Friday, January 31, 2025

Will Smith Rewrites History In New Matrix Inspired Music Video Where He Plays Neo

 https://screenrant.com/the-matrix-will-smith-music-video-beautiful-scars/

https://movies.mxdwn.com/news/will-smith-plays-neo-in-matrix-themed-music-video-decades-after-rejecting-the-original-role/

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

Will Smith would have been great, but The_Matrix was perfect for Keanu_Reeves to star as Neo_in_The_Matrix. And so it was in late March 1999 when people first got to see THE MATRIX.

Will Smith would have been great as (AI) Agent Smith as well, but it wasn't meant to be. Hugo in 1999 was prefect. https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0133093/mediaviewer/rm3081751297/?ref_=ttmi_mi_10

"I hate this place. This zoo..." https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GYL28a0LM_A

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zoo_TV:_Live_from_Sydney Just in-time for the late 1990s, THE MATRIX was filmed in Sydney, NSW.

One could say that Bono was doing a version of Neo during the Zoo_TV_Tour in the early 1990s.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/U2:UV_Achtung_Baby_Live_at_Sphere

https://www.thesphere.com/shows/v-u2-immersive-concert-film

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Matrix_Resurrections#Plot Not long after the fourth Matrix movie U2 was in the LV Sphere. 

The Science of the Matrix with Laurence Fishburne on StarTalk https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l8L9Z2vmMTQ

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

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?

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 challengesIndia 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.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


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

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

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


https://thedigitallabyrinth.blogspot.com/search?q=India+and+Pakistan

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

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.

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

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

Thursday, January 02, 2025

Are we ready for another global pandemic?

After Covid-19, world leaders agreed to work together to strengthen global health systems, but negotiations on a new agreement have stalled https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2025/jan/02/are-we-ready-for-another-pandemic

The lockdowns and shutdowns were too devastating, but it was a serious test to restrict the free movement of the public during an emergency situation.  

Suspects in Las Vegas explosion and New Orleans attack served at the same Army base

 https://www.denver7.com/news/local-news/suspects-in-vegas-explosion-new-orleans-attack-served-at-same-army-base-sources-tell-denver7-investigates

Apparently, they both wanted to die on the same day and 1 of them wanted to kill as many people as possible.

https://www.reuters.com/world/us/fbi-looks-any-link-between-tesla-explosion-new-orleans-attack-2025-01-02/

Fortunately, the Las+Vegas+Cybertruck+explosion by the hotel was contained to the vehicle. 

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/trump-tower-las-vegas-cybertruck-explosion-fire

Although they seemed to have different agendas, they were from the same military base.

https://nationalpost.com/news/world/new-orleans-van-attack-las-vegas-tesla-truck-explosion-suspects-used-same-vehicle-rental-app

https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/police-investigating-vehicle-explosion-trump-hotel-las-vegas/story?id=117252987

Both of these guys seemed to have been on a suicide mission, but were they self-motivated or were they part of a strange orchestration? 

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/live/2025/jan/02/new-orleans-truck-attack-fbi-terrorist-links-attack-latest-updates



https://thedigitallabyrinth.blogspot.com/search?q=Suspects+in+Las+Vegas+explosion+and+New+Orleans+attack+served+at+the+same+Army+base

https://thedigitallabyrinth.blogspot.com/search?q=The+New+Orleans+Attack+on+Bourbon+Street

https://thedigitallabyrinth.blogspot.com/search?q=Cybertruck+explosion+at+Las+Vegas+Trump+Hotel