JETLAG RADIO 239 | BENKYO RADIO 239

January 13, 2021 by Zaki (Zack) Qayoumi in blog, music, reading

Label Of the Month: Shall Not Fade [beatportal]
Rane’s One DJ controller has motorised turntable platters for authentic vinyl-style performance [Computer Music]
Issue 366 of Future Music is on sale now [Future Music]
International Nightlife Association Condemns Illegal Raves, Calls for Maximum Penalty for Organisers [DJ Mag]
Dr. Fauci says Concerts could Return sometime in the fall [EDM]
Armin van Buuren preps 950-song playlist flaunting the best of ‘A State of Trance’ ahead of 1000th episode [Dancing Astronaut]
3LAU Helps Battle Student Debt with $10,000 Scholarship via Bold.org [Your EDM]
Palestinian Artist Muqata’a to Release New Album ‘Kamil Manqus كَامِل مَنْقوص' [Mixmag]
Fractioning doses of yellow fever vaccine can help save more lives [MSF]
Text #garyveebook to Gary Vaynerchuk to get messages on his new book coming out later this year [GaryVee]
How understanding light has led to a hundred years of bright ideas [Technology Quarterly by The Economist]
They stormed the Capitol, then posed for selfies [1843 magazine]
How to Talk with Your Team About the Violence at the U.S. Capitol [Harvard Business Review]
FBI fears armed protests by Trump supporters ahead of Biden inauguration [BBC World]
Impeach, Convict and Disqualify [Bloomberg Opinion]
Deutsche Bank will not do future business with Trump: NYT [Reuters]
Israel announces new illegal settler homes in occupied West Bank [AL-Jazeera News]
Trump Can’t Be Allowed to Escape Justice Yet Again [The New Yorker]
The Google union just passed 700 members [The Verge]
Whiteness is at the core of the insurrection [Vox]
This Japanese shoulder bag is the last bag you’ll ever need [INPUT]
“Insomnia-like” Sleep Patterns can Predict Future Stress [INVERSE]
Arnold Schwarzenegger is our strange, sword-wielding unifier [Mic]
Sony reveals more details on its secretive Vision-S sedan [TechCrunch]
Without leadership on vaccine rollout, scams are inevitable [MIT Technology Review]
Mercury, Jupiter, and Saturn are clustering in the night sky in a rare, three-planet conjunction event. Here's how to see it on Monday. [Business Insider]
Israel is a non-democratic apartheid regime, says rights group - policies perpetuate supremacy of Jews over Palestinians [The Guardian]
How White Evangelical Christians Fused With Trump Extremism [The New York Times]
Congress Can Expel Members Who Supported Riot [Huffington Post]
Fans Think The Weeknd's Plastic Surgery Look Is A Reference To Ex Bella Hadid [BuzzFeed]
The Next Phase of Vaccination Will Be Even Harder [The Atlantic]
The Cleveland Browns have a 2% chance to win the Super Bowl [FiveThirtyEight]
Secret Service launches massive security operation to protect Biden inauguration [The Washington Post]
Le « passeport vaccinal », qui faciliterait les voyages pendant la pandémie de Covid-19, ne convainc pas tout le monde [Le Monde]
Razer unveils 'smart mask' concept that's basically COVID-friendly rave gear [Mashable]
Gig Workers Are Being Excluded From Vaccine Priority List [Motherboard, Tech by VICE]
Cops Found This Terrifying Weapons Arsenal in a Pickup at the Capitol Riot [VICE News]
Sheldon Adelson’s Fortune Helped Turn the GOP into the Party of Israeli Apartheid [The Intercept_]
How the Confederate battle flag became an enduring symbol of racism [National Geographic]
Humans Have Rights and So Should Nature [Nautilus]
Joint Chiefs Remind U.S. Forces That They Defend The Constitution [NPR]
California Lifts Stay-At-Home Order For Greater Sacramento Region [CapRadioNews]
La génération de l’inquiétude [Le Monde diplomatique]
If Vice President Pence refusing to invoke the 25th Amendment, an impeachment vote is expected on Wednesday. Read our rolling coverage of the aftermath of the deadly U.S. Capitol attack. [Foreign Policy]
Washington Wakes Up to the Dark Reality of Online Disinformation [Foreign Affairs]
Latest Phase of Intra-Afghan Peace Talks Off to Slow Start [The Diplomat]
New Quantum Algorithms Finally Crack Nonlinear Equations [Quanta magazine]
La version améliorée du trajectographe aux petits angles pour les muons, l'un des principaux sous-détecteurs de @ALICEexperiment a été installée dans la caverne en décembre. [CERN_FR]
Cargo Dragon Undocks from Station and Heads for Splashdown [NASA]
Trafficking in human beings [INTERPOL]
Joint Chiefs Condemn Capitol Attack, Say Inauguration Will Proceed [Air Force Magazine]
Mitsubishi 3000GT vs. Porsche 911 vs. Toyota Supra: ’90s Turbo Power [MOTORTREND]

What’s up, everybody! Here are JETLAG RADIO 239 & BENKYO RADIO 239.

It’s upon us! Only 1 week left until Joe Biden becomes our 46th President of these United States.

I think the public underestimated the White Nationalism movement in America. I call upon the FBI & ATF to mobilize quickly prior to January 20th. We must have a smooth transition to Biden/Harris and must consider having the inauguration indoors in the White House. There is just too much volatility right now. Things are unpredictable.

Until next time!

JETLAG RADIO 237 | BENKYO RADIO 237

January 07, 2021 by Zaki (Zack) Qayoumi in blog, music, reading

Beatport and Pioneer DJ Launch Monthly DJ Competition, The Big Break [beatportal]
Native Instruments Komplete 13 Ultimate Collector’s Edition review [Computer Music]
How to understand and play diatonic chords on a piano or MIDI keyboard [Future Music]
Early Jungle and D&B Scenes Celebrated in New Book, Who Say Reload [DJ Mag]
The Year of No Gigs [Mixmag]
Jean-Michel Jarre performs VR show inside virtual Notre-Dame de Paris Cathedral [Dancing Astronaut]
DJ Sama’ Abdulhadi Released After 8 Days In Palestinian Jail [Your EDM]
“For one year no one came here” to provide medical care in the West Bank [MSF]
Stress in the Workplace: 3 Takes for You to Consider [Gary Vee]
Democrats win two run-offs in Georgia—and control of the Senate [The Economist]
I feel bad about my lockdown [1843 magazine]
Are They Mad at Me…or Are They Just Blunt? [Harvard Business Review]
Georgia Senate election: Democrats take control with Warnock and Ossoff wins [BBC World]
Pence Hits Breaking Point With Trump in Blessing Biden Win [Bloomberg]
Philippine students battle to take online classes [Reuters]
Mahmoud Abbas has called on the UN to convene a new peace conference on the Palestinian-Israeli conflict with all major stake-holders and it seems this move has already gained the support of Jordan and Egypt.[AL-Jazeera News]
This Violent Insurrection is what Trump Wanted [The New Yorker]
It’s Time to Deplatform Trump [The Verge]
It’s official: Congress has formally recognized Joe Biden’s victory [Vox]
Twitter, it’s Time to Delete Donald Trump’s Account [INPUT]
The 5 Best Batman: The Animated Series Episodes of All Time [INVERSE]
Both Republicans and Democrats want Trump impeached — again — after the siege at the U.S. Capitol [Mic]
Tech leaders speak out about platforms’ roles in US Capitol riots [TechCrunch]
Covid-19 immunity likely lasts for years - A new study shows immune cells primed to fight the coronavirus should persist for a long time after someone is vaccinated or recovers from infection. [MIT Technology Review]
World leaders and top US allies condemn Trump and his supporters' violent attempted coup [Business Insider]
Linkedin Learning removed a 30+ hours long PMP class. If you’re going to remove it because it’s outdated, you must update it with new content. We don’t pay over $30/month for nothing. Thanks in advance [Linkedin]
Why Deaf interpreters are a crucial tool during the pandemic [The Guardian]
Biden’s Win Is Confirmed; Top Democrats Join Call for Trump’s Removal [The New York Times]
Biden Calls Out Racist Double Standard In Response To Capitol Riot [Huffington Post]
And the Word of the Year Is… “Resilience” [Thrive Global]
If You've Read All Of The "Harry Potter" Books, You're Guaranteed To Pass These 7 In-Depth Quizzes [BuzzFeed] JEXI
The Capitol Riot Was an Attack on Multiracial Democracy [The Atlantic]
What Trumpism Has Cost The GOP And The Nation [FiveThirtyEight]
All 10 living former defense secretaries: Involving the military in election disputes would cross into dangerous territory [The Washington Post]
Restrictions, vaccination, dépistages…, les principales annonces de la conférence de Jean Castex [Le Monde]
Facebook blocks Trump indefinitely, Zuckerberg says the risks 'are simply too great' [Mashable]
Rioters Had Physical Access to Lawmakers’ Computers. How Bad Is That? [Motherboard by VICE]
Police's Failure to Control the Pro-Trump Mob at the Capitol Was a 'Blatant Display of White Privilege' [VICE News]
Could Trump still Try to Attack Iran? [The Intercept_] #NoWarWithIran
Canadian documentary retraces efforts to salvage Afghan cinematic heritage [RCI]
Inside the Capitol: ‘It was the ugliest moment I have ever seen in America’ [National Geographic]
We Didn’t Evolve for This [Nautilus]
Army Secretary Says A 'Non-Scalable' 7-Foot Fence Is Going Up Around U.S. Capitol [NPR]
‘Will Not Be Intimidated’: After Insurrection, Congress Blocks State Objections [CapRadioNews]
Les États désunis d’Amérique [Le Monde diplomatique]
U.S. Congress Certifies Biden Win After Mob Attack [Foreign Policy]
The EU Is the Military Ally the United States Needs - Take the Pressure Off of NATO States and Embrace the Union’s Defense [Foreign Affairs] #NATO
China Is Already Using the Storming of the US Capitol for Propaganda [The Diplomat]
This is how we end deforestation to avert pandemic, climate and societal collapse [Insurge Intelligence by Nafeez Ahmed] #ClimateChange
The Year in Math and Computer Science [Quanta magazine]
Le traitement des données au CERN 👽 [CERN_FR]
NASA, NSF Sign Agreement to Advance Space, Earth, Biological, Physical Sciences [NASA]
International operation disrupts supply of firearms to terrorists [INTERPOL]
Hyten: JROC Will Soon Set Joint Spectrum Requirements [Air Force Magazine]
Best-Looking Cars, Trucks, and SUVs for 2021 and Beyond [MOTORTREND]
If armed people of color; black, Latino, Muslim- stormed the US Capitol to disrupt the transfer of power following an election, there'd be no 'tear gas & rubber bullets phase' of the response. They'd be shot dead before they got 10 steps into the grounds. [Edward Norton]
South Park™: The Fractured but Whole™ Towelie: Your Gaming Bud [PSN]

What’s up, everybody! Here are JETLAG RADIO 237 & BENKYO RADIO 237.

Well, we did it, the nightmare is almost over. After a failed coup on the Capitol by White Nationalists, Congress has certified Biden’s Electoral College. Even VP Mike Pence said enough is enough, and was tired of Trump’s immature behavior. It got so bad, they removed his access to FB & Twitter. Veterans’ Associations including Paul Rieckhoff remind us that Trump still has access to the Nuclear codes, so it’s important that he’s in a timeout until January 20th, 2021. We do NOT want a war with Iran. Secretary of State has 13 days left in office. Don’t do anything stupid. Stick to keeping America and its national interests secure. There was a recent security breach from Russia. Work on that, and stop attempting to fight Iran. What you SHOULD be doing is write your fucking long report with your entire team, to be handed over the next administration. Need I remind you that the Peace Plan in Afghanistan include a number of Troop Withdrawal by May 2021. That means there is still a long of fucking work to be done. That means all our family and friends in the Military need good leadership. That means we didn’t spend 19 fucking years there just to give it back to the Talibans. There needs to be a good Peace Process. Nobody want a return to the 19th century in Afghanistan. There are millions of Afghan men and women and children who just want to a better life for themselves. They have a right to a life of happiness and goodness. If you watch all the various TV stations in Afghanistan, people are smiling, they are happy, they just want life to go on. They are tired of these extremists who attack their premises. If America leaves Afghanistan in May 2021, I don’t want Kabul to return to a mode where tv/radio is banned again. Everybody watched The Kite Runner. No repeat please. Instead of spending yet another trillion of weapon warfare, maybe we should teach sex education, so that women are not stuck with ten children. There is a serious problem of sexual repression in Afghanistan. When I was doing my University Studies in Ohio, taking classes on International Studies, we discussed about Extremists, Group Dynamics, and Identity Crises. These young men truly thought that when they died they’d be greeted by many dozen virgins. There’s a real disconnect. They don’t need to blow themselves up. They just need to have a normal life, marry someone, and there might be sex! But because sex is such a taboo topic, there’s all this madness. So once again, no more additional $1 trillion weapon warfare additional budget, just a few million of dollars on sex ed. Let the majority of the troops return home to their families. Old Snake is ready to finally take on the Military Industrial Complex / War Economy. Bernie Sanders cannot be the only Senator willing to speak out. Let’s focus on Russia & China, and not have over 100 bases around the world all spread thin. Also, stop insulting German Chancellor Angela Merkel. She has a doctorate in quantum chemistry and worked as a research scientist. If you ask me, that’s a whole lot more sexy than all these bimbos on E! Entertainment News. Stability in the European Union is immensely important, especially since Macron did a few errors, and Boris Johnson royally fucked up with Brexit. Unfortunately it’s time for French diplomats to scream at the sky, drink some coffee, and wait patiently until the next British PM to salvage relationships, and bring the UK back in the European Union.

I’d like to point out I still haven’t got a chance to relax and watch my ADE 2020 conference videos, and play Cyberpunk 2077. I have more PM classes that start soon.

I’d like to thank The Washington Post for their $30/year special so I could resume my subscription during this important time in our Nation’s history. If anybody knows when The Cipher Brief will offer a coupon code for their yearly subscription, please let me know.

Hang on, guys & gals, only two more weeks until Biden is President. We can do this. If the Cleveland Browns can get to the NFL playoffs, surely anything is possible. Let’s stay calm.

I know a lot of people were like “Fuck you, 2020!” and “Hooray, 2021!” but please understand that we still have lockdown/isolation until September 2021. That’s 9 more months. Dr. Fauci is doing everything in his power, but understand he was stuck with the Trump administration. In two more weeks, Biden will give him everything at his disposal to really expedite Operation Warp Speed. We must vaccinate faster. Let’s get it done.

Listening to the 538 Dance Department Yearmix 2020, it’s pretty good!

I got some cool SR-72 news, but we’ll have to wait until The National Review posts something about it within the next few months or so. I am not at liberty to comment but Holy Fucking Shit this fucking airplane is insane.

Until next time!

JETLAG RADIO 206 | BENKYO RADIO 206 | LAMBDA/QUANTUM/GT/TECHNO 041 RADIO

September 14, 2020 by Zaki (Zack) Qayoumi in blog, music, reading

Afriqua: “Black Artists Are About to Stunt Hard on 2021” [beatportal]
10 ways to optimise your computer for music making [Computer Music]
Pioneer’s flagship CDJ-3000 promises “a new world of creative possibilities” in the DJ booth [Future Music]
Vinyl Outsells CDs for First Time in Over Three Decades, New Stats Show [DJ Mag]
David Guetta and Sia ninth collaboration, ‘Let’s Love’ [Dancing Astronaut]
Flume Joins Diplo’s Ambient Night ‘Under Ancient Skies’ [WATCH] [YourEDM]
No Marketing Budget? Use Sweat, Not Coins [Gary Vaynerchuck]
“Children can draw assault rifles better than a football” in Borno state [MSF]
The Taliban and the Afghan government talk peace at last [The Economist]
How to Get Your Resume Noticed (And Out of the Trash Bin) [Harvard Business Review]
Nigeria’s slave descendants prevented from marrying who they want [BBC News]
Tropical Storm Sally Is Heading North, Stalking New Orleans [Bloomberg]
Rare dolphins return to Hong Kong as coronavirus halts ferry traffic [Reuters]
When will the world stop ignoring what is happening in Gaza? [AL-Jazeera News]
The Case for Dumping the Electoral College [The New Yorker]
Borderlands 3 is getting a free PS5 and Xbox Series X upgrade — and four-player splitscreen [The Verge]
Why Mike Bloomberg plans to spend $100 million boosting Biden in Florida [Vox]
Nvidia confirms $40B purchase of Arm, bringing together two chip giants [TechCrunch]
People who really miss the office are listening to its sounds at home [MIT Technology Review]
Former FBI agent says it’s ‘clear’ that ‘Donald Trump is compromised by the Russians’ [Business Insider]
Colin Kaepernick attacks NFL ‘propaganda’ as teams protest on opening weekend [The Guardian]
When Good People Don’t Act, Evil Reigns [The New York Times]
Bob Woodward Reveals Why He Concluded Trump Is The ‘Wrong Man For The Job’ [Huffington Post]
In Trump’s Virtual World, Real Catastrophes Do Not Compute - The disastrous West Coast fires may influence the political debate far less than images of violence amid protests in Portland, Oregon, will. [The Atlantic]
Trump And Biden Both Got Small Convention Bounces. But Only Biden Got More Popular. [FiveThirtyEight]
The West Coast is on fire. Why is Trump barely paying attention? [The Washington Post]
Ligue 1 : l’OM rompt la malédiction face au Paris-SG (1-0), Rennes prend la tête [Le Monde]
The new Star Wars pack for ‘The Sims 4’ lets players visit Galaxy’s Edge from home [Mashable]
Unprecedented Wildfires Turn California Skies Orange [VICE]
Dark matter warps galaxy clusters more than expected, shaking up cosmic theory [National Geographic]
Tropical Storm Sally Moves Toward Gulf Coast As Bermuda Braces For Hurricane Paulette [NPR]
Fire Suppression — And Climate Change — Is To Blame For California’s Megafires. Experts Unpack The Term [CapRadioNews]
Voix du Seigneur et “ État profond “ [Le Monde diplomatique]
Afghanistan’s Gen Z Is Fighting Back [Foreign Policy]
The Long Shadow of Xinjiang - Anger Grows in Muslim Countries at China’s Treatment of the Uighurs [Foreign Affairs]
Warring Sides: Is There an End to Violence in South Asia? [The Diplomat]
A Changing Middle East [The Cipher Brief]
How Two Became One: Origins of a Mysterious Symbiosis Found [Quanta magazine]
On a sunny morning 12 years ago, protons made their first turns in the LHC, generating headlines around the globe [CERN Courier]
Winds of Change Move Western Smoke Into the Pacific [NASA]
Phone scams targeted in INTERPOL-coordinated operation [INTERPOL]
Barrett, Brown to Kick Off AFA’s Air, Space & Cyber Conference Sept. 14 [Air Force Magazine]
DTM Nürburgring Grand Prix 2020 [YouTube]

What’s up, everybody! Here are JETLAG RADIO 206, BENKYO RADIO 206, and LAMBDA/QUANTUM/GT/TECHNO RADIO 041.

As I write this, there are 51 days until the Presidential Elections. That’s a month and a half, and a few additional days left until we vote Trump out of office for his unforgivable inexcusable behavior. I watched a recent episode of Real Time with Bill Maher, and a former FBI agent admitted that he is convinced that Trump is compromised by Russia. We cannot afford to have Trump as President for 4 more years. That is too dangerous of a precedence. We must elect Joe Biden as our next president, and restore respect to our great nation. If Young People and Blacks are not excited about the election, I can guarantee you that you won’t like 4 more entire years of Trump. Shall I bust out the calculator? 4 more years of Trump is 1,460 days of Trump. We’ve already had 4 years of this obscure sadistic scary reality show. Do we really want 4 more years? If the answer is no, you better be sure to fill out your mailing ballot and drop it off at polling locations. Listen to AOC. She’s right, the White Nationalists and various fascists/racists/are going to try to swindle this election, and we must not let them. We need to win 270 electoral college votes. We must get over 300. We must win overwhelmingly, and kick Trump out of the White House. Let’s do it. Let’s get it done. Don’t forget that COVID-19 is still going on, so please wear a mask and use social distancing. A vaccine should be ready by 2021.

When you feel like you’re alone and nobody cares, I want you to know that I got your back. Many in the Intelligence Community are tired of this shit, and we will restore order to America this November, but we need the help of the American people. Let us rebuild an America that works for ALL citizens, not just the top 1% of the 1%.

Peace talks are taking place regarding Afghanistan. We need peace in that country. Think of the future generations. And don’t forget about the women and young people of that nation. I hope Secretary of State Mike Pompeo has finally convinced all parties that it is time for Peace. Thanks in advance.

Until next time!

JETLAG RADIO 189 | BENKYO RADIO 189

August 02, 2020 by Zaki (Zack) Qayoumi in blog, music, reading

Black Voices Scholarship [beatportal]
15 questions for…Joris Delacroix: “Be careful who you’re working with, and as an artist, don’t think that the music industry is always your friend.” [Computer Music]
Issue 360 of Future Music is on sale now [Future Music]
Black Junglist Alliance Launches to Address Diversity Issues in Jungle and D&B [DJ Mag]
ZHU entrances with remix of Mathame’s ‘Never Give Up’ [Dancing Astronaut]
London Motor Show Will Feature DJ Set From Carl Cox & Cars From His Private Collection [Your EDM]
MSF forced to close COVID-19 centre on Lesbos [MSF]
Acting USAID Administrator John Barsa on World Day Against Trafficking In Persons [USAID]
Joe Biden has a good chance of becoming a surprisingly activist president [The Economist]
The end of modernity - What will fashion look like after the pandemic? [1843 magazine]
You Need More Sleep. What Should You Do If You Can’t Get It? [Harvard Business Review]
Jesse Lingard: Manchester United midfielder says ‘I was lost as a player and person’ [BBC Sport]
College Campuses and Towns Have No Good Choices [Bloomberg Opinion]
Democrat Biden says he will name running mate in first week of August [Reuters]
The quiet undoing of the Zionist noise [AL-Jazeera News]
Biden’s Big-Tent Strategy Seems to Be Working [The New Yorker]
The Verge’s Back-To-School Gift Guide 2020 [The Verge]
Millions of people will see a sharp drop in their unemployment benefits because Congress failed to act [Vox]
The Red Hat Developer Program will give you the tools to develop apps in the cloud [TechCrunch]
American parents are setting up homeschool “pandemic pods” [MIT Technology Review]
Bill Gates: We will have a coronavirus vaccine, but the disease will keep coming back if there’s a US ‘leadership vacuum’ [Business Insider]
You’re already wearing a mask - now consider a face shield and goggles [The Guardian]
What Happens When You’re Disabled but Nobody Can Tell [The New York Times]
Republicans Resume Fear-Mongering About The Debt. Don’t Believe Them. Helping working people will not hurt the economy [Huffington Post]
A Breakthrough Some Cosmologists Thought Would Never Come [The Atlantic]
Some Republicans Have Gotten More Concerned About COVID-19 [FiveThirtyEight]
Congress deeply unpopular again as gridlock on coronavirus relief has real-life consequences [The Washington Post]
Vigilance orange a la canicule maintenue dimanche dans l’Ardeche et la Drome [Le Monde]
Best audio workout apps for training without a screen [Mashable]
Government Hacking Crews Have a New Target: A COVID-19 Vaccine [VICE]
Surging tourism is straining this Yellowstone gateway town [NatGeo]
How many coronavirus masks should you have? [Nautilus]
Syria Is Overwhelmed By Coronavirus As Govt Conceals Outbreak, Health Worker Says [NPR]
Hospitals Juggle Resources, Continue Surgeries As California’s COVID-19 Cases Rise [CapRadioNews]
Petitionnaires de tous les pays… [Le Monde diplomatique]
Inside the Massive Foreign-Policy Team Advising Biden’s Campaign [Foreign Policy]
The Overmilitarization of American Foreign Policy [Foreign Affairs]
Afghanistan’s Higher Education System Has a Stark Geographic Divide [The Diplomat]
Fixing DOD’s Acquisition Problem [The Cipher Brief]
Our Genes May Explain Severity of COVID-19 and Other Infections [Quanta magazine]
Quels sont les constituants de l’Univers? [CERN]
NASA Astronauts Safely Splash Down after First Commercial Crew Flight to Space Station [NASA]
INTERPOL assisting Cote d’Ivoire identify terrorists arrested after attacks [INTERPOL]
The Goldfein Years [Air Force Magazine]
EVgo’s Charging Infrastructure Is Getting Bigger With Help From GM [MOTORTREND]

What’s up, everybody, here are JR 189 & BR 189. We only have about 11 more episodes until JETLAG RADIO 200! The third interstellar object was not out there yet, but we did get Comet NEOWISE! Let’s keep looking in that night sky and maybe we’ll finally find that third interstellar object.

Please continue to wear a mask outside, everybody is tired of the coronavirus just as much as anyone else. But, if we want to go out in gatherings again, we need to social-distance until the vaccine is available.

Please stay strong. It’s August! About 90 more days until the Elections 2020. We can do it. We can vote for Biden, and get rid of the Trump administration. We cannot afford to lose this election. Once Biden gets in office, the Progressives must continue to force him to pass important policies, including Medicare For All.

I was so excited to watch Chapter 1 of the new Transformers series on Netflix, it was awesome. Also, I just watched the JEXI movie, I really recommend you watch it! It was awesome!

It’s nice to see Basketball on the TV screen again! Always fun to watch them play.

I’m looking forward to listening to the Road to F9 Mixtape! There’s also a Fast & Furious video game coming out this month!

The best advice I have for you is the one I follow in order to make it through the day. Take things one day at a time. It’s a struggle! But you can do it!

Until next time!

JETLAG RADIO 153 | BENKYO RADIO 153

February 10, 2020 by Zaki (Zack) Qayoumi in blog, music, reading

MSF update on 2019-nCoV coronavirus outbreak [Médecins Sans Frontières]
Joy Reid: Trump is the Joker to Obama’s Batman [MSNBC]
NASA Has Found a Weird, Unexplained Boundary in Interstellar Space [VICE]
Annegret Kramp-Karrenbauer’s resignation upends German politics [The Economist]
At San Francisco’s Salesforce Park a city drifts into the clouds [1843 Mag]
Are You Asking Too Much of Your Chief Data Officer? [Harvard Business Review]
Blackwing pencils are best for scribblers and sketchers alike [Bloomberg BusinessWeek]
More than 100 U.S. troops diagnosed with brain injuries from Iran attack [Reuters]
UN health agency goes to China as mainland deaths rise above 900 [AJ News]
The Most Immediate, Unexpected Threat of Trump’s Middle East Peace Plan [New Yorker]
Taika Waititi slams Apple’s MacBook keyboards after winning first Oscar [The Verge]
10 questions about the coronavirus outbreak, answered [Vox]
How to advertise a podcast in 2020 [TechCrunch]
Astronomers have found a deep space radio burst that pulses every 16 days [MIT Tech Review]
NASA just launched a new spacecraft to take the first photos of the sun’s poles and probe its violent eruptions. Here’s how it works. [Business Insider]
Is education the new currency? [BBC Worklife]
‘Overwhelming and terrifying’: the rise of climate anxiety [The Guardian]
Giannis Antetokounmpo Is Unbothered [The New York Times]
By Targeting Africans, Trump’s Muslim Ban Is Even More Racist [HuffPost]
Bernie Sanders’s Secret Weapon [The Atlantic]
Men’s College Basketball Has Been Chaotic. But Just Wait Until The Tourney [FiveThirtyEight]
Benny Gantz had two shots to oust Israel’s Netanyahu. He hopes the third time is the charm. [The Washington Post]
“La Convention citoyenne pour le climate pourrait préfigurer une nouvelle forme de démocratie” [Le Monde]
Oscars 2020: The full winners list [Mashable]
Spacetime ‘Echoes’ From Quantum Black Holes Could Soon Change Physics Forever [Motherboard - Tech by Vice]
Nat Geo TV Presents: The Cave: Amid airstrikes and bombings, a group of female doctors in Syria struggle with systemic sexism while trying to care for the injured using limited resources. Watch the Oscar-nominated documentary film now. [Nat Geo]
The John, Paul, George, and Ringo of Genes [Nautilus]
Michael Pollan Explains Caffeine Cravings (And Why You Don’t Have To Quit) [NPR]
Single Payer Health Care Is Back On The Table In California [CapRadioNews]
Comment le vélo redessine la ville [Le Monde diplomatique]
Xinjiang’s Hui Muslims Were Swept Into Camps Alongside Uighurs [Foreign Policy]
The Amazon Is Nearing the Point of No Return [Foreign Affairs]
Coronavirus and China’s Decision-Making in a Crisis [The Diplomat]
The Cipher Brief Honors Charlie Allen with Lifetime Award [The Cipher Brief]
Color-Changing Material Unites the Math and Physics of Knots [Quanta Magazine]
Satellite Delivered for Space Force’s First GPS III Launch [Air Force Magazine]
Legendary Tuskegee Airman who Flew a Record 409 Combat Missions in Three Wars Promoted to Brigadier General [The Aviation Geek Club]

Hi there! Hope everyone is in the Winter spirit. I can’t believe that 49ers lost to KC, but I guess the coach was too strong. Looks like College Basketball will takeover soon next month with March Madness, and let’s just hope our Buckeyes #Team121 get back on top of their game. As far as Baseball, I hope the Reds get a better season, and with the English Premier League, I just hope Manchester United gets higher on the top of the table. Remember, in the EPL, it’s not like in the NBA or other sports where people jump on different teams when they aren’t doing good (i.e. the Golden State Warriors aren’t doing so hot, so many fake fans left). I spent many years in Ohio, so I will always be a Cavs fan first, and a Kings fan second. I do follow Portland Blazers too, though. Anyway, when you’re a MUFC fan, you’re a fan for life. No matter where we are on the EPL table, it’s Man United forever.

I thought the Fast & Furious 9 trailer was awesome! I’m a bit disappointed that Paul (in memoriam) Caleb/Cody wasn’t in the trailer, but hopefully they will surprise us later this year.

I’m very glad that Brad Pitt won an Academy Award! I will have to watch his new movie.

New Hampshire elections! Let’s go Bernie Sanders!

I want to thank Hardwell for sharing his story on his new podcast, it’s true that most musicians can take a 4-year break before a new album and no one says anything, but if a DJ takes 2 weeks off, everybody is asking: “Where did he go?”

Making some progress on Death Stranding! Man, this game is so hard! NBA 2K19 is pretty good too so far.

If you have a chance, try to do something for Black History Month. Last year, I went to the Aerospace Museum, and got to hear about the Tuskegee Airmen. It was pretty cool. This year, I’m excited for new music raising awareness about Mass Incarceration, I think Meek Mill just released a new track with JT, I will have to check it out (all the more reason to support a candidate like Bernie Sanders). There’s also a new TV show by 50 Cent which ought to be pretty important.

Don’t forget to watch the Snow Moon! It looks beautiful!

I’d like to remind you all that whenever you find yourself under a mountain of work, and feel that it’s just you, it’s not just you, many others still have a lot of work and we do it. People believe in you, so keep going. If there are some folks or subjects which you want to learn more about these things or people, I suggest you listen to podcasts about them. This can be on a variety and wide spectrum of topics. Just give it a try. I thank you.

Lots of fun stuff happening in the Astronomy world! I’m still motivated for us to find a third Interstellar object in our Solar System before JETLAG RADIO 200!

Until next time!

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January 01, 2020 by Zaki (Zack) Qayoumi in blog, music, reading

DRC Ebola outbreaks - Crisis update - December 2019 [MSF]
NASA Selects United Launch Alliance’s Reliable Atlas V Rocket to Launch GOES-T Weather Satellite [ULA]
Capital & Idéologie - Conférence de Thomas Piketty [Université de Genève] #IncomeInequality
Pessimism versus progress [The Economist]
The 11 best new sci-fi books to check out on your new Kindle [The Verge]
10 years of (Tony Stark) Elon Musk [Vox]
The California Consumer Privacy Act officially takes effect today [TechCrunch]
The seven most exciting space missions of 2020 [MIT Tech Review]
Can Merkel and Macron get Franco-German relations back on track? [The Guardian]
Warren Isn’t Talking Much About ‘Medicare for All’ Anymore [New York Times]
Wake up, Republicans. Your party stands for all the wrong things now. [Washington Post]
Even Spotify Took a Thinly-Veiled Swipe at Facebook’s Stance on Political Ads [Vice News]
A giant star is acting strange, and astronomers are buzzing [Nat Geo]
The Best Games of the Decade (2010 - 2019) [IGN]
The Climate Learning Tree [Nautilus]
Blueprint Leadership Podcast with CMSAF Wright: Episode 2 Featuring CSAF General Goldfein [U.S. Air Force]
Mass Navigation: How Ford Is Exploring the Quantum World with Microsoft to Help Reduce Congestion [Microsoft Quantum]

Hi there! Hope everybody had a nice safe Christmas & a Happy New Year. I’d like to give a big shoutout to everybody who still has to work during the holidays. Keep working hard, because hard work pays off, in due time. I heard that Keanu Reeves is releasing John Wick 4 and Matrix 4 on the same day! That’s going to be amazing, I look forward to both, especially Matrix 4, because it means that Neo will bring Peace on Earth for EVERYBODY not just white people.

I really want to thank the makers of the Transformers cartoon, especially since the next movie series is so far away. For all of you that grew up on The Fast & The Furious, there is now a cartoon which you can introduce to those young ones. I also enjoy introducing them to the Spider-Man Disney TV series, with the great reminder that “With Great Power comes Great Responsibility.”

It’s 2020! There are many things to look forward to, including the Presidential Elections. Don’t be misguided, just because I’m liberal, just because I’m patriotic, just because I’m an Analyst doesn’t mean I demean the endgame. The endgame is that we must elect President Bernie Sanders to change this system. We cannot let Wall Street and the Healthcare Industry continue to profiteer off billion of dollars poor and sick people. The common American demands more. It demands help. [This statement has been redacted by the Department of Defense] Especially if you have an education. That’s what society taught us. Study hard, and you will get a job. We need a leader to help us with that vision for our country. We must pay teachers a decent salary so they stay in our school. We must employ more minority teachers, who speak multiple languages and can communicate with the students.

Finally, remember that the journey of life is not fun if it’s solo. May this be the year that you find that special someone if you haven’t already. Find yourself a woman that makes you think of “The Family Man,” or “You’ve Got Mail” not “Gone Girl.”

I got some goodies for Christmas including FIFA 20 and NBA 2K20. Can’t wait.

I saw the new Star Wars movie, wasn’t thrilled about the ending, I’m more excited about Baby Yoda, and it appears that we will see more of him in 2020. Hooray!

Special thanks to Hasan Minaj for his episode on Mental Health! Stop the Stigma!

Reminder: just because Obama releases his latest “favorite movies/music/books of the year,” doesn’t mean he is the only person in the world allowed to do that. Many of us have been doing this for years. Start listing your favorite movies/music/movies/games, you may only have 10 people listening to you, but those can turn into 100, and eventually a 1000 or more. Persevere, you can do it!

Until Next Time!

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December 11, 2019 by Zaki (Zack) Qayoumi in blog, music, reading

The Mueller Report Illustrated [Washington Post]
New Google Maps feature could help you avoid dark streets while walking [Mashable]
Live from the North Pole, it’s Santa’s Village! [Google blog]
EU’s new chief diplomat urged to consider Palestine statehood [Al Jazeera]
Astrophotography with Night Sight on Pixel Phones [Google AI Blog]
How Your Organization’s Experts Can Share Their Knowledge [HBR]
India passes a bill purporting to help refugees. In fact, it seeks to hurt Muslims [The Economist]
New laser technique images quantum world in a trillionth of a second [Phys.org]
Jupiter’s Galilean moons likely formed bit by bit from pebbles [Astronomy]

Hi there! I hope everybody is getting into the holiday spirit. I wanted to share with you a show that I found fascinating, it’s called “Atypical.” It might be a great show for you to watch yourself and your family and peers. It’s a great portal for folks who are either on the spectrum, or know people who are on the spectrum. It’s also a great show to share to others when they discredit you for your mental illness. This TV show along with “The Good Doctor” are great attempts to share stories about people who have often been forgotten by society. There always is a stigma towards Mental Illness, this show attempts to fight that. I look forward to more work places who do not discriminate against Mental Illness, because it is against the law, and they will be reprimanded.

I watched the season finale of Silicon Valley! It was quite interesting! Great show, but now, what will be the next Startup show?

Lately, I’m listening to Madeon and Hayden James.

Until Next Time!

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November 21, 2019 by Zaki (Zack) Qayoumi in blog, music, reading

Peugeot de retour en Endurance et aux 24H du Mans en 2022! [MotorSport]
Half-Life: Alyx Officially Revealed, March 2020 Release Date [IGN]
Spotify turns its personalization technology to podcasts with launch of Your Daily Podcasts [Techmeme]
Tuesday’s impeachment hearings did not go as Republicans hoped. Attempts to question the credibility of Ukraine specialist lt. col. Alexander Vindman may have backfired, while two witnesses the GOP requested gave testimony unfavorable to Trump, Politico reports [Quartz]
Facebook still isn’t clear about why it won’t take down false political ads [Recode]
We can’t just regulate — we must teach our AIs values [TheNextWeb]
The Bay Area’s Hottest Taco Trend Comes Courtesy of LA, Tijuana, and Instagram [Eater]
How Peloton Went From Kickstarter to Multibillion-Dollar IPO in 6 Years [Inc.]
The best gifts for music lovers, according to employees of Janelle Monae’s Wondaland [Fast Company]
You Don’t Need More Motivation — You Need a System [Medium]
This Y Combinator-Backed App Is Like Having a Personal Investing Analyst [Entrepreneur]
Meet the Cybertruck, Tesla’s Ford-Fighting Pickup [WIRED]
This Week in Computer Hardware 542 [TWIT]
16’’ Macbook Pro First Impressions! [MKBHD]
Casey Neistat Explains the Past, Present, and Future of Smartphones [Sam Sheffer]
16’’ Macbook Pro - Real Talk [Dave 2D]
NEW Microsoft Surface Laptop 3 Unboxing and Drawing Challenge [iJustine]
Helping families stay connected with the Google Assistant [Google Blog]
New Solutions for Quantum Gravity with TensorFlow [Google AI Blog]
Highlights from a growing AI Ecosystem at the Intel AI Summit [Intel AI Blog]
The Race to Commercially-Viable Quantum Computing is a Marathon, not a Sprint [Intel Newsroom]

Hello there! Well, the Impeachment Hearings are out in full swing. Let’s hope we reach a conclusion soon, because this is simply getting ridiculous, we need to move forward. In any case, despite the Bernie News Blackout on Mainstream Media, the people came in numbers to. show that we will continue to rally besides the best candidate to take out Trump in 2020. Bernie Sanders has been working tirelessly for decades to make all the things that we want a reality. He said that as soon as he becomes President, he will put legislation within the first week for Medicare for All. This is because Americans are tired of the insurance companies making profits on the back of millions of sick people. This must change. This will change.

I got to see Ford vs Ferrari, it was a wonderful movie, I highly recommend it. The next movies I plan to watch are The Report and the new Tom Hanks about Mr. Rogers.

I’m gonna listen to IAM’s new album Yasuke (French Rap). I cannot wait. It’s their latest album in 2 years.

Still playing the new Kojima game. It’s pretty intense. I also really enjoy all 3 campaigns of Fifa 19 so far.

I’m reading a book on Nelson Mandela because…welp, because Barack Obama mentioned it. He might be critical lately of the big movement in America, saying that we’re too liberal, but we’re not. We want Free Tuition, Free Healthcare, revamped VA, better Immigrants rights. Fight Mass Incarceration, and countless other issues. Let’s be frank, right now we have a system where large multi-billion-dollar-banks are getting away with theft. Do you remember that book about the milliseconds transactions that wall-street theft computers are making? They are buying millions of penny stocks, and selling them a little bit higher, and making millions of dollars. That is fucking theft. A normal America cannot do that. If a normal American buys $100/share and gets 3 shares, and it goes up by $25, the poor dude just makes $75. He had to invest 300 whole freaking dollars just to make $75, and that’s if the stock is doing good. The American people deserves better. It’s almost like they need to create a new cheap mutual fund that we all need to invest in. The whole millisecond penny stock buy low sell high is a travesty, and must be investigated. Do you want White Collar Crime to really stop? Then vote for a candidate like Bernie Sanders. Poor kids going to jail over a joint, meanwhile these fat cats are getting away making millions. It’s ridiculous.

Onto a different subject, I am super pumped that the “Dream Race” is happening this weekend. It’s SUPER GT x DTM” It has all the best cars from Germany and Japan. (G & J…GJ, Good Job, get it?).

To all of you, young and old, keep working hard, you can do it, we should be back to normal by 2020. Remember, it’s late November, so December is here, and then it’s January 2020 and thus Elections season.

Big shout out to all the heroes around the world who keep us safe. Don’t forget, while we all have quarrels during Thanksgiving about how bananas Trump is or is not, these military men and women are stuck in weird places around the world, and only get to talk to their loved ones via webcam. Sometimes when you go into an airport, they ask you if you want to buy a military person something. Please buy them a telephone card, so they can call their loved ones. I thank you.

Don’t forget the usual PSA spiel, for Thanksgiving weekend, make sure to have a designated driver, use Uber, Lyft, Cab, Bus, Train, etc.

Until Next Time!

PS. WE’RE GOING BACK TO BLACK MESA!

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October 17, 2019 by Zaki (Zack) Qayoumi in blog, music, reading

MSF demands Johnson & Johnson reduce price of lifesaving TB drug [MSF]
The invisible mental health crisis plaguing the West Bank [MSF] #Palestine
Sacramento expected to be announced as 29th Major League Soccer team Monday [Sac Bee]
Governmental subsidise fossil fuels to the tune of $427bn a year [The Economist]
How to Get Noticed by Your Boss’ Boss [HBR]
U.S. Recession Chances Hit 27% Within Next 12 Months [Bloomberg] #BetterVoteDemocrat
Interstellar interloper is a comet resembling those in our solar system [Reuters] #Interstellar
Banerjee, Duflo and Kremer awarded Nobel Prize in Economics [Al Jazeera] #IncomeInequality
How to Beat Trump, According to Experts on Middle-School Bullies [New Yorker]
There is no mess Facebook won’t try to hide with a bigger mess [The Outline]
Electric Bikes: everything you need to know [The Verge]
AI Might Be the Future for Weather Forecasting [Interesting Engineering] #Weather
The Nobel Prize in Economics goes to 3 groundbreaking anti-poverty researchers [Vox] #IncomeInequality
Waymo and Renault explore autonomous mobility route in Paris region [Techcrunch]
Doctors say gene medicine tailored to a single person can work, but it still costs millions [MIT Tech Review]
FBI officials were ‘rattled’ and ‘blindsided’ by Trump’s call for Ukraine to manufacture dirt on Joe Biden [Business Insider]
Cristiano Ronaldo reached his 700th career goal [BBC Sport]
There’s a New iPod Touch, Yes, in 2019, and Yes, It’s Worth Looking at [NYTimes]
Will Congress finally fullfill a 200-year-old promise to the Cherokee people? [The Guardian]
Greta Thunberg Takes Climate Fight To Congress [HuffPost]
Chinese Rappers Will Not Be Silenced [The Atlantic]
What Went Down In the Fourth Democratic Debate [FiveThirtyEight]
Sen. Bernie Sanders to be endorsed by Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, an influential voice among young liberals [Washington Post]
Ouragans: comment le changement climatique les rend plus puissants [Le Monde]
Elon Musk describes Tesla pickup as ‘armored personnel carrier from the future’ [Mashable]
This Student Is One of the Top Scientists Studying Faster-Than-Light Warp Drives [Vice]
Read our first NatGeo issue written and photographed exclusively by women [NatGeo]
The Lighting Beneath Our Feet [Nautilus]
How The 3 Nobel Winners For Economics Upended The Fight Against Poverty [NPR]
Covered California Enrollment Opens This Week, With New State Financial Aid For Some [Cap Radio]
Esclaves du XXIe siècle au Qatar [Le Monde Diplomatique]
The United States Still Needs a Syria Strategy [Foreign Policy]
Not Since Joe McCarthy Has the State Department Suffered Such a Devastating Blow [Foreign Affairs]
Illicit financial flows are costing developing countries billions in tax revenues [The Diplomat]
Here at The Cipher Brief we are old enough to remember when Republicans were the most outspoken supporters of the Intelligence Community and the Democrats - not so much. Now the roles are very much reversed [The Cipher Brief]
How the Neutrino’s Tiny Mass Could Help Solve Big Mysteries [Quanta Magazine]
CERN History: Transport of a SC magnet to CERN in 1955 [CERN]
A New Spacesuit for Artemis Generation Astronauts [NASA]
AFWERX: Beyond the Buzzword [Air Force Magazine]

Hi There! I saw a video the other day about a guy rapping poetic rhymes surrounded by kids saying that school was useless, they weren’t learning anything, and they forget what they learn. Let me tell you something, school is important for the simple reason that it will keep you off the streets. That’s right. The illusion is that everybody is going to be rockstars and youtube stars and all that. The reality is that only very few are lucky to get there. For the most of us, you need that fallback plan, and that plan is education. Study hard, and eventually, you will finish High School, you will finish College. Some of us like learning so much, we continue to do it. You can go beyond and learn about marvelous topics, i.e. Quantum Mechanics. So instead of making videos about “you’re not learning anything,” just be patient. A lot of you are impatient. You have to work hard, and take things one day at a time. You can do it. You can inspire others. These things take time.

I went to a Greek Festival a few weeks ago and it was really cool.

I recently watched GEMINI MAN by Will Smith. It was a great movie with a good ending in my opinion. My only concern was the portrayal of one of our Intelligence Agencies, but, regardless, it was definitely very good.

I am super excited about PRYDA (Eric Prydz) releasing his latest compilation. I listened to the whole thing and it was awesome.

The next TV show I am going to check out is TREADSTONE, if you’re a fan of the Bourne Identity, you will enjoy it.

Given that it is Breast Cancer Awareness Month, I want to direct you to one newsfeed I follow, it’s called “Cancer Nanotechnology.” You can follow it on Twitter at @CancerNanoTech.

It’s October, so NBA is back.

It’s Halloween this month, so have fun don’t do anything too bananas. Be Safe, Be Responsible.

MLB The Show 2019 is free on Playstation Plus right now!

Pixel 4 has been announced, you can now take pictures of the Milky Way!

If you’re at ADE 2019, have fun!

Don’t forget to rally around your candidate! Democrats MUST win in 2020. Our future depends on it. Go Bernie!

Until Next Time!

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June 05, 2019 by Zaki (Zack) Qayoumi in blog, music, reading

Medicines shouldn’t be a luxury [Médecins sans Frontières]
Celebrating 50 years of Apollo [Astronomy Magazine]
1 Billion Acres At Risk For Catastrophic Wildfires, U.S. Forest Service Warns [NPR]
Swedish House Mafia debut new track, ‘Underneath it all’ at Reunion Gig: Watch [DJ Mag]
He parachuted into Nazi-occupied France as a 22-year-old American soldier. 75 years later, he did it again. [Business Insider]
A Portsmouth, 75 ans après le Débarquement, les vétérans se souviennent de leur <<D-Day>> [Le Monde]
June the Sixth: Our Leaders on the D-Day landings of June 6th 1944 [The Economist]
How the world fell in love with manga [The Economist 1843 Magazine]
What Happened To The Property Of Sacramento’s Japanese American Community Interned During World War II? [Capital Public Radio]
Father’s Day gift guide for Bengals fans [CincyJungle]
Democrats’ extremely uphill battle to retake the Senate majority in 2020, explained [Vox]
In Fierce AI Race, Everybody Wants This New Human-Like Chip [Bloomberg Businessweek]
Sony’s Playstation lead confirms more PS5 details ahead of E3 [The Verge]
Halo Infinite gameplay is going to be at E3 2019, looks like it’s going to be a “next gen game” [GamesRadar]
Astronomers fret over ‘debilitating threat’ of thousands of satellites cluttering the sky [TechCrunch]
The Democrats’ climate-change plans, compared [MIT Tech Review]
In pictures: Muslims around the world celebrate Eid [BBC World]
Thousands could perish annually in US if global heating not curbed, study finds [The Guardian]
Over 1,600 Civilians Died in Raqqa. Why Are the U.S. and Its Allies Reporting Only 180? [NY Times]
Much of the chocolate you buy starts with child labor [Washington Post]
Why France Is The World Cup Favorite. (Don’t Worry — The U.S. Is A Close Second.) [FiveThirtyEight]
This year’s Stanley Cup Final will be huge for fans of “The Office” [Mashable]
The Navy Says UFOs Are Real. UFO Hunters are Thrilled [Motherboard: Tech by Vice]
Why Zimbabwe’s female rangers are better at stopping poaching [Nat Geo]
L’animal, un citoyen comme les autres? [Le Monde diplomatique]
Oil’s Power Players [Foreign Policy]
Pompeo Is Calling for Realism—Trump Isn’t Delivering [Foreign Affairs]
AFA’s Wounded Airmen Cycling Challenge Raises $25,000 [Air Force Magazine]
Stewards of the Land: Air Force ranges support environmental and cultural conservation [Airman Magazine]
Toyota’s Le Mans 24 Hours fuel-stop advantage reimposed for 2019 race [AutoSport]
WORLD PREMIERE: The First Ever BMW M8 Coupe [BMW Blog]

Hello there. It’s already June! That means that summer is upon us. And with that, comes triple-digit weather. Let’s heed the warnings from our Firefighters. We are not messing around this fire season. We gotta cut the power in the region they deem necessary. Nobody wants another repeat of previous fire seasons. Let us learn from those mistakes. Let’s hope our governor Gavin Newsom show his might, as he goes toe-to-toe with PG&E, and stress the problem at hand. Yes there will be some fires, but we don’t want it to escalate out of proportion, and see those insane photos from the past 2 years in the New York Times or the Washington Post. I’d like to take this time to please ask you, whether you are religious or not, to take a moment to please have them in your thoughts, whether you believe in the power of prayer, or meditation, or knock on wood, or cross your fingers, or whatever little routine you have, because remember, while we go to our jobs, those men and women will be wearing heavy gear, fighting fire in crazy heat. I hope they have every tool at their disposals. If not, let’s make sure Congress and the Administration gives our California firefighters everything that they need.

Very excited for some summer movies, including the upcoming Fast & Furious. There’s the new Spider-Man, but before that, there’s a new X-Men movie.

It’s E3 2019! There will be plenty of announcements…I really hope we don’t have to wait another decade to politely ask for Half Life 3 (evidently it doesn’t make a ton of money like other Steam microtransactions games so that’s why Gabe isn’t doing it, what a shame). Unreal Tournament is still in Alpha mode…(evidently they rather focus on Fort Nite).

I’m playing Resident Evil 2 remake. Play this, and you will reminisce the first time you’ve heard of the evil Umbrella Corporation. Can’t wait to see Leon & Claire fight their way through this!

NBA Finals on TV. Let’s root for the underdog! Go Raptors!!!

Remember to stay hydrated this summer, it will be very hot, and don’t let those little ones nor pets in the car while you stop to do errands. Just don’t do it. It’s too damn hot!

If you’re out of the school for the summer, congrats! Enjoy! But remember, parents and teachers expect you back in the fall in one piece, so please, when driving, have a DD, take an Uber/Lyft/Cab/Train/Bus, etc. They’ve recently invented an ingenious beer from a few labels It’s called 0.0. It has the same taste of beer, but with 0% alcohol! So if there’s a night you’re the DD, drink a 0.0 beer, for your safety, and those around you. Don’t underestimate how important this is! While I’m at it, please remember to always wear that seatbelt. You saw the statistics during MDW2019. It’s crucial to always wear a seatbelt.

Le Mans 24hrs race is this month! can’t wait!

Until Next Time!