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@memeorandum@universeodon.com
2026-04-13 11:10:33

Illiberalism Is Not Inevitable -- If Viktor Orbšn can lose, then his Russian and American admirers can lose too. (Anne Applebaum/The Atlantic)
theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/04/
memeorandum.com/260413/p4#a260

@grumpybozo@toad.social
2026-06-15 22:49:23

If we let the orbital datacenter scams get to the point of launching, we deserve the Kessler Syndrome we get.
Sun-synch terminator-riders are in a limited orbital space. Many current residents belong to governments, as it’s a useful surveillance orbit. Once upon a time it’s the sort of thing that a U.N. body might regulate. Suggesting that now just seems like a joke…

Prof. Sam Lawler (@sundogplanets@mastodon.social)
In the next day or so I need to force myself to read Yet Another Stupid Fucking Orbital Data Center filing, because I have to write a comment to the FCC so that it's on file that astronomers hate it. This one called "Stampede" from a company named Cowboy Space. I hate *everything* about this. I'm not even going to link to any news stories about them because they're all so horrible. A sun-synchronous terminator orbit is where satellite companies want Kessler Syndrome to start, apparently.

@fanf@mendeddrum.org
2026-04-05 11:42:06

from my link log —
IBM announces strategic collaboration with ARM to shape the future of mainframes.
newsroom.ibm.com/2026-04-02-ib

IBM Announces Strategic Collaboration with Arm to Shape the Future of Enterprise Computing
Collaboration aims to advance new technologies that expand infrastructure choice while preserving mission-critical environments ARMONK, N.Y., April 2, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- IBM (NYSE: IBM) today...