<p>Every election politicians say &quot;this is the most important election of your life&quot;; people grow weary of hearing it and stop believing it. I thought this US one would be pretty consequential, but I didn&#39;t think it would be one of the most consequential in the world in 250 years.</p>

<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://indieweb.social/@ajh" class="u-url mention">@<span>ajh</span></a></span> Maybe. Whatever it was, it must have been big. Was only about 30 minutes after sunset. Was moving fast--exactly like ISS moves (which I&#39;ve seen before). Was about the same brightness as Mars when it passed overhead. Maybe BlueWalker 3?</p>

<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@gamingonlinux" class="u-url mention">@<span>gamingonlinux</span></a></span> they sound great, IF you can get one!</p>

<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@gamingonlinux" class="u-url mention">@<span>gamingonlinux</span></a></span> no EA app needed 𝒚𝒆𝒕.</p>

<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@gamingonlinux" class="u-url mention">@<span>gamingonlinux</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.gamedev.place/@mdiluz" class="u-url mention">@<span>mdiluz</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://tube.kockatoo.org/accounts/veggero" class="u-url mention">@<span>veggero</span></a></span> </p><p>Believe it is also a symptom of wanting to find “good” vs “bad” guys or generally binaries. It becomes so easily to validate those thoughts and people become so quickly dramatic.</p><p>We are moving too fast for our own good.</p>

<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://chaos.social/@ReneRebe" class="u-url mention">@<span>ReneRebe</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://galaxians.garden/users/hexylena" class="u-url mention">@<span>hexylena</span></a></span> not a rewrite and with a slightly different scope, but check out <a href="https://graphite.rs/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">graphite.rs/</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p>

<p>meanwhile in Australia 😂</p>

<p>Got a pretty good view of the planets last night. Definitely saw Mars, Jupiter, Venus, and Mercury. Saturn a bit fleeting and low on horizon. Also saw a *very* bright fast moving satellite--at least as bright as the ISS normally is. However, ISS tracker had that in a completely different location so it definitely wasn&#39;t that. So, no idea.</p>

<p>Long in the tooth, not really relevant anymore, and - like so many good things - strangled by Microsoft&#39;s acquisition and long neglect, but still: RIP to a legend. </p><p>If the idea of paying several dollars a minute to call somebody in the next town or across the country or on the far side of an ocean is completely ridiculous to you, this software is why. Long-distance relationships were _expensive_.</p><p>Skype was a goddamn miracle when it came out, absolutely world-changing.</p><p><a href="https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2025/02/on-may-5-microsofts-skype-will-shut-down-for-good/?utm_brand=arstechnica&amp;utm_social-type=owned&amp;utm_source=mastodon&amp;utm_medium=social" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">arstechnica.com/gadgets/2025/0</span><span class="invisible">2/on-may-5-microsofts-skype-will-shut-down-for-good/?utm_brand=arstechnica&amp;utm_social-type=owned&amp;utm_source=mastodon&amp;utm_medium=social</span></a></p>