Monday, June 30, 2025

PROJECT HAIL MARY Trailer with Ryan Gosling

 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vkcENinRJ-g

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt12042730/

Of course this looks like its a great movie.

OpenAI Superintelligence and Immortal Robots

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_xTS0WFgdzI

AI Technology Will Replace Millions...

The hidden workers behind artificial intelligence 

AI isn't good for humans when it's helping to create an inhumane world.

Is a ban on AI technology good or harmful? | 60 Minutes Australia 

Thursday, June 26, 2025

Fentanyl is the most dangerous drug in Canadian history and especially in Vancouver’s Downtown Eastside

 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-jSVaWIXoA8

https://www2.gov.bc.ca/gov/content/overdose/lethal-drugs-are-circulating

https://www.canada.ca/en/health-canada/services/substance-use/controlled-illegal-drugs/fentanyl.html

https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0955395922003498

https://www.canada.ca/en/health-canada/services/opioids/overdose-crisis-toxic-illegal-drug-supply.html

https://www.catie.ca/prevention-in-focus/what-makes-canadas-illegal-drug-supply-dangerous

https://towardtheheart.com/fentanyl

https://www.dea.gov/resources/facts-about-fentanyl

https://nida.nih.gov/research-topics/fentanyl

https://www.cbp.gov/border-security/frontline-against-fentanyl

https://ici.radio-canada.ca/rci/en/news/2173986/deadly-opioid-40-times-more-powerful-than-fentanyl-smuggled-into-canada-inside-playstations-basketballs

Vancouver Drug Empire | Drugs, Inc: The Fix | National Geographic https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fczLOAb5HvM

https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/fentanyl-produced-in-canada-1.7275200

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/global-health/climate-and-people/vancouver-opioid-crisis-drug-addiction-british-columbia-canada/

https://www2.gov.bc.ca/gov/content/overdose/decriminalization

https://vancouver.citynews.ca/2024/10/02/vancouver-drugs-gang-violence-issues-poll/

https://www.city-journal.org/article/the-harm-in-harm-reduction

https://www.vch.ca/en/decriminalization-controlled-substances-personal-use

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-02-21/vancouver-drug-decriminalisation-opioid-crisis/104946816

https://www.thecabinsydney.com.au/blog/why-is-australia-the-1-country-for-drug-abusers/

https://globalinitiative.net/analysis/negative-side-effects-how-fentanyl-has-poisoned-relations-between-the-us-and-canada/

Tuesday, June 24, 2025

Trump lashes out at Israel and Iran as he accuses both of violating the ceasefire

https://www.bbc.com/news/live/cn7ze4vmk2pt

Why work towards peace, when fighting for war seems more desirable? 

https://www.cnn.com/world/live-news/israel-iran-conflict-us-trump-06-24-25-intl-hnk

This is MADNE$$!

https://www.nbcnews.com/world/middle-east/live-blog/live-updates-iran-israel-trump-ceasefire-rcna214671

https://time.com/7297123/trump-warns-israel-bombs-iran-ceasefire


https://thedigitallabyrinth.blogspot.com/search?q=Israel+and+Iran  

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

Time Travel From H.G. Wells to Gravity Wells

 https://medium.com/intuition/what-are-gravity-wells-3c1fb6d6d44c

https://www.spiralwishingwells.com/guide/gravitywells.html

https://xkcd.com/681 

https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20231110-doctor-who-is-time-travel-really-possible-heres-what-physics-says

https://mkaku.org/home/articles/the-physics-of-time-travel/

https://www.cantorsparadise.com/time-travel-in-physics-from-h-g-wells-to-modern-theories-f4a3a85b9807

The Fabric of Space-Time https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T3bRcM0ZQcY

https://www.esa.int/Science_Exploration/Space_Science/Space-time_as_an_elastic_fabric

https://physics.stackexchange.com/questions/753845/the-fabric-of-space-is-what-exactly

The Fabric of Spacetime with Neil deGrasse Tyson https://www.youtube.com/watch?app=desktop&v=as49_LNf3VA

The H.G. Wells version of The Time Machine didn't generate a gravity well. Officially in science, there is no cosmic TAILOR for the fabric of space-time. 

However, a Mr. TAYLOR was selected to star in The_Time_Machine_(1960_film)

http://www.rodtaylorsite.com/timemachine.shtml

https://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/title/93370/the-time-machine#overview

Then, Malcolm McDowell who was born Malcolm John TAYLOR, would star in Time_After_Time_(1979_film).

Charlton_Heston would also star in a time travel movie of sorts. He played astronaut George TAYLOR in Planet_of_the_Apes_(1968_film).

Then Simon_Wells directed The_Time_Machine_(2002_film).

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/arts-culture/many-futuristic-predictions-hg-wells-came-true-180960546

Sunday, June 22, 2025

A Microcar Made for Lane Splitting Like a Motorcycle

 https://www.cnet.com/videos/a-microcar-made-for-lane-splitting-like-a-motorcycle/

Excitement For Fallout Season 2

 https://screenrant.com/fallout-season-2-new-vegas-tease-exciting

https://screenrant.com/fallout-season-1-weapons-game-comparison/

The Moon isn't Made of Cheese and there aren't any Biker Mice from Mars, but there are mice in this galaxy

 https://www.mentalfloss.com/article/53107/why-do-people-say-moon-made-cheese

https://www.cheeseprofessor.com/blog/cheese-moon-myth-science

https://blogs.esa.int/orion/2022/11/18/the-moon-is-it-really-made-of-cheese/


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

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0147752/

https://bikermice.fandom.com/wiki/Biker_Mice_from_Mars

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Biker_Mice_from_Mars_(2006_TV_series)

https://aiptcomics.com/2025/03/06/oni-biker-mice-from-mars-june-2025/


https://hitchhikers.fandom.com/wiki/Mice

https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/profiles/1MmQjXrkwp98jNdc17j3tr3/mice

https://aliens.fandom.com/wiki/Mouse_(The_Hitchhiker%27s_Guide_to_the_Galaxy)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Hitchhiker%27s_Guide_to_the_Galaxy_(film)


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

Could the US bombing of Iran might bring on a regional war?

 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=37Wfx2iEEuw

All most people can do is wait and see what happens.

Iran’s FM Answers Reporters After U.S. Strikes on Nuclear Sites https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RGd4FVItw1o

https://www.atlanticcouncil.org/region/middle-east


https://thedigitallabyrinth.blogspot.com/search?q=USA+vs+IRAN

US bombs three nuclear sites in Iran

 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r27HqlWOJTc

Iran’s retaliation may focus on US military bases https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G9rlI5EV8go

https://www.atlanticcouncil.org/region/iran


https://thedigitallabyrinth.blogspot.com/search?q=USA+vs+IRAN

The US has entered the Israel-Iran war

 https://theconversation.com/the-us-has-entered-the-israel-iran-war-here-are-3-scenarios-for-what-might-happen-next-259509

The big question is, will things be somewhat contained, or will this be the start of a growing regional war? 

 Six ‘bunker buster’ bombs dropped on major Iranian nuclear site https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3_RXrgPaMWs

US strikes Iran: Sky News understands UK not involved https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OaRn5YTF-i0

https://www.atlanticcouncil.org/blogs/new-atlanticist/experts-react/experts-react-the-united-states-just-bombed-irans-nuclear-sites-heres-what-to-expect-next


https://thedigitallabyrinth.blogspot.com/search?q=USA+vs+IRAN

Thursday, June 19, 2025

SpaceX rocket explodes in new setback to Elon Musk’s Mars project

 https://www.theguardian.com/science/2025/jun/19/spacex-rocket-starship-36-explodes-texas-elon-musk-mars-project-setback

Why Ukraine’s AI drones aren’t a breakthrough yet

 https://www.aspistrategist.org.au/why-ukraines-ai-drones-arent-a-breakthrough-yet/

https://consortiq.com/uas-resources/drone-ai-technology-how-it-works-why-it-matters

https://www.dronexpo.co.uk/news-1/ai-drones-machine-learning-ai-changing-uav-industry


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

Ukraine Reportedly Shoots Down Russia’s New AI‑Powered Shahed‑136 Drone

 https://united24media.com/latest-news/ukraine-reportedly-shoots-down-russias-new-aipowered-shahed136-drone-heres-what-we-know-9247

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HESA_Shahed_136#Russian_invasion_of_Ukraine

https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/how-drone-swarms-work-from-irans-shahed-attack-to-ukraines-operation/

https://armyrecognition.com/military-products/army/unmanned-systems/unmanned-aerial-vehicles/shahed-136-loitering-munition-kamikaze-suicide-drone-technical-data

https://understandingwar.org/backgrounder/battlefield-ai-revolution-not-here-yet-status-current-russian-and-ukrainian-ai-drone

https://builtin.com/artificial-intelligence/drones-ai-companies


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

The Concept of Deep Time

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

Earth human existence is such a miniscule part of geological time.

 https://psyche.co/notes-to-self/the-upsides-of-taking-a-deep-time-perspective-on-our-brief-lives

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deep_time#Intellectual_responses

https://anthropocene.univie.ac.at/resources/deep-time/

https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20230329-the-benefits-of-deep-time-thinking

https://dtnetwork.org/deep-time-perspective/

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

Monday, June 16, 2025

Drones, military aircraft deployed for Los Angeles protests

 https://ktla.com/news/local-news/drones-military-aircraft-deployed-for-los-angeles-protests-404-media


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

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

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

A.I. on the A1(M) motorway

 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A1(M)_motorway

https://www.tiktok.com/discover/ai-cameras-locations-a1-motorway

https://www.thenorthernecho.co.uk/news/24524055.ai-camera-a1-m-catches-people-using-mobile-phones/

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A1_road_(Great_Britain)


https://dennisfoodservice.com/ai-in-foodservice/

Education Secretary Linda McMahon mixed up AI with A.1. steak sauce. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yb-a5uX9uVY

Godfather of AI: I Tried to Warn Them, But We’ve Already Lost Control! Geoffrey Hinton

 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=giT0ytynSqg , https://www.youtube.com/@TheDiaryOfACEO/videos

Geoffrey_Hinton has good reason for concern.

https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/magazines/panache/godfather-of-ai-reveals-the-one-job-robots-cant-steal-and-it-does-not-need-a-desk/articleshow/121887077.cms?from=mdr

https://vectorinstitute.ai/team/geoffrey-hinton/

https://www.britannica.com/biography/Geoffrey-Hinton

https://www.perplexity.ai/search/geoffrey-everest-hinton-F4XRDCqPRZ20ru6Yv9MDWQ

https://builtin.com/artificial-intelligence/drones-ai-companies


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



Los Angeles curfew to continue for 'couple more days'

A nightly curfew in Los Angeles will continue for "a couple more days," Mayor Karen Bass said Sunday, the ninth day of protests that have seen US President Donald Trump launch a military-backed crackdown https://www.france24.com/en/live-news/20250616-los-angeles-curfew-to-continue-for-couple-more-days-mayor


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

Sunday, June 15, 2025

L.A. Still Under Curfew Amid Mass Protests?

 https://time.com/7293512/la-curfew-parameters-locations-what-to-know

Plenty of law enforcement, some helicopters and drones.

https://ktla.com/news/local-news/city-officials-issue-curfew-guidance-for-downtown-l-a-ahead-of-the-weekend/

Fortunately, LARGE humanoid robots haven't been despatched. 

https://calmatters.org/justice/2025/06/los-angeles-protests-downtown-life/

LARGE humanoid law enforcement androids might still seems seem like something out of a Sci-Fi movie, but the tech has been around for a while.

https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2025-06-13/downtown-l-a-curfew-bars-restaurants-breweries


https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/tv/story/2020-03-15/westworld-hbo-los-angeles-blade-runner


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

Déjà Vu (2006) and Tenet (2020)

 https://www.syfy.com/syfy-wire/denzel-washington-tenet-deja-vu-time-travel-movie-streaming

On one level time travel movies are just entertainment.

https://www.stuff.co.nz/entertainment/film/film-reviews/300100917/deja-vu-confused-by-tenet-try-this-classic-timeslipping-washington-tale

However, on a deeper or higher level, such movies can get you to really ponder the concept of time travel.

https://fandomwire.com/after-5-years-i-realize-christopher-nolans-tenet-was-an-extension-of-a-denzel-washington-movie-starring-val-kilmer/

https://mycreativeramblings.org/2020/09/21/deja-vu-2006-is-better-than-tenet-2020/

https://yapography.medium.com/tenet-movie-review-dda57bef3bb1

https://www.theguardian.com/film/2020/sep/09/why-so-serious-tenet-and-the-new-wave-of-science-based-time-travel-movies

https://www.syfy.com/syfy-wire/deja-vu-on-peacock-denzel-washington-in-post-katrina-new-orleans


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

Tuesday, June 10, 2025

IBM says it will build a practical quantum supercomputer by 2029

 https://www.newscientist.com/article/2483465-ibm-says-it-will-build-a-practical-quantum-supercomputer-by-2029

It's better to have humans at least sort of controlling quantum-computers, rather than QC controlling humanity. Otherwise, it could become something like the Rehoboam QC in WW controlling humanity and allowing advanced robots to be more free than the people. 

https://westworld.fandom.com/wiki/Rehoboam

REHOBOAM EXPLAINED | Westworld Season 3 Theory https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9oWUmuXahCY

Palantir: The Tech Company Reshaping Reality https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DZ95Gmvg_D4 , https://www.youtube.com/@moreperfectunion/videos


https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Machine_(2013_film)

https://babylon5.fandom.com/wiki/Great_Machine


Forbidden Planet: The great machine https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HHXfMjp2zqI

https://www.acadiau.ca/~thomson/misc/forbiddenplanet.pdf

https://cheesynirvosa.bandcamp.com/track/forbidden-planet-the-great-krell-machine-ambient-noise


https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alphaville_(film) , https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0058898/

Jean-Luc Godard's Alphaville -- What Makes This Movie Great? (Episode 149) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aDuRkhInoLY , https://www.youtube.com/@LearningaboutMovies/videos

https://www.nytimes.com/2023/12/14/movies/alphaville-ifc.html

https://eng3122.wordpress.com/group-5-main/1960-to-1965/jean-luc-godard-alphaville/

https://ryhooper.medium.com/i-love-you-welcome-to-alphaville-e51b4ac241a3

https://www.cerealatmidnight.com/2024/08/review-alphaville-1965.html


https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Machine_Stops (1909), https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1451714/

https://www.cs.ucdavis.edu/~koehl/Teaching/ECS188/PDF_files/Machine_stops.pdf


https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paris_in_the_Twentieth_Century (1863)

https://www.julesverne.ca/vernebooks/jvbkparis.html

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paris_in_the_Twentieth_Century#Predictions_for_1960

Russia Giving North Korea Shahed-136 Attack Drone Production Capability

 https://www.twz.com/news-features/russia-giving-shahed-136-attack-drone-production-capabilities-to-north-korea-budanov


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