The Digital Labyrinth :: TDL: January 2025

Friday, January 31, 2025

https://www.aninews.in/news/entertainment/music/will-smith-channels-neo-in-matrix-inspired-video-for-new-single-beautiful-scars-feat-big-sean20250131140939/

Will+Smith probably would have been great in the MATRIX movies.

https://www.thenews.com.pk/latest/1278122-will-smith-decides-to-get-rid-of-his-biggest-regret-with-bold-move

However, those movies were really made for KR.

Thursday, January 30, 2025

Will Smith and Big Sean - Beautiful Scars feat. OBanga

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

It might not be a case of regret for an actor, Will+Smith just occasionally wondered, what if?

https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/will-smith-the-matrix-beautiful-scars-video-1236122508/

Actors always make choices and sometimes many years later, they might ponder if they had made the correct decision.

https://www.reddit.com/r/FIlm/comments/1fl9twc/how_the_matrix_1999_almost_starred_will_smith/?rdt=38138

https://thedigitallabyrinth.blogspot.com/search?q=Will+Smith+channels+Neo+in+Matrix-inspired+video

The ‘Godfather of AI’ predicts that it will take over the world

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vxkBE23zDmQ

‘Godfather of AI’ on AI “exceeding human intelligence” and it “trying to take over” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MGJpR591oaM

Mo Gawdat on AI: The Future of AI and How It Will Shape Our World https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HhcNrnNJY54

YUVAL NOAH HARARI: Our AI Future Is WAY WORSE Than You Think | Rich Roll Podcast https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_jl64f-821o

Possible End of Humanity from AI? Geoffrey Hinton at MIT Technology Review's EmTech Digital https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sitHS6UDMJc

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

Investigators find black boxes after deadly Washington plane crash, continue search for answers

https://www.reuters.com/world/us/takeoffs-landings-halted-ronald-reagan-national-airport-after-aircraft-incident-2025-01-30/

https://apnews.com/live/dc-plane-crash-reagan-updates

https://thedigitallabyrinth.blogspot.com/search?q=Potomac+River+mid-air+collision

Wednesday, January 29, 2025

Potomac River mid-air collision

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2025_Potomac_River_mid-air_collision

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ronald_Reagan_Washington_National_Airport#Accidents_and_incidents

https://thedigitallabyrinth.blogspot.com/search?q=Potomac+River+mid-air+collision

Tuesday, January 28, 2025

How record-setting cold contributed to the space shuttle Challenger disaster on Jan. 28, 1986

https://www.accuweather.com/en/space-news/how-record-setting-cold-contributed-to-the-space-shuttle-challenger-disaster-on-jan-28-1986/337486

China's DeepSeek AI shakes the industry

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cd643wx888qo

Looks like it's time for some else to turn over the AI apple cart.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2025/01/27/deep-seek-ai-markets-nvidia/

https://www.cbc.ca/news/business/deepseek-ai-startup-1.7442382

https://finance.yahoo.com/news/why-market-panic-over-chinas-deepseek-is-overblown-analysts-say-211148821.html

https://www.theguardian.com/business/2025/jan/27/what-is-deepseek-and-why-did-us-tech-stocks-fall

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

Monday, January 27, 2025

Big Tech in panic mode... Did DeepSeek R1 just pop the AI bubble?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nl7aCUsWykg

Why DeepSeek AI Will Disrupt Everything You Know About AI & What It Means For Markets | Tom Bilyeu Show https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6y9OdGPz8YI

Deepseek R1 Explained by a Retired Microsoft Engineer https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r3TpcHebtxM

DeepSeek R1 - The Chinese AI "Side Project" That Shocked the Entire Industry! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X5adgxV0gBE

Who's ready to play hide and seek with DeepSeek?

Greenland-Not-For-Sale-But-Open-to-US-Partnership

https://oilprice.com/Geopolitics/International/Greenland-Not-For-Sale-But-Open-to-US-Partnership.html

Will Smith and Big Sean - Beautiful Scars

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b0HKY-Q6w-A

https://deadline.com/2025/01/will-smith-matrix-instagram-1236249483/

https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/will-smith-wont-star-matrix-5-1236102605/

https://thedigitallabyrinth.blogspot.com/search?q=Will+Smith+channels+Neo+in+Matrix-inspired+video

Jardine House, HK

The Jardine_House tower was the first building in HK permitted to have more than 50 floors.

Roof	178.5 m (585.6 ft)
Top floor	168.5 m (552.8 ft)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jardine_House#Gallery

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hong_Kong-Timeline_of_tallest_buildings

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_tallest_buildings_in_Hong_Kong#Tallest_buildings

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_tallest_buildings_in_Hong_Kong#Tallest_under_construction_or_proposed

Sunday, January 26, 2025

China’s New AI Model DeepSeek Just Won the Tech Race...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OC2J-0vlhy8

DeepSeek R1 Explained... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kv8frWeKoeo

How China’s New AI Model DeepSeek Is Threatening U.S. Dominance https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WEBiebbeNCA

Welcome to the Chinese Room.

https://www.britannica.com/topic/Chinese-room-argument

https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/chinese-room

https://iep.utm.edu/chinese-room-argument/

https://ai.stackexchange.com/questions/39293/is-the-chinese-room-an-explanation-of-how-chatgpt-works

https://mind.ilstu.edu/curriculum/searle_chinese_room/searle_chinese_room.html

Cities with the most skyscrapers in Australia

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

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_tallest_buildings_in_Australia#Tallest_buildings_by_state_or_territory

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_tallest_buildings_in_Australia#Tallest_buildings_under_construction_or_proposed

The Australia Square Tower

Australia_Square was quite an impressive cylinder of a building when it opened in 1967.

https://www.smh.com.au/entertainment/art-and-design/top-of-the-town-20040515-gdixds.html

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_tallest_buildings_in_Sydney#1960s_and_1970s

https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/8/8d/70-673%2C_Sydney_1970.jpg

The Australia_Square_Tower was the first building permitted to have 50 floors in Australia.

Now it's just an average tall building in Sydney, even if it was in Melbourne or Brisbane. It wouldn't even be the tallest in Perth, but it would be in Adelaide & especially Hobart.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Australia_Square#Surpassing_of_height

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

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_tallest_buildings_in_Australia#Tallest_buildings

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_cities_in_Australia_by_population#Significant_urban_areas_by_population

https://thedigitallabyrinth.blogspot.com/search?q=Australia+Square

Australia: the Dreamworld and the Nightmare

https://www.sbs.com.au/news/article/the-cost-of-living-side-effects-impacting-over-10-million-australians/xxq6wl5sw

Luxurious housing makes the most profit for developers.

https://www.upmove.com.au/post/cost-of-living-in-australia

However, it's a small part of the market, when compared to the amount of people requiring basic comfortable housing needs.

https://www.reckon.com/au/small-business-resources/employee/cost-of-living/?srsltid=AfmBOoqnAta6y9eWs8xEC6WjxpBebOjKu1hqre7ZPHk5ClvnbgQyWf8q

Mixed income level buildings could be part of the solution.

https://en.uhomes.com/blog/cost-of-living-in-australia

A lot of developers like to build big and tall and charge sky-high prices.

https://www.nytimes.com/2024/03/27/world/australia/economy-cost-of-living.html

Perhaps a compromise could make the best of both worlds. The delux housing at the top 3rd or quarter of a tower, with the rest for those seeking a more affordable level of housing. The up side would be more densification vs. urban sprawl. However, the down side would mean that more people would be living in tall buildings with less of a push for more urban sprawl and low rise housing.

Midnight Oil - Dreamworld https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OcKcjpSWmm0

Midnight Oil - Dreamworld (Ellis Park - The Concert / 1994) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NeIJo_qiJDg

Colonial Abuse

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-14319273/Shocking-images-Aussies-no-longer-celebrating-Australia-Day.html

People want to celebrate and have a good time, but it's also important to always be aware of the history of any colonized land.

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

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-5248411/Photos-Aboriginals-shackled-chains.html

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aboriginal_reserve#History

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beds_Are_Burning 1987

Midnight Oil - Beds Are Burning (Ellis Park - The Concert / 1994) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kYqkLQYk9Eo

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beds_Are_Burning#Composition

Midnight Oil, "Beds Are Burning" (live at the Hultsfred festival 1994) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yiq5QK_SBqs

Midnight Oil - Beds Are Burning (Extended Video) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h1VPf9hjOFM

Midnight Oil - Uluru Statement from the Heart (Read by First Nations collaborators) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rWoIgPyQTK4

Republic Day, India

https://www.republicworld.com/entertainment/celebrities/coldplay-s-chris-martin-pays-tribute-to-india-on-republic-day-charms-audience-by-crooning-to-maa-tujhe-salaam-vande-mataram-ahmedabad-concert

Any country has its problems and various challenges. India continues to become more modern and dynamic every year.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Republic_Day_(India)

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

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

https://www.tribuneindia.com/news/artificial-intelligence-ai-action-summit/french-president-macron-extends-republic-day-greetings-to-india-says-looking-forward-to-meet-dear-friend-narendra-modi

https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/in-pictures-india-celebrates-76th-republic-day/article69142907.ece

https://apnews.com/article/india-republic-day-new-delhi-indonesia-abd71bfbd60080cff34e671414218f6c

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/India#Demographics,_languages,_and_religion

https://www.cfr.org/global-conflict-tracker/conflict/conflict-between-india-and-pakistan

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indo-Pakistani_wars_and_conflicts

https://armscontrolcenter.org/history-of-conflict-in-india-and-pakistan/

https://www.hrw.org/world-report/2025/country-chapters/india

https://www.usip.org/publications/2023/06/understanding-indias-manipur-conflict-and-its-geopolitical-implications

https://geneva-academy.ch/galleries/today-s-armed-conflicts

Australia Day

https://www.australiaday.com.au

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Australia#Cities

Men At Work - Down Under https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XfR9iY5y94s

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-01-26/australia-day-2025-anthony-albanese-citizenship-ceremonies/104860990

Men At Work - Who Can It Be Now? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SECVGN4Bsgg

https://www.timeanddate.com/holidays/australia/australia-day

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_cities_in_Australia_by_population#Significant_urban_areas_by_population

https://nationaltoday.com/australia-day

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

https://www.awarenessdays.com/awareness-days-calendar/australia-day-2025

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sydney_Harbour_Bridge#Walk_for_Reconciliation

A modern welcoming nation is the ideal goal, but it's important to remember the Colonial+Abuse mentality and agenda of earlier times.

Friday, January 24, 2025

Meta to spend up to $65B on massive AI data center

https://nypost.com/2025/01/24/business/mark-zuckerbergs-meta-to-spend-up-to-65b-on-ai-data-center/

https://nypost.com/2023/11/14/tech/are-ai-faces-more-human-than-real-ones-see-if-you-can-tell-the-difference/

Some Movies with Robotic Surgery depicted in them

https://aliensoup.com/threads/movies-with-robotic-surgery-in-them.59567

PROMETHEUS "Emergency Surgery" scene https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NUhjlb96mA8

AutoDoc Medical Pod Explained | Passengers Movie Tech https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ICsn0prjMJ0

https://www.kansashealthsystem.com/care/treatments/minimally-invasive-surgery/da-vinci-robotic-surgery

https://nl.pinterest.com/pin/330662797639549334/

https://www.mayoclinic.org/tests-procedures/robotic-surgery/about/pac-20394974

Thursday, January 23, 2025

Trump shakes things up for the globalists at Davos summit 10 things you didn't know about Davos

https://nypost.com/2025/01/23/business/trump-shakes-up-globalists-at-davos-summit-instilling-fear-and-relief-while-showing-sleepy-joes-no-longer-at-the-wheel/

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-14314191/global-elite-Davos-high-class-escort-spills-beans.html

Of course when their objective is to F over the world, they still want to have a good F-ing time for themselves.

https://nypost.com/2024/01/13/news/davos-party-secrets-caviar-magic-mushrooms-champagne/

https://www.news.com.au/finance/work/leaders/sex-drugs-and-dogooders-inside-the-socalled-superbowl-of-capitalism-at-the-annual-davos-gathering/news-story/da2f0ff0479ce21749fb994437a032ba

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-12961819/Global-elites-Davos-debauchery-caviar-champagne-escorts.html

https://www.cnbc.com/2024/01/31/the-davos-underground-inside-the-secret-parties-of-the-elite-world.html

https://nypost.com/2023/01/18/prostitutes-charge-davos-attendees-2500-a-night/

10 things you didn't know about Davos https://www.bbc.com/news/business-46895332

https://www.smh.com.au/business/wild-parties-and-wilder-schmoozing-behind-the-scenes-at-davos-20180124-h0na5c.html

https://www.vanityfair.com/news/2016/01/davos-and-its-infamous-parties-returns-this-week?srsltid=AfmBOooznJ--_Ioq1PZBxVYBdEsHC2bVI28D_8CrlTTo_4iivPvlO0Qp

https://www.nytimes.com/2015/05/17/t-magazine/plutocrats-gone-wild.html

https://www.npr.org/2012/01/24/145660069/davos-a-super-bowl-for-smart-rich-people

Is Will Smith in The Matrix part 5?

https://screenrant.com/the-matrix-5-will-smith-casting-meta-resurrections-op-ed/

Will+Smith in M5, not likely, but it could have been interesting.

Nicaragua's $50BN Panama Canal Rival

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B5vX4TWNRAo

Trump issues executive orders to declassify assassination files on the Kennedys and MLK Jr.

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/trump-announces-jfk-rfk-mlk-assassination-files-to-be-released/

https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/2025/01/declassification-of-records-concerning-the-assassinations-of-president-john-f-kenned/

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/trump-announces-jfk-rfk-mlk-assassination-files-to-be-released/

https://time.com/7209648/trump-orders-declassification-documents-jfk-rfk-mlk-kennedy-king-assassinations/

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cy8pgp0e1g6o

Wednesday, January 22, 2025

The Biggest AI Project Ever "STARGATE" by OpenAI, SoftBank and...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y7SBWzAyDkE

Tuesday, January 21, 2025

Why Is MIT Making Robot Insects?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H6q6pYZ9Fho

Monday, January 20, 2025

Donald Trump is handed nuclear codes and briefed on firing America’s 5,000 apocalyptic warheads with ‘nuke football’

https://www.thesun.ie/news/14568055/donald-trump-codes-nuclear-football-warheads/

Sunday, January 19, 2025

Disgraced ABC Writer Who Faked Cancer, now Slammed For LA Wildfires Fundraising

https://insidethemagic.net/2025/01/elisabeth-finch-greys-anatomy-wildfire-fundraiser-ks1

Some people just have a peculiar way about them.

https://www.pajiba.com/tv_reviews/review-anatomy-of-lies-reveals-the-depths-of-elisabeth-finch-a-very-nasty-scammer.php

https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-news/greys-anatomy-elisabeth-finch-scandal-fundraising-la-wildfires-1236111166/

https://people.com/where-is-former-greys-anatomy-writer-elisabeth-finch-now-8725472

The Willow Processor

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

Google’s Quantum Chip: Did We Just Tap Into Parallel Universes? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6qEy9fXiecQ

Human organic intelligence and perception might not be able to detect all the facets of quantum mechanical sentience.

https://www.news.com.au/technology/innovation/quantum-chip-does-task-in-five-minutes-a-normal-computer-would-take-10-septillion-years/news-story/a6d7aaa5a9092483887aa4dbe95d13c9

https://www.livescience.com/technology/computing/google-willow-quantum-computing-chip-solved-a-problem-the-best-supercomputer-taken-a-quadrillion-times-age-of-the-universe-to-crack

Quantum AI

The Hunting Party TV series

https://tvseriesfinale.com/tv-show/the-hunting-party-season-one-ratings-viewer-votes/

Perhaps for people that just want nonstop action or suspense, this isn't for them.

https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-reviews/the-hunting-party-review-nbc-1236110866/

However, based on the pilot episode, there is a lot of interesting potential with this TV series.

https://www.cinemablend.com/streaming-news/watch-the-hunting-party

https://www.justjared.com/2025/01/19/the-hunting-party-new-nbc-tv-show-cast-trailer-how-to-watch-online/

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt21906554/

Egyptians Spilled Billion Tons of Unsalted Water into the Sahara Desert, the Result Was Unexpected

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jjJ72pOz_vc

Saturday, January 18, 2025

Researchers study mice brains with VR goggles

https://www.wionews.com/videos/researchers-study-mice-brains-with-vr-goggles

Mouse VR, WTH?

https://www.cnn.com/2025/01/15/health/video/mouse-vr-headset-alzheimers-research-ldn-digvid

https://phys.org/news/2024-12-mice-headsets-easier-brain-response.html

https://femtonics.eu/moculus/

https://www.nature.com/articles/s41592-024-02540-y

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pose_tracking#Optical_tracking

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Head-up_display

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Head-up_display#Further_development_and_experimental_uses

Mouse Droid | Robot Chicken https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qbBdixsqC3U

What Do Mouse Droids Actually Do? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4aacaSFfo4s

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

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

Friday, January 17, 2025

SpaceX debris littered islands but no injuries reported

https://www.nbcnews.com/science/space/spacex-starship-debris-littered-islands-turks-caicos-rcna188223

https://www.cnn.com/2025/01/17/science/spacex-starship-explosion-investigation/index.html

https://fortune.com/2025/01/17/u-s-grounds-spacexs-starship-rocket-after-part-of-it-exploded/

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/01/17/us/politics/faa-spacex-musk.html

US grounds SpaceX's Starship after test flight explosion https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cx2yyxrz9kvo

https://www.france24.com/en/americas/20250117-spacex-starship-explodes-after-launch-forcing-airlines-to-divert

Fortunately, no people were onboard, unlike with the Space_Shuttle_Challenger_disaster in1986 and the Space_Shuttle_Columbia_disaster in 2003.

https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2025/01/17/spacex-starship-explosion-whats-next/77743777007/

https://fortune.com/2024/10/24/elon-musk-richest-man-30-billion-single-day-net-worth-tesla-most-powerful-company/

The Truman Show (1998)

The_Truman_Show depicts a guy who doesn't realize that he is trapped inside a giant soundstage. However, he starts to notice various patterns and peculiar clues that are indicative of being inside of a constructed and orchestrated reality.

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

https://www.tastelesspod.com/episodes/2022/9/27/rock-the-boat-the-truman-show-vs-don't-worry-darling

https://medium.com/@stephenblackford561/dont-worry-darling-2022-516ed4f8141a

https://thedigitallabyrinth.blogspot.com/search?q=The+Truman+Show

https://thedigitallabyrinth.blogspot.com/search?q=Don't+Worry+Darling

Thursday, January 16, 2025

Approval given for first 'vertical' space rocket launch from UK

https://news.sky.com/story/approval-given-for-first-vertical-space-rocket-launch-from-uk-13290058

Wednesday, January 15, 2025

A shocking claim about the mysterious drones that plagued New Jersey for over a month

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-14289189/Tucker-Carlson-claim-mysterious-drones-New-Jersey.html

Various people might be behind this mystery, for different reasons. However, some of the drone sightings are more peculiar than others.

Out of State Fire Trucks Headed to CA Wildfires

https://www.firehouse.com/operations-training/wildland/video/55261050/out-of-state-fire-trucks-not-getting-emissions-tests

While the loss of life seems to be low, the damage and loss of property could be around 250-billion-dollars.

https://www.firehouse.com/operations-training/wildland/news/55261076/fire-protection-measures-saved-house-in-pacific-palisades-ca

How This Billionaire Couple STOLE California's Water Supply https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4B19qb1Az94

Los Angeles insurance giant makes chilling prediction after devastating fires

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-14285771/los-angeles-insurance-giant-prediction-fires.html

https://www.zerohedge.com/political/californias-insurance-crisis-just-got-whole-lot-worse

https://www.zerohedge.com/weather/la-county-inferno-expected-top-250-billion-losses

The Shocking Corruption Behind LA's Water Supply https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=muB6sOH_QW8

Tuesday, January 14, 2025

LA fire department begged for $100M to fix old trucks and replace 16 axed positions just two months before wildfires took hold

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-14283369/LA-fire-department-begged-100M-fix-old-trucks-replace-16-axed-positions-just-two-months-wildfires-took-hold.html

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-14286121/los-angeles-fire-union-chief-department-freddy-escobar.html

https://www.firehouse.com/california-fire-storm/news/55260713/lawsuits-accuse-power-company-for-sparking-deadly-ca-wildfire

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-14282009/fire-trucks-Los-Angeles-fires.html

https://www.firehouse.com/operations-training/wildland/video/55260738/wildfire-erupts-in-ventura-county-ca-riverbed

The Cost of Canada-U.S. Trade Disruption

https://chamber.ca/news/the-cost-of-canada-u-s-trade-disruption-on-full-display-with-new-trade-tracker/

https://www.trade.gov/country-commercial-guides/canada-market-challenges

https://www.thebusinesscouncil.ca/publication/confronting-global-economic-uncertainty-international-trade-and-investment-priorities-for-canada/

https://policy.trade.ec.europa.eu/eu-trade-relationships-country-and-region/countries-and-regions/canada_en

https://www.fraserinstitute.org/commentary/three-hard-truths-about-canadas-trade

https://macleans.ca/economy/economicanalysis/why-canada-needs-more-trade-with-asia/

https://pfcollins.com/canadas-free-trade-agreements/

Canada’s provincial leaders in disarray over response to Trump tariff threats

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/jan/14/canada-trump-tariffs

https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/singh-poilievre-trump-tariffs-1.7429894

https://international.canada.ca/en/global-affairs/services/trade/policy/good-services

https://www.international.gc.ca/gac-amc/campaign-campagne/trade-diversification-commerce/index.aspx?lang=eng

https://www.bankofcanada.ca/2024/09/global-trade-in-a-changing-world/

https://www-2.rotman.utoronto.ca/insightshub/economics-trade-policy/urgent-need-for-canada-diversi Canada should have started decades ago to establish a business trade with almost every nation.

https://www.fraserinstitute.org/commentary/canada-needs-more-major-trading-partners-beyond-china-and-us

https://www.bdc.ca/en/articles-tools/blog/five-reasons-why-canadian-small-businesses-should-expand-internationally

https://www.asiapacific.ca/publication/canada-prepared-transformed-trade-landscape-asia-four-mega

Staggering image of 100 essential fire trucks idling in a parking lot waiting for repair while Los Angeles apocalyptic fires ravage city

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-14282009/fire-trucks-Los-Angeles-fires.html

https://www.firehouse.com/operations-training/wildland/news/55260699/fire-experts-discuss-inconvenient-truths-about-ca-wildfires

Why California is Running Out of Water https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jJVtLbg98Yk

Monday, January 13, 2025

California's Insurance Crisis Just Got A Whole Lot Worse

https://www.zerohedge.com/political/californias-insurance-crisis-just-got-whole-lot-worse

Newsom eases building restrictions as theories grow of how fires were ignited

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/jan/12/newsom-marshall-plan-wildfire-theories

Building it all back better?

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/01/13/business/dealbook/rebuilding-los-angeles-olympics-2028.html

How and when and for who?

https://fortune.com/2025/01/12/gavin-newsom-marshall-plan-suspension-environmental-laws-rebuild-la-wildfires/

https://www.businessinsider.com/gavin-newsom-reimagining-los-angeles-post-wildfire-marshall-plan-rebuild-2025-1

https://globalagents.ca/evergreen/los-angeles-2-0-fact-sheet-california

Water Wasted | What happened to all the water from California's historic winter? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f5fJJUJMitY

Sunday, January 12, 2025

The Los Angeles County wildfires, so far

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/los-angeles-area-wildfires-60-minutes-transcript/

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/los-angeles-wildfire-evacuees-price-gouging-predatory-businesses-landlords/?intcid=CNR-01-0623

https://ktla.com/news/local-news/death-toll-from-eaton-and-palisades-fires-climbs-to-24-officials-say/

https://www.cnn.com/weather/live-news/los-angeles-wildfires-palisades-eaton-california-01-12-25/index.html

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/01/11/us/los-angeles-calfire-firefighters.html

https://thedigitallabyrinth.blogspot.com/search?q=Los+Angeles+fires

Friday, January 10, 2025

Maps show how dry Southern California is

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/southern-california-maps-dry-drought-la-wildfires-fire-risk/?intcid=CNR-01-0623

https://thedigitallabyrinth.blogspot.com/search?q=Los+Angeles+fires

City on Fire (1979 film)

City_on_Fire is about an out of control oil refinery conflagration that's not necessarily set in the Greater Houston Area or in L.A. County. It's set in a generic North American metropolis.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/City_on_Fire_(1979_film)#Plot

https://www.morrowsheppard.com/blog/worst-refinery-explosions-in-us-history

https://www.nfpa.org/education-and-research/research/nfpa-research/fire-statistical-reports/catastrophic-multiple-death-fires/deadliest-fires-or-explosions-in-the-world

While most of LA isn't on fire, some key parts of the county are.

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/los-angeles-mapped-kenneth-fire-palisades-eaton-altadena-b2677045.html

https://www.california.com/the-4-coolest-national-forests-in-socal

https://wildfiretaskforce.org/southern-california-regional-profile

LA and Los_Angeles_County is a much larger area than Greater Houston. Some parts of Los_Angeles_County still have a wilderness feel and some parts still have heavily wooded sections or even forest_areas.

https://learncalifornia.org/southern-california-forests/

https://www.nbclosangeles.com/news/california-wildfires/la-county-wildfires-structures-destroyed-damage/3600667/

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/california-fire-maps-palisades-eaton-hurst-2025

https://www.latimes.com/california/live/pacific-palisades-fire-updates-los-angeles

https://www.nationalgeographic.com/environment/article/los-angeles-wildfires-water-scarcity

https://www.cnn.com/weather/live-news/los-angeles-wildfires-palisades-eaton-california-01-09-25-hnk/index.html

https://www.reuters.com/business/environment/hollywood-hills-burn-la-engulfed-by-the-big-one-2025-01-09/

https://www.fire.ca.gov/incidents

https://thedigitallabyrinth.blogspot.com/search?q=Los+Angeles+fires

Pacific Palisades reservoir was offline and empty when firestorm started

https://www.yahoo.com/news/pacific-palisades-reservoir-offline-empty-163924460.html

Of course no one thought that it would be a good idea to make sure that all possible reservoirs, pools and water tanks are full during a heightened time of fire risk.

https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2025-01-10/as-flames-raged-in-palisades-a-key-reservoir-nearby-was-offline

Apparently, there was a nothing will go wrong attitude, but if it does, this is what ends up happening.

Also apparently, there was no need to put up temporary safety barriers in N.O. while the permanent ones were being repaired.

New Orleans had top-of-the-line barriers to prevent car attacks — but didn't use them on New Year's Day https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/new-orleans-barriers-prevent-car-attacks-didnt-use-new-years-rcna186012

"Retractable bollards designed to protect New Orleans' French Quarter from vehicle attacks were inactive due to a replacement project at the time of the New Year's Day attack, which saw 15 people killed in an ISIS-inspired motorist rampage." https://www.newsweek.com/new-orleans-vehicle-attack-barriers-replacement-2008442

https://edition.cnn.com/2025/01/03/us/bourbon-street-barricades-new-orleans/index.html

https://thedigitallabyrinth.blogspot.com/search?q=Los+Angeles+fires

Why Will Smith Passed On The Matrix (and What His Neo Would’ve Been Like)

https://screenrant.com/will-smith-the-matrix-neo-role-turned-down-why-explainer/

https://screenrant.com/matrix-original-purpose-meaning-explained/

Thursday, January 09, 2025

Petrolia industrial fire in Ontario, Canada

https://london.ctvnews.ca/industrial-fire-closes-road-for-12-hours-1.7169914

An industrial fire and an urban fire aren't always the same thing.

https://petrolialambtonindependent.ca/2025/01/08/no-one-injured-in-petrolia-industrial-fire/

This is so small when compared to what's happened around L.A.

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

Fires in California decimate Los Angeles area, leave apocalyptic scenes

https://www.cbsnews.com/live-updates/california-windstorm-fuels-pacific-palisades-wildfire-as-residents-flee-live-updates/

https://www.fire.ca.gov/incidents

https://thedigitallabyrinth.blogspot.com/search?q=Greater+LA+Area

Reason why firefighters aren't using ocean water to put out LA wildfires despite being on coastline

https://www.unilad.com/news/us-news/why-firefighters-arent-using-ocean-water-los-angeles-fires-257185-20250109

https://thedigitallabyrinth.blogspot.com/search?q=Los+Angeles+fires

https://thedigitallabyrinth.blogspot.com/search?q=Greater+LA+Area

Authorities warn of extensive damage as LA fires rages

https://www.npr.org/2025/01/09/nx-s1-5253785/los-angeles-pasadena-california-fires

People will use almost anything they can to try to put out a fire.

https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2025-01-08/southern-california-wildfires-by-the-numbers

While a bucket or a bag of water, or a garden hose can work on extinguishing a very small fire, only professionally grade firefighting equipment is best against any major fire.

https://www.cbsnews.com/losangeles/news/altadena-left-devastated-by-deadly-eaton-fire-everything-is-gone/

https://internewscast.com/entertainment/firefighters-are-not-using-handbags-to-fight-wildfires-in-los-angeles-as-shown-in-a-video/

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/jan/09/california-wildfires-destruction-los-angeles

https://deadline.com/2025/01/hacks-altadena-mansion-destroyed-la-fires-hollywood-locations-1236252254/

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/los-angeles-wildfire-victim-dead-b2676480.html

https://www.thedailybeast.com/an-actors-guide-how-not-to-pack-your-wildfire-go-bag/

https://thedigitallabyrinth.blogspot.com/search?q=Los+Angeles+fires

https://thedigitallabyrinth.blogspot.com/search?q=Greater+LA+Area

Drone collides with firefighting aircraft over Palisades fire

https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2025-01-09/drone-collides-with-firefighting-aircraft-over-palisades-fire-faa-says

This sure is a rough time for the Greater+LA+Area.

https://www.kcra.com/article/drone-collision-aircraft-fighting-palisades-fire/63387739

https://www.sfgate.com/la/article/illegal-drone-hits-la-firefighting-aircraft-20025930.php

Did Joe Rogan Predict these Historic Los Angeles Wildfires?

https://www.latintimes.com/joe-rogan-predicted-historic-los-angeles-wildfires-resurfaced-clip-its-gonna-burn-through-la-571683

The strain on the Greater L.A. Area will be felt for quite a while.

https://thedigitallabyrinth.blogspot.com/search?q=Los+Angeles+fires

https://thedigitallabyrinth.blogspot.com/search?q=Greater+LA+Area

A California Podcaster Shares Video of 'Arsonists' in Downtown Los Angeles as Wildfires Rage

https://www.latintimes.com/california-podcaster-shares-video-arsonists-downtown-los-angeles-wildfires-rage-571676 Published Jan 09 2025, 1:19 PM EST

Unfortunately, some people get excited by the sight of an out of control fire and want to start some of their own.

https://internewscast.com/entertainment/henry-winklers-claim-of-arson-in-fires-questioned-by-l-a-fire-department/

Of course several fires can start naturally, but sometimes there are people that want to start some of their own fires.

https://thedigitallabyrinth.blogspot.com/search?q=Los+Angeles+fires

https://thedigitallabyrinth.blogspot.com/search?q=Greater+LA+Area

Wednesday, January 08, 2025

Palisades Fire torches 1,000 structures, most destructive in Los Angeles history

https://ktla.com/news/california/wildfires/palisades-fire-wednesday-live-updates/

The Greater Los+Angeles Area should have been much better prepared by now.

https://www.gov.ca.gov/2025/01/08/more-than-7500-firefighting-emergency-personnel-deployed-to-fight-unprecedented-los-angeles-fires/

https://www.parks.ca.gov/NewsRelease/1346

https://thedigitallabyrinth.blogspot.com/search?q=Los+Angeles+fires

https://thedigitallabyrinth.blogspot.com/search?q=Greater+LA+Area

Los Angeles disaster preparedness?

https://lafd.org/disaster-preparedness

The Greater L.A. Area really should already have had a series of above and underground water tanks and reservoirs, just in case another big fire broke out.

https://readyforwildfire.org/prepare-for-wildfire , https://www.parks.ca.gov/NewsRelease/1346

https://bof.fire.ca.gov/media/4z1o4fhb/rpc-2-b-ii-city-of-los-angeles-draft-safety-element.pdf

https://www.thebigredguide.com/insights/lafd-exemplifies-drones-firefighting-co-3388-ga-co-5241-ga-co-5261-ga.1561714827.html

https://fire.lacounty.gov/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/Ready-set-go_04292021-High-Quality-B.pdf

https://planning.lacity.gov/odocument/c2e048eb-817c-4e9d-a550-57e33444621a/Safety_Element_CityofLosAngeles_SeptDraft.pdf

https://nvlpubs.nist.gov/nistpubs/specialpublications/nist.sp.1191.pdf 1191

https://thedigitallabyrinth.blogspot.com/search?q=Los+Angeles+fires

https://thedigitallabyrinth.blogspot.com/search?q=Greater+LA+Area

Why did fire hydrants go ‘dry’ for crews fighting the Palisades Fire?

https://ktla.com/news/local-news/why-did-fire-hydrants-go-dry-for-crews-fighting-the-palisades-fire

https://thedigitallabyrinth.blogspot.com/search?q=Los+Angeles+fires

https://thedigitallabyrinth.blogspot.com/search?q=Greater+LA+Area

Thousands flee as wildfires burn out of control and destroy homes across the Los Angeles area

Multiple massive wildfires are tearing across the Los Angeles area with devastating force

https://www.kvoa.com/news/thousands-flee-as-wildfires-burn-out-of-control-and-destroy-homes-across-the-los-angeles/article_3d4523f3-408b-57b9-ae99-f60bb054859e.html

https://thedigitallabyrinth.blogspot.com/search?q=Los+Angeles+fires

Smart LA 2028: Technology for a better Los Angeles?

https://www.itskrs.its.dot.gov/node/212391

All this surveillance and coordination technology can help any city to be more efficient.

https://ita.lacity.gov/sites/g/files/wph1626/files/2021-05/SmartLA2028%20-%20Smart%20City%20Strategy.pdf

However, if ever totally run by AI and not humans, a totalitarian situation could emerge producing inhumane results.

https://www.geoweeknews.com/news/la28-2028-olympics-autodesk-technology-bim-retrofitting

https://dot.la/smart-la-2028-2659008086.html No matter how much high-technology can be applied, if there aren't enough emergency water tanks to fight fires, its pointless!

Technology is a series of tools, but such tools should never be used to turn L.A. or the world into a series of Black+Mirror episodes.

https://ita.lacity.gov/smartla2028 , https://la28.org/en.html

https://statetechmagazine.com/article/2021/07/how-los-angeles-plans-become-smarter-city-2028-olympics People might say that its too expensive to have a series of above and underground water reseevours to fight fires with. Now look at what has happened to the unprepared Greater LA Area.

https://thedigitallabyrinth.blogspot.com/search?q=Los+Angeles

https://thedigitallabyrinth.blogspot.com/search?q=Greater+LA+Area

https://thedigitallabyrinth.blogspot.com/search?q=Black+Mirror

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

Fire hydrants ran dry as Pacific Palisades burned. L.A. city officials blame ‘tremendous demand’

https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2025-01-08/lack-of-water-from-hydrants-in-palisades-fire-is-hampering-firefighters-caruso-says

https://thedigitallabyrinth.blogspot.com/search?q=Greater+LA+Area

Could lake water from Alaska be shipped to L.A., Long Beach ports?

https://www.dailybreeze.com/2015/10/05/could-lake-water-from-alaska-be-shipped-to-la-long-beach-ports/

https://www.dailybreeze.com/2025/01/07/homes-threatened-as-brush-fire-breaks-out-in-pacific-palisades-amid-strong-windstorm/

https://www.usatoday.com/story/weather/2015/10/14/shipping-water-alaska-california/73934396 Almost a decade later and California could really use some of that Alaskan freshwater.

https://forum.gcaptain.com/t/fresh-water-as-shipping-commodity/67227

https://thedigitallabyrinth.blogspot.com/search?q=L.A.

https://thedigitallabyrinth.blogspot.com/search?q=Greater+LA+Area

Fire hydrants ran dry as Pacific Palisades burned. L.A. city officials blame ‘tremendous demand’

https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2025-01-08/lack-of-water-from-hydrants-in-palisades-fire-is-hampering-firefighters-caruso-says

https://www.usatoday.com/story/weather/2015/10/14/shipping-water-alaska-california/73934396 Almost a full decade later and California is still waiting for some of that abundant Alaskan freshwater.

https://www.livescience.com/43176-drought-pipeline-water-projects-arid-west.html

https://www.seniorvoicealaska.com/story/2024/01/01/columns/woody-islands-lucrative-alaska-export-ice/3494.html

https://californiawaterblog.com/2019/04/01/climate-warming-brings-new-water-supplies-to-californias-delta/

https://forum.gcaptain.com/t/fresh-water-as-shipping-commodity/67227

Iceberg Cometh : Drought: Towing a chunk of glacier ...

Los Angeles Times

https://www.latimes.com › archives › la-xpm-1990-06-...

Jun 6, 1990 — Ventura city officials have decided to study the possibility of hauling icebergs from the polar caps and planting them off the county's shores.

https://thedigitallabyrinth.blogspot.com/search?q=Los+Angeles+fires

https://thedigitallabyrinth.blogspot.com/search?q=L.A.

https://thedigitallabyrinth.blogspot.com/search?q=Greater+LA+Area