Wednesday, October 22, 2025

November hunger crisis imminent if federal shutdown continues

 https://www.wispolitics.com/2025/hunger-free-america-november-hunger-crisis-imminent-if-federal-shutdown-continues-one-more-week/ 

https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/international/us/snap-benefits-november-2025-millions-at-risk-as-snap-benefits-may-stop-in-november-government-shutdown-threatens-food-assistance-for-41-million-americans-states-urge-families-to-prepare-as-food-banks-brace-for-surge/articleshow/124763091.cms?  

https://www.dailydot.com/news/walmart-snap-benefits-govt-shutdown/

https://www.shepherdstownchronicle.com/news/2025/07/25/food-riots-proved-effective-means-of-social-control-during-challenging-times/

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. 


https://thedigitallabyrinth.blogspot.com/search?q=Militarization+of+AI+Has+Severe+Implications+for+Global+Security+and+Warfare  

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

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

Oxford Union president-elect who 'celebrated' the death of Charlie Kirk is ousted after vote of no confidence

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-15211657/Oxford-Union-president-elect-celebrated-death-Charlie-Kirk-ousted-vote-no-confidence.html 

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://apnews.com/article/oxford-union-president-charlie-kirk-no-confidence-efe3d634c09f66e74d31b5434c760edc

 https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-15213495/Oxford-Union-president-rejecting-vote-Charlie-Kirk.html 

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

Friday, October 10, 2025

The Outer Limits TV series

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


https://thedigitallabyrinth.blogspot.com/search?q=The+Outer+Limits

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Boston Dynamics Just Upgraded Atlas and It’s Starting to Feel Human

 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bzKDh6cRe3E&t=2s 


AI

Is Tron: Ares a little like a Sims movie?

https://www.theatlantic.com/culture/2025/10/tron-ares-movie-review/684531 

This is a good article by David Sims. However, David-Sims seems to have skipped on something much deeper, like The Sims.



Ares was no longer just a ghost in the machine. He became an entity in the "real world." 

In the 1840s Charles_Dickens wanted to write an interdimensional story about a cantankerous old man interacting with various ghosts. A_Christmas_Carol deals the past, the present a possibly dark future resulting in a reconciliation of his perspective of life






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  


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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 


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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/

https://www.brookings.edu/articles/artificial-intelligence-deepfakes-and-the-uncertain-future-of-truth 

The character Ernst_Stavro_Blofeld has been depicted by various actors. 

https://www.weforum.org/stories/2025/01/deepfakes-different-threat-than-expected/ 

https://www.weforum.org/stories/2024/05/why-we-need-to-look-beyond-deepfakes-to-benefit-from-synthetic-content-technology 


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.jpg
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/6/68/Donald_Pleasence_as_Ernst_Stavro_Blofeld%2C_%27%27You_Only_Live_Twice%27%27.jpg

https://www.financialexpress.com/world-news/who-is-peter-brabeck-letmathe-successor-of-klaus-schwab-to-lead-the-world-economic-forum/3823396/

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://www.facebook.com/bcdulaney/posts/meet-the-new-wef-chairman-peter-brabeck-letmathe-former-ceo-of-nestle-who-famous/9773341779379095/ 

https://www.facebook.com/groups/647806630513218/?multi_permalinks=984996463460898&hoisted_section_header_type=recently_seen  

https://enterthereelworld.com/2025/01/27/top-10-james-bond-villains  

https://villains.fandom.com/wiki/Ernst_Stavro_Blofeld_(007)  

https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-features/amazon-007-takeover-impact-future-james-bond-1236155844  


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

DoorDash to use sidewalk robots for deliveries in Los Angeles

 https://techcrunch.com/2025/10/09/doordash-to-use-serve-robotics-sidewalk-robots-for-deliveries-in-los-angeles/

Will humans eventually have to yield or heel to passing robots?

https://www.reuters.com/business/delivery-robot-firm-serve-robotics-partners-with-doordash-expand-reach-2025-10-09/

https://www.investors.com/news/technology/serve-robotics-doordash-partnership/

https://www.latimes.com/business/story/2025-10-09/doordash-adds-serve-robotics-as-autonomous-delivery-partner

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://medium.com/artificial-corner/my-honest-review-of-openais-sora-and-how-it-compares-with-other-ai-video-generators-e9b19c251b27 

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

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/

https://www.theguardian.com/film/2025/oct/07/robin-williams-daughter-zelda-hits-out-at-ai-generated-videos-of-her-dead-father

October-7

 https://www.britannica.com/on-this-day/October-7

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://www.rmg.co.uk/stories/maritime-history/library-archive/futility-how-novel-foreshadowed-sinking-titanic 


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

Air traffic staffing shortage causes delays at O'Hare

 https://abc7chicago.com/post/chicago-ohare-delays-possible-amid-air-traffic-controller-shortage-government-shutdown-continues/17959136/

Sunday, October 05, 2025