Too wound up to go to bed, so I just sent lots of emails to people hoping that they'll spread the word and get lots more people to write comments to the FCC telling them that orbital data centres and sunlight-as-a-service are incredibly stupid, dangerous ideas and should never be launched.

Instructions how to submit here: https://darksky.org/news/two-satellite-proposals-threaten-the-night-sky-the-window-to-act-is-now/

I don't think it'll actually make a big difference. But I do think it's incredibly important that the official record shows how many opposed this.

Satellite proposals threaten the night sky

In the United States, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC), the agency responsible for authorizing satellite launches and operations…

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@sundogplanets Perhaps a perfunctory gesture of addressing increasingly wasteful, overextended, duopolistic measures where multi-dimensional solves are required?..

Until we graduate the US duopoly, and vote in a middle democratic socialist to re-stabilize US sustainability?..

Perhaps that's where the most energy/resources should be applied.