JETLAG RADIO 1116 | BENKYO RADIO 1116

Meet the French startup hoping to take on OpenAI [The Economist]

Why I opened a secret school for Afghan girls [1843 Magazine]

‘Trying to keep children busy so they don't hear bombs': Follow daily life in Gaza [BBC]

Biden’s Stance on Israel-Hamas War Sows Reelection Risks [Bloomberg]

Inside the Democratic rebellion against Biden over the Gaza war [Reuters]

Hamas studying Paris truce proposals as Israel continues Gaza campaign [AL-Jazeera News]

The Israeli Settlers Attacking Their Palestinian Neighbors [The New Yorker]

My streaming fatigue got so bad, I started collecting DVDs / After spending too much time and money on streaming services, DVDs have officially reentered my life. [The Verge]

Older Americans are working longer. Some want to; others have to. [Vox]

Microsoft made a $16 million investment in Mistral AI [TechCrunch]

Algorithms are everywhere [MIT Technology Review]

Maybe you've heard you don't need a college degree in today's job market. Don't believe it. [Business Insider] #MustRead

🔹 20,000 troops

🔹 30 ships

🔹 4 submarines

🔹 Multiple aircraft

10 Allies are taking part in a 🇬🇧 UK-led exercise to improve cooperation and readiness at sea as a part of NATO’s #SteadfastDefender24 series

🔗 https://lnkd.in/dr2NznMr [LinkedIn] #NATO

Israel is deliberately starving Palestinians, UN rights expert says [The Guardian]

What to Know about Lead Exposure in Children [The New York Times]

Explosive Device Is Detonated Outside Alabama Attorney General's Office [Huffington Post]

Why the U.S. and Saudis Want a Two-State Solution, and Israel Doesn’t [The Atlantic]

What comes next in Trump's trials | 538 Politics Podcast [FiveThirtyEight]

How drinking coffee may lower your risk for diabetes [The Washington Post]

Across the US, pro-Palestinian activism is gaining ground [Le Monde]

“I Will No Longer Be Complicit in Genocide”: U.S. Military Member Dies After Setting Himself on Fire in Protest [Democracy Now!]

iOS 18: Everything we know about the next big iPhone update [Mashable]

'Summer Was Scary': Amazon Fined for Not Giving Workers Enough Shade, Water [VICE News] someone requested that I mention this article again, due to its importance

“American’s Fair-Haired Boy,” Notorious Mass Murderer, on Brink of Indonesian Presidency [The Intercept_]

Leap year saved our societies from chaos—for now, at least [National Geographic]

Her air-ambulance ride wasn't covered by Medicare. It will cost her family $81,739 [NPR]

A Sacramento voter guide for the March 2024 primary election [CapRadioNews]

Le droit international du plus fort [Le Monde diplomatique]

What America’s Gerontocracy Means for its Economy [Foreign Policy]

Dirty Money Is Destroying Sudan [Foreign Affairs]

The Economics Behind India’s Farmers Protest [The Diplomat]

A Multitalented Scientist Seeks the Origins of Multicellularity [Quanta Magazine]

Voici l’une des nombreuses expositions interactives du #CERNScienceGateway, le centre d’éducation scientifique du CERN. Dans cette activité, les visiteurs découvrent le fonctionnement des aimants du #LHC et peuvent recréer le voyage des particules à l’intérieur de l’accélérateur. [CERN_FR]

NASA’s SpaceX Crew-8 Launch [NASA]

BLOGPOST UPDATE IN PROGRESS

What’s up, everybody! Here are JETLAG RADIO 1116 & BENKYO RADIO 1116. Now, it has been my life-long DREAM to introduce my step-child and future child to the wonderful world of videogames, especially the ones I grew up with. I absolutely adored Sega, and Sonic games growing up, therefore I would love to show them those old retro graphics we had growing up, and how we had to gather all the chaos emeralds in order to turn Super Sonic. To display them that, then the two new Sonic movies and the Sonic Prime TV series shows how far we have come since then.

Until Next Time!

JETLAG RADIO 1115 | BENKYO RADIO 1115

NASA's Crash Into an Asteroid May Have Altered Its Shape [Slashdot.org]

It's been more than 30 years since food ate up this much of Americans' income [AXIOS]

Microsoft takes a minor stake in Mistral AI and plans to help bring the French startup's AI models to market, as regulators probe Microsoft's OpenAI alliance [TechMeme]

Elon Musk's Neuralink is starting to freak doctors out [Quartz]

AI-generated video is here to awe and mislead [Vox]

Google DeepMind taps the power of its AI to accelerate quantum computers [TheNextWeb]

Meet Me at the Melting Pot? [Eater]

4-Day Workweek Catches on After U.K. Trial [Inc.]

Today’s top business headlines: Microsoft’s new AI partner, AT&T’s outage fallout, Amazon’s blue-chip stock [Fast Company]

Lunar New Year with San Francisco Symphony: Fun for the whole family [Medium]

Former Pediatrics Professor Donates $1 Billion, Makes Albert Einstein College of Medicine Tuition-Free [Entrepreneur]

How the Pentagon Learned to Use Targeted Ads to Find its Targets—and Vladimir Putin [WIRED]

Ask the Tech Guys 2013 [TWIT]

Boost your productivity: Use Gemini in Gmail, Docs and more with the new Google One plan [Google Blog]

VideoPrism: A foundational visual encoder for video understanding [Google Research]

Starship Somatics: An Invitation [Poetry Foundation]

How to see the 2024 eclipse: Times, livestream, and a state-by-state guide [Astronomy Magazine]

Get ready for #SAPSapphire 2024! - Registration is Open [SAP] #SAP #IwantToWorkAtSAP

What’s up, everybody! Here are JETLAG RADIO 1115 & BENKYO RADIO 1115. Now, Teenagers have the latest technology with the new videogame consoles, but here is a video of them playing the Nintendo NES just for them to witness the type of games we grow up with as kids. It’s excellent, check it out.

Until Next Time!

JETLAG RADIO 1043 | BENKYO RADIO 1043

Firefox 121 Now Available With Wayland Enabled By Default [Slashdot.org]

CIA chief met Israeli, Qatari officials for new hostage deal talks [AXIOS]

The US DOT fines Southwest Airlines $140M, in addition to customer refunds, for the December 2022 meltdown caused by its antiquated flight scheduling software [TechMeme]

Japan still has a long way to go before over-the-counter morning-after pills are readily available [Quartz]

Jerry Chow wants to make quantum computers you can actually count on [Vox]

Wind-powered cargo ship takes Europe’s Ariane 6 rocket to launch site [TheNextWeb]

You Should Be Roasting Chestnuts. This Tool Makes It Easy. [Eater]

The Latest in Office Parties: Hold the Booze and Bring on the GuacamoleChanging social attitudes, work-from-home habits, and employer concerns over a potential recession prompt major office party revamps including skipping them altogether. [Inc]

This documentary filmmaker has a different approach to advertising [Fast Company]

10 Trending Side Projects And Startups With Their Revenue [Medium]

Are You In A Dead-End Job? Here Are The Tell-Tale Signs [Entrepreneur]

Oh Good, Hurricanes Are Now Made of Microplastics [WIRED]

This Week in Tech 958 [TWIT]

Bard gets its biggest upgrade yet with Gemini [Google Blog]

A new quantum algorithm for classical mechanics with an exponential speedup [Google Research]

December 2023 [Poetry Foundation]

What is the speed of light? Here’s the history, discovery of the cosmic speed limit [Astronomy Magazine]

Environmental Sustainability Study 2023 (Wave 3 - Netherlands) [SAP] #SAP

What’s up, everybody! Here are JETLAG RADIO 1043 & BENKYO RADIO 1043. Here’s a YouTube video from myself regarding an end-of-November 2023 update.

Until Next Time!

JETLAG RADIO 232 | BENKYO RADIO 232 | LAMBDA/QUANTUM/GT/TECHNO RADIO 052

  • Dance Like Nobody’s Watching: Why GTA’s Virtual Clubs Have Saved Dance Fans [beatportal] #welovedancemusic

  • The best free VST synth plugins 2020: wavetable, FM, virtual analogue and more [Computer Music]

  • Ólafur Arnalds: "This might sound like new age mumbo jumbo, but there’s a layer to music that we don’t hear, we just feel" [Future Music]

  • Watch Festival Sets from Faithless, The Prodigy, David Guetta, More For Free on New Year’s Eve [DJ Mag]

  • Chemical Brothers share New Mix to Celebrate the Festive Season [Mixmag]

  • A comprehensive version of Daft Punk’s ‘TRON: Legacy’ soundtrack just hit streaming platforms, bonus tracks and all [Dancing Astronaut]

  • Madeon Uploads Emotional Live Acoustic Set for the Holidays [Your EDM]

  • A new coronavirus variant may derail pandemic-control efforts [The Economist]

  • Oysters in France, KFC in Japan... do they know it’s Christmas? [1843 magazine]

  • HBR Readers Reflect on 2020 [Harvard Business Review]

  • Christmas celebrations to go ahead in Bethlehem, Palestine [BBC World]

  • America Isn’t Finished Paying for Trump’s Incompetence [Bloomberg Opinion]

  • Exclusive: For years, the Pentagon sits on racial discrimination survey data [Reuters]

  • Japan sets record military budget with stealth fighters, missiles [AL-Jazeera News]

  • The Veterans Organizing to Stop Trumpism [The New Yorker] #veterans

  • Twitter is publicly declaring Joe Biden the winner of the US election — on Trump’s own tweets [The Verge]

  • Congress has finally reached a deal on coronavirus stimulus [Vox]

  • This game is the closest you’ll come to a club all year and it’s $20 off today [INPUT]

  • 20 Stunning Space Images of 2020 [INVERSE]

  • This app shows how little of your Spotify subscription costs actually went to artists [Mic] Note: I’ve been curating for years and I have received $0.

  • Dozens of journalists’ iPhones hacked with Israeli’s NSO ‘zero-click’ spyware, says Citizen Lab [TechCrunch]

  • Technology can help us feed the world, if we look beyond profit [MIT Technology Review]

  • A growing number of countries are banning flights from the UK to protect their citizens from the new variant of fast-spreading coronavirus [Business Insider]

  • Trickle-down economics doesn't work but build-up does – is Biden listening? [The Guardian] #republicans have been lying to us all along

  • How We Survive Winter [The New York Times]

  • 19 French Holiday Recipes You'll Actually Want To Try This Christmas [BuzzFeed] #French

  • What It’s Like Teaching On Zoom To Students I’ve Never Met, And Often Not Seen Or Heard [Huffington Post]

  • The Virus Is Showing Black People What They Knew All Along - COVID-19 doesn’t discriminate by race, yet it has still laid bare the brutality of racism in the United States. [The Atlantic]

  • Dr. Fauci On When Life Will Return To ‘Normal’ [FiveThirtyEight]

  • Trump calls on Congress to approve $2,000 stimulus checks, hinting he might not sign relief bill without changes [The Washington Post]

  • Quel est le calendrier de la vaccination contre le Covid-19 en France ? Après le feu vert donné mardi par la Commission européenne, la campagne vaccinale devrait débuter dimanche. Elle se fera en trois étapes principales. [Le Monde]

  • Researchers found a superhighway that could speed up Solar System travel [Mashable]

  • Why We Need Quantum Tech In Space to Fight Climate Change - Classical Earth observations are reaching their limit, so scientists are probing fundamental physics in space to understand our planet's complexity. [Motherboard by VICE] #ClimateChange

  • Trump Is Finally Realizing that the GOP Is Abandoning Him [VICE News]

  • Exposing Boy Scouts Sex Abuse Turned Into Battle of Press Freedom against Powerful Interests [The Intercept]

  • Is joy the same in every language? [Nat Geo]

  • The Sight of Jupiter and Saturn Together Is a Beautiful Thing [Nautilus] #Astronomy

  • 'My Bank Account Has $4': Pandemic Has Left Millions Of Livelihoods In Limbo [NPR] #IncomeInequality

  • Sacramento Holiday Charity Guide 2020: How COVID-19 Has Changed Needs This Year [CapRadioNews]

  • Le couscous fait l’union [Le Monde diplomatique]

  • The End of the Road for Bibidi Netanyahu? [Foreign Policy] #corruption

  • Democratic Values Are a Competitive Advantage - The Contest With Authoritarianism Requires the United States to Understand Its Strengths [Foreign Affairs]

  • Afghanistan, Central Asia, and the Coming Biden Presidency [The Diplomat]

  • A New US Approach to the Muslim World [The Cipher Brief]

  • The New History of the Milky Way [Quanta magazine]

  • Jack Steinberger, un géant de la discipline, est décédé le 12 décembre 2020 à l'âge de 99 ans. Co-lauréat du Prix Nobel de physique en 1988, il a énormément contribué au développement expérimental du modèle standard de la physique. [CERN_FR]

  • The ‘Great’ Conjunction of Jupiter and Saturn [NASA]

  • INTERPOL – Terrorist groups using COVID-19 to reinforce power and influence [INTERPOL]

  • Brown: ‘Shame on Us’ if Military Diversity Efforts Falter [Air Force Magazine]

  • Is This 1974 BMW 3.5 CSL IMSA "Batmobile" the Ultimate BMW for the Ultimate BMW Fan? [MOTORTREND]

What’s up, everybody! Here are JETLAG RADIO 232 & BENKYO RADIO 232. I’ve also included LAMBDA/QUANTUM/GT/TECHNO RADIO 052.

THERE IS ONLY LESS THAN ONE MONTH LEFT UNTIL BIDEN TAKES OVER. I can’t believe it. It’s been so long! Alright, so right now, everybody in Congress is fighting Senator Mitch McConnell, who unlike many Americans who sworn their oath to the U.S. Constitution, he has does so for the Dark Side. He is a Sith Lord. He is keeping Stimulus Checks away from millions of Americans. It’s almost as if everybody in Congress is waiting for something. What the fuck are they waiting for? Who the hell didn’t turn in their report on time? Everybody is like WHEN IN THE FUCK are we going to get our Stimulus Checks, and extended unemployment! Every other western nations is laughing at the United States. We are supposed to be the Greatest Nation on Earth. Well, we don’t act like it. It appears that everybody is still too scared to touch the taboo topic of the #MilitaryIndustrialComplex / #WarEconomy. America needs to deal with the risks from Russia and China. Stop trying to call Iran a threat. You need to help its population provide leadership that has moderate Islam, like in Qatar/UAE. Iran needed to be respected by agreeing to the 2015 Nuclear Deal. By fucking that up, the Trump Administration ruined relationships. That is why we need to restore relations with the Biden Administration. Let diplomats do their work. Diplomats read a lot. Diplomats write a lot. So whenever Trump starts tweeting, it really fucks a lot of things up.

I want to thank Air Force Chief of Staff Gen. Charles Q. Brown Jr. for his words on #BLM. Growing up, I was the only brown kid in many of my classrooms. I always had to deal with the expression “stop acting so white” and I hated it. Here I was, working hard, doing everything in my power to better the lives of many. To get people to understand the importance of getting an education. Kids need to stop thinking Meek Mill is the answer to your problems. He makes millions of dollars. If you do a motorcross in the hood, then you go back home. Do you make millions of dollars? No. So what are you going to do? Dealing out there on the streets? During a pandemic? Y’all need to get an education. Remember LeBron James “I PROMISE” philosophy. You need to promise yourself to finish school. Whatever the fuck you want to do, is up to you, but you need an education. Don’t think that the Hollywood industry is always there for you. Did you see how they build up Britney Spears only to destroy her? Do you think the Music industry will be kind to Lady Gaga before her Amy Winehouse phase in 5 years? The reason why I live by the Dave Chappelle motto is because he was fucking sick and tired, and wanted to be left alone. They made him work, and gave him a little bit of cash. Then they said “fuck you” and just put all of his content on a loop. That’s right.

Alright, on a little happier note, it’s Christmas, so hopefully you were good, so that Santa Claus brings you some presents. Remember, kids. Don’t be sad if you don’t get a PS5. Hell, I don’t have a PS5. And I have intense important work to do. You need to reflect on the year 2020. What did you want for Christmas? I wanted a family. I got that now. I am very happy. As far as the demeanor of depression from the COVID-19 pandemic, I will stay strong for another couple of months, until the third-round of vaccination goes through (people with pre-existing conditions).

I’m gonna read Matthew McConaughey’s new book, but it’s pretty sad he doesn’t understand Bernie Sanders’ Our Revolution movement. Remember kids, the stars of our favorite movies are great, but the real people who do those things, they’re greater. I like Interstellar, and watching the stars at night, but my podcast, JETLAG RADIO, including a song about Saturn, and broadcasting my radio signal in outer space, years before NASA realized there were 2 dozen more moons, for a total of 82. That’s a whole lot fucking more amazing.

TENET came out on Bluray! It’s great to watch multiple times and find all the easter eggs. I wonder how Christopher Nolan got the inspiration to write the driving scenes. If he got his inspiration from someone and didn’t pay him. I’m sure it will backfire. He’s a great director, so I’m sure he will do the right thing.

I hope everybody in Cincinnati enjoyed their early Christmas present. The Bengals won a game in prime time against the Steelers. WoW.

This holiday season I will be thinking hard about the Palestinians people who have been ignored by the world, simply because they are not White. It’s very sad.

I look forward to hearing from many leaders, who are looking towards a Peace Plan in Afghanistan. There are a few more months until the month of May. It must take place. Without forgetting the women and children of that country, of course.

Happy Birthday to the Space Force which is one year old just the other day!

Oh yeah, and fuck Harley Quinn. New Batman movie out next year.

Also, you may love or hate your bestfriend, but he’s still your bestfriend. Same goes for your teammates. There may be frictions, but at the end of the day, the job needs to get done. Think Naruto and Sasuke.

I wonder why all these startups are fleeing to Texas and Florida. I mean are they that really greedy that they don’t want to pay their taxes? They make billions of dollars so they can’t pay a few dollars in taxes? As for Florida, it’s going to be underwater in a few years due to Climate Change.

The Mandalorian Season 2 was amazing! Looking forward to Season 3 next year!

Happy 23rd year anniversary to Gran Turismo!

Time to drink some coffee and eat some chocolate!

The new NBA season started! Let’s go, Cavs!

Don’t forget my usual PSA: It’s the holidays, so drive safe. Drink a 0.0% alcoholic beer, ALWAYS wear a seatbelt, the holidays are great, but only if we come home in one piece. Don’t do it just for yourself, think of your loved ones.

Until next time!


JETLAG RADIO 231 | BENKYO RADIO 231

  • It’s OK to Disconnect Sometimes: How to Prevent Mental Fatigue & Information Overload [TechMeme]

  • Hardware companies like Peloton, Variis, and Mirror combine streaming workouts with bikes, treadmills, and other exercise equipment. [Quartz]

  • You can buy a robot to keep your lonely grandparents company. Should you? [Recode]

  • How to spot shooting stars from the Geminid meteor this week [TheNextWeb]

  • Verified Explains - What kind of fabric mask is best? [United Nations blog]

  • How to increase Twitter followers: A 101 Guide [Twitter blog]

  • DataCamp 2.0 [DataCamp]

  • Hundreds of Foster Kids are Sleeping in Hotels and Offices [MotherJones]

  • The New Soul Food of Paris [Eater]

  • Trump’s Election Lies Failed, but the Damage Is Done [The Nation]

  • Elon Musk’s Big Government Grift - The Tesla mogul says he wants to be left alone. But he’s been living off the taxpayer’s dime for years. [TheNextRepublic]

  • All the President’s Pens - Barack Obama’s newly revealed pick for his favorite pen is not fit for a former president, if you ask me. This one is. [Slate]

  • Why Donald Trump is failing at making his dictator dreams a reality [salon]

  • How to Bring Employees Back to Work When They’re Getting Vaccinated at Different Times [Inc.]

  • Santa can’t do his normal mall visits this year, so he’s taking to Zoom [Fast Company]

  • Why To-Do Lists Fail and How the Blue Work/Red Work Balance Can Fix Them [Medium]

  • Are the "Console Wars" Still Happening?: The Battle Between Sony, Microsoft and Nintendo [Entrepreneur]

  • 19 Delightful Gifts for Music Lovers and Audiophiles [WIRED]

  • This Week In Tech - Episode 801 - [TWIT]

  • The iPhone with a Piece of the Moon? The Caviar Story [MKBHD]

  • Inside the First NYC Yellow Tesla Taxicab [Sam Sheffer]

  • My Personal Setup from 2020 [Dave Lee]

  • 7 questions and answers about the Facebook antitrust case [Platformer by Casey Newton]

  • AirPods Max 🎧 Unboxing and First Impressions! [iJustine]

  • Shawn Mendes Achieves Fourth No. 1 Album on Billboard 200 Chart With ‘Wonder’ [billboard]

  • Watch Dave Grohl and Greg Kurstin Cover Drake’s “Hotline Bling” [Pitchfork]

  • Kid Cudi teases Man on the Moon Series Might not Be Over After All [XXL Magazine]

  • The Best Video Games of 2020 [COMPLEX]

  • Nike's Self-Lacing Adapt Auto Max Surfaces in a "Jetstream" Colorway [HypeBeast]

  • PlayStation 5 Fan Catches Walmart Employees Trying to Buy Store's Entire PS5 Stock Before Customers [comicbook]

  • Anime Viewership on Netflix in U.S. is 'Up Over 100%' in 2020 [AnimeNewsNetwork]

What’s up, everybody! Here are JETLAG RADIO 231 & BENKYO RADIO 231.

It’s time for some celebration. Today, the Electoral College will cast their vote for Joe Biden and Kamala Harris. Finally. It’s time for things to calm down. There are only about 30-some days left until Joe Biden is sworn into office. As you know, while millions of Americans are feeling high level of stress and turmoil, there are many of us who sworn not to Trump and his cronies, but to the U.S. Constitution. The Election took place. Joe Biden won. He will be our next President. He will become the 46th President of these United States. America needs leadership. America does not need a man who ran a chain of hotels and only paid $750 in taxes for the past decade and half. I need to read and analyze my copy of Foreign Affairs, and Le Monde diplomatique. I need to make decisions. That’s what people in the Intelligence Community and Military folks, and Diplomats have to do EVERY FUCKING DAY. We do not have time for a “Trump Reality Show” and trust us, after January 20th 2021, we’ll CANNOT wait to drink a celebration beer/liquor and say WHAT THE FUCK WAS THIS PAST 4 YEARS, ESPECIALLY 2020. I want Biden to be boring. I want him to be super boring. I want him to do his job, for his staff to do their job. I want all that to happen, because we gotta focus on Operation Warp Speed for the next couple of months. It is imperative that we vaccinate the entire American population. The sooner we do that, the sooner we keep wearing masks, the sooner we can return to life back to normal. Please follow current lockdown guidelines. The hospitals are running out of ICUs. Stay strong. Remember, you’re not asked to storm Normandy beach. You’re asked to stay home, and wear a mask, and social distance. We do need to subsidized wages by the government. Canada is doing it, Japan, Norway, Germany, France, England and Italy. USA? 0.0% of wages. This is an outrage. Let’s make a change. Congress cannot go on break until they resolve this. We must pass a COVID-19 relief bill, and a second stimulus check. I’ve called my congressman, and my senator. I suggest you do the same thing.

I want to wish everybody a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year! I’ll try to post one more update before Christmas if I can.

I’m also done almost done reading the Naruto manga! There are 72 volumes! Sheesh! Just in time until Trump is done and Biden begins! Woohoo!

Cyberpunk 2077 looks amazing! I can’t wait for the upcoming patches so I can play this!

Until next time!

JETLAG RADIO 223 | BENKYO RADIO 223 | LAMBDA/QUANTUM/GT/TECHNO RADIO 046

  • Beatport ReConnect x When The Music Stops: #YouAreNotAlone [beatportal]

  • Ólafur Arnalds: "This might sound like new age mumbo jumbo, but there’s a layer to music that we don’t hear, we just feel" [Computer Music]

  • UVI launches Synth Anthology 3 with 55 new instruments including the ARP 2600, Moog One, Teenage Engineering OP-1 and Behringer Deepmind [Future Music]

  • Top 100 DJs 2020: live results countdown [DJ Mag]

  • ASE MANUAL: FINDING FREEDOM THROUGH MUSIC [Mixmag]

  • Donald Glover details next Childish Gambino album to come, alludes to ensuing ‘Atlanta’ seasons [Dancing Astronaut]

  • EDM Twitter Is A Party Today, Celebrating Joe Biden’s Presidential Win [YourEDM]

  • Career Advice in a Pandemic [Gary Vaynerchuck]

  • New strategies at work in eleventh Ebola outbreak in DRC [MSF]

  • US election results: Joe Biden beats Donald Trump [The Economist]

  • A Philadelphia story: on the streets of America’s most crucial swing state [1843 magazine]

  • AI Can Make Bank Loans More Fair [Harvard Business Review]

  • Afghanistan conflict: Fighting for a future in a war without end [BBC News]

  • Biden Calls for Unity, Tolerance as Trump Refuses to Concede [Bloomberg]

  • Rolling back Trump's rollbacks: Biden seen reversing climate deregulation [Reuters]

  • Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas urges Biden to 'strengthen' Palestinian-US ties [AL-Jazeera News]

  • The Biden Era Begins - American democracy has survived Donald J. Trump. [The New Yorker]

  • Mass Effect Legendary Edition is a remaster of the original trilogy coming to PC and consoles [The Verge]

  • World leaders react to Biden’s win as Americans take to the streets in celebration [Vox]

  • Human Capital: The gig economy in a post-Prop 22 world [TechCrunch]

  • Half the Milky Way’s sun-like stars could be home to Earth-like planets [MIT Technology Review]

  • Vice President-Elect Kamala Harris Ushers In ‘New Day For America’ In Victory Speech [Huffington Post]

  • Why Biden Won - His victory wasn’t about his campaign. It was about him. [The Atlantic]

  • Biden Is Projected To Be The President-Elect. Here’s How It All Went Down. [FiveThirtyEight]

  • ‘Welcome back’: America’s allies celebrate Biden win and hope for a U.S. return to global politics [The Washington Post]

  • Elections américaines 2020 : la victoire de Joe Biden suscite un énorme soulagement en Europe [Le Monde]

  • Trump is proving himself to be the most antidemocratic president in modern US history [Business Insider]

  • Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez ends truce by warning ‘incompetent’ Democratic party [The Guardian]

  • Make it work. If you want a leg up on your career while working from home, seek feedback and be open to volunteer for tasks. There are new tools on LinkedIn to help you raise your professional profile. And make sure you continue to get outdoors to help combat seasonal affective disorder. [NY Times]

  • Urban Legend - ‘Polybius’ is real - Video gaming’s most notorious urban legend turns out to have been all too true. [INPUT]

  • A YEAR AFTER COVID-19, 2 FACTORS ARE CRITICAL TO MAKING IT THROUGH 2021 [Inverse]

  • A mysterious radio signal from space may have come from within our galaxy [Mic]

  • Twitter celebrates another victory: Dogs back in the White House [Mashable]

  • OK, What Is Room-Temperature Superconducting and Will It Change Everything? [VICE]

  • Kamala Harris will be first woman vice president. Meet the VP contenders who paved the way [National Geographic]

  • World Leaders Congratulate Biden On Win, And Some Celebrate Trump's Defeat [NPR]

  • Hope, Healing And 'Better Angels': Biden Declares Victory And Vows Unity [CapRadioNews]

  • La fronde des Sud-Coréennes [Le Monde diplomatique]

  • How President-Elect Biden Could—Believe It Or Not—Help to Heal America [Foreign Policy]

  • The Long Road to Suffrage - How Women Won the Right to Vote [Foreign Affairs]

  • Can the UK Achieve Its Naval Ambitions in the Indo-Pacific? [The Diplomat]

  • Cipher [Fandom]

  • Disorder Persists in Larger Graphs, New Math Proof Finds [Quanta magazine]

  • Aujourd'hui, de nombreux outils pour la préservation des données du nous aident également à préserver le patrimoine numérique tels que les pages web et les vidéos.[CERN_FR]

  • NASA Invites Public to Share Excitement of First Crew Rotation Flight on US Commercial Spacecraft [NASA]

  • View and search public Yellow Notices for missing persons [INTERPOL]

  • What a Biden Administration Means for Defense [Air Force Magazine]

  • Affordable Racing Sim Gear Review: Logitech G923 Wheel and GTR GTA Pro Simulator [MOTORTREND]

What’s up, everybody! Here are JETLAG RADIO 223 & BENKYO RADIO 223.

Wow, what a sense of relief. You wouldn’t believe how much of a “soulagement” it is that Biden will be our 46th President of these United States. There was so much scariness. The KKK was making a comeback, I mean what in the fuck. There was a great photo that turns the USA map from Red to Blue with the important words “Land does not vote, people do.” And that’s so important. First of all, Biden was winning the popular vote by over 4 million votes. It felt neck in neck for the Electoral College, but eventually Biden had over 290 votes. Do you have any idea how much calmer the nation is? To have a President who will do his job and not just watch “Fox & Friends” and tweet all day? Joe Biden will be inundated with meetings as soon as he takes office. Kamala Harris is a strong black woman. She will be very hardworking VP. There is so much to do, if you only knew.

The amount of stress being cut by over 30% means I can finally resume playing on the PS4 (can’t wait to open my copy of Watch Dogs Legion), looking forward to Cyberpunk 2077, and the Call of Duty: Cold War release. I still have a ton of PM work to do, but it will be nice to have some leisure time again. I have a lot of writing to do.

I’d like to specifically address people who thought they were petrified of a 2nd Trump term. I want you to remain calm. You can do it. You will survive. You “shall overcome” This country was built on the back of slaves. Black People saved this election, so that means Biden/Harris better do something about Mass Incarceration. FBI & ATF are after some really bad guys, so the Police needs to stop having to worry about every little weed subjugation. The Opioid Crisis must be resolved. Biden was personally affected in his family, therefore I am sure that he will make this a top-priority for his Administration.

A Biden/Harris Administration means standing up to Bully Bibidi Netanyahu. It’s time to reconcile with the Palestinian people. It’s time to hire all the best diplomats and policymakers, and resolve conflicts in Afghanistan, Iraq, and Syria.

It’s also time for love. Go to your families and loved ones, and tell them you love them, and that this dystopian Trump nightmare is almost over. It’s back to reality. It’s back to get your hands dirty. Pull up your sleeves, and get to work.

I want Biden to take this fucking COVID-19 seriously. I want a real shutdown for 2 months straight with 100% masks wearing to contain and isolate the virus so that it doesn’t spread and kill more of our beloved Americans. If we are at 200,000 deaths, let the death-count go to 300,000, not 500,000. Put the fucking big-boy pants on, and think hard about this dilemma. Do we care about solely money and the almighty dollar or will we implement solutions over the winter months to save our fellow Americans? We went to fucking war over 3,000 deaths on 9/11. Why can’t we go to war on COVID-19? Why can’t we really destabilize it? Is it really because a handful of macho men can’t be reluctant to wear a fucking mask? Think of the children, goddamnit. I will contact our leaders to work on mandating individuals who should be tested at the suspicion that they are “superspreaders.” This can be various age groups. It can be a child, an adult, or an elderly person. Trump was a superspreader. He didn’t wear a mask, and held rallies where hundreds of people didn’t wear masks. If you didn’t know you were a superspreader, you get tested, you then quarantine. But if you’re superspreading on purpose, goddamnit, police must put you in jail.

I watched The Good Doctor Season 4 Episode 1. I was tearing up. One of the doctors had to sleep in his garage. His wife left a meal with a note saying “I love you.” Do you have any idea how hard that is? How demoralizing that is, to be unable to hold your loved one, to be in the same room, work all fucking day at the hospital, then come back to sleep in the garage? How about some fucking EMPATHY FOR OUR DOCTORS AND NURSES? Wear your fucking masks. Practice social-distancing. Use hand-sanitizer.

Trump didn’t work at 3AM, the rest of us did.

In 2021, we return to working by day. Well, at least most of us. Shoutout to those of you working through the middle of the night, I have had first-hand experience. Phew, it is hard.

I CAN FINALLY OPEN MY NEW TURNTABLES! HOORAY. I CAN LEARN FL STUDIO.

#MentalHealth #StopTheStigma

There’s a new Mass Effect project!

Remember, with great powers, comes great responsibility.

Until next time!

JETLAG RADIO 220 | BENKYO RADIO 220

  • Recording of Senate Commerce Committee hearing on Section 230 where Jack Dorsey, Mark Zuckerberg, and Sundar Pichai testified [TechMeme]

  • France and Germany buckle under a new coronavirus wave. In a tacit admission that current measures have failed, both countries announced new partial lockdowns after setting new records for daily infections on Wednesday. [Quartz]

  • What comes after Zoom fatigue [Recode]

  • AMD’s new Radeon RX 6000 cards are a serious challenge to Nvidia’s dominance [TheNextWeb]

  • The Race to Feed Voters at the Polls [Eater]

  • Inc. 5000 Vision Conference: The Power of 'Compassionate Capitalism' and 'Enlightened Hospitality' [Inc.]

  • Yes, the lines are long. But voting is actually easier than ever [Fast Company]

  • How Shannon Ashley’s Mom Quit Believing in QAnon [Medium]

  • Why Small Businesses Are The Pawns of This Election Cycle [Entrepreneur]

  • Surprise! The Section 230 Hearing Wasn’t About Section 230 [WIRED]

  • ASUS eGPU Dock - Hands-On Tech [TWIT]

  • Playstation 5 Unboxing & Accessories! [MKBHD]

  • iPhone 12 and 12 Pro: What the Puck?! [Sam Sheffer]

  • RTX 3070 Review - Worth the $500? [Dave Lee]

  • The platforms brace for Election Day [Platformer by Casey Newton]

  • Simple HDR iPhone 12 Editing App! New Clips update! [iJustine]

  • Watch Dogs: Legion Review [IGN]

  • PS Plus Free November 2020 Games Include PS5's Bugsnax [Gamespot]

  • The PlayStation App will get a handy update in time for PS5 [Polygon]

  • Arctic Monkeys Announce New Live Album for Charity [billboard]

  • Resources for Voters Looking to Take Action Ahead of the 2020 Election [Pitchfork]

  • DaBaby loses all 12 BET Hip Hop Awards Nominations because he keeps taking pictures of himself holding stacks of money during a pandemic, infuriating people just getting by during this recession [XXL]

  • After conquering New York City, Pop Smoke plotted to take over the world. Then tragedy struck. In the wake of his death, a team of collaborators set out to fulfill his final wishes and release an album that would own the summer. [COMPLEX]

  • adidas Will Drop a Nine-Sneaker Tribute to ‘The Mandalorian’ [HypeBeast]

  • Comixology Sales: Halloween Picks from DC, Marvel, Fantagraphics, and more [Comics Beat]

  • Funimation App Will Be Available on PS5 at Launch [AnimeNewsNetwork]

What’s up, everybody! Here are JETLAG RADIO 220 & BENKYO RADIO 220.

We are almost there! About 6 days left until the Election. Go vote if you haven’t already. If you feel hopeless and left behind, don’t be. You need to understand that we can all accomplish a lot as a team. Go get yourself a cup of coffee, and get to work. We must elect Joe Biden so that the country returns somewhat to normal. I have hours of ADE 2020 videos to watch, and I want to do that in peace and tranquility. So we need a smooth election then we can celebrate. Study hard, and become a better version of yourself!

Until next time!

JETLAG RADIO 218 | BENKYO RADIO 218

  • Study of ~200K US Internet users: Facebook users read more polarized news as they spend more time on the service, and the impact is 5X greater for conservatives [TechMeme] I told y’all that Mark Zuckerberg was complicit

  • Water for moon humans. Evidence of water molecules on our moon’s sunny side means more hope for extended Earthling stays. [Quartz]

  • Where Bernie Sanders’s online army goes now [Recode]

  • Praise Hephaestus! Microsoft Office iPad apps now have trackpad support [TheNextWeb]

  • What Does Art in the Age of Mass Incarceration Look Like? A Gripping New Show at MoMA PS1 Presents Startling Answers [artnet news]

  • RZA and GZA of Wu-Tang Clan Square Off In Hennessy's Make Your Move [Chess.com]

  • We Asked Health Experts About the Safest Methods for Trick-or-Treating in 2020 [Eater]

  • Robin Williams' Son Zak Battled Depression, Too. Now His Mental Health Startup Has a New Product [Inc.]

  • How COVID-19 has changed voting, from drive-in rallies to mail-in ballot tracking [Fast Company]

  • Why Joe Biden’s Team is Raising the Alarm. [Medium]

  • Like Bill Gates and Steve Jobs: Competition in the Post-COVID-19 Era [Entrepreneur]

  • How This Guy Makes Incredible Sand Art [WIRED]

  • This Week in Tech - October 25th 2020 [TWIT]

  • iPhone 12 Review: Just Got Real! [MKBHD]

  • Samsung T7 Touch: this is my next portable SSD! [Sam Sheffer]

  • The NEW iPad Air (2020) [Dave Lee]

  • Facebook fights a browser extension [Platformer by Casey Newton]

  • Xbox Series X Fridge Unboxing [iJustine]

  • A time of resiliency, change and innovation: How cloud-focused business strategies are driving transformation across industries [Microsoft blog]

  • There’s no better time to join the quantum computing revolution [Microsoft Quantum blog]

  • Statistical Significance [Lapham’s Quarterly]

  • Infinity & Beyond — Episode 10: The Artemis Missions [Astronomy Magazine]

  • Ethical AI Can’t Wait: 4 Ways To Drive Greater Equality in Your AI [Salesforce]

What’s up, everybody! Here are JETLAG RADIO 218 & BENKYO RADIO 218.

There is only ONE WEEK left until the Presidential Election. Isn’t this amazing? We are finally there! Almost! Many of us have already voted early or voted with an absentee ballot. It is so important to vote. This is your civic duty. You must help millions of Americans who are experiencing hardships. We need to help people in need. Remember what I said in a blog post many months ago. I specifically said that Republicans play dirty, and Democrats play nice, and Dems lose, and Republicans make wins. I am so fucking tired of this double-standard. Look how much scrutiny was on Al Franken. He was considered the worst person in the world over that controversy. People ruthlessly ended his career. Meanwhile, look at what Trump has done. Look at all the warnings. Everybody is complaining about him, and yet, nothing changes. He wins more. He has appointed so many new Supreme Court justices over the past 4 years that it’s now got a Conservative majority. Do you see this madness? I am here to warn y’all. I am here to say those goddamn GOP are going to go full “House of Cards” over the next week. I want all Democrats to be “all hands on deck.” We cannot afford to be intimidated by this Trump collective entity of criminal behavior.

WE CAN DO THIS, WE CAN ELECT JOE BIDEN AND KAMALA HARRIS, WE CAN WIN BACK THE SENATE, MORE DEMS IN THE HOUSE, SO ON AND SO FORTH. IF YOU NEED A MOTIVATIONAL SPEECH, IMAGINE WHAT NOT VOTING WILL DO. YOU MUST EDUCATE YOURSELF AND VOTE. THE FATE OF THESE UNITED STATES AND THE WORLD IS IN YOUR HANDS, DO NOT TAKE THIS LIGHTY.

Don’t forget to wear a mask, use social-distancing, and wash your hands.

Until next time!

JETLAG RADIO 215 | BENKYO RADIO 215

  • On Our Radar: October 2020 [beatportal]

  • How to create seamless loops in Logic Pro X [Computer Music]

  • Forget the iPhone 12 - the big news is that Apple silicon Macs could be announced in November [Future Music]

  • The government's response to COVID-19 could kill live music as we know it [DJ Mag]

  • Whethan delivers genre-blurring debut album three years in the making, ‘Fantasy’ [Review] [Dancing Astronaut]

  • Alison Wonderland Demonstrates How to Do Live Mashups On The Fly [WATCH] [Your EDM]

  • What New Brands Need to Know [Gary Vaynerchuck]

  • Sharing patients’ stories “as devastating as their injuries” in Afghanistan [MSF]

  • Democrats could win big in Georgia [The Economist]

  • “Dad, I’m bored”: What I learned from my son’s incurable boredom [1843 magazine]

  • How to Promote Racial Equity in the Workplace [Harvard Business Review]

  • Sudan khalwas: Undercover in the schools that chain boys [BBC News]

  • Stimulus Deal Before Election Hangs on Pelosi’s Tuesday Cutoff [Bloomberg]

  • U.S. military defends air strikes that Taliban says violate troop pact [Reuters]

  • US legislators call on Egypt’s el-Sisi to release prisoners [AL-Jazeera News]

  • Alexey Navalny has the Proof of his Poisoning [The New Yorker]

  • Rapid research in a deadly epidemic pays off [The Verge]

  • In 2017, women marched against Trump. Now they’re marching to get rid of him. [Vox]

  • Human Capital: Prop 22 puts the ‘future of labor’ at stake [TechCrunch]

  • How officials are protecting the election from ransomware hackers [MIT Technology Review]

  • US spies say the Hunter Biden email controversy shows how 'exploitable' and 'grotesquely vulnerable' Trump and Giuliani are to Russian intelligence [Business Insider]

  • Trump is right: this election is a choice between Thanos and Mr Rogers [The Guardian]

  • UNICEF says it is amassing syringes to be prepared when the first coronavirus vaccines are approved [The New York Times]

  • Is Gen Z Going to Get Screwed, Too? [Huffington Post]

  • Inside the Mind of an Anti-vaxxer - The majority of Americans will need to take the coming COVID-19 vaccine. Here’s how to persuade those who won’t want to. [The Atlantic]

  • 8 Tips To Stay Sane In The Final 15 Days Of the Campaign [FiveThirtyEight]

  • In a year of political anger, undecided voters inspire a special kind of scorn [The Washington Post]

  • Covid-19 : seconde vague, reflux, maîtrise… visualisez l’évolution de l’épidémie dans 140 pays [Le Monde]

  • Undocumented immigrants can’t vote, but they’re still mobilizing others [Mashable]

  • It’s Time for the Eternal September to End [Motherboard, Tech by VICE]

  • ‘Super antigens’ tied to mysterious COVID-19 syndrome in children [National Geographic]

  • Early Voting Analysis: Huge Turnout By Democrats [NPR]

  • Monday Is California’s Voter Registration Deadline. What That Means, And How To Register. [Cap Radio News]

  • Sortir la femme préhistorique de l’ombre [Le Monde diplomatique]

  • Team Biden Should Start With an Asia Pivot 2.0 [Foreign Policy]

  • What Are We Missing? - How can responsible policymakers prepare for the next crisis while grappling with current ones? [Foreign Affairs]

  • Japan Launches New Submarine Class [The Diplomat]

  • The Future of Lethal AI Capabilities and Military Aviation [The Cipher Brief]

  • Room-Temperature Superconductivity Achieved for the First Time [Quanta magazine]

  • Des « flashs » d'électrons contre le cancer [CERN_FR]

  • Ten Things to Know About Bennu [NASA]

  • Sextortion [INTERPOL]

  • New National Strategy Calls for Promoting, Protecting Critical Tech [Air Force Magazine]

  • The SSC Tuatara Is Now the Fastest Car in the World at 315.7 MPH! [MOTORTREND]

What’s up, everybody! Here are JETLAG RADIO 215 & BENKYO RADIO 215.

Two more weeks until the Elections! To those of you who have already cast their ballot for Joe Biden & Kamala Harris, I thank you. To those of you who are about to do just that, remember that the fate of the United States rest on your shoulders. If you want to return to normalcy, to go back to our jobs, return to our way of life, we need a President who will listen to his scientists, giving them the green light they need to work on a vaccine with the entire international community, and not have a petty argument with other nations. We saw what this “Make America Great Again / America First” ideology has done to us. It has completely embarrassed our great nation. It vexed us. America must work with NATO partners and other nations around the world. Multilateralism is how Europeans get things done. There is a reason why Germany has a lower count of COVID-19. People understood the importance of wearing masks, social-distancing, always using hand-sanitizer. When you come home, you have to shower. If you’ve left a second time to go to the store, or work, then you have to shower a second time.

We can beat this virus. But when you have Trump having rallies with people still not wearing masks, that’s more events where people are catching COVID-19 and spreading it to other people.

Cherish the people you love. This virus is brutal. We must live with it until the vaccine arrives in 2021. If we can send little robots on an asteroid in outer space and collect samples, I’m pretty sure we can resolute the Coronavirus.

Wear a mask!

Until next time!

JETLAG RADIO 214 | BENKYO RADIO 214

  • How Mark Zuckerberg Learned Politics [TechMeme] Fluff piece, Mark Zuckerberg is a Trump supporter and made billions of dollars at the expense of our Presidential Election, what will it take to send Mark to jail for 2016? White-collar crime goes free while poor black men in jail for weed.

  • Simple things everyone can do. Massive wildfires and tropical storms have reminded millions around the world about the very real impacts of climate change, but there are still things people can do every day to help tackle this global issue. Tim McDonnell’s calm and clear suggestions guide readers on how to direct their energy and agency, including in the upcoming US election. It’s a comprehensive and honest prescription of the work involved, and the power we all still have to improve the world around us. —Karen K. Ho, global finance and economics reporter [Quartz]

  • The 4 simple reasons Germany is managing Covid-19 better than its neighbors [Recode]

  • How I’d study machine learning — if I’d be starting out today [The Next Web]

  • I Own a Coffee Shop in a Small Town. We’re the Only Business That Requires Masks. [Eater]

  • Stewart Butterfield: Remote Work Will Not Magically End [Inc.]

  • It would cost just $330 billion to end global hunger by 2030 [Fast Company]

  • 7 Quotes By The Dalai Lama That Will Change Your Mind [Medium]

  • 'The Biohackers Guide to Getting Things Done In Times of Uncertainty' Episode 1: 'Why You Really Procrastinate' [Entrepreneur]

  • Covid Vaccine Trials Are Halted, US Cases Rise, and More [WIRED]

  • Jason Howell has been producing original video content for the web since 2005. [TWIT]

  • The $200 Smartphone?! [MKBHD]

  • iPhone 12: I Just Don’t Know… [Sam Sheffer]

  • Today in @platformer: what everyone complaining about Twitter blocking that link to the Post is missing. [Casey Newton]

  • My Google Pixel 5 Review! [Dave Lee]

  • iPhone 12! What’s new?! [iJustine]

  • Billie Eillish Posts Racy Photo to Hit Back at Body-Shamers [Billboard News]

  • Here are 50 Facts about Eminem [XXL]

  • Drake Calls on Meek Mill to Drop Long-Awaited New Song [COMPLEX]

  • Watch This Skateboarder Cruise Through the Louvre and Orsay Museums [Hypebeast]

  • 33 Musicians On Why They’re Voting in the 2020 Election [Pitchfork]

  • Diddy launches own political party and endorses Joe Biden [NME]

  • The Sedition of Donald Trump [RollingStone]

  • Rudy Giuliani Is My Father. Please, Everyone, Vote for Joe Biden and Kamala Harris. [Vanity Fair]

  • Song stuck in your head? Just hum to search [Google blog]

  • Recreating Historical Streetscapes Using Deep Learning and Crowdsourcing [Google AI Blog]

  • The Virus and the Martians [Lapham’s Quarterly]

  • Picture of the Day: Beacon of freedom [Astronomy Magazine]

  • What Does Salesforce Do? [Salesforce]

What’s up, everybody! Here are JETLAG RADIO 214 & BENKYO RADIO 214.

I’m reading The Economist religiously (as always) since we have about a little more than 2 weeks left until the Election. Can you believe it? Just 2 more weeks until this fucking nightmare is almost over? I can’t wait. So many people have voted by mail and early voted. I’ve already submitted my ballot. Do not sit this one out. America cannot afford 4 more years of Trump. We need a Biden Administration. We need to relaunch our Economy, we need to take care of ALL Americans, and we must begin our long road to recovery. A little over 2 more weeks! C’mon! Let’s get this done!

Until next time!