<![CDATA[There are quite a few stars visible while I'm out doing evening chores now, so I spend a lot of time glancing up while moving between tasks.]]>There are quite a few stars visible while I'm out doing evening chores now, so I spend a lot of time glancing up while moving between tasks.

Just now, I glanced up at Cassiopeia and there were so many satellites, I actually felt dizzy while my brain struggled to figure out what was stationary and was was moving. Around the 5 stars visible in Cassiopeia were 4 crawling satellites (all brighter than the stars). While I stared, there was a bright flash from a tumbling piece of space junk.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/topic/96158d52-7fd2-4391-ad9e-808d1d3d8bd8/there-are-quite-a-few-stars-visible-while-i-m-out-doing-evening-chores-now-so-i-spend-a-lot-of-time-glancing-up-while-moving-between-tasks.RSS for NodeFri, 23 Oct 2026 20:56:16 GMTMon, 19 Oct 2026 01:13:15 GMT60<![CDATA[Reply to There are quite a few stars visible while I'm out doing evening chores now, so I spend a lot of time glancing up while moving between tasks. on Mon, 19 Oct 2026 04:53:20 GMT]]>@sundogplanets
I hate watching the night sky I have to think of an asshole

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://social.anoxinon.de/users/solaris/statuses/117465782708989285https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://social.anoxinon.de/users/solaris/statuses/117465782708989285Mon, 19 Oct 2026 04:53:20 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to There are quite a few stars visible while I'm out doing evening chores now, so I spend a lot of time glancing up while moving between tasks. on Mon, 19 Oct 2026 04:50:11 GMT]]>@Littlebobbytables @sundogplanets Watching the Perseids when you're way up in the mountains is a banger. Watched them when I was in the Wind Rivers around 15 years ago, and OMG. Really?

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.social/users/roadskater/statuses/117465770306097561https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.social/users/roadskater/statuses/117465770306097561Mon, 19 Oct 2026 04:50:11 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to There are quite a few stars visible while I'm out doing evening chores now, so I spend a lot of time glancing up while moving between tasks. on Mon, 19 Oct 2026 04:31:30 GMT]]>@401matthall @sundogplanets

When oligarchs prepare for a war, this is what it looks like... vast seemingly inexplicable expenditures.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2025/05/13/trump-tech-execs-riyadh/

https://newrepublic.com/post/195190/elon-musk-donald-trump-saudi-trip-promote-businesses

https://www.forbes.com/sites/antoniopequenoiv/2026/09/30/pete-hegseth-taps-elon-musk-for-military-weapons-development-project/

https://gulfif.org/saudi-arabias-f-35-deal-is-taking-shape/

https://www.cnbc.com/amp/2026/09/18/trump-saudi-arabia-f-35-houthis-iran-war.html

https://www.aljazeera.com/amp/news/2025/5/13/us-and-saudi-arabia-agree-to-142bn-weapons-sale-during-trump-visit

https://www.atlanticcouncil.org/dispatches/dispatches-epertsreact-wide-template-20260818/

https://newrepublic.com/post/216758/elon-musk-trump-ukraine-starlink-restrictions

The fossil fuel industry isn't going to give up its hegemony willingly.
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/elon-musk-saudi-arabia-ai-b2750164.html

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/elon-musk-starlink-trump-russia-ukraine-war-b3067115.html

https://www.jalopnik.com/1859184/musk-us-saudi-arms-deal-tesla-starlink/

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mstdn.social/users/Npars01/statuses/117465696879232015https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mstdn.social/users/Npars01/statuses/117465696879232015Mon, 19 Oct 2026 04:31:30 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to There are quite a few stars visible while I'm out doing evening chores now, so I spend a lot of time glancing up while moving between tasks. on Mon, 19 Oct 2026 04:28:02 GMT]]>@sundogplanets I’ve mourned the loss of the nightly darkness to artificial lighting for decades. So sad that it would be difficult to enjoy the heavenly splendour even if I would be somewhere without light pollution.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.nl/users/ArtHarg/statuses/117465683232094623https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.nl/users/ArtHarg/statuses/117465683232094623Mon, 19 Oct 2026 04:28:02 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to There are quite a few stars visible while I'm out doing evening chores now, so I spend a lot of time glancing up while moving between tasks. on Mon, 19 Oct 2026 04:26:21 GMT]]>@sundogplanets I remember when seeing a satellite in the night sky was a moment for wonder, not just another type of spam. Sigh.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mstdn.ca/users/nep/statuses/117465676588625127https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mstdn.ca/users/nep/statuses/117465676588625127Mon, 19 Oct 2026 04:26:21 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to There are quite a few stars visible while I'm out doing evening chores now, so I spend a lot of time glancing up while moving between tasks. on Mon, 19 Oct 2026 02:58:26 GMT]]>@sundogplanets
I was absolutely shocked the last time I visited my parents' farm out in the country and looked up at the night sky. It was not long ago at all when spotting a satellite still felt kind of cool because of its rarity. Now there were literally multiple in my field of vision at all times. It's not the *most* acutely I've felt our current dystopia but it's hard to shake that particular image.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://is.nota.live/users/kyle90/statuses/117465330901177365https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://is.nota.live/users/kyle90/statuses/117465330901177365Mon, 19 Oct 2026 02:58:26 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to There are quite a few stars visible while I'm out doing evening chores now, so I spend a lot of time glancing up while moving between tasks. on Mon, 19 Oct 2026 02:40:31 GMT]]>@sundogplanets

I was very remote in the Sierra Nevadas for the Perseids.

So many satellites, but also one of the best shower shows in decades.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mstdn.social/users/Littlebobbytables/statuses/117465260472934265https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mstdn.social/users/Littlebobbytables/statuses/117465260472934265Mon, 19 Oct 2026 02:40:31 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to There are quite a few stars visible while I'm out doing evening chores now, so I spend a lot of time glancing up while moving between tasks. on Mon, 19 Oct 2026 02:37:40 GMT]]>@sundogplanets I've seen more than a few of those bright flashes and couldn't figure out what they might be. Thanks for answering that question.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.social/users/billault/statuses/117465249252771637https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.social/users/billault/statuses/117465249252771637Mon, 19 Oct 2026 02:37:40 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to There are quite a few stars visible while I'm out doing evening chores now, so I spend a lot of time glancing up while moving between tasks. on Mon, 19 Oct 2026 02:17:47 GMT]]>@sundogplanets I went to a dark sky site for the first time a couple of weeks ago, and I couldn’t believe it.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://twit.social/users/micahatc/statuses/117465171083350150https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://twit.social/users/micahatc/statuses/117465171083350150Mon, 19 Oct 2026 02:17:47 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to There are quite a few stars visible while I'm out doing evening chores now, so I spend a lot of time glancing up while moving between tasks. on Mon, 19 Oct 2026 02:14:22 GMT]]>@sundogplanets

Grrrr.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://hachyderm.io/users/glitzersachen/statuses/117465157607886690https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://hachyderm.io/users/glitzersachen/statuses/117465157607886690Mon, 19 Oct 2026 02:14:22 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to There are quite a few stars visible while I'm out doing evening chores now, so I spend a lot of time glancing up while moving between tasks. on Mon, 19 Oct 2026 01:52:42 GMT]]>@quinn

Speaking of... Have you heard that Tesla and Space-X are doing a joint program selling portable ozone spheres? The investors are all very excited.

😢

(The above is intended as satire, for clarity. I don't _think_ it's true. I swear I _just_ made it up.)

@sundogplanets

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.xyz/users/401matthall/statuses/117465072433725464https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.xyz/users/401matthall/statuses/117465072433725464Mon, 19 Oct 2026 01:52:42 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to There are quite a few stars visible while I'm out doing evening chores now, so I spend a lot of time glancing up while moving between tasks. on Mon, 19 Oct 2026 01:50:27 GMT]]>@sundogplanets

That's so fucking sad.

I have too much light-pollution where I'm at to see much at all but I remember being a kid and watching the stars at night.

It was always a semi-religious experience seeing them and knowing the light they cast had traveled for so many years before a bit of it bounce off of my retinas.

These fucking people take far more than they give.

💔

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.xyz/users/401matthall/statuses/117465063601791332https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.xyz/users/401matthall/statuses/117465063601791332Mon, 19 Oct 2026 01:50:27 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to There are quite a few stars visible while I'm out doing evening chores now, so I spend a lot of time glancing up while moving between tasks. on Mon, 19 Oct 2026 01:43:37 GMT]]>@sundogplanets I'm most worried that Musk will manage to damage the ozone layer enough to have Permian style mutations, and everyone will actually starve to death while dying of cancer.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://social.circl.lu/users/quinn/statuses/117465036725440336https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://social.circl.lu/users/quinn/statuses/117465036725440336Mon, 19 Oct 2026 01:43:37 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to There are quite a few stars visible while I'm out doing evening chores now, so I spend a lot of time glancing up while moving between tasks. on Mon, 19 Oct 2026 01:18:36 GMT]]>@sundogplanets It’s reassuring that even professional astronomers spend time just looking at the sky and marveling (albeit far more knowledgeably than I can), rather than just running simulations, staring at photos in non-visible wavelengths, etc…

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://infosec.exchange/users/SteveBellovin/statuses/117464938353016399https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://infosec.exchange/users/SteveBellovin/statuses/117464938353016399Mon, 19 Oct 2026 01:18:36 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to There are quite a few stars visible while I'm out doing evening chores now, so I spend a lot of time glancing up while moving between tasks. on Mon, 19 Oct 2026 01:16:25 GMT]]>I was accused of being sensationalist or exaggerating when our 2022 research paper predicted one in 15 visible points in the sky would be a moving satellite. I think maybe we were actually too conservative.

I hate this so very very much.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.social/users/sundogplanets/statuses/117464929754849309https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.social/users/sundogplanets/statuses/117464929754849309Mon, 19 Oct 2026 01:16:25 GMT