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   Longreads (longreads@mastodon.world)'s status on Wednesday, 17-Apr-2024 13:15:25 JST Longreads

   "The reason websites continue to load, bank transfers go through, and civilization persists is because of the thousand or so people living aboard 20-some ships stationed around the world, who race to fix each cable as soon as it breaks."

   For The Verge, Josh Dzieza highlights the workers of the subsea cable industry who keep the internet running: https://www.theverge.com/c/24070570/internet-cables-undersea-deep-repair-ships

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