<![CDATA[SpaceX's highly paid lawyers responded to the hundreds of comments and oppositions submitted to the FCC in one letter, that basically shows they didn't actually read our petitions to deny.]]>SpaceX's highly paid lawyers responded to the hundreds of comments and oppositions submitted to the FCC in one letter, that basically shows they didn't actually read our petitions to deny. And now we astronomers and dark sky advocates who are volunteering our time have to do a shitload more work to respond to their non-response. By Friday.

Fuck you, SpaceX.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/topic/849c47c8-cd8c-414a-9231-d6ed5f557790/spacex-s-highly-paid-lawyers-responded-to-the-hundreds-of-comments-and-oppositions-submitted-to-the-fcc-in-one-letter-that-basically-shows-they-didn-t-actually-read-our-petitions-to-deny.RSS for NodeTue, 07 Apr 2026 01:31:02 GMTTue, 17 Mar 2026 18:48:37 GMT60<![CDATA[Reply to SpaceX's highly paid lawyers responded to the hundreds of comments and oppositions submitted to the FCC in one letter, that basically shows they didn't actually read our petitions to deny. on Tue, 17 Mar 2026 20:29:41 GMT]]>@sundogplanets

That seems to be a common response to valid questions… Avoid the question with a non-answer.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.world/users/labbatt50/statuses/116246405533706282https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.world/users/labbatt50/statuses/116246405533706282Tue, 17 Mar 2026 20:29:41 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to SpaceX's highly paid lawyers responded to the hundreds of comments and oppositions submitted to the FCC in one letter, that basically shows they didn't actually read our petitions to deny. on Tue, 17 Mar 2026 20:28:13 GMT]]>@sundogplanets @annaleen I know nothing about Saskatchewan, so in my head canon they have pirates on the rivers stealing fertilizer. 😁
I'd love to visit someday.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://raphus.social/users/Jirikiha/statuses/116246399806437414https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://raphus.social/users/Jirikiha/statuses/116246399806437414Tue, 17 Mar 2026 20:28:13 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to SpaceX's highly paid lawyers responded to the hundreds of comments and oppositions submitted to the FCC in one letter, that basically shows they didn't actually read our petitions to deny. on Tue, 17 Mar 2026 20:26:30 GMT]]>@sundogplanets I would venture the guess that the letter was generated by xAI. 🤷

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://dmv.community/users/phf/statuses/116246393033205531https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://dmv.community/users/phf/statuses/116246393033205531Tue, 17 Mar 2026 20:26:30 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to SpaceX's highly paid lawyers responded to the hundreds of comments and oppositions submitted to the FCC in one letter, that basically shows they didn't actually read our petitions to deny. on Tue, 17 Mar 2026 20:20:31 GMT]]>@sundogplanets I once had to take a big corp to court (couldn't afford a lawyer, had to do all paperwork myself) and I ended up winning, simply (or also) because the 'big guys' were found in contempt of the court, because they just wouldn't supply proper responses (if any at all) so maybe just maybe their negligence might be of help to you down the track 🤞

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.au/users/Heliograph/statuses/116246369503484316https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.au/users/Heliograph/statuses/116246369503484316Tue, 17 Mar 2026 20:20:31 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to SpaceX's highly paid lawyers responded to the hundreds of comments and oppositions submitted to the FCC in one letter, that basically shows they didn't actually read our petitions to deny. on Tue, 17 Mar 2026 20:10:48 GMT]]>@pandabutter @sundogplanets IRL, I want SD cards to be the successor to BluRay. We need a way to own the media we pay for, and to access it offline, and SD cards are the best candidate I know of. And I’m pretty sure they could make readonly cards without too much trouble.

(And I want Wikipedia on an SD card)

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/ShadSterling/statuses/116246331285548309https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/ShadSterling/statuses/116246331285548309Tue, 17 Mar 2026 20:10:48 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to SpaceX's highly paid lawyers responded to the hundreds of comments and oppositions submitted to the FCC in one letter, that basically shows they didn't actually read our petitions to deny. on Tue, 17 Mar 2026 20:08:56 GMT]]>@sundogplanets Pure evil. It makes me so angry 😡

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://disabled.social/users/ahimsa_pdx/statuses/116246323970550523https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://disabled.social/users/ahimsa_pdx/statuses/116246323970550523Tue, 17 Mar 2026 20:08:56 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to SpaceX's highly paid lawyers responded to the hundreds of comments and oppositions submitted to the FCC in one letter, that basically shows they didn't actually read our petitions to deny. on Tue, 17 Mar 2026 20:07:48 GMT]]>@pandabutter @sundogplanets bookmarking with the hope that someday I’ll go through my bookmarks and find it has been written

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/ShadSterling/statuses/116246319519732306https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/ShadSterling/statuses/116246319519732306Tue, 17 Mar 2026 20:07:48 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to SpaceX's highly paid lawyers responded to the hundreds of comments and oppositions submitted to the FCC in one letter, that basically shows they didn't actually read our petitions to deny. on Tue, 17 Mar 2026 20:02:50 GMT]]>@sundogplanets I *really* want to write it. The idea of a localized dystopia, and the characters within being unable to know how the rest of the world is getting on—but distantly aware of the possibility that life in other places is still pretty normal, and the world has mostly kept on ticking? That grabs me.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://plush.city/users/pandabutter/statuses/116246299994868622https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://plush.city/users/pandabutter/statuses/116246299994868622Tue, 17 Mar 2026 20:02:50 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to SpaceX's highly paid lawyers responded to the hundreds of comments and oppositions submitted to the FCC in one letter, that basically shows they didn't actually read our petitions to deny. on Tue, 17 Mar 2026 19:56:07 GMT]]>@sundogplanets I've been playing around with how that affects things like media availability, when devices are still common but most can't play physical discs. Working blu-ray/DVD players are now worth a lot of money; the people who had media ripping setups are now renting USB sticks with movies on them. We're basically back to sneakernet. Analog-to-digital conversion is particularly prized, because the only copy of a TV show in a 100-mile radius might be somebody's old VHS tape.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://plush.city/users/pandabutter/statuses/116246273574212819https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://plush.city/users/pandabutter/statuses/116246273574212819Tue, 17 Mar 2026 19:56:07 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to SpaceX's highly paid lawyers responded to the hundreds of comments and oppositions submitted to the FCC in one letter, that basically shows they didn't actually read our petitions to deny. on Tue, 17 Mar 2026 19:53:39 GMT]]>@pandabutter I would read this book!

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/sundogplanets/statuses/116246263852426896https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/sundogplanets/statuses/116246263852426896Tue, 17 Mar 2026 19:53:39 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to SpaceX's highly paid lawyers responded to the hundreds of comments and oppositions submitted to the FCC in one letter, that basically shows they didn't actually read our petitions to deny. on Tue, 17 Mar 2026 19:53:39 GMT]]>@sundogplanets

The only thing that keeps me slightly optimistic about the SpaceX "plans" is that they want an IPO and have to make Tesla-like claims (=lies) to bolster their claimed future plans.

I mean they somehow have to distract from shelving their Mars plans, and that any investors in SpaceX now also have to buy Grok and Twitter.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/knud/statuses/116246263841524893https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/knud/statuses/116246263841524893Tue, 17 Mar 2026 19:53:39 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to SpaceX's highly paid lawyers responded to the hundreds of comments and oppositions submitted to the FCC in one letter, that basically shows they didn't actually read our petitions to deny. on Tue, 17 Mar 2026 19:48:08 GMT]]>@sundogplanets Kessler Syndrome now features in a near-future dystopian setting that I'm working on, though we don't really see how it impacts the world as a whole—in this setting, the collapse of the United States into smaller confederations has disrupted the availability of broadband, especially since at least one of the Big 4 telecom companies has completely fallen apart. So the internet exists, but people in this region can no longer reach it.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://plush.city/users/pandabutter/statuses/116246242191431238https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://plush.city/users/pandabutter/statuses/116246242191431238Tue, 17 Mar 2026 19:48:08 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to SpaceX's highly paid lawyers responded to the hundreds of comments and oppositions submitted to the FCC in one letter, that basically shows they didn't actually read our petitions to deny. on Tue, 17 Mar 2026 19:48:02 GMT]]>@sundogplanets@mastodon.social stay strong, Sam! With science we have the power of the formalism!

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mk.phreedom.club/notes/ajyl9r3v8khttps://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mk.phreedom.club/notes/ajyl9r3v8kTue, 17 Mar 2026 19:48:02 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to SpaceX's highly paid lawyers responded to the hundreds of comments and oppositions submitted to the FCC in one letter, that basically shows they didn't actually read our petitions to deny. on Tue, 17 Mar 2026 19:47:12 GMT]]>@sundogplanets or they did it on purpose in hope you don't answer.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://cyberplace.social/ap/users/115872222938521568/statuses/116246238480607596https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://cyberplace.social/ap/users/115872222938521568/statuses/116246238480607596Tue, 17 Mar 2026 19:47:12 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to SpaceX's highly paid lawyers responded to the hundreds of comments and oppositions submitted to the FCC in one letter, that basically shows they didn't actually read our petitions to deny. on Tue, 17 Mar 2026 19:46:33 GMT]]>@sundogplanets It is very disappointing to find out that despite having deep multi-layered cynicism, I'm still not actually cynical enough...

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.nz/users/curiousjay/statuses/116246235944909246https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.nz/users/curiousjay/statuses/116246235944909246Tue, 17 Mar 2026 19:46:33 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to SpaceX's highly paid lawyers responded to the hundreds of comments and oppositions submitted to the FCC in one letter, that basically shows they didn't actually read our petitions to deny. on Tue, 17 Mar 2026 19:46:05 GMT]]>@sundogplanets <very long digital sigh>

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/WTL/statuses/116246234077303773https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/WTL/statuses/116246234077303773Tue, 17 Mar 2026 19:46:05 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to SpaceX's highly paid lawyers responded to the hundreds of comments and oppositions submitted to the FCC in one letter, that basically shows they didn't actually read our petitions to deny. on Tue, 17 Mar 2026 19:43:58 GMT]]>@ottomate No. It'll be like a hideous sparkly snow-globe worldwide. Not good for anybody.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/sundogplanets/statuses/116246225809056548https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/sundogplanets/statuses/116246225809056548Tue, 17 Mar 2026 19:43:58 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to SpaceX's highly paid lawyers responded to the hundreds of comments and oppositions submitted to the FCC in one letter, that basically shows they didn't actually read our petitions to deny. on Tue, 17 Mar 2026 19:43:46 GMT]]>@sundogplanets

Thank you for your service

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://climatejustice.social/users/chu/statuses/116246224997101170https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://climatejustice.social/users/chu/statuses/116246224997101170Tue, 17 Mar 2026 19:43:46 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to SpaceX's highly paid lawyers responded to the hundreds of comments and oppositions submitted to the FCC in one letter, that basically shows they didn't actually read our petitions to deny. on Tue, 17 Mar 2026 19:43:22 GMT]]>@WTL Yep.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/sundogplanets/statuses/116246223375947066https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/sundogplanets/statuses/116246223375947066Tue, 17 Mar 2026 19:43:22 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to SpaceX's highly paid lawyers responded to the hundreds of comments and oppositions submitted to the FCC in one letter, that basically shows they didn't actually read our petitions to deny. on Tue, 17 Mar 2026 19:32:41 GMT]]>@sundogplanets And once the Kessler Syndrome starts, then they'll say that there was no way anyone could have predicted it, and file for a government bail-out. 🤦🏻

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/WTL/statuses/116246181413692166https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/WTL/statuses/116246181413692166Tue, 17 Mar 2026 19:32:41 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to SpaceX's highly paid lawyers responded to the hundreds of comments and oppositions submitted to the FCC in one letter, that basically shows they didn't actually read our petitions to deny. on Tue, 17 Mar 2026 19:32:10 GMT]]>@sundogplanets I hope their arrogance is their downfall and they don't take the rest of us with them.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://orbital.horse/users/emma/statuses/116246179412747059https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://orbital.horse/users/emma/statuses/116246179412747059Tue, 17 Mar 2026 19:32:10 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to SpaceX's highly paid lawyers responded to the hundreds of comments and oppositions submitted to the FCC in one letter, that basically shows they didn't actually read our petitions to deny. on Tue, 17 Mar 2026 19:30:33 GMT]]>Yesterday I borrowed a book off @astrokiwi.bsky.social's bookshelf written by @annaleen. Feeling slightly homesick for Saskatchewan after a few weeks in New Zealand, I was DELIGHTED to find that the book begins with "The Last Saskatchewan Pirate" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DuGGNsE3_8Y and I'm totally going to channel that Saskatchewan pirate energy into the talks, writing, and meetings I have today fighting satellite pollution.

Aaaarrrr, Matey! Get it? Métis?

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/sundogplanets/statuses/116246173012044010https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/sundogplanets/statuses/116246173012044010Tue, 17 Mar 2026 19:30:33 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to SpaceX's highly paid lawyers responded to the hundreds of comments and oppositions submitted to the FCC in one letter, that basically shows they didn't actually read our petitions to deny. on Tue, 17 Mar 2026 19:27:01 GMT]]>I am feeling seriously depressed about this, and also Reflect Orbital's no doubt similarly infuriating response that's due in a couple of days. I'm not sure what I expected, I guess I'm just not cynical enough to deal with current reality yet. Kessler Syndrome, here we come!!

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/sundogplanets/statuses/116246159115514469https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/sundogplanets/statuses/116246159115514469Tue, 17 Mar 2026 19:27:01 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to SpaceX's highly paid lawyers responded to the hundreds of comments and oppositions submitted to the FCC in one letter, that basically shows they didn't actually read our petitions to deny. on Tue, 17 Mar 2026 19:22:07 GMT]]>@sundogplanets Would astronomy benefit if...no, let me be more realistic, WILL astronomy benefit when the Kessler syndrome finally cascades and minces everything in LEO? SpazX is certainly hastening that day.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://noc.social/users/ottomate/statuses/116246139882164495https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://noc.social/users/ottomate/statuses/116246139882164495Tue, 17 Mar 2026 19:22:07 GMT