is commander-in-chief. Three justices dissent. [Recode]

  • Want to know when the pandemic will be over? Computer science may have the answer [TheNextWeb]

  • Want to know when the pandemic will be over? Computer science may have the answer [TheNextWeb]

  • The Long Island Iced Tea Is Having a Moment? [Punch Drink]

  • The Surprising Reason Public Goods Became a Huge Success — The DTC company, known for its minimal brand markup, nearly failed before it could launch. [Inc.]

  • We need more lithium for EV batteries. Geothermal plants could be a source [Fast Company]

  • Participate and build on Avalanche with Coinbase Cloud [Medium] #Coinbase

  • What Is Machine Learning, and How Can It Help With Content Marketing? [Entrepreneur]

  • Russia Is Facing a Tech Worker Exodus — With founders and developers scrambling for the exit, the Russian tech scene is taking a major hit. [WIRED]

  • LaMDA: our breakthrough conversation technology [Google Blog]

  • Auto-generated Summaries in Google Docs [Google AI Blog]

  • Sound Systems — A history of music notation. (from the Music issue) [Lapham’s Quarterly]

  • NASA’s Perseverance rover begins dash to martian delta [Astronomy Magazine]

  • Accessible Technology Means Including Everyone – Here’s How To Build It [Salesforce 360 Blog]

  • SAP & Coldplay announce a first-of-its-kind app — To minimize environmental impact, SAP and Coldplay created an immersive tour app to encourage fans to choose low carbon transport to Music Of The Spheres World Tour shows – and embrace sustainability. [SAP]

What’s up, everybody! Here are JETLAG RADIO 495 & BENKYO RADIO 495.

I got to travel to nearby Portland, Oregon recently to visit my future in-laws and enjoyed witnessing the Mountains/Hills on the horizon. Everything was great about that week except for one neighborhood that gave up some bad vibes (evidently it was near a KKK stronghold). Thankfully I had my cup of coffee. with me, and S.F. + (redacted) does not hurt either. The situation in Ukraine did not help my anxiety. Thankfully there is a stalemate and Russia will have to admit to stop the situation to avoid full-blown war with the United States. I’m sure you’ve seen the Battlefield 2042 trailer. In the virtual world that’s fine, but in real-life, nobody wants that. Thanks in advance.

Until Next Time!

JETLAG RADIO 494 | BENKYO RADIO 494

  • 10 Great Plugins For $10: — Celebrate Plugin Boutique’s 10 Year Anniversary [beatportal]

  • Universal Audio teases Spark, “the next chapter of UAD”, but what is it? [Computer Music]

  • Fabric Resident Anna Wall Releases Ambient Album, ‘Missing Moments’: Listen [DJ Mag]

  • Amnesia Announces Opening Party Date and Line-Up [Mixmag]

  • Kid Cudi announces directorial debut on Netflix, ‘Teddy’ [Dancing Astronaut]

  • FINAL DAY OF ULTRA 2022: Watch The Sunday Live Stream Here w/ Special Guest Headliner [Your EDM]

  • Grammy-Nominated Artists Take Us Behind the Scenes of Their Albums [EDM]

  • Swedish Rave Maker Ken Bauer Release Banger, ‘I Just Wanna Rave’ [EDM Sauce]

  • Omega, Miami, And A Whole Bunch Of New Watches [HODINKEE Radio]

  • Democratic Republic of Congo — Violence and sense of impunity force stop to lifesaving care [MSF]

  • Power play: The new age of energy and security [The Economist]

  • Ukraine’s mayors are leading from the front [1843 magazine]

  • Leading an Exhausted Workforce [Harvard Business Review]

  • Coda star and Oscar nominee inspires deaf children to dream big [BBC News]

  • China Crash Mystery Grows as Evidence Signals Midair Breakup [Bloomberg]

  • Costs of going unvaccinated in America are mounting for workers and companies [Reuters] #COVID19 #VaccinesSaveLives

  • Egypt, Algeria seal narrow wins in Qatar World Cup qualifiers [AL-Jazeera News]

  • Madeleine Albright was the First “Most Powerful Woman” in U.S. History [The New Yorker]

  • Ketanji Brown Jackson Is Qualified For The Job. So The GOP Went After Her Blackness. [Huffington Post]

  • The QAnon Dog Whistle at the SCOTUS Confirmation Hearings [The Atlantic]

  • Can You Measure The Mystery Planet? [FiveThirtyEight]

  • Go read former Tesla employees’ experiences with racism in their own words [The Verge]

  • Why well-qualified medical school graduates can’t get jobs — despite doctor shortages [Vox]

  • SpaceX, Northrop Grumman to resupply the ISS through 2026 [TechCrunch]

  • A locked-in man has been able to communicate in sentences by thought alone [MIT Technology Review]

  • Bernie Sanders wants a 95% tax on big corporations' pandemic-era profits to bring down rising prices [Insider]

  • Mark your calendar! SAP Sapphire Virtual is coming May 10-12.

    Learn how SAP customers and partners are tackling the toughest business challenges, and discover how technology can help build a better, more sustainable world.

    Discover #SAPSapphire ➡ URL Get notified when registration opens 🔔 URL [LinkedIn] #SAP

  • As Covid precautions fall away across US, some experts advise against ‘wishful thinking’ [The Guardian] #COVID19 #VaccinesSaveLives

  • Live Updates: Biden Is Set to Meet With Poland’s Leader and Ukrainian Refugees [The New York Times]

  • Starbucks Union Notches Another Victory With Eighth Store [Huffington Post]

  • ‘I’m Not Talking About Racism. I’m Talking About Decency.’ — Cory Booker reflects on his emotional speech in support of Ketanji Brown Jackson. [The Atlantic] #BlackLivesMatter #BLM

  • Americans Broadly Want The Senate To Confirm Ketanji Brown Jackson To The Supreme Court [FiveThirtyEight]

  • Opinion: Justice Thomas’s wife is a political extremist. This is now a problem for the court. [The Washington Post]

  • En Afghanistan, collégiennes et lycéennes privées d’enseignement par les talibans [Le Monde]

  • Apple might be working on an affordable, 15-inch MacBook [Mashable]

  • Exxon Considering Expanding Bitcoin Mining Pilot to 4 Countries: Report [VICE News]

  • Biden Administration Drafting Order to Invoke Defense Production Act for Green Energy Storage Technology [The Intercept_]

  • The weird, wondrous world of seahorses [National Geographic]

  • 'King Richard' is a quintessential Will Smith movie, 30 years in the making [NPR]

  • Colorado wildfire forces evacuation orders for 19,000 people - [CapRadioNews]

  • Sous différents prétextes (terrorisme, crise sanitaire…), les libertés publiques régressent en France et en Europe : usage excessif des pouvoirs de police, surveillance généralisée, fichage, etc. Face à cette spirale répressive, les contre-pouvoirs (justice, médias) sont trop souvent complices ou impuissants. Cela n’empêche pas des citoyens et des associations d’organiser la riposte. [Le Monde diplomatique]

  • Will Pakistan’s Inflation Crisis Bring Down Imran Khan? [Foreign Policy] is Democracy possible in Pakistan? Yes it is.

  • What If Russia Makes a Deal? — How to End a War That No One Is Likely to Win [Foreign Affairs] #Ukraine

  • President Moon’s Legacy: Boosted Arms Exports for South Korea [The Diplomat]

  • What a Math Party Game Tells Us About Graph Theory [Quanta magazine]

  • Voici FASER 🤩Cette expérience commencera à rechercher des particules légères à interaction extrêmement faible pendant le troisième période d'exploitation du #LHC. En savoir plus sur cette nouvelle expérience: [CERN_FR]

  • NASA to Host Axiom Mission 1 Flight Readiness Media Teleconference [NASA]

  • Ukraine conflict: INTERPOL deploys team to Moldova [INTERPOL]

  • Gen. Charles G. Boyd, Former POW, Dies at 83 [Air Force Magazine] The endurance of American POWs in Vietnam is “a testimony to the individual spirit,” Boyd said.

  • Electrify America Stations Will Repurpose Old VW EV Batteries For Energy Storage [MOTORTREND]

What’s up, everybody! Here are JETLAG RADIO 494 & BENKYO RADIO 494.

Can’t believe it’s almost the month of April! Be sure to read books on my BookClub for the month of March and talk amongst yourselves!

PSA: If you’re at ULTRA MUSIC FESTIVAL weekend, have fun, just be safe, and don’t accept pills from strangers, you don’t want to accidentally eat Fentanyl and not come home. Thanks in advance.

Until Next Time!

JETLAG RADIO 493 | BENKYO RADIO 493

  • Google Fiber employees have voted to unionize [Protocol]

  • Protocol Radio 501 by Nicky Romero (PRR501) [Nicky Romero]

  • The US FCC adds Kaspersky Lab, China Telecom Americas, and China Mobile International USA to its national security threat list, barring them from its USF funds [TechMeme]

  • Ice shelf collapses in East Antarctica for first time [AXIOS]

  • 🔌 A charged moment. With US gas prices crossing $4 a gallon, there’s never been a better time to consider an EV: It’s now three times more expensive to fill a combustion engine car’s gas tank than it is to charge an electric car at home. [Quartz]

  • How the laws of physics could prevent AI from gaining sentience [TheNextWeb]

  • Haven’t We Told Julia Child’s Story Enough? [Eater]

  • How This Entrepreneur Had the Audacity to Take On the Giants of the Self-Driving Car Business — What Cruise founder Kyle Vogt lacked in industry experience, he made up for in resilience and creativity. [Inc.]

  • How Steve Wilhite created GIF, the graphics format that ate the world [Fast Company]

  • Elon Musk’s Rich Life Is a Friggin Nightmare (He Tears up Explaining It) [Medium]

  • The Road to Happiness Isn't What You Think It Is [Entrepreneur]

  • Omega and Swatch’s $260 MoonSwatch Looks Out of This World [WIRED]

  • The Check Up: helping people live healthier lives [Google Blog]

  • Auto-generated Summaries in Google Docs [Google AI Blog]

  • Amateur rocketry burns brighter than ever in Oregon's high desert [Astronomy Magazine]

  • How I Supercharged My Return to the Workforce With Trailhead [Salesforce 360 Blog]

  • Germany’s $120 Billion Software Giant SAP Says It Stopped Working With Russian Banks. Ukraine Demands It Do More [Forbes] #SAP

What’s up, everybody! Here are JETLAG RADIO 493 & BENKYO RADIO 493.

As you know, in ‘93, Wu-Tang started. They have a wonderful story. I’ve been watching them on Hulu, and I’m almost done with season 2. While those of you who don’t listen to them think they’re just gangsters, they actually make great music, and “Wu-Tang is for the Children” is truly real. Their music is inspiring, and everybody can relate to the old days when we walked into a music store and look through the Cassettes and CDs, looking for their favorite artists.

All my favorite DJs have told me that while they love that their fans can listen to their music around the world on streaming devices, they only receive a few pennies, if that, per play.

Therefore, I am asking Tim Cook to revolutionize music again. Tell fans that if they buy an album on iTunes, it automatically comes with an NFT that is directly connected to that artist for that particular album.

Same with the bald dude from Spotify. Under each album, still make it free for pro subscribers, but make an option to pay $5 or $10 for an album and receive an NFT. That NFT will be valuable in a few months or in a few years, just like a collector’s item.

I love my favorite musicians and I want to support them.

Just like when I spent thousands of dollars on MP3s on Beatport from 2005-2010.

Let’s revolutionize everything again. Steve Aoki told us he made more money selling one NFT than from streaming sales for like the past 5 years. Something is clearly not correct, and we all need to rectify it. Let’s help our favorite musicians. As always, please visit them performing when they come to your local city.

Until Next Time!

JETLAG RADIO 492 | BENKYO RADIO 492

  • 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!