Camping at Red Rock Lakes Nat'l Wildlife Refuge tucked into my hammock about midnight, enjoying the stars and saw the same thing: What the heck? Is anyone else seeing this? Looked like "the Polar Express" flying across the sky. Only this was May, not December. The next day I met and visited with George Bumann - a fine human being. He le…
Camping at Red Rock Lakes Nat'l Wildlife Refuge tucked into my hammock about midnight, enjoying the stars and saw the same thing: What the heck? Is anyone else seeing this? Looked like "the Polar Express" flying across the sky. Only this was May, not December. The next day I met and visited with George Bumann - a fine human being. He let me know all about Starlink. Part of me understands that rural people are now able to get internet which must feel pretty darn good. But mostly I am deeply sad about the loss of our night sky - something that sustains me and has for generations upon generations.
I have never been to Red Rock Lakes and now I must go there.
I really need to think about this "internet for rural people" argument. It feels like something being forced on people and I don't like it. By that I mean how so much is being driven online. If it was a nationalized service it would be one thing, but it's hard (and expensive) to keep up with all this technology, and it is easy to feel left behind by it. I certainly do, and I'm relatively savvy. Let's just say I carry a LOT of side-eye for it.
Camping at Red Rock Lakes Nat'l Wildlife Refuge tucked into my hammock about midnight, enjoying the stars and saw the same thing: What the heck? Is anyone else seeing this? Looked like "the Polar Express" flying across the sky. Only this was May, not December. The next day I met and visited with George Bumann - a fine human being. He let me know all about Starlink. Part of me understands that rural people are now able to get internet which must feel pretty darn good. But mostly I am deeply sad about the loss of our night sky - something that sustains me and has for generations upon generations.
I have never been to Red Rock Lakes and now I must go there.
I really need to think about this "internet for rural people" argument. It feels like something being forced on people and I don't like it. By that I mean how so much is being driven online. If it was a nationalized service it would be one thing, but it's hard (and expensive) to keep up with all this technology, and it is easy to feel left behind by it. I certainly do, and I'm relatively savvy. Let's just say I carry a LOT of side-eye for it.