News & popular culture & observing various ideas & Sci-Fi concepts that become a technological reality. What is reality in general? Some say that it's all part of a cosmic simulation.
Sunday, October 26, 2025
Friday, October 24, 2025
States worry about how to fill the gap in food aid
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/government-shutdown-snap-benefits-delayed-usda/
https://www.cspi.org/statement/secretary-rollins-refuses-end-snap-funding-crisis
https://www.politifact.com/article/2025/oct/23/SNAP-food-stamps-government-shutdown/
https://www.politico.com/news/2020/04/26/food-banks-coronavirus-agriculture-usda-207215
https://www.technologyreview.com/2011/08/15/192366/the-cause-of-riots-and-the-price-of-food/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Food_riot#Twenty-first_century
Wednesday, October 22, 2025
November hunger crisis imminent if federal shutdown continues
https://www.dailydot.com/news/walmart-snap-benefits-govt-shutdown/
https://www.politico.com/news/2020/04/26/food-banks-coronavirus-agriculture-usda-207215
https://www.technologyreview.com/2011/08/15/192366/the-cause-of-riots-and-the-price-of-food/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Food_riot#Twenty-first_century
Unitree, the Martial Arts Robot
Unitree G1 Robot Shocks Everyone With Crazy New Skills https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V5sX7L3sfT0
Just imagine a 2 m version and even a 7 foot tall version to control people.
https://x.com/UnitreeRobotics/status/1896859430517629292
These Unitree Robots Are So Advanced… It’s UNREAL! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6c8M0_EYa1c
China Just Shocked the World With What They’re Building! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u9Ji_p0ODKk
https://x.com/UnitreeRobotics Be informed, be aware.
Martial+Arts+Robots aren't just ideal for crowd control, but can be used to manage the human world. Unfortunately, this could lead to a very inhumane planet.
Oxford Union president-elect who 'celebrated' the death of Charlie Kirk is ousted after vote of no confidence
https://www.thedailybeast.com/security-at-charlie-kirk-memorial-cost-taxpayers-26-million It seems that his security wasn't as good as it should have been.
https://abcnews.go.com/US/visual-timeline-charlie-kirk-shooting-unfolded/story?id=125478526
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Assassination_of_Charlie_Kirk#Initial_arrests
https://www.britannica.com/biography/Charlie-Kirk
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Assassination_of_Charlie_Kirk#Reactions_and_analysis
https://thedigitallabyrinth.blogspot.com/search?q=Charlie+Kirk
Tuesday, October 21, 2025
Amazon says AWS cloud service back to normal after outage disrupts businesses worldwide
Amazon web services return to 'normal operations' after mass outage https://www.bbc.com/news/live/c5y8k7k6v1rt
Monday, October 20, 2025
Parties of abuse and antics of debauchery
Usually, most people will draw the line with consenting adults. Anything less than that gets into depravity territory.
A lot of people think that Eyes Wide Shut is just another movie.
https://www.slashfilm.com/665800/eyes-wide-shut-ending-explained-no-dream-is-ever-just-a-dream
https://boydrinksink.com/eyes-wide-shut-hidden-in-plain-sight
https://filmcolossus.com/eyes-wide-shut-1999-explained
https://movieweb.com/eyes-wide-shut-ending
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eyes_Wide_Shut#Plot
https://thedigitallabyrinth.blogspot.com/search?q=abuse+and+antics+of+debauchery
Sunday, October 19, 2025
China Just Shocked the World With The AI Drones They’re Building
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u9Ji_p0ODKk
China’s Electric Cars Are SHOCKING! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tq_GtTYvtVA
China’s Mega Machines... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jJYRehW2z_s
Wednesday, October 15, 2025
Tuesday, October 14, 2025
Monday, October 13, 2025
Saturday, October 11, 2025
A bag of Tron: Ares
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nTj2n6XytrA half
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TY0IfTSHsHk arse
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rFqupPySWNw garbage
A lot of people aren't happy with this movie, but it has some interesting and entertaining things going for it.
https://tron.fandom.com/wiki/Timeline_(TRON)
https://abc7chicago.com/post/disney-kicks-off-tron-day-launching-ares-global-tour/17868022/
https://www.reddit.com/r/tron/comments/1ckbmjq/tron_day_should_be_september_22nd_because/
https://abc7chicago.com/post/tron-ares-is-dream-come-true-superfan-jared-leto/17925740/
Friday, October 10, 2025
Is Tron: Ares a little like a Sims movie?
The TRON intersection
https://tron.fandom.com/wiki/TRON
From a digital ghost in the machine, to a digital entity in the material world. The 3rd TRON movie has some interesting aspects, despite not being a direct continuation from Legacy.
https://tron.fandom.com/wiki/TRON:_Legacy
https://tron.fandom.com/wiki/Identity_Disc
https://thedigitallabyrinth.blogspot.com/search?q=TRON
Tron: Ares
https://www.instagram.com/p/DPom4G3Ee48
Tron:_Ares goes back and forth between the digital world and the 3D world, until...
Dan on Tron: A https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mml647rcCLk
https://tron.fandom.com/wiki/TRON:_Ares
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tron:_Ares#Plot
https://tron.fandom.com/wiki/Ares A 3D printed program discovers peculiar things in the virtual realm and the "real world".
https://thedigitallabyrinth.blogspot.com/search?q=TRON
Thursday, October 09, 2025
The Deepfake threats to companies and people
https://kpmg.com/xx/en/our-insights/risk-and-regulation/deepfake-threats.html
Deepfake technology just keeps on growing in usage.
https://www.fortinet.com/resources/cyberglossary/deepfake
https://uit.stanford.edu/news/dangers-deepfake-what-watch
https://cloudsecurityalliance.org/blog/2024/06/25/ai-deepfake-security-concerns
https://www.thomsonreuters.com/en-us/posts/technology/practice-innovations-deepfakes/
The character Ernst_Stavro_Blofeld has been depicted by various actors.
https://www.weforum.org/stories/2025/01/deepfakes-different-threat-than-expected/
Of course deepfakes can be used to make some people look like James_Bond_movie villains.
https://www.denofgeek.com/movies/james-bond-villains-ranked-worst-to-best
However, some people just happen to have a certain look about them. No digital alterations required.
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/47/Klaus_Schwab_-_World_Economic_Forum_on_Africa_2008.jpghttps://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/6/68/Donald_Pleasence_as_Ernst_Stavro_Blofeld%2C_%27%27You_Only_Live_Twice%27%27.jpg
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Klaus_Schwab , https://www.nestle.com/sites/default/files/asset-library/publishingimages/media/news-feed/2014-july/pbl-illustre-feed.jpg
https://www.slashfilm.com/588506/the-greatest-james-bond-villains-ever
https://enterthereelworld.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/screen-shot-2022-12-11-at-2.06.55-pm.png
https://enterthereelworld.com/2025/01/27/top-10-james-bond-villains
https://villains.fandom.com/wiki/Ernst_Stavro_Blofeld_(007)
DoorDash to use sidewalk robots for deliveries in Los Angeles
Will humans eventually have to yield or heel to passing robots?
https://www.investors.com/news/technology/serve-robotics-doordash-partnership/
A.I. Video Generators Are Now So Good You Can No Longer Trust Your Eyes
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/10/09/technology/personaltech/sora-ai-video-impact.html
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/artificial-intelligence-ai-videos-sora-meta-vibes/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Running_Man_(1987_film)#Plot The protagonist discovers that video manipulation was used to make it look like he wanted to shoot a bunch of innocent people. Thus, he is set up and is forced to become The_Running_Man as a result of deepfake technology.
https://stratechery.com/2025/sora-ai-bicycles-and-meta-disruption/
https://www.cnbc.com/2025/10/04/sora-openai-video-app.html
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/10/03/technology/sora-openai-video-disinformation.html
https://www.economist.com/science-and-technology/2025/10/06/ai-video-more-than-just-slop
https://www.reddit.com/r/mkbhd/comments/1had8nq/this_video_is_ai_generated_sora_review/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Running_Man_(2025_film) , https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KD18ddeFuyM
Alastair Sim and The Sims
Alastair_Sim is perhaps best known for playing a cantankerous old man being visited by ghosts. Some descriptions of ghosts seem to indicate that its like they are on some kind of a loop. They can fade in and out of this reality, or simply blink in or out.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ebenezer_Scrooge#Description
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scrooge_(1951_film)#Plot
The Sims 4 Create-a-Sim - Ebenezer Scrooge from A Christmas Carol https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h7U2Ry3UATA&t=27s
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alastair_Sim#Starring_roles
https://thedigitallabyrinth.blogspot.com/search?q=Alastair+and+The+Sims
Wednesday, October 08, 2025
US Aviation Delays and Safety Risks Amid Air Traffic Controller Shortages During Shutdown
https://abcnews.go.com/US/air-traffic-controllers-working-pay-begin-call-sick/story?id=126289491
It is so important to retain the human element for ATC.
https://airportindustry-news.com/is-artificial-intelligence-the-future-of-air-traffic-control
https://www.sedgwick.com/blog/when-ai-takes-off-how-aviation-is-becoming-smarter-and-safer/#
Tuesday, October 07, 2025
Robin Williams' daughter pleads for people to stop sending AI videos of her dad
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c0r0erqk18jo
A lot of people are not happy about the unauthorized distribution of a family members likeness.
https://variety.com/2025/film/news/robin-williams-daughter-ai-recreations-gross-1236541633/
Did the 1998 film ‘Snake Eyes’ predict Charlie Kirk’s shooting?
https://news.meaww.com/fact-check-did-the-1998-film-snake-eyes-predict-charlie-kirks-shooting
There are some peculiar things in the Snake+Eyes+movie.
Is this world part of something like a cosmic simulation?
A novella published 14 years before the Titanic sank seemed to have predicted the disaster https://www.businessinsider.com/novel-futility-similarities-with-titanic-2023-6
https://skeptics.stackexchange.com/questions/27480/did-edgar-allan-poe-predict-a-shipwreck
https://theinternetsaysitstrue.com/2022/10/10/edgar-allen-poe-and-the-cabin-boy-richard-parker/
https://www.mentalfloss.com/article/30093/edgar-allan-poes-eerie-richard-parker-coincidence
https://thedigitallabyrinth.blogspot.com/search?q=Snake+Eyes+movie
Monday, October 06, 2025
Sunday, October 05, 2025
Friday, October 03, 2025
Tilly Norwood, The AI Actress ‘Is Not Available to Speak’ Yet, but ‘Everyone Wants an Interview’
https://variety.com/2025/film/news/tilly-norwood-backlash-hollywood-publicists-divided-1236537900/
It's one thing to use AI-CGI to depict a younger or older actor in a part.
However, to just use a digital actor or AI to save time and money is very concerning.
https://deadline.com/2025/10/international-insider-ai-actress-tilly-norwood-1236568305/
https://thedigitallabyrinth.blogspot.com/search?q=Tilly+Norwood
Police shot dead Manchester terror attack victim...
Whenever someone goes into total violent mode, there is extreme danger.
If this person was on a suicide mission, they can't be negotiated with. They would likely harm anyone trying to stop them.
Thursday, October 02, 2025
Wednesday, October 01, 2025
Emily Blunt among Hollywood stars outraged over 'AI actor' Tilly Norwood
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c99glvn5870o
This is a serious concern, because if humans start to let there jobs be taken over by AI, perhaps it will eventually take over people in general.
https://www.vanityfair.com/hollywood/story/ai-actor-tilly-norwood-controversy-hollywood-reacts
https://thedigitallabyrinth.blogspot.com/search?q=Tilly+Norwood

