Tuesday, August 6th, 2024

Google Loses DOJ Antitrust Suit Over Search [Slashdot.org]

Biden briefed that Iran attack timing and details still unclear, U.S. officials say [AXIOS] POTUS and VP were advised and slowly starting to realize that potential Iran attack is a misdirection, meanwhile large amount of very rich billionaires from places such as China are currently withdrawing humongous amounts of money around stock markets worldwide.

US v. Google: a federal judge rules that Google illegally monopolized the search market, including through deals to be the default option on phones and browsers [TechMeme]

X is closing its San Francisco headquarters — but not leaving California [Quartz]

Intel was once a Silicon Valley leader. How did it fall so far? [Vox]

Automation plans for planes are ‘dangerous gamble,’ EU pilots warn [TheNextWeb]

How to Bring the French Bistro Aesthetic Home [Eater]

As Reid Hoffman Backs Harris, Like-Minded Business Owners Say, 'Yes, We Kam' More founders are backing Vice President Kamala Harris as she begins campaigning, with less than four months until election day. [Inc.]

How Ford Motor Company is reshaping Detroit into the next great tech hub [Fast Company]

Conclusions from the Mercedes-Benz EV garage parking lot fire in South Korea, and its implications for Tesla Motors [Medium] #QuantumMechanics

How a Local Greek Restaurant Seized Opportunities and Won a New Food Network Competition [Entrepreneur]

The New Gods of Weather Can Make Rain on Demand—or So They Want You to Believe [WIRED]

This Week in Space 122 [TWIT]

Stay informed on the go with new updates from Maps and Waze [Google Blog]

Pre-translation vs. direct inference in multilingual LLM applications [Google Research]

August 2024: What’s in the sky this month? Jupiter and Mars meet in Taurus in a mid-month conjunction [Astronomy Magazine]

What Is Dreamforce? Everything About Salesforce’s Annual Event [Salesforce]

Intelligent ERP &The AI Copilot Joule Update | SAP S/4HANA Cloud Public Edition 2408 [SAP] #SAP #IwantToWorkAtSAP

What’s up, everybody! It’s Tuesday, August 6th, 2024. It appears that multiple stock markets around the planet are in trouble. I share your concerns. I am available to work IF THERE IS A SALARY as a Project Manager remote/hybrid for any organization in Folsom, CA (remote/hybrid for #IntelQuantum & #IntelFoundry & #IntelRedacted, or #AMDRedTeam), San Francisco Bay Area (remote, hybrid including yearly #LaFrenchTech conference, and SAP), Rennes (#LaFrenchTechRennesStMalo, including 100 flights/year), Paris (remote, 6 flights/year minimum including Quai D’Orsay yearly conference and Station F), Tokyo (remote, 6 flights/year minimum including #TokyoGameShow), Amsterdam (remote, 2 flights/year minimum including #ADE2024) and Redacted (MAP A / MAP B on Weekends).

PS. Shoutout to the local Tofu Shop at Fujiwara, I am doing my best to stop by on one weekend per month, but all these responsibilities and zero paychecks, don’t blame me, blame all these previous employers who refuse to help me. Can’t wait for some Sushi + Sapporo soon.

Until Next Time!

Thursday, August 1st, 2024

Best PC controllers in 2024: the pads I recommend for PC gamers [PC Gamer] #PC #Gaming #GeeksForGeeks

Best Games for Mac: A-list games you can play on your Mac [Macworld] #MacOS #Gaming #GeeksForGeeks

My 30-Day Experiment With Native Linux Games [It’s FOSS News] #Linux #LearnAboutLinux #GeeksForGeeks

Final Fantasy XIV: Dawntrail - Full Trailer | PS5 & PS4 Games [Playstation] #Sony #Playstation #PS5

Amazon is Now Selling a 'No Console Required' Xbox Bundle [XBOX via IGN] #Microsoft #XBOX #XboxSeriesX #XboxSeriesS

Epic Nintendo Switch weekend sale has games from $2 — here's my 9 favorite deals [Nintendo Switch via Tom’s Guide] #Nintendo #NintendoSwitch

Eagle-Eyed SDCC Fans Think They've Spotted a Legacy of Kain: Soul Reaver 1 and 2 Remaster Tease | SDCC 2024 [IGN]

Marvel Vs. Capcom's New Collection Continues Our Current Golden Age Of Fighting Games [GameSpot]

Every major announcement from SDCC 2024 [Polygon]

The Laptop I've ALWAYS Wanted! [Dave2D via YouTube Gaming]

"Lenovo Legion Go - It's Go Time" [Lenovo Legion via Twitch]

What’s up, everybody! I am in the process of listing blogposts in the future by date and not by podcasts. I am actually not at PODCAST 1200, but at PODCAST 2200 (Great Teacher Onizuka aka GTO was 22 years old with the motto “Don’t Worry, I will make School Fun for You”) and above. That’s how far into the future I am. Anyway, lots of work to do. Here’s a video to explain stuff to younger generations, since unfortunately, with TikTok, and their 8sec attention span, their ADHD, none of them understands the importance of: “Don’t Boo, Vote.” Thank God that I do, and I will remind them. Now, if you are familiar with TRON mythology, at the end of TRON LEGACY, our main character (Sam)’s father was left behind in the TRON world, and he escaped with his girlfriend. We are now waiting for TRON 3, where we hope that Sam returns to the TRON world, to save his dad, completing the first trilogy of the TRON movies. The other video is from Dragon Ball Super Season 1, near episode 131, where Goku with ULTRA INSTINCT battles Jiren. A very difficult battle. While it is true that a new season of DBZ will be released this early September, everybody wonders where Dragon Ball Super Season 2 is. We shall wait. In the mean time, DRAGON BALL HEROES was released inside a videogame, and I have been unable to watch it yet, and kids/teenagers are gone crazy over it. It’s about TRUNKS imprisoned on another planet, and all the Z Fighters have to come and save him from this hell.

Until Next Time!

July 23rd 2024

The AI Job Interviewer Will See You Now [Slashdot.org]

Dozens of wildfires in Pacific Northwest and Canada hit U.S. air quality [AXIOS]

Reddit appears to be blocking search engines that don't rely on Google's indexing; Bing, DuckDuckGo, and others are not showing recent results from Reddit [TechMeme]

Overdue credit card balances have hit the highest level on record [Quartz]

The “largest IT outage in history,” briefly explained [Vox]

TNW Podcast: Remon Berrevoets on quantum tech; dark future of European solar [TheNextWeb]

Let Her Cook [Eater]

When Convoy Collapsed, the Uber for Trucking Left Behind Collateral DamageA mountain of venture capital poured into the old-school freight industry. Then came market reality, and business owners got a harsh education in the true costs of digital disruption. [Inc.]

This company’s software is designed to protect against AI disasters [Fast Company]

Why Family Can be the Most Challenging Advocacy Conversations — Learn Patient Advocacy [Medium]

How a Local Greek Restaurant Seized Opportunities and Won a New Food Network Competition [Entrepreneur]

The 2024 Paris Olympics Opening Ceremony Will Be Unlike Any Before It [WIRED]

MacBreak Weekly 931 [TWIT]

More than a store: How we're evolving Google Play [Google Blog]

Efficient data generation for source-grounded information-seeking dialogs: A use case for meeting transcripts [Google Research]

My Awesome Stoma [Poetry Foundation]

Astronomy invites you to view the Perseids from an inactive Turkish volcano [Astronomy Magazine]

What's New in SAP S/4HANA Cloud Public Edition 2408 – Product Release Highlights [SAP] #SAP #IwantToWorkAtSAP

What’s up, everybody! Remember that Great Teacher Onizuka video I shared very long time ago? The guy who talked about it? Remember when I put the manga on the bookclub? Remember when I kept talking about those stories? Great Teacher Onizuka is finally on Netflix! It’s a lifesaver! Enjoy! Don’t forget that GTO is my avatar for my BENKYO RADIO music podcasts/playlists (LOFI). “Don’t worry, I will make school fun for you.”

Until Next Time!

June 29th 2024

Joe Biden should now give way to an alternative candidate [The Economist]

Rogue otters and vicious letterboxes: on the campaign trail in the Outer Hebrides [1843 Magazine]

5 Signs Your One-on-Ones Aren’t Working [Harvard Business Review]

'A reality show': World reacts to Trump-Biden debate [BBC]

Macron’s Approval Drops Two Days Ahead of French Election [Bloomberg] Aucun souci, je vote pour #ElectionsLegislatives Samedi à SF. Macron reste Président. François Hollande sera Premier Ministre, ou Raphael ou Jean-Luc. Jamais le RN. Tout le monde, votez pour le Nouveau-Front-Populaire ce week-end et la semaine prochaine. La France est en vos mains. Il ne faut pas la perdre.

US Supreme Court raises bar for obstruction charge against Trump, Jan. 6 rioters [Reuters] I am sick of these white privileged folks who caused a Terrorist Attack in Washington D.C. meanwhile Black & Brown people go to jail over weed. This stuff is scandalous.

Israel war on Gaza live: 60,000 flee street battles in Shujayea area [AL-Jazeera News] there was a distraction, it’s time to arrest Netanyahu at the Hague / ICC / ICJ. He is now doing a worst genocide in Palestinian Territories. Gaza & West Bank will be destroyed if the United Nations do not do something soon. #GazaGenocide #GazaCeasefire #TwoStateSolution #NoMoreNetanyahu

The Man who Could Paint Loneliness [The New Yorker]

Framework Laptop 16, six months later / We gave the one-of-a-kind notebook more time in the oven. [The Verge]

Will Biden be the nominee? 3 scenarios for what’s next. Open convention? Swap in Harris? Or stay the course? [Vox] THERE IS NOTHING WRONG WITH HARRIS AS PRESIDENT AND BIDEN AS VP. HAVE YOU TRIED BEING PRESIDENT, ASK OBAMA, IT’S TIRESOME. LET HIM RELAX FOR A BIT.

Volkswagen’s Silicon Valley software hub is already stacked with Rivian talent [Techcrunch]

How AI video games can help reveal the mysteries of the human mind [MIT Technology Review]

A cult was taking over his Los Angeles dance community. He made a Netflix documentary to spread the word. [Business Insider]

Pour le secrétaire général, l’Estonie montre l’exemple au sein de l’OTAN [LinkedIn] #OTAN #NATO #French #français

Texas megachurch pastor tried to pay off his child sexual abuse victim, phone transcript shows [The Guardian]

U.S. Presses to Avert Wider War Between Israel and Hezbollah in Lebanon [The New York Times]

Barack Obama Defends Joe Biden's Performance: 'Bad Debate Nights Happen' [Huffington Post]

Look at the Interactive Electoral Map Is this a joke? Did ABC News become another Fox News subdivision? They’re predicting #TrumpFelon? #TrumpPedophile? #TrumpTheMentallyChallengedGuy? #TrumpWhoKilled1MillionAmericans? Fuck this guy! #DNC, get to work! I’m not a fucking volunteer, I’m staff material, Goddamnit. Mail me my paycheck and let’s get to work. Place the local GOP representative in jail for interference. [FiveThirtyEight]

Justices strike obstruction charge for Jan. 6 rioter, likely impacting others [Washington Post]

The French left's hopes and fears: 'It's no longer far-right voters who stay silent, it's left-wing ones' [Le Monde]

NASA craft snaps unprecedented photo of largest volcano in solar system [Mashable]

“The Night Won’t End”: New Film Investigates Civilian Killings in Gaza and U.S. Backing of Israeli Assault [Democracy NOW!]

Trump used “Palestinians” as a Slur. Biden & Debate Moderators Didn’t Say a Word. [The Intercept_] 448 pages. It’s too late. The 4 Zionists Illuminatis have too much control on Washington D.C. It’s time to arrest all 4 of them immediately and fly them to INTERPOL for questioning. Robert Mueller III was powerless. Jack Smith is doing his best. Christopher Wray is embarrassed. The longest FBI female Special Agent is crying in the mirror with her mascara, and at this point in time, I want Trump in a maximum prison facility on an island for all sorrows since 2016. I’m gonna build some kind of weapon running on sunflower seeds I swear to God.

‘We need calm’: New Caledonia prepares for France elections as tensions simmer [The Guardian]

Why dopamine drives you to do hard things—even without a reward [Nat Geo]

What to know about France's high-stakes election, where the far right is gaining ground [NPR]

‘Total system breakdown’: California firefighters with PTSD face a workers’ comp nightmare [CapRadioNews]

La justice internationale dans le chaudron de Gaza [Le Monde diplomatique]

Yes, Biden Flopped. But Let’s Not Overreact. [Foreign Policy]

Africa Needs More American Involvement—Not Less [Foreign Affairs]

Afghan Hopes Are Riding on the Doha Conference [The Diplomat]

Why Is This Shape So Terrible to Pack? [Quanta Magazine]

Du tennis #quantique 🎾 La #PhotoDeLaSemaine présente l'exposition Quantum World au Portail de la Science. Vous trouverez ici, parmi de nombreuses activités interactives, ce jeu amusant où les joueurs utilisent des raquettes pour jouer au tennis. [CERN_FR]

Is Earth getting hotter? Yes. Let's talk about it. NASA Chief Scientist and Senior Climate Advisor Kate Calvin and our experts are discussing the far-reaching impacts of soaring temperatures on our home planet. Send questions using #AskNASA [NASA]

BLOGPOST UPDATE IN PROGRESS

What’s up, everybody! Here are JETLAG RADIO 1226 & BENKYO RADIO 1226. Sheesh! Over 1200 blogposts! Lots of words! Over 2 million of them! Hundreds of YouTube Videos! Tens of thousands of hours of music therapy. I do so much work around here, still haven’t got paid, the least people could do is tell me when FULL METAL PANIC: FAMILY (VOLUME 1) is being released in English. I cannot wait to read this. Been waiting over 25 years for this sequel. Thank you to the creator/staff of the manga/anime. Can’t wait until it’s in anime format as well. Thank you for the audiobook version as well, I will make sure to listen to volume 3 & volume 4 on Audible.

Until Next Time!

June 28th 2024

The Majority of Gen Z Describe Themselves as Video Content Creators [Slashdot.org]

Democrats openly admit "sense of doom" over Biden debate [AXIOS]

TeamViewer warns that its corporate environment was breached on June 26, and attributes the cyberattack to the Russian hacking group APT29 aka Midnight Blizzard [TechMeme]

The FDA has issued a nationwide recall hitting over 140 canned coffee brands [Quartz]

The Supreme Court hands an embarrassing defeat to America’s Trumpiest court [Vox]

Lynn Conway finally receives recognition for rocketing chip design into the future [TheNextWeb]

This Summer, Supersize These Simple Cocktails [Punch Drink]

How the Best Workplaces Hacked Company CultureIn its eighth edition, the Best Workplaces list showcases the best in employee benefits and workplace culture despite widespread engagement woes. [Inc.]

Everyone lost in the first presidential debate [Fast Company]

The Debate Incident: Understanding President Biden's Performance and the Urgency of His Re-election [Medium Article 1]

Why Are Women Like Teachers Gravitating to Sex Work Like OnlyFans? [Medium Article 2]

Simplify Complex Problems with Microsoft Visio -- Now Just $20 [Entrepreneur]

The Best MacBook Accessories [WIRED]

Tech News Weekly 343 [TWIT]

110 new languages are coming to Google Translate [Google Blog]

Efficient data generation for source-grounded information-seeking dialogs: A use case for meeting transcripts [Google Research]

If Today Were Tomorrow [Poetry Foundation]

The Sky This Week from June 28 to July 5: Catch some cosmic fireworks [Astronomy Magazine]

Innovation Keynote Highlights | SAP Sapphire 2024 [SAP] #SAP #IwantToWorkAtSAP

What’s up, everybody! Here are JETLAG RADIO 1225 & BENKYO RADIO 1225. The YouTube below has been censored. I will have to re-record it to discuss the main topic I wanted to talk about: my MEDEVAC experience multiple years ago, but remove the other content. I will do my best to record this soon, whenever I can. Thank you for your patience.

Until Next Time

June 24th 2024

Square Enix Asks Fans Not to Spoil Final Fantasy 14: Dawntrail as Early Access Looms [IGN]

The Best Racing Games To Play In 2024 [GameSpot]

The 25 best PlayStation 5 games [Polygon]

Slashdot Asks: What Do You Remember About the Web in 1994? [Slashdot.org]

Trump ran up national debt twice as much as Biden: new analysis [AXIOS] #TrumpFelon #TrumpIsPedophile

11 of the most expensive electric cars in the world [Quartz]

Is TikTok breaking young voters’ brains? [Vox]

Swedish startup Cemvision cements deal with Vattenfall for greener concrete [TheNextWeb]

In Japan’s Little Brazil, Nikkei Restaurants Search for Their Place [Eater]

Donald Trump Is Convicted on All 34 Counts [Inc.] #TrumpFelon #TrumpIsPedophile

Inside the staggering rise of sextortion schemes targeting teen boys [Fast Company]

Law enforcement is spying on thousands of Americans’ mail, records show [Washington Post] I don’t receive my mail from France, there will be inquiries, fire #MAGAcult police officers immediately

The Ambition of Playing the Yakuza Series: A Personal Journey [Medium]

The 7-Step ChatGPT Formula for Peak Productivity and Profit [Entrepreneur]

Red Tape Is Making Hospital Ransomware Attacks Worse [WIRED]

This Week in Tech 985 [TWIT]

NotebookLM goes global with Slides support and better ways to fact-check [Google Blog]

Advancing personal health and wellness insights with AI [Google Research]

Good Want [Poetry Foundation]

2024 Full Moon calendar: When to see the Full Moon and phases [Astronomy Magazine]

Why Joule Will Change the Way You Work [SAP] #SAP #IwantToWorkAtSAP

What’s up, everybody! It’s June 24th, 2024. I was very excited about the Canadian GP and the Spanish GP. They were fun and amazing to watch. Good Job, Max & Lewis, I look forward to the rest of the season, and F1 ‘23 (eventually F1 ‘24) and F1 Manager ‘23 (eventually F1 Manager ‘24) on Playstation 5. It appears that MLB The Show ‘24 MVP Edition is on sale right now on Playstation 5. As always, if it is not within your budget, MLB The Show ‘22 is very affordable.

Until Next Time!

June 23rd 2024

Is artificial intelligence making big tech too big? [The Economist]

Why Vladimir Putin has signed a new strategic pact with Kim Jong Un [The Economist Podcasts]

3 Ways to Support Employees with Bipolar Disorder [Harvard Business Review]

Missing hiker survives by drinking gallon of water a day [BBC]

UK's Manchester Airport begins resuming operations after power outage [Reuters]

Israel war on Gaza live: Aid group says up to 21,000 children missing [AL-Jazeera News]

Top 50 - Afghanistan [Spotify] thanks to the power of #ZETARADIO #Music #AfghanDanceMusic

What Can We Expect from the Biden-Trump Debate? [New Yorker]

The next next thing in AI and AR / On The Vergecast: major shake-ups in the VR plans at Apple and Meta, more AI companies out to make safe AI, and fashion in Silicon Valley. [The Verge]

The best plan to help refugees might also be the simplest [Vox]

Streaming execs think TV’s future looks a lot like its past [Techcrunch]

What’s next for bird flu vaccines [MIT Technology]

Larry Ray was accused of starting a sex cult of college students at Sarah Lawrence. Here's where he is today. [Business Review]

BASTILLE DAY CELEBRATION COCKTAIL, Mark your calendar and register now!

👉 Space is limited... register now: https://lnkd.in/dPWVCh_a

Join us on July 12th for our Bastille Day Celebration Cocktail in partnership with FACCSF | French American Chamber of Commerce of San Francisco, hosted by BGV!

🤝 Come and mingle with fellow entrepreneurs, executives, investors, and French enthusiasts! It's the perfect occasion to reconnect or forge new relationships around delicious canapes and delightful wine.

📆 Friday, July 12th 2024

⏰ From 5 pm to 7 pm (PST)

📍Menlo Park, CA

Our event is open to all professionals in Silicon Valley, so please feel free to invite your colleagues and friends. We would be delighted to introduce them to our community.

We look forward to seeing you and celebrating Bastille Day together!

Thank you to BGV for your support and for hosting this event.

#community #event #bastilleday #networking #southbay #frenchtech #tech [LinkedIn] #LaFrenchTechSF

A new start after 60: I was worried about empty-nest syndrome – so I began rescuing injured hedgehogs [The Guardian]

In San Francisco, Doctors Feud Over ‘Do No Harm’ When It Comes to War Protests [New York Times]

GOP Pollster Explains Why He's 'Very Nervous' Ahead Of Biden-Trump Debate [Huffington Post] #TrumpFelon #TrumpIsPedophile

Maybe Don’t Spray-Paint Stonehenge [The Atlantic]

538 Dance Department 06-22-2024 [Radio 538]

Meet the ‘Double Haters’ Who Decide The Election [Washington Post] THESE MOFOS ARE DANGEROUS, ANOTHER TRUMP PRESIDENCY? NO MORE USA

Meet Netanyahu's friend in French Parliament – whose election just got voided [Le Monde] Bon Boulot. Votons Nouveau Front Populaire. C’est très important. #SauvezLaFrance

The 10 best video games of 2024 (so far) [Mashable]

HOUSE VOTES TO BLOCK U.S. FUNDING TO REBUILD GAZA [The Intercept_] #Dangerous

Afghanistan's Carpet Exports Reach $7.5 Million in 5 Months [TOLO News]

How a rare, ‘once-in-20-years’ aurora formed at the North Pole [Nat Geo]

U.S. is 'flying blind' with bird flu, repeating mistakes of COVID, health experts say [NPR] #ListenToTheExperts

Sacramento City Unified ‘fails’ students with disabilities, grand jury report finds [CapRadioNews]

Vers une seconde guerre froide ? [Le Monde diplomatique] Non. Pas du tout. #NuclearDeterrence

Loneliness Is a National Security Crisis [Foreign Policy]

A Foreign Policy for the World as It Is [Foreign Affairs]

High Command with Retired General Frank McKenzie [The Cipher Brief]

Europe Must Make a Realistic Commitment to the Indio-Pacific [The Diplomat]

The New Math of How Large-Scale Order Emerges [Quanta Magazine]

Voici un aperçu d'une démonstration incluse dans les spectacles scientifiques présentés aux visiteurs du Portail de la Science. Planifiez votre visite : http://visit.cern [CERN_FR]

Episode 156 - It’s All Muscle (with Mark Peller, VP of Vulcan Development at ULA) [ULA]

BLOGPOST UPDATE IN PROGRESS

What’s up, everybody! It’s June 23rd, 2024. Best of luck to France Rugby in Argentina! We can lift the trophy! Great revenge for losing the FIFA World Cup a few years ago.

Until Next Time!

June 21st 2024

The future of combat | AI will transform the character of warfare | Technology will make war faster and more opaque. It could also prove destabilising [The Economist]

Canadian Sikhs thought they were safe to protest against India. Then one of them was gunned down [1843 Magazine]

How Micro-Choices and Games Motivate Gig Workers [Harvard Business Review]

Red Cross says 22 killed in strike near its Gaza office [BBC]

Italy’s Meloni Deserves Respect, Until She Doesn’t - The leader with neo-fascist roots is for now the lesser of populist evils. [Bloomberg]

US Supreme Court upholds federal domestic-violence gun ban [Reuters]

‘World cannot afford Lebanon becoming another Gaza’: UN chief [AL-Jazeera News]

Biden Is the Candidate Who Stands for Change in This Election [New Yorker]

Here are the best Apple Watch deals right now / Every model in Apple’s current lineup, from the entry-level SE to the Ultra 2, is receiving a solid discount right now. [The Verge]

Why Israel acts the way it does [Vox]

Spotify launches a new Basic streaming plan in the US [TechCrunch]

How gamification took over the world [MIT Technology Review]

Jeff Bezos' plan for The Washington Post is imploding [Business Insider]

#Législatives2024 | Les élections du 30 juin et du 7 juillet 2024 approchent à grands pas ! 🗳️

🤔 D'ailleurs, pourquoi élit-on 577 députés ? On fait le point.

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hashtag#Législatives2024 | The elections of June 30 and July 7, 2024 are fast approaching! 🗳️

🤔 Moreover, why are 577 deputies elected? We take stock. [LinkedIn] #Gouvernment FR

‘These kids are violent, drunk on power’: can mafia children be saved from a life of crime? [The Guardian]

How to Stay Calm During a Bumpy Flight [New York Times]

Kevin Costner Confirms He's Done With 'Yellowstone' [Huffington Post]

THE NEW PROPAGANDA WAR: Autocrats in China, Russia, and elsewhere are now making common cause with MAGA Republicans to discredit liberalism and freedom around the world. [The Atlantic]

Who Is Favored To Win The 2024 Presidential Election? [FiveThirtyEight]

7 globally inspired potato salad recipes for picnics and cookouts [The Washington Post]

France-Netherlands: Without Kylian Mbappé, Les Bleus are solid but helpless [Le Monde]

Astronomers just witnessed a whole galaxy 'turn on the lights' in real-time [Mashable]

WAR CLOUDS OVER LEBANON AS HEZBOLLAH AND ISRAEL CLASH [The Intercept_]

Afghan Industry Grows with 121 New Factories in 1403 [TOLO News]

The perfect storm that led to the Jonestown massacre [Nat Geo]

For a rising class of rap cyborgs, there's mastery in the mumble [NPR]

U.S. home prices have far outpaced paychecks. See what it looks like where you live [CapRadioNews]

En Afghanistan, le prix des sanctions [Le Monde diplomatique]

Ukraine Needs a ‘Wet Gap Crossing’ to NATO [Foreign Policy]

What Does America Want From China? [Foreign Affairs]

Five Decades On, Cambodia Is Taking Ownership of Its Troubled Past [The Diplomat]

How the Square Root of 2 Became a Number [Quanta Magazine]

#ThrowbackThursday en 1970, à l'intérieur de la chambre à bulles Gargamelle. [CERN_FR]

🔗Pentagon picks SpaceX, Blue Origin and ULA for $5.6 billion launch deal [SPACE.com] #ULA

BLOGPOST UPDATE IN PROGRESS

What’s up, everybody! It’s June 21th 2024.

Until Next Time!

June 20th 2024

Ed Bogan: From Counterterrorism to Countering Russian Disinformation [Cipher Brief]

X Window System Turns 40 [Slashdot.org]

Searing heat wave drives record temperatures across eastern U.S. [AXIOS]

New iOS 18 API brings AirPods setup experience to third-party accessories [TechMeme]

Melinda French Gates just endorsed Joe Biden — and said Donald Trump 'endangered' women [Quartz]

How do you stop deepfake nudes? [Vox]

TNW Conference 2024 Day 1 Highlights [TheNextWeb]

Can We Please Let Croissants Be Croissants? [Eater]

Best Workplaces 2024 [Inc.]

What the web looked like in 1994, the year it became the internet [Fast Company]

What Is a Good Salary Anymore? [Medium]

You Can Now Upload Your Video Podcast to Spotify, Even If You're Hosted on a Competing Platform [Entrepreneur]

Bugatti’s $4 Million Hybrid Hypercar Has the Craziest Steering Wheel We’ve Ever Seen [WIRED]

Tech News Weekly 342 [TWIT]

Generative AI in Search: Let Google do the searching for you [Google Blog]

Pre-translation vs. direct inference in multilingual LLM applications [Google Research]

On Ambivalence: To Be, but to Be How? [Poetry Foundation]

Mysterious Cloverleaf ‘odd radio circle’ could be a merger of a dozen galaxies [Astronomy Magazine]

SAP Sapphire Opening Keynote: Bring Out the Best in Your Business | 2024 [SAP]

What’s up, everybody! It’s June 20th. Here’s a keynote video about #COVID19 and the brain, long story short, COVID-19 gives you “mental retardation.” Therefore, next time, people tell you not to get vaccinated and there’s a chip in it or some other bullshit, remember that vaccination is very important, that’s how Pediatricians vaccinate children at a young age, so that they do not fall deathly ill. In fact, before the age of 10, you receive about 10-12 vaccination shots. There is nothing more STUPID that rednecks who love to vaccinate their dogs, but refuse to vaccinate themselves. Over 1,000,000 dead Americans, because they listened to Trump instead of Doctors. I am embarassed. I have to watch King of the Hill, and play Ghost Recon: Breakpoint, just to explain to my fans and supporters who are in the realm of being conservative or country music fans, that you were CONNED BY TRUMP, and TRUMP KILLED ALL OF YOUR FAMILY AND FRIENDS, therefore, next time, vote for a Democrat. I don’t mean to always sound superior, I am not, I am simply a college (university) graduate. In case you didn’t know, there is essentially ZERO COLLEGE GRADUATES IN THE MAGA CULT. Get yourself an education, it can save your life. Mic drop.

Until Next Time!

June 19th 2024

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!