Meet the productivity app influencers [TechMeme]
Pelosi expects “billionaire’s tax” to pay for Biden social spending [AXIOS]
Researchers analyzed 700-plus songs known to give people chills. Here’s the playlist [Quartz]
Remote work is bringing the city to the suburbs [Recode]
20 years later, the iPod is still my favorite gadget [TheNextWeb]
The Return of the American Rail Dining Car [Eater]
Why Facebook is rebranding [Platformer]
Chuck Palahniuk has been writing again on his Substack. Check it out. [Chuck Palahniuk]
Arianna Huffington on the Secrets to Beating Founder Burnout [Inc.]
Yes, you can only work 5 hours and call it a day. Here’s how to make it productive [Fast Company]
Drinking Coffee Every Day is Great for Your Health [Medium]
How to Create an Authentic Brand [Entrepreneur]
Want a Better PC? Try Building Your Own [WIRED]
This Week in Tech 845 [TWIT]
The Rivian R1T is an Incredibly Fun Electric Pickup! [MKBHD]
The New MacBook Pro - M1 Max/Pro [Dave2D]
Microsoft Surface Duo 2 - It's back and better than before! [iJustine]
Google for Creators: Helping creators learn and grow [Google Blog]
Baselines for Uncertainty and Robustness in Deep Learning [Google AI Blog]
All the World’s a Painting [Lapham’s Quarterly]
What colors are the planets in our solar system? And why are they so different? [Astronomy Mag]
How to Build Your Personal Brand And Get Ahead [Salesforce Blog]

What’s up, everybody! Here are JETLAG RADIO 381 & BENKYO RADIO 381.

We did it. We politely yet impatiently asked Jesus, Allah, Buddha, (and the Autobots) for rain for the past couple of months, and now, Northern California will receive some. The downside is that there will be some mud slides and dangerous weather-related activity near the Lake Tahoe region. The upside is that it ought to be the end of Summer Fire Season in the region. If projections stay: “Once In A Century Type Storm’ Sunday To Monday is on its way. Be prepared, and be careful.

Until Next Time!