Journalism

🎉🔥**Road to Unconference 2026!**🔥🎉 **Event terbesar [My First Bitcoin](https://myfirstbitcoin.org/) di Asia akan segera hadir 🚀** **Kita akan mengadakan Bitcoin Unconference pertama kami—** **mengumpulkan pemula, alumni, hingga Bitcoiner dari berbagai penjuru dunia.** **📍 Surabaya — 22 Agustus 2026** **🚨Tempat terbatas.** **Kalau kamu mau jadi bagian dari ruang diskusi yang beda…** **👉 amankan tiketmu sekarang:** **[unconference.bitcoinindonesia.xyz](https://unconference.bitcoinindonesia.xyz/)** Halo Bitcoiner Jakarta Barat! 👋 Kalau sebelumnya kita sudah mulai menyusun dasar-dasar Ekonomi Austria, sekarang waktunya lanjut ke bagian berikutnya—*Pengantar Ekonomi Austria Part 3*. Tenang, tetap dibawa santai dan nggak bikin kening berkerut. 😄 Di sesi ini, kita bakal makin dalam memahami bagaimana Ekonomi Austria melihat dunia—mulai dari cara manusia mengambil keputusan, bagaimana nilai terbentuk, sampai kenapa pasar bisa bergerak seperti yang kita lihat sekarang. Kedengarannya teoritis, tapi sebenarnya dekat banget dengan kehidupan sehari-hari. 💭 Yang menarik, semakin kita masuk ke dalam, biasanya mulai terlihat benang merah antara konsep ekonomi ini dengan Bitcoin. Kenapa banyak Bitcoiner tertarik dengan Ekonomi Austria? Apa yang membuat keduanya terasa “nyambung”? Nah, di sini kita mulai pelan-pelan menyusunnya. ⚡ Nggak harus ikut dari Part 1 atau Part 2 untuk bisa gabung. Justru ini jadi kesempatan buat masuk di tengah dan mulai melihat gambaran besarnya. Diskusinya terbuka, jadi kamu bisa langsung tanya atau ikut berbagi perspektif juga. 🧩 Buat kamu yang penasaran ingin memahami Bitcoin dari sisi yang lebih “dalam”, bukan cuma teknologinya tapi juga cara berpikir di baliknya—meetup ini bakal jadi ruang yang pas. ✨ Seperti biasa, suasananya santai dan tanpa tekanan. Mau aktif diskusi atau sekadar menyimak juga sama-sama oke. Yang penting, kita sama-sama belajar dengan cara yang lebih ringan. 🤝 Yuk lanjutkan perjalanan belajar ini bareng komunitas. Siapa tahu, dari sesi ini kamu mulai melihat ekonomi dan Bitcoin dengan cara yang benar-benar baru. 🚀⚡ Sampai jumpa di meetup! ​ 📌 **Info Penting:** 🔸 *Gratis* (beli makan/minum sendiri) 🔸 No altcoin, no token, no bullshit 🔸 **100% Bitcoin.** 🔗 **Tentang Kami**🟠[Bitcoin Indonesia ](https://x.com/bitcoinindo21)adalah inisiatif nirlaba yang bertujuan untuk: 🕊️ Menyebarkan pemahaman soal **Bitcoin** sebagai alat pembebasan individu ⚖️ Mendorong **kedaulatan finansial** lewat edukasi netral dan jujur 📚 Menyediakan konten edukasi **open-source & gratis** untuk semua **📲 Telegram: [https://t.me/+OIIRyKQmvJY0MWFk](https://t.me/+OIIRyKQmvJY0MWFk)** **📸 Instagram: [https://instagram.com/bitcoinforindonesia](https://www.instagram.com/bitcoinforindonesia)** **🌐 Website: [https://bitcoinindonesia.xyz](https://bitcoinindonesia.xyz/)**

🎉🔥**Road to Unconference 2026!**🔥🎉 **Event terbesar [My First Bitcoin](https://myfirstbitcoin.org/) di Asia akan segera hadir 🚀** **Kita akan mengadakan Bitcoin Unconference pertama kami—** **mengumpulkan pemula, alumni, hingga Bitcoiner dari berbagai penjuru dunia.** **📍 Surabaya — 22 Agustus 2026** **🚨Tempat terbatas.** **Kalau kamu mau jadi bagian dari ruang diskusi yang beda…** **👉 amankan tiketmu sekarang:** **[unconference.bitcoinindonesia.xyz](https://unconference.bitcoinindonesia.xyz/)** Halo Bitcoiner Jakarta Barat! 👋 Kalau sebelumnya kita sudah mulai menyusun dasar-dasar Ekonomi Austria, sekarang waktunya lanjut ke bagian berikutnya—*Pengantar Ekonomi Austria Part 3*. Tenang, tetap dibawa santai dan nggak bikin kening berkerut. 😄 Di sesi ini, kita bakal makin dalam memahami bagaimana Ekonomi Austria melihat dunia—mulai dari cara manusia mengambil keputusan, bagaimana nilai terbentuk, sampai kenapa pasar bisa bergerak seperti yang kita lihat sekarang. Kedengarannya teoritis, tapi sebenarnya dekat banget dengan kehidupan sehari-hari. 💭 Yang menarik, semakin kita masuk ke dalam, biasanya mulai terlihat benang merah antara konsep ekonomi ini dengan Bitcoin. Kenapa banyak Bitcoiner tertarik dengan Ekonomi Austria? Apa yang membuat keduanya terasa “nyambung”? Nah, di sini kita mulai pelan-pelan menyusunnya. ⚡ Nggak harus ikut dari Part 1 atau Part 2 untuk bisa gabung. Justru ini jadi kesempatan buat masuk di tengah dan mulai melihat gambaran besarnya. Diskusinya terbuka, jadi kamu bisa langsung tanya atau ikut berbagi perspektif juga. 🧩 Buat kamu yang penasaran ingin memahami Bitcoin dari sisi yang lebih “dalam”, bukan cuma teknologinya tapi juga cara berpikir di baliknya—meetup ini bakal jadi ruang yang pas. ✨ Seperti biasa, suasananya santai dan tanpa tekanan. Mau aktif diskusi atau sekadar menyimak juga sama-sama oke. Yang penting, kita sama-sama belajar dengan cara yang lebih ringan. 🤝 Yuk lanjutkan perjalanan belajar ini bareng komunitas. Siapa tahu, dari sesi ini kamu mulai melihat ekonomi dan Bitcoin dengan cara yang benar-benar baru. 🚀⚡ Sampai jumpa di meetup! ​ 📌 **Info Penting:** 🔸 *Gratis* (beli makan/minum sendiri) 🔸 No altcoin, no token, no bullshit 🔸 **100% Bitcoin.** 🔗 **Tentang Kami**🟠[Bitcoin Indonesia ](https://x.com/bitcoinindo21)adalah inisiatif nirlaba yang bertujuan untuk: 🕊️ Menyebarkan pemahaman soal **Bitcoin** sebagai alat pembebasan individu ⚖️ Mendorong **kedaulatan finansial** lewat edukasi netral dan jujur 📚 Menyediakan konten edukasi **open-source & gratis** untuk semua **📲 Telegram: [https://t.me/+OIIRyKQmvJY0MWFk](https://t.me/+OIIRyKQmvJY0MWFk)** **📸 Instagram: [https://instagram.com/bitcoinforindonesia](https://www.instagram.com/bitcoinforindonesia)** **🌐 Website: [https://bitcoinindonesia.xyz](https://bitcoinindonesia.xyz/)**

**Advance ticket sales have ended but plenty of additional tickets remain available at the door.** [Profs and Pints Northern Virginia](https://www.profsandpints.com/washingtondc) presents: **“A Deep Dive into the Declaration of Independence,”** on the origins and impact of America’s founding document, with Denver Brunsman, chairman of George Washington University’s history department, lecturer at Mount Vernon, and noted scholar of early American history and the American Revolution. [Advance tickets: $13.50 plus sales tax and processing fees. Available at [https://events.ticketleap.com/tickets/profsandpints/nv-deep-dive-into-declaration](https://events.ticketleap.com/tickets/profsandpints/nv-deep-dive-into-declaration) .] The celebration of our nation’s 250th anniversary will take on much deeper meaning if you take time to fully understand and appreciate the document that declared our independence from England and gave rise to the American experiment. Learn essential lessons about the Declaration of Independence from Denver Brunsman, an incredibly engaging speaker who has built a big following among Profs and Pints fans in and around Washington D.C. Professor Brunsman will start by discussing the Declaration’s background, composition, and philosophical underpinnings. You’ll learn how by 1776 American colonists had resisted British policies for thirteen years and endured open warfare with Britain for more than a year. We’ll look at how this imperial crisis influenced the Declaration’s primary author, Thomas Jefferson, as well as the larger Declaration Committee and the Second Continental Congress. In recent years, scholars have focused particularly on the previously underappreciated grievance section of the Declaration. Rather than simply being an afterthought to the more famous preamble (“all men are created equal”), the grievances followed a logical order that carefully presented the case against King George III and the British Empire for a “candid world” to consider. Professor Brunsman will fill you in on how that list of grievances rallied Americans and other nations to the cause. A document both timeless and of its time, the Declaration quickly soared beyond its humble origins as a committee report to become synonymous with American independence and an inspiration for rebellion elsewhere. Dr. Brunsman will consider the place of the Declaration in American life, from the eighteenth century to today, and how the document helped shape much of American history while influencing “the course of human events” throughout the world. The talk will close with customary toasts from the American revolutionary era. Huzzah! Huzzah! Huzzah! (Doors: $17, or $15 with a student ID. Listed time is for doors. The talk starts 30 minutes later.) Image: From an idealized Jean Leon Gerome Ferris painting of Thomas Jefferson, Benjamin Franklin, and John Adams drafting the Declaration of Independence.

June 2026 Full Moon Overview • Full Moon Date: Monday, June 29, 2026 • Zodiac Sign: Capricorn ♑️ • Full Moon Name: Strawberry Moon symbolizing - a time of illumination, completion, and celebration. ⸻ Spiritual Energy of June’s Full Moon The Full Moon on June 29, 2026, known as the Strawberry Moon in Capricorn, brings energy focused on practical goal achievement, taking responsibility, and structuring your life to foster growth. It encourages balancing professional ambition with emotional needs, allowing for a "check-in" halfway through the year to refine, organize, and build lasting foundations. ⸻ 🌱Grounding & Earth Connection Practice: Participants will be guided through an Earth connection meditation designed to help release emotional heaviness, mental overwhelm, and energetic pressure back into the Earth for transmutation and grounding. You may choose to connect barefoot to the Earth or remain on a blanket, yoga mat, or chair while participating in the practice. 🌎 Heart-to-Earth Grounding Practice: Together we will connect with the stabilizing energy of the Earth through guided grounding and energetic release. Participants will have the opportunity to lie on the Earth, placing the heart or crown toward the ground while consciously releasing stress, emotional heaviness, and energetic buildup beneath the Strawberry Full Moon. Join Me in person from 7:00 - 9:00 pm
Monday, June 29, 2026
Light Works Spiritual Wellness Center
9321 West St, Manassas, VA 20110 





**This event is an outdoor event so please wear comfortable clothing and insect repellent. HOWEVER Any case of inclement weather, event will be moved indoors.** You are encouraged to bring the following:
A blanket and or yoga mat (if you are unable to be seated on the Earth, please bring a chair.)
Journal
OR
Sketchbook (for those who prefer to draw)
Pen, Pencils, Crayons, Colored pencils
OPEN MIND,POSITIVE ATTITUDE & IMAGINATION

Other items welcomed:
-Crystals to work with or that need cleansing & charging.
-Selenite Stick or Wand
-Tarot/Oracle Cards
-Pendulum
-Items from your ancestors



 ✨ Lunar Exchange: $20 **Payment Methods** Cash Cash App: $LifeEnergyNikki Venmo: @Nikki-Tanks Zelle: 703-203-9711 -Tiffany Tanks Apple Pay: 703-203-9711

…Transform Our Lives, Work, and World (2024) by Jamie Metzl, 432 pages [Genetics] • Paperback • Hardcover • Kindle • Audiobook • Library: [https://fcplcat.fairfaxcounty.gov/search/title.aspx?ctx=1.1033.0.0.1&pos=1&cn=615082](https://fcplcat.fairfaxcounty.gov/search/title.aspx?ctx=1.1033.0.0.1&pos=1&cn=615082) Check the How To Find Us section for Zoom Link **(Remember, the Zoom Link is different each month, do not bookmark)** ### Review “In Superconvergence, Jamie Metzl takes readers on a magical journey through the science of the intersecting genetics, biotech, and AI revolutions, deeply explores the implications, and challenges us to think creatively and proactively about what comes next. Very few books are absolute must-reads. This is one.”―Siddhartha Mukherjee, assistant professor of medicine at Columbia University and author of The Gene: An Intimate History "During the 25 years I have known Jamie Metzl, he has always been ahead of the curve. There is no one better to help us understand and prepare for the fast-approaching technological revolutions. Superconvergence is brilliant. I can't recommend it more strongly."―Sanjay Gupta MD, bestseller author, neurosurgeon, and Emmy-award winning chief medical correspondent (CNN) "Our world is defined by our science and technology—whether we like it or not. The question now is not whether to use these powers, but how best to use them. In Superconvergence, Jamie Metzl takes us on a journey through the new capabilities that are radically transforming ecosystems inside us and around us, challenging each of us to get personally involved with building the future we want."―Beth Shapiro, University of California Santa Cruz evolutionary biologist and author of Life as We Made It: How 50,000 Years of Human Innovation Refined―and Redefined―Nature "In a fine counter-blast to the pessimism of today, Jamie Metzl lays out just how spectacular the future of humanity and planet can be if we harness innovation responsibly and imaginatively to create what he calls the 'spiral of progress.'"―Matt Ridley, author of How Innovation Works, and co-author of Viral: The search for the Origin of Covid-19 “A page-turning journey through space and time that shows us how our lives will be changed by imminent technological advances we once only dreamed of.”―David Sinclair, Professor of Genetics, Harvard Medical School, and author of Lifespan: Why We Age―and Why We Don't Have To “The superconvergence of the genetics, biotechnology, and AI revolutions provides spectacular opportunities for building a better world. It also represents an almost limitless investment opportunity. We were excited to collaborate with Jamie Metzl, one of the world's great experts on how these aspirations can best be realized, including in capital markets. Superconvergence is a master class for imagining, investing in, and building a future we'd like to inhabit."―Jeremy Schwartz, Global Chief Investment Officer, WisdomTree “A clear examination of a transitional moment in the story of life on Earth…. Metzl capably describes recent developments in genetics and biotech and looks at how AI is providing an analytical engine of unprecedented power…. An important book in which the author sets out a path for the future based on his experience and expertise.”―Kirkus “Erudite, optimistic, and timely.”―Science Magazine "[In Superconvergence] Mr. Metzl has identified an important truth: that the convergence of new technologies is galvanizing us to reimagine how to meet urgent challenges in medicine and the environment. It’s a compelling opportunity—provided we manage to sidestep self-induced catastrophes along the way."―The Wall Street Journal ### About the Author Jamie Metzl is a leading technology and healthcare futurist and the founder and chair of OneShared.World. He is the author of Hacking Darwin: Genetic Engineering and the Future of Humanity and four other books and was a member of the World Health Organization expert advisory committee on human genome editing. Jamie previously served in the U.S. National Security Council, State Department, and Senate Foreign Relations Committee and with the United Nations in Cambodia. His work has been featured by most major media organizations around the world, including 60 Minutes, the New York Times, the Wall Street Journal, the Washington Post, Fox, CNN, ABC, NBC, CBS, the Times of London, Le Monde, and Paris Match, and his podcast interviews with Joe Rogan, Lex Fridman, and others have reached tens of millions of listeners. He lives in New York City. Visit Jamiemetzl.com.

Starting in June 2026 Sunday 7PM Chess, will be alternating every other week with Saturday Night 8PM Chess. Casual Chess: informal skittles games or optionally with Clocks (Blitz, Rapid, Quick, or custom time controls). Meetups of Ashburn Chess Club are held on 2nd floor of the Wegmans supermarket, 45131 Columbia Pl, Sterling, VA 20166, located in the Dulles Centre Shoppes Plaza which is just off the Waxpool Road Exit on Route 28 expressway. To find the chess games, take the elevator or stairs up to the 2nd floor mezzanine level. If there are RSVP the host will usually arrive a few minutes early to set up tables in the center mezzanine section located near the Kids Room with the TV. Guests, walk-ins, kibitzers are all welcome too; we request minor children to be accompanied by an adult, and we request only chess players RSVP, members and guests who are attending to play chess, so we have an accurate count of chessboards needed to set up.

**Looking for a group you can write with *whilst sipping your fave coffee*?** ☕✍️ Then come join **Shut Up & Write!** on **Saturday, June 13th from 1:30pm to 4:00pm** at **Ridgetop Coffee & Tea**! Whether you're cranking out a novel, journaling, looking for new friends, or just trying to get that stubborn paragraph right—we’ve got a cozy seat and a supportive group waiting for you! **No critiques, no peer review, no pressure—just a chill space to get words on the page.** 📝 **What to expect:** 1:30–2:00pm – Grab your coffee or tea, find your seat, and meet your fellow writers. 2:00pm–3:30pm – Silent, focused writing time 3:30–4:00pm – Debrief, celebrate any writing wins, commiserate on any obstacles, and head out feeling accomplished. **RSVP Info:** The room seats only 10 people comfortably! RSVP as soon as possible to secure your spot!! If you are unable to attend, please cancel your reservation **ASAP** so those on the wait list are able to RSVP and attend!!! **Meeting Room:** Enter the coffee shop, walk straight towards the play area and on your left you will see a meeting room just past the bathrooms. The room has a TV, white board, and walls are painted green. **What to Bring:** Whatever helps you focus, and be productive. There is a wall outlet at each end of the room, so you're able to bring your laptop to write, but please bring your own charging tools. You're welcome to bring headphones if you enjoy listening to music while working. **Parking & Accessibility:** there is a large parking lot out front and it is free! There are no stair cases when entering the coffee shop or when inside. This coffee shop is incredibly spacious with many seating options. If you have any questions, please message me through MeetUp. I'm happy to help. **Dietary Information:** many GF, Vegan, and SF options. Just ask your barista when ordering for specifics! Can’t wait to see you there! 🎉

Starting in June 2026 Sunday 7PM Chess, will be alternating every other week with Saturday Night 8PM Chess! Casual Chess: informal skittles games or optionally with Clocks (Blitz, Rapid, Quick, or custom time controls). Meetups of Ashburn Chess Club are held on 2nd floor of the Wegmans supermarket, 45131 Columbia Pl, Sterling, VA 20166, located in the Dulles Centre Shoppes Plaza which is just off the Waxpool Road Exit on Route 28 expressway. To find the chess games, take the elevator or stairs up to the 2nd floor mezzanine level. If there are RSVP the host will usually arrive a few minutes early to set up tables in the center mezzanine section located near the Kids Room with the TV. Guests, walk-ins, kibitzers are all welcome too; we request minor children to be accompanied by an adult, and we request only chess players RSVP, members and guests who are attending to play chess, so we have an accurate count of chessboards needed to set up.

We will meet in the Janney Parlor.