I presented at the local planetary journal club this morning about the 3 articles I co-authored for The Conversation in the past weeks about the effects that one million satellites would have on the night sky, the atmosphere, and the orbital environment (spoiler alert: all very very bad)

https://theconversation.com/a-new-space-race-could-turn-our-atmosphere-into-a-crematorium-for-satellites-276366

https://theconversation.com/too-many-satellites-earths-orbit-is-on-track-for-a-catastrophe-but-we-can-stop-it-275430

And one on light pollution that I thought would get published today but might not be out until after the weekend.

Bluesky Reveals Massive Hidden Investment

Today #Bluesky revealed that in April 2025 they received a whopping $100M venture capital investment lead by Bain Capital Crypto and that they KEPT IT A SECRET.

https://bsky.social/about/blog/03-19-2026-series-b

So the answer to the big mystery Who Owns Bluesky? (https://mastodon.online/@mastodonmigration/116025246450023071) is finally out. Crypto VCs.

Now, we should be asking why did this company that prides itself on transparency and "decentralization" decide they needed to hide who owned the company?

When the Japanese live translation goes silent because the translators are too stunned to repeat your Pearl Harbor “joke” to the Japanese PM, you’ve officially reached a new level of diplomatic failure.

Those seconds of silence were the most honest reaction of the day.

BBVA Facing €180 Million Fine in Spying Case, Prosecutor Says
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-03-19/bbva-facing-180-million-fine-in-spying-case-prosecutor-says?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub

Posted into Economics @economics-bloomberg

Google has news on what you will need to do for still being able to sideload apps:

* enable developer options
* confirm that you are not tricked
* restart phone and re-authenticate
* wait one day
* confirm with biometrics that you know what you are doing
* decide if you only want unrestricted installs for 1 week or forever
* confirm that you accept the risks
* enjoy the few apps that still have developers motivated to develop for a user-base willing to put up with this

https://goo.gle/advance-flow

Brewster Kahle, digital librarian of the Internet Archive, reveals the history of the fight to preserve humanity’s knowledge against closed platforms, copyright battles, and digital decay, and his quest to build a global, open library.

Watch this eye-opening conversation on the ATG Podcast with Michael Upshall ⤵️ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mJ-R9j7Oc4s

@Brewster.Kahle.org #OpenAccess #DigitalLibraries #InternetArchive

Ya hemos recibido nuestro número físico de la revista de @elhuyar donde se habla de #CentroDeDatos y andamos por ahí, junto con @anagalarraga1 y @teketen

#DatuCentroak

"Two new partnerships forged in AI and nuclear sectors"

AI is devouring energy and water everywhere it can get it