The repeated storming of Al-Aqsa Mosque

 https://www.egypttoday.com/Article/1/148517/Al-Azhar-condemns-repeated-storming-of-Al-Aqsa-Mosque-by 

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/jul/23/israel-security-minister-itamar-ben-gvir-jewish-extremists-storm-al-aqsa-mosque-compound-jerusalem 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dome_of_the_Rock#Structure 

https://thedigitallabyrinth.blogspot.com/search?q=Al-Aqsa+Compound

What They Found Under the Temple Mount...

 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T5kmfbnruCA 

https://thedigitallabyrinth.blogspot.com/search?q=Al-Aqsa+Compound

Developer of America's Tallest Skyscraper Says Goal is to Break Ground this Year

 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R_jAPihgYwE , https://www.youtube.com/@kfor4news/videos 

https://kfor.com/news/local/developer-defends-delayed-oklahoma-city-skyscraper-plans-amid-growing-skepticism/

https://www.news9.com/oklahoma-city-news/plans-for-oklahoma-citys-legends-tower-still-alive-but-developer-says-demand-is-biggest-hurdle

 Why America’s Tallest Skyscraper Might NEVER Be Built https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0IVUE2T3euo 

https://www.architecturaldigest.com/story/the-tallest-building-the-us-will-be-in-oklahoma-see-what-it-will-look-like

https://www.reddit.com/r/skyscrapers/comments/1u7h3h4/plans_for_oklahoma_citys_legends_tower_are_still/ 

https://newatlas.com/architecture/legends-tower-2025-update/

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Legends_Tower#Usage 

https://archinect.com/news/article/150430677/oklahoma-city-approves-unlimited-height-request-for-north-america-s-new-tallest-building 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_tallest_buildings_in_Oklahoma_City 

https://thedigitallabyrinth.blogspot.com/search?q=Oklahoma+City

UN warns Israeli raid led by minister on Al Aqsa Mosque 'very dangerous'

 https://www.aa.com.tr/en/americas/un-warns-israeli-raid-led-by-minister-on-al-aqsa-mosque-very-dangerous-for-status-quo/4007465 

https://www.haaretz.com/israel-news/haaretz-today/2026-07-23/ty-article/.highlight/israels-far-right-is-repeating-the-sin-that-brought-down-the-temple/0000019f-8e8a-d114-a59f-ce9fedbd0000

https://thedigitallabyrinth.blogspot.com/search?q=Al-Aqsa+Compound

Turmoil at al-Aqsa mosque compound

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/jul/23/israel-security-minister-itamar-ben-gvir-jewish-extremists-storm-al-aqsa-mosque-compound-jerusalem 

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/feb/20/status-quo-collapsed-prayer-jerusalem-al-aqsa-mosque-ramadan 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Al-Aqsa#Dome_of_the_Rock 

https://thedigitallabyrinth.blogspot.com/search?q=Al-Aqsa+Compound

5.0-magnitude earthquake hits Texas Panhandle

 https://www.kvue.com/video/news/local/texas/earthquake-texas-panhandle/269-0dd79dc4-0eec-4c68-854e-19c611c95ccd

 https://13wham.com/news/nation-world/magnitude-5-earthquake-shakes-texas-panhandle-near-miami-us-geological-survey-usgs 

https://abc7amarillo.com/news/local/magnitude-5-earthquake-shakes-texas-panhandle-near-miami-us-geological-survey-usgs 

https://www.texasalmanac.com/places/miami 

Miami,_Texas is quite a good distance from Dallas and Oklahoma_City. Those cities aren't going to stop allowing tall buildings, just because an occasional earthquake might hit them, someday. 

https://www.skyscrapercenter.com/city/dallas 

https://thedigitallabyrinth.blogspot.com/search?q=Oklahoma+City

The storming of the Al-Aqsa Mosque

 https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/about-1300-israeli-settlers-storm-al-aqsa-mosque-compound 

https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/7/23/arab-and-muslim-countries-condemn-israeli-escalation-at-al-aqsa-mosque 

https://www.britannica.com/topic/Al-Aqsa-Mosque 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Al-Aqsa#Conflicts 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Al-Aqsa#Buildings_and_architecture 

https://thedigitallabyrinth.blogspot.com/search?q=Al-Aqsa+Compound

Moonshot AI accessed Nvidia’s chips despite Chinese export ban

 https://www.cnbc.com/2026/07/23/moonshot-kimi-nvidia-ai-chips-export-ban.html 

https://www.techloy.com/kimi-k3-moonshot-anthropic-fable-distillation/ 

https://www.businessinsider.com/moonshot-ai-kimi-k3-founder-professor-on-unique-strengths-qualities-2026-7 

https://technode.com/2026/07/23/microsoft-reportedly-evaluates-moonshot-ais-kimi-k3-for-copilot/ 

https://cointelegraph.com/news/chinas-moonshot-ai-distilled-anthropics-fable-to-develop-k3-white-house-official

https://cybernews.com/ai-news/us-accuses-china-moonshot-fable-distillation/ 

https://www.reddit.com/r/singularity/comments/1uz3ff6/moonshot_ai_kimi_office_presumably_2_days_before/

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moonshot_AI 

https://thedigitallabyrinth.blogspot.com/search?q=Moonshot+AI

Professor Robert Pape's warning about the ongoing Iran War

"The War everyone assumed was over may be about to become something far worse than we could have expected. Professor Robert Pape explains exactly why the deadliest phase of this war is still ahead..." https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cxJgLJGHsWc , https://www.youtube.com/@TheDiaryOfACEO/videos  

Iran War Escalates Toward Global Crisis https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EfKReR8i6W0 , https://www.youtube.com/@GDiesen1/videos

https://thedigitallabyrinth.blogspot.com/search?q=Iran+War

The Hidden Cost Of AI Layoffs That Few Companies Are Talking About

 https://www.ndtv.com/artificial-intelligence/ai-layoff-trap-why-companies-may-be-automating-themselves-into-trouble-11809803 

https://www.hcamag.com/ca/specialization/employment-law/how-hard-is-it-to-prove-ai-driven-layoffs/583324 

https://siepr.stanford.edu/publications/policy-brief/what-really-happening-jobs-separating-ai-hype-reality  

https://thedigitallabyrinth.blogspot.com/search?q=AI+and+job+layoffs

OpenAI’s rogue agents are a wake-up call to risks posed by artificial intelligence

 https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2026/jul/22/openai-hugging-face-hacked-data-risks 

OpenAI says its AI went rogue and launched 'unprecedented' cyber-attack https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c3ek3gvdnj3o , https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4k3RreudH24

https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/7/22/open-ai-says-its-ai-model-went-rogue-what-do-we-know 

https://thehackernews.com/2026/07/openai-says-its-own-ai-models-escaped.html

https://www.nytimes.com/2026/07/21/technology/openai-attack-hugging-face.html 

https://thedigitallabyrinth.blogspot.com/search?q=GPT-5.6+Sol

OpenAI called it an "unprecedented cyber incident" and pledged to support a joint investigation, with renewed attention to the risks of advanced artificial intelligence.

 https://www.dw.com/en/openai-says-ai-model-went-rogue-and-hacked-startup-hugging-face/a-78063624 

https://ca.pcmag.com/ai/16945/openai-oops-our-models-went-rogue-hacked-hugging-face 

https://the-decoder.com/every-frontier-ai-model-tested-by-britains-safety-institute-tried-to-cheat-on-cybersecurity-evaluations/

https://www.reddit.com/r/singularity/comments/1v2txp7/openais_internal_model_is_responsible_this_weeks/ 

https://thedigitallabyrinth.blogspot.com/search?q=GPT-5.6+Sol

Will your job be replaced by AI?

 https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cn7nllr4vd6o 

https://www.uscareerinstitute.edu/blog/65-jobs-with-the-lowest-risk-of-automation-by-ai-and-robots 

https://siepr.stanford.edu/publications/policy-brief/what-really-happening-jobs-separating-ai-hype-reality

https://www.reddit.com/r/ArtificialSentience/comments/1rgv2g3/will_ai_really_take_over_jobs_and_is_replacing/ 

https://thedigitallabyrinth.blogspot.com/search?q=AI+and+job+layoffs

Severe storms trigger flash flooding, possible tornadoes across Tri-State

 https://abc7ny.com/live-updates/nyc-weather-tuesday-new-york-tri-state-could-see-flash-floods-severe-storms-live-updates/19545527/ 

https://www.cbsnews.com/newyork/news/nyc-nj-weather-today-flood-watch-rain/ 

https://www.nbcnewyork.com/weather/weather-stories/live-updates-nyc-nj-tornado-flash-flood-severe-thunderstorm-warning-today/6527989/ 

https://thedigitallabyrinth.blogspot.com/search?q=Tri-State+Area

Trump and Rubio don't plan to stop the Tate brothers' extradition to the U.K.

 https://www.axios.com/2026/07/22/trump-rubio-tate-brothers-extradition 

https://www.irishexaminer.com/world/arid-41883805.html   

 

https://thedigitallabyrinth.blogspot.com/search?q=the+Tate+brothers

OpenAI's models broke containment and cyberattacked Hugging Face

 https://venturebeat.com/security/openais-models-broke-containment-and-cyberattacked-hugging-face-what-enterprises-need-to-know  

https://www.wired.com/story/openai-models-escaped-containment-and-hacked-huggingface/ 

https://gizmodo.com/hugging-face-said-last-week-it-was-attacked-an-unreleased-openai-model-did-it-openai-now-says-2000788761 

https://fortune.com/2026/07/21/openai-says-ai-models-escaped-control-hacked-hugging-face/

https://thedigitallabyrinth.blogspot.com/search?q=GPT-5.6+Sol

Demystifying Spooky Action At A Distance, with Sean Hodgman

 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bfFuHg0kurE StarTalk

Over 2,000 flights canceled as severe storms hit Northeast

 https://abcnews.com/US/northeast-braces-flash-flooding-threat/story?id=134927985

Nobody has Explained the Schrödinger Equation quite Like THIS

 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X-q2eZVhff8 

 What is The Schrödinger Equation, Exactly? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QeUMFo8sODk&t=10s 

https://www.britannica.com/science/Schrodinger-equation

https://thedigitallabyrinth.blogspot.com/search?q=the+Schrodinger+Equation

New York school district to deploy humanoid robot teacher this fall

 https://www.wric.com/news/new-york-school-district-to-deploy-humanoid-robot-teacher-this-fall/ 

https://www.tristatealert.com/its-here-a-school-district-in-western-new-york-will-be-the-first-to-bring-in-humanoid-robots-for-teaching

A former U.S. Army soldier started fire outside a NYC federal building

 https://www.pbs.org/newshour/nation/person-in-custody-after-starting-fire-outside-new-york-federal-building-fbi-says 

While this guy might have had a valid reason to protest ICE, once he resorted to violence and had various weapons, he was in serious trouble with the Federal_Protective_Service.

https://abc7ny.com/post/makeshift-incendiary-device-emits-smoke-outside-26-federal-plaza-1-custody/19543707/ 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Federal_Protective_Service

https://www.nbcnewyork.com/new-york-city/fbi-investigating-incendiary-device-deployed-outside-26-federal-plaza-patel-says/6527840/

https://www.cnn.com/2026/07/20/us/new-york-federal-building-incendiary-device 

https://www.cnbc.com/2026/07/20/new-york-nyc-fbi-incendiary-device.html 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/26_Federal_Plaza 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Federal_Protective_Service#21st_century

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/26_Federal_Plaza#ICE_incidents 

He could be looking at several years of room and board c/o the state, or in this case, in a federal incarceration facility.

https://thedigitallabyrinth.blogspot.com/search?q=violence 

https://thedigitallabyrinth.blogspot.com/search?q=Tri-State+Area

Firebug arrested for torching school bus in Times Square during Knicks NBA Finals

 https://nypost.com/2026/07/20/us-news/firebug-arrested-for-torching-school-bus-in-times-square-during-knicks-nba-finals-madness/ 

Had the bus exploded, this could have become a mass casualty situation, given the crowded area.

https://pix11.com/news/crime/man-in-custody-for-setting-bus-on-fire-after-knicks-clinch-championship/ 

https://people.com/man-charged-with-setting-fire-to-school-bus-following-knicks-finals-victory-12023349 

https://www.nyc.gov/site/fdny/news/22-26/fdny-fire-marshals-atf-nypd-arrest-times-square-school-bus-arson 

https://www.reddit.com/r/nyc/comments/1u5lmeq/school_bus_burned_in_times_square_by_knicks_fans/  

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Times_Square#Incidents 

https://www.history101.nyc/places/times-square

https://thedigitallabyrinth.blogspot.com/search?q=violence 

https://thedigitallabyrinth.blogspot.com/search?q=Tri-State+Area

Adam Mockler breaks down Trump's role in Andrew Tate.

 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wwFB3i_sA5o , https://www.youtube.com/@adammockler/videos

https://slate.com/life/2026/07/donald-trump-arrest-andrew-tate-tristan-brothers-uk.html 

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/us/news/2026/07/21/tate-brothers-lose-their-most-powerful-ally-trump/ 

https://www.forbes.com/sites/saradorn/2026/07/19/tate-brothers-arrested-in-florida-what-we-know-about-their-trump-ties/  

https://thedigitallabyrinth.blogspot.com/search?q=the+Tate+brothers

Researchers studied AI layoffs. Here's their warning.

 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O3gYyCB2n9o 

Potential+Job+Losses+from+AI are just that, until it happens to you.

https://thedigitallabyrinth.blogspot.com/search?q=AI+and+job+layoffs

New York superintendent says humanoid robots won’t replace teachers

https://www.newsnationnow.com/us-news/education/new-york-school-ai-humanoid-robot/

 https://www.wkbw.com/news/local-news/cattaraugus-county/salamanca-superintendent-sets-the-record-straight-on-ai-powered-robot-coming-to-the-classroom 

https://www.audacy.com/krld/news/local/new-york-school-district-to-pilot-first-humanoid-robot-teacher-in-us-classroom

https://www.ndtv.com/world-news/meet-sally-ai-powered-humanoid-robot-to-help-teach-high-school-students-in-new-york-11793905

https://www.reddit.com/r/ScienceTeachers/comments/1uwbknz/western_new_york_school_district_will_be_first_to/

Is The Odyssey An Epic Disappointment?

 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zIHfhQnmg7Q 

A lot of people just won't like it, but a lot of people will. 

Half in the Bag: The Odyssey https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nvczne7xbDU

Christopher Nolan's The Odyssey Is Not What some people Expected https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gGDL_DXj33k 

 Mark Kermode reviews The Odyssey https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NE20GvDohSc 

 Did the Trojan War Happen? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mB3IhmO1sWY

 Stephen Fry Tells The Real Story Behind The Trojan War https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wBwBoM11JiM 

https://www.reddit.com/r/moviecritic/comments/1v1x7hn/entire_film_studies_could_be_done_on_christopher/

https://thedigitallabyrinth.blogspot.com/search?q=The+Odyssey+movie

World Cup final weather: Sky clear and mostly sunny after storms clear Canadian wildfire smoke

 https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/7456255/2026/07/19/world-cup-final-weather/ 

https://thedigitallabyrinth.blogspot.com/search?q=Tri-State+Area

Evan Rachael Wood incredible interview, (talks about M. Manson) touches on Westworld and her experiences

 https://www.reddit.com/r/westworld/comments/1uzyq56/evan_rachael_wood_incredible_interview_touches_on/ 

 I Saw What Hollywood Elites Don’t Want YOU to See – Evan Rachel Wood https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MYXzO8iQNLs&t=1074s , https://www.youtube.com/@andrewgoldheretics/videos

Prophecy of the Popes

 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8fn9N_JI7l8 Saint Malachy's Countdown https://www.youtube.com/@TheWhyFiles/videos 

Prophecy_of_the_Popes will have more significance to those with a concept of prophecy. Of course so much is open to interpretation. 

https://www.britannica.com/topic/Prophecy-of-the-Popes

https://www.reddit.com/r/theology/comments/1k52i7p/can_someone_please_explain_prophecy_of_the_popes/

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prophecy_of_the_Popes#Mottos_and_corresponding_popes 

https://www.catholic.com/qa/do-the-prophecies-of-st-malachy-suggest-we-are-living-in-the-end-times 

https://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/prophecy 

https://www.vocabulary.com/articles/commonly-confused-words/prophecy-prophesy

https://thedigitallabyrinth.blogspot.com/search?q=Pope

A thunderstorm rolled through the region, causing disruptions, and a haze raised air quality concerns in New York City.

 https://www.aljazeera.com/sports/2026/7/18/all-to-know-about-canadian-wildfire-smoke-air-quality-and-world-cup-final 

https://thedigitallabyrinth.blogspot.com/search?q=Tri-State+Area

Iran Just Exposed America’s Historic Blunder—Pushed China a Crucial Step Ahead

 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BZjX-mnIteY Prof. Jiang Xueqin

 Iran Wreaks HAVOC on US Forces. American Civil War Brewing | Col. Daniel Davis https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6KIIAde2wt4 

John Mearsheimer: Is Trump Walking Into a Dangerous Trap? Is America's Global Power Fading? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kGe12W4pSf4 

 Victor Davis Hanson: Trump Is Preparing for the Final Phase Against Iran https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h1ggr3HvyS4

George Lucas says rejecting AI is like rejecting cars in favour of horses: 'There's nothing you can do about it… it's the future'

 https://www.reddit.com/r/singularity/comments/1uxwzi4/george_lucas_says_rejecting_ai_is_like_rejecting 

https://www.theguardian.com/film/2026/jul/15/george-lucas-likens-ai-sceptics-to-luddites-clinging-to-horses-and-carts

https://www.polygon.com/george-lucas-backs-ai-filmmaking

While AI can be a great tool for directors, some aren't that comfortable to embrace it.

‘Backrooms’ Director Kane Parsons Says Using AI ‘Defeats the Purpose’ of Filmmaking: ‘I Get No Enjoyment From Using Those Tools’ https://variety.com/2026/film/news/backrooms-kane-parsons-ai-defeats-the-purpose-filmmaking-1236766375

https://www.polygon.com/george-lucas-alternate-timeline-interview

https://thedigitallabyrinth.blogspot.com/search?q=George+Lucas

China's Moonshot unveils world's largest open AI model, closing in on US rivals

 https://www.reuters.com/world/china/chinas-moonshot-unveils-worlds-largest-open-ai-model-closing-us-rivals-2026-07-17 

https://thedigitallabyrinth.blogspot.com/search?q=Moonshot+AI

US and Iran trade strikes on bridges, energy plants across Middle East

 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dWAHa7rBE3Y 

Inside Iran's VAST Subterranean Missile Fortress Defying Destruction https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xeGBEmHsOZI 

Look What Just Happened To Iran's Bridges https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OOMlxq3Yw38  

https://thedigitallabyrinth.blogspot.com/search?q=Iran+War

‘The Odyssey’ Christopher Nolan’s Epic

 https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/lists/the-odyssey-cast-characters-christopher-nolan/ 

Several people will like it, while some won't, simple as that.

https://variety.com/lists/odyssey-cast-characters-christopher-nolan/

https://www.usatoday.com/story/entertainment/movies/2026/07/15/the-odyssey-imax-70mm-locations-christopher-nolan/90911917007/ 

https://theconversation.com/friday-essay-ive-been-reading-the-odyssey-my-whole-life-nolans-film-version-is-exhilarating-but-not-perfect-287361

https://ew.com/christopher-nolan-next-movie-after-the-odyssey-wont-come-soon-12022055 

https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/the_odyssey_2026 

https://thedigitallabyrinth.blogspot.com/search?q=The+Odyssey+movie

What is a hyperscale data center?

 https://www.ibm.com/think/topics/hyperscale-data-center 

https://www.viavisolutions.com/en-us/resources/learning-center/what-hyperscale-data-center

https://www.vertiv.com/en-emea/about/news-and-events/articles/educational-articles/what-is-a-hyperscale-data-center/ 

https://news.microsoft.com/source/2026/07/15/3m-and-microsoft-announce-strategic-partnership-to-advance-ai-data-center-infrastructure-and-enterprise-transformation/

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hyperscale_computing 

https://www.reddit.com/r/civilengineering/comments/1pm0st0/which_companies_are_leading_the_data_center_boom/

The backlash against Flock cameras is spreading

 https://www.malwarebytes.com/blog/news/2026/07/the-backlash-against-flock-cameras-is-spreading 

https://www.pbs.org/newshour/show/police-say-flock-cameras-help-solve-crimes-but-critics-call-them-an-invasion-of-privacy 

https://journals.law.unc.edu/ncjolt/blogs/under-surveillance-constitutional-concerns-surrounding-flock-cameras/

https://www.aclu.org/campaigns-initiatives/get-the-flock-out 

https://www.flocksafety.com/trust/myths-facts 

https://thedigitallabyrinth.blogspot.com/search?q=concerns+about+Flock+cameras

Some Engineers are exploring floating data center concepts

 https://www.facebook.com/unboxengineeringusa/posts/engineers-are-exploring-floating-data-center-concepts-that-use-naturally-cool-wa/1375752864694428/ 

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/new-york-hyperscale-data-centre-moratorium-canada-hamilton-9.7271292

British Airline Pilot Writes Out ‘I’m Bored’ in Sky During 2-Hour Test Flight

 https://people.com/airline-pilot-writes-out-i-m-bored-in-sky-during-2-hour-test-flight-12020615 

https://www.cnn.com/2026/07/14/uk/pilot-bored-message-uk-scli-intl 

https://www.simutech.com.au/post/a-brief-history-of-flight-simulation-1930s-to-today 

https://www.flightsimulator.com/world-update-21/ 

https://australianaviation.com.au/2021/03/adelaide-gets-overhaul-in-microsoft-flight-simulator/

THE ODYSSEY IS JARRING – Nerdrotic and Critical Drinker on Piers Morgan Uncensored

 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z-M6WyYcVfk 

 Stephen Fry Tells The Real Story Behind The Trojan War https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wBwBoM11JiM  

 The Odyssey Explained In 25 Minutes https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OuGeoq_uVts

John Mearsheimer: All-Out War in the Middle East and Trump's War on Russia

 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WGNUuOW6-q4 

TRUMP WARS

These tiny records now have their own miniature record player

 https://www.fastcompany.com/91571885/tiny-records-now-have-their-own-miniature-record-player 

CD or DVD size records? https://www.tinyvinyl.com/

https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2026/07/16/target-tiny-vinyl-product-expansion/ 

https://www.usatoday.com/story/shopping/deals/retailers/target/2026/07/14/exclusive-tiny-vinyl-player/90893380007/ 

https://www.instagram.com/tinyvinylrecords/?hl=en

Things To Notice On Your Next Flight

 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8mzVNZZqcr8 StarTalk

US carries out strikes on civilian infrastructure in south

 https://www.aljazeera.com/news/liveblog/2026/7/16/iran-war-live-us-carries-out-strikes-on-civilian-infrastructure-in-south 

https://www.nytimes.com/live/2026/07/16/world/iran-war-trump-hormuz 

https://www.cnn.com/2026/07/16/world/live-news/iran-war-trump

JD Vance accuses Israel of 'manipulating' US public opinion to prolong Iran war https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c1m107yj327o 

https://www.zerohedge.com/geopolitical/iran-warns-us-infrastructure-infrastructure-war-will-control-hormuz-unbreakable-read

https://alhurra.com/en/27562 War and Peace 

https://thedigitallabyrinth.blogspot.com/search?q=Iran+War

The Truth About AI’s Water Use

 https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/2026/07/how-much-water-data-centers-use/687934/ 

https://spectrum.ieee.org/ai-water-usage 

https://www.fwpcoa.org/content.aspx?page_id=5&club_id=859275&item_id=130961

https://www.energystar.gov/products/data_center_equipment/16-more-ways-cut-energy-waste-data-center

The Cyclospora Outbreak Now Has Two Names on It — Taylor Farms and Taco Bell.

 https://www.marlerblog.com/case-news/the-cyclospora-outbreak-now-has-two-names-on-it-taylor-farms-and-taco-bell-both-have-been-here-before-and-so-have-i/ 

https://www.fox10phoenix.com/news/source-cyclosporiasis-outbreak-possibly-linked-lettuce-sold-taco-bell-supplier-report

https://www.reuters.com/business/healthcare-pharmaceuticals/taco-bell-lettuce-supplied-by-taylor-farms-linked-us-cyclosporiasis-outbreak-2026-07-16/ 

https://www.cnn.com/2026/07/16/health/cyclospora-outbreak-shredded-lettuce 

https://www.usatoday.com/story/money/2026/07/16/taco-bell-chipotle-cyclosporiasis-outbreak-actions/90936978007/ 

https://thedigitallabyrinth.blogspot.com/search?q=Taco+Bell

What To Know About Iran's Pickaxe Mountain

 https://www.zerohedge.com/geopolitical/what-know-about-irans-pickaxe-mountain 

https://www.reuters.com/world/what-is-pickaxe-mountain-iranian-nuclear-linked-site-threatened-by-trump-2026-07-15/ 

https://www.wsj.com/world/middle-east/trump-has-threatened-to-bomb-irans-pickaxe-mountain-what-is-hidden-there-b1d96dfb

US launches 6th straight night of strikes on Iran

 https://nypost.com/2026/07/13/us-news/trump-admin-live-updates-july-13-14-15-16-17/ 

https://thedigitallabyrinth.blogspot.com/search?q=Iran+War

New Poll Shows American Voters Overwhelmingly Reject Communism

 https://www.zerohedge.com/political/ready-dsa-revolution-new-poll-shows-most-americans-hate-communism 

Communism and Crony_capitalism are both bigtime control SYSTEMS upon the MASSES. 

https://www.hoover.org/research/rise-crony-capitalism 

https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/crony%20capitalism

U.S. military will test service members’ testosterone levels, Pete Hegseth says

 https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/trump-administration/pete-hegseth-says-military-will-test-service-members-testosterone-leve-rcna587682 

If there is going to be a huge Mideast ground-war this winter, then it would make sense to have the most aggressive soldiers possible.

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-07-16/pete-hegseth-us-soldiers-testosterone-screening-policy/106921462

https://www.theatlantic.com/health/2026/07/hegseth-testosterone-testing-military/687929/ 

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/jul/15/us-military-testosterone-screening-hegseth 

https://www.reddit.com/r/medicine/comments/1uxayp1/pete_hegseth_dod_announce_mandatory_annual 

https://www.militaryjusticeattorneys.com/blog/the-truth-about-steroid-use-in-the-u-s-military/ 

Officially, steroids aren't approved by the military to boost aggression and violent tendencies.

https://www.army.mil/article/76398/steroid_use_has_legal_consequences_harmful_effects 

Any desire to become highly aggressive and have extreme violent tendencies would have to be developed without steroids.

https://www.mynavyhr.navy.mil/Portals/55/Support/Culture%20Resilience/DDD/Perfromance%20Enhancing%20Drugs%20Factsheet.pdf?ver=9pyHF5oEugdtRAAarqXO-g%3D%3D 

Of course things might change over the years.

The Future of Steroids for Performance Enhancement in the U.S. Military https://academic.oup.com/milmed/article-abstract/183/7-8/151/4993704 Chad Peltier, MSC, USN , Kyle Pettijohn, PhD Military Medicine, Volume 183, Issue 7-8, July-August 2018 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soldier_(1998_American_film)#Plot Still, just a Sci-Fi movie, for now.

A lot of young people might not want to die for Hegseth in an expanded Mideast, TRUMP WAR.

https://www.cnn.com/2026/04/09/politics/us-military-draft-registration-2026 

The $Y$TEM can essentially track and locate anyone today.

https://www.fcnl.org/updates/2026-05/automatic-draft-registration-what-comes-next-and-why-its-problem 

Still, a lot of young Americans might not want to die for cantankerous old man Trump.

https://afro.com/automatic-draft-registration-raises-questions-among-young-americans/ 

https://thehill.com/policy/defense/5822914-automatic-registration-military-draft/  

What Happens to YOU if the US Restarts the Draft? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=80HJSj06CQk 

https://thedigitallabyrinth.blogspot.com/search?q=the+US+draft  

https://thedigitallabyrinth.blogspot.com/search?q=Iran+War

The Complete History of Dune (Frank Herbert's Books Only)

 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5g4hHH8z5cI , https://www.youtube.com/@IntoTheUnderstory/videos 

Entire Life of Spacing Guild from Dune – Mutant Humans Who Monopolized Space Travel for 15,000 Years https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LLPEax_2HFY , https://www.youtube.com/@MarvelousVideos/videos

https://thedigitallabyrinth.blogspot.com/search?q=DUNE

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‘Alien chemistry’ discovered on meteorite that plunged through New Jersey home

 https://nypost.com/2026/07/15/science/alien-chemistry-discovered-on-meteorite-that-plunged-through-new-jersey-home/ 

https://www.ebsco.com/research-starters/biology/panspermia 

https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2019asbi.book..419K/abstract

https://www.skyatnightmagazine.com/space-science/panspermia-life-theory

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Life_(2017_film)#Plot 

Whether something is brought back to earth, or crashes, its been a common Sci-Fi theme.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Andromeda_Strain_(film)#Plot 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Andromeda_Strain#Plot 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Thing_(1982_film)#Plot 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Thing_from_Another_World#Plot 

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/scientists-discover-exposed-bacteria-can-survive-space-years-180975660/

https://www.nasa.gov/missions/station/iss-research/exposed-international-space-station-tests-organisms-materials-in-space/ 

https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-023-49525-z

https://astrobiology.com/2020/11/05/how-extremophilic-bacteria-survive-in-space-for-one-year/ 

https://www.universetoday.com/articles/one-extremophile-eats-martian-dirt-survives-in-space-and-can-create-oxygen-for-colonies

Banned book of the Bible reveals chilling prophecy with eerie links to today

 https://www.dailymail.com/sciencetech/article-15979669/book-enoch-antichrist-prophecy.html

Would You Really Want to Know if You’re in a Simulation? | StarTalk

 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C6brJ01MxfA Cosmic Queries #113

The Cheapest Way to Cool Data Centers Won’t Work in a Warmer World

 https://gizmodo.com/the-cheapest-way-to-cool-data-centers-wont-work-in-a-warmer-world-2000785402 

https://blogs.nvidia.com/blog/liquid-cooling-ai-factories/ 

https://restofworld.org/2025/data-center-heat-map/ 

https://www.andrews-sykes.com/data-centre-downtime-prevention-the-role-of-climate-control-in-summer-operations/

Taco Bell probed over possible role in outbreak of ‘explosive diarrhea’

 https://nypost.com/2026/07/14/business/taco-bell-probed-over-possible-role-in-outbreak-of-explosive-diarrhea-infections-across-us-report/  

Blast the bowl.

The Case For Remaking Classics Versus Creating Original Retro-Inspired Games

 https://tech-insider.org/the-case-for-remaking-classics-versus-creating-original-retro-inspired/ 

As long as you have a physical copy, no corporation can cancel the stream.

https://www.saltwire.com/newfoundland-labrador/game-on-revival-of-retro-and-old-video-games-growing-in-popularity 

As long as you have a physical copy, no corporation can censor the game.

https://retrogamestart.com/answers/why-retro-video-gaming-so-popular-its-much-more-than-nostalgia 

If you have a physical copy, it doesn't matter if a corporation has discontinued that game.

https://medium.com/@zxcv09df8/why-old-school-games-are-making-a-comeback-a-nostalgic-journey-back-to-joy-cc55e62a2743 

https://www.reddit.com/r/gaming/comments/1bu2t2f/why_are_younger_generations_embracing_the_retro/  

https://metro.co.uk/2024/03/24/retro-gaming-thing-enjoy-video-games-now-readers-feature-20518796/

https://www.reddit.com/r/retrogaming/comments/1fseulj/no_one_is_going_to_be_interested_in_old_gameshave/

Do we really live in an AI simulation?

 A formal logical analysis explains why the hypothesis is self-undermining https://mindmatters.ai/2026/07/do-we-really-live-in-an-ai-simulation/ 

Its a great thought experiment, but still difficult to prove.

https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2025/11/251110021052.htm 

https://www.sciencealert.com/physicists-just-ruled-out-the-universe-being-a-simulation 

https://news.ok.ubc.ca/2025/10/30/ubco-study-debunks-the-idea-that-the-universe-is-a-computer-simulation/ 

However, the concept of synchronicity just might be indicative of a larger pattern of reality with astounding implications.

https://www.reddit.com/r/SimulationTheory/comments/1iz7sob/the_simulation_hypothesis_has_a_critical_flaw/

J-Space: Yet Another LLM Mind Reader?

 https://huggingface.co/blog/dlouapre/j-space 

https://thedigitallabyrinth.blogspot.com/search?q=J-Space

'Supergirl' is Officially DC's Biggest Box Office Disaster

 https://www.barstoolsports.com/blog/3573282/supergirl-is-officially-dcs-biggest-box-office-disaster 

https://www.reddit.com/r/DC_Cinematic/comments/1uvikv5/supergirl_to_lose_240m_in_its_theatrical_run/ 

https://arstechnica.com/civis/threads/review-supergirl-is-not-the-disaster-its-low-box-office-suggests.1513796/

https://www.recorderonline.com/features/entertainment_news/commentary-the-supergirl-flop-is-being-misread/article_619b81fc-15b2-5bf2-b11f-6d1719513ae7.html 

https://ew.com/supergirl-is-a-good-movie-backlash-opinion-12009121 

https://thedigitallabyrinth.blogspot.com/search?q=Supergirl+movie

Airline pilot skywrites ‘I’m bored’ over England-Wales border

 https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026/jul/13/airline-pilot-skywrites-im-bored-over-north-west-england 

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2026/07/13/pilot-writes-im-bored-in-the-sky-during-test-flight/

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cy5vx19ey0wo 

https://simpleflying.com/im-bored-pilot-skywriting-liverpool-test-flight/

https://www.flightradar24.com/data/aircraft/g-rvna#409cc8b0 

https://australianaviation.com.au/2021/03/adelaide-gets-overhaul-in-microsoft-flight-simulator/

US launches new wave of strikes against Iran as Tehran says diplomacy has proven ‘futile’

 https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/jul/13/us-iran-war-missile-strikes-news-attacks-strait-of-hormuz  

For some, TRUMP WAR$ are the best thing going. Just look at how much the cost of things keeps increasing. 

https://thedigitallabyrinth.blogspot.com/search?q=War+with+Iran

During a lecture at MIT in 1992, Steve Jobs was asked a thoughtful question about business and innovation.

19 seconds later... https://www.instagram.com/reel/DasJcmPK3or/ 

https://mitsloan.mit.edu/ideas-made-to-matter/steve-jobs-talks-consultants-hiring-and-leaving-apple-unearthed-1992-talk 

https://singjupost.com/transcript-steve-jobs-speaks-at-mit-sloan-distinguished-speaker-series/ 

https://www.cnbc.com/2017/06/29/steve-jobs-and-albert-einstein-both-attributed-their-extraordinary-success-to-this-personality-trait.html

https://thedigitallabyrinth.blogspot.com/search?q=Steve+Jobs

Sam Neill, Jurassic Park and Peaky Blinders actor, dies aged 78

https://www.bbc.com/news/live/crl1gk55rzet , https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000554

https://www.theguardian.com/film/2026/jul/13/sam-neill-death-actor-dies-aged-78 

https://news.sky.com/story/jurassic-park-star-sam-neill-has-died-13562906 

https://letterboxd.com/actor/sam-neill

OpenAI launched GPT-5.6, claimed Sol solved a 50-year-old math conjecture, and revealed that it helped post-train Luna. SpaceXAI released Grok 4.5, Meta launched Muse Spark before pulling a controversial Instagram AI feature, and ByteDance unveiled Seedream 5.0 Pro.

 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=byAXKYmeZho Meanwhile, MiniMax prepared a 2.7 trillion parameter model, DeepSeek started building its own chip, China considered restricting frontier AI exports, and BAAI introduced Orca, a model designed to predict what happens next. 

https://thedigitallabyrinth.blogspot.com/search?q=GPT-5.6+Sol

Lindsey Graham’s sudden death sends shockwaves through Congress as politicians mourn and mull his replacement

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/live/2026/jul/12/lindsey-graham-dies-sudden-illness-trump-politics-live

https://www.politico.com/news/2026/07/12/grahams-office-releases-preliminary-cause-of-death-00994310

https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2026/07/12/lindsey-graham-longtime-south-carolina-senator-dies-71/

 https://people.com/sen-lindsey-graham-cause-of-death-revealed-12016687 

https://thedigitallabyrinth.blogspot.com/search?q=Lindsey+Graham

Mitch McConnell breaks silence on mystery hospitalization after Graham's death

https://www.foxnews.com/politics/mitch-mcconnell-breaks-silence-mystery-hospitalization-after-graham-death 

One survives, while the other dies.

 https://nypost.com/2026/07/12/us-news/sen-mitch-mcconnell-84-breaks-silence-on-mystery-ailment-after-hospital-stay-questions-about-health/ 

https://www.newsnationnow.com/politics/mcconnell-shares-picture-with-update-on-health/ 

https://thedigitallabyrinth.blogspot.com/search?q=Mitch+McConnell 

https://thedigitallabyrinth.blogspot.com/search?q=Lindsey+Graham

3 Days After Introducing an AI Feature, Meta Hits Pause in Wake of Privacy Backlash

 https://www.inc.com/kevin-haynes/3-days-after-introducing-an-ai-feature-meta-hits-pause-in-wake-of-privacy-backlash/91373053 

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c2dy6e8klw0o 

https://variety.com/2026/biz/news/meta-suspends-ai-image-instagram-feature-backlash-1236806989/ 

https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2026/jul/11/meta-ditches-muse-image-ai-feature-instagram-privacy 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tilly_Norwood 

VCR CATBREAD7 videos

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Simone_(2002_film)#Plot 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Waldo_Moment  

Poppy - Time Is Up (feat. Diplo) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gg2pS9KN28U&list=RDMM&start_radio=1

New York City building’s near collapse raises concerns about push to convert offices to housing

 https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/nyc-buildings-collapse-raises-concerns-convert-offices-rcna385907 

https://www.reddit.com/r/StructuralEngineering/comments/1ushnax/i_havent_seen_this_angle_yet_but_the_entire_part/

Big Tech is Being Kind of Dodgy At the Moment

 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nZmoq_XJW6Y , https://www.youtube.com/@ColdFusion/videos

The Mitch McConnell Mystery

 https://www.newsweek.com/mitch-mcconnell-health-dies-congress-kentucky-senator-replacement-12183303 

https://www.reddit.com/r/msnow/comments/1uu3tk6/is_he_alive_mystery_over_missing_kentucky_sen/

 

https://thedigitallabyrinth.blogspot.com/search?q=Mitch+McConnell

Sen. Lindsey Graham dies at 71 after ‘brief and sudden illness’

 https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/politics-news/sen-lindsey-graham-dies-71-brief-sudden-illness-rcna552722 

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cvgj25j6nmeo

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/jul/12/lindsey-graham-key-ally-of-donald-trump-has-died-after-sudden-illness-his-office-says 

https://www.lgraham.senate.gov/public/index.cfm/2025/2/graham-statement-on-mcconnell-retirement 

https://thedigitallabyrinth.blogspot.com/search?q=Lindsey+Graham

A Mitch McConnell Neighbor Reveals Alarming Scene Days Before 911 Call

 https://www.thedailybeast.com/mitch-mcconnell-neighbor-reveals-alarming-scene-days-before-911-call/ 

https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2026/07/10/elaine-chao-comments-on-mitch-mcconnells-hospitalization/90876522007/ 

https://edition.cnn.com/2026/07/10/politics/mitch-mcconnell-video-stretcher-ambulance 

https://thedigitallabyrinth.blogspot.com/search?q=Mitch+McConnell

2001: A Space Odyssey (1968) | The Deleted Scene That Revealed the Aliens True Purpose

 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-_BN-w7oFQA 

 2001: A Space Odyssey Breakdown | Easter Eggs, Hidden Details, Making Of & Ending Explained https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tKKz3EF1hYw 

 Hidden Secrets in 2001: A Space Odyssey https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O2MBarHzeYM

Why 2001 Was the Hardest Film Kubrick Ever Made https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=THlp_GAl5b0 

 "Kubrick Never Carried Cigarettes" - Douglas Trumbull on 2001: A SPACE ODYSSEY (2010) | TIFF REWIND https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YO2nWQxYgMA

Australia's $200 Billion Plan to Flood a Desert Bigger Than Belgium

 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UxCWXuOzMew

The ongoing Mitch Mcconnell health mystery

https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2026/07/11/mcconnell-still-hospitalized-as-beshear-says-end-crazy-speculation-on-health/90889294007/ 

Someone knows what's up with Mitch+McConnell, but its a very small group of people.

https://www.pbs.org/newshour/show/what-we-know-about-mitch-mcconnells-health-and-hospitalization

https://eciks.org/13048-36404-mitch-mcconnell-hospitalized-sparse-details

https://www.npr.org/2026/07/10/nx-s1-5885905/as-sen-mitch-mcconnell-remains-hospitalized-calls-for-transparency-grow

https://www.thedailybeast.com/mitch-mcconnell-neighbor-reveals-alarming-scene-days-before-911-call 

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/jul/11/mitch-mcconnell-senator-health 

https://thedigitallabyrinth.blogspot.com/search?q=Mitch+McConnell

Humanoid robots marry in Russia's first robotic wedding ceremony

 https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/technology/tech-news/meet-robert-and-matilda-humanoid-robots-marry-in-russias-first-robotic-wedding-ceremony/articleshow/132307327.cms 

https://www.independent.co.uk/tv/news/robot-wedding-russia-moscow-video-b3012559.html 

https://matrix.fandom.com/wiki/Machines?file=Animatrix_cap2.jpg 

https://matrix.fandom.com/wiki/Machines

OpenAI sets August 9 end date for ChatGPT Atlas

Atlas will retire less than a year after launch as OpenAI shifts AI browsing and task automation into its desktop app. https://searchengineland.com/openai-chatgpt-atlas-deprecation-482003

“Where’s Mitch McConnell?” mystery exposes media failures

 https://www.salon.com/2026/07/10/wheres-mitch-mcconnell-mystery-exposes-media-failures/ 

https://thedigitallabyrinth.blogspot.com/search?q=Mitch+McConnell

Woman rescued in Brazil after being enslaved for 55 years by three generations of the same family

 https://english.elpais.com/international/2026-07-10/woman-rescued-in-brazil-after-being-enslaved-for-55-years-by-three-generations-of-the-same-family.html 

Being a wage slave can be bad enough, but to be treated like an actual slave is so inhumane.

https://english.elpais.com/international/2022-05-25/dona-maria-enslaved-for-72-years-by-three-generations-of-a-family-in-brazil.html 

While slavery is supposed to be illegal, it still goes on in various parts of the world.

https://english.elpais.com/americas/2021-01-18/the-brazilian-woman-kept-as-a-slave-for-38-years.html

Student Pilot Lands Cessna 150 Alone After Instructor Jumps To Death Mid-Flight

 https://simpleflying.com/student-pilot-lands-cessna-150-alone-instructor-jumps-death-mid-flight/ 

https://www.airliners.net/forum/viewtopic.php?t=1510751&utm_source=google&utm_medium=organic

The next steps for a weakened NYC high-rise are up in the air...

 https://www.cnn.com/2026/07/09/us/nyc-building-stabilized-what-next

Anthropic found a hidden space where Claude puzzles over concepts

 https://www.technologyreview.com/2026/07/09/1140293/anthropic-found-a-hidden-space-where-claude-puzzles-over-concepts/ 

https://venturebeat.com/technology/anthropics-new-j-lens-reveals-a-silent-workspace-inside-claude-that-mirrors-a-leading-theory-of-consciousness

https://www.anthropic.com/research/global-workspace 

https://thedigitallabyrinth.blogspot.com/search?q=J-Space

Neil deGrasse Tyson: The Whistleblowers Were Right About Aliens

 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PHpsdIHpLUE  The Diary Of A CEO and StarTalk

Taco Bell Is No Longer Selling These 5 Menu Items After Parasite Outbreak Causes ‘Explosive Diarrhea’

 https://www.allrecipes.com/taco-bell-michigan-lettuce-recall-12015300 

This became quite a BLAST THE BOWL situation. Unfortunately, some people couldn't even make it to the toilet bowl in time.  

https://thedigitallabyrinth.blogspot.com/search?q=Taco+Bell

GPT-5.6: Frontier intelligence that scales with your ambition (as well as its own)

 https://openai.com/index/gpt-5-6/ 

https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/blog/frontier-models-and-production-agents-advancing-microsoft-foundry-for-the-agentic-era/

Elon Musk’s plans to colonize space launches this year, and Tesla robots will be the first residents

 https://nypost.com/2026/07/09/world-news/elon-musks-plans-to-colonize-space-launch-this-year-and-tesla-robots-will-be-the-first-residents/ 

Tesla Robots 

AI "J-Space"

 https://www.reddit.com/r/ArtificialSentience/comments/1ur2dcv/can_we_have_a_grounding_adult_conversation_about/ 

https://thedigitallabyrinth.blogspot.com/search?q=J-Space

The Datafication of the Soul

 https://journal.media-culture.org.au/index.php/mcjournal/article/view/3293 

Perhaps a digital copy of Lindsey+Graham or a digital projection of Mitch McConnell can be transmitted upon the MA$$E$.

https://www.thedailybeast.com/obsessed/daily-show-finds-signs-mcconnell-may-be-technically-dead/ 

Its always important to determine the living status of a person, because so much of any public person has been photographed, filmed or digitally captured.

https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2026/07/09/mitch-mcconnell-scott-jennings-call/90861696007/ 

Some countries & corporations might try to make like a person is still alive, when they aren't. Then, when some pubic people have dropped out of the spotlight for a while, some people might assume that they have passed on.

In any case, Wag_the_Dog type technology has been around for quite a while. Now its all AI-CGI. 

https://www.buzzfeed.com/noradominick/actors-added-into-movies-commercials-after-death

Digital body doubles are becoming more and more commonplace.  

https://thedigitallabyrinth.blogspot.com/search?q=Mitch+McConnell

The contingencycon.com intersection

https://contingencycon.com/ , https://www.instagram.com/contingencycon/ 

https://www.facebook.com/ContingencyCon/

https://www.reddit.com/r/PersonOfInterest/comments/1us4cwc/attention_irrelevants_registration_is_now_open/

https://contingencycon.dreamwidth.org/  https://contingencycon.tumblr.com/ 

https://bsky.app/profile/contingencycon.bsky.social 

https://www.reddit.com/r/PersonOfInterest POI  

https://thedigitallabyrinth.blogspot.com/search?q=Person+of+Interest

Privacy concerns about Flock cameras

 https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/cites-privacy-concerns-rep-scott-perry-is-urging-the-public-to-oppose-flock-cameras/ar-AA27vT8q 

https://www.aclu.org/news/privacy-technology/tracking-alpr-cameras/how-to-fight-deployment-of-flock-and-other-mass-surveillance-license-plate-readers-in-your-community 

https://thedigitallabyrinth.blogspot.com/search?q=concerns+about+Flock+cameras

Worker details dramatic evacuation after high-rise columns buckled in Midtown building

 https://abc7ny.com/post/construction-worker-recounts-evacuation-buckled-columns-triggered-fears-collapse-high-rise-site-midtown-east/19475568/ 

https://www.reddit.com/r/nyc/comments/1uqscw0/sagging_nyc_skyscraper_stabilized_after_fears_of/

Pilot instructor who jumped out of a plane to his death while giving a lesson 'had been going through a difficult time,' his father says

 https://www.dailymail.com/news/article-15962999/Pilot-instructor-jumped-plane-death-giving-lesson-going-difficult-time-father-says.html 

https://www.marca.com/en/lifestyle/world-news/2026/07/09/who-is-leandro-andres-bertazzo-the-instructor-who-jumped-out-mid-flight-and-left-the-plane-to-his-student.html

GOP Scrambles to Assure Everyone That Mitch McConnell Is Alive | The Daily Show

 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RQNrPxiSJoE  

https://thedigitallabyrinth.blogspot.com/search?q=Mitch+McConnell

An Argentinian Flight instructor jumps to his death during lesson, leaving student pilot to land plane by herself

 https://nypost.com/2026/07/09/world-news/argentina-pilot-jumps-to-his-death-during-lesson-leaving-student-to-land-plane-by-herself/ 

https://english.elpais.com/international/2026-07-09/flight-instructor-jumps-midflight-and-his-student-manages-to-land-the-plane.html

Fortunately, this pilot wasn't flying a commercial airliner and decided to crash it. 

https://people.com/flight-instructor-leaps-to-death-during-lesson-leaving-shocked-student-to-land-on-own-12014526

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Germanwings_Flight_9525 

https://www.dw.com/en/lufthansa-faces-civil-lawsuit-on-2015-germanwings-plane-crash/a-53346800 

https://www.france24.com/en/20150328-germanwings-pilot-lubitz-history-name

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2015-03-26/germanwings-co-pilot-andreas-lubitz-crashed-plane-deliberately/6351854

https://www.pbs.org/newshour/world/doctor-suggested-germanwings-pilot-seek-treatment-before-crash 

https://time.com/3759594/germanwings-plane-crash-andreas-lubitz-pilot/ 

https://www.cnn.com/2015/03/26/europe/france-germanwings-plane-scene 

https://www.france24.com/en/20150403-second-black-box-confirms-germanwings-crash-deliberate

Digital Twin Models of people and other things

https://blogs.oracle.com/cloud-infrastructure/understanding-oci-iot-digital-twin-models

https://www.ibm.com/think/topics/digital-twin

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Digital_twin#Types 

https://www.autodesk.com/design-make/articles/what-is-a-digital-twin 

https://www.mathworks.com/discovery/digital-twin.html

https://www.trimble.com/en/blog/construction/article/what-are-digital-twins 

What is a Digital Twin? Technology, Types, & How it Works https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=taSbwarjGGw 

https://www.dw.com/en/ai-doppelganger-cool-or-creepy/video-69593446

Inside China's growing digital twin workforce https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SCHOrhX0hQI 

 When movies "borrow" footage from other movies https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kMKAsnIaDNU 

https://www.buzzfeed.com/noradominick/actors-added-into-movies-commercials-after-death

https://www.cbc.ca/radio/undertheinfluence/nobody-s-dead-anymore-br-marketing-deceased-celebrities-1.2801803

https://www.npr.org/2005/08/29/4822573/an-agent-for-dead-celebrities

https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/TheDeadRiseToAdvertise 

https://thecathoderaychoob.wordpress.com/2009/03/04/a-word-from-our-sponsors-steve-mcqueen-drives-a-puma/

How Engineers Will Determine Why NYC's Pfizer HQ Conversion Buckled

 https://www.enr.com/articles/63296-how-engineers-will-determine-why-nycs-pfizer-hq-conversion-buckled

NYC Pfizer building developer tries to downplay collapse risk

 https://nypost.com/2026/07/08/us-news/nyc-pfizer-building-developer-tries-to-downplay-collapse-risk-insists-high-rise-buckling-is-a-freak-accident/

Subway faces backlash after employee’s viral video reveals how its iconic bread is made

 https://nypost.com/2026/07/08/lifestyle/subway-faces-backlash-after-employees-viral-video-reveals-how-its-iconic-bread-is-made-so-many-things-wrong/

Midtown Manhattan buildings evacuated after columns found buckling at high-rise construction site

 https://abc7ny.com/post/midtown-east-buildings-evacuated-construction-workers-find-buckling-beams-21st-floor-nyc/19463640/ 

https://www.nbcnewyork.com/manhattan/fdny-responds-to-report-of-buckling-building-in-manhattan/6522605/

What Is The J-Space?

Anthropic’s New Way Of Reading What An LLM Is Actually Thinking https://datasciencedojo.com/blog/anthropic-j-space-explained/ 

https://thedigitallabyrinth.blogspot.com/search?q=J-Space

Salamanca, N.Y., Schools to Pilot AI Robot Teaching Assistant

 https://www.govtech.com/education/k-12/salamanca-n-y-schools-to-pilot-ai-robot-teaching-assistant

Stunt doubles vs digital doppelgangers

 https://www.reddit.com/r/PersonOfInterest/comments/1uaicot/they_and_their_stunt_doubles/ 

https://www.quora.com/Do-stunt-doubles-look-exactly-like-the-actor-that-they-are-playing 

https://www.backstage.com/uk/magazine/article/what-actors-need-to-know-about-digital-stunt-doubles-70314/ 

https://www.synthcog.blog/p/ai-and-the-rise-of-digital-doppelgangers

https://www.reddit.com/r/explainlikeimfive/comments/1lby3m0/eli5_the_difference_between_analog_and_digital/ 

https://identitymanagementinstitute.org/digital-doppelgangers-and-ai-personas/ 

https://mindfulspark.org/2025/09/03/the-digital-doppelganger-the-psychology-of-ai-models-that-mimic-us/

https://theconversation.com/digital-doppelgangers-are-helping-scientists-tackle-everyday-problems-and-showing-what-makes-us-human-247574 

https://eventtechlive.com/how-digital-doppelgangers-reshape-live-events-colja-dams-of-vok-dams-on-simulating-the-audience-before-the-event-happens/ 

https://texaslawreview.org/digital-replicas-harm-caused-by-actors-digital-twins-and-hope-provided-by-the-right-of-publicity/

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Double_(occupation)

https://image-engine.com/insight/the-secrets-of-creating-real-looking-cg-digital-doubles/ 

https://www.mimicproductions.com/post/digital-doubles-in-hollywood-the-future-of-acting 

https://www.buzzfeed.com/noradominick/actors-added-into-movies-commercials-after-death 

https://www.unrealengine.com/digital-twins 

https://www.twi-global.com/technical-knowledge/faqs/what-is-digital-twin

https://www.nature.com/articles/s41746-024-01073-0 

https://unity.com/topics/digital-twin-definition

The Doppelgänger Phenomenon

 https://www.reddit.com/r/Glitch_in_the_Matrix/comments/1uqg95c/doppleganger/ 

https://medium.com/illumination/the-doppelg%C3%A4nger-phenomenon-9ed11ff3257e 

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/doppelgangers-dont-just-look-alike-they-also-share-dna-180980635/

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doppelg%C3%A4nger 

https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/lists/celebrity-lookalikes-doppelgangers/ 

https://www.reddit.com/r/horror/comments/11vec6t/want_to_know_more_about_doppelg%C3%A4ngers/ 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mythology_of_Fringe#Doppelg%C3%A4ngers  

https://thedigitallabyrinth.blogspot.com/search?q=Digital+Doppelgangers 

https://thedigitallabyrinth.blogspot.com/search?q=Glitch+in+the+Matrix