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DoomsdaysCWGrrrrr... <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Starlink" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Starlink</a> tries to block <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Virginia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Virginia</a>’s plan to bring <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/FiberInternet" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#FiberInternet</a> to residents<a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/SpaceX" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#SpaceX</a> wants more money, asks Trump admin to reject state's <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/broadband" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#broadband</a> grant plan.Jon Brodkin – Aug 14, 2025"Starlink operator SpaceX is fighting Virginia's plan to deploy fiber Internet service to residents, claiming that federal grant money should be given to Starlink instead. SpaceX is already in line to win over $3 million in grant money in the state but is seeking $60 million."Starlink is poised to benefit from the Trump administration rewriting rules for the $42 billion <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Broadband" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Broadband</a> Equity, Access, and Deployment (<a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/BEAD" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#BEAD</a>) grant program. While the Biden administration decided that states should prioritize <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/fiber" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#fiber</a> in order to build more <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/FutureProof" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#FutureProof</a> networks, the Trump administration ordered states to revise their plans with a 'tech-neutral approach' and lower the average cost of serving each location."Read more: <a href="https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2025/08/starlink-tries-to-block-virginias-plan-to-bring-fiber-internet-to-residents/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2025/08/starlink-tries-to-block-virginias-plan-to-bring-fiber-internet-to-residents/</a><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/DarkSkies" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#DarkSkies</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/SpacePollution" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#SpacePollution</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/KesslerSyndrome" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#KesslerSyndrome</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/LightPollution" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#LightPollution</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/MoreCablesLessSatellites" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#MoreCablesLessSatellites</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/BuildForTheFuture" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#BuildForTheFuture</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/DarkFiber" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#DarkFiber</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/FiberOptic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#FiberOptic</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ElonSucks" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#ElonSucks</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/TrumpSucks" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#TrumpSucks</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/USPol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#USPol</a>

HistoPol (#HP) 🏴 🇺🇸 🏴<a href="https://mastodon.scot/@fionaorkneynews" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@fionaorkneynews</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ClimateChange" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#ClimateChange</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/SpacePollution" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#SpacePollution</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Starlink" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Starlink</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Musk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Musk</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ClimateCrisis" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#ClimateCrisis</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/GHG" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#GHG</a>It is very important to ask three questions:1.) How do spaceship and satellite launches impact our environment, in particular the <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/thermosphere" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#thermosphere</a>?<a href="https://mastodon.social/@HistoPol/113295593037140652" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://mastodon.social/@HistoPol/113295593037140652</a>2.) Who is the main culprit of this unsustainable development in orbit? (see below) <a href="https://mastodon.social/@HistoPol/111141586398331386" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://mastodon.social/@HistoPol/111141586398331386</a>(Translation: see <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/AltText" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#AltText</a>) 3.) How do we combat it?<a href="https://mastodon.social/@HistoPol/112879556424358407" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://mastodon.social/@HistoPol/112879556424358407</a>

DoomsdaysCWMusk's <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/satellites" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#satellites</a> 'blocking' view of the <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/universe" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#universe</a>by Georgina Rannard September 18, 2024"<a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/RadioWaves" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#RadioWaves</a> from <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ElonMusk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#ElonMusk</a>’s growing network of satellites are blocking scientists’ ability to peer into the universe, according to researchers in the Netherlands."The new generation of Starlink satellites, which provide fast internet around the world, are interfering more with <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/RadioTelescopes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#RadioTelescopes</a> than earlier versions, they say."The thousands of orbiting satellites are 'blinding' radio telescopes and may be hindering astronomical research, according to Netherlands Institute for Radio Astronomy (<a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ASTRON" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#ASTRON</a>)."<a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/SpaceX" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#SpaceX</a>, which owns Starlink, has not replied to a request from BBC News for comment."The satellites provide broadband internet around the world, often to remote places, including challenging environments like Ukraine and Yemen."They are also used to connect remote areas of the UK to fast internet. In 2022 tests showed that Starlink could deliver internet speeds four times faster than the average, according to the Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport."But astronomers say this comes at a cost."'Every time more of these are launched with these kinds of emission levels, we see less and less of the sky,' Professor Jessica Dempsey, director of ASTRON, told BBC News."<a href="https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cy4dnr8zemgo" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cy4dnr8zemgo</a><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/DarkSkies" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#DarkSkies</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/SpacePollution" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#SpacePollution</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/SpaceJunk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#SpaceJunk</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/SignalToNoise" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#SignalToNoise</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/TurnOffTheNoise" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#TurnOffTheNoise</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/TooManySatellites" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#TooManySatellites</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/KesslerEffect" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#KesslerEffect</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/KesslerSyndrome" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#KesslerSyndrome</a>

Peter GutscheDid you know that the experience of the starry sky is being lost to more and more people? An ode to the night sky and an introduction to the topic of <a href="https://sueden.social/tags/lightpollution" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#lightpollution</a> with many references. Using my own landscape photos, I illustrate the impact of artificial light at night.Among other things, inspired by following <a href="https://astrodon.social/@JohnBarentine" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@JohnBarentine</a> and <a href="https://mastodon.social/@sundogplanets" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@sundogplanets</a>. Thank you!The article: <a href="https://www.silberspur.de/articles/why-it-wont-be-dark-at-night-anymore-soon.pdf" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.silberspur.de/articles/why-it-wont-be-dark-at-night-anymore-soon.pdf</a> <a href="https://sueden.social/tags/DarkSkies" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#DarkSkies</a> <a href="https://sueden.social/tags/DarkSkiesForAll" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#DarkSkiesForAll</a> <a href="https://sueden.social/tags/Conservation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Conservation</a> <a href="https://sueden.social/tags/alan" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#alan</a> <a href="https://sueden.social/tags/KesslerSyndrome" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#KesslerSyndrome</a> <a href="https://sueden.social/tags/SpaceX" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#SpaceX</a> <a href="https://sueden.social/tags/SpacePollution" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#SpacePollution</a> 1/5

DoomsdaysCWHastening the end of space travel for decades (if not longer). Good job, Elron! <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/KesslerEffect" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#KesslerEffect</a> / <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/KesslerSyndrome" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#KesslerSyndrome</a> involving a cascade of "dead" satellites and other debris!<a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/SpaceX" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#SpaceX</a> sends another batch of Internet <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/satellites" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#satellites</a> aloftBy Mark Moran, UPI Published Apr 29, 2024 "A <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Starlink" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Starlink</a> satellite has a lifespan of about five years, and SpaceX has said it aims to have 42,000 satellites in a '<a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/MegaConstellation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#MegaConstellation</a>.' Sunday's deployment of 23 will add to the roughly 5,700 satellites already in orbit."<a href="https://www.accuweather.com/en/space-news/spacex-sends-another-batch-of-internet-satellites-aloft/1645772" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.accuweather.com/en/space-news/spacex-sends-another-batch-of-internet-satellites-aloft/1645772</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/SpacePollution" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#SpacePollution</a>

Syulang<a href="https://mstdn.ca/@amgine" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@amgine</a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/@mastodonmigration" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@mastodonmigration</a> From ~500km, you're look at around 10 years for orbital decay to drag them down, and during that time if they knock out something else, that will start it's own decent journey, so things quickly get exponential.Longer term the real concern that really hasn't been addressed is the atmospheric pollution caused both by launch engines themselves (which are absolutely filthy and wildly resource intensive) and by the burning up of debris both in launch and disposal. There are large quantities of metals, plastics and propellents being burned in a completely uncontrolled manner in the upper atmosphere, at quantities which are already having a measurable impact on the atmosphere itself. The more junk Elmo yeets to orbit, the worse this is getting, and there is zero long-term plan for managing any of this - indeed, the plan such as it exists at all is explicitly to use our atmosphere as completely unfiltered, uncontrolled incinerator.The fun doesn't stop there as the ISS operates around 400km, below the Elon Zone, so all the shit he creates will impact on the ISS, as well as the numerous other essential missions that need lower orbits.<a href="https://aus.social/tags/SpaceX" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#SpaceX</a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/Starlink" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Starlink</a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/ElonMusk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#ElonMusk</a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/SpaceKaren" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#SpaceKaren</a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/SpaceJunk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#SpaceJunk</a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/SpacePollution" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#SpacePollution</a>

65dBnoiseIs a $150000 fine going to deter companies from polluting the GSO orbit with space junk?That's the amount of the <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/FCC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#FCC</a> penalty imposed to Dish Network for failing to re-orbit a satellite as required.Maybe the amount is too small compared to the $17M profit Dish made in 2022, but nonetheless it's the first ever issued by the FCC. If more come, then there may be reason for hope for a better space environment, some day.<a href="https://www.theguardian.com/science/2023/oct/02/fcc-space-debris-fine-dish-network-satellite" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.theguardian.com/science/2023/oct/02/fcc-space-debris-fine-dish-network-satellite</a><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/SpaceJunk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#SpaceJunk</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/SpacePollution" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#SpacePollution</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Space" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Space</a>

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