★ Amy Star ★Aug 13, 2023
the easiest way to become radicalized about astronomy is to open a stargazing app and to make it highlight Starlink satellites
Show threadMastodon MigrationAug 13, 2023

@AmyZenunim Just went outside to observe the Perseid meteor shower. Watched three starlink shit-boxes cross the sky and came back in.

#starlink #musk

Show threadAnthony Sorace
@mastodonmigration @AmyZenunim @anne Today someone (weirdly, working an Xfinity booth at en event) tried to convince me to “swallow my pride” and sign up for Starlink because “your one more satellite isn’t going to make a difference”. It was a really weird conversation, not least of all because the idea of caring about the ethical implications of our choices just seemed entirely baffling to her.
Aug 13, 2023 at 8:38amWeb
Show threadAnthony SoraceAug 13, 2023
@mastodonmigration @AmyZenunim @anne My plan for “what to do if I end up with billionaire money” remains to start my own space program specifically to forcibly de-orbit this crap.
Show threadPhil M0OFXAug 13, 2023
@a @mastodonmigration @AmyZenunim @anne I've run into that opinion so many times that I'm not sure what to think about the average person. Do they also think that if you throw a Coke can out of the window on the highway that it'll magically disappear?