The Digital Labyrinth

This is everything we build in the last 2 years on our land here in Portugal. We started with some off grid shipping containers and now have a waterfall and house https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S_ZbMbBxJvs

Several Years Living Off-Grid in a Self-Built Cabin & Farming Tons of Food on the Land https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OJZ2wRakOh0

Unnecessary off-grid deaths in Colorado

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2023/jul/29/colorado-springs-family-died-off-the-grid

Stories such as The_Stand and The_Mosquito_Coast might have motivated some people over the years to move into the wilderness or jungle.

https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/questions-linger-death-family-went-grid-colorado-wilderness-rcna96851

The_Postman and The_Road are also stories which might have also caused some people to live off grid in the wilderness.

https://nypost.com/2023/07/28/family-who-died-off-grid-only-watched-youtube-to-prepare

Perhaps last summer and the fall went alright for them, but they really should have prepared for what winter would be like in the Colorado mountains.

https://people.com/family-died-trying-live-off-the-grid-told-loved-ones-about-plan-we-tried-to-stop-them-7566610

They didn't have to make their last stand in the Colorado wilderness during the winter. They could have come in from the cold and resumed their off-grid lifestyle in the spring and then be better prepared for the next winter. At least they should have gone into Gunnison,_Colorado for some winter supplies, before it was too late.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2023/07/26/colorado-family-live-off-grid-dead

However, perhaps even going to Gunnison might have been too much civilization for them.

"Gunnison residents isolated themselves from the surrounding area during the Spanish Influenza epidemic for two months at the end of 1918. All highways were barricaded near the county lines. Train conductors warned all passengers that if they stepped outside of the train in Gunnison, they would be arrested and quarantined for five days.^[8]^[9] This served as partial inspiration for the novel The Last Town on Earth (2006) by Thomas Mullen. The isolation was ultimately unsuccessful, as townspeople became restless after a few months, and the isolation was lifted in February 1919 only to have the flu arrive a month later, killing several." https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gunnison,_Colorado#History

https://www.9news.com/article/news/local/next/gunnison-spanish-flu-epidemic-response-coronavirus-research/73-67791a7a-0492-48d4-abe2-b0184f672825

"The plot centres on a pandemic resulting from a mishap at a military biological research station which allows the escape of a lethal strain of influenza. After the pandemic kills almost the entire world population, the few survivors are drawn to one of two figures, Randall Flagg and Mother Abagail, setting up a final good-vs-evil confrontation." https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Stand_(2020_miniseries)

Living in the wilderness can be a matter of life and death, just like living in the city.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mountain_states#Demographics

Some people prefer to go camping in the winter, but whatever the season, its imperative to be properly prepared. https://www.untamedspace.com/winter-camping/

https://www.explore-mag.com/10_Reasons_Why_Winter_Camping_is_Better_Than_Summer

People should take their time testing what woks and doesn't for them.

https://www.worldpackers.com/articles/how-to-live-off-the-grid-with-no-money

Years Living Off-Grid in a Self-Built Cabin & Farming Tons of Food on the Land https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OJZ2wRakOh0

Tuesday, July 25, 2023

From Koala To Q, The ‘Star Trek: Strange New Worlds’ Easter Eggs In “Those Old Scientists”

https://trekmovie.com/2023/07/25/from-space-koala-to-q-the-star-trek-strange-new-worlds-easter-eggs-in-those-old-scientists/

https://www.escapistmagazine.com/star-trek-strange-new-worlds-season-2-episode-7-those-old-scientists/

https://www.tor.com/2023/07/25/sometimes-i-wish-i-couldve-lived-back-then-star-trek-strange-new-worlds-those-old-scientists/

The Worldcoin ID and Tracking System

The Worldcoin eye scanner could be quite a nice convenience, especially in the event of losing ones wallet or phone. However, can such ID systems ever be 100% hacker proof?

https://techcrunch.com/2023/05/12/hackers-stole-passwords-of-worldcoin-orb-operators/

https://www.forbes.com/sites/roberthart/2023/07/24/what-is-worldcoin-heres-what-to-know-about-the-eyeball-scanning-crypto-project-launched-by-openais-sam-altman/?sh=61ef64115c4b

https://www.reuters.com/technology/openais-sam-altman-launches-worldcoin-crypto-project-2023-07-24

https://patentscope.wipo.int/search/en/detail.jsf?docId=US291464337&_fid=WO2020060606 Officially, this isn't part of a global digital currency tracking system, but it could be. Anything with 060606 is too close to 666 and will be of great concern to many.

Monday, July 24, 2023

The Trinity Test and the Downwinders

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oAnnC1SFOBY

The Trinity-Test was such an integral part of getting a new type of explosive ready to be used on Japan, in order to bring an abrupt end to WW2. Unfortunately, such a test also meant danger and damage caused on US soil.

https://www.trinitydownwinders.com/downwinders-stories

https://www.trinitydownwinders.com/single-post/allison-carruthers-the-nuclear-frontier-and-effects-of-the-manhattan-project

https://www.trinitydownwinders.com/news-stories-and-media-coverage

https://www.npr.org/2021/09/27/1040983335/survivors-of-the-trinity-nuclear-test-werent-warned-then-were-lied-to-after

https://www.nps.gov/media/article-search.htm#q=Downwinders&sort=Date_Last_Modified%20desc

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

https://thedigitallabyrinth.blogspot.com/search?q=The+Manhattan+Project

Saturday, July 22, 2023

‘Now I Am Become Death, the Destroyer of Worlds.’ The Story of Oppenheimer’s Infamous Quote

https://www.wired.co.uk/article/manhattan-project-robert-oppenheimer

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/J._Robert_Oppenheimer#Mysticism

https://www.sanskritimagazine.com/nuclear-events-in-ancient-india/

It would be too unsettling for many people to consider that humanity might have made the climb from the stone age to the space age more than once.

http://www.mysteryofindia.com/2014/08/myth-of-ancient-nuclear-war.html

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

https://thedigitallabyrinth.blogspot.com/search?q=The+Manhattan+Project

Thursday, July 20, 2023

Trinity Nuclear Test’s Fallout Reached 46 States, Canada and Mexico...

https://www.nytimes.com/2023/07/20/science/trinity-nuclear-test-atomic-bomb-oppenheimer.html

https://sourcenm.com/2023/07/19/anger-hope-for-nm-downwinders/

https://thebulletin.org/premium/2023-07/collateral-damage-american-civilian-survivors-of-the-1945-trinity-test/

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

https://thedigitallabyrinth.blogspot.com/search?q=The+Manhattan+Project

Robert Oppenheimer in 1965 on if the bomb was necessary

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

The Decision to Drop the Bomb https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-JWxIVVeV98

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

Tuesday, July 18, 2023

High-occupancy vehicle lanes

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/High-occupancy_vehicle_lane

https://www.witpress.com/Secure/elibrary/papers/UT06/UT06019FU1.pdf

https://ec.europa.eu/transport/road_safety/going_abroad/united_kingdom/forbidden_lane_en.htm

https://academic-accelerator.com/encyclopedia/high-occupancy-vehicle-lane

https://www.thestar.com/autos/ontario-is-letting-drivers-buy-their-way-out-of-commuting-nightmare/article_2176efcf-3bad-591b-b19a-3a2390701fc4.html?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/High-occupancy_vehicle_lane#Canada

https://bc.ctvnews.ca/metro-vancouver-has-some-of-the-worst-traffic-in-north-america-study-finds-1.6286875

There has been a tremendous level of reluctance to build a series of HOV, bus & bike bridges in the Greater Vancouver region.

https://dailyhive.com/vancouver/metro-vancouver-traffic-second-worst-north-america

This combined with such a narrow road network helps to make sure that Vancouver continues to be one of the most congested cities in the developed world.

Best Multi-model transit hubs around the world

https://www.re-thinkingthefuture.com/designing-for-typologies/a2977-10-best-multi-model-transit-hubs-around-the-world/

The more efficient and safe that public transportation can be, the better.

https://www.remix.com/blog/10-cities-with-the-best-public-transportation

https://dailyhive.com/canada/north-america-best-public-transit-systems

https://www.wri.org/insights/us-cities-multi-modal-transportation-benefits

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2022-11-21/these-cities-have-the-best-public-transit-systems

https://www.here.com/learn/blog/15-minute-cities-infrastructure It's one thing to have a lot of urban convinenciences within 15 minutes of home. However, if eventually one has to constantly check in with their AI-phone to obtain permission to visit another sector, then it becomes something out of a Sci-Fi or dystopian story.

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

Urban Bus and Bike Lanes and Bridges

Bus_lanes can add so much more capacity to streets and roads.

https://academic-accelerator.com/encyclopedia/high-occupancy-vehicle-lane

https://ec.europa.eu/transport/road_safety/going_abroad/united_kingdom/forbidden_lane_en.htm

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

Select_Bus_Service, because it and a subway line can provide a mutual benefit. Plus, it's easier & cheaper to set up a rapid bus corridor until a new subway line is essential.

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

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/G_Line_(Los_Angeles_Metro)#Conversion_to_light_rail

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

Greater Vancouver has been too slow or even too reluctant to build a series of bus & bike bridges.

https://dailyhive.com/vancouver/r2-rapidbus-marine-drive-north-shore-bus-lane-construction

Keeping bridges, streets & roads so narrow makes it difficult to put in proper bus lanes.

https://www.burnabynow.com/local-news/growing-traffic-congestion-increases-bus-delays-in-metro-vancouver-region-6662394

https://dailyhive.com/vancouver/metro-vancouver-traffic-second-worst-north-america

So many other cities are able to do so much more, simply because they aren't limited by a Vancouver or BC type of mentality.

https://dailyhive.com/vancouver/translink-transport-2050-10-year-priorities-plan-projects-brt

The Tilikum_Crossing in Portland is the type of cool transit bridge that should also be in Vancouver, BC. Unfortunately, V, BC is too afraid to build more bridges.

https://trimet.org/tilikum It's no problem to have such a wonderful bridge like this in Oregon, but in BC its not allowed to be a reality. https://trimet.org/tilikum/#about Such transit bridges actually help other regional bridges.

Monday, July 17, 2023

Carl Jung recorded his encounters with entities from “inner space”

https://bigthink.com/high-culture/carl-jung-unconscious

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Red_Book_(Jung)#Creation_and_physical_description

https://jungiancenter.org/jungs-prophetic-visions/

https://carljungdepthpsychologysite.blog/2020/04/28/carl-jung-on-visions-anthology

https://thenucleusmagazine.co.uk/2022/05/31/carl-jung-dreams-and-visions

Various people have had dreams or visions which have inspired them to write about possible future scenarios.

https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/h-g-wells-envisions-atomic-bomb-30-years-ahead-of-time/

https://www.warhistoryonline.com/war-articles/hg-wells-foresaw-a-future-with-nuclear-bombs.html

https://ahf.nuclearmuseum.org/ahf/key-documents/hg-wells-world-set-free 1914

https://www.bbc.com/news/magazine-33365776

HGW might not have specifically referred to it as The+Manhattan+Project, but the end result was a story about a new kind of extremely powerful weapon.

Apple's Vision Pro gets its own division

https://mixed-news.com/en/structural-change-at-apple-vision-pro-gets-its-own-division/

Of course the momentum of Vision+Pro will only grow.

https://analyticsindiamag.com/apples-vision-pro-woes/

https://www.computerworld.com/article/3702389/apples-cutting-edge-vision-pro-doesnt-need-iphone-sales-to-succeed.html

Then there is always the competition.

https://www.ludusglobal.com/en/blog/pico-4-vs-meta-quest-2-differences-between-both-vr-glasses

Sunday, July 16, 2023

Oppenheimer, the trinity test and the Aftermath

Of course the Trinity_(nuclear_test) event was the start of something very big and dangerous.

https://www.osti.gov/opennet/manhattan-project-history/Events/1945/trinity.htm

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trinity_(nuclear_test)#Test_site

https://www.nps.gov/articles/000/trinity-test-downwinders.htm

The downwinders have been seeking justice for several decades.

https://searchlightnm.org/deliverance-for-downwinders-as-the-clock-winds-down-on-federal-compensation-one-womans-mission-ramps-up/

https://wepresent.wetransfer.com/stories/reto-sterchi-trinity-downwinders

https://www.nti.org/atomic-pulse/downwind-of-trinity-remembering-the-first-victims-of-the-atomic-bomb/

https://dceg.cancer.gov/research/how-we-study/exposure-assessment/trinity

https://www.nps.gov/media/article-search.htm#q=Manhattan+Project&sort=Date_Last_Modified%20desc

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

https://thedigitallabyrinth.blogspot.com/search?q=The+Manhattan+Project

Vision Pro by Apple

https://mixed-news.com/en/vision-pro-is-apples-strategy-wrong/

Augmented_reality, VR and Mixed_reality are all part of the intersection of Extended_reality. (XR)

https://appleinsider.com/articles/23/07/16/apple-has-a-unique-working-arrangement-with-the-vision-pro-team

https://www.tomsguide.com/news/nba-games-could-be-apple-vision-pros-secret-weapon

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2023-07-07/apple-vision-pro-headset-to-launch-in-us-stores-by-appointment

https://www.forbes.com/sites/ewanspence/2023/07/09/apple-headlines-iphone-15-pro-iphone-battery-apple-vision-pro-apple-music-macos-gaming/?sh=42d0a4c76223

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/newsletters/2023-07-09/apple-vision-pro-xr-headset-will-take-years-to-become-key-part-of-business-ljvfzfvr

https://frontofficesports.com/bob-iger-adam-silver-promote-apple-vision-pros-impact-on-sports/

https://appleinsider.com/inside/apple-vision-pro

https://www.macrumors.com/roundup/apple-vision-pro/

https://www.reuters.com/technology/apple-forced-make-cuts-vision-pro-production-plans-ft-2023-07-03

https://thedigitallabyrinth.blogspot.com/search?q=Vision+Pro

The Manhattan Project

The Manhattan_Project was such a vast operation of lethal technological development.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manhattan_Project#Los_Alamos

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manhattan_Project#Project_sites

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/J._Robert_Oppenheimer#Manhattan_Project

https://faroutmagazine.co.uk/the-rush-song-about-j-robert-oppenheimer

Rush - Manhattan Project https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RhE8VQlczS4 , https://www.youtube.com/@rush/videos

Rush - Manhattan Project With Original Animations! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kWd4qEBWXVc

Rush-Manhattan Project (Lyrics) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HTkicdO_64w

RUSH - "Manhattan Project" Live In Birmingham 1988 - 2022 HD Remaster (Laserdisc/DVD Hybrid!) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rW5m8HNz0jc

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manhattan_Project_(song)

https://thedigitallabyrinth.blogspot.com/search?q=The+Manhattan+Project

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

Friday, July 14, 2023

Oppenheimer, the Man and the Movie

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H1XEwfOJshU

The ‘Oppenheimer’ Cast on Filming the Trinity Test, Immersing Themselves in Their Characters, & More https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ykioWgVoYcI

Why there are new assessments of Oppenheimer's role in history https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AgcViAL8c6U

The Trials Of Oppenheimer - BBC History Documentary https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xZXphvc-BVk

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

Wednesday, July 05, 2023

U2: Zooropa and ZOO TV

Zooropa was such a super-tour for U2.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zoo_TV_Tour , https://www.u2.com/tour/id/54

Bono as the Fly, was also like a pre-Neo during the early 1990s.

Achtung_Baby really hit hard in 1991. https://www.u2.com/music/albums/4009

The music video for Even_Better_Than_the_Real_Thing (1992) was so far ahead of its time that it took until the first MATRIX movie to top it.

Even_Better_Than_the_Real_Thing#Music_video , https://www.u2.com/media/player/18/10 Before people could see Neo in the MATRIX (1999), there was Bono as the Fly in the U2 entertainment ZOO. https://www.artem.com/portfolio/554

https://www.u2.com/news/title/surprise-zoo-station-a-u2uv-experience-in-vegas

https://www.u2.com/tour , https://www.u2.com/media/photos/184

https://thedigitallabyrinth.blogspot.com/search?q=ZOO+TV

Tuesday, July 04, 2023

What is The Nature of Reality?

https://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/everything-everywhere-all-at-once-2022

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

It seems that the more curious and perceptive one is, the more clues they will discover.

https://fusionanomaly.net/virtualreality.html

https://matrix.fandom.com/wiki/Monsters

Before The MATRIX in 1999, there was,

U2 - Even Better Than The Real Thing

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

So is this world part of some kind of a cosmic interactive recording and projection of data, time and space? A lot of people still aren't ready to ponder this concept. That this world might be someones stage, laboratory, farm, garden or ZOO.

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

Saturday, July 01, 2023

Some Wide Bridges and High Volume Crossings in the World

https://bridgemastersinc.com/record-setting-bridges-across-the-globe

https://www.axiomint.com/built-wide-bridge-across-the-great-divide

Cairo: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rod_El_Farag_Axis_Bridge Has 12 lanes. https://www.guinnessworldrecords.com/news/2019/6/egypts-new-bridge-becomes-the-widest-cable-stayed-bridge-580736

Brisbane: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sir_Leo_Hielscher_Bridges They provide a 12 lane crossing.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Washington_Bridge It has 14 lanes. https://www.panynj.gov/bridges-tunnels/en/george-washington-bridge/history.html

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Verrazzano-Narrows_Bridge It has 13 lanes. https://www.nydailynews.com/2015/10/06/bike-lanes-eyed-in-400m-overhaul-of-verrazano-bridge/

Since the early 1970s, the 10 lane San_Francisco-Oakland_Bay_Bridge is augmented in a way, by the Transbay_Tube. Indeed, 10 car BART trains cross the San_Francisco_Bay. Unfortunately, the BART tube wasn't designed to have a provision for a 3rd or 4th set of train tracks, so capacity is limited.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eastern_span_replacement_of_the_San_Francisco-Oakland_Bay_Bridge Unfortunately, the Bay Bridge doesn't have anything like Sydney_Harbour_Bridge_cycleway as of yet.

The Sydney_Harbour_Bridge has 8 lanes and 2 tracks of the North_Shore_railway_line. The Harbour Bridge is augmented by the 4 lane Sydney_Harbour_Tunnel. On the other side of the Harbour Bridge is the Sydney_Metro-tunnel , https://www.sydneymetro.info/article/history-under-sydney-harbour , https://www.transport.nsw.gov.au/sites/default/files/media/documents/2017/tbm-fatcheet.PDF , https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-04-21/sydney-metro-train-travels-under-harbour/102252872 , https://www.9news.com.au/national/sydney-news-train-goes-under-harbor-bridge-for-the-first-time-in-test/92d0ef56-3032-4416-a653-5b7c67dba002

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/West_Gate_Bridge Has 10 lanes.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kingston_Bridge,_Glasgow Has 10 lanes.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anzac_Bridge Has 8 lanes.

The new Port_Mann_Bridge in Canada was the widest for a little while. However, the bridge should have also had 2 rapidbus lanes and a provision for 2 rail rapid transit tracks. https://www.itsinternational.com/its1/feature/widest-bridge-world-port-mann-open-vancouver

The George_Massey_Tunnel was built to classic backward BC standards with only 4 lanes and no bus lanes and no breakdown lanes. While its replacement will have 8 lanes, there is no provision for rapid_transit. No emergency lanes and no provision for extra HOV & bus lanes. https://biv.com/article/2023/06/bc-starts-bid-process-41b-massey-traffic-tunnel

These 3 fine crossings were possible, simply because they aren't under any Vancouver, BC type restrictions and limitations.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Narrows_Bridge_(Perth) ,WA: Has 10 lanes and 2 train tracks.

Seattle, WA: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Interstate_90_floating_bridges An 8 lane crossing with 2 train tracks.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Champlain_Bridge_(Montreal,_2019-present), Quebec: It has 8 lanes and 2 train tracks. Stubborn BC will likely continue to not follow the examples of WA & Q.

At the other end of the spectrum is the inept, 3 lane Lions_Gate_Bridge. It just might be the best example of bottleneck planning on the planet. The Lions-Gate-Bridge is too narrow and flimsy to accomodate 2 bus lanes, especially any trains. Unlike Sydney, SF & Montreal in the 1930s, Vancouver was just a provincial backwater. Thus, the Lions_Gate_Bridge opened with just 2 lanes. A bridge so narrow that some living rooms and swimming pools are wider than it. The 3rd lane was squeezed in during the early 1950s. The Lions_Gate_Bridge would be fantastic as a bus, bike and pedestrian crossing. However, an 8 lane tunnel with a provision for a train line, should be built from the North_Shore to Georgia_Street. The section of Georgia-Street that's closest to Stanley_Park is 7 lanes wide. However, unlike most major cities, Vancouver deliberately keeps falling behind, because congestive or stunted planning is the way to go.

Fortunately, the Vancouverism mentality didn't stop the Narrows_Bridge_in_Perth or Seattle's upgraded Interstate_90_floating_bridges and especially, the Champlain_Bridge_in_Montreal. (WA & Q)

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

Friday, June 30, 2023

The Pope on Artificial Intelligence

https://futurism.com/pope-guide-artificial-intelligence

https://www.euronews.com/culture/2023/04/20/religion-against-the-machine-pope-francis-takes-on-ai

https://www.vaticannews.va/en/pope/news/2023-03/pope-francis-minerva-dialogues-technology-artificial-intelligenc.html

https://www.vatican.va/roman_curia/pontifical_academies/acdlife/documents/rc_pont-acd_life_doc_20202228_rome-call-for-ai-ethics_en.pdf

At a certain point, AI could almost be everywhere.

Differences between Canada's C-18 and the Australian model

https://www.canada.ca/en/canadian-heritage/corporate/transparency/open-government/standing-committee/pablo-rodriguez-bill-c18/differences.html

This should be a time for more information access and distribution around the world.

https://www.acma.gov.au/

https://www.telecomreviewcanada.com/articles/reports-and-coverage/1093-google-reacts-to-new-canadian-law-restricts-news-access-for-canadians

https://www.acma.gov.au/articles/2022-03/australia-and-canada-collaborate-combat-illegal-communications

https://www.iicom.org/event/iic-australian-chapter-may-2017/

https://businesschief.com/leadership-and-strategy/crtc-and-acma-promote-global-do-not-call-list

https://www.newswire.ca/news-releases/crtc-hosts-first-meeting-between-five-countries-to-combat-scam-communications-874544989.html

https://www.telecomreviewcanada.com/articles/general-news/1100-canada-france-new-joint-committee-boosts-tech-research-collaboration

The MSG Sphere Las Vegas

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DSqCBJ7FnRY

MSG SPHERE Las Vegas Largest and Newest Attraction https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JGOZtx9NMlE

The MSG Sphere Las Vegas Will BLOW Your Mind https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dsLfHQLW-og

Thursday, June 29, 2023

Star Trek vs. Star Wars

https://www.diffen.com/difference/Star_Trek_vs_Star_Wars

While they are each set in a different universe, there are some similarities.

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

https://thedigitallabyrinth.blogspot.com/search?q=Star+Trek

https://thedigitallabyrinth.blogspot.com/search?q=Star+Wars

Star Trek: Strange New Worlds: “Tomorrow and Tomorrow and Tomorrow”

https://www.tor.com/2023/06/29/some-of-our-yesterdays-star-trek-strange-new-worlds-tomorrow-and-tomorrow-and-tomorrow/

At the very least, time travel episodes can be quite entertaining.

https://gizmodo.com/star-trek-strange-new-worlds-recap-season-2-episode-3-1850546334

Sometimes such subject matter can be very thought provoking.

https://memory-alpha.fandom.com/wiki/Tomorrow_and_Tomorrow_and_Tomorrow_(episode)

https://screenrant.com/strange-new-worlds-season-2-episode-3-ending/

https://blog.trekcore.com/2023/06/star-trek-strange-new-worlds-review-tomorrow-and-tomorrow-and-tomorrow/

https://www.cinemablend.com/streaming-news/how-star-trek-strange-new-worlds-season-2s-latest-episode-majorly-changed-the-timeline-and-what-the-showrunner-has-to-say-about-it

https://thedigitallabyrinth.blogspot.com/search?q=Strange+New+Worlds

Star Trek: Strange New Worlds intersection with Khan

https://nerdist.com/article/how-star-trek-strange-new-worlds-just-rewrote-important-star-trek-history-time-travel-khan/

Of course time travel is a recurring theme in the Star Trek universe.

https://thedigitallabyrinth.blogspot.com/search?q=time+travel

https://thedigitallabyrinth.blogspot.com/search?q=Strange+New+Worlds

Wednesday, June 28, 2023

Toronto air quality is currently among the worst in the world

https://toronto.ctvnews.ca/toronto-air-quality-currently-among-the-worst-in-the-world-1.6458972

Air+quality has its good days, but then the bad days really hit so hard.

https://toronto.citynews.ca/2023/06/28/the-big-smoke-photos-capture-toronto-air-quality-wildfire-smoke/

https://globalnews.ca/news/9798277/southern-ontario-air-quality-deteriorated-wildfires/

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/toronto-air-quality-wildfire-smoke-1.6891013

It's certainly not any better in Chicago or Detroit.

https://www.npr.org/2023/06/28/1184746530/why-haze-wildfire-canada-midwest

https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2023/06/27/chicago-midwest-hit-by-canada-wildfire-smoke/70360124007

Chicago’s air quality index is the worst in the U.S. as Canadian wildfire smoke lingers

https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/live-blog/poor-air-quality-live-updates-rcna91545

Of course air+quality can vary, but sometimes it's right in your face.

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/chicago-worst-air-quality-canadian-wildfire-smoke-june-27-2023/

https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/video/chicagos-air-quality-currently-worst-in-world/

https://gizmodo.com/chicago-has-some-of-the-worst-air-quality-in-the-world-1850583194

https://theathletic.com/4646635/2023/06/28/cubs-phillies-wildfire-smoke-chicago/

https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2023/06/28/air-quality-index-map-today/70363547007/

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

Monday, June 26, 2023

Titan submersible recovery efforts continue with help of remotely operated vehicle

https://nypost.com/2023/06/26/titan-submersible-recovery-efforts-continue-with-help-of-remotely-operated-vehicle/

Unfortunately, this was a disaster waiting to happen.

https://theconversation.com/history-repeats-itself-the-titan-submersible-implosion-mirrors-past-disasters-208420

https://nypost.com/2023/06/26/stockton-rush-was-on-predatory-hunt-for-rich-clients-to-join-deadly-dive-expert/

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/newfoundland-labrador/titan-submerisble-investigation-1.6889066

https://fortune.com/2023/06/26/titan-sub-accident-investigation/

https://thedigitallabyrinth.blogspot.com/search?q=Titan+Sub

Harvard physicist Avi Loeb and the underwater search for a meteor

https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20230626-the-underwater-search-for-an-alien-object

Very open-minded or just curious, Avi+Loeb is determined to seek.

https://earthsky.org/earth/alien-fragments-im1-spherules-avi-loeb/

https://www.vice.com/en/article/y3wwam/scientists-are-hunting-for-alien-objects-in-the-ocean-and-theyve-just-found-something

https://nypost.com/2023/06/22/aliens-most-likely-to-contact-artificial-intelligence-before-humans-over-likely-kinship-expert/

https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/astronomer-avi-loeb-says-aliens-have-visited-and-hes-not-kidding1/

Sunday, June 25, 2023

Titanic sub’s voice recordings, data to be probed as officials mull possible criminality

https://nypost.com/2023/06/25/titanic-submersibles-voice-recordings-to-be-probed-as-officials-mull-possible-criminality/

There should have been a ROV accompanying the Titan+Sub, just incase anything were to go wrong.

https://nypost.com/2023/06/25/teen-on-titan-sub-brought-rubiks-cube-to-break-world-record/

3 other submersibles visiting Titanic almost suffered the same fate as Titan https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/newfoundland-labrador/subs-titanic-expeditions-1.6887824

Friday, June 23, 2023

The U.S. Navy heard the likely implosion of the missing Titan sub on Sunday, June 18

https://www.npr.org/2023/06/23/1183976726/titan-titanic-sub-implosion-navy

Extra days of news media suspense regarding the Titan+Sub, but it all likely ended on June 18.

https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/us-coast-guard-investigating-titan-submersible-titanic-acoustic-anomaly-1.6886797

https://www.npr.org/2023/06/23/1183975136/james-cameron-titanic-titan-sub

Thursday, June 22, 2023

Bus driver suffered medical episode before 'bizarre' crash

https://www.9news.com.au/national/sydney-news-bus-crash-victoria-road-drummoyne/a418d302-dca5-4161-9604-d426a3a35d47

https://7news.com.au/news/nsw/tragic-detail-about-young-victim-of-wedding-bus-crash-emerges-c-10982638

Wednesday, June 21, 2023

Experts raised safety concerns about OceanGate years before its Titanic sub vanished

https://www.npr.org/2023/06/21/1183408455/titan-missing-submarine-oceangate-submersible

The Titan+Sub implosion shows that there should be much better safety protocols in place.

https://www.npr.org/2023/06/20/1183249112/missing-titanic-submarine-rescue-pisces-iii

Unanswered questions in the Titanic Sub rescue

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/titanic-submarine-distress-signal-banging-sounds-b2361470.html

Missing Titanic submarine: Five things that may have gone wrong https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9Kkns8RCs-w

Either another sub should have tagged along that could have rescued it, or at least have a rescue sub stationed on the surface, just incase anything went wrong.

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/titanic-search-wreck-missing-oxygen-b2360999.html

The Titanic Submarine Situation Is Crazy https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9tmwpE07CFE

https://www.cnbc.com/2023/06/21/canadian-aircraft-detects-underwater-noises-in-search-for-sub-near-titanic.html

https://thedigitallabyrinth.blogspot.com/search?q=Titan+Sub

Aircraft detected 'underwater noises’ from search area for missing Titanic tourist submarine

https://www.foxnews.com/us/canadian-aircraft-detected-underwater-noises-search-area-missing-titanic-tourist-submarine

Missing Submersible: Former Titan passenger says 'it was not safe' https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PxOV-TQIN2k

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/submarine-titantic-missing-submersible-tourists-latest-b2360568.html

It's not that it was forbidden for the Titanic to have another ship following it no more than a km away, or that this sub should have had an emergency response vehicle stationed on the surface. It's as if there was no reason to think that things might go seriously wrong. Thus, no need to allow for such a contingency.

Even today almost any ship or sub should have the option of being accompanied by an escort-vessel. At the very least, there should have been the equivalent of a tow-truck sub on standby on the surface.

If even one very wealthy passenger on the Titanic paid for a ship to discreetly follow it, almost everyone could have been rescued. Instead, so many people drowned or froze to death, because it took too long for other ships to arrive.

If the wealthiest person in the-sub could have paid for an emergency response sub to be stationed on the surface, then a rescue could have been started shortly after communication was lost.

https://thedigitallabyrinth.blogspot.com/search?q=Titan+Sub

Sunday, June 18, 2023

I-95 bridge collapse repair efforts are underway

https://www.cbsnews.com/philadelphia/news/i-95-philadelphia-penndot-construction-rendering-bridge-overpass-recycled-glass/

https://www.penndot.pa.gov/RegionalOffices/district-6/Pages/AlertDetails.aspx

https://6abc.com/i-95-collapse-philadelphia-highway-temporary-lanes-road-repairs/13400217/

https://www.cnn.com/2023/06/17/us/i95-reopens-philadelphia-highway-damaged-repair/index.html

https://apnews.com/article/biden-interstate-95-road-collapse-philadelphia-4ccd7455f02e48f62357975b24d78462

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Interstate_95#Pennsylvania

I-95

Titan submersible incident

The Titan_submersible_incident is another example of how dangerous any deep dive can be.

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

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/OceanGate#Titan

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/OceanGate#2023_incident_and_destruction

https://thedigitallabyrinth.blogspot.com/search?q=Titan+Sub

Saturday, June 17, 2023

Biologists create detailed lab replicas of early human embryos

https://www.science.org/content/article/biologists-use-human-stem-cells-create-embryo-replicas

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Embryo_(1976_film) , https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6drHa4KEey4 , https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0074475 , https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AKwQ647RDbo

A lot of things can be grown in a lab and some of these things might be spliced and composed of unnatural genetic combinations. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Splice_(2009_film)#Plot

The movies Embryo and Splice depict secret lab experiments.

https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/scientists-create-human-embryo-like-structures-with-stem-cells/

What really can happen in various labs around the world?

https://www.theguardian.com/science/2023/jun/14/synthetic-human-embryos-created-in-groundbreaking-advance

Most advanced synthetic human embryo models yet spark controversy

A pair of studies raises ethical and legal questions about the status of lab-grown human embryo models. https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-023-01992-0

A bus crashes with a semi in Manitoba

https://winnipegsun.com/news/provincial/at-least-10-killed-in-crash-on-trans-canada-highway-in-western-manitoba-report

The Carberry_highway_collision is the worst of its kind in Manitoba. Of course even a highway with a concrete divider can still have plenty of crashes.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Municipality_of_North_Cypress_-_Langford

https://winnipegsun.com/news/provincial/families-loved-ones-await-word-on-loved-ones-in-manitoba-bus-crash-that-killed-15

https://winnipeg.ctvnews.ca/manitoba-rcmp-say-semi-truck-had-right-of-way-at-time-of-deadly-trans-canada-highway-crash-1.6444026

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/manitoba/shared-health-update-carberry-mass-casualty-event-1.6879117

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/manitoba/crash-carberry-manitoba-1.6877826

In canada, several highway intersections still don't have overpasses and have traffic lights instead. At-grade intersections, especially on the Trans-Canada Highway, should be brought up to proper freeway standards.

https://vancouver.citynews.ca/2023/06/15/manitoba-bus-crash-canada

A divided highway can be a little safer than one that isn't.

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

Ironworkers Memorial Second Narrows Crossing in Vancouver, BC

The Ironworkers_Memorial_Second_Narrows_Crossing or bridge, had a chance to be designed to be bigger and better in 1958. Unfortunately, it's just a 6 lane bridge, like the old Champlain_Bridge_(Montreal).

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ironworkers_Memorial_Second_Narrows_Crossing#Collapse

Either a new transit bridge with 2 rail rapid transit tracks and 2 bus & 2 HOV lanes should be built beside it, or something like the new Champlain_Bridge_(Montreal).

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Champlain_Bridge_(Montreal,_2019-present)#Specifications 8 lanes with 2 train tracks, bike & walkways.

The Sydney_Harbour_Bridge has 8 lanes, 2 tracks, bike and foot paths.

The Trans-Canada Highway

So much of the Trans-Canada_Highway was just a 2 lane backcountry road. Then eventually the challenge was to make it to become at least a 4 lane divided highway.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manitoba_Highway_1

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Highway_System_(Canada)#Manitoba

https://vancouver.citynews.ca/2023/06/15/manitoba-bus-crash-canada

https://thedigitallabyrinth.blogspot.com/search?q=highways TCH

Friday, June 16, 2023

Quatermass and the Pit, Aliens or Demons?

Quatermass_and_the_Pit is quite an interesting ancient ET science fiction movie.

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0062168

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quatermass_and_the_Pit_(film)#Plot

https://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/title/24796/five-million-years-to-earth/#overview

Why do so many descriptions of cosmic aliens seem to look demonic?

https://nypost.com/2023/06/10/the-states-most-likely-to-survive-an-alien-invasion-study/

Of course some insects and aquatic life looks like they cold be from hell as well, but that's just how they look.

Thursday, June 15, 2023

Vision Pro

https://www.ludusglobal.com/en/blog/apple-vision-pro-features-price-and-functions-of-the-new-mixed-reality-glasses

https://www.apple.com/apple-vision-pro/

https://www.cnet.com/tech/computing/apple-vision-pros-biggest-missing-pieces/

https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20230609-apple-vision-pro-can-it-really-buck-the-trend-of-augmented-reality-flops

https://www.apple.com/apple-vision-pro/

https://thedigitallabyrinth.blogspot.com/search?q=Vision+Pro

Wednesday, June 14, 2023

California Preps for Digital ID Rollout

https://www.route-fifty.com/digital-government/2023/06/state-preps-digital-id-rollout/387534/

Digital ID systems are the logical and practical way to constantly track and locate almost anything.

https://www.govtech.com/fs/california-moves-to-test-new-digital-drivers-licenses

https://upgradedpoints.com/travel/digital-drivers-licenses

https://spectrumnews1.com/ca/la-west/transportation/2023/05/05/electronic-driver-registration-cards--digital-license-plate-frames-could-be-coming-to-ca

https://cdt.ca.gov/digitalid/

Eventually, as more data is gathered and linked to each person, a world Social Obedience Score (SOS) can be determined. Such a score would be determined by AI, of course. Unfortunately, most of humanity might not realize that at a certain point its sovereignty was given over to AI or Digital Intelligence.