New predictions for the timeline

[firestar464]

https://web.archive.org/web/20231204140 ... 230609.htm

Xuntian's launch (https://www.futuretimeline.net/21stcent ... tm#xuntian) needs to be moved to 2025.

[wjfox]

https://web.archive.org/web/20231204140 ... 230609.htm

Xuntian's launch (https://www.futuretimeline.net/21stcent ... tm#xuntian) needs to be moved to 2025.

Yes. I noticed that got delayed. I'm planning a big update of the 2023-25 pages in the next week or two.

[wjfox]

2024 – Global warming temporarily exceeds 1.5°C

2024 could be even hotter than 2023.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/climate- ... p28-dubai/

[Vakanai]

2,400,000,000 AD – The Large Magellanic Cloud has merged with the Milky Way galaxy

https://academic.oup.com/mnras/article/ ... ogin=false

Excellent visualisation: https://fire.northwestern.edu/visualizations/

Even though I would be long dead, I would love to see what the outcome would look like if I could see it.

If all goes well on the transhumanism and anti-aging front I'll be well alive to see it.

[wjfox]

[FuturismFan]

250,000,000 AD - The Pleiades star cluster has dispersed

https://www.space.com/4374-spot-star-cluster.html
https://www.skyatnightmagazine.com/astr ... s/pleiades

[wjfox]

2024 – Mickey Mouse becomes public domain

https://apnews.com/article/mickey-mouse ... cf87302b6f

[wjfox]

2024 – The first AI-generated news anchors on U.S. television

https://www.fox35orlando.com/news/ai-ge ... -next-year

[wjfox]

2024-25 – The UK's first spaceport for vertical rocket launches

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland- ... d-67741864



Credit: Image source, SaxaVord UK

[wjfox]

2024 – China's emissions are declining

https://theprogressplaybook.com/2023/11 ... vestments/

https://www.carbonbrief.org/analysis-ch ... an-energy/

(quite hard to believe this one. I'll try to corroborate it with some additional references)



2024 – U.S. solar and wind surpass coal-fired electricity generation

https://www.eia.gov/pressroom/releases/press547.php

(this one is definitely more believable)