What do we want San Antonio to look like 250 years from now? And how will we have gotten there together from seeds we're planting today? Join Deceleration for an experiment in 'futurecasting.'
EVENT: 'Dreaming the Worlds We Want: SATX in the Year 2276'
On Sunday, Nov. 15, 2026, Deceleration will gather for “Dreaming the Worlds We Want: SATX in Year 2276.” We invite our readers and supporters to join us that day for an experiment in "futurecasting"—a process for collectively imagining the community we long for, then looking back from that imagined future on the seeds we are already planting today.
Against the obscenity of official celebrations of the U.S. 250th, coming as they do amid ICE violence, climate emergency, and genocide, we offer a counterimaginary. What do we want San Antonio to look like 250 years from now, in 2276? How will we have gotten there together? What skills, teachings, relationships, practices, and values are we already embodying in 2026?
Grounded in the Zapatista struggle for “un mundo donde quepan muchos mundos” (a world in which many worlds fit), “Dreaming the Worlds We Want” is a space for sharing our dreams and desires. Amid our rage and grief at the world that is, we will gather to celebrate the many ways we are already creating the worlds we want and protecting the worlds they have never and can never destroy.
We would be so honored if you would come and share your insights and wisdom as part of this process. We'll be gathering 10am-1pm at Communion in South Town (1150 S. Alamo 78210), a converted church saturated in light from gorgeous stained glass windows. There will be food, drinks, and art. All ages are not only welcome but actively desired, as we need intergenerational input!
Please feel free to share/post this flyer or invite others one on one. We ask that anyone coming RSVP and let us know to make sure that we have enough food!
deceleration.news
November 7, 2026 at 12:08 AM
What do we want San Antonio to look like 250 years from now? And how will we have gotten there together from seeds we're planting today? Join Deceleration for an experiment in 'futurecasting.'
Join us 11/15 for "Dreaming the Worlds We Want: SATX in 2276," an experiment in "futurecasting." A solarpunk alternative to US 250th celebrations, asking: 250 years from now, what do we want San Antonio to look like? And how will we have gotten there together? What seeds are we planting today?
November 2, 2026 at 3:02 PM
Join us 11/15 for "Dreaming the Worlds We Want: SATX in 2276," an experiment in "futurecasting." A solarpunk alternative to US 250th celebrations, asking: 250 years from now, what do we want San Antonio to look like? And how will we have gotten there together? What seeds are we planting today?
ICYMI I’m predicting the future dadadrummer.substack.com/p/futurecast...
Futurecasting
A vision from Nostradamon
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October 23, 2026 at 9:07 PM
ICYMI I’m predicting the future dadadrummer.substack.com/p/futurecast...
Nostradamon took over my newsletter dadadrummer.substack.com/p/futurecast...
Futurecasting
A vision from Nostradamon
dadadrummer.substack.com
October 23, 2026 at 11:42 AM
Nostradamon took over my newsletter dadadrummer.substack.com/p/futurecast...
Just earned the Innovation Customer Discovery badge on @Trailhead and you should too! trailhead.salesforce.com/content/lear...
Futurecasting for Innovation and Change
Discover futurecasting's role in innovation. Learn practical steps to integrate foresight into your strategy and adapt to upcoming market trends.
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September 3, 2026 at 12:47 PM
Just earned the Innovation Customer Discovery badge on @Trailhead and you should too! trailhead.salesforce.com/content/lear...
Techno-solutionist utopian nonsense. Fantastical hype futurecasting.
“Will the original sin of the copyright theft on which these AI models were built still feel as relevant in a few years when not just arts graduates but bus drivers and canteen workers are moonlighting as poets and film-makers?”
“Will the original sin of the copyright theft on which these AI models were built still feel as relevant in a few years when not just arts graduates but bus drivers and canteen workers are moonlighting as poets and film-makers?”
August 23, 2026 at 8:29 PM
Techno-solutionist utopian nonsense. Fantastical hype futurecasting.
“Will the original sin of the copyright theft on which these AI models were built still feel as relevant in a few years when not just arts graduates but bus drivers and canteen workers are moonlighting as poets and film-makers?”
“Will the original sin of the copyright theft on which these AI models were built still feel as relevant in a few years when not just arts graduates but bus drivers and canteen workers are moonlighting as poets and film-makers?”
That gave me pause too. Wouldn’t now be the time to advocate the Ds repeal the tariffs rather than surrendering to doomerist futurecasting?
October 2, 2025 at 8:15 PM
That gave me pause too. Wouldn’t now be the time to advocate the Ds repeal the tariffs rather than surrendering to doomerist futurecasting?
📢 Register to join the @ucl.ac.uk Lancet Lecture 2026 with Professor Natalia Kanem. Discover how 'Futurecasting' can help us anticipate and prepare for #GlobalHealth threats, such as climate change and infectious diseases. Register now: hubs.ly/Q03_t-6Q0
February 10, 2026 at 11:07 AM
📢 Register to join the @ucl.ac.uk Lancet Lecture 2026 with Professor Natalia Kanem. Discover how 'Futurecasting' can help us anticipate and prepare for #GlobalHealth threats, such as climate change and infectious diseases. Register now: hubs.ly/Q03_t-6Q0
Futurecasting from the source. You can’t say we weren’t warned.
March 21, 2026 at 12:25 AM
Futurecasting from the source. You can’t say we weren’t warned.
Will statistics and operational research still be here in 2025? Our futurecasting conference: http://www.statslife.org.uk/events/events-calendar/eventdetail/528/-/will-statistics-and-or-still-be-here-in-2025 @TheORSociety
December 6, 2024 at 1:18 AM
Will statistics and operational research still be here in 2025? Our futurecasting conference: http://www.statslife.org.uk/events/events-calendar/eventdetail/528/-/will-statistics-and-or-still-be-here-in-2025 @TheORSociety
Futurecasting: This Thursday, Devens & Dee will pitch to Kamu that they will vote to keep him or if he wins BBBB. Then they align and today's DPOV stuff will be blamed on FAP but mostly Drew. It would be very stupid to do that but I think that's what will happen.
#BB28
#BB28
August 17, 2026 at 8:31 PM
Futurecasting: This Thursday, Devens & Dee will pitch to Kamu that they will vote to keep him or if he wins BBBB. Then they align and today's DPOV stuff will be blamed on FAP but mostly Drew. It would be very stupid to do that but I think that's what will happen.
#BB28
#BB28
The Futurecasting book is out!
m.youtube.com/shorts/pXlnM...
#futures #speculativedesign #futurecasting #speculativegamedesign
m.youtube.com/shorts/pXlnM...
#futures #speculativedesign #futurecasting #speculativegamedesign
Practices of Futurecasting Book - Mary Flanagan on futurecasting
YouTube video by CFD Center for Future Design
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July 24, 2025 at 12:28 PM
The Futurecasting book is out!
m.youtube.com/shorts/pXlnM...
#futures #speculativedesign #futurecasting #speculativegamedesign
m.youtube.com/shorts/pXlnM...
#futures #speculativedesign #futurecasting #speculativegamedesign
Out from Birkhäuser 2025, my chapter "Using the power of gamewords" in shaping the future, for the book Practices of Futurecasting: Ways of sharing imagined tomorrows, Edited by: Michael Shamiyeh
doi.org/10.1515/9783...
doi.org/10.1515/9783...
Practices of Futurecasting
A book by and for those who want to shape the future What do designers, scientists, entrepreneurs, and politicians have in common? They all want to shape the future. But how can you make the future – ...
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February 19, 2025 at 10:51 PM
Out from Birkhäuser 2025, my chapter "Using the power of gamewords" in shaping the future, for the book Practices of Futurecasting: Ways of sharing imagined tomorrows, Edited by: Michael Shamiyeh
doi.org/10.1515/9783...
doi.org/10.1515/9783...
Futurecasting:
the iDiplodicas 37 will be forgotten quickly due to limited new features
when it gets to 68 will anyone care, the focus will be whether to rebrand
the iDiplodicas 99 limited edition launch will be an event everyone will talk about
the iDiplodicas 37 will be forgotten quickly due to limited new features
when it gets to 68 will anyone care, the focus will be whether to rebrand
the iDiplodicas 99 limited edition launch will be an event everyone will talk about
August 23, 2024 at 5:00 PM
Futurecasting:
the iDiplodicas 37 will be forgotten quickly due to limited new features
when it gets to 68 will anyone care, the focus will be whether to rebrand
the iDiplodicas 99 limited edition launch will be an event everyone will talk about
the iDiplodicas 37 will be forgotten quickly due to limited new features
when it gets to 68 will anyone care, the focus will be whether to rebrand
the iDiplodicas 99 limited edition launch will be an event everyone will talk about
Meu último substack, onde eu exploro práticas de "future casting" para planejamento da vida e da carreira. #futurodotrabalho #simulacao #futurecasting
open.substack.com/pub/reinvent...
open.substack.com/pub/reinvent...
Imaginando o Amanhã: Futuros Possíveis, Selves Possíveis
Projeção, Simulação e Futurecasting
open.substack.com
October 19, 2025 at 7:53 PM
Meu último substack, onde eu exploro práticas de "future casting" para planejamento da vida e da carreira. #futurodotrabalho #simulacao #futurecasting
open.substack.com/pub/reinvent...
open.substack.com/pub/reinvent...
futurecasting and not Currently Materially Harmful but in the back of my mind during (telehealth) therapy i'm more and more thinking about how much i want to complain/talk about What's Going On and my "disagreements" with it since, well, who cares about HIPAA?? gotta root out the disabled/sad freaks
January 31, 2025 at 6:59 PM
futurecasting and not Currently Materially Harmful but in the back of my mind during (telehealth) therapy i'm more and more thinking about how much i want to complain/talk about What's Going On and my "disagreements" with it since, well, who cares about HIPAA?? gotta root out the disabled/sad freaks
Futurecasting the news-
“Trump’s funeral brings out millions for emotional sendoff”
“Trump’s funeral brings out millions for emotional sendoff”
a man in a tuxedo is reading the daily news star
ALT: a man in a tuxedo is reading the daily news star
media.tenor.com
February 20, 2026 at 11:36 PM
Futurecasting the news-
“Trump’s funeral brings out millions for emotional sendoff”
“Trump’s funeral brings out millions for emotional sendoff”
not QTing the post because its about something serious but "3-5 years" is not the most meaningless unit of time for futurecasting. that honor belongs to The Friedman Unit of six months time
February 11, 2024 at 12:34 PM
not QTing the post because its about something serious but "3-5 years" is not the most meaningless unit of time for futurecasting. that honor belongs to The Friedman Unit of six months time
In 1972, Limits to Growth warned that if left unchecked, exponential economic and population growth would push the Earth’s systems past critical tipping points. A new study finds that resource depletion, pollution, and climate breakdown converge to trigger global decline starting around 2040.
Futurecasting: How Civilization Will Drive Off a Cliff in 2040
By Julian Scaff
medium.com
June 15, 2025 at 11:50 AM
In 1972, Limits to Growth warned that if left unchecked, exponential economic and population growth would push the Earth’s systems past critical tipping points. A new study finds that resource depletion, pollution, and climate breakdown converge to trigger global decline starting around 2040.
In 1972, Limits to Growth warned that if left unchecked, exponential economic and population growth would push the Earth’s systems past critical tipping points. A new study finds that resource depletion, pollution, and climate breakdown converge to trigger global decline starting around 2040.
Futurecasting: How Civilization Will Drive Off a Cliff in 2040
By Julian Scaff
medium.com
June 12, 2025 at 11:39 AM
In 1972, Limits to Growth warned that if left unchecked, exponential economic and population growth would push the Earth’s systems past critical tipping points. A new study finds that resource depletion, pollution, and climate breakdown converge to trigger global decline starting around 2040.
I jumped reactively when you first said futurecasting, which was rude. Mea culpa.
To your point about forecasting usage, that makes sense. My husband is an economist and they throw around “forecasting” with “modeling” all the time, so can definitely see the desire to make the distinction.
To your point about forecasting usage, that makes sense. My husband is an economist and they throw around “forecasting” with “modeling” all the time, so can definitely see the desire to make the distinction.
March 27, 2024 at 8:17 PM
I jumped reactively when you first said futurecasting, which was rude. Mea culpa.
To your point about forecasting usage, that makes sense. My husband is an economist and they throw around “forecasting” with “modeling” all the time, so can definitely see the desire to make the distinction.
To your point about forecasting usage, that makes sense. My husband is an economist and they throw around “forecasting” with “modeling” all the time, so can definitely see the desire to make the distinction.
The upside is that this year's version of the NFL seems the most "anybody can win anytime", which makes futurecasting tough, but the games entertaining. Win or lose, it should be a fun game between two of the better run and gun QBs in the league.
January 7, 2026 at 4:02 PM
The upside is that this year's version of the NFL seems the most "anybody can win anytime", which makes futurecasting tough, but the games entertaining. Win or lose, it should be a fun game between two of the better run and gun QBs in the league.
Jesus Christ, we have enough doom and gloom pessimistic futurecasting by people who don't know what's really going to happen in real life, do we need it in football chatter now too?
Nobody with a -0) after their name is ever getting left out of this playoff format, FFS.
Nobody with a -0) after their name is ever getting left out of this playoff format, FFS.
November 26, 2024 at 12:08 AM
Jesus Christ, we have enough doom and gloom pessimistic futurecasting by people who don't know what's really going to happen in real life, do we need it in football chatter now too?
Nobody with a -0) after their name is ever getting left out of this playoff format, FFS.
Nobody with a -0) after their name is ever getting left out of this playoff format, FFS.
I'm a Sneakers person. Brilliant flick whose futurecasting turned out to be entirely too on the nose.
My name is Werner Brandes. My voice is my passport. Verify me.
That is stuck in my brain forever. 😆
My name is Werner Brandes. My voice is my passport. Verify me.
That is stuck in my brain forever. 😆
July 25, 2025 at 10:11 PM
I'm a Sneakers person. Brilliant flick whose futurecasting turned out to be entirely too on the nose.
My name is Werner Brandes. My voice is my passport. Verify me.
That is stuck in my brain forever. 😆
My name is Werner Brandes. My voice is my passport. Verify me.
That is stuck in my brain forever. 😆
One of my first professional news directors thought we had bullet proof jobs. “No computer can do what we do.”
No computer then, could.
People aren’t generally good at futurecasting. Not so great at listening to people offering future cautions, either.
No computer then, could.
People aren’t generally good at futurecasting. Not so great at listening to people offering future cautions, either.
Just to be clear: if 'no one was ready' a lot of people fucked up, bc those of us who work on this laid out what was going to happen 8yrs ago.
The twofold issue that 1)it's not just a tech problem, and 2) Big Tech allowed itself to be ref-worked into spinelessness.
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/08/t...
The twofold issue that 1)it's not just a tech problem, and 2) Big Tech allowed itself to be ref-worked into spinelessness.
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/08/t...
A.I. Videos Have Flooded Social Media. No One Was Ready.
www.nytimes.com
December 16, 2025 at 7:59 AM
One of my first professional news directors thought we had bullet proof jobs. “No computer can do what we do.”
No computer then, could.
People aren’t generally good at futurecasting. Not so great at listening to people offering future cautions, either.
No computer then, could.
People aren’t generally good at futurecasting. Not so great at listening to people offering future cautions, either.