The Digital Labyrinth :: TDL
News & popular culture & observing various ideas & Sci-Fi concepts that become a technological reality. What is reality in general? Some say that it's all part of a cosmic simulation.
Friday, June 27, 2025
Thursday, June 26, 2025
Fentanyl is the most dangerous drug in Canadian history and especially in Vancouver’s Downtown Eastside
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-jSVaWIXoA8
https://www2.gov.bc.ca/gov/content/overdose/lethal-drugs-are-circulating
https://www.canada.ca/en/health-canada/services/substance-use/controlled-illegal-drugs/fentanyl.html
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0955395922003498
https://www.catie.ca/prevention-in-focus/what-makes-canadas-illegal-drug-supply-dangerous
https://towardtheheart.com/fentanyl
https://www.dea.gov/resources/facts-about-fentanyl
https://nida.nih.gov/research-topics/fentanyl
https://www.cbp.gov/border-security/frontline-against-fentanyl
Vancouver Drug Empire | Drugs, Inc: The Fix | National Geographic https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fczLOAb5HvM
https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/fentanyl-produced-in-canada-1.7275200
https://www2.gov.bc.ca/gov/content/overdose/decriminalization
https://vancouver.citynews.ca/2024/10/02/vancouver-drugs-gang-violence-issues-poll/
https://www.city-journal.org/article/the-harm-in-harm-reduction
https://www.vch.ca/en/decriminalization-controlled-substances-personal-use
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-02-21/vancouver-drug-decriminalisation-opioid-crisis/104946816
https://www.thecabinsydney.com.au/blog/why-is-australia-the-1-country-for-drug-abusers/
Wednesday, June 25, 2025
People eating insects rather than meat isn't a popular choice
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2025/jun/25/eating-insects-meat-planet
If a person is hungry and desperate enough, they might eat bugs. Then again, if one is hungry enough, they might even eat EXCREMENT. However, this pushing crappy food upon the masses won't stop the billionaires from still having their champagne and caviar lifestyle. It it will just give them another reason to laugh at those eating substandard or crappy food. It's all such a coprophagia B$ trick!
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coprophagia#Coprophagia_by_humans
https://www.gatesnotes.com/omniprocessor-from-poop-to-potable
https://blog.education.nationalgeographic.org/2015/01/08/from-poop-to-potable-with-bill-gates/
Tuesday, June 24, 2025
Trump lashes out at Israel and Iran as he accuses both of violating the ceasefire
https://www.bbc.com/news/live/cn7ze4vmk2pt
Why work towards peace, when fighting for war seems more desirable?
https://www.cnn.com/world/live-news/israel-iran-conflict-us-trump-06-24-25-intl-hnk
This is MADNE$$!
https://time.com/7297123/trump-warns-israel-bombs-iran-ceasefire
https://thedigitallabyrinth.blogspot.com/search?q=Israel+and+Iran
Time Travel From H.G. Wells to Gravity Wells
https://medium.com/intuition/what-are-gravity-wells-3c1fb6d6d44c
https://www.spiralwishingwells.com/guide/gravitywells.html
https://mkaku.org/home/articles/the-physics-of-time-travel/
The Fabric of Space-Time https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T3bRcM0ZQcY
https://www.esa.int/Science_Exploration/Space_Science/Space-time_as_an_elastic_fabric
https://physics.stackexchange.com/questions/753845/the-fabric-of-space-is-what-exactly
The Fabric of Spacetime with Neil deGrasse Tyson https://www.youtube.com/watch?app=desktop&v=as49_LNf3VA
The H.G. Wells version of The Time Machine didn't generate a gravity well. Officially in science, there is no cosmic TAILOR for the fabric of space-time.
However, a Mr. TAYLOR was selected to star in The_Time_Machine_(1960_film).
http://www.rodtaylorsite.com/timemachine.shtml
https://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/title/93370/the-time-machine#overview
Then, Malcolm McDowell who was born Malcolm John TAYLOR, would star in Time_After_Time_(1979_film).
Charlton_Heston would also star in a time travel movie of sorts. He played astronaut George TAYLOR in Planet_of_the_Apes_(1968_film).
Then Simon_Wells directed The_Time_Machine_(2002_film).
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/arts-culture/many-futuristic-predictions-hg-wells-came-true-180960546
Monday, June 23, 2025
Sunday, June 22, 2025
The Moon isn't Made of Cheese and there aren't any Biker Mice from Mars, but there are mice in this galaxy
https://www.mentalfloss.com/article/53107/why-do-people-say-moon-made-cheese
https://www.cheeseprofessor.com/blog/cheese-moon-myth-science
https://blogs.esa.int/orion/2022/11/18/the-moon-is-it-really-made-of-cheese/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Biker_Mice_from_Mars
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0147752/
https://bikermice.fandom.com/wiki/Biker_Mice_from_Mars
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Biker_Mice_from_Mars_(2006_TV_series)
https://aiptcomics.com/2025/03/06/oni-biker-mice-from-mars-june-2025/
https://hitchhikers.fandom.com/wiki/Mice
https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/profiles/1MmQjXrkwp98jNdc17j3tr3/mice
https://aliens.fandom.com/wiki/Mouse_(The_Hitchhiker%27s_Guide_to_the_Galaxy)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Hitchhiker%27s_Guide_to_the_Galaxy_(film)
Could the US bombing of Iran might bring on a regional war?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=37Wfx2iEEuw
All most people can do is wait and see what happens.
Iran’s FM Answers Reporters After U.S. Strikes on Nuclear Sites https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RGd4FVItw1o
https://www.atlanticcouncil.org/region/middle-east
https://thedigitallabyrinth.blogspot.com/search?q=USA+vs+IRAN
The US has entered the Israel-Iran war
The big question is, will things be somewhat contained, or will this be the start of a growing regional war?
Six ‘bunker buster’ bombs dropped on major Iranian nuclear site https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3_RXrgPaMWs
US strikes Iran: Sky News understands UK not involved https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OaRn5YTF-i0
https://thedigitallabyrinth.blogspot.com/search?q=USA+vs+IRAN
Friday, June 20, 2025
Thursday, June 19, 2025
Why Ukraine’s AI drones aren’t a breakthrough yet
The Concept of Deep Time
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deep_time
Earth human existence is such a miniscule part of geological time.
https://psyche.co/notes-to-self/the-upsides-of-taking-a-deep-time-perspective-on-our-brief-lives
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deep_time#Intellectual_responses
https://anthropocene.univie.ac.at/resources/deep-time/
https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20230329-the-benefits-of-deep-time-thinking
Wednesday, June 18, 2025
Israel's spy agency used AI and smuggled-in drones to prepare attack on Iran
https://www.csis.org/analysis/ungentlemanly-robots-israels-operation-rising-lion-and-new-way-war
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2024/apr/03/israel-gaza-ai-database-hamas-airstrikes
https://builtin.com/artificial-intelligence/drones-ai-companies
https://thedigitallabyrinth.blogspot.com/search?q=drones
https://thedigitallabyrinth.blogspot.com/search?q=Israel+and+Iran
Tuesday, June 17, 2025
Monday, June 16, 2025
A.I. on the A1(M) motorway
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A1(M)_motorway
https://www.tiktok.com/discover/ai-cameras-locations-a1-motorway
https://www.thenorthernecho.co.uk/news/24524055.ai-camera-a1-m-catches-people-using-mobile-phones/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A1_road_(Great_Britain)
https://dennisfoodservice.com/ai-in-foodservice/
Education Secretary Linda McMahon mixed up AI with A.1. steak sauce. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yb-a5uX9uVY
Godfather of AI: I Tried to Warn Them, But We’ve Already Lost Control! Geoffrey Hinton
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=giT0ytynSqg , https://www.youtube.com/@TheDiaryOfACEO/videos
Geoffrey_Hinton has good reason for concern.
https://vectorinstitute.ai/team/geoffrey-hinton/
https://www.britannica.com/biography/Geoffrey-Hinton
https://www.perplexity.ai/search/geoffrey-everest-hinton-F4XRDCqPRZ20ru6Yv9MDWQ
https://builtin.com/artificial-intelligence/drones-ai-companies
https://thedigitallabyrinth.blogspot.com/search?q=drones
Los Angeles curfew to continue for 'couple more days'
A nightly curfew in Los Angeles will continue for "a couple more days," Mayor Karen Bass said Sunday, the ninth day of protests that have seen US President Donald Trump launch a military-backed crackdown https://www.france24.com/en/live-news/20250616-los-angeles-curfew-to-continue-for-couple-more-days-mayor
https://thedigitallabyrinth.blogspot.com/search?q=Los+Angeles+protests
Sunday, June 15, 2025
L.A. Still Under Curfew Amid Mass Protests?
https://time.com/7293512/la-curfew-parameters-locations-what-to-know
Plenty of law enforcement, some helicopters and drones.
Fortunately, LARGE humanoid robots haven't been despatched.
https://calmatters.org/justice/2025/06/los-angeles-protests-downtown-life/
LARGE humanoid law enforcement androids might still seems seem like something out of a Sci-Fi movie, but the tech has been around for a while.
https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2025-06-13/downtown-l-a-curfew-bars-restaurants-breweries
https://thedigitallabyrinth.blogspot.com/search?q=Los+Angeles+protests
Déjà Vu (2006) and Tenet (2020)
https://www.syfy.com/syfy-wire/denzel-washington-tenet-deja-vu-time-travel-movie-streaming
On one level time travel movies are just entertainment.
However, on a deeper or higher level, such movies can get you to really ponder the concept of time travel.
https://mycreativeramblings.org/2020/09/21/deja-vu-2006-is-better-than-tenet-2020/
https://yapography.medium.com/tenet-movie-review-dda57bef3bb1
https://www.syfy.com/syfy-wire/deja-vu-on-peacock-denzel-washington-in-post-katrina-new-orleans
Friday, June 13, 2025
Tuesday, June 10, 2025
IBM says it will build a practical quantum supercomputer by 2029
It's better to have humans at least sort of controlling quantum-computers, rather than QC controlling humanity. Otherwise, it could become something like the Rehoboam QC in WW controlling humanity and allowing advanced robots to be more free than the people.
https://westworld.fandom.com/wiki/Rehoboam
REHOBOAM EXPLAINED | Westworld Season 3 Theory https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9oWUmuXahCY
Palantir: The Tech Company Reshaping Reality https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DZ95Gmvg_D4 , https://www.youtube.com/@moreperfectunion/videos
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Machine_(2013_film)
https://babylon5.fandom.com/wiki/Great_Machine
Forbidden Planet: The great machine https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HHXfMjp2zqI
https://www.acadiau.ca/~thomson/misc/forbiddenplanet.pdf
https://cheesynirvosa.bandcamp.com/track/forbidden-planet-the-great-krell-machine-ambient-noise
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alphaville_(film) , https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0058898/
Jean-Luc Godard's Alphaville -- What Makes This Movie Great? (Episode 149) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aDuRkhInoLY , https://www.youtube.com/@LearningaboutMovies/videos
https://www.nytimes.com/2023/12/14/movies/alphaville-ifc.html
https://eng3122.wordpress.com/group-5-main/1960-to-1965/jean-luc-godard-alphaville/
https://ryhooper.medium.com/i-love-you-welcome-to-alphaville-e51b4ac241a3
https://www.cerealatmidnight.com/2024/08/review-alphaville-1965.html
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Machine_Stops (1909), https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1451714/
https://www.cs.ucdavis.edu/~koehl/Teaching/ECS188/PDF_files/Machine_stops.pdf
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paris_in_the_Twentieth_Century (1863)
https://www.julesverne.ca/vernebooks/jvbkparis.html
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paris_in_the_Twentieth_Century#Predictions_for_1960
Monday, June 09, 2025
The History of Pirates of the Caribbean in Disneyland...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BEC0wsXkx1o
Of course the concept of an amusement park would eventually use Animatronics and androids. Then gradually advanced AI-Robotics to provide Replicant people and other simulated life forms.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Westworld_(1973 film)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Westworld_(2016-2022 TV_series)
Monday, June 02, 2025
How Big Tech Got Scammed by an 'AI'
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bP1tCcS9TqY
AI Has a Fatal Flaw—And Nobody Can Fix It https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_IOh0S_L3C4
These Have Been Found All Across Ancient Rome
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=smYbNisW5yI
The most debated artefact of all time? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UbGtkbqbjtY
Sunday, June 01, 2025
Friday, May 30, 2025
The mind-bending probability of our existence | Sean B. Carroll
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6hOjpxNHgQc
The Universe in 90 minutes: Time, free will, God, & more | Sean Carroll https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tM4sLmt1Ui8
Joan of Arc and Giordano Bruno
Joan_of_Arc and Giordano_Bruno were executed simply for having ideas and beliefs that weren't acceptable by the power structure of their epoch.
https://www.britannica.com/biography/Saint-Joan-of-Arc
https://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/may-30/joan-of-arc-martyred
https://www.britannica.com/biography/Giordano-Bruno
https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/bruno
Sting - If I Ever Lose My Faith In You https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7km4EHgkQiw
https://www.sting.com/discography/album/220/Singles
The Sting Interview https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=efRQh2vspVc - https://www.youtube.com/@RickBeato/videos
Thursday, May 29, 2025
‘He’d Be More Happy In PRISON’ Suge Knight Spills On P Diddy From Behind Bars
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UiL5SqHQ9Kc
Suge Knight OPENS UP About Diddy, Dre, Tupac, Biggie & Eazy-E | PBD Podcast | Ep. 400 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cY8nZeHG-rQ
Suge Knight Makes Shocking Claims About P. Diddy in New Interview https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l24Cl84u1A0
"Diddy Thought He Was Untouchable" - James O'Keefe DIGS Into Diddy's Blackmail Empire https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9totaqw6RCc
"Somebody Didn’t Want Me To Do This Interview" Diddy BOMBSHELL Revelations | Big Homie CC https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MeaHO6sF5BQ
50 Cent's 20 Year Plot to Destroy Diddy https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jXTIKAEMBU8
"Diddy Will Take The Fall" - Jesse Watters' SHOCKING Claims Diddy Is An FBI Informant https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=isJGtP-FmDE
Every Allegation Against P. Diddy Explained https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FauU1VA77Ak
10 Celebs Who Tried to Warn Us About Diddy https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CDEwRyCuqBs
Every Celebrity Who Warned Us About P. Diddy https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oahnfCdHADs
The Horrifying Untold Story of Diddy https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uA2224yITfE
Did Jeffrey Epstein Really Die by Suicide?
Apparently, a new and improved video has resolved things.
https://www.cnn.com/2019/08/15/us/jeffrey-epstein-autopsy-broken-neck/index.html
https://nypost.com/2019/08/15/epstein-autopsy-determined-he-had-several-broken-neck-bones-report/
Originally, it wasn't just broken bones, but broken cameras.
Ian Carroll Explains How Jeffrey Epstein Structured HIs Operation https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IFAZC8qlq8c
https://thedigitallabyrinth.blogspot.com/search?q=Jeffrey+Epstein
Monday, May 26, 2025
P Diddy “Pissed off the Wrong People”
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yC2YNJk4jgk
Diddy’s ‘dark side’ revealed: shocking allegations from his former assistant | 60 Minutes Australia https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=je9W0-CAqVM
Terrence Howard Leaks List of Rappers Diddy SMASHED https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_Iez9bWlbTc
‘He’s a monster’: Diddy’s decades of alleged abuse exposed | 60 Minutes Australia https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LdL00ap1M5Q
Simon Sinek: You're Being Lied To About AI's Real Purpose!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W4tqbEmplug
AI can be a great tool for humanity, as long as it's not used to create an inhumane world.
Robot Plumbers, Robot Armies, and Our Imminent A.I. Future https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wNJJ9QUabkA
The ‘Godfather of AI’ predicts it will take over the world https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vxkBE23zDmQ
Can ChatGPT Respond to Philosophy Paradoxes? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1qbiCKrbbYc
Gaslighting ChatGPT With Ethical Dilemmas https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UsOLlhGA9zg
Trying to Convince ChatGPT It's Conscious https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ithXe2krO9A
Sunday, May 25, 2025
Ice Cube and Joe Rogan talk about P Diddy
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mAbnDnaY5OY
Joe Rogan Drops Evidence That Could END Diddy's Career https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q8K9IXw0Qu4
Joe's Thoughts on The Diddy Trial https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fqkr6j5cEqE
Diddy’s ‘dark side’ revealed: His former assistant's shocking allegations
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=je9W0-CAqVM 60 Minutes Australia
https://www.imdb.com/news/ni64873949
Stories behind the rich and powerful named in the Jeffrey+Epstein court files https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zeylckd2t0Y
Friday, May 23, 2025
Bruce Peterson was an American aeronautical engineer, and test pilot for NASA.
"Portions of M2-F2 footage including Peterson's spectacular crash landing were used for the 1973 TV movie and subsequent series, The Six Million Dollar Man during the opening credits of every episode." https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bruce_Peterson#Flight_experience_and_NASA_career
Thursday, May 22, 2025
A Small Jet Crashed in San Diego
https://www.cbsnews.com/losangeles/news/small-plane-crash-san-diego/
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/05/22/us/san-diego-plane-crash-tierrasanta.html
https://apnews.com/article/plane-crash-san-diego-5e465454fc0282a81adafc1bfdc142a1
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c0mr844xl42o
https://www.billboard.com/pro/dave-shapiro-death-music-agent-killed-plane-crash-san-diego/
Courtroom ERUPTS After Will Smith Reveals What Diddy Did to Him
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iqliPosIm8A
Jamie Foxx Testifies, What He Saw at Diddy’s Parties... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YA8s8v_r3D8
P. Diddy’s Former Assistant Tells All... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zq5nVLWEOm4
P. Diddy on Trial: 11 Celebrities Pulled Into Sex Trafficking Case https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YSLykAE0vxk
The Horrifying True Story of Diddy https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=89zyetwajZE
Celebrity Bodyguard Reveals Dark Truth About Diddy... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vdyq08nY83E
Wednesday, May 21, 2025
Fortnite’s AI-Generated Darth Vader Controversy, Explained
https://www.forbes.com/sites/danidiplacido/2025/05/20/fortnites-darth-vader-controversy-explained/
https://www.polygon.com/features/600418/fortnite-ai-darth-vader-gaming-industry-epic-games
https://thewaltdisneycompany.com/darth-vader-fortnite-disney-epic/
https://thedigitallabyrinth.blogspot.com/search?q=James+Earl+Jones
Tuesday, May 20, 2025
Google’s AI Boss Says Gemini’s New Abilities Point the Way to A.G.I.
https://www.wired.com/story/googles-ai-boss-says-geminis-new-abilities-point-the-way-to-agi
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Artificial_general_intelligence
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Artificial_brain#Approaches_to_brain_simulation
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Artificial_general_intelligence#Consciousness
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Existential_risk_from_artificial_intelligence#Superintelligence
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Artificial_general_intelligence#Existential_risks
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Artificial_general_intelligence#Mass_unemployment
Who else lives on Star Island besides Diddy?
https://www.miamiherald.com/news/local/community/miami-dade/miami-beach/article287207190.html
https://nypost.com/2024/09/23/real-estate/diddy-paid-off-19m-miami-mortgage-before-arrest/
Back in the day, he had enough money to buy an create his own remote P Diddy Island, if he really wanted to. Instead, he bought part of Star_Island.
40 Wall Street tower plane crash in 1946
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/40_Wall_Street#1946_plane_crash
https://asn.flightsafety.org/wikibase/95868 , https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XpKB9Juy0DM
https://www.instagram.com/p/DJ4nrD0POMm/
The 1945 crash into the ESB was still in recent memory at the time.
Sunday, May 18, 2025
Why Apple Still Hasn’t Cracked AI
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/features/2025-05-18/how-apple-intelligence-and-siri-ai-went-so-wrong
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apple_Intelligence
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hz6oys4Eem4
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apple_Intelligence#Siri_overhaul
https://developer.apple.com/apple-intelligence/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apple_Intelligence#ChatGPT_integration
Saturday, May 17, 2025
7 fugitives remain on the run after New Orleans prison TOILET break
https://www.foxnews.com/us/7-fugitives-remain-run-after-nola-prison-break-inside-job-suspected
A New Orleans toilet jailbreak isn't a daily occurrence.
Friday, May 16, 2025
Final Destination: Bloodlines
Final_Destination has become one of the longer running horror movie franchises.
https://www.vulture.com/article/review-final-destination-bloodlines-is-good-thank-death.html
https://www.pluggedin.com/movie-reviews/final-destination-bloodlines-2025
https://finaldestination.fandom.com/wiki/Final_Destination_Bloodlines
https://finaldestination.fandom.com/wiki/Final_Destination_(franchise)#Films
https://thedigitallabyrinth.blogspot.com/search?q=Final+Destination
Thursday, May 15, 2025
Joe Johnston on Disagreeing With George Lucas
Wednesday, May 14, 2025
George Lucas
https://starwars.fandom.com/wiki/George_Lucas
https://www.britannica.com/biography/George-Lucas
Of course George_Lucas would eventually be drawn to Lucas_Valley-Marinwood,_California.
https://www.lucasfilm.com/who-we-are/our-story/
https://www.ilm.com/about , https://www.skysound.com/about/
https://www.skysound.com/ranch/
"The ranch is located on Lucas Valley Road, named after an early-20th-century landowner in the area of no relation to George Lucas." https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Skywalker_Ranch
"In 1978, film director George Lucas began acquiring land in the area for his Skywalker Ranch. However, Lucas Valley Road was named after the 19th-century rancher, who is not related to George Lucas." https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lucas_Valley#History
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Skywalker_Ranch#Others
https://thedigitallabyrinth.blogspot.com/search?q=George+Lucas
Monday, May 12, 2025
Battlefield Earth (2000 film)
Battlefield_Earth (B.E.) is an interesting movie and it's not quite as bad as several other Sci-Fi movies. In some ways, Starship_Invasions might be a little better than B.E., but its a very low budget movie. Battle_Beyond_the_Stars is a better movie and it was also a low budget production.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battlefield_Earth_(film)#Canceled_follow-ups_and_sequels
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battlefield_Earth_(film)#Plot
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battlefield_Earth_(film)#Pre-production
https://battlefieldearth.com/battlefield-earth/#movie
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battlefield_Earth_(film)#Canceled_follow-ups_and_sequels
https://battlefieldearth.com/star-wars-novels-and-battlefield-earth/
Space law doesn’t protect historical sites, mining operations and bases on the Moon
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lunar_resources#Overview
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lunar_resources#Mining
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Helium-3#Lunar_surface
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moon_(2009_film)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moon_(2009_film)#Plot
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lunar_resources#Nuclear_power
Space:_1999 or Space 2099?
While a key moment in the storyline was set in 1999, perhaps by 2099 a similar size moon-base might be well established by 2099. A huge powerplant would be necessary and a waste disposal plant would also have to be established.
https://www.onthisday.com/date/1999/september/13
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Space:_1999#Storyline
Space 1999 inspired Fan Film - Eagle 1D5 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0XTmxHgLyoE
The Metamorphosis of Space: 1999 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g85g2KM3sts
Sunday, May 11, 2025
Some people are walking naturally after a spinal cord injury using a brain–spine interface
Saturday, May 10, 2025
One of Alcatraz's last living inmates on Trump's plan to reopen prison
Black Mirror: Bandersnatch is being removed from the Netflix streaming service
https://www.joblo.com/bandersnatch-kimmy-schmidt-netflix
Just like an e-book, anything digital can easily be discontinued, banned or deleted. More people are starting to realize that its good to have some hard copies of books, DVDs & Blu-ray Discs incase its censored or becomes FORBIDDEN. Canceled streams and deleted ebooks can be so frustrating.
The Fahrenheit_451 story and its adaptations, is about banned books and even people that are burned away.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fahrenheit_451_(1966_film)#Plot This version ends with various people being commissioned to remember a particular book.
Some Engrossing Books Like “Fahrenheit 451” for Thought-Provoking Reads
https://www.blinkist.com/magazine/posts/books-like-fahrenheit-451
https://www.nextbook.fyi/blogs/bookslikefahrenheit451
https://www.nypl.org/blog/2018/05/29/readingislit-if-you-liked-fahrenheit-451-try-these
https://theportalist.com/books-like-fahrenheit-451
https://www.goodreads.com/book/similar/1272463-fahrenheit-451
The FORBIDDEN list of data and information can grow at anytime.
Friday, May 09, 2025
India and Pakistan are on high alert
The India-Pakistan situation is heading into a long, hot summer.
https://www.newyorker.com/news/q-and-a/the-dynamics-behind-the-current-india-pakistan-clash
https://www.newyorker.com/news/q-and-a/the-dynamics-behind-the-current-india-pakistan-clash
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/India-Pakistan_relations#2025_Pahalgam_attack
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/India-Pakistan_relations#Weapons_of_mass_destruction
Thursday, May 08, 2025
Wednesday, May 07, 2025
The Phantom Empire (1935)
The_Phantom_Empire featuring Gene-Autry, was the first Sci-Fi Western movie. High technology is depicted in an underground civilization. Unfortunately, the special effects and props back then were very limited. This should be updated not only with CGI, but practical effects and sets.
Serenity is a good movie. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Serenity_(2005_film)#Plot
Cowboys_and_Aliens is a very entertaining movie from 2011. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cowboys_and_Aliens#Plot
Battle_Beyond_the_Stars and Outland are two very different movies, but they are both variations of the Space_Western.
The Truman Show vs. Paradise TV Series
https://www.tiktok.com/@popculturebrain/video/7480571234313375022
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paradise_(2025_TV_series)#Premise
This isn't exactly an underground bunker version of The_Truman_Show. That's because the inhabitants seem to know that they are essentially in an underground sound_stage bunker, with adjustable roof (sky) lights. Fortunately for them, they aren't in a totalitarian situation like THX 1138, but they are stuck down there, nonetheless. They don't have enough perspective and pertinent information about their situation. Indeed, part of their reality is a LIE.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paradise_(2025_TV_series)#Episodes
India's strike on Pakistan
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cj6868pdpw4o
If India+and+Pakistan can't agree to resolve this regional war, perhaps they will agree to turn each others nation into glass.
The A.I. wearables are always listening
Tuesday, May 06, 2025
Monday, May 05, 2025
Trump says he will reopen 'enlarged and rebuilt' Alcatraz prison
Alcatraz Island hasn't been used as a federal penitentiary since 1963. It had a capacity of roughly 300 people. https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/trump-administration/trump-says-will-reopen-enlarged-rebuilt-alcatraz-prison-rcna204743
https://apnews.com/article/trump-alcatraz-prison-fabe3385415ae03829d44e50efb3c1fb
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/may/05/trump-plan-reopen-alcatraz-prison
https://www.npr.org/2025/05/05/nx-s1-5387239/trump-alcatraz-reopen
https://www.nps.gov/alca/index.htm
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alcatraz_Island#In_popular_culture
https://www.google.com/maps/place/Alcatraz+Island
https://thedigitallabyrinth.blogspot.com/search?q=Alcatraz+Island
Alcatraz Island, SF Bay
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alcatraz_Island
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fort_Alcatraz
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alcatraz_Federal_Penitentiary
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Occupation_of_Alcatraz
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alcatraz_Island_in_popular_culture
https://thedigitallabyrinth.blogspot.com/search?q=Alcatraz+Island