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Separation
The soft blue flashing from the tracker on my wrist is the only source of light in my dark quarters, rhythmically continuing at its steady pace. I count each flash, keeping track of the seconds as they tick by. It’s almost time for the morning alarms and I cringe just thinking about my workload for this week, the final week. The Southeast workers have been loading ships and aircrafts for weeks, prepping the food, medicine and textile donations to go to the other, poorer countries on Day Zero.
The Ripple Effect
THE WORLD IS IN DIRE NEED OF MAJICKAL WOMEN I strongly believe that women hold the keys to revolutionary change in this world and is part of the reason why I have invested so much time and energy into educating and supporting women to connect with and activate their inner wisdom.
Donna RaymondPublished 3 years ago in FuturismHearts of Aldora
“You said you had an update for me, Marsh?” Kennedy Johnson hovers above the corpse of his Jane Doe. “The chem print in her system isn’t on the Grid.” Dr. Marshall Walker hands Kennedy the tablet.
Kirtland NealPublished 3 years ago in FuturismVision
Vision. It's more than simply the ability to view the world through a set of eyes. It is also what you see when your eyes are closed. It's a view not blinded by hype or myth or preconceived notions. It’s the ability to dream, to imagine, and to create.
Thomas DurbinPublished 3 years ago in FuturismHumanity At Peace
I sat alone in my room for the first time in several months. I had been given a pass to avoid working at my computer station after becoming a live-alone again, the room feels darker somehow despite the digital walls giving me a photogenic sunny day, even the air vents had been wafting a soft scent of what I assume are the outdoors. Not like anyone remembers what those really are any more I suppose, I certainly never did since as a thinker I was never allowed outside the walls of the city. Well to be fair, I've never really been outside of my room as a thinker. Everything I need is here.
Michael Dee TalleyPublished 3 years ago in FuturismMonger of 11.78
Monger of 11.78 The room tinkled in the light pouring down the center of the hexagonal tunnel. The proprietress did look up slantwise from behind her curtain of black and silver hair from her perch down in the chains to see the man enter. Her tunnel of wares hung three levels down the center of the mercantile block. Her neighbor to the left hunkered in his cage and sold lamps made apparently of twine glued to twisted plastic and lit with a variety of yellowed-light low-wattage emission bulbs. To the right was silk handkerchiefs and scarves and bolts of color. Just above her was the sound of liquid and oxygen bubbles, but you’d have to enter into the space further to know what Pax Lumini was selling. All around the hexagon was the possibility of experiencing or purchasing something. It was possible to enter on a wheelchair or on foot, and descend through the shop receiving information available on items directly to the screen you carried, or wore, or on the edge of the lift device. Hen wanted only one thing. He felt he would know it when he saw it. The way to ask her was unclear to him. He could only surmise her. Her role in the matter of exchange was possibly to purchase items from afar, or hang them in her choice of visual display. Hen unfolded and folded his arms, then took a deep breath as he mounted the lift pad and moved through her tunnel of metallic and crystal ornamentation. His calves were solidly rooted but his eyes darted out in furtive expectation. Her arms seemed to pause with purpled iridescent tips in the frames she kept around her skin. He tried to memorize the artifacts devoid of broadcast details revealing on his screen. Her blue antique typewriter did not connect, but the orchids lit with a grow-light did, and the tiny drawers with neat hardware labels that lined her walls were behind heavy encryption. Her eyes however seemed to recognize him completely, and simply avoided forming a memory. He felt that she must know that this was day 413 of his moments knowing she existed without crossing over that divide and inviting any deeper retrospective. Outside the glass walls he plummeted past, the rivulets and rings of green blurred. He descended expertly to the bottom of the vertical mall, and exited as if coming to a stop at the bottom of a ski slope. He felt the rush of chemistry that tugged his heart and then his hands; sometimes one and sometimes the other. This sensation he had come to know only when moving through past her was more powerful than anything he’d ever known. It was section 3.28. The whole area was commercial, surrounded by pits of fire and trash in steel crucibles and ceramic chute-manifolds that de-natured any toxins as the smoke rose, so that inside the city wall there was actually a verdant labyrinthine landscaping obscuring the pits and smoke, leading to a triple ring of water that was filled with lilies and quietly leaping fish. There were mostly employees that took up the apartments handily that hung from the great arches of the sector with long gravity elevators that endless moved on silent tracks. He imagined she lived there. Exiting the mall ground-level, he bought some vanilla ice cream from the sweets cart that was always parked outside. This was his favorite five minutes of every day. He’d recorded the sounds, and recreated the entire descent to play at home in sector 11.78, using the old bone-grid names for what was once two hundred miles of desolation. Pretty soon the foot traffic thinned. Almost done with the work day.
Emily Peterson CrespoPublished 3 years ago in Futurism3 Practical Ways Smart Devices and Smart Lights Enhance Your Home
We live in the golden age of technological development. We used to depend on wired telephones for communication, until the time came when we now carry miniature computers in our pockets that offer more than just communication functions. Technological advances are literally making their way into our living spaces, turning our homes into smart homes.
Hudson Electrical NBPublished 3 years ago in FuturismRaccoon Road
Raccoon Road by: Jonathan Charles Stewart Copyright © 2021 Jonathan Charles Stewart. All rights reserved. It all started when the raccoons began showing up. I was four or five. It rained a lot back then. Now it never rains. We’ve ruined the atmosphere and there’s no one around anymore that cares anyway. Except for me and June, at least that’s what it feels like. June came over yesterday. We talked about her father and his pride and joy: Craneway Enterprises, the life-blood of all. Her dad is quite a character. June is a lot like him, just prettier. And soft. June and I go way back. We went to trainee space camp together; Craneway got us in. I really like June. I think if “marriage” was still a thing people did we might just do it. I’ve tried to convince her before but she says “it’s old fashioned” and that she’s “undecided.” She likes old-fashioned things, that’s what gets me. That’s why she likes me. I decided to give her the locket today. I’d been saving it up for the right moment and today the view out at the ridge proved to have it.
Jonathan Charles StewartPublished 3 years ago in FuturismThe 10 Most Interesting Characters Introduced During The Original Trilogy
The original trilogy introduced audiences to many unforgettable planets, events, and concepts that are iconic elements of the Star Wars universe. The characters first introduced in this trilogy of unforgettable films influenced the way that many of us live our lives and treat others. Their traits and values as well as the portrayal of the actors, make the characters of Star Wars some of the most iconic and recognizable in movie history. The fact that many of them are aliens or wielding lightsabers certainly doesn't hurt either. Here we will examine ten of the most interesting, influential, and pivotal characters first seen in the original trilogy.
Culture SlatePublished 3 years ago in FuturismWhat Anakin Would Have Looked Like If He Didn't Turn To The Dark Side
As we've mentioned in some of our previous articles, you'd be hard pushed to find a bigger and more passionate fanbase than that of Star Wars. The franchise spans several decades and continues to provide more and more stories expanding on the universe originally created by George Lucas. Throughout all nine films in the Skywalker saga, we meet a vast amount of interesting characters who we fell in love with or even hated. Fans will forever disagree on certain elements, as any fanbase for anything does, but one thing they excel at, is coming up with new thoughts and theories based on seemingly random pieces of dialogue or events throughout the entire franchise.
Culture SlatePublished 3 years ago in FuturismA Release for the 'Doctor Who' Series 10 Soundtrack Looks Slim With No License Issued
Doctor Who: a show that takes us through time and space, many adventures, scary creatures. Some people love the show for the actors who play the Doctor and the companions, others for eras themselves, some, the iconic music that accompanies each story.
Lewis JefferiesPublished 3 years ago in FuturismNew Earth
No one noticed when the old gods returned. The Earth rotated, the sun rose, Lucy cooed in her crib. Kira woke, drowsy eyed, and began brewing her morning coffee. She stretched in the cool summer morning air, taking a long drag of her cigarette. “Monday” she sighed. Thoughts of getting the baby ready for daycare, phone calls, meetings, groceries, and laundry flooded her head. She paused for a moment, snuffing out the cigarette. Something was off. She looked around her back yard, at the fence covered in ivy, the overflowing garbage can in the alley, the grass a week overdue for mowing. A cry echoed from the nursery. She turned and headed inside to start the day, leaving the backyard abandoned, not noticing the profound silence. Two thousand eyes watched her go from the pine trees above. A thousand birds perched, observing, not making a sound at all. No, no person noticed when the old gods retuned, but the animals, they knew.
Violently ColoredPublished 3 years ago in Futurism