Apparently even though the online poster session for the ALAN light pollution conference isn't for 2 weeks, I have to get my poster uploaded by tomorrow.

Which means I get to spend ALL DAY frantically putting together a poster on satellite pollution and stewing about how much I HATE Starlink. I am going to need to smash something very badly when I'm done with this poster...

Just so we're all on the same page, there are currently 4,365 Starlink satellites, out of 8,111 total satellites in orbit (Starlink is 54% of all satellites - I sincerely hope they don't fuck up any of the collision avoidance maneuvers they do every single day...)
Hey billionaires, I found your satellites. They're right here, fucking up my telescope data.
@sundogplanets I really want a better alternative to rural or remote internet, something that doesn't screw up telescope data. What would be better?
@geographile Anything wired, or cell-tower based, or even satellite internet from satellites in geosynchronous orbit (this is slightly slower, but still very useable, from what I understand). I live in a rural place, so I understand there aren't many good options - my neighbours use Starlink. At the end of my doom-and-gloom lecture on how bad Starlink is for astronomy and orbit, I give a list of things you can do, one of which is to advocate to your gov't reps for better rural internet access.