<![CDATA[It's a Good Cloud Day.]]>It's a Good Cloud Day. But the goats are very annoyed there was a teeny tiny bit of rain (they really do not like rain).

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]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/topic/4394a003-2b68-41ef-a8b4-740c3d0277d4/it-s-a-good-cloud-day.RSS for NodeFri, 15 May 2026 02:45:49 GMTMon, 11 May 2026 13:39:00 GMT60<![CDATA[Reply to It's a Good Cloud Day. on Tue, 12 May 2026 20:54:41 GMT]]>@sundogplanets Big Kessler.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://infosec.exchange/users/krypt3ia/statuses/116563593243170103https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://infosec.exchange/users/krypt3ia/statuses/116563593243170103Tue, 12 May 2026 20:54:41 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to It's a Good Cloud Day. on Tue, 12 May 2026 20:38:35 GMT]]>@sundogplanets Move fast and break things. We'll fix the atmosphere in the next iteration. In fact, if we screw the atmosphere hard enough, they will pay us to fix it.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://autistics.life/users/SecondUniverse/statuses/116563529950283809https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://autistics.life/users/SecondUniverse/statuses/116563529950283809Tue, 12 May 2026 20:38:35 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to It's a Good Cloud Day. on Tue, 12 May 2026 14:55:34 GMT]]>@sundogplanets how are they even insurable? Who pays for KIS & property damage? Assuming they don’t have a mechanism to land safely… 😬

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://social.coop/users/django/statuses/116562181141164557https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://social.coop/users/django/statuses/116562181141164557Tue, 12 May 2026 14:55:34 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to It's a Good Cloud Day. on Tue, 12 May 2026 06:33:01 GMT]]>@sundogplanets @albertcardona and I read it for the first time today, thanks for sharing

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://oslo.town/users/hallvors/statuses/116560205030525508https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://oslo.town/users/hallvors/statuses/116560205030525508Tue, 12 May 2026 06:33:01 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to It's a Good Cloud Day. on Mon, 11 May 2026 22:27:54 GMT]]>@lin11c @sundogplanets, well, given that they'll be burnt up on re-entry (entirely? If not, I can think of a few places where I'd like them to land), I don't think that they'll be in suitable condition to be sent back up…

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://social.linux.pizza/users/lp0_on_fire/statuses/116558297463381574https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://social.linux.pizza/users/lp0_on_fire/statuses/116558297463381574Mon, 11 May 2026 22:27:54 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to It's a Good Cloud Day. on Mon, 11 May 2026 22:10:17 GMT]]>@sundogplanets @albertcardona

Ooh, this must be from the original edition of "The Martian Chronicles", published in 1950.

This past spring, we read & analyzed this story for a college writing course. Our version is set in the year 2057.

Wikipedia shows that the dates in the book, including this story, "advanced" by 31 years during the 1997 edition.

I first read this story on my own during high school (last decade of the Cold War).
It registered strongly then and still does so today!

8- )

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://c.im/users/SaguaroLynx/statuses/116558228221045722https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://c.im/users/SaguaroLynx/statuses/116558228221045722Mon, 11 May 2026 22:10:17 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to It's a Good Cloud Day. on Mon, 11 May 2026 21:56:33 GMT]]>@sundogplanets any simple numbers yet to indicate whether Elon > Thomas Midgley Jr (leaded gas, cfcs) in terms of environmental impact? Or are we unwilling part of the experiment that will find out?

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://techhub.social/users/chuckbenz/statuses/116558174217808881https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://techhub.social/users/chuckbenz/statuses/116558174217808881Mon, 11 May 2026 21:56:33 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to It's a Good Cloud Day. on Mon, 11 May 2026 21:24:04 GMT]]>@albertcardona @sundogplanets Story downloaded. Calendar marked.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/Karen5Lund/statuses/116558046432490525https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/Karen5Lund/statuses/116558046432490525Mon, 11 May 2026 21:24:04 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to It's a Good Cloud Day. on Mon, 11 May 2026 21:14:14 GMT]]>@sundogplanets
Being an old man, when you say v1 and v2 my first mental images are these.
Whilst the effect of these are decidedly different in detail, their destructive nature is not.

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]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/nrmacdonald/statuses/116558007772915436https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/nrmacdonald/statuses/116558007772915436Mon, 11 May 2026 21:14:14 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to It's a Good Cloud Day. on Mon, 11 May 2026 20:04:16 GMT]]>@sundogplanets @mastodonmigration Yes. And it will likely not become a monopoly. Two competitors in the US, one in the EU, one in China, one in India, and it’s down to 2/min. To replace these, they would need a dozen or so launches per day, adding to the looming environmental disaster

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.green/users/hansbot/statuses/116557732698142687https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.green/users/hansbot/statuses/116557732698142687Mon, 11 May 2026 20:04:16 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to It's a Good Cloud Day. on Mon, 11 May 2026 19:55:08 GMT]]>@hansbot @mastodonmigration It's every 3 minutes for a million satellites with 5 year lifetimes 😭

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/sundogplanets/statuses/116557696772421559https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/sundogplanets/statuses/116557696772421559Mon, 11 May 2026 19:55:08 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to It's a Good Cloud Day. on Mon, 11 May 2026 19:25:38 GMT]]>@sundogplanets as I understand it, it’s even worse

https://youtu.be/iDaG4zt0NKc

These alloys don’t vanish, their chemical components mix with the air, they keep floating high up and they cause changes

/cc @keithdpatch

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://infosec.exchange/users/GuillaumeRossolini/statuses/116557580793970408https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://infosec.exchange/users/GuillaumeRossolini/statuses/116557580793970408Mon, 11 May 2026 19:25:38 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to It's a Good Cloud Day. on Mon, 11 May 2026 19:15:47 GMT]]>@sundogplanets @mastodonmigration Now imagine having a million data centers in orbit, from musk alone. Before long, every few seconds a satellite will come down – with all its payload burning into the atmosphere

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.green/users/hansbot/statuses/116557542009899356https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.green/users/hansbot/statuses/116557542009899356Mon, 11 May 2026 19:15:47 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to It's a Good Cloud Day. on Mon, 11 May 2026 18:59:52 GMT]]>@sundogplanets what is the GHG factor of aluminum?

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://beige.party/users/ShiitakeToast/statuses/116557479467802054https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://beige.party/users/ShiitakeToast/statuses/116557479467802054Mon, 11 May 2026 18:59:52 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to It's a Good Cloud Day. on Mon, 11 May 2026 18:46:27 GMT]]>@Photo55

Yes, shortcuts to make the most of limited bodies. But to keep a closed ecology plus the mechanical part of the habitat and some mining/manufacturing capability there's no easy substitute for those bodies, and I'm afraid the number needed is still higher than expected.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://social.treehouse.systems/users/angelastella/statuses/116557426715191790https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://social.treehouse.systems/users/angelastella/statuses/116557426715191790Mon, 11 May 2026 18:46:27 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to It's a Good Cloud Day. on Mon, 11 May 2026 18:35:53 GMT]]>@angelastella
with Eptification - with a bad result - and with some sort of overlays in and assorted authors with "memory tapes and of course "now I do!"

And in a less friendly way with and with the and and uploading into a sleeve.

And a bunch more.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/Photo55/statuses/116557385113403131https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/Photo55/statuses/116557385113403131Mon, 11 May 2026 18:35:53 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to It's a Good Cloud Day. on Mon, 11 May 2026 18:16:57 GMT]]>@albertcardona @sundogplanets i didn't realize that There Will Come Soft Rains day is coming! I've got to get all my home automation stuff set up!

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://hexa.club/users/phooky/statuses/116557310685355811https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://hexa.club/users/phooky/statuses/116557310685355811Mon, 11 May 2026 18:16:57 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to It's a Good Cloud Day. on Mon, 11 May 2026 18:02:15 GMT]]>It makes me think of a recent proposal for terraforming mars by introducing tiny amounts of aluminium to the atmosphere.

@sundogplanets

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mathstodon.xyz/users/RefurioAnachro/statuses/116557252879329910https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mathstodon.xyz/users/RefurioAnachro/statuses/116557252879329910Mon, 11 May 2026 18:02:15 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to It's a Good Cloud Day. on Mon, 11 May 2026 17:39:51 GMT]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://fedicy.us.to/cy/p/1778521191.762879https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://fedicy.us.to/cy/p/1778521191.762879Mon, 11 May 2026 17:39:51 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to It's a Good Cloud Day. on Mon, 11 May 2026 17:38:54 GMT]]>@nixzhu Good luck inventing that.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/sundogplanets/statuses/116557161049608099https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/sundogplanets/statuses/116557161049608099Mon, 11 May 2026 17:38:54 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to It's a Good Cloud Day. on Mon, 11 May 2026 17:28:40 GMT]]>@albertcardona @sundogplanets Love this! Love Bradbury's crisp writing style and searing cynicism. Thanks!

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://theforkiverse.com/ap/users/115923383137689869/statuses/116557120851220829https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://theforkiverse.com/ap/users/115923383137689869/statuses/116557120851220829Mon, 11 May 2026 17:28:40 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to It's a Good Cloud Day. on Mon, 11 May 2026 17:21:46 GMT]]>@sundogplanets If the Kessler Syndrome actually triggers, we’ll just have to launch a fleet of specialized 'cleaner satellites' to clear the debris field and restore the orbit.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/nixzhu/statuses/116557093712941564https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/nixzhu/statuses/116557093712941564Mon, 11 May 2026 17:21:46 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to It's a Good Cloud Day. on Mon, 11 May 2026 17:00:53 GMT]]>@Photo55

Sharing practical knowledge is a must. And it's the kind of thing we already do, not like molecular nanotechnology enabling cornucopia machines, or either versatile robots, or something else.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://social.treehouse.systems/users/angelastella/statuses/116557011606919627https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://social.treehouse.systems/users/angelastella/statuses/116557011606919627Mon, 11 May 2026 17:00:53 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to It's a Good Cloud Day. on Mon, 11 May 2026 16:57:41 GMT]]>@spottyfox @albertcardona @sundogplanets

Apparently Bradbury was very popular in the Eastern Bloc. There's also a live-action Soviet Martian Chronicles. (And a bunch more. Low-budget not-very-good F 451, decent Veldt, etc.)

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