https://www.insider.com/urban-legends-us-2018-1
Of course what might be dismissed as an urban_legend by some, might have more significance to others.
https://www.rd.com/list/scary-urban-legends vs. https://www.rd.com/list/true-urban-legends
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.
Tuesday, March 28, 2023
Sunday, March 26, 2023
Fountains in Las Vegas
https://foursquare.com/top-places/las-vegas/best-places-fountains
LV, a city in the+desert which is able to have big fountains. It's all part of the attraction.
https://www.tripadvisor.com/Attractions-g45963-Activities-c47-t13-Las_Vegas_Nevada.html
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fountains_of_Bellagio
https://bellagio.mgmresorts.com/en/entertainment/fountains-of-bellagio.html
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fountains_of_Bellagio#Reception
https://trip101.com/article/fountains-in-las-vegas
Saturday, March 25, 2023
The fountains are flowing in Palm Springs
Fresh flowing water in the+desert is always impressive.
https://www.tripadvisor.com/Attractions-g659472-Activities-c47-t13-California_Desert_California.html
A nuclear plant that leaked 400,000 gallons of radioactive water shuts down for repairs after second incident
https://www.usnews.com/news/us/articles/2023-03-24/minnesota-nuclear-plant-shuts-down-for-leak-residents-worry Such incidents are very concerning and lead to an uncertain future.
Xcel Energy Monticello Power Plant Tritium Leak https://www.health.state.mn.us/communities/environment/air/tritiumleak.html
https://apnews.com/article/minnesota-nuclear-plant-leak-6b72b6f9cd2a1141aadd985b68654e04
https://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory/minnesota-nuclear-plant-shuts-leak-residents-worry-98110848
https://www.axios.com/2023/03/18/minnesota-nuclear-power-plant-water-leak-report
https://www.epa.gov/enforcement/minnesota-power-settlement
https://www.lrl.mn.gov/guides/guides?issue=nuclearwaste Some people think that there isn't enough nuclear waste in the world, so there should be more power plants constructed to create even more toxic waste. That would certainly help to create more of an uncertain future.
While nuclear+power plants can generate a tremendous amount of energy, there is also more of a risk when something goes wrong.
Friday, March 24, 2023
World's most famous fountains
https://www.stuff.co.nz/travel/news/107604722/worlds-most-famous-fountains
They are certainly all around.
https://mymodernmet.com/famous-fountains-around-the-world/
https://10mosttoday.com/10-most-famous-fountains-in-the-world/
https://www.bbc.com/culture/article/20170131-10-of-the-worlds-most-beautiful-fountains
https://www.thingstodopost.org/top-10-fountains-in-canada-canada-913929
https://www.tripadvisor.ca/Attractions-g153339-Activities-c47-t13-Canada.html
https://www.quebec-cite.com/en/quebec-city/fountains-old-quebec
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Fountains_in_Canada
https://dailyhive.com/vancouver/vancouver-parks-decorative-public-water-fountains-features Aparentrly, in spite of so much rain, Vancouver would rather just shut off its fountains. So far, no delegation from Vancouver has ever gone to LV or other cities around the world to get them to turn off their fountains.
Thursday, March 23, 2023
From The Brainphone to The Borg
The Brainphone has its benefits. However, too much of this merging tech into the human body could easily lead into something like the Borg.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Borg#Depiction
https://banthebrainphone.com , https://scottsnair.com/articles
https://en.everybodywiki.com/Brainphone#Impact_on_Human_Decision-Making
Why would anyone want to become something like a Borg_drone?
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Borg#Assimilation
https://en.everybodywiki.com/Brainphone#Humans_Merging_with_Robots_or_Artificial_Intelligence
https://www.youtube.com/@banthebrainphone
https://memory-alpha.fandom.com/wiki/Borg#Technology
Fountains--Water Wasters or Works of Art?
https://wrrc.arizona.edu/publication/fountains-water-wasters-or-works-art
https://foursquare.com/top-places/phoenix/best-places-fountains There is something interesting about desert cities with fountains & flowing water in general.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phoenix,_Arizona#Parks_and_recreation
Wednesday, March 22, 2023
John Wick 4 is just under 3 hours
https://www.avclub.com/john-wick-4-joins-the-four-hour-original-cut-club-1850253723
The world of John_Wick just keeps on growing.
https://www.digitalspy.com/movies/a43375526/john-wick-4-record-rotten-tomatoes/
https://uproxx.com/movies/john-wick-training-camp-rina-sawayama-keanu-reeves/
https://pitchfork.com/news/rina-sawayama-shares-new-john-wick-chapter-4-song-eye-for-an-eye-listen/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Wick:_Chapter_4
https://ew.com/movies/keanu-reeves-john-wick-spin-off-ballerina/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Wick#Films
Lance Reddick as a voice of authority, empathy and comedy
He was such a great actor and person.
https://www.vulture.com/2023/03/john-wick-4-keanu-reeves-lance-reddick-remembered.html
https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2023/mar/20/lance-reddick-obituary
https://deadline.com/video/lance-reddick-farewell-the-film-that-lit-my-fuse-video
https://www.inverse.com/entertainment/lance-reddick-charon-in-john-wick
https://thedigitallabyrinth.blogspot.com/search?q=Lance+Reddick
Monday, March 20, 2023
The Peripheral season 2
https://www.digitalspy.com/tv/ustv/a42165650/the-peripheral-season-2-release-date/
The_Peripheral_(TV_series) is some very cool science fiction entertainment.
https://variety.com/2023/tv/news/the-peripheral-renewed-season-2-amazon-1235518073/
https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2022/oct/21/the-peripheral-review-chloe-grace-moretz
Saturday, March 18, 2023
A-new-lease-on-life for some buildings
A portion of 330_North_Wabash was turned into a high end hotel.
Several buildings will essentially remain what they were intended to be throughout the buildings life time.
https://www.architecture.org/tours/detail/modernist-masterpieces-marina-city-and-the-ibm-building/
Sometimes a new owner or the same one, wants to repurpose a building.
https://everydaytourist.ca/city-planning-101/nova-building-a-new-lease-on-life
Lance Reddick
The Lance_Reddick tragedy, he had so much more to do and give.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lance_Reddick#Death
https://johnwick.fandom.com/wiki/Charon
Lance Reddick’s “John Wick” Tour of NYC | On Location w/ Josh Horowitz (2019)
https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0714698
https://thedigitallabyrinth.blogspot.com/search?q=Lance+Reddick
400,000 gallons of radioactive water leak from Minnesota nuclear plant
Some people still believe that there aren't enough nuclear+power plants on the planet. That more could be built in seismic and ecological areas.
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-64989112
Some people don't even think that it's necessary to immediately inform the public. Who would benefit from this? Certainly not an uninformed public, but so much big money is involved.
Fortunately, the public knew fairly quickly about the Three+Mile+Island+accident in 1979.
Friday, March 17, 2023
William Gibson
William_Gibson has been writing about technology, reality and VR for decades and his works have certainly become part of popular culture.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Gibson#Early_writing_and_the_evolution_of_cyberpunk
https://cyberartsweb.org/cpace/scifi/ns/hardy.html
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Gibson#Neuromancer
https://howtoacademy.com/podcasts/william-gibson-how-to-create-the-future/
https://www.u2interference.com/forums/f288/neuromancer-zooropa-179635.html
https://www.britannica.com/biography/William-Gibson-American-Canadian-author
https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/9226.William_Gibson
https://williamgibsonbooks.com/
https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0317218/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/No_Maps_for_These_Territories , https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ib6siNUJbx0&t=6s , https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qIDVvhy9Z0I
https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2019/12/16/how-william-gibson-keeps-his-science-fiction-real
https://thewalrus.ca/why-william-gibson-is-a-literary-genius/
https://www.moredarkthanshark.org/eno_int_pst-nov14.html
Neil deGrasse Tyson Explains the Simulation Hypothesis https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pmcrG7ZZKUc
The best songs of U2 ranked
https://www.avclub.com/the-best-songs-of-u2-ranked-1850225441
Something big happened to U2 some 3 decades ago. The 1990s was the dawn of the technological matrix zoo era for the band.
https://www.u2.com/news/title/exclusive_clips_from_new_william_gibson_movie_730/
http://forum.talku2.com/index.php?topic=4694.0
https://www.u2.com/news/title/edge_bono_original_music_new_william_gibson_flick_729/
https://cyberartsweb.org/cpace/scifi/ns/hardy.html
https://www.wired.com/2005/08/u2
https://www.moredarkthanshark.org/eno_int_pst-nov14.html
https://howtoacademy.com/podcasts/william-gibson-how-to-create-the-future/
Tuesday, March 14, 2023
Friday, March 10, 2023
Picard's Jonathan Frakes responds to season 3's big change...
https://www.digitalspy.com/tv/ustv/a43272142/star-trek-picard-season-3-swearing-jonathan-frakes/
The return of popular characters from movies and TV can help to propel another series.
https://gizmodo.com/star-trek-picard-season-3-changelings-conspiracy-tng-1850214543
https://collider.com/star-trek-picard-season-3-episode-4-spoiler-interview-showrunner-terry-matalas/
https://www.denofgeek.com/tv/picard-season-3-liam-shaw-captain-star-trek-needs-right-now/
https://trekcentral.net/sneak-peek-star-trek-picard-season-3-ep-4
https://trekcentral.net/review-star-trek-picard-no-win-scenario/
Wednesday, March 08, 2023
Construction timeline for new park above I-95 at Penn's Landing
https://6abc.com/park-at-penns-landing-penns-old-city-philadelphia-delaware-river/12928109/
https://www.axios.com/local/philadelphia/2023/03/08/i-95-cap-philadelphia-park-penns-landing
https://whyy.org/articles/penns-landing-park-i-95-construction/
https://www.phillyvoice.com/penns-landing-park-philadelphia-renderings-cap-i95-south-street-bridge/
Quantumania's Box Office Crash Means It Might Make Less Than Ant-Man 2
https://screenrant.com/quantumanias-box-office-less-than-ant-man-2
Even if Ant-Man_and_the_Wasp:_Quantumania doesn't bring in as much money as Ant-Man_and_the_Wasp or the first Ant-Man movie, it's all part of the overall storyline.
https://bleedingcool.com/movies/ant-man-3-writer-talks-alternate-ending-option/
https://www.cbr.com/ant-man-wasp-quantumania-kang-secret-wars-role-mcu/
https://www.the-numbers.com/movie/Ant-Man-and-the-Wasp-Quantumania-(2023)#tab=summary
https://collider.com/movies-about-quantum-physics/?newsletter_popup=1
Friday, March 03, 2023
Huge Fire Rips Through Skyscraper in Hong Kong Shopping District
There is always a potential for such things.
https://www.ndtv.com/world-news/massive-fire-in-hong-kong-skyscraper-no-casualties-3830039
Thursday, March 02, 2023
Greek rescuers comb through train crash wreckage as hopes fade
A mobile phone can be tracked to less than a metre.
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-64820085
Yet, there wasn't a level of technology that was able to trace & locate each train in Greece.
https://www.arnolditkin.com/blog/train-accidents/the-5-worst-train-accidents-in-history
https://a-z-animals.com/blog/the-deadliest-train-crashes-in-the-world
https://www.railway-technology.com/features/featurethe-worlds-deadliest-train-accidents-4150911/