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   kevin (feelnotes@alaskan.social)'s status on Friday, 01-Sep-2023 15:33:15 JST kevin

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   @mastodonmigration @AmyZenunim i completely agree that there are terrible costs to starlink. but in rural communities that don’t have other internet options, starlink means you can meet with a doctor through telemedicine, attend online classes and earn a degree, start an online business, facetime with a loved one. what do we tell these people? “sorry the technology we used to connect the world wasn’t designed with you in mind.” my only point is this issue isn’t so simple as “starlink bad”

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     Mastodon Migration (mastodonmigration@mastodon.online)'s status on Friday, 01-Sep-2023 15:33:16 JST Mastodon Migration

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     @feelnotes @AmyZenunim Sorry no. Remote internet does not justify filling low earth orbit with space junk and wrecking terrestrial astronomy. And once these things start smashing into each other we are going to have real problem. This is insanity.

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     kevin (feelnotes@alaskan.social)'s status on Friday, 01-Sep-2023 15:33:18 JST kevin

     @AmyZenunim fwiw this issue is more complicated for people living in remote communities without other high speed internet options