We catch up with Brazilian/Australian collaborators Vintage Culture and Sonny Fodera, whose track “Nightjar feat. Shells” just hit Beatport’s overall top spot. [beatportal]
Waves Cosmos is a free sample management tool that organises all your loops and one-shots and then lets you search for the sound you’re looking for [Computer Music]
Waldorf is “working under pressure” as it teases what looks like a new keyboard [Future Music]
11 electronic music film soundtracks you should listen to now [DJ Mag]
Jam Master Jay Murder Trial Date Set for September [Mixmag]
Moog Music launches new documentary exploring electronic music’s early days [Dancing Astronaut]
Wilkinson Drops His First Solo Album in 5 Years, “Cognition” [Your EDM]
Eric Prydz Announces 2022 U.S. Tour Dates [EDM]
Spencer Brown Goes Against The Grain With New Label Launch [EDM Sauce]
The Oak Meditation app is extremely useful. [Oak]
Marine Biologist Dr. Ayana Elizabeth Johnson on How to Catalyze Change with Awe and Wonder, How to Save the Planet, Finding Your Unique Venn Diagram of Strength, and Seeking the Minimum Effective Dose (#570) [Tim Ferriss]
My Book Games NFT from GaryVee (which I received for pre-ordering 12 books of his latest book) will be worth enough to purchase a car within 5 years, maybe sooner. [GaryVee] #Patience
Why Bernie Sanders is tired of always having to save the day [IAMZAKI] #Medium
Yuval Noah Harari argues that what’s at stake in Ukraine is the direction of human history — Humanity’s greatest political achievement has been the decline of war. That is now in jeopardy [The Economist]
“I’ve met dozens of people who have sold kidneys; they feel they have no choice”—hunger in Afghanistan [The Economist Podcasts]
Research: How Do Warehouse Workers Feel About Automation? [Harvard Business Review]
Eminem takes the knee at Super Bowl half-time show [BBC News]
Joe Biden’s $7 Billion Betrayal of Afghanistan — The president’s move to seize the country’s foreign reserves rather than work to resolve the humanitarian crisis has drawn harsh criticism. Rightly so. [Bloomberg]
Sweden recommends fourth COVID-19 jab for the elderly [Reuters]
Missing Afghan women activists released: UN — Women went missing after participating in anti-Taliban rally weeks ago. [AL-Jazeera News]
Joe Biden is the latest in a long line of American leaders who have tried to persuade Russians and other rivals to back down from a military confrontation. [The New Yorker] #Diplomacy
Coinbase’s bouncing QR code Super Bowl ad was so popular it crashed the app [The Verge]
Why electric vehicles are so hot in the 2022 Super Bowl ads [Vox]
What does a real economist think of cryptocurrencies? [TechCrunch]
SpaceX just lost 40 satellites to a geomagnetic storm. There could be worse to come. [MIT Technology Review]
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez says it is 'inevitable' that Texas will turn blue [Insider]
This week marks the fifth anniversary since the deployment of #NATO’s multinational battlegroups in the east of the Alliance. We thank all the men and women in uniform and their families whose service and sacrifice has helped to keep our 30 nations safe. #5YearsAsOne https://lnkd.in/dPsnRisr [Linkedin] #NATO
Vladimir Putin suggests dialogue is still possible on Ukraine crisis [The Guardian]
Halftime review: Dr. Dre and company asserted the power of hip hop’s oldies generation on pop music’s most-watched stage. [The New York Times]
David Hogg Says He's 'Disappointed' With Biden's Progress On Gun Violence [Huffington Post]
What Nancy Meyers Understands About Love After Age 50 [The Atlantic]
Who Improved, Who’s Rebuilding And Who’s Treading Water After The NBA Trade Deadline? [FiveThirtyEight]
U.S. will close American embassy in Ukraine’s capital as Putin appears to leave diplomatic door open [The Washington Post]
Crise en Ukraine : Moscou entrevoit une « chance » de compromis, l’ambassade américaine de Kiev déplacée vers l’ouest — Le chancelier allemand s’est rendu à Kiev, lundi, avec l’espoir de désamorcer la crise. A Moscou, le chef de la diplomatie russe a plaidé pour une poursuite des efforts diplomatiques. [Le Monde] #Diplomacy
NASA unexpectedly revealed a Webb telescope 'first light' image [Mashable]
Robinhood Told Me to Buy My Girlfriend Bitcoin for Valentine’s Day, So I Did [VICE News]
Disinformation Doctors and Project Veritas Team Up to Harass Medical Officials — America’s Frontline Doctors and Project Veritas launched a video series devoted to Covid-19 disinformation. [The Intercept_]
The drought in the western U.S. could last until 2030 — After a brutally hot and dry 2021, the region is now in the worst "megadrought" in 1,200 years. Climate change is to blame. [National Geographic]
A bank freezes about $1.1 million in funds for Canadian border protests [NPR]
Former Stockton mayor launches nonprofit to end poverty in California [CapRadioNews]
Guerre et démocratie [Le Monde diplomatique] #Diplomacy
Does Inequality Provoke Populism? — A new book argues that economic unfairness is more important than unequal incomes—but only redistributive policies can restore social mobility. [Foreign Policy]
How to Make a Deal With Putin — Only a Comprehensive Pact Can Avoid War [Foreign Affairs] #Diplomacy
The Struggle to Power Tajikistan [The Diplomat]
The Mysterious Forces Inside the Nucleus Grow a Little Less Strange [Quanta magazine]
"On a tous la possibilité de contribuer au changement d’ambiance et de relations entre les hommes et les femmes" rappelle Louise Carvalho, en charge de la diversité et de l'inclusion au @CERNFR, pour #ONUInfoGenève. Reconnaissons la contribution des #femmesdescience 👩🏾‍🦱👩🏻‍🦳👩🏽‍🦰 [CERN_FR]
NASA’s IXPE Sends First Science Image [NASA]
At #UNHQ yesterday, INTERPOL briefed the @UN #CounterTerrorism Committee on the evolving nature of the foreign terrorist fighter phenomenon in South Asia and South East Asia, as well as INTERPOL’s operational support to counter-terrorism efforts in these regions. 🌏 [INTERPOL]
Strategy & Policy [Air Force Magazine]
Honda Civic Type R Sets Lap Record, Type R LE Smashes It Immediately [SUPER STREET on MOTORTREND]

What’s up, everybody! Here are JETLAG RADIO 462 & BENKYO RADIO 462.

I am extremely thankful to Bernie Sanders (and his mittens) for helping de-escalate the situation in Ukraine. He explained that very well in his speech. I also wrote about this on my Medium account, and it’s the first link in this blogpost.

Until Next Time!