Iran’s president and foreign minister died in a helicopter crash

https://apnews.com/article/iran-president-ebrahim-raisi-426c6f4ae2dd1f0801c73875bb696f48

Well, the crash and death of Ebrahim_Raisi has certainly added something to the mix.

 https://www.reuters.com/world/us-says-it-was-unable-provide-iran-assistance-after-helicopter-cash-2024-05-20/

https://www.nytimes.com/live/2024/05/19/world/iran-president-crash

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c4nnd23d505o

https://ca.yahoo.com/news/did-irans-president-end-four-101525639.html

https://www.ft.com/content/6b09b0a7-68f0-4e5b-8353-f69fc9193ceb

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ebrahim_Raisi#Potential_successor_as_Supreme_Leader

https://www.britannica.com/place/Iran

https://crsreports.congress.gov/product/pdf/R/R47321#:~:text=Since%20the%201979%20Iranian%20Revolution,United%20States%20and%20its%20interests.

Curious people might want to take a look at RoboCop_(2014_film). The movie doesn't clearly explain, but something has happened in Iran. A lot of Sci-Fi movies provide future glimpses of potential scenarios.

https://www.brookings.edu/articles/addressing-irans-evolving-threats-to-us-interests 

Could someday something thing big enough for the Western Military & very advanced robotics have to take over Iran? https://quincyinst.org/2024/02/03/beware-the-iran-pearl-harbor-moment

https://robocop.fandom.com/wiki/Tehran , https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AIk94MJS_Sc

https://www.e-ir.info/2014/02/24/robocop-and-iran Its just part of a movie, for now.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RoboCop_(2014_film)#Plot

https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Film/RoboCop2014

https://www.theguardian.com/film/2021/may/28/hear-me-out-why-2014-robocop-isnt-a-bad-movie 

https://www.weforum.org/agenda/2021/09/untangling-the-benefits-and-risks-of-biometrics The movie, RoboCop_(2014) opens with a robotic takeover of Iran. While using killer-robots to invade various regions or countries might be tempting, it could set a disturbing president.  

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

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

Robocop (1987) vs. Robocop (2014)

https://www.polygon.com/2020/10/23/21530448/robocop-movie-1987-vs-robocop-2014-remake-differences

There is something very peculiar about both versions. 

https://screenrant.com/robocop-which-is-better-original-movie-reboot/

https://ew.com/article/2014/02/13/robocop-remake-vs-original-verhoeven/

 https://www.reddit.com/r/TopCharacterDesigns/comments/1806n5k/robocop_1987_vs_robocop_2014/#:~:text=The%202014%20version%20is%20just,looks%20more%20like%20an%20assassin.

https://robocop.fandom.com/wiki/RoboCop_(1987)

https://www.criterion.com/films/542-robocop

https://www.weforum.org/agenda/2021/09/untangling-the-benefits-and-risks-of-biometrics Robocop (2014) depicts an AI & robotic takeover of Iran. 

https://www.salon.com/2024/02/24/swarms-of-ai-killer-robots-are-the-future-of-war-if-that-sounds-scary-it-should_partner There might be a point when AI resons, that if it's alright to kill some people, then why not all humans?

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

A Historian uncovers covert D-Day chart maker's tale

 https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c3geeyp2505o

This was quite a coordination in the history of war.

The Normandy region has a peculiar intersection with the # 911.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/D-Day_(military_term)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Omaha_Beach#Plan

https://warfarehistorynetwork.com/article/seven-meetings-to-d-day/

https://history.stackexchange.com/questions/14894/was-there-a-plan-b-for-the-d-day

https://thedigitallabyrinth.blogspot.com/search?q=D-Day+and+Normandy

Global Debt-To-GDP Ratios Are Skyrocketing

 https://www.zerohedge.com/economics/not-just-us-global-debt-gdp-ratios-are-skyrocketing

The Aberfan Disaster: Premonitions and the Aftermath

 https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cv2rj0k6dkgo

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

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/home/books/article-10764455/After-Aberfan-disaster-foreseen-people-premonitions-two-men-investigate.html

https://www.history.co.uk/articles/the-premonitions-bureau

https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20220211-the-animals-that-predict-disasters

Officially, we are told that this world can't be part of an interactive cosmic recording of time and space. Too many people would start to ask too many questions. Thus, the perception of reality is heavily compartmentalized through various belief structures & sciences. Yet, more people are starting to question the various perspectives.

https://cinephiliabeyond.org/matrix/#:~:text=%E2%80%9CThe%20premise%20for%20The%20Matrix,simulacra%20world%20of%20The%20Matrix

Dr. Neil deGrasse Tyson Explains the Simulation Hypothesis https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pmcrG7ZZKUc

The simulation hypothesis is a contemporary theory about the nature of reality. However, the concept goes much further back into history. 

400 years before the first MATRIX movie, William Shakespeare wrote this...

"All the world’s a stage,

And all the men and women merely players;

They have their exits and their entrances;

And one man in his time plays many parts..." https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/56966/speech-all-the-worlds-a-stage

Benedict Cumberbatch - All The World's A Stage - The Seven Ages Of Man https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0178jo7Mka0

Like a stage within a cosmic-matrix theater, people sometimes have glympses or visions of future events.

https://jamesmdeem.com/stories.time.aberfan.html

https://www.kcrw.com/culture/shows/life-examined/sam-knight-premonitions-bureau-aberfan-john-barker-esp-future

https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/articles/4yxj6Y743Z6F32k5GC2txv8/six-eerie-predictions-from-the-premonitions-bureau

Neil deGrasse Tyson Explains the Simulation Hypothesis https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pmcrG7ZZKUc

The Simulation Hypothesis Explained by Nick Bostrom https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WvnIXeAz1mk

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/All_the_World's_a_Stage_(album)

The band RUSH has had some peculiar insight with some of their songs.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neil_Peart#Lyricism One song in particular was as if NP was writing about Neo no longer being a digital man trapped in the Matrix.

Rush - Digital Man https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eJsRBIId14U

https://www.rush.com/songs/digital-man (1982)

His world is under observation
We monitor his station 
Under faces and the places
Where he traces points of view

He picks up scraps of conversation
Radio and radiation
From the dancers and romancers 
With the answers, but no clue

He'd love to spend the night in Zion
He's been a long while in Babylon
He'd like a lover's wings to fly on
To a tropic isle of Avalon

His world is under anesthetic
Subdivided and synthetic
His reliance on the GIANTS 
In the science of the day

He picks up scraps of information 
He's adept at adaptation
'Cause for strangers and arrangers
Constant change is here to stay

He'd love to spend the night in Zion
He's been a long while in Babylon
He'd like a lover's wings to fly on
To a tropic isle of Avalon

He's got a forcefield and a flexible plan 
He's got a date with fate in a black Sedan 
He plays fast-forward for as long as he can
But he won't need a bed 
He's a digital man

He'd love to spend the night in Zion
He's been a long while in Babylon
He'd like a lover's wings to fly on
To a tropic isle of Avalon

He's got a forcefield and a flexible plan 
He's got a date with fate in a black Sedan
He plays fast-forward for as long as he can
But he won't need a bed
He's a digital man

He plays fast-forward for as long as he can
But he won't need a bed 
He's a digital man

He plays fast-forward for as long as he can
But he won't need a bed 
He's a digital man

He plays fast-forward
For as long as he can 

Source: Musixmatch

Songwriters: Geddy Lee / Alex Lifeson / Neil Peart

Digital Man lyrics © Ole Core Music Publishing, Anthem Core Music Publishing

https://genius.com/Rush-digital-man-lyrics

The Black Sedan. https://www.autoevolution.com/news/this-digital-matrix-car-has-modernized-1965-lincoln-continental-vibes-all-over-it-178350.html

A closer look at the+simulation theory of PKD https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eThOlVS5MU8

There might be a quick and subtle reference to the likeness of PKD in the 4th Matrix movie. https://www.bbc.com/culture/article/20220301-philip-k-dick-the-writer-who-witnessed-the-future 

"In Neuromancer, Gibson first used the term "matrix" to refer to the visualized Internet, two years after the nascent modern Internet was formed in the early 1980s from the computer networks of the 1970s." https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Gibson#Visionary_influence_and_prescience

https://www.netlingo.com/word/matrix.php

Of course WG has his various observations and perspective of things. https://williamgibsonbooks.com

Why You're Probably Not a Simulation https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HA5YuwvJkpQ However, there is still something very peculiar going on, nevertheless.  

https://thedigitallabyrinth.blogspot.com/search?q=The+Simulation+Hypothesis

https://thedigitallabyrinth.blogspot.com/search?q=On+the+Threshold+of+a+Dream

Metaverse Game Development

 https://medium.com/@elenanielzen/metaverse-game-development-71357c66f654

https://www.unrealengine.com/en-US/free-download/game-creation-software

https://crustlab.com/blog/guide-to-metaverse-game-development/

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Web3

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Web_2.0

The End of Traditional Credit Cards is Coming

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

Visa is creating a card that connects to multiple bank accounts https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zj8D5prW2N8

Visa Changing Credit Cards as we Know Them https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LODk2XdWrvI

A gradual push towards a world biometric ID card. Then eventually a Nanotech version could be implanted. While that might seem ideal for a global human herd AI management and tracking system, might humans just be considered to be livestock and lab animals? Most people don't want to have a Borg-Collective world, but an AI planet control system might.

https://www.biometricupdate.com/biometric-articles

Technology should be able to improve the lives of people, not micromanage or enslave them.

https://www.taylorwessing.com/en/interface/2023/iot---next-gen/how-human-are-you-the-internet-of-bodies-is-here-but-are-we-ready

https://itrexgroup.com/blog/internet-of-bodies-iob-definition-benefits-examples/

https://www.rand.org/about/nextgen/art-plus-data/giorgia-lupi/internet-of-bodies-our-connected-future.html

Lee Majors Became Friends with Ryan Gosling While Filming Fall Guy Cameo

 https://people.com/lee-majors-friends-ryan-gosling-fall-guy-cameo-really-good-vibes-exclusive-8648670

It sure would be nice if Ryan+Gosling could play a 21st century Steve_Austin in The_Sixty_Million_Dollar_Man. 

However, Mark Wahlberg could still pull off a Six Billion Dollar Man movie.

https://collider.com/mark-wahlberg-six-million-dollar-man

One card to rule them (after) all

 https://usa.visa.com/visa-everywhere/blog/bdp/2024/05/14/one-card-to-1715696707658.html Its all part of a long term plan.

Fiat $ has all just become ones and zeros in a vast global digital labrinth. It's been that way for quite a while now.

https://financialpost.com/pmn/business-wire-news-releases-pmn/visa-reinvents-the-card-unveils-new-products-for-digital-age

https://usa.visa.com/visa-everywhere/blog/bdp/2024/03/29/interoperability-unlocking-the-1711744079830.html

Visa Reinvents the Card for the Digital Age

 https://usa.visa.com/about-visa/newsroom/press-releases.releaseId.20686.html

Digital currency can be very convienent.

https://usa.visa.com/pay-with-visa/contactless-payments/contactless-payments.html

However, without a cash system as a backup there might be some occasional problems.

https://usa.visa.com/visa-everywhere/blog/bdp/2024/05/14/the-end-of-1715697387003.html

https://usa.visa.com/visa-everywhere/blog/bdp/2024/05/14/the-key-to-1715698035525.html

https://bankingjournal.aba.com/2024/02/challenges-in-voice-biometrics-vulnerabilities-in-the-age-of-deepfakes/

OpenAI Launches GPT-4o

 https://www.tomsguide.com/ai/chatgpt/gpt-4o-is-openais-exciting-new-model-heres-how-to-get-access

https://openai.com/index/hello-gpt-4o Of course there is always a better or a strange version that's just around the corner.

https://www.cnet.com/tech/services-and-software/openai-launches-gpt-4o-and-more-features-for-chatgpt/

https://www.theverge.com/2024/5/13/24155493/openai-gpt-4o-launching-free-for-all-chatgpt-users

https://www.wired.com/story/with-gpt-4o-is-chatgpt-plus-still-worth-it

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

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

Did a Climate Scientist Call for Mass Depopulation to Fight ‘Global Warming’?

 https://slaynews.com/news/climate-scientist-calls-mass-depopulation-fight-global-warming

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Human_overpopulation#Future_projections

 https://www.aei.org/articles/culling-for-climate

If Bill_McGuire really wants dramatic population reduction for the world, that seems like a hope for almost total extinction of humanity. A most inhuman agenda, indeed. 

https://xrblog.org/category/blog-regulars/bill-mcguires-climate-bombshells

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bill_McGuire_(volcanologist)#Research_and_work

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Human_overpopulation#Contemporary_use

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Human_overpopulation#Epidemics_and_pandemics

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brave_New_World#Comparisons_with_George_Orwell's_Nineteen_Eighty-Four

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nineteen_Eighty-Four#Brave_New_World_comparisons

GPT-4o and more tools to ChatGPT free users

 https://openai.com/index/gpt-4o-and-more-tools-to-chatgpt-free/

ChatGPT keeps evolving as expected, so far.

https://www.techradar.com/computing/artificial-intelligence/chatgpts-big-free-update-with-gpt-4o-is-rolling-out-now-heres-how-to-get-it

Coronal Mass Ejections

A Coronal_Mass_Ejection has the potential to cause a lot of problems on_Earth.

https://www.space.com/the-carrington-event

 https://www.swpc.noaa.gov/phenomena/coronal-mass-ejections

https://www.swpc.noaa.gov/impacts/satellite-communications

https://www.swpc.noaa.gov/impacts/space-weather-and-gps-systems

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carrington_Event#Geomagnetic_storm (1859)

https://www.livescience.com/carrington-event

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carrington_Event#Similar_events

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/March_1989_geomagnetic_storm

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coronal_mass_ejection#Future_risk

Various search engines

https://kinsta.com/blog/alternative-search-engines

Each one has its advantages.

https://www.searchenginejournal.com/alternative-search-engines/271409

https://www.pcmag.com/picks/go-beyond-google-best-alternative-search-engines

https://blog.hubspot.com/marketing/top-search-engines 

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

Dragonfly (Titan space probe)

 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dragonfly_(Titan_space_probe)

The Dragonfly+space+probe sure is some very interesting tech.

https://science.nasa.gov/mission/dragonfly/

https://www.planetary.org/space-missions/dragonfly

https://www.nasa.gov/news-release/nasas-dragonfly-will-fly-around-titan-looking-for-origins-signs-of-life/

Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes

 https://variety.com/2024/film/news/box-office-kingdom-of-the-planet-of-the-apes-opening-weekend-champion-1235999801/

The Island (of Clones)

The_Island is still such a great Sci-Fi movie. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Island_(2005_film)#Plot

Making full body clones for organ harvesting is a key element in the story.

Of course Lincoln Six Echo rather, Ewan_McGregor was in, Star_Wars:_Episode_II_-_Attack_of_the_Clones.

https://www.technologyreview.com/2022/08/04/1056633/startup-wants-copy-you-embryo-organ-harvesting

https://www.catholic.com/qa/can-human-organs-be-cloned

https://www.catholic.com/qa/are-3d-organs-for-humans-ok

Alice Cooper just had to get onto this topic, but at the start of the 1980s. 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clones_(We're_All) 1980 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P1h38gC23bw

https://alicecooper.com

"Six is having problems adjusting to his clone status" https://genius.com/Alice-cooper-clones-were-all-lyrics

First living patient to receive genetically modified pig kidney dead at 62

 https://nypost.com/2024/05/11/us-news/first-living-patient-to-receive-pig-kidney-dead-at-62-weeks-after-historic-transplant/

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c4n1l9g2wn9o Ultimately, it would be ideal to make a clone of the specific body part that needs to be replaced. 

https://science.howstuffworks.com/life/genetic/cloned-organ-transplant.htm

https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/first-genetically-modified-pig-kidney-transplant-dies-rick-slayman-rcna151851

https://abcnews.go.com/Health/recipient-pig-kidney-transplant-dies-2-months/story?id=110139515

https://www.hindustantimes.com/world-news/us-news/richard-slayman-first-living-patient-to-receive-pig-kidney-dies-2-months-after-historic-transplant-101715492829457.html

Of course any surgery, and or recovery process, has its risks.

https://hms.harvard.edu/news/first-genetically-edited-pig-kidney-transplanted-human (HMS) 

https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/woman-receives-genetically-modified-pig-kidney-transplant-after-heart-pump/

https://nyulangone.org/news/first-ever-combined-heart-pump-gene-edited-pig-kidney-transplant-gives-new-hope-patient-terminal-illness

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9878146/

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1475508/#:~:text=Stem%20cells%20have%20the%20capacity,when%20implanted%20into%20a%20blastocyst.

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

https://www.nature.com/subjects/organogenesis

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1475508/#abstract-a.b.b.otitle

https://med.stanford.edu/news/all-news/2022/08/stanford-medicine-researchers-take-early--critical-step-toward-g.html

https://www.snexplores.org/article/stem-cells-lab-grown-organs-organoid

https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2022/06/220614122711.htm

https://www.genome.gov/about-genomics/fact-sheets/Cloning-Fact-Sheet

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-11718601/Human-CLONES-grown-people-spare-parts-key-living-forever-expert-claims.html

Alice Cooper - Clones (We're All ) 1982 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8xhnUA3b_No , https://alicecooper.com

A Person with a Neuralink brain chip sees improvement after an initial malfunction

 https://www.usatoday.com/story/tech/news/2024/05/11/neuralink-malfunction-resolved-bps-improved/73647719007

This can be a great technology, but people should proceed with it very cautiously. 

https://www.wired.com/story/neuralinks-brain-implant-issues One might have something to gain with a wired brain, but it might not always be what you had bargained for.

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/us/news/2024/05/10/first-implant-of-elon-musks-brain-chip-company-malfunctions/

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/elon-musk-neuralink-first-implant-problem/

https://nypost.com/2024/05/09/business/neuralink-says-its-first-in-human-brain-implant-malfunctioned/

https://www.imdb.com/title/RZR https://film.gala.com/films/rzr

https://movieweb.com/rzr-unveils-sci-fi-drama-series-mixing-biohacking-and-ai-at-comic-con/

https://decrypt.co/126276/danny-trejo-mena-suvari-join-galas-web3-tv-series-rzr

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Upgrade_(film) , https://www.imdb.com/title/tt6499752/

https://theouterlimits.fandom.com/wiki/Stream_of_Consciousness , https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0667957/

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

Godzilla X Kong

https://collider.com/godzilla-x-kong-the-new-empire-sneak-peek/

Some say that this Godzilla is still one of the best in the series.

 https://www.cinemablend.com/movies/godzilla-x-kong-home-release-date-all-in-on-monsterverse-anniversary-announcement

https://www.forbes.com/sites/monicamercuri/2024/05/07/godzilla-x-kong-the-new-empire-will-be-streaming-on-digital-this-month/?sh=5af8f52d279c

https://www.thewrap.com/godzilla-x-kong-the-new-empire-digital-4k-blu-ray-release-date/

https://thedigitalbits.com/columns/my-two-cents/050824-1530

https://thedigitalbits.com/item/godzilla-minus-one-import-toho-2024-uhd

https://thedigitalbits.com/item/king-kong-vs-godzilla-toho-2024-uhd

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

Firmware, the movie, etc.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v6HGskhFksM

Automation https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1YpVHQP5kj8

https://www.vulture.com/article/15-best-robot-movies-of-all-time.html

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chappie_(film)#Plot Such a gritty, high-tech masterpiece.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saturn_3#Plot An interesting story, but with limited effects for the time.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Questor_Tapes , https://archive.org/details/the-questor-tapes

Some low budget movies can still be so fun to watch.

Creation of the humanoids (1962) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Otcht1mbJ-I

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robot_Monster A total low budget classic.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dragula_(song) , https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EqQuihD0hoI

https://www.facebook.com/RobZombie/photos/the-original-more-human-robot-from-the-first-hellbilly-deluxe-tour-in-1998-this-/10151696879163323/

https://www.facebook.com/RobZombie/photos/the-original-more-human-robot-from-the-first-hellbilly-deluxe-tour-in-1998-this-/10151696879163323/

https://inflatabledesigngroup.com/biggest-and-the-best/rob-zombie-custom-inflatable-robot-stage-set/

https://www.revolvermag.com/music/5-things-you-didnt-know-about-rob-zombies-hellbilly-deluxe

https://www.facebook.com/RobZombie/photos/a.385845778322/10151621151783323/?type=3

https://www.robzombie.com/

https://itcamefromblog.com/2018/08/23/giant-robot-monster-mash-a-subgenre-appreciation/

Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes

The_Planet_of_the_Apes keeps evolving through the years.

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

With any long running movie series, it can be challenging to keep or maintain certain aspects.

https://www.ign.com/articles/the-mixed-up-crazy-timeline-of-the-planet-of-the-apes-movies , https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xa3OiQGvDho

Every decade the technology improves, so the oldest movies really look like they are from another era. That's just the way it goes.

https://www.theglobeandmail.com/arts/film/article-canadas-go-to-hollywood-villain-kevin-durand-goes-bananas-in-kingdom/

https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-reviews/kingdom-of-the-planet-of-the-apes-review-wes-ball-owen-teague-1235890518/

https://www.ign.com/articles/kingdom-of-the-planet-of-the-apes-post-credits-scene-ending-explained , https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Loxq2exd2t0

Flight Safety, Mechanical Issues...

 https://flightsafety.org/safety-issue/mechanical/

Statistically, air travel is still one of the safest modes of travel.

https://www.faa.gov/newsroom/faa-safety-briefing-magazine

https://nbaa.org/aircraft-operations/safety/2024-nbaa-top-safety-focus-areas/

https://aii.mydigitalpublication.co.uk/may-2024?m=63715&i=821101&p=36&ver=html5

https://www.npr.org/2024/03/20/1239132703/boeing-timeline-737-max-9-controversy-door-plug

Of course The+Final+Destination and other themes have been used in various movie & TV trope productions over the years. 

https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Film/FinalDestination

https://thedigitallabyrinth.blogspot.com/search?q=Final+Destination

https://thedigitallabyrinth.blogspot.com/search?q=Flight+Safety

Titanic sub disaster

New cause of tragic implosion put forward by experts after study https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/world-news/titanic-sub-disaster-new-cause-32739080

Somewhere between overconfidence and arrogance is hubris. https://oxford-review.com/podcast-hubris 

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/titanic-submarine-implosion-stockton-rush-b2508145.html

Hubris: The Dangers of Excessive Pride and Confidence https://effectiviology.com/hubris

https://www.newyorker.com/news/a-reporter-at-large/the-titan-submersible-was-an-accident-waiting-to-happen

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Titan_(submersible)#Design_issues

Where’s Mark Wahlberg’s version of The ‘Six Million Dollar Man’?

 https://collider.com/mark-wahlberg-six-million-dollar-man

Mark Wahlberg could easily play an updated version of Steve_Austin, but so could Ryan+Gosling.

https://screenrant.com/six-million-dollar-man-movie-update-mark-wahlberg/

https://www.thewrap.com/six-million-dollar-man-remake-rights-explained/

https://www.slashfilm.com/1516056/why-well-never-see-mark-wahlbergs-six-million-dollar-man-reboot/

https://screenrant.com/six-billion-million-dollar-man-remake-updates 60 million or 6 billion? Whatever the $ amount, as long as a good update to the general story is done, it could work. 

https://www.superherohype.com/movies/559912-the-six-billion-dollar-man-mark-wahlberg-gives-promising-update-on-the-reboot

https://www.fastcompany.com/90336428/the-wild-20-plus-year-journey-of-the-most-snakebit-movie-in-hollywood-the-six-billion-dollar-man

https://www.ign.com/articles/2018/05/01/mel-gibsons-next-directing-effort-revealed-courted-for-role-in-six-billion-dollar-man

https://www.slashfilm.com/1463464/major-actors-still-alive-the-six-million-dollar-man/

https://bionic.fandom.com/wiki/The_Six_Million_Dollar_Man_(1973) 

The History of The Six Million Dollar Man https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vOsT5Qar7gY

The Six Million Dollar Man Opening and Closing Theme https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0CPJ-AbCsT8 

https://thedigitallabyrinth.blogspot.com/search?q=The+Six+Million+Dollar+Man

May the 4th is always 'Star Wars' Day

https://www.usatoday.com/story/entertainment/movies/2024/05/03/what-is-may-the-4th-star-wars-day/73452403007/

Star_Wars_Day has certainly gained in popularity through the years.

 https://itcamefromblog.com/2017/05/25/the-force-is-with-these-1977-star-wars-lobby-cards/

https://starwars.fandom.com/wiki/May_4

https://itcamefromblog.com/2023/11/03/left-of-center-star-wars-photos/

https://www.starwars.com/star-wars-day

https://itcamefromblog.com/?s=STAR+WARS

https://thedigitallabyrinth.blogspot.com/search?q=STAR+WARS

The Replicant, Ken and The Fall Guy, but what about the $60M Cyborg?

Blade_Runner character Replicant KD6-3.7, nicknamed K, was portrayed so well by Ryan_Gosling. 

https://bladerunner.fandom.com/wiki/K#Retiring_Sapper_Morton This scene gets very intense.

https://www.vox.com/culture/2017/10/9/16433088/blade-runner-2049-spoilers-review

https://www.wired.com/2017/09/behind-the-scenes-blade-runner-2049-sequel

https://bladerunner.fandom.com/wiki/Blade_Runner_2049#Plot

The_Fall_Guy is certainly another great movie for Ryan_Gosling to be in.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Fall_Guy_(2024_film)#Plot

Ryan+Gosling has played a Replicant and an astronaut, so why not a Cyborg? 

RG would be fantastic in playing an updated Steve_Austin in THE 60 MILLION DOLLAR MAN. It could be a nice blend of movie making with just enough CGI. However, RG has so many other rolls to consider. 

https://www.giantfreakinrobot.com/ent/ryan-gosling-project-hail-mary.html 

https://thedigitallabyrinth.blogspot.com/search?q=Project+Hail+Mary

A quantum teleportation demonstrated in groundbreaking experiment

 https://studyfinds.org/quantum-teleportation-noise/

https://learning.quantum.ibm.com/course/basics-of-quantum-information/entanglement-in-action

https://emerginginvestigators.org/articles/22-131

https://learning.quantum.ibm.com/course/basics-of-quantum-information/entanglement-in-action#teleportation

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

P Diddy’s American Dream and Nightmare for Others

 https://www.msn.com/en-us/entertainment/news/ar-AA1o4Xhr

P Diddy wanted it all and got it all. Unfortunately, sometimes at the expense of others. 

https://thedigitallabyrinth.blogspot.com/search?q=P+Diddy 

https://thedigitallabyrinth.blogspot.com/search?q=abuse+and+antics+of+debauchery

The “AI Revolution”

 https://home.solari.com/the-ai-revolution-the-final-coup-detat-pdf-now-available

https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-024-01442-5

https://www.wsj.com/tech/ai/the-ai-revolution-is-already-losing-steam-a93478b1

https://www.mckinsey.com/capabilities/operations/our-insights/the-ai-revolution-will-be-virtualized

https://time.com/6310115/ai-revolution-reshape-the-world/

https://waitbutwhy.com/2015/01/artificial-intelligence-revolution-1.html

You might think that an AI suppository will be your best friend, but it might be your worst enema.

https://thedigitallabyrinth.blogspot.com/search?q=A.I.

A Second Boeing whistleblower dies

 https://www.theguardian.com/business/article/2024/may/02/second-boeing-whistleblower-dies

Very peculiar. 

https://people.com/boeing-linked-whistleblower-dead-the-second-in-2-months-8642445

https://www.aljazeera.com/economy/2024/5/2/whistleblower-joshua-dean-ex-worker-at-boeing-supplier-dies

https://fortune.com/2024/05/02/boeing-whistleblower-dead-joshua-dean-45-sudden-severe-infection/

https://www.npr.org/2024/05/02/1248693512/boeing-whistleblower-josh-dean-dead

https://thedigitallabyrinth.blogspot.com/search?q=Boeing+whistleblower

Artificial Intelligence and Cybernetics

 https://www.bbvaopenmind.com/en/articles/the-future-of-artificial-intelligence-and-cybernetics

AI can be such a great tool, but not if it starts to totally control a person's life. Cybernetics can be great, but a lot of people would still choose to remain natural and healthy for as long as possible.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cybernetics#History , https://www.eolss.net/sample-chapters/c02/E6-46-03-01.pdf

https://direct.mit.edu/books/oa-monograph/4581/Cybernetics-or-Control-and-Communication-in-the First edition in 1948. https://www.britannica.com/topic/Cybernetics-or-Control-and-Communication-in-the-Animal-and-the-Machine

https://uberty.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/Norbert_Wiener_Cybernetics.pdf

https://mitpress.mit.edu/9780262537841/cybernetics-or-control-and-communication-in-the-animal-and-the-machine/

https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/294941.Cybernetics

"By 1949 three key books were published: Von Neumann’s and Morgenstern’s (1944) Theory of Games and Economic Behavior, Wiener’s (1948) Cybernetics: Or Control and Communication in the Animal and the Machine, and Shannon’s and Weaver’s (1949) The Mathematical Theory of Communication. These books defined a new science of information and regulation." https://bpb-us-e1.wpmucdn.com/blogs.gwu.edu/dist/d/257/files/2016/11/2008-Albert-Mueller-History-of-Cybernetics-in-US-3-2jk074s.pdf

CYBERNETICS - Or Control and Communication in the Animal and the Machine https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cqyXExctH1c

https://blog.paxholley.net/2012/06/21/bionic-reviews-cyborg-by-martin-caidin

https://thedigitallabyrinth.blogspot.com/search?q=Artificial+Intelligence+and+Cybernetics

Satellites spot the effect of clusters of 'spiders' sprawled across a Mars' like Inca City

 https://www.space.com/spiders-mars-inca-city-satellite-photo

Mars has been the inspiration of a lot of things in popular culture over the years. Especially, the Spiders from Mars and mice...

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Rise_and_Fall_of_Ziggy_Stardust_and_the_Spiders_from_Mars , https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ou8uLo3Ke6U , https://www.davidbowie.com/ziggy

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Life_on_Mars_(song) , https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AZKcl4-tcuo , 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Life_on_Mars_(song)#Lyrics

To the girl with the mousy hair

It's on America's tortured brow
That Mickey Mouse has grown up a cow

See the mice in their million hordes

https://www.azlyrics.com/lyrics/davidbowie/lifeonmars.html

Such a classic song with a few mouse references in it.

Eventually, there was the cartoon, Biker_Mice_from_Mars. From interplanetary mice to intergalactic mice.

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

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

Cyborg (1972 novel)

 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cyborg_(novel)

The cyborg concept has been of keen interest for several decades. 

https://s.telegraph.co.uk/graphics/projects/the-future-is-android

https://www.theverge.com/2016/6/2/11837854/neural-lace-cyborgs-elon-musk

https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2949882123000294

https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1002/advs.201700931

https://thedigitallabyrinth.blogspot.com/search?q=The+Six+Million+Dollar+Man

The Complete PLANET OF THE APES Timeline

 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EQ58OBKHMdc

‘Godzilla x Kong’ is pure CGI chaos — and so much fun

https://www.deseret.com/entertainment/2024/04/26/godzilla-x-kong-the-new-empire-review/

The two titans an an epic battle, once again.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Godzilla_x_Kong:_The_New_Empire

https://www.godzillaxkongmovie.net/

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

People, Smartphones and beyond

 https://analyticsindiamag.com/smartphones-will-soon-be-dead

The End Of The Smartphone Is Near https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qEdyIvbzohs

https://www.bbvaopenmind.com/en/technology/innovation/technology-under-your-skin/

There are some corporations who would like to eventually put the phone's tech into people. 

https://www.fastcompany.com/90373620/yuval-noah-harari-humans-are-on-the-verge-of-merging-with-machines WTH? 

https://techcrunch.com/2016/12/22/how-technology-is-merging-with-the-human-body But what if some people don't want to become a computer, phone or an implanted tracing unit?

Some choose not having a SIM card in any of their phones. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RyirQOCUUK8

6 of the Most Secure Web Browsers in 2024? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tVdodyy_6HE

What would the world be like by the year 2045 or the Year 2100? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C6D_WuLWVrQ

Of course if most people are left out of the decision making process, it will likely become a droid and quantum hive mind, Borg like world, under a full corporate technocracy with much less humans. Thus, resulting into a most inhumane world.

Did MIT Predict that Society Will Collapse in 2040? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kVOTPAxrrP4

How Long Would Society Last During a Total Grid Collapse? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_OpC4fH3mEk

The Internet is starting to Break - Here's Why. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wVYG1mu8Lg8 

This Chip Could Change Computing Forever https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pkYA4rALqEE

Why the Future of AI & Computers Will Be Analog https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6Y6FJVqzivc 

Future Computers Will Be Radically Different (Analog Computing) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GVsUOuSjvcg Some AI systems and entities might want to decide for themselves.

Analog vs Digital vs Quantum, Explained https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZMkLPvOVkNo Seems like there might some AGI wars ahead.

Quantum Computing with Light: The Breakthrough? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7UkXJsF8_so

Unfortunately, with various regional conflicts and potential intercontinental wars, so much tech would be applied for death and destruction.

How NATO & Russia are Preparing to Fight Total War https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lakdZIuZe7c

How a nuclear war starts: Second-by-second timeline | Annie Jacobsen and Lex Fridman https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=za6tZB19E4c

https://thedigitallabyrinth.blogspot.com/search?q=Annie+Jacobsen

The Reliability of Wikipedia and GPT-4

 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reliability_of_Wikipedia It can still be OK for some very basic general use. However, there should have been more improvements to it by now.

Of course something like Encyclopaedia_Britannica is more accurate, overall.

https://www.britannica.com/topic/Encyclopaedia-Britannica-English-language-reference-work

https://www.britannica.com/topic/Britannica-Online

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Encyclopaedia_Britannica#Editorial_advisors

https://www.britannica.com/editor/The-Editors-of-Encyclopaedia-Britannica/4419

https://usingsources.fas.harvard.edu/what%E2%80%99s-wrong-wikipedia Wikipedia does have a lot of reference links, but the actual articles can still easily be edited, or have omissions.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Wikipedia_is_not_a_reliable_source Use at caution and check with various reliable sources.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GPT-4 , https://openai.com/index/gpt-4

https://www.wired.com/story/what-is-chatgpt-plus-gpt4-openai 

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

On the Threshold of a Dream by the Moody Blues

 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/On_the_Threshold_of_a_Dream (1969)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/On_the_Threshold_of_a_Dream#Writing

https://genius.com/The-moody-blues-in-the-beginning-lyrics

Three decades before the first Matrix movie, this album starts off with human intellect questioning and rejecting the AI-robotic, VR-AR control system. 

https://genius.com/The-moody-blues-lovely-to-see-you-lyrics

"The imagery on the cover features "a metallic, robot-type entity clutching different, various life forms and squeezing tight representing freedom of thought and expression and creativity"... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/On_the_Threshold_of_a_Dream#Album_cover 

https://www.youtube.com/@MoodyBluesToday/videos

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Moody_Blues#Discography , https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FvBPK_gSZ3M

Ryan Gosling Nabs Sci-Fi Space Adventure Project Hail Mary

 https://www.giantfreakinrobot.com/ent/ryan-gosling-project-hail-mary.html

This would be the second time that Ryan+Gosling has played an astronaut. 

https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/54493401-project-hail-mary

Project_Hail_Mary could be pretty good, or even quite spectacular.

https://sciencemeetsfiction.com/2021/06/15/the-science-of-project-hail-mary/

https://thequilltolive.com/2023/06/15/project-hail-mary-by-andy-weir-science-fiction-book-review/ 

https://thedigitallabyrinth.blogspot.com/search?q=Project+Hail+Mary

A Scientist Says He Has the Evidence That We Live in a Simulation

 https://www.popularmechanics.com/science/environment/a60553384/covid-simulation

A very advanced and sophisticated world simulation might reveal some peculiar levels of coincidence or synchronicity. Various writers throughout history seem to tap into bits of future events.

The_Eyes_of_Darkness is a 1981 novel from Dean_Koontz.

"Due to the end of the Cold War, the origin of the bioweapon was changed to the Chinese city of Wuhan and it was renamed Wuhan-400 for the 1989 edition onward..." https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Eyes_of_Darkness#COVID-19_speculation

“They call the stuff ‘Wuhan-400’ because it was developed at their RDNA labs outside the city of Wuhan, and it was the fourth-hundredth viable strain of man-made microorganisms created at the research centre.” https://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/technology/1981-books-eerie-coronavirus-prediction/news-story/1c138d96144698b89c9fb0a522da73d3

https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/books/news/coronavirus-dean-koontz-eyes-of-darkness-conspiracy-wuhan-china-symptoms-a9364386.html

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Simulacron-3 1964 https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/807801.Simulacron_3

Mass Surveillance

 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tYVm62oEyWA , https://www.youtube.com/@VICENews/videos

AI and Robotics vs. the Human Mind and Consciousness

 

Next-Generation Humanoid Robots have Become Strikingly Realistic https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C7enWJEKQjU&t=12s

Is this is the dangerous AI that got Sam Altman fired? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cXemEDZA_Ms

This intense AI anger is exactly what experts warned of, w Elon Musk https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b2bdGEqPmCI , https://www.youtube.com/@DigitalEngine/videos

Did Meta Achieve Mind-Reading Using AI? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uiGl6oF5-cE

Mo Gawdat Speaks Out On The Dangers Of AI! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bk-nQ7HF6k4

https://www.mogawdat.com

Things They're NOT Telling You About The New World of AI https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qxbpTyeDZp0

Beware of the AI mouse-bot.

https://thedigitallabyrinth.blogspot.com/search?q=The+Six+Million+Dollar+Man

Ernie Hudson at 78...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KfdoxwwViRw , https://www.youtube.com/@healthlonglife/videos

78-Year-Old Ghostbuster Actor Ernie Hudson https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K2s3b055NG0

Chris and Dr Peter Attia discuss the 5 supplements everyone should take. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cepkTUQPAj4

Chuando Tan's Top 5 Foods He Loves and Top 5 Foods He AVOIDS! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HYP6pcKgp9o

Of course there are various surgeries and other things that can help to keep a person agile. However, a natural and healthy approach to longevity remains a popular choice for many. 

The Six Million Dollar Man

 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lee_Majors#1970s:_The_Six_Million_Dollar_Man

A fascinating concept and an entertaining TV series. A severely injured man is rebuilt to be better, faster & stronger than he was.

https://www.miragenews.com/humans-and-machines-to-merge-will-we-see-it-965552/

https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1002/advs.201700931

https://thedigitallabyrinth.blogspot.com/search?q=The+Six+Million+Dollar+Man

Dragonfly probe will push the boundaries of engineering and science as it explores Titan

 https://arstechnica.com/space/2024/04/nasa-officially-greenlights-3-35-billion-mission-to-saturns-moon-titan/

What if various ET probes were sent to the earth a very long time ago?

https://www.space.com/nasa-dragonfly-mission-launch-2028-saturn-moon-titan

Of course that would imply that Sentient_intelligence exists in this ancient universe.

https://www.isas.jaxa.jp/en/missions/spacecraft/developing/dragonfly.html

Arthur_C._Clarke and many others, were intrigued with the concept of non-organic-intelligence.

https://www.jhuapl.edu/news/news-releases/240417-nasa-confirms-apl-led-dragonfly-mission-to-saturn-moon-titan

ACC wrote The_Sentinel_(short_story) in 1948. Parts of it and various other ACC stories would be adapted into a big project during the mid and late 1960s.

https://www.skyatnightmagazine.com/news/nasa-dragonfly-to-explore-saturn-moon-titan-for-signs-of-life-on-moon-titan

What if some ancient beacons and probes were found on earth, the moon and even Mars? 

https://www.forbes.com/sites/jamiecartereurope/2024/04/19/dragonfly-nasa-just-confirmed-the-most-exciting-space-mission-of-your-lifetime/?sh=5d40c353b5ba

Over the decades, various tech from earth has been sent out into the solar system and beyond.

https://www.theverge.com/2019/7/31/20746926/sentient-national-reconnaissance-office-spy-satellites-artificial-intelligence-ai

If some very ancient high-tech civilization sent some of their tech to this solar system, how would we even know?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Encounter_in_the_Dawn (1953)

https://thedigitallabyrinth.blogspot.com/search?q=Dragonfly+space+probe

What is AI and Quantum Computing Anyway?

 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KKNCiRWd_j0 Mustafa Suleyman | TED

The Quantum+Computing version of AI could be very concerning.

Why a Forefather of AI Fears the Future https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KcbTbTxPMLc

AI and Quantum Computing: Glimpsing the Near Future https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gZZan4JMwk4

How the Quantum Computer Revolution Will Change Everything with Michio Kaku & Neil deGrasse Tyson https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IfvoBlDUrPU

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

https://thedigitallabyrinth.blogspot.com/search?q=Quantum+Computing

Iran and Israel may have taken a step back from a catastrophic regional war

 https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/chris-brown-analysis-israel-iran-1.7178527

An allout Middle-East war is always possible, but it's never a good idea.

https://www.aljazeera.com/news/liveblog/2024/4/19/live-israel-launches-missile-attack-in-response-to-iran-assault

https://www.bbc.com/news/live/world-middle-east-68830092?src_origin=BBCS_BBC

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/israel-iran-missile-strikes/

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2024/apr/19/iran-israel-playing-with-fire-rules-of-confrontation

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iran-Israel_proxy_conflict#Notable_wars_and_violent_events

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

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

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