June 29th 2024

Joe Biden should now give way to an alternative candidate [The Economist]

Rogue otters and vicious letterboxes: on the campaign trail in the Outer Hebrides [1843 Magazine]

5 Signs Your One-on-Ones Aren’t Working [Harvard Business Review]

'A reality show': World reacts to Trump-Biden debate [BBC]

Macron’s Approval Drops Two Days Ahead of French Election [Bloomberg] Aucun souci, je vote pour #ElectionsLegislatives Samedi à SF. Macron reste Président. François Hollande sera Premier Ministre, ou Raphael ou Jean-Luc. Jamais le RN. Tout le monde, votez pour le Nouveau-Front-Populaire ce week-end et la semaine prochaine. La France est en vos mains. Il ne faut pas la perdre.

US Supreme Court raises bar for obstruction charge against Trump, Jan. 6 rioters [Reuters] I am sick of these white privileged folks who caused a Terrorist Attack in Washington D.C. meanwhile Black & Brown people go to jail over weed. This stuff is scandalous.

Israel war on Gaza live: 60,000 flee street battles in Shujayea area [AL-Jazeera News] there was a distraction, it’s time to arrest Netanyahu at the Hague / ICC / ICJ. He is now doing a worst genocide in Palestinian Territories. Gaza & West Bank will be destroyed if the United Nations do not do something soon. #GazaGenocide #GazaCeasefire #TwoStateSolution #NoMoreNetanyahu

The Man who Could Paint Loneliness [The New Yorker]

Framework Laptop 16, six months later / We gave the one-of-a-kind notebook more time in the oven. [The Verge]

Will Biden be the nominee? 3 scenarios for what’s next. Open convention? Swap in Harris? Or stay the course? [Vox] THERE IS NOTHING WRONG WITH HARRIS AS PRESIDENT AND BIDEN AS VP. HAVE YOU TRIED BEING PRESIDENT, ASK OBAMA, IT’S TIRESOME. LET HIM RELAX FOR A BIT.

Volkswagen’s Silicon Valley software hub is already stacked with Rivian talent [Techcrunch]

How AI video games can help reveal the mysteries of the human mind [MIT Technology Review]

A cult was taking over his Los Angeles dance community. He made a Netflix documentary to spread the word. [Business Insider]

Pour le secrétaire général, l’Estonie montre l’exemple au sein de l’OTAN [LinkedIn] #OTAN #NATO #French #français

Texas megachurch pastor tried to pay off his child sexual abuse victim, phone transcript shows [The Guardian]

U.S. Presses to Avert Wider War Between Israel and Hezbollah in Lebanon [The New York Times]

Barack Obama Defends Joe Biden's Performance: 'Bad Debate Nights Happen' [Huffington Post]

Look at the Interactive Electoral Map Is this a joke? Did ABC News become another Fox News subdivision? They’re predicting #TrumpFelon? #TrumpPedophile? #TrumpTheMentallyChallengedGuy? #TrumpWhoKilled1MillionAmericans? Fuck this guy! #DNC, get to work! I’m not a fucking volunteer, I’m staff material, Goddamnit. Mail me my paycheck and let’s get to work. Place the local GOP representative in jail for interference. [FiveThirtyEight]

Justices strike obstruction charge for Jan. 6 rioter, likely impacting others [Washington Post]

The French left's hopes and fears: 'It's no longer far-right voters who stay silent, it's left-wing ones' [Le Monde]

NASA craft snaps unprecedented photo of largest volcano in solar system [Mashable]

“The Night Won’t End”: New Film Investigates Civilian Killings in Gaza and U.S. Backing of Israeli Assault [Democracy NOW!]

Trump used “Palestinians” as a Slur. Biden & Debate Moderators Didn’t Say a Word. [The Intercept_] 448 pages. It’s too late. The 4 Zionists Illuminatis have too much control on Washington D.C. It’s time to arrest all 4 of them immediately and fly them to INTERPOL for questioning. Robert Mueller III was powerless. Jack Smith is doing his best. Christopher Wray is embarrassed. The longest FBI female Special Agent is crying in the mirror with her mascara, and at this point in time, I want Trump in a maximum prison facility on an island for all sorrows since 2016. I’m gonna build some kind of weapon running on sunflower seeds I swear to God.

‘We need calm’: New Caledonia prepares for France elections as tensions simmer [The Guardian]

Why dopamine drives you to do hard things—even without a reward [Nat Geo]

What to know about France's high-stakes election, where the far right is gaining ground [NPR]

‘Total system breakdown’: California firefighters with PTSD face a workers’ comp nightmare [CapRadioNews]

La justice internationale dans le chaudron de Gaza [Le Monde diplomatique]

Yes, Biden Flopped. But Let’s Not Overreact. [Foreign Policy]

Africa Needs More American Involvement—Not Less [Foreign Affairs]

Afghan Hopes Are Riding on the Doha Conference [The Diplomat]

Why Is This Shape So Terrible to Pack? [Quanta Magazine]

Du tennis #quantique 🎾 La #PhotoDeLaSemaine présente l'exposition Quantum World au Portail de la Science. Vous trouverez ici, parmi de nombreuses activités interactives, ce jeu amusant où les joueurs utilisent des raquettes pour jouer au tennis. [CERN_FR]

Is Earth getting hotter? Yes. Let's talk about it. NASA Chief Scientist and Senior Climate Advisor Kate Calvin and our experts are discussing the far-reaching impacts of soaring temperatures on our home planet. Send questions using #AskNASA [NASA]

BLOGPOST UPDATE IN PROGRESS

What’s up, everybody! Here are JETLAG RADIO 1226 & BENKYO RADIO 1226. Sheesh! Over 1200 blogposts! Lots of words! Over 2 million of them! Hundreds of YouTube Videos! Tens of thousands of hours of music therapy. I do so much work around here, still haven’t got paid, the least people could do is tell me when FULL METAL PANIC: FAMILY (VOLUME 1) is being released in English. I cannot wait to read this. Been waiting over 25 years for this sequel. Thank you to the creator/staff of the manga/anime. Can’t wait until it’s in anime format as well. Thank you for the audiobook version as well, I will make sure to listen to volume 3 & volume 4 on Audible.

Until Next Time!

June 28th 2024

The Majority of Gen Z Describe Themselves as Video Content Creators [Slashdot.org]

Democrats openly admit "sense of doom" over Biden debate [AXIOS]

TeamViewer warns that its corporate environment was breached on June 26, and attributes the cyberattack to the Russian hacking group APT29 aka Midnight Blizzard [TechMeme]

The FDA has issued a nationwide recall hitting over 140 canned coffee brands [Quartz]

The Supreme Court hands an embarrassing defeat to America’s Trumpiest court [Vox]

Lynn Conway finally receives recognition for rocketing chip design into the future [TheNextWeb]

This Summer, Supersize These Simple Cocktails [Punch Drink]

How the Best Workplaces Hacked Company CultureIn its eighth edition, the Best Workplaces list showcases the best in employee benefits and workplace culture despite widespread engagement woes. [Inc.]

Everyone lost in the first presidential debate [Fast Company]

The Debate Incident: Understanding President Biden's Performance and the Urgency of His Re-election [Medium Article 1]

Why Are Women Like Teachers Gravitating to Sex Work Like OnlyFans? [Medium Article 2]

Simplify Complex Problems with Microsoft Visio -- Now Just $20 [Entrepreneur]

The Best MacBook Accessories [WIRED]

Tech News Weekly 343 [TWIT]

110 new languages are coming to Google Translate [Google Blog]

Efficient data generation for source-grounded information-seeking dialogs: A use case for meeting transcripts [Google Research]

If Today Were Tomorrow [Poetry Foundation]

The Sky This Week from June 28 to July 5: Catch some cosmic fireworks [Astronomy Magazine]

Innovation Keynote Highlights | SAP Sapphire 2024 [SAP] #SAP #IwantToWorkAtSAP

What’s up, everybody! Here are JETLAG RADIO 1225 & BENKYO RADIO 1225. The YouTube below has been censored. I will have to re-record it to discuss the main topic I wanted to talk about: my MEDEVAC experience multiple years ago, but remove the other content. I will do my best to record this soon, whenever I can. Thank you for your patience.

Until Next Time

June 25th 2024

The exponential growth of solar power will change the world [The Economist]

Asteroid mining could be here sooner than you think [The Economist Podcasts]

The reconfiguring of supply chains and the likelihood of unpredictable climate conditions will apply upward pressure on prices, keeping inflation rates well above pre-pandemic lows. Discover the factors affecting inflation in EIU’s latest webinar: http://econgrp.co/D3 [The EIU]

Building Your Company’s Vision [Harvard Business Review]

'High risk' of famine in Gaza persists, new UN-backed report says [BBC]

16 Nobel Prize-winning economists say Trump policies will fuel inflation [Reuters]

Afghanistan erupts in celebration as team reaches T20 World Cup semifinal [AL-Jazeera News]

How “The Real World” Created Modern Reality TV [New Yorker]

ChatGPT’s Mac app is here, but its flirty advanced voice mode has been delayed / OpenAI now plans to start testing ChatGPT’s upgraded voice mode next month. [The Verge]

The whole time? The Boys has been making fun of Trumpers the whole time?! [Vox]

VW to invest up to $5B in Rivian software deal [TechCrunch]

What’s next for MDMA [MIT Technology Review]

Apple wants you to know it still doesn't like Meta [Business Insider]

#ULARocketShip and #VulcanRocket are on the move!

Soon, the #Cert2 booster and Centaur V will be arriving in Cape Canaveral, Florida ahead of its launch planned later this year. [LinkedIn] #ULA

The starvation of Gaza is a perverse repudiation of Judaism’s values [The Guardian]

Heat Is Killing Thousands, and Big Events Have Not Adjusted [New York Times]

Reports: Criminal Charges Against Boeing Recommended To DOJ After Deadly Crashes [Huffington Post]

It’s All Catching Up to Bibi Netanyahu. Israel’s governing coalition could be headed toward an early exit. [The Atlantic] #Illuminati #GazaGenocide

Who Is Favored To Win The 2024 Presidential Election? [FiveThirtyEight]

Key primaries in New York, Colorado and Utah [Washington Post]

Reindustrialization is a fragile bulwark against the rise of the far-right in France [Le Monde]

The 10 best books of 2024 so far, according to BookTok [Mashable]

The Day Israeli Tanks Fired Directly At AFP’s Gaza Bureau [The Intercept_]

The legendary community that fought for its freedom in Jamaica [Nat Geo]

High risk of famine across Gaza as hunger spreads, experts say [NPR]

Gavin Newsom warns that dark forces are threatening California [CapRadioNews]

Écoquartiers, un alibi pour verdir le béton [Le Monde diplomatique]

Netanyahu Rejects Permanent Gaza Cease-Fire Proposal [Foreign Policy] Grr. Look how much of a Monster, Netanyahu is. We need a stronger person who can turn into a Monster just to defeat this guy, because BinLadenyamin “Bibidi” Netanyahu continues to massacre Palestinians on a daily basis, a genocide since October 2023.

Should Ukraine Keep Attacking Russian Oil Refineries? [Foreign Affairs]

Mongolia’s Precarious Energy Security [The Diplomat]

Across a Continent, Trees Sync Their Fruiting to the Sun [Quanta Magazine]

Happening now at @PortCanaveral: @ulalaunch offloaded its Vulcan booster and Atlas V upper stage, which will support the rocket’s second certification mission. @torybruno said the mission is nominally set for launch in September 2024. 📸: @ABernNYC for Spaceflight Now [ULA] #ULA

BLOGPOST UPDATE IN PROGRESS

What’s up, everybody! Here are JETLAG RADIO 1224 & BENKYO RADIO 1224. Here is a YouTube video of me playing Gran Turismo 7, on the Playstation 5. Please listen to the audio, I’m talking. This video means a lot to me, as I have played GT for more than 25 years, ever since GT1, and now we’re at GT7. I’ve played this game for almost 3 decades, and I am still waiting to buy my first NEW vehicle. Please help me create this dream. Thank you. linktr.ee/iamzaki1

Until Next Time!

June 24th 2024

Square Enix Asks Fans Not to Spoil Final Fantasy 14: Dawntrail as Early Access Looms [IGN]

The Best Racing Games To Play In 2024 [GameSpot]

The 25 best PlayStation 5 games [Polygon]

Slashdot Asks: What Do You Remember About the Web in 1994? [Slashdot.org]

Trump ran up national debt twice as much as Biden: new analysis [AXIOS] #TrumpFelon #TrumpIsPedophile

11 of the most expensive electric cars in the world [Quartz]

Is TikTok breaking young voters’ brains? [Vox]

Swedish startup Cemvision cements deal with Vattenfall for greener concrete [TheNextWeb]

In Japan’s Little Brazil, Nikkei Restaurants Search for Their Place [Eater]

Donald Trump Is Convicted on All 34 Counts [Inc.] #TrumpFelon #TrumpIsPedophile

Inside the staggering rise of sextortion schemes targeting teen boys [Fast Company]

Law enforcement is spying on thousands of Americans’ mail, records show [Washington Post] I don’t receive my mail from France, there will be inquiries, fire #MAGAcult police officers immediately

The Ambition of Playing the Yakuza Series: A Personal Journey [Medium]

The 7-Step ChatGPT Formula for Peak Productivity and Profit [Entrepreneur]

Red Tape Is Making Hospital Ransomware Attacks Worse [WIRED]

This Week in Tech 985 [TWIT]

NotebookLM goes global with Slides support and better ways to fact-check [Google Blog]

Advancing personal health and wellness insights with AI [Google Research]

Good Want [Poetry Foundation]

2024 Full Moon calendar: When to see the Full Moon and phases [Astronomy Magazine]

Why Joule Will Change the Way You Work [SAP] #SAP #IwantToWorkAtSAP

What’s up, everybody! It’s June 24th, 2024. I was very excited about the Canadian GP and the Spanish GP. They were fun and amazing to watch. Good Job, Max & Lewis, I look forward to the rest of the season, and F1 ‘23 (eventually F1 ‘24) and F1 Manager ‘23 (eventually F1 Manager ‘24) on Playstation 5. It appears that MLB The Show ‘24 MVP Edition is on sale right now on Playstation 5. As always, if it is not within your budget, MLB The Show ‘22 is very affordable.

Until Next Time!

June 23rd 2024

Is artificial intelligence making big tech too big? [The Economist]

Why Vladimir Putin has signed a new strategic pact with Kim Jong Un [The Economist Podcasts]

3 Ways to Support Employees with Bipolar Disorder [Harvard Business Review]

Missing hiker survives by drinking gallon of water a day [BBC]

UK's Manchester Airport begins resuming operations after power outage [Reuters]

Israel war on Gaza live: Aid group says up to 21,000 children missing [AL-Jazeera News]

Top 50 - Afghanistan [Spotify] thanks to the power of #ZETARADIO #Music #AfghanDanceMusic

What Can We Expect from the Biden-Trump Debate? [New Yorker]

The next next thing in AI and AR / On The Vergecast: major shake-ups in the VR plans at Apple and Meta, more AI companies out to make safe AI, and fashion in Silicon Valley. [The Verge]

The best plan to help refugees might also be the simplest [Vox]

Streaming execs think TV’s future looks a lot like its past [Techcrunch]

What’s next for bird flu vaccines [MIT Technology]

Larry Ray was accused of starting a sex cult of college students at Sarah Lawrence. Here's where he is today. [Business Review]

BASTILLE DAY CELEBRATION COCKTAIL, Mark your calendar and register now!

👉 Space is limited... register now: https://lnkd.in/dPWVCh_a

Join us on July 12th for our Bastille Day Celebration Cocktail in partnership with FACCSF | French American Chamber of Commerce of San Francisco, hosted by BGV!

🤝 Come and mingle with fellow entrepreneurs, executives, investors, and French enthusiasts! It's the perfect occasion to reconnect or forge new relationships around delicious canapes and delightful wine.

📆 Friday, July 12th 2024

⏰ From 5 pm to 7 pm (PST)

📍Menlo Park, CA

Our event is open to all professionals in Silicon Valley, so please feel free to invite your colleagues and friends. We would be delighted to introduce them to our community.

We look forward to seeing you and celebrating Bastille Day together!

Thank you to BGV for your support and for hosting this event.

#community #event #bastilleday #networking #southbay #frenchtech #tech [LinkedIn] #LaFrenchTechSF

A new start after 60: I was worried about empty-nest syndrome – so I began rescuing injured hedgehogs [The Guardian]

In San Francisco, Doctors Feud Over ‘Do No Harm’ When It Comes to War Protests [New York Times]

GOP Pollster Explains Why He's 'Very Nervous' Ahead Of Biden-Trump Debate [Huffington Post] #TrumpFelon #TrumpIsPedophile

Maybe Don’t Spray-Paint Stonehenge [The Atlantic]

538 Dance Department 06-22-2024 [Radio 538]

Meet the ‘Double Haters’ Who Decide The Election [Washington Post] THESE MOFOS ARE DANGEROUS, ANOTHER TRUMP PRESIDENCY? NO MORE USA

Meet Netanyahu's friend in French Parliament – whose election just got voided [Le Monde] Bon Boulot. Votons Nouveau Front Populaire. C’est très important. #SauvezLaFrance

The 10 best video games of 2024 (so far) [Mashable]

HOUSE VOTES TO BLOCK U.S. FUNDING TO REBUILD GAZA [The Intercept_] #Dangerous

Afghanistan's Carpet Exports Reach $7.5 Million in 5 Months [TOLO News]

How a rare, ‘once-in-20-years’ aurora formed at the North Pole [Nat Geo]

U.S. is 'flying blind' with bird flu, repeating mistakes of COVID, health experts say [NPR] #ListenToTheExperts

Sacramento City Unified ‘fails’ students with disabilities, grand jury report finds [CapRadioNews]

Vers une seconde guerre froide ? [Le Monde diplomatique] Non. Pas du tout. #NuclearDeterrence

Loneliness Is a National Security Crisis [Foreign Policy]

A Foreign Policy for the World as It Is [Foreign Affairs]

High Command with Retired General Frank McKenzie [The Cipher Brief]

Europe Must Make a Realistic Commitment to the Indio-Pacific [The Diplomat]

The New Math of How Large-Scale Order Emerges [Quanta Magazine]

Voici un aperçu d'une démonstration incluse dans les spectacles scientifiques présentés aux visiteurs du Portail de la Science. Planifiez votre visite : http://visit.cern [CERN_FR]

Episode 156 - It’s All Muscle (with Mark Peller, VP of Vulcan Development at ULA) [ULA]

BLOGPOST UPDATE IN PROGRESS

What’s up, everybody! It’s June 23rd, 2024. Best of luck to France Rugby in Argentina! We can lift the trophy! Great revenge for losing the FIFA World Cup a few years ago.

Until Next Time!

June 22nd 2024

SOURCE is increasing access to clean water [Bill Gates] #WaterCrisisIn20Years #BillGates #Microsoft

Talking Tech and AI with Tim Cook! [MKBHD] #MacOS #BLM #Diversity #TimCook #Apple

The NEW Lenovo LEGION Laptops! [Dave2D] #LenovoLegion #repost, #veryimportant #IntelQuantum #MicrosoftQuantum #Asian #Diversity

Ubuntu 24.04: An Excellent Linux Distro [ExplainingComputers] #Linux #LearnAboutLinux #Ubuntu

Supernova Slowdowns Confirm Einstein’s Predictions of Time Dilation [Slashdot.org]

Some parents struggle to stop tracking their kids' every move — even in college [AXIOS] I agree about tracking them in Elementary, Junior High, HS, but College? That’s excessive. That’s how they rebel.

Research: the number of freelance jobs on platforms like Upwork, in areas where generative AI excels, have dropped by as much as 21% since ChatGPT's debut [TechMeme] for the past 6 months, I’ve attempted to find work on Upwork, no luck. Meanwhile, ChatGPT gets stronger, and version 5 is on its way.

Let's talk about those gas pumps in California — and why they look so funny [Quartz]

The race to get ahead of the next tornado [Vox]

TNW Conference 2024 Day 2 Highlights [TheNextWeb]

Why the Popcorn Bucket Got Weird [Eater]

Gen-Xers Are Anxious About Retirement--and Want Employers to HelpFaced with inflation, complex family responsibilities, and job market instability, half of Gen-Xers say it will take a 'miracle' for them to retire comfortably, according to a recent report. [Inc.]

Welcome to the age of the AI-optimized building [Fast Company]

Preparing Manchester United for the new English Premier League season with the goal of returning to the Champions League is a multifaceted challenge. Here’s an extensive outline and detailed steps that can be covered over 20 pages, including the possibility of hiring Zinedine Zidane as Head Coach Manager [Medium]

Stop Sabotaging Your Own Success — Kick Unproductive Thinking to the Curb With These Tips [Entrepreneur]

How to Exercise Safely During a Heat Wave [WIRED]

This Week in Space 116 [TWIT]

100 things we announced at I/O 2024 [Google Blog]

Human I/O: Detecting situational impairments with large language models [Google Research]

On Ambivalence: To Be, but to Be How? [Poetry Foundation]

One-shot fast radio bursts may emerge from Milky Way-like galaxies, new research suggests [Astronomy Magazine]

12 (Human) AI Influencers You Need to Know [Salesforce 360 Blog]

Opening Keynote Highlights | SAP Sapphire 2024 | Bring Out the Best in Your Business [SAP] #SAP #IwantToWorkAtSAP

What’s up, everybody? It’s June 22nd, 2024. So excited about Manchester United. I’m a huge fan and supporter, and my little brother is a big Arsenal supporter. We’re going to see both of our respective teams play in a friendly clash for the MU Summer Tour (don’t forget to enjoy MU RADIO, my Rock N Roll and Alternative Music Radio Station) this summer in California. Very excited. #Football #Soccer #Bros #Guinness (or) #Heineken PS, Alex Ferguson, if you have a day off, please come over. Wear your Hublot watch, I will wear my SEIKO Japan watch.

PPS. Even more exciting, I think my little brother is finally buying himself a Playstation 5, meaning I can give him my red DualSense controller, that was his favorite PS4 gamepad color. EA SPORTS FC 24 or FC 25 ought to be fun next time around.

Until Next Time!

June 21st 2024

The future of combat | AI will transform the character of warfare | Technology will make war faster and more opaque. It could also prove destabilising [The Economist]

Canadian Sikhs thought they were safe to protest against India. Then one of them was gunned down [1843 Magazine]

How Micro-Choices and Games Motivate Gig Workers [Harvard Business Review]

Red Cross says 22 killed in strike near its Gaza office [BBC]

Italy’s Meloni Deserves Respect, Until She Doesn’t - The leader with neo-fascist roots is for now the lesser of populist evils. [Bloomberg]

US Supreme Court upholds federal domestic-violence gun ban [Reuters]

‘World cannot afford Lebanon becoming another Gaza’: UN chief [AL-Jazeera News]

Biden Is the Candidate Who Stands for Change in This Election [New Yorker]

Here are the best Apple Watch deals right now / Every model in Apple’s current lineup, from the entry-level SE to the Ultra 2, is receiving a solid discount right now. [The Verge]

Why Israel acts the way it does [Vox]

Spotify launches a new Basic streaming plan in the US [TechCrunch]

How gamification took over the world [MIT Technology Review]

Jeff Bezos' plan for The Washington Post is imploding [Business Insider]

#Législatives2024 | Les élections du 30 juin et du 7 juillet 2024 approchent à grands pas ! 🗳️

🤔 D'ailleurs, pourquoi élit-on 577 députés ? On fait le point.

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hashtag#Législatives2024 | The elections of June 30 and July 7, 2024 are fast approaching! 🗳️

🤔 Moreover, why are 577 deputies elected? We take stock. [LinkedIn] #Gouvernment FR

‘These kids are violent, drunk on power’: can mafia children be saved from a life of crime? [The Guardian]

How to Stay Calm During a Bumpy Flight [New York Times]

Kevin Costner Confirms He's Done With 'Yellowstone' [Huffington Post]

THE NEW PROPAGANDA WAR: Autocrats in China, Russia, and elsewhere are now making common cause with MAGA Republicans to discredit liberalism and freedom around the world. [The Atlantic]

Who Is Favored To Win The 2024 Presidential Election? [FiveThirtyEight]

7 globally inspired potato salad recipes for picnics and cookouts [The Washington Post]

France-Netherlands: Without Kylian Mbappé, Les Bleus are solid but helpless [Le Monde]

Astronomers just witnessed a whole galaxy 'turn on the lights' in real-time [Mashable]

WAR CLOUDS OVER LEBANON AS HEZBOLLAH AND ISRAEL CLASH [The Intercept_]

Afghan Industry Grows with 121 New Factories in 1403 [TOLO News]

The perfect storm that led to the Jonestown massacre [Nat Geo]

For a rising class of rap cyborgs, there's mastery in the mumble [NPR]

U.S. home prices have far outpaced paychecks. See what it looks like where you live [CapRadioNews]

En Afghanistan, le prix des sanctions [Le Monde diplomatique]

Ukraine Needs a ‘Wet Gap Crossing’ to NATO [Foreign Policy]

What Does America Want From China? [Foreign Affairs]

Five Decades On, Cambodia Is Taking Ownership of Its Troubled Past [The Diplomat]

How the Square Root of 2 Became a Number [Quanta Magazine]

#ThrowbackThursday en 1970, à l'intérieur de la chambre à bulles Gargamelle. [CERN_FR]

🔗Pentagon picks SpaceX, Blue Origin and ULA for $5.6 billion launch deal [SPACE.com] #ULA

BLOGPOST UPDATE IN PROGRESS

What’s up, everybody! It’s June 21th 2024.

Until Next Time!

June 20th 2024

Ed Bogan: From Counterterrorism to Countering Russian Disinformation [Cipher Brief]

X Window System Turns 40 [Slashdot.org]

Searing heat wave drives record temperatures across eastern U.S. [AXIOS]

New iOS 18 API brings AirPods setup experience to third-party accessories [TechMeme]

Melinda French Gates just endorsed Joe Biden — and said Donald Trump 'endangered' women [Quartz]

How do you stop deepfake nudes? [Vox]

TNW Conference 2024 Day 1 Highlights [TheNextWeb]

Can We Please Let Croissants Be Croissants? [Eater]

Best Workplaces 2024 [Inc.]

What the web looked like in 1994, the year it became the internet [Fast Company]

What Is a Good Salary Anymore? [Medium]

You Can Now Upload Your Video Podcast to Spotify, Even If You're Hosted on a Competing Platform [Entrepreneur]

Bugatti’s $4 Million Hybrid Hypercar Has the Craziest Steering Wheel We’ve Ever Seen [WIRED]

Tech News Weekly 342 [TWIT]

Generative AI in Search: Let Google do the searching for you [Google Blog]

Pre-translation vs. direct inference in multilingual LLM applications [Google Research]

On Ambivalence: To Be, but to Be How? [Poetry Foundation]

Mysterious Cloverleaf ‘odd radio circle’ could be a merger of a dozen galaxies [Astronomy Magazine]

SAP Sapphire Opening Keynote: Bring Out the Best in Your Business | 2024 [SAP]

What’s up, everybody! It’s June 20th. Here’s a keynote video about #COVID19 and the brain, long story short, COVID-19 gives you “mental retardation.” Therefore, next time, people tell you not to get vaccinated and there’s a chip in it or some other bullshit, remember that vaccination is very important, that’s how Pediatricians vaccinate children at a young age, so that they do not fall deathly ill. In fact, before the age of 10, you receive about 10-12 vaccination shots. There is nothing more STUPID that rednecks who love to vaccinate their dogs, but refuse to vaccinate themselves. Over 1,000,000 dead Americans, because they listened to Trump instead of Doctors. I am embarassed. I have to watch King of the Hill, and play Ghost Recon: Breakpoint, just to explain to my fans and supporters who are in the realm of being conservative or country music fans, that you were CONNED BY TRUMP, and TRUMP KILLED ALL OF YOUR FAMILY AND FRIENDS, therefore, next time, vote for a Democrat. I don’t mean to always sound superior, I am not, I am simply a college (university) graduate. In case you didn’t know, there is essentially ZERO COLLEGE GRADUATES IN THE MAGA CULT. Get yourself an education, it can save your life. Mic drop.

Until Next Time!

June 19th 2024

Commemorating Juneteenth [Obama Foundation]

NAACP Applauds Maryland Governor Wes Moore for Historic Pardon of 175,000+ Cannabis Convictions [NAACP]

En l'absence de Kylian Mbappé, le sélectionneur de l'équipe de France, Didier Deschamps, devrait titulariser Aurélien Tchouaméni au côté de N'Golo Kanté, avec Adrien Rabiot sur le côté gauche contre les Pays-Bas, vendredi (21 heures). https://ow.ly/1gOA50SmSi2 [L’Équipe] #FFF #EquipeDeFrance #Euro2024

How bad could things get in France? [The Economist]

No British election is complete without a man with a bin on his head [1843 Magazine]

Why competition for AI talent is intensifying [The Economist Podcasts]

What would the impact of continued US dollar strength in 2024-25 be on the global economy? Find out in EIU’s free report: [The EIU]

Make Your Workday Work for Your Mental Health [Harvard Business Review]

What is bird flu and how worried should I be about a pandemic? [BBC]

Pentagon Picks SpaceX, Blue Origin, ULA for Defense Launches [Bloomberg]

Climate change threat hangs over haj pilgrimage as hundreds perish in heat [Reuters] incredibly tragic…

Israel war on Gaza live: Israeli tanks, planes, drones strike western Rafah [AJ-Jazeera News] terrible

Park Visitors Surge in Kabul During Eid al-Adha [TOLO News]

Growing Up with Juneteenth [New Yorker]

4 great games I played at Summer Game Fest 2024 [The Verge]

Biden’s ads haven’t been working. Now, he’s trying something new. [Vox]

Loop Golf looks to take the stress out of booking a tee time [TechCrunch]

This AI-powered “black box” could make surgery safer [MIT Technology Review]

Millennials are losing their cool [Business Insider]

Some people use Asana. I use OmniGroup & Microsoft Project. Lately I even use Notion. [LinkedIn]

More than 1,000 hajj pilgrims die amid temperatures approaching 52C in Mecca [The Guardian]

French Election Becomes ‘Nightmare’ for Nation’s Jews [The New York Times] this attack was organized by the Rassemblement National so that Jews would fall for it and vote for the RN. Don’t fall for it, the RN simply want to expulse immigrants in France, and once they’re done doing that, they’ll do the same to Jews in France. Netanyahu, IDF, and MOSSAD have tarnished Jews around the world, including in France, where some Jews are some of the best Chefs of Kosher meals in the world. Don’t forget that there are audio recordings of Marine LePen and her family talking about Nazism and doing the Nazi Salute. Especially her father.

Actor Donald Sutherland Dies At 88 [Huffington Post]

We Ruined Rain [The Atlantic]

Why are voters so dissatisfied around the world? [FiveThirtyEight]

SCOOR KAARTEN VOOR NEDERLAND - OOSTENRIJK [538.nl]

Now 99, the oldest living Negro leaguer ‘never thought they would recognize me’ [Washington Post]

The far right's deception [Le Monde] #MustRead

Astronomers just witnessed a whole galaxy 'turn on the lights' in real-time [Mashable]

“UTTERLY DISMAYED”: AIR FORCE ENGINEER RESIGNS AS DISSENT AGAINST GAZA WAR SLOWLY SPREADS WITHIN MILITARY [The Intercept_]

A family city guide to Marrakech [Nat Geo]

Heat and snowfall, rain and wildfires. It’s a week of extreme weather in the U.S [NPR]

Retiring KCRA meteorologist Mark Finan reflects on 33 years forecasting Sacramento weather [CapRadioNews]

À Mayotte, la question coloniale à front renversé [Le Monde diplomatique]

NATO’s New Leader Was Planning This the Whole Time [Foreign Policy] I’m upset he’s not a Liberal, but if he’s Dutch, that means that he can comprehend me, and my musical tastes. #NATO

Why Palestinian Unity Matters [Foreign Affairs]

Uzbekistan: From Shared Taxis to Ridesharing [The Diplomat]

How Is Science Even Possible? [Quanta Magazine]

#ThrowbackThursday en 1970, à l'intérieur de la chambre à bulles Gargamelle. [CERN_FR]

CFT: A preview of launch day activities [ULA] please update the blog, thank you. Thanks, Tory

BLOGPOST UPDATE IN PROGRESS

What’s up, everybody! It’s June 19th, 2024. Here’s another VLOG from March. I hope you were able to celebrate JUNETEETH in peace and tranquility (#BLM). Should you continue your celebration into the weekend, I have just released some new episodes of OMEGA RADIO, including special episodes 283, 284, 285, 286, and more. Future episodes into the 290s are on the way in due time. Enjoy. As always, the expression is “50 more years of Hip Hop.” Please understand that I am familiar with American and French Hip Hop. The next frontier is Japanese, German, and other countries who do Hip Hop. Did you know that Ukraine has Hip Hop Rappers? Even in the Middle East. There are even lots of Spanish-speaking Rappers, but I may save those for BUENO RADIO, my latin-dance-music station. We shall see. BUENO RADIO has a long journey of 3 years, until the World Cup in America/Mexico/Canada where my dream final: FRANCE versus MEXICO, with French Commentaries, and Spanish Commentaries. Quite possibly the greatest football (soccer) match of the 2020s decade. Let’s hope America can make it to the quarter-finals at the very least, but there’s a lot of work for them to do. Even my local club where I live has yet to make it to the MLS. Lots of work necessary.

Until Next Time!

June 18th 2024

Apple Developing Thinner MacBook Pro, Apple Watch, and iPhone [Slashdot.org]

Celtics clinch first NBA championship in 16 years [AXIOS]

DeepMind’s new AI generates soundtracks and dialogue for videos [TechMeme]

Now Tesla's legal fight over Elon Musk's pay package starts all over again [Quartz]

Will AI ever become conscious? It depends on how you think about biology. [Vox]

TNW Conference 2024: A spotlight on the EU’s space ambitions [TheNextWeb]

Hot Dog Summer Is Here [Eater]

Are CEOs Sitting This Election Out? Unpacking the reasons why entrepreneurs seem more hesitant than ever to weigh in on this election. [Inc.]

Will extreme weather events make travel riskier? One California startup is banking on it [Fast Company]

The Paradox of the Inability to Defeat Trump Despite the Strengths of President Biden and Vice President Harris [Medium]

Harvard Business School Professor Says 65% of Startups Fail for One Reason. Here's How to Avoid It. [Entrepreneur]

The Secret to Living Past 120 Years Old? Nanobots [WIRED]

This Week in Tech 983 [TWIT]

NotebookLM goes global with Slides support and better ways to fact-check [Google Blog]

Pre-translation vs. direct inference in multilingual LLM applications [Google Research]

Sidetracks [Poetry Foundation]

How can the visible universe be 46 billion light-years in radius when the universe is only 13.8 billion years old? [Astronomy Magazine]

Game On: Business Builders Prepares Future Business Leaders for a Complex, Data-Driven World [SAP]

What’s up, everybody! It’s June 18th 2024. Here are some VLOGs from early March 2024.

I hope you understand the dangers of not voting in the Presidential Elections, and Midterm Elections. I hope you understand what can happen if you do not vote in European Elections. Biden is losing 50/50 to Trump the Pedophile in America. Macron almost lost France to Front National / Rassemblement National (LePen / Les Nazis). It is imperative to #VoteBlueToSaveAmerica (vote Biden/Harris in November 2024) and vote Nouveau Front Populaire at the end of June and early July. This is what can happen when #MAGAcult + Russian/Chinese Hackers can take over Social Media platforms. These are the dangers when I cannot tweet from @IAMZAKI on Twitter. Look what happened after 1-2 months. Imagine the dangers between now and November 2024.

Until Next Time!