damn, its so strange that a rich guy was able to throw thousands of satellites into space, in a manner that completely changes humanity’s relationship to the cosmos, without any meaningful form of public debate or discussion.
even more strange when you consider that the owner of the company is one of the most talked about people on the planet. i wonder how he’s able to keep getting away with it.
If only there was a way to access the Internet that didn’t require constantly launching space junk into temporary orbit
a lot of things were going viral over three years ago
Hopefully some skepticism can finally be focused on the concept of giving a single billionaire unfettered control over who is allowed to access the internet, and what they are allowed to do with it.
The whole endeavor to “arm” Ukraine with Starlink has always been a shameless attempt to dodge any future criticism of the company, by claiming to be a “military asset”
Probably doesn’t help that all fish are now chock full of PFAS
I don’t believe that there are microwave-safe plastics
folks, isn’t it finally time for the girls to do some war crimes?
I see a connection between elon’s increasingly ‘wacky’ persona with the start of the cozy financial relationship he has with saudi arabia. imo, he’s serving as a captured asset for oil giants to further their influence and interests in the west, in a similar vein to all the recent acquisitions of popular US/UK sports teams by the middle east.
The ‘eccentric’ behavior, to me, is 100% intentional. A layer of security is built when your rivals, regulators, and the general public are unable to predict your next move. A ‘white noise’ is created: for every midnight decision to change your company logo to dogecoin, intentional and sinister actions slip thru, such as the banning of twitter in turkey during their recent elections.
This strategy of wrapping yourself in layers of ambiguity was explored by Adam Curtis in his doc Hypernormalization, describing how this has been the central tactic Putin has used in Russia for decades.
framework mainboards in dedicated cases could end up being a better option for making a small form-factor desktop with easily upgradable components
it’s almost like all these different regulatory bodies you mentioned don’t serve the people, but instead the wealthy