Pearson, the educational publisher which has faced pressure for years over the rising cost of college textbooks, is today launching an app offering US students access to all 1,500 of its titles for a monthly subscription of $14.99. [TechMeme]
More corporations are requiring workers to get vaccinated [Axios]
The future of Robinhood is Gen Z. The brokerage went public this week in one of this year’s highly anticipated tech IPOs. John Detrixhe writes that Robinhood’s future sustainability depends on its ability to hang onto its young customers as they grow older, accumulate wealth, and become savvier investors. —Annabelle Timsit, reporter [Quartz]
What is CNN+ and why would you pay for it? [Recode]
Google’s ‘time crystals’ could be the greatest scientific achievement of our lifetimes [TheNextWeb]
The Delta Wave Has Arrived: Here We Go Again [Eater]
Think Podcasts Are Done? Spotify's Q2 Earnings Will Shock You [Inc.]
Tech companies are going to Mars. There’s no excuse for their lack of diversity [Fast Company]
What is Coinbase? How it wants to change cryptocurrencies [Medium]
The Best Coffee Makers of 2021 [Entrepreneur]
‘Neuromancer’ Is Still Mind-Blowing Cyberpunk [WIRED]
The Tech Guy 1814 [TWIT]
We’re here, we’re loud, we’re disabled and proud [Google Blog] “In honor of Disability Pride Month, Googler Aubrie Lee chatted with two other Googlers on what disability pride means to them.”
Multi-task Prediction of Organ Dysfunction in ICUs [Google AI Blog]
Desktop as a service: Yesterday, today, and tomorrow [ZDNet]
I Am Fighting, Fighting, Fighting [Lapham’s Quarterly]
Humans have been living on the International Space Station for 20 years [Astronomy Magazine]

What’s up, everybody! Here are JETLAG RADIO 327 & BENKYO RADIO 327.

It is imperative that you get your vaccination shots. As you know, with Pfizer and Moderna, there are two vaccination shots, about 2-3 weeks apart. Once you do one, you have to wait a little while before you can do the other one. Then, it takes another 2-3 weeks to start working. And now, it looks like we’ll soon need a booster shot. What does that mean? That means if that you haven’t gotten the vaccine yet, you are behind. You need to get your immunization because you are putting other people’s lives in jeopardy. Did you see what they said on the News? People who regret not getting the vaccine? Unvaccinated people, who plead doctors “not to let them die” before they get intubated? If you don’t want to end up in this situation, please wear a mask, and get vaccinated. Also, when you are vaccinated, you are unlikely to infect children, which as you know, ages 2 to 12 aren’t vaccinated yet as we all impatiently wait for September for the FDA approved vaccine for kids. I IMPLORE YOU, DO NOT TAKE THIS COVID-19 PANDEMIC AS A JOKE, GO ASK ANY DOCTOR/NURSE CURRENTLY WORKING IN HOSPITALS, THEY ARE EXHAUSTED AND TIRED (DID YOU WATCH THE NEW SEASON OF GREY’S ANATOMY? THIS SHIT IS CRAZY)

Dear Mr. President, please make Mental Health services free to all Americans. It’s time. Insurance, or no insurance. It’s imperative. COVID-19 has lasted over a year. People who have dealt with Mental Health for many years are somewhat habituated, but you have a whole new generation of people who have never dealt with Mental Health, and they are scared and stressed. Please make these services free to all. High priority to Firefighters, everyone working in Hospital, and the Police. Thanks in advance.

If Swedish House Mafia has a new album in the works, that means they’re going on tour again. Getting tickets will be incredibly hard, but I would love to go. Shoutout to one of my best friends who is also a SHM fan.

Fire Season, August/September, c’mon, California, LET’S GET SOME RAIN, PLEASE, give us a storm, give us some rain! 60 days! Thank you to Governor Gavin Newsom for his conversation with POTUS and VP on getting more help for our firefighters. Please don’t forget to vote against the recall of the Governor. If you think that the father/mother of 10 Gold Diggers who took advantage of Kanye West’s Bipolar tendencies would make a better governor, you are out of your fucking mind. We need a real leader like Gavin Newsom to stay in charge. How the fuck do you think we had the COVID-19 vaccine rollout in California? Do you have any fucking idea how complicated the SUPPLY CHAIN & LOGISTICS of getting the COVID-19 vaccine throughout California was?!? A big shoutout to USPS, UPS, FedEx, and DHL. Shoutout to the DOD’s Warp Speed program. Do not for a second think that it was Trump’s idea. He’s illiterate. If you want to thank someone, the next time you see someone in uniform or a veteran, say thank you.

Until Next Time!