Living Off-Grid

 https://www.worldpackers.com/articles/off-grid-living

One of the best off-grid cabins https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WTuCXFF3sJE

This is everything we build in the last 2 years on our land here in Portugal. We started with some off grid shipping containers and now have a waterfall and house https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S_ZbMbBxJvs

Several Years Living Off-Grid in a Self-Built Cabin & Farming Tons of Food on the Land https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OJZ2wRakOh0

Unnecessary off-grid deaths in Colorado

 https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2023/jul/29/colorado-springs-family-died-off-the-grid

Stories such as The_Stand and The_Mosquito_Coast might have motivated some people over the years to move into the wilderness or jungle.

https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/questions-linger-death-family-went-grid-colorado-wilderness-rcna96851

The_Postman and The_Road are also stories which might have also caused some people to live off grid in the wilderness.

https://nypost.com/2023/07/28/family-who-died-off-grid-only-watched-youtube-to-prepare

Perhaps last summer and the fall went alright for them, but they really should have prepared for what winter would be like in the Colorado mountains.

https://people.com/family-died-trying-live-off-the-grid-told-loved-ones-about-plan-we-tried-to-stop-them-7566610

They didn't have to make their last stand in the Colorado wilderness during the winter. They could have come in from the cold and resumed their off-grid lifestyle in the spring and then be better prepared for the next winter. At least they should have gone into Gunnison,_Colorado for some winter supplies, before it was too late.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2023/07/26/colorado-family-live-off-grid-dead

However, perhaps even going to Gunnison might have been too much civilization for them.

"Gunnison residents isolated themselves from the surrounding area during the Spanish Influenza epidemic for two months at the end of 1918. All highways were barricaded near the county lines. Train conductors warned all passengers that if they stepped outside of the train in Gunnison, they would be arrested and quarantined for five days.^[8][9] This served as partial inspiration for the novel The Last Town on Earth (2006) by Thomas Mullen. The isolation was ultimately unsuccessful, as townspeople became restless after a few months, and the isolation was lifted in February 1919 only to have the flu arrive a month later, killing several." https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gunnison,_Colorado#History

https://www.9news.com/article/news/local/next/gunnison-spanish-flu-epidemic-response-coronavirus-research/73-67791a7a-0492-48d4-abe2-b0184f672825 

"The plot centres on a pandemic resulting from a mishap at a military biological research station which allows the escape of a lethal strain of influenza. After the pandemic kills almost the entire world population, the few survivors are drawn to one of two figures, Randall Flagg and Mother Abagail, setting up a final good-vs-evil confrontation." https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Stand_(2020_miniseries)

Living in the wilderness can be a matter of life and death, just like living in the city.  

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mountain_states#Demographics

Some people prefer to go camping in the winter, but whatever the season, its imperative to be properly prepared. https://www.untamedspace.com/winter-camping/

https://www.explore-mag.com/10_Reasons_Why_Winter_Camping_is_Better_Than_Summer

People should take their time testing what woks and doesn't for them.

https://www.worldpackers.com/articles/how-to-live-off-the-grid-with-no-money

Years Living Off-Grid in a Self-Built Cabin & Farming Tons of Food on the Land https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OJZ2wRakOh0

From Koala To Q, The ‘Star Trek: Strange New Worlds’ Easter Eggs In “Those Old Scientists”

 https://trekmovie.com/2023/07/25/from-space-koala-to-q-the-star-trek-strange-new-worlds-easter-eggs-in-those-old-scientists/

https://www.escapistmagazine.com/star-trek-strange-new-worlds-season-2-episode-7-those-old-scientists/

https://www.tor.com/2023/07/25/sometimes-i-wish-i-couldve-lived-back-then-star-trek-strange-new-worlds-those-old-scientists/

The Worldcoin ID and Tracking System

The Worldcoin eye scanner could be quite a nice convenience, especially in the event of losing ones wallet or phone. However, can such ID systems ever be 100% hacker proof?

https://techcrunch.com/2023/05/12/hackers-stole-passwords-of-worldcoin-orb-operators/

https://www.forbes.com/sites/roberthart/2023/07/24/what-is-worldcoin-heres-what-to-know-about-the-eyeball-scanning-crypto-project-launched-by-openais-sam-altman/?sh=61ef64115c4b

https://www.reuters.com/technology/openais-sam-altman-launches-worldcoin-crypto-project-2023-07-24 

https://patentscope.wipo.int/search/en/detail.jsf?docId=US291464337&_fid=WO2020060606 Officially, this isn't part of a global digital currency tracking system, but it could be. Anything with 060606 is too close to 666 and will be of great concern to many. 

The Trinity Test and the Downwinders

 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oAnnC1SFOBY

The Trinity-Test was such an integral part of getting a new type of explosive ready to be used on Japan, in order to bring an abrupt end to WW2. Unfortunately, such a test also meant danger and damage caused on US soil.

https://www.trinitydownwinders.com/downwinders-stories

https://www.trinitydownwinders.com/single-post/allison-carruthers-the-nuclear-frontier-and-effects-of-the-manhattan-project

https://www.trinitydownwinders.com/news-stories-and-media-coverage

https://www.npr.org/2021/09/27/1040983335/survivors-of-the-trinity-nuclear-test-werent-warned-then-were-lied-to-after

https://www.nps.gov/media/article-search.htm#q=Downwinders&sort=Date_Last_Modified%20desc

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

https://thedigitallabyrinth.blogspot.com/search?q=The+Manhattan+Project

‘Now I Am Become Death, the Destroyer of Worlds.’ The Story of Oppenheimer’s Infamous Quote

 https://www.wired.co.uk/article/manhattan-project-robert-oppenheimer

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/J._Robert_Oppenheimer#Mysticism

https://www.sanskritimagazine.com/nuclear-events-in-ancient-india/

It would be too unsettling for many people to consider that humanity might have made the climb from the stone age to the space age more than once.

http://www.mysteryofindia.com/2014/08/myth-of-ancient-nuclear-war.html

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

https://thedigitallabyrinth.blogspot.com/search?q=The+Manhattan+Project

Trinity Nuclear Test’s Fallout Reached 46 States, Canada and Mexico...

 https://www.nytimes.com/2023/07/20/science/trinity-nuclear-test-atomic-bomb-oppenheimer.html

https://sourcenm.com/2023/07/19/anger-hope-for-nm-downwinders/

https://thebulletin.org/premium/2023-07/collateral-damage-american-civilian-survivors-of-the-1945-trinity-test/

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

https://thedigitallabyrinth.blogspot.com/search?q=The+Manhattan+Project

Robert Oppenheimer in 1965 on if the bomb was necessary

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

The Decision to Drop the Bomb https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-JWxIVVeV98

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

High-occupancy vehicle lanes

 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/High-occupancy_vehicle_lane

https://www.witpress.com/Secure/elibrary/papers/UT06/UT06019FU1.pdf

https://ec.europa.eu/transport/road_safety/going_abroad/united_kingdom/forbidden_lane_en.htm

https://academic-accelerator.com/encyclopedia/high-occupancy-vehicle-lane

https://www.thestar.com/autos/ontario-is-letting-drivers-buy-their-way-out-of-commuting-nightmare/article_2176efcf-3bad-591b-b19a-3a2390701fc4.html?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/High-occupancy_vehicle_lane#Canada

https://bc.ctvnews.ca/metro-vancouver-has-some-of-the-worst-traffic-in-north-america-study-finds-1.6286875

There has been a tremendous level of reluctance to build a series of HOV, bus & bike bridges in the Greater Vancouver region.

https://dailyhive.com/vancouver/metro-vancouver-traffic-second-worst-north-america

This combined with such a narrow road network helps to make sure that Vancouver continues to be one of the most congested cities in the developed world.

Best Multi-model transit hubs around the world

 https://www.re-thinkingthefuture.com/designing-for-typologies/a2977-10-best-multi-model-transit-hubs-around-the-world/

The more efficient and safe that public transportation can be, the better.

https://www.remix.com/blog/10-cities-with-the-best-public-transportation

https://dailyhive.com/canada/north-america-best-public-transit-systems

https://www.wri.org/insights/us-cities-multi-modal-transportation-benefits

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2022-11-21/these-cities-have-the-best-public-transit-systems

https://www.here.com/learn/blog/15-minute-cities-infrastructure It's one thing to have a lot of urban  convinenciences within 15 minutes of home. However, if eventually one has to constantly check in with their AI-phone to obtain permission to visit another sector, then it becomes something out of a Sci-Fi or dystopian story.

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

Urban Bus and Bike Lanes and Bridges

Bus_lanes can add so much more capacity to streets and roads.

https://academic-accelerator.com/encyclopedia/high-occupancy-vehicle-lane

https://ec.europa.eu/transport/road_safety/going_abroad/united_kingdom/forbidden_lane_en.htm

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

Select_Bus_Service, because it and a subway line can provide a mutual benefit. Plus, it's easier & cheaper to set up a rapid bus corridor until a new subway line is essential.

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

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/G_Line_(Los_Angeles_Metro)#Conversion_to_light_rail

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

Greater Vancouver has been too slow or even too reluctant to build a series of bus & bike bridges.

https://dailyhive.com/vancouver/r2-rapidbus-marine-drive-north-shore-bus-lane-construction

Keeping bridges, streets & roads so narrow makes it difficult to put in proper bus lanes.

https://www.burnabynow.com/local-news/growing-traffic-congestion-increases-bus-delays-in-metro-vancouver-region-6662394

https://dailyhive.com/vancouver/metro-vancouver-traffic-second-worst-north-america

So many other cities are able to do so much more, simply because they aren't limited by a Vancouver or BC type of mentality.

https://dailyhive.com/vancouver/translink-transport-2050-10-year-priorities-plan-projects-brt

The Tilikum_Crossing in Portland is the type of cool transit bridge that should also be in Vancouver, BC. Unfortunately, V, BC is too afraid to build more bridges. 

https://trimet.org/tilikum It's no problem to have such a wonderful bridge like this in Oregon, but in BC its not allowed to be a reality. https://trimet.org/tilikum/#about Such transit bridges actually help other regional bridges.

Carl Jung recorded his encounters with entities from “inner space”

 https://bigthink.com/high-culture/carl-jung-unconscious

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Red_Book_(Jung)#Creation_and_physical_description

https://jungiancenter.org/jungs-prophetic-visions/

https://carljungdepthpsychologysite.blog/2020/04/28/carl-jung-on-visions-anthology

https://thenucleusmagazine.co.uk/2022/05/31/carl-jung-dreams-and-visions

Various people have had dreams or visions which have inspired them to write about possible future scenarios.

https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/h-g-wells-envisions-atomic-bomb-30-years-ahead-of-time/

https://www.warhistoryonline.com/war-articles/hg-wells-foresaw-a-future-with-nuclear-bombs.html

https://ahf.nuclearmuseum.org/ahf/key-documents/hg-wells-world-set-free 1914

https://www.bbc.com/news/magazine-33365776

HGW might not have specifically referred to it as The+Manhattan+Project, but the end result was a story about a new kind of extremely powerful weapon.

Apple's Vision Pro gets its own division

 https://mixed-news.com/en/structural-change-at-apple-vision-pro-gets-its-own-division/

Of course the momentum of Vision+Pro will only grow.

https://analyticsindiamag.com/apples-vision-pro-woes/

https://www.computerworld.com/article/3702389/apples-cutting-edge-vision-pro-doesnt-need-iphone-sales-to-succeed.html

Then there is always the competition.

https://www.ludusglobal.com/en/blog/pico-4-vs-meta-quest-2-differences-between-both-vr-glasses

Oppenheimer, the trinity test and the Aftermath

Of course the Trinity_(nuclear_test) event was the start of something very big and dangerous.

https://www.osti.gov/opennet/manhattan-project-history/Events/1945/trinity.htm

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trinity_(nuclear_test)#Test_site

https://www.nps.gov/articles/000/trinity-test-downwinders.htm

The downwinders have been seeking justice for several decades.

https://searchlightnm.org/deliverance-for-downwinders-as-the-clock-winds-down-on-federal-compensation-one-womans-mission-ramps-up/

https://wepresent.wetransfer.com/stories/reto-sterchi-trinity-downwinders

https://www.nti.org/atomic-pulse/downwind-of-trinity-remembering-the-first-victims-of-the-atomic-bomb/

https://dceg.cancer.gov/research/how-we-study/exposure-assessment/trinity

https://www.nps.gov/media/article-search.htm#q=Manhattan+Project&sort=Date_Last_Modified%20desc

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

https://thedigitallabyrinth.blogspot.com/search?q=The+Manhattan+Project

Vision Pro by Apple

 https://mixed-news.com/en/vision-pro-is-apples-strategy-wrong/

Augmented_reality, VR and Mixed_reality are all part of the intersection of Extended_reality. (XR)

https://appleinsider.com/articles/23/07/16/apple-has-a-unique-working-arrangement-with-the-vision-pro-team

https://www.tomsguide.com/news/nba-games-could-be-apple-vision-pros-secret-weapon

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2023-07-07/apple-vision-pro-headset-to-launch-in-us-stores-by-appointment

https://www.forbes.com/sites/ewanspence/2023/07/09/apple-headlines-iphone-15-pro-iphone-battery-apple-vision-pro-apple-music-macos-gaming/?sh=42d0a4c76223

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/newsletters/2023-07-09/apple-vision-pro-xr-headset-will-take-years-to-become-key-part-of-business-ljvfzfvr

https://frontofficesports.com/bob-iger-adam-silver-promote-apple-vision-pros-impact-on-sports/

https://appleinsider.com/inside/apple-vision-pro

https://www.macrumors.com/roundup/apple-vision-pro/

https://www.reuters.com/technology/apple-forced-make-cuts-vision-pro-production-plans-ft-2023-07-03

https://thedigitallabyrinth.blogspot.com/search?q=Vision+Pro

The Manhattan Project

The Manhattan_Project was such a vast operation of lethal technological development.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manhattan_Project#Los_Alamos

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manhattan_Project#Project_sites

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/J._Robert_Oppenheimer#Manhattan_Project

https://faroutmagazine.co.uk/the-rush-song-about-j-robert-oppenheimer

Rush - Manhattan Project https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RhE8VQlczS4 , https://www.youtube.com/@rush/videos

Rush - Manhattan Project With Original Animations! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kWd4qEBWXVc

Rush-Manhattan Project (Lyrics) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HTkicdO_64w

RUSH - "Manhattan Project" Live In Birmingham 1988 - 2022 HD Remaster (Laserdisc/DVD Hybrid!) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rW5m8HNz0jc

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manhattan_Project_(song)

https://thedigitallabyrinth.blogspot.com/search?q=The+Manhattan+Project

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

Oppenheimer, the Man and the Movie

 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H1XEwfOJshU

The ‘Oppenheimer’ Cast on Filming the Trinity Test, Immersing Themselves in Their Characters, & More https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ykioWgVoYcI

Why there are new assessments of Oppenheimer's role in history https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AgcViAL8c6U

The Trials Of Oppenheimer - BBC History Documentary https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xZXphvc-BVk

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

U2: Zooropa and ZOO TV

Zooropa was such a super-tour for U2.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zoo_TV_Tour , https://www.u2.com/tour/id/54

Bono as the Fly, was also like a pre-Neo during the early 1990s.

Achtung_Baby really hit hard in 1991. https://www.u2.com/music/albums/4009

The music video for Even_Better_Than_the_Real_Thing (1992) was so far ahead of its time that it took until the first MATRIX movie to top it.

Even_Better_Than_the_Real_Thing#Music_video , https://www.u2.com/media/player/18/10 Before people could see Neo in the MATRIX (1999), there was Bono as the Fly in the U2 entertainment ZOO. https://www.artem.com/portfolio/554

https://www.u2.com/news/title/surprise-zoo-station-a-u2uv-experience-in-vegas

https://www.u2.com/tour , https://www.u2.com/media/photos/184

What is The Nature of Reality?

 https://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/everything-everywhere-all-at-once-2022

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

It seems that the more curious and perceptive one is, the more clues they will discover.

https://fusionanomaly.net/virtualreality.html   

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

Before The MATRIX in 1999, there was, 

U2 - Even Better Than The Real Thing

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

So is this world part of some kind of a cosmic interactive recording and projection of data, time and space? A lot of people still aren't ready to ponder this concept. That this world might be someones stage, laboratory, farm, garden or ZOO.

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

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Some Wide Bridges and High Volume Crossings in the World

https://bridgemastersinc.com/record-setting-bridges-across-the-globe

https://www.axiomint.com/built-wide-bridge-across-the-great-divide

Cairo: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rod_El_Farag_Axis_Bridge Has 12 lanes. https://www.guinnessworldrecords.com/news/2019/6/egypts-new-bridge-becomes-the-widest-cable-stayed-bridge-580736

Brisbane: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sir_Leo_Hielscher_Bridges They provide a 12 lane crossing.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Washington_Bridge It has 14 lanes. https://www.panynj.gov/bridges-tunnels/en/george-washington-bridge/history.html

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Verrazzano-Narrows_Bridge It has 13 lanes. https://www.nydailynews.com/2015/10/06/bike-lanes-eyed-in-400m-overhaul-of-verrazano-bridge/

Since the early 1970s, the 10 lane San_Francisco-Oakland_Bay_Bridge is augmented in a way, by the Transbay_Tube. Indeed, 10 car BART trains cross the San_Francisco_Bay. Unfortunately, the BART tube wasn't designed to have a provision for a 3rd or 4th set of train tracks, so capacity is limited.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eastern_span_replacement_of_the_San_Francisco-Oakland_Bay_Bridge Unfortunately, the Bay Bridge doesn't have anything like Sydney_Harbour_Bridge_cycleway as of yet.

The Sydney_Harbour_Bridge has 8 lanes and 2 tracks of the North_Shore_railway_line. The Harbour Bridge is augmented by the 4 lane Sydney_Harbour_Tunnel. On the other side of the Harbour Bridge is the Sydney_Metro-tunnel , https://www.sydneymetro.info/article/history-under-sydney-harbour , https://www.transport.nsw.gov.au/sites/default/files/media/documents/2017/tbm-fatcheet.PDF , https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-04-21/sydney-metro-train-travels-under-harbour/102252872 , https://www.9news.com.au/national/sydney-news-train-goes-under-harbor-bridge-for-the-first-time-in-test/92d0ef56-3032-4416-a653-5b7c67dba002

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/West_Gate_Bridge Has 10 lanes.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kingston_Bridge,_Glasgow Has 10 lanes.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anzac_Bridge Has 8 lanes.

The new Port_Mann_Bridge in Canada was the widest for a little while. However, the bridge should have also had 2 rapidbus lanes and a provision for 2 rail rapid transit tracks. https://www.itsinternational.com/its1/feature/widest-bridge-world-port-mann-open-vancouver

The George_Massey_Tunnel was built to classic backward BC standards with only 4 lanes and no bus lanes and no breakdown lanes. While its replacement will have 8 lanes, there is no provision for rapid_transit. No emergency lanes and no provision for extra HOV & bus lanes. https://biv.com/article/2023/06/bc-starts-bid-process-41b-massey-traffic-tunnel

These 3 fine crossings were possible, simply because they aren't under any Vancouver, BC type restrictions and limitations. 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Narrows_Bridge_(Perth) ,WA: Has 10 lanes and 2 train tracks.

Seattle, WA: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Interstate_90_floating_bridges An 8 lane crossing with 2 train tracks.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Champlain_Bridge_(Montreal,_2019-present), Quebec: It has 8 lanes and 2 train tracks. Stubborn BC will likely continue to not follow the examples of WA & Q.

At the other end of the spectrum is the inept, 3 lane Lions_Gate_Bridge. It just might be the best example of bottleneck planning on the planet. The Lions-Gate-Bridge is too narrow and flimsy to accomodate 2 bus lanes, especially any trains. Unlike Sydney, SF & Montreal in the 1930s, Vancouver was just a provincial backwater. Thus, the Lions_Gate_Bridge opened with just 2 lanes. A bridge so narrow that some living rooms and swimming pools are wider than it. The 3rd lane was squeezed in during the early 1950s. The Lions_Gate_Bridge would be fantastic as a bus, bike and pedestrian crossing. However, an 8 lane tunnel with a provision for a train line, should be built from the North_Shore to Georgia_Street. The section of Georgia-Street that's closest to Stanley_Park is 7 lanes wide. However, unlike most major cities, Vancouver deliberately keeps falling behind, because congestive or stunted planning is the way to go. 

Fortunately, the Vancouverism mentality didn't stop the Narrows_Bridge_in_Perth or Seattle's upgraded Interstate_90_floating_bridges and especially, the Champlain_Bridge_in_Montreal. (WA & Q)

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