What are the chances of an AI apocalypse? — Professional “superforecasters” are more optimistic about the future than AI experts [The Economist]
How Donald Trump’s policy planners are preparing for a 2024 victory [The Economist Podcasts] you’re not taking the threat of #Jan6th and MAGA Cult seriously? Look at this crap. Donald J. Trump might have his fingers on the Nuclear Button again. And he’s Pro-Russia. Wake up y’all.
Excessive heat scorches millions across US southwest [BBC News]
Elon Wants to Master the Universe With xAI [Bloomberg] the reason there’s no women on the team is quite simple. It’s not a lack of inequality. These men are hard at work trying to understand the foundations of the Universe, and some women wanted to join just to file a lawsuit and get paid millions of dollars for a blowjob because he’s a Billionaire. These women wanted to perform a get-rich-quick scheme operation which is illegal under the law. In retrospect, most geeks barely get paid $15/hour to do tremendous amount of I.T. work, and it takes them millions of hours to afford the same things as these bimbos (I had to wait 8 years before upgrading MBPs)
Ukraine's spymaster comes out of the shadows [Reuters]
Japan’s shrinking population offers escape from hectic city life [AL-Jazeera News]
How Plastics Are Poisoning Us — They both release and attract toxic chemicals, and appear everywhere from human placentas to chasms thirty-six thousand feet beneath the sea. Will we ever be rid of them? [The New Yorker]
Twitter says it will start paying creators this week / Twitter Blue subscribers are getting notifications that they’ll finally start seeing payouts from the monetization program Elon Musk announced in February. [The Verge]
The Manson Family murders, and their complicated legacy, explained [Vox]
Congress prepares to continue throwing money at NASA’s Space Launch System [TechCrunch]
The iPad was meant to revolutionize accessibility. What happened? [MIT Technology Review]
Retired US general and former CIA chief says Putin's Ukraine invasion has 'made NATO great again' [Insider] #NATO
Join us in wishing our Ally 🇫🇷 #France joyeuse #FêteNationale! #14Juillet #BastilleDay #WeAreNATO [LinkedIn] #NATO
Fossil fuel workers are dying inhaling gases – despite US warnings to big oil [The Guardian]
Robert Downey Jr.’s Post-Marvel Balancing Act [New York Times]
Man Arrested After Feds Discover Home 'Decorated' With Human Body Parts [Huffington Post]
The Writers Who Went Undercover to Show America Its Ugly Side [The Atlantic]
Here’s How To Fly Business Class For The Price of Economy [FiveThirtyEight]
Opinion: The pandemic is over, but we’re not hanging out like we used to [The Washington Post]
Macron awards Modi top Legion of Honour during Bastille Day visit [Le Monde] well he did buy a ton of Fighter Jets and Submarines
What is Claude 2? How to access this ChatGPT competitor. [Mashable]
Top Silk Road Advisor ‘Variety Jones’ Sentenced to 20 Years in Prison [Motherboard, Tech by VICE]
Ice Disobeyed Biden’s Order to Drop Trump’s Blanket Deportation Policy [The Intercept_]
See Iconic Wildlife [National Geographic]
A beginner's guide to getting into gaming [NPR]
'People are calling': More Californians are reaching out to 988 mental health hotline [CapRadioNews]
États-Unis contre Russie, un duel gazier vieux de six décennies [Le Monde diplomatique]
A (Mostly Secret) Revolution Is Afoot in NATO’s Military — New defense plans signal the biggest alliance overhaul since the Cold War. [Foreign Policy] #Ukraine
The Cold War Trap — How the Memory of America’s Era of Dominance Stunts U.S. Foreign Policy [Foreign Affairs] #Ukraine
From Central Asia to Europe: What Is the Most Sustainable Transport Corridor? [The Diplomat]
The Physicist Who’s Challenging the Quantum Orthodoxy [Quanta Magazine]
BLOGPOST UPDATE IN PROGRESS

What’s up, everybody! Here are JETLAG RADIO 912 & BENKYO RADIO 912. While in NYC to celebrate our 1-yr wedding anniversary, my wife and I got to witness Harry Potter and the Cursed Child on Broadway. It was a great play with lots of production, magical special effects, and more. Highly recommended. There were a lot of children in the crowd, and they look like they had a ton of fun. All the parents had access to all kind of wild themed Harry Potter cocktails, and I enjoyed a nice glass of cold-brewed coffee. Great job to the entire staff! I walked away with a Harry Potter hoodie, always wanted to own one. As some of you remember, I used to be a Bookseller at Barnes & Noble, during the Midnight Sales of the Harry Potter Novels. I think I’ve done it for almost every single original book in the series. “The Magic of Reading” as I like to say. You already know what’s next in the near future: Hogwarts Legacy on Playstation 5!

Until Next Time!