Wednesday, June 29, 2022

Pfizer accused of Covid profiteering as first-quarter sales hit $26bn

"Pharma firm criticised over pricing and for keeping monopoly control over vaccine..." https://www.theguardian.com/business/2022/may/03/pfizer-covid-sales-pricing-vaccine-paxlovid-pill 

https://www.wsj.com/articles/no-government-money-no-problem-for-moderna-and-pfizer-11656327781

They Just Admitted This... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hQdik4bUZ6Q , https://www.youtube.com/c/RussellBrand/videos

https://thegrayzone.com/2022/06/19/pfizer-miami-yacht-colombia-presidential-rodolfo-hernandez

Of course any big drug syndicate wants to keep making more money. However, over the past several decades more of the public has become more health conscious and became more interested in natural remedies. The pusher is always there, but you don't have to always buy what they are selling. 

Mind Over Medicine: Scientific Proof You Can Heal Yourself | Dr. Lissa Rankin | Talks at Google https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gcai0i2tJt0

Is there scientific proof we can heal ourselves? | Lissa Rankin, MD | TEDxAmericanRiviera https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LWQfe__fNbs


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

"Ex-DEA agent Quinlan enters a labyrinth of deception and death as he tries to destroy a powerful Amsterdam-based drug cartel..." https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0075677


In Brave_New_World the $Y$TEM is the pusher. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brave_New_World#Plot

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/THX_1138 An A.I. run world where robots are the muscle for the pushers. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/THX_1138#Plot


Monday, June 27, 2022

Advanced Propulsion Concepts

 https://www.space.com/21337-advanced-spacecraft-propulsion-concepts-images.html

If life had started or was started on other worlds millions of years ago, then their propulsion technology would seem like magic around here. 

https://arc.aiaa.org/doi/abs/10.2514/6.1998-3183

https://arc.aiaa.org/doi/abs/10.2514/3.61813?journalCode=jsr

https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/0094576587900993

https://www.science.gov/topicpages/a/advanced+propulsion+technology

Various science-fiction TV, movies and books depict what might be possible with enough advanced technological development.

There have been decades of UFO_videos and pictures. 

https://www.reuters.com/lifestyle/science/normalizing-ufos-retired-us-navy-pilot-recalls-tic-tac-encounter-2021-06-25

https://nymag.com/intelligencer/2019/12/tic-tac-ufo-video-q-and-a-with-navy-pilot-chad-underwood.html

No one is officially prepared or authorized at the UN to acknowledge that intelligent life might actually exist on many worlds and have been for a very long time.

Well, Dr. Avi Loeb is intrigued with the concept of Panspermia and the Alien_object_hypothesis

https://lweb.cfa.harvard.edu/~loeb

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Extraterrestrial:_The_First_Sign_of_Intelligent_Life_Beyond_Earth

https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/how-to-search-for-life-as-we-dont-know-it/

Of course Arthur_C._Clarke had his own fascinating take on the cruising ET concept. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rendezvous_with_Rama#Plot

https://avi-loeb.medium.com/could-uap-have-kinship-to-our-ai-systems-25c257104ca3


https://thedigitallabyrinth.blogspot.com/search?q=David+Fravor

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

Friday, June 24, 2022

Obi-Wan Kenobi Season 1

 https://screenrant.com/obi-wan-kenobi-owen-beru-death-sadder/ 

The first season of Obi-Wan_Kenobi has filled in and set up more backfilling potential of the story.

https://www.polygon.com/reviews/23180150/obi-wan-kenobi-review

https://screenrant.com/obi-wan-kenobi-hello-there-luke-perfect/

https://www.ign.com/articles/obi-wan-kenobi-season-1-review

https://screenrant.com/star-wars-owen-beru-deaths-lucas-searchers-movie/

https://thedirect.com/article/obi-wan-kenobi-hayden-christensen-jedi-photo

https://www.ign.com/articles/obi-wan-kenobi-darth-vader-helmet-sliced-open-rebels-ahsoka

For some, this series might have its faults, but it's still quite entertaining, overall.

https://www.ign.com/articles/obi-wan-kenobi-series-problems-franchise-continuity-plot-holes

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Obi-Wan_Kenobi_(TV_series)#Episodes

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt8466564


https://thedigitallabyrinth.blogspot.com/search?q=Obi-Wan+Kenobi

How Star Trek: Strange New Worlds Hilariously Tweaks Classic Episodes

 https://www.denofgeek.com/tv/how-star-trek-strange-new-worlds-hilariously-tweaks-classic-episodes 

People on the ship have temporarily been possessed to act out the characters from a story book.

https://www.cinemablend.com/interviews/star-trek-strange-new-worlds-melissa-navia-shares-funny-story-behind-ortegas-big-fight-scene-and-the-type-of-fantasy-episode-shed-like-to-do-next

https://trekmovie.com/2022/06/23/recap-review-star-trek-strange-new-worlds-gets-enchanted-in-the-elysian-kingdom

https://www.denofgeek.com/tv/star-trek-strange-new-worlds-episode-8-review-the-elysian-kingdom

While this episode is about a very advanced cosmic entity that can augment and create another reality, Shore_Leave was about an amusement planet that could also create similar simulations from storybooks... https://memory-alpha.fandom.com/wiki/Shore_Leave_(episode)

https://www.techadvisor.com/article/743381/star-trek-strange-new-worlds-everything-you-need-to-know.html

https://www.cinemablend.com/interviews/star-trek-strange-new-worlds-star-melissa-navia-says-season-2-is-even-better-than-the-first-and-explains-how-filming-new-eps-has-been-electrified

https://trekcentral.net , https://www.startrekfleetcommand.com


https://thedigitallabyrinth.blogspot.com/search?q=Strange+New+Worlds

The Machine Stops by E. M. Forster

The_Machine_Stops was first published in 1909. Technology has taken over how people live. The people no longer remember that it was humans that built the tech which led up to the global controlling machine.

https://jimmiekepler.com/2015/02/13/short-story-the-machine-stops-by-e-m-forster

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Machine_Stops#Plot_summary 






What if EM creates such an integrated AI run civilization and it suddenly stops or seriously malfunctions?

The Unreal history of the (digital) Engine

The Unreal_Engine is some cool tech.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unreal_Engine#Video_games 

The Game_engine in general is quite a fascinating thing. It can be used for simulated time travel and reveal interesting things about, the nature of reality. (TNOR)

Jonathan_Swift wrote Gulliver's_Travels and it was first published in 1726.

It's amazing that JS had his own concept of The_Engine in 1726.

https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/6d/The_Engine concept by Jonathan_Swift

https://computerhistory.org/blog/gullivers-engine

https://jimmiekepler.com/2015/02/27/5281

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gulliver's_Travels#Part_III:_A_Voyage_to_Laputa,_Balnibarbi,_Luggnagg,_Glubbdubdrib_and_Japan 

https://www.youtube.com/c/DigitalEngine/videos

Thursday, June 23, 2022

Star Trek through the decades

 https://gamerant.com/modern-star-trek-media-gene-roddenberry-vision

The Star+Trek universe has so many branches and variations now. 

Strange+New+Worlds continues to propel the_Star_Trek_Universe quite well.

https://boingboing.net/2022/06/21/someone-animated-star-trek-voyager-and-it-rocks.html

Game on!

https://www.startrekfleetcommand.com

How Batman: Arkham's Dark Knight Holds Up to Live-Action Versions

 https://gamerant.com/batman-arkham-actor-comparison-live-action-bale-affleck-pattinson/

There are so many variations of The Batman and the growth of this character isn't slowing down any time soon.

https://delightfullydysfunctional.com/2022/04/24/the-batman-a-review-watch-along-snark

Jedi Knight Qui-Gon Jinn and Obi-Wan Kenobi

 https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-features/obi-wan-kenobi-liam-neeson-star-wars-qui-gon-jinn-return-1235170286/

A surprise appearance of a key character is always nice.

https://www.digitalspy.com/tv/ustv/a40392914/obi-wan-kenobi-liam-neeson-qui-gon-cameo/

https://www.gamesradar.com/ob-wan-kenobi-liam-neeson-qui-gon-jinn-star-wars-cameo/

https://www.digitalspy.com/tv/ustv/a40372353/obi-wan-kenobi-qui-gon-jinn-force-ghost-explained-liam-neeson/

https://www.polygon.com/star-wars/23167348/obi-wan-kenobi-qui-gon-liam-neeson-ian-mcdiarmid

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-10945503/Jedi-master-Qui-Gon-Jinn-returns-final-episode-Obi-Wan-Kenobi.html

https://www.denofgeek.com/tv/star-wars-obi-wan-kenobi-finale-cameos-cast-breakdown/


https://thedigitallabyrinth.blogspot.com/search?q=Obi-Wan+Kenobi

Saturday, June 18, 2022

Paul McCartney and the Vanilla Sky song...

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

Paul McCartney - Vanilla Sky (studio recording) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D_N7to51YXg

Paul McCartney "Vanilla Sky" with the movie in the background https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-0W4tl6bMJo

Live version of Vanilla Sky https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SP2ABs3AZl0 , https://www.youtube.com/c/PaulMcCartney/videos

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_McCartney#Bass_guitar


https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Revolver_(Beatles_album)#Side_two

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tomorrow_Never_Knows Released on: 1966-08-05 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pHNbHn3i9S4 , https://www.youtube.com/c/TheBeatles/videos

https://genius.com/The-beatles-tomorrow-never-knows-lyrics 

"...But listen to the colour of your dream
It is not living
It is not living
All play the game
Existence to the end
Of the beginning
Of the beginning..."
Source: Musixmatch
Songwriters: Paul Mccartney / John Lennon
Tomorrow Never Knows lyrics © Sony/atv Tunes Llc

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tomorrow_Never_Knows#Background_and_inspiration

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tomorrow_Never_Knows#Recording This world is all part of a cosmic interactive recording and projection of time & space. Consciousness in space-time to have many life experiences.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Revolver_(Beatles_album)#Influence_and_legacy

https://thedigitallabyrinth.blogspot.com/search?q=Paul+McCartney

What if this world is part of some kind of an interactive recording? The perception of symbolism and synchronicity can reveal a lot of peculiar clues about, The Nature Of Reality. (TNOR)

The Michael Hastings (journalist) car crash in 2013

Michael_Hastings was going too fast and lost control, but why was he going so fast on city streets? 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Hastings_(journalist)#Death

https://www.occupy.com/article/exclusive-who-killed-michael-hastings

https://www.businessinsider.com/what-we-now-know-about-michael-hastings-mysterious-car-crash-2013-7?op=1

https://nymag.com/news/features/michael-hastings-2013-11

https://cldc.org/who-killed-michael-hastings

https://www.military.com/video/law-enforcement/police/raw-michael-hastings-car-crash/2575505618001

https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/3038085/michael-hastings-crash-wikileaks/

As vehicles become more capable of being remotely controlled, more questions will be asked after a crash.

https://www.computerworld.com/article/2505402/car-hacking--remote-access-and-other-security-issues.html

Wednesday, June 15, 2022

The future of Internet Explorer on Windows just ended

 https://blogs.windows.com/windowsexperience/2021/05/19/the-future-of-internet-explorer-on-windows-10-is-in-microsoft-edge./

Did people just use IE simply because it was there, or was IE a very useful digital tool, in some ways?

https://www.theverge.com/2022/6/15/23167121/microsoft-internet-explorer-end-of-support-retirement


https://thedigitallabyrinth.blogspot.com/search?q=Internet+Explorer

The Flight Simulator and the Brainstorm movie...

https://blogs.windows.com/windowsexperience/2022/06/15/free-world-update-x-adds-united-states-and-us-territories-vistas-to-microsoft-flight-simulator

Microsoft_Flight_Simulator continues to grow in popularity.

https://store.steampowered.com/app/1250410/Microsoft_Flight_Simulator_Game_of_the_Year_Edition

https://www.ign.com/videos/microsoft-flight-simulator-halos-pelican-dropship-gameplay

https://www.pcgamer.com/flying-a-halo-spaceship-in-microsoft-flight-sim-shouldnt-work-this-well

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Microsoft_Flight_Simulator#Add-ons,_customisation,_and_community_involvement

https://www.flightsimulator.com

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Microsoft_Flight_Simulator#Reception

What happens when flight simulator technology eventually becomes a seamless blend of AR and VR? 

A VR Life_simulation_game can depict any kind of song or story, person, City or world in any era. A bike or a car, an Airplane just Taking_Off or a Starship heading in for Shore_Leave

That's what the movie Brainstorm implies in a subtle way. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brainstorm_(1983_film)#Plot

Brainstorm ends at the Wright_Brothers_National_Memorial with the symbolism of VR being like Aviation,_as_an_emerging_technology. At the start of powered flying machines, the flight simulator-AR concept hadn't caught on yet in 1903, 1904 or 1905. The ending of Brainstorm in 1983 was a time when most people still had no concept of Virtual Reality.

https://www.twiddy.com/blog/north-carolina-movies-guide/Brainstorm

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_aviation#Pioneer_Era_(1903-1914)

https://www.twiddy.com/blog/icons-of-the-outer-banks/wright-brothers-legacy-outer-banks

So, the Wright_brothers ideas and inventions lead to the first_powered_flight vehicles with a pilot. This would eventually require the development of the flight_simulatorhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flight_simulator#History_of_flight_simulation 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flight_simulator#Modern_high-end_flight_simulators

While the Wright brothers never went into flight_simulator R&D, another Wright several decades later, became interested in creating simulated cities and human sims... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Will_Wright_(game_designer)

The Prophecy of ManBearPig and other MONSTERS

Prophecy is essentially a mutant or monster story.

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

https://www.denofgeek.com/movies/prophecy-1979-a-bad-monster-movie

https://macguff.in/macguffin-spotlight/the-tomb-of-terror-prophecy-1979

https://movie-monster.fandom.com/wiki/Katahdin

https://moviechat.org/tt0079758/Prophecy/58c7355f5ec57f0478fa1e28/Manbearpig

https://www.reddit.com/r/southpark/comments/ex2dm2/is_the_design_of_manbearpig_based_off_of_the 

Perhaps MBP could potentially become its own monster story.

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

A composite creature or mutant beast on the loose movie, could possibly feature something like MBP.

https://southpark.fandom.com/wiki/ManBearPig_(Character)


Annihilation could be considered to be a monster movie of sorts.

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

An ET entity can create composite beings or mutants and mimic people and things.

Annihilation (2018) - The Mutant Bear Scene https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mg0bvyIEHcs

ANNIHILATION (2018) Ending Explained + Analysis https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d94h-PKyh64 , https://www.youtube.com/c/FoundFlix/videos

Annihilation Explained https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zy5TsNHlSDU , https://www.youtube.com/c/AltShiftX/videos


https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monsters_(American_TV_series) , https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Px43Z748UI , https://bloody-disgusting.com/editorials/3693973/monsters-still-one-time-best-horror-anthology-shows-tv-terrors

11 Blood-Curdling 80's Monsters TV Series Episodes Explored - Epitome Of Creature Practical Effects https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vba_xLctsw0 , https://www.youtube.com/c/MarvelousVideos/videos

Top 10 Scariest TV Monsters https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vgvZBcSQYQ0 , https://www.youtube.com/user/WatchMojo/videos

DEVO - Monsterman https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NVrijrV5cYs , https://www.youtube.com/c/DEVOvision/videos


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

Saturday, June 11, 2022

The ability to upload a brain into a computer versus AR and VR

 https://thenextweb.com/news/when-will-i-be-able-to-upload-my-brain-to-a-computer

A Brain Implant That Turns Your Thoughts Into Text | Tom Oxley | TED https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Fiaew7nDmE

Using A.I. to build a better human | The Age of A.I. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lrv8ga02VNg

Transferring one's mind or consciousness into a computer is still a Sci-Fi concept. However, a noninvasive Wi-Fi like connection is already around as a Brain-Computer_Interface. (BCI).

This was depicted in the movie, Brainstorm_(1983). A person could experience various moments from another person's life, even their death. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brainstorm_(1983_film)#Plot

Brainstorm has a subtle implication of Flight_simulator technology eventually becoming life simulator technology.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flight_simulator#Amateur_and_video_game_flight_simulation

https://www.twiddy.com/blog/north-carolina-movies-guide/#:~:text=Brainstorm%2C%20a%20sci-fi%20thriller,Monument%20in%20Kill%20Devil%20Hills.

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

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


https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dazu_Rock_Carvings A nice symbolic depiction of the cosmic hard disk drive of life experience. Consciousness, energy and light. Is it a particle or a wave? Do you prefer a HDD or a SSD? https://www.pcmag.com/news/ssd-vs-hdd-whats-the-difference
More people are starting to consider that this world might be part of someone's game or simulation.
https://www.pcgamer.com/hdd-vs-ssd

"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..."





Friday, June 10, 2022

Strange New Worlds Episode 6

 https://www.inverse.com/entertainment/star-trek-canon-federation-economy-strange-new-worlds-spoilers

The concept of someone being linked or merged with an intelligent machine was explored in a very poignant way.

https://www.denofgeek.com/tv/star-trek-strange-new-worlds-episode-6-review-lift-us-where-suffering-cannot-reach/

https://trekmovie.com/2022/06/09/recap-review-star-trek-strange-new-worlds-gets-thoughtful-in-lift-us-where-suffering-cannot-reach/

https://trekmovie.com/2022/06/10/podcast-all-access-hooks-up-with-star-trek-movie-news-and-strange-new-worlds-episode-6/

https://www.theverge.com/2022/6/10/23151967/star-trek-strange-new-worlds-filler-tv-is-fantastic

https://trekmovie.com/2022/06/09/alex-kurtzman-talks-more-gorn-on-strange-new-worlds-and-a-star-trek-universe-crossover More episodes with The+Gorn could make for some fierce drama.

https://collider.com/star-trek-strange-new-worlds-who-are-the-gorn-explained

https://ca.startrek.com/news/strange-new-worlds-101-the-gorn

https://comicbook.com/startrek/news/star-trek-strange-new-worlds-gorn/

https://memory-alpha.fandom.com/wiki/Gorn

https://memory-alpha.fandom.com/wiki/Star_Trek:_Strange_New_Worlds


https://thedigitallabyrinth.blogspot.com/search?q=Strange+New+Worlds

SECRETS Hidden In National Monuments and other places, etc.

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

Of course there are all sorts of hidden and secret places around the world.

Secret Bases and other places https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=toZFyrSJTh4

Mysteries in the Wilderness https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1-PyvszWEtw

Secrets Hidden Inside Mountains https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sAyUy0UgVLU , https://www.youtube.com/c/BeAmazed/videos

Friday, June 03, 2022