Medicine Thursday · Jeudi Médecine

ZACK TECHNOLOGY LLC — Medicine Thursday

Thursday (Jeudi), September (Septembre) 17, 2026

Technology · World Affairs · Affaires Étrangères · Electronic Music · Diplomacy / Diplomatie

Zaki Qayoumi ("Zack") — Founder, CEO, COO, CTO, Senior Project Manager, Director, President, VP, Chairman of the Board & Editor-in-Chief, ZACK TECHNOLOGY LLC

Happy Medicine Thursday, everybody! Today we're focused on the world of medicine — specifically Ehlers-Danlos syndrome, music therapy, and video-game therapy. A special hello to today's audience of doctors and nurses: I'd genuinely love to hear what medical journals you're reading right now, and what you're working on writing yourselves.

🎂 Happy Birthday, Akhenaton!

Today is the actual birthday of Akhenaton, the voice of IAM and my favorite French rapper of all time. Happy birthday to him! Go re-listen to JETLAG RADIO episodes 916 (#916Day), 917, and 918 — some of my favorite episodes in the whole catalog, and a fitting way to celebrate.

By the Numbers

1,360+ PS5 Livestreams

439+ Coffee with Zack / Zaki VLOGs

🇫🇷 La French Tech San Francisco — Nova Program

I'm thrilled at the prospect of joining La French Tech San Francisco, and I'm especially excited about the French Tech Nova program, which supports minority entrepreneurs like myself. Today's Bleu Blanc Rouge design carries that spirit into Medicine Thursday.

Today's Curation

The Ehlers-Danlos Society

What Is EDS?

The Ehlers-Danlos syndromes are a group of 13 heritable connective tissue disorders caused by genetic changes affecting connective tissue. Each type has its own distinct diagnostic criteria, though features like joint hypermobility, skin hyperextensibility, and tissue fragility appear across most types.

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Psychology Today

Can We Really Learn To Slow Down Time?

A look at the psychology and physics of subjective time perception — why some periods of life feel like they drag while others fly by, and whether attention and novelty can genuinely change how time feels.

Music Therapy & Trauma

How Music Therapy Helps The Trauma Brain

Music therapy uses active and receptive musical interventions — therapeutic songwriting, group drumming, improvisation, lyric analysis — to help regulate the nervous system, lower cortisol, and give trauma survivors a non-verbal way to process experience and rebuild a sense of safety and control.

Music can also occasionally trigger difficult memories or overstimulation, which is why this work should be guided by a board-certified music therapist. You can find one through the American Music Therapy Association or the Certification Board for Music Therapists.

Video Games & Reflection

Video-Games Therapy: The Crew Motorfest's Chase Squad Playlist

The Year 2 DLC's "seek and chase" storyline — tactical takedowns, high-speed pursuit, and a structured final "Dogs VS Cats" event — offers the kind of clear, rule-bound intensity that can produce a genuine flow state: full immersion that quiets negative thought loops and grounds you in the present moment, with the predictability of clear objectives helping to lower hypervigilance.

This is a reflection on game design and flow states, not a treatment recommendation.