I just had to update my numbers for a lecture, so here's your periodic reminder: Starlink is now 55% of ALL active satellites in orbit.
And given the recent news about that awful billionaire unilaterally deciding to cut of Starlink internet access to parts of the world whenever he wants to, this is extra important to share. Why did our governments effectively gift Low Earth Orbit to one awful dude? This is so bad.
Because that is how capitalism works. It has worked like that since rich people stared fencing out common land in England and the courts uphold the fencing
A new study has found a terrible bottleneck in human ancestors about 900k years ago. There were as few as 1000 individuals left ... if this is verified further there was a time when we almost didn't make it.
@futurebird
I can't avoid it, when I see so much precision in numbers that, almost by definition, must be hard to evaluate (fewer than 1280, 27160, and 98130) my BS detector activates.