It's becoming increasingly clear to me that Reflect Orbital's fucking stupid giant mirror satellite, with absolutely NOTHING useful to offer, which will cause countless safety issues, ecological disasters, and destroy the night sky, is going to launch.
A bunch of astronomers and I have sent out a fact sheet about them to a bunch of journalists, but very few are going to write about this. So, let me try posting it all here.
Here's what I know about Reflect Orbital and all the downsides:
Pro tip: clean YouTube links. When you get a link from YT, it includes an ID tracking back to YOU. It's a "query string" on the end of the URL like this:
...?si=[tracker_ID_here]
This ID allows YouTube (and their owner, Google, and *their* owner, Alphabet, and ALL of their associates) to track the people who click on the link, and the apps they used, back to you, building a network of none-of-their-business.
Good news: DELETE the "?si=..." part & the link works just fine without the tracking.
Another illustration I painted for
Riftweaver and FablecraftGame🥰
It shows a Darkling. A creature inspired by a feline and bat. I really enjoyed working on this one! ❤️
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Heute ist der International Transgender Day of Visibility (TDoV) – der Tag der Sichtbarkeit von trans Personen.
Der Transgender-Aktivistin Rachel Crandal schreibt die US-Bürgerrechts-Plattform GLAAD die Schaffung des TDoV zu. Der Tag ist noch nicht alt: Er soll erstmals im Jahr 2010 begangen worden sein. Rachels Absicht war es, ein Gegengewicht zum Transgender Day of Remembrance am 20. November zu schaffen. (1/7)
Der Spiegel verbreitet eine haarsträubende Fake-Studie einer libertären Lobby-Organisation über Bahnhöfe in Europa.
In der "Studie" wird Bremen Hbf zum schlechtesten Bahnhof Europas gekürt, während ausgerechnet Berlin Hbf unter den Top 3 landet. Wer schon einmal Zug gefahren ist, sollte spätestens hier stutzig werden ...
Ein Thread, warum das alles sehr problematisch ist 🧵
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