https://www.insider.com/urban-legends-us-2018-1
Of course what might be dismissed as an urban_legend by some, might have more significance to others.
https://www.rd.com/list/scary-urban-legends vs. https://www.rd.com/list/true-urban-legends
News & popular culture & observing various ideas & Sci-Fi concepts that become a technological reality. What is reality in general? Some say that it's all part of a cosmic simulation.
https://www.insider.com/urban-legends-us-2018-1
Of course what might be dismissed as an urban_legend by some, might have more significance to others.
https://www.rd.com/list/scary-urban-legends vs. https://www.rd.com/list/true-urban-legends
https://foursquare.com/top-places/las-vegas/best-places-fountains
LV, a city in the+desert which is able to have big fountains. It's all part of the attraction.
https://www.tripadvisor.com/Attractions-g45963-Activities-c47-t13-Las_Vegas_Nevada.html
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fountains_of_Bellagio
https://bellagio.mgmresorts.com/en/entertainment/fountains-of-bellagio.html
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fountains_of_Bellagio#Reception
https://trip101.com/article/fountains-in-las-vegas
Fresh flowing water in the+desert is always impressive.
https://www.tripadvisor.com/Attractions-g659472-Activities-c47-t13-California_Desert_California.html
https://www.usnews.com/news/us/articles/2023-03-24/minnesota-nuclear-plant-shuts-down-for-leak-residents-worry Such incidents are very concerning and lead to an uncertain future.
Xcel Energy Monticello Power Plant Tritium Leak https://www.health.state.mn.us/communities/environment/air/tritiumleak.html
https://apnews.com/article/minnesota-nuclear-plant-leak-6b72b6f9cd2a1141aadd985b68654e04
https://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory/minnesota-nuclear-plant-shuts-leak-residents-worry-98110848
https://www.axios.com/2023/03/18/minnesota-nuclear-power-plant-water-leak-report
https://www.epa.gov/enforcement/minnesota-power-settlement
https://www.lrl.mn.gov/guides/guides?issue=nuclearwaste Some people think that there isn't enough nuclear waste in the world, so there should be more power plants constructed to create even more toxic waste. That would certainly help to create more of an uncertain future.
While nuclear+power plants can generate a tremendous amount of energy, there is also more of a risk when something goes wrong.
https://www.stuff.co.nz/travel/news/107604722/worlds-most-famous-fountains
They are certainly all around.
https://mymodernmet.com/famous-fountains-around-the-world/
https://10mosttoday.com/10-most-famous-fountains-in-the-world/
https://www.bbc.com/culture/article/20170131-10-of-the-worlds-most-beautiful-fountains
https://www.thingstodopost.org/top-10-fountains-in-canada-canada-913929
https://www.tripadvisor.ca/Attractions-g153339-Activities-c47-t13-Canada.html
https://www.quebec-cite.com/en/quebec-city/fountains-old-quebec
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Fountains_in_Canada
https://dailyhive.com/vancouver/vancouver-parks-decorative-public-water-fountains-features Aparentrly, in spite of so much rain, Vancouver would rather just shut off its fountains. So far, no delegation from Vancouver has ever gone to LV or other cities around the world to get them to turn off their fountains.
The Brainphone has its benefits. However, too much of this merging tech into the human body could easily lead into something like the Borg.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Borg#Depiction
https://banthebrainphone.com , https://scottsnair.com/articles
https://en.everybodywiki.com/Brainphone#Impact_on_Human_Decision-Making
Why would anyone want to become something like a Borg_drone?
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Borg#Assimilation
https://en.everybodywiki.com/Brainphone#Humans_Merging_with_Robots_or_Artificial_Intelligence
https://www.youtube.com/@banthebrainphone
https://memory-alpha.fandom.com/wiki/Borg#Technology
https://wrrc.arizona.edu/publication/fountains-water-wasters-or-works-art
https://foursquare.com/top-places/phoenix/best-places-fountains There is something interesting about desert cities with fountains & flowing water in general.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phoenix,_Arizona#Parks_and_recreation
https://www.avclub.com/john-wick-4-joins-the-four-hour-original-cut-club-1850253723
The world of John_Wick just keeps on growing.
https://www.digitalspy.com/movies/a43375526/john-wick-4-record-rotten-tomatoes/
https://uproxx.com/movies/john-wick-training-camp-rina-sawayama-keanu-reeves/
https://pitchfork.com/news/rina-sawayama-shares-new-john-wick-chapter-4-song-eye-for-an-eye-listen/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Wick:_Chapter_4
https://ew.com/movies/keanu-reeves-john-wick-spin-off-ballerina/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Wick#Films
He was such a great actor and person.
https://www.vulture.com/2023/03/john-wick-4-keanu-reeves-lance-reddick-remembered.html
https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2023/mar/20/lance-reddick-obituary
https://deadline.com/video/lance-reddick-farewell-the-film-that-lit-my-fuse-video
https://www.inverse.com/entertainment/lance-reddick-charon-in-john-wick
https://thedigitallabyrinth.blogspot.com/search?q=Lance+Reddick
https://www.digitalspy.com/tv/ustv/a42165650/the-peripheral-season-2-release-date/
The_Peripheral_(TV_series) is some very cool science fiction entertainment.
https://variety.com/2023/tv/news/the-peripheral-renewed-season-2-amazon-1235518073/
https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2022/oct/21/the-peripheral-review-chloe-grace-moretz
A portion of 330_North_Wabash was turned into a high end hotel.
Several buildings will essentially remain what they were intended to be throughout the buildings life time.
https://www.architecture.org/tours/detail/modernist-masterpieces-marina-city-and-the-ibm-building/
Sometimes a new owner or the same one, wants to repurpose a building.
https://everydaytourist.ca/city-planning-101/nova-building-a-new-lease-on-life
The Lance_Reddick tragedy, he had so much more to do and give.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lance_Reddick#Death
https://johnwick.fandom.com/wiki/Charon
https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0714698
https://thedigitallabyrinth.blogspot.com/search?q=Lance+Reddick
Some people still believe that there aren't enough nuclear+power plants on the planet. That more could be built in seismic and ecological areas.
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-64989112
Some people don't even think that it's necessary to immediately inform the public. Who would benefit from this? Certainly not an uninformed public, but so much big money is involved.
Fortunately, the public knew fairly quickly about the Three+Mile+Island+accident in 1979.
William_Gibson has been writing about technology, reality and VR for decades and his works have certainly become part of popular culture.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Gibson#Early_writing_and_the_evolution_of_cyberpunk
https://cyberartsweb.org/cpace/scifi/ns/hardy.html
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Gibson#Neuromancer
https://howtoacademy.com/podcasts/william-gibson-how-to-create-the-future/
https://www.u2interference.com/forums/f288/neuromancer-zooropa-179635.html
https://www.britannica.com/biography/William-Gibson-American-Canadian-author
https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/9226.William_Gibson
https://williamgibsonbooks.com/
https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0317218/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/No_Maps_for_These_Territories , https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ib6siNUJbx0&t=6s , https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qIDVvhy9Z0I
https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2019/12/16/how-william-gibson-keeps-his-science-fiction-real
https://thewalrus.ca/why-william-gibson-is-a-literary-genius/
https://www.moredarkthanshark.org/eno_int_pst-nov14.html
Neil deGrasse Tyson Explains the Simulation Hypothesis https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pmcrG7ZZKUc
https://www.avclub.com/the-best-songs-of-u2-ranked-1850225441
Something big happened to U2 some 3 decades ago. The 1990s was the dawn of the technological matrix zoo era for the band.
https://www.u2.com/news/title/exclusive_clips_from_new_william_gibson_movie_730/
http://forum.talku2.com/index.php?topic=4694.0
https://www.u2.com/news/title/edge_bono_original_music_new_william_gibson_flick_729/
https://cyberartsweb.org/cpace/scifi/ns/hardy.html
https://www.wired.com/2005/08/u2
https://www.moredarkthanshark.org/eno_int_pst-nov14.html
https://howtoacademy.com/podcasts/william-gibson-how-to-create-the-future/
https://www.digitalspy.com/tv/ustv/a43272142/star-trek-picard-season-3-swearing-jonathan-frakes/
The return of popular characters from movies and TV can help to propel another series.
https://gizmodo.com/star-trek-picard-season-3-changelings-conspiracy-tng-1850214543
https://collider.com/star-trek-picard-season-3-episode-4-spoiler-interview-showrunner-terry-matalas/
https://www.denofgeek.com/tv/picard-season-3-liam-shaw-captain-star-trek-needs-right-now/
https://trekcentral.net/sneak-peek-star-trek-picard-season-3-ep-4
https://trekcentral.net/review-star-trek-picard-no-win-scenario/
https://6abc.com/park-at-penns-landing-penns-old-city-philadelphia-delaware-river/12928109/
https://www.axios.com/local/philadelphia/2023/03/08/i-95-cap-philadelphia-park-penns-landing
https://whyy.org/articles/penns-landing-park-i-95-construction/
https://www.phillyvoice.com/penns-landing-park-philadelphia-renderings-cap-i95-south-street-bridge/
https://screenrant.com/quantumanias-box-office-less-than-ant-man-2
Even if Ant-Man_and_the_Wasp:_Quantumania doesn't bring in as much money as Ant-Man_and_the_Wasp or the first Ant-Man movie, it's all part of the overall storyline.
https://bleedingcool.com/movies/ant-man-3-writer-talks-alternate-ending-option/
https://www.cbr.com/ant-man-wasp-quantumania-kang-secret-wars-role-mcu/
https://www.the-numbers.com/movie/Ant-Man-and-the-Wasp-Quantumania-(2023)#tab=summary
https://collider.com/movies-about-quantum-physics/?newsletter_popup=1
There is always a potential for such things.
https://www.ndtv.com/world-news/massive-fire-in-hong-kong-skyscraper-no-casualties-3830039
A mobile phone can be tracked to less than a metre.
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-64820085
Yet, there wasn't a level of technology that was able to trace & locate each train in Greece.
https://www.arnolditkin.com/blog/train-accidents/the-5-worst-train-accidents-in-history
https://a-z-animals.com/blog/the-deadliest-train-crashes-in-the-world
https://www.railway-technology.com/features/featurethe-worlds-deadliest-train-accidents-4150911/
https://www.cnn.com/2023/02/20/middleeast/turkey-quake-aftershock-intl/index.html
More death and destruction in the danger zone.
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/feb/20/turkey-new-6-point-4-magnitude-earthquake-hatay
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-64711228
https://nypost.com/2023/02/20/turkey-and-syria-hit-by-new-6-4-magnitude-earthquake/
https://earthquaketrack.com/quakes/2023-02-20-17-04-29-utc-6-3-16
https://www.volcanodiscovery.com/earthquakes/turkey.html
Before and after drone footage shows extent of devastation in quakes-hit Turkey https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GJDjEEvxi0E , https://www.youtube.com/@guardiannews/videos
https://thedigitallabyrinth.blogspot.com/search?q=earthquakes
This Gun Could Reach Space https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W4EMf_MTXVc
https://interestingengineering.com/science/jules-vernes-space-gun
The Space_gun started out as just another science fiction concept.
https://interestingengineering.com/innovation/space-cannon-hypersonic-speeds
https://newatlas.com/space/greenlaunch-space-cannon-gas-launch/
https://time.com/6256529/bing-openai-chatgpt-danger-alignment
ChatGPT is going places and some of it gets quite bizarre.
https://www.digitaltrends.com/computing/the-6-biggest-problems-with-chatgpt-right-now/
https://www.usatoday.com/story/tech/2023/02/14/bing-chatgpt-meltdown/11258967002/
https://www.digitaltrends.com/computing/how-to-use-openai-chatgpt-text-generation-chatbot/
https://www.cnet.com/tech/computing/why-were-all-obsessed-with-the-mind-blowing-chatgpt-ai-chatbot/
Buffalo already has tough winters, this earthquake could have been so much worse.
https://abc7ny.com/buffalo-earthquake-new-york-western-magnitude/12776239/
https://abcnews.go.com/US/38-magnitude-earthquake-hits-upstate-new-york/story?id=96917809
https://www.nytimes.com/2023/02/06/nyregion/buffalo-seneca-earthquake.html
https://earthquaketrack.com/us-ny-buffalo/recent
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/hamilton/earthquake-1.6738153
https://thedigitallabyrinth.blogspot.com/search?q=earthquakes
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-64533851
All one can do is try to be prepared, because earthquakes just happen without much warning.
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/feb/06/turkey-earthquake-2023-gaziantep
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geography_of_Turkey
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geography_of_Syria
https://thedigitallabyrinth.blogspot.com/search?q=earthquakes
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Devil's_Pass
Of course various horror movies can tap into a mixture of themes and tropes.
Sometimes two buildings might be used for the same setting. That has been the case in the John+Wick movies.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/56_Beaver_Street
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1_Wall_Street_Courthttps://johnwick.fandom.com/wiki/Continental_Hotel
"The gothic feel of the hotel scenes beautifully reinforces John Wick’s noir atmosphere and really made me curious about it so here it is: the exterior of the Continental Hotel in John Wick is The Beaver Building at 1 Wall Street Court in Manhattan. However, the interior scenes were filmed at Delmonico’s, a restaurant located on 2 South William Street (56 Beaver Street) in New York." https://www.legendarytrips.com/john-wick-continental-hotel-new-york-filming-locations
The two buildings in the same city that are a little similar, yet quite different.
https://nypost.com/2023/01/23/delmonicos-announces-contradictory-opening-announcements/
https://nypost.com/2022/04/12/185-year-old-nyc-eatery-delmonicos-faces-eviction/
https://www.legendarytrips.com/john-wick-continental-hotel-new-york-filming-locations/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Wick_(film)#Filming
The building was used as the setting for the exterior shots of the Continental Hotel in the 2014 film John Wick. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1_Wall_Street_Court#Later_use
http://onthesetofnewyork.com/johnwicK2.html
Eventually, slaughterhouse facilities will become more and more automated, so there will be fewer humans required to do the dirty work.
Then someday AI and robotics could be fully integrated into killing the animals. There is a big looming question. What if the robots see the earth as a farm and want to kill people as well as the farm animals?
https://www.fortressofsolitude.co.za/robocop
Could a 3rd version of the movie work? Essentially, it would be a retelling of the same story, but from another perspective.
https://www.fortressofsolitude.co.za/robocop-rogue-city-peter-weller-is-back-in-new-robocop-game
https://towardsdatascience.com/the-rise-of-cognitive-ai-a29d2b724ccc
Of course AI has various branches and will continue to branch out even further.
https://www.techtarget.com/searchenterpriseai/definition/cognitive-computing
https://www.csail.mit.edu/research/cognitive-ai
https://www.youtube.com/@JeffBeck/videos
the tragic news of Jeff Beck's passing https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O2IWnGNF80I , https://www.youtube.com/@RickBeato/videos
the UNIQUE style of British guitar legend JEFF BECK https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nV9bnaqqfq8 , https://www.youtube.com/@RickBeato
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jeff_Beck#Style_and_influence
https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/stevie-wonder-jeff-beck-tribute-1234661455
https://www.joblo.com/robocop-1987-vs-robocop-2014-face-off
Both movies provide an interesting depiction on the man and machine theme.
https://the-take.com/watch/what-are-the-major-differences-between-arobocopa-and-its-2014-remake
A portion of the man is placed inside a robotic structure, so he would also be a cyborg.
https://screenrant.com/robocop-which-is-better-original-movie-reboot
https://www.polygon.com/2020/10/23/21530448/robocop-movie-1987-vs-robocop-2014-remake-differences
https://rustysoapbox.wordpress.com/2017/01/30/robocop-1987-vs-robocop-2014
It's all like musical chairs, but for actors.
HC had a good run.
https://www.instagram.com/p/CkGjGIZL4rk/?hl=en , https://www.instagram.com/p/CmK7eLWJ0as/?hl=en
https://twitter.com/thedieselsystem/status/1603421052620505088
https://comicbook.com/movies/news/kevin-smith-no-idea-sigourney-weaver-avatar-the-way-of-water/
"Sigourney Weaver as Kiri Sully, the daughter of Dr. Grace Augustine's Na'vi avatar who was adopted by Jake and Neytiri." https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Avatar:_The_Way_of_Water#Cast
AVATAR: The Way of Water - Kevin Smith's & Marc Bernardin's Reviews! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_Ne9RRBdpaM , https://www.youtube.com/@KevinSmith/videos
There are always interesting ways as to how an actor can return to play another character in the same story.
"Stephen Lang as Colonel Miles Quaritch, a human military officer who led the paramilitary security division of the RDA in their conflict with the Na'vi.[18] After being killed by Neytiri in 2154, he is revived as a Recombinant[18] and seeks revenge against Jake and his family." https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Avatar:_The_Way_of_Water#Cast
https://www.comingsoon.net/movies/features/1257361-the-best-avatar-the-way-of-water-moments
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fictional_universe_of_Avatar#The_world_of_Pandora
https://www.cnbc.com/select/credit-card-trends
As the cost of living keeps going up, more people have to use up more of their credit.
https://fortune.com/recommends/article/consumer-credit-debt-forecast-2023
Disturbing Things Credit Card Reps Want To Tell You, But Can't https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0_4G-RpOt_c , https://www.youtube.com/@cracked/videos
The Cracked version of Avatar 2 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wG7iLUX15CA , https://www.youtube.com/@cracked/videos
It's certainly another visually spectacular movie, but some people might have wanted a more fast paced plot. The first movie in the series was such a breakthrough and this is a very nice continuation of the Avatar story.
https://www.joblo.com/james-cameron-compares-avatar-sequels-to-episodic-tv
Avatar 2 - The Best And Worst Of James Cameron https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mODFaTKPmPA , https://www.youtube.com/@TheCriticalDrinker/videos
Avatar Actors Intense Under Water Training https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mK3ghy-2X6U , https://www.youtube.com/@XplainedSB/videos
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Avatar_(franchise)#Films
https://www.comingsoon.net/movies/news/1258041-avatar-3-dark-navi-ash-people
https://www.washingtonpost.com/transportation/2022/12/22/amtrak-northeast-corridor-route-overhaul
https://www.amtrak.com/regions/northeast.html
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Amtrak_routes#Northeast
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Amtrak_routes#Northeast_Corridor
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Amtrak_routes#West
Pacific Northwest
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Amtrak_routes#Cascades_Corridor
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amtrak_Cascades#Proposed_changes
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pacific_Northwest_Corridor#Seattle%E2%80%93Vancouver
https://dailyhive.com/vancouver/amtrak-cascades-vancouver-seattle-portland-new-train-airo
https://news.gov.bc.ca/releases/2022PREM0061-001374 Could backwater BC actually start to eventually build better heavy_rail infrastructure? There really should be at least 4 tracks between Vancouver, BC (V-BC) & Seattle, WA. Two for freight & two for passenger trains.
https://wsdot.wa.gov/construction-planning/search-studies/ultra-high-speed-rail-study
https://www.axios.com/local/seattle/2022/06/10/high-speed-rail-150-million-pacific-northwest
https://crosscut.com/environment/2021/11/dream-high-speed-rail-pnw-may-finally-be-horizon
https://bikeportland.org/2022/12/05/metro-council-will-hear-plan-for-ultra-high-speed-rail-367840
https://www.cascadiarail.org , https://www.amtrak.com/regions/northwest.html
https://www.amtrak.com/routes/cascades-train.html To Vancouver, BC
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_(Amtrak_train)
Amtrak & VIA Rail's International Limited https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=npL-Fhu2krc
https://www.amtrak.com/routes/maple-leaf-train.html To Toronto
https://www.amtrak.com/routes/adirondack-train.html To Montreal
https://dailyhive.com/vancouver/bc-place-contact-festival-noise After all this time, many people just can't accept or allow Vancouver to become like a proper big city.
As a city and greater urban region grows and densifies and become more diverse, there should be more things to see and do. However, that's not always the case with Vancouver, BC. Even if the stunted city had a lot less rain, it still takes a watered down approach towards various things.
Since the late 1800s and early 1900s, Vancouver was a perpetual provincial backwater. Then during the post WW2 era, Vancouver was kept in a slow growth mode, especially when compared to Toronto, Montreal and Seattle. By the 1960s & 70s, those & several other cities really started to grow outward & upward, but not provincial backwater Vancouver.
By the 1980s and 90s, it was becoming quite apparent as to how firmly entrenched the, HOLD VANCOUVER BACK AGENDA, really was.
https://www.udiscovermusic.com/stories/top-10-seattle-grunge-bands Something really took off in Seattle, which can be just as rainy as Vancouver. However, Seattle never took the water things down approach like Vancouver did. https://dailyhive.com/seattle/grunge-visit
Even by the 2020s, Vancouver still isn't allowed to become a big business and infrastructure center like Calgary and Seattle are. Buildings are kept short, most roads & bridges are kept narrow & the trains are kept short when compared to what Montreal & Toronto, Boston, NYC & Chicago, SF & LA have.
http://www.nofuncity.org , http://www.nofuncity.org/about.php
"What she did see, however, was a place that often lives up to its unofficial title of No Fun City."
“My parents own two bars in Alberta,” Kroll says. “It was really interesting for me to see how much harder it was [to start a bar] here than in Alberta.”
"And a segment on the Downtown Eastside makes a great case for why something in Vancouver needs to give: there’s something seriously wrong when the city will allow open-air crack deals at Hastings and Main but won’t grant a venue like the Rickshaw a permanent liquor licence." https://www.straight.com/article-321074/vancouver/running-venues-challenge-no-fun-city by Mike Usinger on May 5th, 2010
No Fun City (Vancouver Music Video) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tMTkd8JtWdU 2015 https://www.youtube.com/@ifhtfilms/videos
Vancouver is Boring?! | Why it's Nicknamed "No Fun City" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e5y3tIauES0
https://www.straight.com/news/what-can-a-wealth-of-recent-reports-tell-us-about-affordable-housing-situation-in-vancouver If developers were allowed to build taller and wider structures, in exchange for providing much more affordable housing for various income levels, things might actually start to improve.
Canada's rental crisis: Why we’re losing affordable housing - The Fifth Estate https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LSKOfmrHfQ4
What Nobody Told You About Canada https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7gnDGBXACFk Although Canada is the 2nd largest country in area, it doesn't even have 1% of the world's population. In fact, Canada has yet to even contain half of one percent of the human population.
Why people are leaving Canada? Pros and cons of immigration. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TFFEGToJSic
Of course SBF will have to take whatever plea deal is offered to him.
https://forkast.news/headlines/ftx-sam-bankman-fried-plea-deal-report
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sam_Bankman-Fried#Arrest
https://www.vox.com/the-goods/23458837/sam-bankman-fried-ftx-sbf-downfall-explained
https://www.parkhound.com.au/blog/the-worlds-longest-commutes
Of course if most people had a choice, they would like to have their commuting time to be less than an hour.
https://www.thrillist.com/news/nation/cities-with-the-worst-commutes-in-the-world-survey
A lot of people would be happy if their commute was under 30 minutes.
https://www.businessinsider.com/the-15-cities-with-the-longest-commutes-in-the-world-2015-10
If some people are within 15 minutes from getting to school & work or recreation & entertainment facilities, they might have the best of both worlds. That is to have access to all the big city things, but without having to travel from one end of the city to the other.
https://dailyhive.com/canada/toronto-longest-transit-commute-north-america
https://www.blogto.com/city/2022/12/toronto-longest-commute-time-north-america-getting-worse/
However, it's just not that feasible yet for most people to be within 15 minutes of where they need to go.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Extreme_commuting
https://www.cnbc.com/2019/01/22/the-top-10-us-cities-where-workers-commute-the-longest-.html
https://www.expertmarket.com/fleet-management/best-and-worst-cities-for-commuting
https://www.bbc.com/worklife/article/2014-11-18-the-worlds-longest-commutes Sometimes people just have to put up with a long commute for various reasons.
The 15-minute_city is an interesting concept. Even if most urban destinations are within 20 to 30 minutes, that's still pretty good.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/15-minute_city#Larson_and_the_20-minute_city It could provide a lot of convenience, but it might also be used to train people to restrict their movements.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/15-minute_city#Implications Could a total AI run city lead into a totalitarian nightmare? Perhaps if people had to keep asking for permission to go to certain places or even just to leave their home.
https://www.expertmarket.com/fleet-management/best-and-worst-cities-for-commuting
Unfortunately, in a world that becomes totally obsessed with extreme carbon credit management, you might eventually have to ask for permission to eat or use the toilet.
Megacities on the Move - Plannedopolis https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WSvb_ZTYS6A This is still one of the most condescending and irritating videos that tries to encourage people to accept a fascist or totalitarian future.
The environment and overpopulation will continue to be used as reasons to reshape or reset the world.
https://www.forumforthefuture.org/climate-futures-2030
https://thedigitallabyrinth.blogspot.com/search?q=The+Longest+Commutes
Sure looks like it would be quite a spectacular additional landmark for the city.
https://www.industrytap.com/architects-design-a-suspended-city-surrounding-burj-khalifa/63832
https://www.amazon.com/Toilet-Wars-Vintage-Metal-Sign/dp/B09WYNVMSZ?th=1
It's all about blast the bowl entertainment and excrement.
https://www.thetravel.com/15-of-the-worlds-coolest-public-restrooms-5-wed-rather-hold-it-in
https://www.insider.com/bathrooms-around-the-world-2018-7
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.toiletwars&hl=en
Hero Wars mobile game ads '475' Toilet Tunnel https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ED0eOYuGrwU
Hero Wars latest mobile game ads '334' Red Toilet appears in Train https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mk-Mxzkfz8k The toilet portal...
Hero Wars Ads Mighty Party Rescue Mobile Games Trailer Collection 40... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BIhmgoJRTvQ
https://roblox-phantom-forces.fandom.com/f/p/4400000000000095159
https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/star-wars-decorations
How Going to the Toilet Started a War https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-2_y6MmzFUw , https://www.youtube.com/@TheInfographicsShow/videos
TOILET WARS! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1Ng6Ng6DBRA , https://www.youtube.com/@GoldGloveTV/videos
https://matadornetwork.com/read/best-beautiful-public-toilets/
https://ittn.ie/news/what-are-the-best-and-worst-public-toilets-in-the-world It's all shite!
https://www.lonelyplanet.com/articles/extraordinary-toilets-around-the-world
https://www.archdaily.com/777990/see-2015-s-best-public-toilets-from-around-the-world
https://www.heatandplumb.com/blog/toilet-shaped-buildings
https://realtormarina.livejournal.com/54828.html
https://www.ndtv.com/offbeat/north-china-university-building-looks-like-a-giant-toilet-1755976
https://fusionanomaly.net/toilets.html
https://thedigitallabyrinth.blogspot.com/search?q=toilets
https://thedigitallabyrinth.blogspot.com/search?q=blast+the+bowl
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-64096509
Robberies in the storm.
https://nypost.com/2022/12/26/looters-ransack-snowbound-buffalo-as-cops-are-stuck-elsewhere
This is a prime example of why people should always have emergency food and supplies available.
https://nypost.com/2022/12/26/ny-blizzard-death-toll-rises-to-at-least-27
https://www.cnn.com/2022/12/26/weather/arctic-winter-storm-new-york-blizzard-monday/index.html
https://thedigitallabyrinth.blogspot.com/search?q=winter+sucks
While some people might enjoy snow in the city, for many people it's such a pain.
https://www.plenglish.com/news/2022/12/25/a-total-of-28-dead-due-to-strong-winter-storm-in-the-us
This has already been the most terrible winter in many years and it's not even January.
https://thedigitallabyrinth.blogspot.com/search?q=winter+sucks
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c9p9NE4Pji0
A Thin Sheet of Reality: The Universe as a Hologram https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HnETCBOlzJs
Do We Live in a Simulation? Baudrillard's Simulation and Simulacra https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ez362dgoODs
The Metaverse, Hyperreality and the Floating World https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sIrNZ0ioYe8
https://www.cnn.com/2022/12/25/weather/christmas-arctic-winter-storm-power-outages-sunday/index.html
One would think that canada and the USA would have been better prepared for winter.
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-64091560
However, the combination of snow and ice can still get to be too overwhelming.
https://thedigitallabyrinth.blogspot.com/search?q=winter+sucks
Buffalo is used to cold winters, but this time it hit the city pretty hard.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buffalo,_New_York#Climate
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-64083129
https://thedigitallabyrinth.blogspot.com/search?q=winter+sucks
https://www.chron.com/news/houston-texas/article/texas-power-outages-freeze-17673777.php
The cold weather can hit you pretty hard, especially when you live in a part of the world that usually doesn't get frozen.
https://www.chron.com/news/houston-texas/article/ercot-power-winter-weather-17674735.php
https://www.chron.com/news/houston-texas/article/texas-deep-freeze-whataburger-17669190.php
https://www.chron.com/news/houston-texas/article/houston-freeze-photos-17674253.php
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2022/dec/23/us-weather-bomb-cyclone-us-christmas-latest
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-64061588
https://thedigitallabyrinth.blogspot.com/search?q=winter+sucks
As the cost of living continues to rise much faster than what most people can comfortably handle, public transit becomes even more essential.
https://www.cbr.com/westworld-officially-deleted-hbo-max
There is always the potential for inconsistencies or plot-holes. More time to conclude the TV series would have been nice.
"Under lockdown, day after day, Bankman-Fried’s routine was the same.
Inmates are roused when the morning guard shift arrives around 6 a.m. Individual guards have been assigned to watch over Bankman-Fried during the 2 p.m. to 10 p.m. and 10 p.m. to 6 a.m. shifts, in a nod to his notoriety. A prison doctor has examined Bankman-Fried twice a day. A barn-like door provides a modicum of privacy for the shared shower and toilet." https://financialpost.com/fp-finance/cryptocurrency/sam-bankman-fried-bahamas-jail-luxury
https://cryptonews.com/tags/sam-bankman-fried
Is his life really going to be in the toilet now? Perhaps with some bargaining, he will try to get a lighter sentence, but his life will still be in the crapper.
https://thedigitallabyrinth.blogspot.com/search?q=Sam+Bankman-Fried
So SBF can avoid some jail time and especially a prison toilet, for now.
https://www.bbc.com/news/business-64068810
https://www.forbes.com/profile/sam-bankman-fried/?sh=7f9221bb4449
https://cryptonews.com/tags/sam-bankman-fried
https://thedigitallabyrinth.blogspot.com/search?q=Sam+Bankman-Fried