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Ljubljana International: Slow Turkish Aegean Dinner – Rakı, Meze & Soul 🇹🇷🍽️🥂 Make Ljubljana your own. 🌍 We are the city's largest international family with 1,500+ members. For one evening, Ljubljana becomes Izmir as we gather around a shared table for authentic Turkish mezes, rakı, stories, and meaningful conversations. 📍 LOGISTICS 📅 Date: Saturday, June 13 ⏰ Time: 19:00 - 22:00+ (Please try to arrive close to the start time so everyone can enjoy the shared dining experience together) 🏢 Venue: Meyhane Zahir, Rečna ulica 8, Ljubljana 💶 Price: €39 per person 🎟️ Entry: Advance registration required: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdPgLqvMbIxJaLhLK2HHISfufLPSYoY7R4RYX4xjY1ipt2JZg/viewform?usp=publish-editor 🔄 Type: One-off special event 👥 Vibe: Intimate cultural dining experience. Limited to only 25 guests. 👤 WHO IT'S FOR Casual, open-minded people aged 18-50 who enjoy food, culture, travel, meaningful conversations, and authentic experiences. Perfect for internationals, digital nomads, Erasmus students, travelers, food lovers, remote workers, entrepreneurs, researchers, and curious locals. English is the main language. 🍽️ WHAT TO EXPECT • Complimentary welcome glass of rakı • Authentic Turkish Aegean meze experience • Shared communal dining • Traditional Turkish hospitality • Stories, conversations, and cultural exchange • Soft Turkish and Aegean music throughout the evening • A relaxed atmosphere where strangers become friends 🍴 INCLUDED SHARING MENU • Kurucacık • Köpoğlu • Hummus • Girit Ezmesi • Barbunya Pilaki • Seasonal Salad • Unlimited Toasted Bread • Butter Shrimp • İrmik Helvası (Traditional Semolina Dessert) • 1 Glass of Rakı Additional drinks such as wine, beer, soft drinks, and extra glasses of rakı will be available separately and are not included in the event price. The evening is intentionally designed to be slow. No rushing. No loud nightclub energy. Just good food, good people, and good conversation. 🌱 VEGETARIAN & VEGAN FRIENDLY Many dishes are naturally vegetarian or vegan. Vegan options can be arranged with advance notice. 🤝 COMING ALONE? Perfect. Many attendees join our events solo and quickly find themselves surrounded by new friends. This event is specifically designed around communal tables and shared experiences, making it easy to meet people naturally throughout the evening. 🌍 ABOUT LJUBLJANA INTERNATIONAL 📈 1,500+ members 🎉 200+ events organized 📅 Events 6x per week We help internationals and locals build friendships, create unforgettable memories, and discover unique experiences in Ljubljana. The real product isn't the food. It's the people around the table. 📲 JOIN THE COMMUNITY The most important thing you can do right now: 👉 Join our WhatsApp community of 1,500+ members — this is where Ljubljana actually happens. 👉 https://linktr.ee/ljubljanainternational ⚠️ WHATSAPP NOTE We auto-reject +1 (US) and +44 (UK) numbers to fight spam. If you have one of those or can't join, DM us on Instagram @ljubljanainternational and we'll add you manually. 📍 HOW TO FIND US AT THE VENUE Simply ask the staff for the Ljubljana International dinner table. Or look for the largest international group in the restaurant. Come hungry. Come curious. Come ready to share. Şerefe! 🇹🇷🥂

🇹🇷 Ljubljana International: Slow Turkish Aegean Dinner – Rakı, Meze & Soul 📅 Saturday, June 13 ⏰ 19:00 📍 Meyhane Zahir, Ljubljana For one evening, Ljubljana becomes Izmir. We'll gather around communal tables and enjoy a curated selection of authentic Turkish mezes, accompanied by rakı, music, stories, and great company. A meyhane is more than a restaurant. It's a place where strangers become friends, where meals last for hours, and where people come together to share food, culture, laughter, and life. ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ 🍽️ THE EXPERIENCE ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ The evening begins with a complimentary welcome glass of rakı and a short introduction to Turkish rakı culture. Together we'll raise a toast before dinner begins. Throughout the evening, a curated selection of authentic Turkish Aegean mezes and dishes will be served to the table for sharing. Our chef will introduce the dishes and explain the traditions behind them. Expect a slow-paced evening centered around good food, meaningful conversations, and genuine hospitality. ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ 🍴 FIXED SHARING MENU ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ • Kurucacık • Köpoğlu • Hummus • Girit Ezmesi • Barbunya Pilaki • Seasonal Salad • Unlimited Toasted Bread • Butter Shrimp • İrmik Helvası (Traditional Semolina Dessert) • 1 Glass of Rakı 💰 Price: €39 per person Additional drinks such as wine, beer, soft drinks, and extra glasses of rakı will be available separately and are not included in the event price. ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ 🌱 VEGETARIAN & VEGAN FRIENDLY ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ One of the beautiful things about Aegean meyhane cuisine is that many dishes are naturally vegetarian or vegan. Vegetarian guests are already well accommodated, and vegan options can be arranged with advance notice. ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ 🎶 THE ATMOSPHERE ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ The evening begins with soft Turkish fasil and Aegean melodies, creating the feeling of a seaside dinner somewhere between Izmir and Bodrum. As the night unfolds, the music gradually becomes more lively, moving into upbeat Aegean and Balkan rhythms while keeping the focus on conversation, connection, and shared experiences. ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ 🌍 PERFECT FOR ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ • Food lovers • Travelers • Expats and internationals • Locals curious about Turkish culture • People looking for meaningful conversations • Anyone who enjoys slow dining and authentic cultural experiences ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ ⚠️ LIMITED TO 25 GUESTS ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ To preserve the intimate atmosphere of a traditional meyhane, attendance is limited to just 25 guests. 👇 HOW TO SECURE ENTRY: You must fill out the Google Form below to claim your seat. Spots are first-come, first-served. Once we hit 25, the list closes. https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdPgLqvMbIxJaLhLK2HHISfufLPSYoY7R4RYX4xjY1ipt2JZg/viewform?usp=publish-editor Come hungry. Come curious. Come ready to share. Şerefe! 🇹🇷🥂

Ljubljana International: Saturday Pre-Party Meetup 🎉🍻🌍 Make Ljubljana your own. 🌍 We are the city's largest international family with 1,500+ members. Meet your crew, grab a drink, and start your Saturday night with an international crowd before heading out to Ljubljana's best parties, bars, and clubs. 📍 LOGISTICS 📅 Date: Every Saturday ⏰ Time: 20:00 - 23:00 (Join anytime! No need to be on time) 🏢 Venue: Pub LOO-BLAH-NAH Center, Adamič-Lundrovo nabrežje 1, Ljubljana 💶 Price: Free entry 🎟️ Entry: Walk-ins welcome 🔄 Type: Weekly recurring 👥 Vibe: Expected 30–50+ attendees. Social, energetic, international atmosphere. No strict capacity limit. 👤 WHO IT'S FOR Casual, open-minded people aged 18-40 who want fun, new friends and connections. Perfect for remote workers, digital nomads, freelancers, programmers, engineers, Erasmus students, researchers, business owners, travelers, expats, and locals. 70% international, 30% Slovenian. English is the main language. 🍻 WHAT TO EXPECT • Meet people before going out • International crowd • Great conversations • Drinks and good vibes • New friendships • Spontaneous plans for the rest of the night • Groups forming naturally Whether you're heading to a club, a bar, another event, or haven't decided yet, this is where the night begins. 🤝 COMING ALONE? Perfect. Most people do. No need to come on time. Come alone or bring friends — 90% of people arrive solo and leave with new ones. Every event has 10+ nationalities, 30+ people, and zero awkward standing around. We've done this 200+ times. We know how to make you feel at home. Events 6x per week — there's always something happening. The real product isn't the drinks. It's the people. 📲 JOIN THE COMMUNITY The most important thing you can do right now: 👉 Join our WhatsApp community of 1,500+ members — this is where Ljubljana actually happens. https://linktr.ee/ljubljanainternational This is where people organize dinners, hikes, sports activities, language exchanges, weekend trips, parties, and spontaneous adventures throughout the week. ⚠️ WHATSAPP NOTE We auto-reject +1 (US) and +44 (UK) numbers to fight spam. If you have one of those or can't join, DM us on Instagram @ljubljanainternational and we'll add you manually. 📍 HOW TO FIND US AT THE VENUE Just join the biggest group! If you have trouble finding us, ask an employee at Pub LOO-BLAH-NAH Center where the Ljubljana International meetup is happening. Or look for the bald guy with a beard and glasses (often wearing a blue polo shirt) who is usually hosting. Don't pre-party alone. Start your night with great people. Make Ljubljana your own. 🎉🍻🌍

Ljubljana International: Slow Turkish Aegean Dinner – Rakı, Meze & Soul 🇹🇷🍽️🥂 Make Ljubljana your own. 🌍 We are the city's largest international family with 1,500+ members. For one evening, Ljubljana becomes Izmir as we gather around a shared table for authentic Turkish mezes, rakı, stories, and meaningful conversations. 📍 LOGISTICS 📅 Date: Saturday, June 13 ⏰ Time: 19:00 - 22:00+ (Please try to arrive close to the start time so everyone can enjoy the shared dining experience together) 🏢 Venue: Meyhane Zahir, Rečna ulica 8, Ljubljana 💶 Price: €39 per person 🎟️ Entry: Advance registration required: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdPgLqvMbIxJaLhLK2HHISfufLPSYoY7R4RYX4xjY1ipt2JZg/viewform?usp=publish-editor 🔄 Type: One-off special event 👥 Vibe: Intimate cultural dining experience. Limited to only 25 guests. 👤 WHO IT'S FOR Casual, open-minded people aged 18-50 who enjoy food, culture, travel, meaningful conversations, and authentic experiences. Perfect for internationals, digital nomads, Erasmus students, travelers, food lovers, remote workers, entrepreneurs, researchers, and curious locals. English is the main language. 🍽️ WHAT TO EXPECT • Complimentary welcome glass of rakı • Authentic Turkish Aegean meze experience • Shared communal dining • Traditional Turkish hospitality • Stories, conversations, and cultural exchange • Soft Turkish and Aegean music throughout the evening • A relaxed atmosphere where strangers become friends 🍴 INCLUDED SHARING MENU • Kurucacık • Köpoğlu • Hummus • Girit Ezmesi • Barbunya Pilaki • Seasonal Salad • Unlimited Toasted Bread • Butter Shrimp • İrmik Helvası (Traditional Semolina Dessert) • 1 Glass of Rakı Additional drinks such as wine, beer, soft drinks, and extra glasses of rakı will be available separately and are not included in the event price. The evening is intentionally designed to be slow. No rushing. No loud nightclub energy. Just good food, good people, and good conversation. 🌱 VEGETARIAN & VEGAN FRIENDLY Many dishes are naturally vegetarian or vegan. Vegan options can be arranged with advance notice. 🤝 COMING ALONE? Perfect. Many attendees join our events solo and quickly find themselves surrounded by new friends. This event is specifically designed around communal tables and shared experiences, making it easy to meet people naturally throughout the evening. 🌍 ABOUT LJUBLJANA INTERNATIONAL 📈 1,500+ members 🎉 200+ events organized 📅 Events 6x per week We help internationals and locals build friendships, create unforgettable memories, and discover unique experiences in Ljubljana. The real product isn't the food. It's the people around the table. 📲 JOIN THE COMMUNITY The most important thing you can do right now: 👉 Join our WhatsApp community of 1,500+ members — this is where Ljubljana actually happens. 👉 https://linktr.ee/ljubljanainternational ⚠️ WHATSAPP NOTE We auto-reject +1 (US) and +44 (UK) numbers to fight spam. If you have one of those or can't join, DM us on Instagram @ljubljanainternational and we'll add you manually. 📍 HOW TO FIND US AT THE VENUE Simply ask the staff for the Ljubljana International dinner table. Or look for the largest international group in the restaurant. Come hungry. Come curious. Come ready to share. Şerefe! 🇹🇷🥂

🇹🇷 Ljubljana International: Slow Turkish Aegean Dinner – Rakı, Meze & Soul 📅 Saturday, June 13 ⏰ 19:00 📍 Meyhane Zahir, Ljubljana For one evening, Ljubljana becomes Izmir. We'll gather around communal tables and enjoy a curated selection of authentic Turkish mezes, accompanied by rakı, music, stories, and great company. A meyhane is more than a restaurant. It's a place where strangers become friends, where meals last for hours, and where people come together to share food, culture, laughter, and life. ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ 🍽️ THE EXPERIENCE ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ The evening begins with a complimentary welcome glass of rakı and a short introduction to Turkish rakı culture. Together we'll raise a toast before dinner begins. Throughout the evening, a curated selection of authentic Turkish Aegean mezes and dishes will be served to the table for sharing. Our chef will introduce the dishes and explain the traditions behind them. Expect a slow-paced evening centered around good food, meaningful conversations, and genuine hospitality. ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ 🍴 FIXED SHARING MENU ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ • Kurucacık • Köpoğlu • Hummus • Girit Ezmesi • Barbunya Pilaki • Seasonal Salad • Unlimited Toasted Bread • Butter Shrimp • İrmik Helvası (Traditional Semolina Dessert) • 1 Glass of Rakı 💰 Price: €39 per person Additional drinks such as wine, beer, soft drinks, and extra glasses of rakı will be available separately and are not included in the event price. ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ 🌱 VEGETARIAN & VEGAN FRIENDLY ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ One of the beautiful things about Aegean meyhane cuisine is that many dishes are naturally vegetarian or vegan. Vegetarian guests are already well accommodated, and vegan options can be arranged with advance notice. ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ 🎶 THE ATMOSPHERE ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ The evening begins with soft Turkish fasil and Aegean melodies, creating the feeling of a seaside dinner somewhere between Izmir and Bodrum. As the night unfolds, the music gradually becomes more lively, moving into upbeat Aegean and Balkan rhythms while keeping the focus on conversation, connection, and shared experiences. ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ 🌍 PERFECT FOR ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ • Food lovers • Travelers • Expats and internationals • Locals curious about Turkish culture • People looking for meaningful conversations • Anyone who enjoys slow dining and authentic cultural experiences ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ ⚠️ LIMITED TO 25 GUESTS ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ To preserve the intimate atmosphere of a traditional meyhane, attendance is limited to just 25 guests. 👇 HOW TO SECURE ENTRY: You must fill out the Google Form below to claim your seat. Spots are first-come, first-served. Once we hit 25, the list closes. https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdPgLqvMbIxJaLhLK2HHISfufLPSYoY7R4RYX4xjY1ipt2JZg/viewform?usp=publish-editor Come hungry. Come curious. Come ready to share. Şerefe! 🇹🇷🥂

We’re launching a beginner Bachata & Salsa course together with one of the best dance schools in Ljubljana — @utripplesa. You’ll learn the basics, get comfortable with the movements and simply enjoy dancing in a relaxed and friendly atmosphere. Perfect for those who have been wanting to try partner dancing but didn’t know where to start. 📅 **Sundays at 17:00 (starting 05.04)** ⏱ **4 classes (1.5 hours each)** 💶 **Price:** €45 for the full course €40 per person if you join with a partner or a friend If you didn’t attend the trial class, you can join the **first session for €10** to see if you like it before committing to the full course. 👉 **Register here:** [https://forms.gle/Gp47pWi8Pk2QsKTu5](https://forms.gle/Gp47pWi8Pk2QsKTu5) Please make sure to **check your email and WhatsApp after registering** — we’ll send all confirmations and updates there. Let’s dance ✨

Ljubljana International: Saturday Pre-Party Meetup 🎉🍻🌍 Make Ljubljana your own. 🌍 We are the city's largest international family with 1,500+ members. Meet your crew, grab a drink, and start your Saturday night with an international crowd before heading out to Ljubljana's best parties, bars, and clubs. 📍 LOGISTICS 📅 Date: Every Saturday ⏰ Time: 20:00 - 23:00 (Join anytime! No need to be on time) 🏢 Venue: Pub LOO-BLAH-NAH Center, Adamič-Lundrovo nabrežje 1, Ljubljana 💶 Price: Free entry 🎟️ Entry: Walk-ins welcome 🔄 Type: Weekly recurring 👥 Vibe: Expected 30–50+ attendees. Social, energetic, international atmosphere. No strict capacity limit. 👤 WHO IT'S FOR Casual, open-minded people aged 18-40 who want fun, new friends and connections. Perfect for remote workers, digital nomads, freelancers, programmers, engineers, Erasmus students, researchers, business owners, travelers, expats, and locals. 70% international, 30% Slovenian. English is the main language. 🍻 WHAT TO EXPECT • Meet people before going out • International crowd • Great conversations • Drinks and good vibes • New friendships • Spontaneous plans for the rest of the night • Groups forming naturally Whether you're heading to a club, a bar, another event, or haven't decided yet, this is where the night begins. 🤝 COMING ALONE? Perfect. Most people do. No need to come on time. Come alone or bring friends — 90% of people arrive solo and leave with new ones. Every event has 10+ nationalities, 30+ people, and zero awkward standing around. We've done this 200+ times. We know how to make you feel at home. Events 6x per week — there's always something happening. The real product isn't the drinks. It's the people. 📲 JOIN THE COMMUNITY The most important thing you can do right now: 👉 Join our WhatsApp community of 1,500+ members — this is where Ljubljana actually happens. https://linktr.ee/ljubljanainternational This is where people organize dinners, hikes, sports activities, language exchanges, weekend trips, parties, and spontaneous adventures throughout the week. ⚠️ WHATSAPP NOTE We auto-reject +1 (US) and +44 (UK) numbers to fight spam. If you have one of those or can't join, DM us on Instagram @ljubljanainternational and we'll add you manually. 📍 HOW TO FIND US AT THE VENUE Just join the biggest group! If you have trouble finding us, ask an employee at Pub LOO-BLAH-NAH Center where the Ljubljana International meetup is happening. Or look for the bald guy with a beard and glasses (often wearing a blue polo shirt) who is usually hosting. Don't pre-party alone. Start your night with great people. Make Ljubljana your own. 🎉🍻🌍

Important: Register on [AICamp website](https://www.aicamp.ai/event/eventdetails/W2026061814) is required for admission. **Description:** Welcome to the AI meetup in Washington DC. Join us for deep dive tech talks on AI, GenAI, LLMs and Agents, hands-on experiences on code labs, workshops, and networking with speakers and fellow developers. **Agenda:** \* 5:30pm\~6:00pm: Checkin, Food/drink and networking \* 6:00pm\~8:00pm: Tech talks and Q&A \* 8:00pm: Happy Hour at Courthouse Social (cross the street) **Tech Talk: Secure Developer Environments in the Age of AI Agents** **Speaker:** Patrick Brown (Coder) **Abstract:** Federal engineering teams are under pressure to ship faster while meeting some of the most demanding security and compliance requirements in the world. In this talk, Patrick Brown of Coder explores how cloud development environments (CDEs) give agencies a foundation to accelerate software delivery without sacrificing control — and why that foundation matters even more as AI-powered coding agents enter the workflow. He'll cover how CDEs keep source code off endpoints, enforce zero-trust access patterns, and provide the consistent, ephemeral infrastructure that both human developers and AI agents need to operate safely at scale. **Speakers:** Stay tuned as we are updating speakers and schedules. If you have a keen interest in speaking to our community, we invite you to submit topics for consideration: [Submit Topics](https://forms.gle/JkMt91CZRtoJBSFUA) **Sponsors:** We are actively seeking sponsors to support AI developers community. Whether it is by offering venue spaces, providing food, or cash sponsorship. Sponsors will not only speak at the meetups, receive prominent recognition, but also gain exposure to our extensive membership base of 5,000+ AI developers in D.C and 500K+ worldwide.

Join us to drum for rain! The drum circle will be at the Guru Rinpoche statue at the entrance to the Peace Park, across the street from the temple. We will be chanting sacred mantras as we drum, praying for abundant rain to ease the drought. All are welcome! Please bring any percussion instruments you have - the more the merrier! If you don't have any drums, there are typically extra available. Either way, you can chant along with everyone. In the event of inclement weather, we usually drum as long as we can before the storm starts, or wait it out and start a little late. We hold out until the last minute to cancel so if the weather seems iffy, keep an eye on our Facebook page for announcements. The DC region is currently experiencing moderate to severe drought. Many other regions of the world are also experiencing drought conditions. We will dedicate our prayers to bringing life-giving rain to all who need it!

…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.

Very little wait, and we're on with the World Cup 2026! First up, let's watch USA's opening game vs Paraguay at SoFi Stadium in Inglewood, California. This is the 12th World Cup finals for USA, with their best finish 3rd place all the way back in the inaugural tournament in 1930. More recently the USMNT reached the Quaterfinals in 2002. This is the second time the US has hosted the tournament. This is the ninth appearance in the World Cup finals for Paraguay. Their best performance was in 2010 when they reached the quarterfinals, falling to eventual winners, Spain. The two nations have squared off seven times in history. USA won four of them, Paraguay took two, and one drawn. We'll be meeting at The Ashburn Pub for this one from 8 pm to see how this one goes down - Join Us!

[Profs and Pints Northern Virginia](https://www.profsandpints.com/washingtondc) presents: **“Can Artificial Intelligence ‘See’?”** A look at how humans and artificial intelligence systems interpret the visual world in fundamentally different ways, with Arryn Robbins, assistant professor of psychology at the University of Richmond and cognitive scientist who researches visual attention, perception, and category learning. [Advance tickets: $13.50 plus sales tax and processing fees. Available at [https://events.ticketleap.com/tickets/profsandpints/nv-can-AI-see](https://events.ticketleap.com/tickets/profsandpints/nv-can-AI-see) .] Artificial intelligence can now identify faces, categorize objects, describe scenes, and outperform humans on certain visual tasks. But does AI actually “see” the world the way that people do? Or does it arrive at correct answers using representations that differ markedly from human perception? Join Arryn Robbins of the University of Richmond for a fascinating exploration of how humans and AI construct meaning from visual information and a look at comparisons between human perception and AI that reveal just how dynamic and context-dependent our own visual systems really are. Dr. Robbins, who previously has given excellent Profs and Pints talks on flaws and biases in human visual perception, will draw from research in cognitive science, visual perception, and AI vision systems. She’ll explain how human perception is not merely a simple recording of the world, but an active process shaped by expectations, context, goals, and recent experience. You’ll learn how humans form flexible mental representations that allow us to recognize objects across changing environments and conditions, and why those representations continuously adapt as we interact with the world. Many AI systems, by contrast, learn visual categories through statistical patterns in data. They can produce impressive results, but sometimes they also produce strange and unexpected failures, and sometimes they classify images in ways that seem strange to us. Dr. Robbins will discuss what these differences reveal about the nature of perception itself, and why the mismatch between human and AI representations matters for technologies like self-driving cars, medical imaging, facial recognition, and automated surveillance. Important for anyone trying to understand the rapidly growing role of AI in daily life, this talk will explore one of the biggest questions in cognitive science and artificial intelligence: What does it actually mean to “see” and understand the world? (Doors: $17, or $15 with a student ID. Listed time is for doors. The talk starts 30 minutes later.) Image: “Eye Farm” by Nevit Dilmen (Wikimedia Commons).