So now SpaceX, with no working spacesuit, and years behind on it's multi-billion dollar moon lander, is lobbying NASA to go to the Hubble Space Telescope.
"A successful private mission could improve Hubble's ability to point at celestial objects and, by boosting its orbit, extend its life by years... however, an accident could leave the multibillion-dollar telescope broken — or, even more tragically, tethered to the dead bodies of the astronauts sent to repair it."
@mastodonmigration And Starlink isn't alone. The Chinese are building a similar system and there's at least one other Starlink competitor. What will the sky be like when there are 10s of thousands of these? And BTW, they will need to be completely replaced every few years and the idea they will "fall" from orbit cleanly is a fantasy promoted by Elon the Bad Musk.
Gods I love the modern #Internet.
Suddenly last week I started getting tons of emails from #Substack for some reason.
Thanks to the #Enshittification of the Internet apparently when a newsletter I once read moved to substack, Substack auto-creates an account for you and start pumping out newsletters. Without consent.
I had to log in, create a profile (thank Artemis only a name was required) and then move into account settings and delete the account.
Social media platform is like phantom stocks. They appear substantial, but their value is elusive.
How Phantom Stock Works:
Phantom shares mimic real stock value.
Pump & Dump Scheme: A fraudulent practice where individuals artificially inflate the price of a stock (or in this case, social media company) to attract unsuspecting or criminal/dark money investors who “pump” stock prices, the inflated worth is illusory.
Money Laundering: Trump concealing the origins of illicitly obtained funds by passing them through a complex sequence of banking transfers or commercial transactions.
Truth Social is a failed social media platform, that will merge with a publicly traded SHELL company. Financial Performance: Since its 2021 launch, Truth Social generated sales of less than $5 million. However, Trump’s supporters rallied to boost shares in the shell company, Digital World Acquisition Corp. Its a money laundering scheme.
The opening day of Indiana’s legislative session, Republican Rep. Joanna King filed a bill that would allow kids as young as 14 to effectively drop out of school following 8th grade and go to work full-time on a farm.
If the teenager “has been excused from compulsory school attendance after completing grade 8” and obtains their parents’ permission, they can work up to 40 hours a week all year round, including during school hours.
@Christo
It's already 1898 there. But legislator are shooting for much, earlier, more nostalgic time, like the 11th century. Thus the bill's number -- 1062.
@jeffowski Yes, please see the Upworthy post about the bartender who instantly kicks out Nazis. Let in a few who behave and they bring their friends and pretty soon the place is a Nazi bar.
To me this remains the great mystery of the Biden administration: Why does the notoriously corrupt Louis DeJoy, a Trump crony who is systematically degrading the postal service for reasons of ideology and personal profit, still hold the job of Postmaster General?
An onslaught of fake propaganda about a Niagara Falls car crash. Government officials trying to crush news orgs with investigations. Journalists killed at a record pace
@GottaLaff@willbunch
Expect this kind of crap to continue to grow. The MAGA types and their enablers have a fascist to elect president. This kind of stuff is just the warm up.