Kevin Karhan :verified:<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@sundogplanets" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>sundogplanets</span></a></span> Yes, and Starlink is a massive pollutant - bith in terms if RF ?-Spectrum <em>and</em> Light!</p><ul><li>I live in a city of 100k in the most populous state if Germany with horrible light pollution but even in my extremely well lit area I can see all the Starlink junk brighter than almost all Iridium Flares in the night sky!!!</li></ul><p>Tho there's technically a <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Project_West_Ford" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">constellation consisting of almost half a billion metal needles</a> tho <a href="https://stuffin.space/?search=westford" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">aside from some frozen gel lumps</a> most of them are presumed to have reentered.</p><p><a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Starlink" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Starlink</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Spectrum" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Spectrum</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/LightPollution" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>LightPollution</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Flares" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Flares</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/IridiumFlares" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>IridiumFlares</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/FlareWell" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FlareWell</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/WestfordNeedles" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WestfordNeedles</span></a></p>
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Kevin Karhan :verified:<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.nz/@iangriffin" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>iangriffin</span></a></span> that's nit a necessity, but what happens.when we allow <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/billionaires" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>billionaires</span></a> to <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/pollute" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>pollute</span></a> the world.</p><p>People thought <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/IridiumFlares" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>IridiumFlares</span></a> were annoying but those were just 66 Satellites and predictable af and <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Iridium" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Iridium</span></a> did solve that issue with <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/IridiumNext" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>IridiumNext</span></a> but <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Starlink" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Starlink</span></a> is just <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/LightPollution" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>LightPollution</span></a> from hell!</p>
Kevin Karhan :verified:<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.nz/@iangriffin" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>iangriffin</span></a></span> And people complained about <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/IridiumFlares" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>IridiumFlares</span></a> but unlike the shite that <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Starlink" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Starlink</span></a> did these were easy to predict and avoid and happened at a <em>far lower</em> rate...</p>
Kevin Karhan :verified:<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@jk" class="u-url mention">@<span>jk</span></a></span> But <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/IridiumFlares" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>IridiumFlares</span></a> were considered bad...</p><p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fU48qn-iJ0I" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="">youtube.com/watch?v=fU48qn-iJ0I</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p><p>Oh well...<br /><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Satellite_flare#Iridium_flares" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Satellit</span><span class="invisible">e_flare#Iridium_flares</span></a></p>
Kevin Karhan :verified:<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mstdn.social/@TimBondy" class="u-url mention">@<span>TimBondy</span></a></span> So basically it's like <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/IridiumFlares" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>IridiumFlares</span></a> but with distracting frequency...</p><p>Because <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Iridium" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Iridium</span></a> did choose to have their replacements not <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/FlareWell" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>FlareWell</span></a>...</p>
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