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!