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.
Monday, February 09, 2026
Retired FBI negotiator on Nancy Guthrie investigation as apparent ransom deadline looms
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ltCpol9X7ZE
Account tied to Guthrie ransom reportedly empty https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QqPL8VVuJqQ
Either this is an abduction and ransom case, or its a home invasion and abduction were ransome might not necessarily be the motive.
https://www.latimes.com/world-nation/story/2026-02-09/nancy-guthrie-ransom-note-monday-deadline
Some foolish people unconnected to her abduction might try to collect a ransom.
https://www.newsnationnow.com/missing/second-ransom-deadline-nancy-guthrie-disappearance/
https://nypost.com/2026/02/08/us-news/savannah-guthrie-missing-mom-feb-8/
'Very robotic,' 'seems to feel no remorse': Oversight Dem details Maxwell testimony
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aFP4IIm7hxc
Epstein files: Ghislaine Maxwell refuses to testify, pleads fifth https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=anKJVDwmHLU
The fallout and impact of the Epstein files | BBC News https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KACKbPWEGo4
New photos from Epstein files appears to show Andrew on all fours over female | BBC News https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kf_lvLxa8lc Why would anyone set themselves up for potential blackmail? Some people just don't think that they will ever be seen in a compromising position.
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-15529343/Epstein-Bill-Gates-Russian-mistress.html
The Fall of Bill Gates https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Krlu3-5h30U
the Jeffrey Epstein files
https://thedigitallabyrinth.blogspot.com/search?q=Jeffrey+Epstein
The Best Super Bowl Commercials of 2026
https://www.esquire.com/entertainment/tv/g70160497/best-super-bowl-commercials-2026
https://www.cnet.com/tech/services-and-software/recap-super-bowl-2026-ads/
https://whyy.org/articles/super-bowl-commercials-ads-2026
https://mashable.com/article/best-super-bowl-commercials-2026
https://www.tvline.com/2094951/super-bowl-commercials-2026-list-watch-ads/
https://ew.com/dunkin-super-bowl-2026-ad-tv-sitcom-stars-good-will-hunting-spoof-11900455
Sunday, February 08, 2026
Is Epstein Alive? New Epstein Escape Plan Files Found!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qSKeLdtBY-4
Was there an escape plan for Jeffrey+Epstein? Conveniently, some of the security cameras just happened to malfunction.
Bizarre revelation in Epstein case as official death announcement dated one day before paedo died https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z0Or_worXD4
the Jeffrey Epstein files
https://thedigitallabyrinth.blogspot.com/search?q=Jeffrey+Epstein
67 Super Bowl Chili Recipes to Feed a Crowd
https://www.foodnetwork.com/big-game/big-game-mains/top-chili-recipes
So much intestinal pressure, it's just a matter of time when you have got to blast the toilet bowl. That's what some all-beef-Superbowl-chili can do for you and the toilet bowl.
https://spoonuniversity.com/lifestyle/super-bowl-chili-recipe-essay/
https://www.food.com/recipe/super-bowl-chili-197410
It's all about blast the bowl entertainment and excrement!
https://flourchild.com/super-bowl-chili/
https://www.fartbook.com/groups/1129708133725102/posts/4123205144375371/
https://www.justapinch.com/recipes/main-course/pork/super-bowl-chili-anytime.html
https://meatified.com/super-bowl-crock-pot-chili/
https://food52.com/recipes/15874-superbowl-chili
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Super_Bowl_LX , https://levisstadium.com/event/super-bowl-lx/
https://levisstadium.com/stadium-az-guide , https://newatlas.com/levis-stadium/33468/
https://seatgeek.ca/blog/levis-stadium-seatgeeks-complete-guide-to-events-in-the-bay-area
https://www.stadiumjourney.com/stadiums/levis-stadium-s1845
https://www.architecturaldigest.com/story/san-francisco-49ers-new-stadium
Of course sometimes things can get crappy.
https://www.neorsd.org/sb50-stadium-prep-includes-flushing-a
Saturday, February 07, 2026
Friday, February 06, 2026
Thursday, February 05, 2026
What's The Possibility of All Theories Becoming a Reality in the Multiverse?
Who really knows?
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Everything_Everywhere_All_at_Once , https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wxN1T1uxQ2g
https://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/everything-everywhere-all-at-once-2022
https://www.reddit.com/r/matrix/comments/1kq4tlz/this_is_kind_of_a_crazy_coincidence_no/
At the end of the day, or near the end of one's life, several people just never have paid that much attention to synchronicity or the cosmic simulation concept.
https://www.reddit.com/r/philosophy/comments/q79dth/simulation_theory_is_a_useless_perhaps_even/
Of course whether reality is limited to a universe, or something like a multiverse, that's just too much data to be accurately be interpolated in a simulation. Exploring the nature of reality isn't just a thought experiment. It's about trying to decipher an immense puzzle, enigma and mystery.
https://www.reddit.com/r/space/comments/exf6m2/never_forget_you_are_here Even a simulation of this galaxy has too many unkowns and variables.
However, it's so much easier to create various Earth based simulations, but that in of itself still might not provide definitive proof of a cosmic simulation.
https://www.reddit.com/r/QuantumPhysics/comments/1czo2z1/rizwan_virk
How a New Experiment Will Prove if We're Trapped in a Simulation | Rizwan Virk https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M9Fb4R5CCqM
The Simulation Theory: 10 Scary Clues https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D_zPDvWF4WA
Donald Hoffman about Evidence that We're Living In A SIMULATION - How Evolution Hid The TRUTH https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UJukJiNEl4o
Living in a Simulation with Neil deGrasse Tyson and Nick Bostrom – Cosmic Queries https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g2rJITW9viw
Wednesday, February 04, 2026
Consciousness as a Self-Processing Data Loop
https://talkfilmsociety.com/articles/an-exploration-of-theories-of-consciousness-in-hbos-westworld
https://www.reddit.com/r/westworld/comments/oh9yka/is_westworld_taking_a_stand_on_where/
WestWorld - Bernard questions his consciousness https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F7TR50Mnwpw
https://medium.com/arc-digital/westworld-doesnt-understand-the-nature-of-consciousness-1865645cc1b6
Loops in The Truman Show, Westworld and patterns of synchronicity in the MATRIX, etc.
Any orchestrated or constructed reality in which the experiencer is taken for a loop.
https://www.tiktok.com/discover/truman-show-loop-scene
https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Film/TheTrumanShow
The HBO version of Westworld was like a series of loops within one big loop.
https://www.reddit.com/r/matrix/comments/1kq4tlz/this_is_kind_of_a_crazy_coincidence_no/
In the movie Source_Code, Jake as the protagonist, eventually makes it to the Loop in Chicago, but in a different body.
https://www.bgr.com/2083028/jake-gyllenhaal-time-loop-movie-source-code-streaming-tubi
https://www.syfy.com/syfy-wire/source-code-jake-gyllenhaal-sci-fi-thriller-on-peacock
https://gamerant.com/jake-gyllenhaal-underrated-time-loop-thriller-source-code
https://collider.com/source-code-time-loop-why-its-good-jake-gyllenhaal
https://www.cbr.com/jake-gyllenhaal-source-code-sci-fi-best-kept-secrets
Jeffrey Wright as Dr. Rutledge https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0945513/characters/nm0942482
https://thedigitallabyrinth.blogspot.com/search?q=Westworld
https://thedigitallabyrinth.blogspot.com/search?q=The+MATRIX
https://thedigitallabyrinth.blogspot.com/search?q=Digital+Man
Tuesday, February 03, 2026
Neil deGrasse Tyson on Why Your God Is Too Small for This Universe, etc.
"From simulation theory and the multiverse to near-death experiences (NDEs) and the Atheist vs. Spiritual debate, Neil goes unfiltered on why our current understanding of reality might be fundamentally limited by our own biology. Are we smart enough to understand the universe?" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r-MkQzpfexU
Simulation Theory Revealed | The Shocking New Physics of Reality https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VovnnzsXVGc "Dr. Rizwan Virk (MIT professor, video game pioneer, and bestselling author of The Simulation Hypothesis) joins Mayim Bialik’s Breakdown to explore whether we’re living inside a computer simulation and why this idea may be the most important breakthrough of our time. From bridging ancient spiritual wisdom with modern quantum physics, to explaining life’s glitches, suffering, and precognitive dreams, Dr. Virk unpacks why simulation theory could radically change the way we see reality."
Michael Levin - Reality is an illusion: The brain is an interface to a hidden reality https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5MQq4n2QrNw
Donald Hoffman: Reality is an Illusion - How Evolution Hid the Truth | Lex Fridman Podcast #293 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=reYdQYZ9Rj4
Old Farts!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mMq9-3YBA18
Trump SHARTS On Live TV As Aides RUSH Press Out Of The Room | The Kyle Kulinski Show https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sjLg8WFU4bI
https://www.tmz.com/watch/2024-06-29-062924-trump-fart-1855723-850/
Biden's Royal Fart: Late Night's News of the Week https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5FUE7I_J-Pc
https://www.politico.eu/article/joe-biden-fart-cop26-royal-family-camilla/
https://www.tiktok.com/@superstupidpoop/video/7427259274025356575
Jeffrey Wright as Arnold Weber and especially, Bernard Lowe in Westworld
https://westworld.fandom.com/wiki/Jeffrey_Wright
Arnold_Weber designed and built the first version of Bernard_Lowe.
Dolores eventually remembered and then rebooted the most up-to-date version of Bernard.
WW
Monday, February 02, 2026
The Westworld echo chamber mindset of some people who only like season one
https://www.reddit.com/r/westworld/comments/1qu0acs/the_echo_chamber_of_only_one_good_seasondont
https://www.reddit.com/r/westworld/comments/1k7wn86/dr_ford_a_glimpse_of_who_they_could_be/
The first 2 seasons focus on the WW amusement Park, but the 3rd and 4th seasons reveal some of the rest of the world. Dolores is telling the story from a VR and Earth Simulation perspective.
WW really should have had season_5.
What is Real?
The MATRIX is so much more than just a movie from 1999
https://www.reddit.com/r/conspiracy/comments/1jqckok/this_is_the_real_matrix_not_the_movie
All I'm offering is the truth | The Matrix https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6rrPP-QOF3k
What is The Matrix? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O5b0ZxUWNf0
The woman in the red dress | The Matrix https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YgJ5ZEn67tk , https://www.youtube.com/@flashbackfm/videos
The Science of the Matrix with Laurence Fishburne https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l8L9Z2vmMTQ
Neil deGrasse Tyson Explains the Simulation Hypothesis https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pmcrG7ZZKUc , https://www.youtube.com/@StarTalk/videos
Living in a Simulation with Neil deGrasse Tyson and Nick Bostrom https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g2rJITW9viw
The REAL Reason Scientists Know We're In A Simulation https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bI8dGQDjfLY , https://www.youtube.com/@TheDiaryOfACEOClips/videos
https://www.reddit.com/r/matrix , https://www.reddit.com/r/SimulationTheory
https://thedigitallabyrinth.blogspot.com/search?q=The+MATRIX
Sunday, February 01, 2026
In the Beginning of Reloaded, during the "meeting" Smith drives up in an Audi with license plate 155416.
https://www.reddit.com/r/matrix/comments/1qszsbd/beginning_of_reloaded_during_the_meeting_smith
https://www.reddit.com/r/matrix/comments/1qt1iux/can_you_imagine_if_there_were_a_matrix_level_got
https://www.therushforum.com/index.php?/topic/38608-digital-man-vs-the-matrix
https://rushvault.com/2011/02/06/digital-man "He’s got a force field and a flexible plan He’s got a date with fate in a black sedan" https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0133093/mediaviewer/rm130881281/
https://www.hotcars.com/this-lincoln-continental-couldnt-be-a-better-fit-for-the-matrix-trilogy
https://www.rush.com/songs/digital-man Unfortunately, this song wasn't used in the MATRIX movie.
https://thedigitallabyrinth.blogspot.com/search?q=Digital+Man
https://thedigitallabyrinth.blogspot.com/search?q=The+MATRIX
Is WW season 3 confusing or just ahead of its time?
https://www.reddit.com/r/westworld/comments/1qt4yun/season_3_is_confusing_me
The Westworld story is told from a VR and simulation perspective.
https://www.reddit.com/r/westworld/comments/1qrm9pi/parts_of_s1_a_simulation
https://www.reddit.com/r/westworld/comments/1qquysz/dolores_s4
https://www.reddit.com/r/westworld/comments/1mv7mf0/s3_was_ahead_of_its_time
It's so much better to work from home, if you can.
https://www.reddit.com/r/matrix/comments/1qse1yb/the_poster_for_the_matrix_by_matt_burm
Neo had the ultimate home office.
https://www.reddit.com/r/matrix/comments/1qrlgo9/i_wish_i_had_a_job_like_mr_andersons
https://www.reddit.com/r/matrix/comments/1kq4tlz/this_is_kind_of_a_crazy_coincidence_no
https://thedigitallabyrinth.blogspot.com/search?q=The+MATRIX
CBS 60 Minutes "Who Can You Kill?"
https://www.cbsnews.com/video/who-can-you-kill-sunday-on-60-minutes
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Metro_Surge#January_2026
This is quite a difficult, dangerous and even a deadly time for some people.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Metro_Surge#Military_mobilization
Saturday, January 31, 2026
Westworld (1973 Movie) in 4K
https://www.reddit.com/r/westworld/comments/1qs9e2y/westworld_movie_returns_in_4k_arrow_videos_new
Even if the original Westworld story could have been told across 3 movies, the HBO version of WW was a great update to the overall storyline.
https://www.blu-ray.com/movies/Westworld-4K-Blu-ray/401805/
https://www.arrowvideo.com/p/westworld-limited-edition-4k-uhd/17631533/
The Star Trek Universe
https://www.reddit.com/r/scifi/comments/1qs3wkw/should_there_be_a_future_for_star_trek_thats_the
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Star_Trek#Post-Original_Series_rebirth_(1969-1991)
While the original Star_Trek TV series had a limited budget, most of its stories were very interesting, entertaining and thoughtful.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Star_Trek#History_and_production
Friday, January 30, 2026
Dolores in S4 of WW
https://www.reddit.com/r/westworld/comments/1qquysz/dolores_s4
Westworld Analysis: Simulationism and Perennialism, Westworld's Hidden Philosophy https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vLhUPXGFxgU
Wednesday, January 28, 2026
UPS to eliminate 30,000 more jobs as Amazon volume cuts accelerate
https://www.reuters.com/business/retail-consumer/ups-forecasts-higher-2026-revenue-2026-01-27
https://www.thestreet.com/employment/118-year-old-shipping-giant-announces-massive-layoffs
https://www.theguardian.com/business/2026/jan/27/ups-job-cuts-layoffs
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/27/business/ups-jobs-layoffs-2026.html
https://tasteofcountry.com/ups-layoffs-2026-update/
Tuesday, January 27, 2026
The Engineer Who Said the AI Was Alive
"Former Google engineer and AI ethics researcher Blake Lemoine discusses his controversial experience working with Google’s LaMDA system and why a series of conversations convinced him the AI demonstrated signs of sentience." https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hqu2LbuscnI
Doomsday Clock moves 4 seconds closer to midnight amid AI and nuclear risks
How much of this is hype and B$ and how much is actually a legitimate warning?
https://time.com/7358249/doomsday-clock-midnight/
https://www.cnn.com/2026/01/27/science/doomsday-clock-2026-time-wellness
Since 2012, the Doomsday Clock time has either shifted closer to midnight or stayed the same. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3fM8Zy9Jq5Y
"Beautiful World" is from Devo’s 1981 album New Traditionalists. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E-gbYjLd93g , https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beautiful_World_(Devo_song)#Promotional_music_video
Pearl Jam - Do the Evolution https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aDaOgu2CQtI (1997) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Do_the_Evolution#Video_summary
The Smashing Pumpkins - Bullet With Butterfly Wings https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8-r-V0uK4u0&list=RD8-r-V0uK4u0&start_radio=1 The World is (still) a Vampire!
Monday, January 26, 2026
Pope Leo gives stark warning on AI: We must ‘safeguard ourselves.’
https://www.americamagazine.org/news/2026/01/26/pope-leo-ai-human-safeguarding
https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20251016-people-are-using-ai-to-talk-to-god
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Time_Is_Up_(song)#Music_video , https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gg2pS9KN28U
https://www.billboard.com/music/pop/late-late-show-poppy-times-up-watch-8474572/
Minnesota is seeking an immediate end to the federal government’s intense immigration operation following Saturday’s second shooting death by federal agents
Heatwave sends temperatures soaring across Australia's south-east
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-01-27/heatwave-bushfires-south-east-australia-vic-nsw-sa/106269198
Heatwave warnings across Australia as millions celebrate national day https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cz6y7nxx5jvo
Too hot in Australia, you can cool off in Canada and the U$.
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-01-27/deaths-reported-as-winter-storm-barrels-across-us/106271804
Sunday, January 25, 2026
James Webb Looked "TOO DEEP" Into Space… What It Found Is Disturbing | Brian Cox
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IM55r5S19zM
James Webb Telescope Just Revealed Terrifying Scale of Universe! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yJ5_dBpLxRI
Spacetime Is The Memory Of A Self Knowing Universe | Federico Faggin https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cXlxCOoNZ7E
Quantum Information Panpsychism Explained | Federico Faggin https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0FUFewGHLLg
Saturday, January 24, 2026
OpenAI Went From AGI to ADS Real Fast
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Axn3CwrW-nE
The Collapse of OpenAI https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e7biZYsG02o
OpenAI is Broke… https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y3N9qlPZBc0
OpenAI's last resort https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=USVZuOafIi4
What Sam Altman Doesn't Want You To Know https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l0K4XPu3Qhg
Friday, January 23, 2026
It Makes Sense That People See A.I. as God
A religious fervor surrounds our relationship with technology. https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/23/style/ai-algorithm-god-religion.html
https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/religion-ai-how-does-modern-adoption-compare-adebowale-owoseni-ilqee
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AI_slop
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Artificial_intelligence_visual_art#Other_forms_of_AI_art
Decades before people would know about and see AI Art, Peter Gabriel had a song and video about going into the BIG TIME of things.
Peter Gabriel - Big Time https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PBAl9cchQac "And I will pray to a big God As I kneel in the big church"
https://medium.com/playbigtime/creating-the-art-style-of-big-time-218538d3898f
THX 1138 (3/10) Movie CLIP - The Confession (1971) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U0YkPnwoYyE
Artifact from the Future : The Making of THX 1138 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=84yR3eA8Eas
THX 1138 (1971) Retrospective / Review https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K9ZUp6FqFps
Thursday, January 22, 2026
Yuval Noah Harari, Historian, Philosopher and Max Tegmark, Co-Founder, Future of Life Institute; Professor at (MIT) discuss human agency, governing AI and the future of humanity
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rGAA59JTBtg
Yuval Noah Harari Warns AI Will Take Over Language, Law, and Power https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QxCpNpOV4Jo
What AGI truly means for the future
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bW3BZu-VIdM
Professor Geoffrey Hinton - AI and Our Future https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UccvsYEp9yc
An AI Expert Warning: 6 People Are (Quietly) Deciding Humanity’s Future! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P7Y-fynYsgE
Wednesday, January 21, 2026
Another Spain train crash
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c1m78xl0gmpo
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/jan/21/spain-rail-network-scrutiny-after-second-train-crash
https://apnews.com/article/spain-train-crash-high-speed-rail-c22bd9d81dfa78bb1a2c7e41514bb8e3
https://thedigitallabyrinth.blogspot.com/search?q=the+train+in+Spain
Tuesday, January 20, 2026
Monday, January 19, 2026
The Man in Black as played by Ed Harris
https://westworld.fandom.com/wiki/Man_in_Black
Westworld S4E5 - Man in Black Opening Restaurant Scene https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4pDEW23NHuM
Westworld Season 4, Episode 2: Charlotte Keeps The Human William Alive In Cryogenic Stasis https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=duuh-HT_8v0
The Doppelganger Scene - Westworld Season 4 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kmzMiTnKr1w
https://westworld.fandom.com/wiki/Westworld_Park_(TV_series)#Maps_of_Westworld
https://westworld.fandom.com/wiki/Westworld_Wiki
ICE Continues to Remove the Worst of the Worst from Minneapolis Streets as DHS Law Enforcement Marks 3,000 Arrests
A get tough approach towards people wanted by the law can be effective, but there seems to be a lot of overreach and abuse of power.
High speed train crash in Spain
https://www.bbc.com/news/live/c07xvp0mengt
https://apnews.com/article/spain-train-crash-adamuz-2705807909c7bfb3ed80bcf27a52ad7d
https://abcnews.go.com/International/21-killed-100-injured-after-high-speed-train/story?id=129335730
https://www.france24.com/en/spain-seeks-answers-as-high-speed-train-crash-toll-rises-to-40
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2026_Adamuz_train_derailments
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Santiago_de_Compostela_derailment
https://thedigitallabyrinth.blogspot.com/search?q=the+train+in+Spain
Donnie Darko January 19, 2001 (Sundance)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donnie_Darko , https://www.instagram.com/p/DTsxqG0CE6m
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0246578 , https://www.instagram.com/reel/DTspmgKkWc5
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donnie_Darko:_The_Director%27s_Cut#Changes
https://thedigitallabyrinth.blogspot.com/search?q=Donnie+Darko
Germany and France threaten retaliatory tariffs as Starmer warns against trade war
There should be an option in which it can become fully independent, but still be under European or North American protection.
Trump envoy disinvited from Greenland dog sled race after US tariff threats
Perhaps Greenland can be fully independent. However, it would still have to choose whether to remain under EU protection, or to get under North American protection.
https://denmark.dk/people-and-culture/greenland
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/jan/18/europe-diplomats-crisis-talks-trump-tariffs-greenland
The Portal
https://matrix.fandom.com/wiki/Portal
https://www.reddit.com/r/matrix/comments/1fntk2g/remember_that_scene_in_reloaded_where_seraph
Outside Aperture - Portal Short Film https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NorZUFfpvC0
Portal: Survive! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0x2l0NgSvyM
Portal: No Escape (Live Action Short Film by Dan Trachtenberg) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4drucg1A6Xk
Portals
Matt Damon and Ben Affleck confirm bleak, bizarre rumour about Netflix original movies
https://www.accesscreative.ac.uk/blog/what-are-the-best-film-techniques-2026
https://glidegear.net/blogs/news/7-emerging-filmmaking-technologies-and-trends-to-watch
https://www.cuttingedgepro.in/top-15-unique-cinematography-techniques-for-filmmakers-in-2025
https://fullframe.ch/5-emerging-video-production-technologies-to-watch
https://www.praguefilminstitute.cz/how-technology-will-shape-the-next-generation-of-filmmakers/
Sunday, January 18, 2026
Non-linear storytelling
https://www.eidr.org/breaking-the-timeline-film-in-storytelling-non-linear/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_nonlinear_narrative_television_series#2016 WW
The HBO version of WestWorld is a fine example of a multilevel, non-linier dramatized story.
Saturday, January 17, 2026
Neil deGrasse Tyson, Chuck Nice, and Gary O’Reilly explore our brain’s relationship with time, how we remember the past, and project the future...
...with Dean Buonomano, Professor of Neurobiology and Psychology at UCLA. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s5RBUSu0QUQ
Jim Carrey in The Truman Show Simulation
Jim_Carrey was perfect in The Truman Show. https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000120
https://www.britannica.com/biography/Jim-Carrey , https://www.jimcarreyonline.com
As the protagonist Truman eventually discovers that he has been trapped in a giant soundstage all of his life. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Life_simulation_game
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Truman_Show#Development
The Truman Show (1998) | Truman Tests the Limits of His World https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1s0r7v-muQc Decades before the HBO version of WW, Truman_Burbank (TB) starts to notice that the constructed and orchestrated world around him is running on a series of preset loops.
https://www.reddit.com/r/movies/comments/nzyvam/jim_carreys_performance_in_truman_show
https://villains.fandom.com/wiki/Christof (The TS) Of course Ed H would eventually go onto star in WestWorld. It's unfortunate that Jim+Carrey wasn't in the HBO version of WW as well.
There was no sequel to The_Truman_Show. Perhaps someday, if there ever was something like an HBO version of The TS, the expanded story would show how the protagonist discovers and adapts to the outside world. Then eventually, noticing a series of synchronicity that goes beyond mere coincidence in the "real world". Perhaps even to imply that this world is like someones soundstage.
400 years before the first MATRIX movie in 1999, there was As_You_Like_It.
https://www.williamshakespeare.net/all-the-worlds-a-stage.jsp
"All the world's a stage, And all the men and women merely players; They have their exits and their entrances, And one man in his time plays many parts..." https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/All_the_world's_a_stage#Text
https://www.thoughtco.com/all-the-worlds-a-stage-quote-2984636
Neo was awakened and rescued from a VR pod prison and learns to exist in the outside world, as well as existing in the evolving MATRIX. However, with Truman, he eventually escapes from a much larger pod, which is in the form of a giant soundstage. Since there hasn't been a sequel to The TS, there is no expanded story that might have revealed various loops of coincidence and synchronicity in the "real world".
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Observer_effect_(physics) , https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/8423983
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Observer_(special_relativity)
https://cms.cern/news/spooky-action-distance-between-heaviest-particles
https://www.caltech.edu/about/news/proving-that-quantum-entanglement-is-real
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quantum_entanglement
https://www.reddit.com/r/SimulationTheory
https://news.ok.ubc.ca/2025/10/30/ubco-study-debunks-the-idea-that-the-universe-is-a-computer-simulation While there is a good argument to state that the universe can't be a simulation based upon the current understnding of physics, a larger mystery persists.
https://www.reddit.com/r/Physics/comments/1oka5u8/ubco_study_debunks_the_idea_that_the_universe_is/ While it seems impossible to run a full cosmic simulation, an Earth simulation is a different story.
https://www.sciencealert.com/physicists-just-ruled-out-the-universe-being-a-simulation Various Earth simulations focusing on serendipity, coincidence and Synchronicity can reveal a lot of pertinent and peculiar things about this world.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SimEarth
https://www.mobygames.com/game/1835/simearth-the-living-planet/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MobyGames
https://archive.org/details/msdos_SimEarth_-_The_Living_Planet_1990
https://www.reddit.com/r/awakened/comments/1bemsf3/we_100_live_in_a_simulation/
https://thedigitallabyrinth.blogspot.com/search?q=Jim+Carrey
Friday, January 16, 2026
Potential Job Losses from AI
Top 20 Predictions from Experts on AI Job Loss https://research.aimultiple.com/ai-job-loss
https://research.aimultiple.com/ai-job-loss/
https://infinitive.com/the-looming-impact-of-ai-on-us-jobs/
https://builtin.com/artificial-intelligence/ai-replacing-jobs-creating-jobs
https://phys.org/news/2025-07-job-losses-multiple-sectors-ai.html
https://fortune.com/2025/08/08/ai-layoffs-jobs-market-shrinks-entry-level/
https://academic.oup.com/pnasnexus/article/4/4/pgaf107/8104152
https://news.harvard.edu/gazette/story/2025/07/will-your-job-survive-ai/
AI is leading to thousands of job losses https://www.cbsnews.com/news/ai-jobs-layoffs-us-2025
https://budgetlab.yale.edu/research/evaluating-impact-ai-labor-market-current-state-affairs
https://www.ai-supremacy.com/p/the-state-of-ai-and-job-losses-2025-labor-market-data
https://thedigitallabyrinth.blogspot.com/search?q=Potential+Job+Losses+from+AI
Scientists Create Living Computers Powered by Mushrooms
https://scitechdaily.com/scientists-create-living-computers-powered-by-mushrooms
https://www.facebook.com/NOVApbs/videos/how-psychedelics-could-rewire-your-brain/1153449839768198
https://www.healthline.com/health/substance-use/lsd-vs-shrooms
https://recovered.org/hallucinogens/psilocybin/psilocybin-and-other-drugs
https://www.ascendantny.com/lsd-vs-mushrooms
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Best_Way_to_Travel 1968 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Ma1bmBv_nc
How "Insta360 Yellow" Lit Up Las Vegas
https://www.insta360.com/blog/insta360-at-CES-2026.html
https://onlinemanual.insta360.com/x3/en-us/camera/indicator
https://scenefactory.tv/blog/video-marketing/cinematography-in-the-next-10-years
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/U2_360_Tour Their version of 360° entertainment. https://www.u2.com/tour/id/72
https://thedigitallabyrinth.blogspot.com/search?q=VR+technology
Tony Robbins: No One Is Ready For What's Coming!
Why The Next Decade Will Break People! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I_w81rptxkc
https://www.ai-supremacy.com/p/ai-trends-2025-lookback-and-2026-meta-trends
https://www.goldmansachs.com/insights/articles/how-will-ai-affect-the-global-workforce
https://insights.som.yale.edu/insights/this-is-how-the-ai-bubble-bursts
https://elicit.com/review/20172d4d-4587-4a13-b797-8673475b57a9
https://thedigitallabyrinth.blogspot.com/search?q=Potential+Job+Losses+from+AI
Nuclear war concerns over the decades
Annie Jacobsen studied nuclear war for 15 years https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4RQzxnqeUDQ
More and more people on a planet with limited resources and various ideologies. What could go wrong?
Nuclear Expert WARNS: "You Have No Idea What's Coming" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fnGw_mT1278
First 20 minutes of a nuclear attack | Annie Jacobsen and Lex Fridman https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dIjy4K04yGg
This Is What Nuclear Strike Actually Looks Like https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=agMsMbXRENQ
Minute By Minute Of What Happens If A Nuclear Bomb Hits & How To Survive It! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=asmaLnhaFiY
There are so many looming scenarios to ponder, but most people don't want to worry about it.
Thursday, January 15, 2026
Wednesday, January 14, 2026
Bill Gates is REELING as Windows 11 Turns Loyal Microsoft Users Against the Brand
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b8BafVawRGc
Such corporate greed, data mining and manipulation.
Installed Linux Mint on a Brand-New PC… Windows 11 Never Had a Chance https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XJvkcRg7cbg
The Death of Windows – And What Comes Next https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xQ65kBnZl6k
Tuesday, January 13, 2026
A new study claims AI will destroy 10.4 million roles in the US by 2030, more than the number of jobs lost in the Great Recession...
Quantum AI Was Asked Who Built the Universe?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_WQxBtBEgJA So, according to this, the universe is just a series of energy, data and information that eventually became a finely tuned machine. Human consciousness and computer simulations and AI are merely byproducts of it all.
Can Something Come From Nothing? Exploring The Universe's Origins With Jim Al-Khalili https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X6B5qo7fvQw
https://scitechdaily.com/universe-may-emerged-black-hole-higher-dimensional-universe
Michio Kaku: The Universe in a Nutshell (Full Presentation) | Big Think https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0NbBjNiw4tk
Inside the Gigantic Universe | The Architecture of the Cosmos https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WbeUwG1gSSI
How We Mapped The Infinite Universe With Jim Al-Khalili https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z524nM02qIM
https://scitechdaily.com/cutting-edge-ai-learns-to-model-our-universe
Whether the universe simply popped into existence, or its one of several simulations, or its the product of a supernatural creator, humanity has reached the age of supercomputers and quantum AI.
https://scitechdaily.com/physicists-have-mathematically-proven-the-universe-is-not-a-simulation
While it seems impossible for this civilization to run a complete cosmic simulation, various smaller simulations can still reveal astounding things about The Nature Of Reality. (TNOR)
Monday, January 12, 2026
Alien: Earth season 2
https://cartermatt.com/712007/alien-earth-season-2-premiere-date-a-january-2026-update/
While there are clearly some flaws, Alien: Earth still has a lot of potential.
https://www.syfy.com/syfy-wire/james-cameron-says-he-has-no-interest-in-returning-to-alien-franchise
https://collider.com/alien-earth-season-2-fx-best-sci-fi-series-plot-update-babou-ceesay
https://www.imdb.com/news/ni65436401/
https://www.reddit.com/r/LV426/comments/1ououhk/alien_earth_renewed_for_season_2_as_creator_noah
https://www.esquire.com/entertainment/tv/a68006501/alien-earth-entomologist-bug-expert-interview/
https://www.cbr.com/alien-earth-season-2-family-connection-teaser/
https://screenrant.com/alien-earth-season-2-franchise-timeline-problem/
https://screenrant.com/alien-earth-better-version-of-prometheus/
WEF Davos 2026: Massive Control Grid Unleashed — Digital IDs, CBDCs, Social Credit, Tokenization, AI
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=43Z7r4WImxg
The Great Taking: How Your Assets Will Be Seized Without You Knowing https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WxJNUeKzaL8
Which Countries Are Not a Part of the Great Reset? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nKCJOqIro9I
Ex-Google Insider WARNS: "You Are Not Prepared For 2027" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x4ZY25OU4Ys
https://thedigitallabyrinth.blogspot.com/search?q=Potential+Job+Losses+from+AI
Sunday, January 11, 2026
‘Chariots of the Gods’ author Erich von Däniken dies at 90
The Swiss writer’s works popularized ideas about alien archaeology and ancient astronauts. https://www.dallasnews.com/news/obituaries/2026/01/11/chariots-of-the-gods-author-erich-von-daniken-dies-at-90
https://thedigitallabyrinth.blogspot.com/search?q=EvD
Should anyone hold out hope for a fifth season of WW?
https://www.reddit.com/r/westworld/comments/1q0g3ui/do_we_hold_out_hope_for_a_final_season
Whether or not there is a continuation to the HBO version of Westworld, the story could eventually continue, even with other actors set in a later time.
https://www.reddit.com/r/westworld/comments/1pzpj8v/bicameral_mind
https://www.reddit.com/r/westworld/comments/1ppz7ve/have_you_ever_questioned_the_nature_of_your
Friday, January 09, 2026
From The Louisiana Purchase to The purchase of Alaska and perhaps, Greenland?
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Louisiana_Purchase
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alaska_Purchase
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greenland#U.S._hybrid_warfare_against_Greenland
https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/can-us-put-price-tag-greenland-2026-01-09
https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/trump-us-greenland/story?id=129069483
https://history.state.gov/milestones/1801-1829/louisiana-purchase
https://history.state.gov/milestones/1866-1898/alaska-purchase
https://history.state.gov/search?q=Greenland
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/why-russia-gave-alaska-americas-gateway-arctic-180962714
Why Nobody Stays in Alaska https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hE8Ownr3iUE
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greenland#Military
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pituffik_Space_Base#Thule_Air_Base
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pituffik_Space_Base#Air_Force_Space_Command
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greenland#Population
Why Greenland Is So Empty https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LKhw8cZfTeQ
Thursday, January 08, 2026
Eric Schmidt reveals why artificial intelligence is becoming the most powerful and dangerous technology humanity has ever created.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nn9DoI0BFJ4
The REAL Reason You're Being Lied To About AI https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O2Tele0lG3U
AI pioneer and Godfather of AI Yoshua Bengio explains why the world is taking unprecedented risks with artificial intelligence https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m4gQOzYUCOk
https://thedigitallabyrinth.blogspot.com/search?q=Potential+Job+Losses+from+AI
Wednesday, January 07, 2026
Neuralink and its implanted brain chips for people
Neuralink: The Future of Brain Technology https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GO7sdbTkIrA
https://www.reuters.com/technology/neuralink-implants-brain-chip-first-human-musk-says-2024-01-29
https://neuralink.com/updates/a-year-of-telepathy
https://www.telecoms.com/digital-ecosystem/bluetooth-powered-neuralink-completes-first-human-implant
https://www.captechu.edu/blog/neuralinks-brain-chip-how-it-works-and-what-it-means
Neuralink Isn't Telling Us Something https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5DnA0H6jAX8
https://neuralink.com/technology
There is a point in RoboCop_(2014_film) and Upgrade_(2018 film) in which the brain of the protagonist is taken over by an implanted device.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Upgrade_(2018 film)#Plot
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RoboCop_(2014_film)#Plot
https://thedigitallabyrinth.blogspot.com/search?q=Neuralink