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David Landon

@4gottenfuturist.bsky.social

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Tommorownaut. Cynical optimist. Dreamer. Lover of Star Trek, EPCOT Center, Monorails, PeopleMovers, and other trappings of the great big beautiful tomorrow we never got.

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David Landon @4gottenfuturist.bsky.social · 9h

Photo of a Generation 1 Bumblebee Transformer in robot mode. His speech balloon says "I was married but not anymore. Women don't like the vehicle."

David Landon @4gottenfuturist.bsky.social · 13h

I would, but it would get super-awkward when my coworkers became overcome with lust and started hurling themselves at me.

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David Landon @4gottenfuturist.bsky.social · 13h

The iPhone, as seen in the April 21st 1998 issue of PCMag. Also known as the "We got a i-phone at home."

Magazine photo of a standard corded desk phone with a large black-and-white LCD screen The caption reads "ANSWERING E-MAIL: Browse the Web and compose e-mail right from the iPhone."

David Landon @4gottenfuturist.bsky.social · 15h

Yep, that's her.

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Starfleet Design 🖍🖖 @starfleetdesign.bsky.social · 18h

One of the first bits of art I posted to Twitter back in 2022 after making this account there.

The Enterprise-D being so large, I reasoned that it might take a dangerously long time for everyone to reach the lifeboats. This concept shows tall lifeboats spanning multiple decks. [1/2]

Cutaway diagram of the Enterprise-D showing tall but thin lifeboats that reach multiple decks into the ship and can be ejected outwards in an evacuation. All illustrated in the style of the Star Trek Next Generation Technical Manual.

The main text reads:

Designed to supplement or replace the smaller lifeboats placed around the exterior hull, these core lifeboats would be embedded deeper into the vessel, spanning multiple decks.

These would allow the crew and their families to more rapidly reach an emergency evacuation point without having to rely on the turbolifts or potentially walk across a large portion of the ship.

The larger core lifeboat pods can be docked in "gaggle mode" with others core pods in addition to standard lifeboats.

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David Landon @4gottenfuturist.bsky.social · 16h

Gemini told me TRON was the name of a franchise and not the name of a character.

Wait, that actually explains a lot.

ʀʏᴀɴ ᴛʜᴏᴍᴀꜱ ʀɪᴅᴅʟᴇ 🇵🇭 🏳️‍🌈 @ryanthomasriddle.com · 16h

Gemini told me Han Solo is the captain of the Starship Enterprise and that Spock was an Ewok.

Spy Fi 🇺🇦 @spy-fi.bsky.social · 16h

Gemini just told me that the central message of Buddhism is "every man for himself".

David Landon @4gottenfuturist.bsky.social · 1d

"Nova Olympic"--a short story where Orion pirates hijack a passenger liner, and Kirk must make the decision to destroy it before it crashes into a populated world. archiveofourown.org/works/50500318

Nova Olympic - 4gottenfuturist - Star Trek [Archive of Our Own]

An Archive of Our Own, a project of the Organization for Transformative Works

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David Landon @4gottenfuturist.bsky.social · 1d

Truly they are burying the lede.

David Landon @4gottenfuturist.bsky.social · 1d

New phone time!

A boxed iPhone 17 Pro in the Orange color

David Landon @4gottenfuturist.bsky.social · 1d

The “one suppository per rectum” thing is clearly meant for Klingons who have two of everything.

David Landon @4gottenfuturist.bsky.social · 1d

a man in a niners baseball uniform is standing on a field

Alt: Worf in a baseball uniform saying ”Death to the opposition!”

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David Landon @4gottenfuturist.bsky.social · 1d

Dum dum dum dum dum!

David Landon @4gottenfuturist.bsky.social · 2d

The sunrise over the beach on Anastasia Island in Saint Augustine, FL. The sun appears as a small orange ball just above the water.

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David Landon @4gottenfuturist.bsky.social · 2d

"There's this new thing called 'Chat G-P-T'! The adult edition is great! You just tell it all your most twisted fantasies, and it talks right back to ya! And sometimes you get a phone call from a Russian fella to thank you for the 'kompromat'. I don't know what it means but it sure sounds fun!"

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David Landon @4gottenfuturist.bsky.social · 2d

I'm imagining a new Carousel of Progress scene set in the present day. Outside the windows you can see the city of the future on fire, and the narrator is just sitting in his chair cheerfully recounting all the horrors oblivious to how bad they are.

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David Landon @4gottenfuturist.bsky.social · 2d

Gee, if they could manage to cast some totally unfounded aspersions Jesse Waters might hire them to come work on his show.

David Landon @4gottenfuturist.bsky.social · 2d

And to think every one of these people is a big-name TikTok influencer with a summer home in Dubai now.

David Landon @4gottenfuturist.bsky.social · 2d

You're never gonna believe this, but DCA is getting a new land called "Radiator Springs" based on that prequel to "Planes".

David Landon @4gottenfuturist.bsky.social · 2d

Maybe a Monsanto House of the Future. It's made from this fancy new material called "carcinogens".

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David Landon @4gottenfuturist.bsky.social · 2d

Thanks for that! I didn't want to sleep tonight, anyway!

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David Landon @4gottenfuturist.bsky.social · 2d

a man in a military uniform stands at a podium in front of a group of people

Alt: Gif of Fred Armisen’s character in The Dictator saying “Right to jail. Right away.”

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David Landon @4gottenfuturist.bsky.social · 2d

So, we all know that Lee Greenwood will rework the lyrics to his one song for any country/locality that pays him enough. So, someone should pay him more than he can afford to refuse to play the Super Bowl, but only if he sings “God Bless Puerto Rico”.

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David Landon @4gottenfuturist.bsky.social · 2d

In an alternate universe where Apple sponsored Horizons.

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David Landon @4gottenfuturist.bsky.social · 2d

I don't want my pain taken away, I need my pain.

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Jon 🦕 @correctmath.bsky.social · 2d

It's so dumb but why do I want a Cadillac Alante so bad?

Dashboard of Cadillac Alante in red from the brochure

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