#bead — Public Fediverse posts
Live and recent posts from across the Fediverse tagged #bead, aggregated by home.social.
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Pottery bead, Syria, 1200-1150 BCE
https://piefed.social/c/historyartifacts/p/2050837/pottery-bead-syria-1200-1150-bce
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Pottery bead, Syria, 1200-1150 BCE
https://piefed.social/c/historyartifacts/p/2050837/pottery-bead-syria-1200-1150-bce
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Pottery bead, Syria, 1200-1150 BCE
https://piefed.social/c/historyartifacts/p/2050837/pottery-bead-syria-1200-1150-bce
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Pottery bead, Syria, 1200-1150 BCE
https://piefed.social/c/historyartifacts/p/2050837/pottery-bead-syria-1200-1150-bce
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Pottery bead, Syria, 1200-1150 BCE
https://piefed.social/c/historyartifacts/p/2050837/pottery-bead-syria-1200-1150-bce
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Multiplex Testing Reagents Market in Germany | Report – IndexBox
Germany Multiplex Tes…
#Germany #DE #Europe #EU #Europa #Bead-basedMultiplexing(e.g. #Biomarkerdiscoveryandvalidation #biopharmamarketreport #Clinicaltrialpatientstratification #Electrochemiluminescence(e.g. #forecast #Infectiousdiseaseandautoimmuneprofiling #LuminexxMAP) #marketanalysis #MSD) #MultiplexImmunofluorescence #MultiplexqPCR/dPCR #MultiplexTestingReagents #Translationalresearch
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CW: US Politics / Telecom Policy
Post Text: House Dems raise 'deep concern' over Starlink's BEAD wins https://www.lightreading.com/satellite/house-dems-raise-deep-concern-over-starlink-s-bead-wins
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WEBINAR APR 14 – NTIA – From Spectrum to Service: Building with Unlicensed Fixed Wireless
REGISTER | ADD TO CALENDAR | PERMALINK
On Tuesday, April 14, 2026, at 15:00 EDT (19:00 UTC) the National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) will host a webinar 'From Spectrum to Service: Building with Unlicensed Fixed Wireless'.
As the NTIA implements the Broadband Equity, Access, and Deployment (BEAD)
#post #2026 #BEAD #broadband #ntia
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The Trump Administration Is Trying To Steal $21 BIllion Earmarked For Better Broadband
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I still have to talk to fiber isp here - older pc stuff is adequate but connectivity is important, we are surrounded by fiber #bead program
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#bead : a little perforated ball, to be strung on a thread, and worn for ornament
- French: compte
- German: die Perle
- Italian: conto
- Portuguese: missanga
- Spanish: cuenta
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Fill in missing or incorrect translations @ https://wordofthehour.org/r/translations
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Feb 9 2026 – NTIA Listening Session: Use of BEAD Funds
RECAP | ARCHIVE | PERMALINK
On February 11, 2026 the National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) held an online 'Listening Session on the Use of BEAD Funds Saved Through the Trump Administration's Benefit of the Bargain Reforms'.
Two questions were to be considered
1 .What guidance should NTIA provide to States and Territories in the use of their B -
Trump Is Helping Elon Musk’s Starlink Get Billions In Taxpayer Dollars With No Oversight
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Made this one today with some new beads I got :D I'm entering it into a beading contest. I have zero expectation to win, but hey, zero chance if you don't try :P Had loads of fun making this one 😊
#crafting #beads #art #mastoartist #bead #keychain #winterart
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Made this one today with some new beads I got :D I'm entering it into a beading contest. I have zero expectation to win, but hey, zero chance if you don't try :P Had loads of fun making this one 😊
#crafting #beads #art #mastoartist #bead #keychain #winterart
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CW: NSFW
Who said you could get off your knees?
#briefs #tightywhities #bead #stache #bulge #treasuretrail #otter #abs #veinyarms #hairychest
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CW: NSFW
Who said you could get off your knees?
#briefs #tightywhities #bead #stache #bulge #treasuretrail #otter #abs #veinyarms #hairychest
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CW: NSFW
Who said you could get off your knees?
#briefs #tightywhities #bead #stache #bulge #treasuretrail #otter #abs #veinyarms #hairychest
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Weekly output: LocalSend, Mark Vena podcast, AST SpaceMobile launch
I hope you all are enjoying the liminal time between Christmas and New Year’s–or, as I’ve come to think of it over the last 25-plus years, my last moments of occupational tranquility before work returns with force in the form of CES.
(I’ve used some of that semi-idle time to write an extra post for Patreon readers about the free trips that I didn’t take in the last quarter of this year.)
12/22/2025: This Free App Makes Transferring Files Between Devices Ridiculously Easy, PCMag
Quizzing LocalSend’s developer via e-mail taught me a lesson in how namespaces and nations can mix. As in: He goes by Tien Do Nam, in Vietnam last names come first, he lives in Berlin, so I thought to ask for his surname. He replied that the correct full name is Do Nam Tien, while his German documents list him as Tien Do Nam.
12/24/2025: Ep 117 SmartTechCheck Podcast — Trump’s impact on tech, AI data centers and energy, FCC and Google, Mark Vena
As the token Washingtonian on this podcast, I took up the first item on the agenda. My take on President Trump’s tech policy wasn’t all bad–it looks like the government is in line to save tens of billions of dollars in broadband-buildout costs, assuming that Amazon Leo satellite broadband comes online on schedule–but I can’t call it anything close to good overall.
12/24/2025: AST SpaceMobile Launches Its Most Powerful Direct-to-Cell Satellite Yet, PCMag
Was I going to use this post as an opportunity to remind PCMag readers about India’s impressive spaceflight ambitions? Absolutely.
#AirDrop #ASTSpaceMobile #BEAD #BlueBird #broadbandBuildout #D2D #directToDevice #directToCell #IndiaSpaceProgram #LocalSend #lowEarthOrbitBroadband #LVM3 #MarkVena #QuickShare #satelliteBroadband #Starlink #TienDoNam
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Weekly output: LocalSend, Mark Vena podcast, AST SpaceMobile launch
I hope you all are enjoying the liminal time between Christmas and New Year’s–or, as I’ve come to think of it over the last 25-plus years, my last moments of occupational tranquility before work returns with force in the form of CES.
(I’ve used some of that semi-idle time to write an extra post for Patreon readers about the free trips that I didn’t take in the last quarter of this year.)
12/22/2025: This Free App Makes Transferring Files Between Devices Ridiculously Easy, PCMag
Quizzing LocalSend’s developer via e-mail taught me a lesson in how namespaces and nations can mix. As in: He goes by Tien Do Nam, in Vietnam last names come first, he lives in Berlin, so I thought to ask for his surname. He replied that the correct full name is Do Nam Tien, while his German documents list him as Tien Do Nam.
12/24/2025: Ep 117 SmartTechCheck Podcast — Trump’s impact on tech, AI data centers and energy, FCC and Google, Mark Vena
As the token Washingtonian on this podcast, I took up the first item on the agenda. My take on President Trump’s tech policy wasn’t all bad–it looks like the government is in line to save tens of billions of dollars in broadband-buildout costs, assuming that Amazon Leo satellite broadband comes online on schedule–but I can’t call it anything close to good overall.
12/24/2025: AST SpaceMobile Launches Its Most Powerful Direct-to-Cell Satellite Yet, PCMag
Was I going to use this post as an opportunity to remind PCMag readers about India’s impressive spaceflight ambitions? Absolutely.
#AirDrop #ASTSpaceMobile #BEAD #BlueBird #broadbandBuildout #D2D #directToDevice #directToCell #IndiaSpaceProgram #LocalSend #lowEarthOrbitBroadband #LVM3 #MarkVena #QuickShare #satelliteBroadband #Starlink #TienDoNam
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Weekly output: LocalSend, Mark Vena podcast, AST SpaceMobile launch
I hope you all are enjoying the liminal time between Christmas and New Year’s–or, as I’ve come to think of it over the last 25-plus years, my last moments of occupational tranquility before work returns with force in the form of CES.
(I’ve used some of that semi-idle time to write an extra post for Patreon readers about the free trips that I didn’t take in the last quarter of this year.)
12/22/2025: This Free App Makes Transferring Files Between Devices Ridiculously Easy, PCMag
Quizzing LocalSend’s developer via e-mail taught me a lesson in how namespaces and nations can mix. As in: He goes by Tien Do Nam, in Vietnam last names come first, he lives in Berlin, so I thought to ask for his surname. He replied that the correct full name is Do Nam Tien, while his German documents list him as Tien Do Nam.
12/24/2025: Ep 117 SmartTechCheck Podcast — Trump’s impact on tech, AI data centers and energy, FCC and Google, Mark Vena
As the token Washingtonian on this podcast, I took up the first item on the agenda. My take on President Trump’s tech policy wasn’t all bad–it looks like the government is in line to save tens of billions of dollars in broadband-buildout costs, assuming that Amazon Leo satellite broadband comes online on schedule–but I can’t call it anything close to good overall.
12/24/2025: AST SpaceMobile Launches Its Most Powerful Direct-to-Cell Satellite Yet, PCMag
Was I going to use this post as an opportunity to remind PCMag readers about India’s impressive spaceflight ambitions? Absolutely.
#AirDrop #ASTSpaceMobile #BEAD #BlueBird #broadbandBuildout #D2D #directToDevice #directToCell #IndiaSpaceProgram #LocalSend #lowEarthOrbitBroadband #LVM3 #MarkVena #QuickShare #satelliteBroadband #Starlink #TienDoNam
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Weekly output: LocalSend, Mark Vena podcast, AST SpaceMobile launch
I hope you all are enjoying the liminal time between Christmas and New Year’s–or, as I’ve come to think of it over the last 25-plus years, my last moments of occupational tranquility before work returns with force in the form of CES.
(I’ve used some of that semi-idle time to write an extra post for Patreon readers about the free trips that I didn’t take in the last quarter of this year.)
12/22/2025: This Free App Makes Transferring Files Between Devices Ridiculously Easy, PCMag
Quizzing LocalSend’s developer via e-mail taught me a lesson in how namespaces and nations can mix. As in: He goes by Tien Do Nam, in Vietnam last names come first, he lives in Berlin, so I thought to ask for his surname. He replied that the correct full name is Do Nam Tien, while his German documents list him as Tien Do Nam.
12/24/2025: Ep 117 SmartTechCheck Podcast — Trump’s impact on tech, AI data centers and energy, FCC and Google, Mark Vena
As the token Washingtonian on this podcast, I took up the first item on the agenda. My take on President Trump’s tech policy wasn’t all bad–it looks like the government is in line to save tens of billions of dollars in broadband-buildout costs, assuming that Amazon Leo satellite broadband comes online on schedule–but I can’t call it anything close to good overall.
12/24/2025: AST SpaceMobile Launches Its Most Powerful Direct-to-Cell Satellite Yet, PCMag
Was I going to use this post as an opportunity to remind PCMag readers about India’s impressive spaceflight ambitions? Absolutely.
#AirDrop #ASTSpaceMobile #BEAD #BlueBird #broadbandBuildout #D2D #directToDevice #directToCell #IndiaSpaceProgram #LocalSend #lowEarthOrbitBroadband #LVM3 #MarkVena #QuickShare #satelliteBroadband #Starlink #TienDoNam
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Elon Musk’s Taxpayer-Subsidized Starlink Yanks Cheaper $40 Plan Because Network Couldn’t Handle The Load
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Trump Pretends To Block State AI Laws; Media Pretends That’s Legal
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Trump Pretends To Block State AI Laws; Media Pretends That’s Legal
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Trump Pretends To Block State AI Laws; Media Pretends That’s Legal
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Trump Pretends To Block State AI Laws; Media Pretends That’s Legal
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Trump Pretends To Block State AI Laws; Media Pretends That’s Legal
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All began with an exhibition on the increasingly rare #craft of #bead #embroidery. How could young people be inspired?
The answer is simple: instead of showing amateurs how they fail at difficult techniques, give them something simple that rewards them with success. That's how this #pendant came about (more in the alt text). You can make such pendants with every precious #braid you find! Fixed on a jeans scrap. At the end glued on cardboard for being stiff.
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Final proposals leave SpaceX and Amazon with 4% of $20 billion rural broadband subsidies
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Trump Stalls AI Preemption Order After MAGA Revolt, Pivots to ‘Genesis Mission’
#AI #DonaldTrump #Politics #BigTech #AIRegulation #ExecutiveOrders #USGovernment #TechPolicy #RonDeSantis #JoshHawley #GenesisMission #BEAD #Broadband
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#bead : a little perforated ball, to be strung on a thread, and worn for ornament
- French: compte
- German: die Perle
- Italian: conto
- Portuguese: missanga
- Spanish: cuenta
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Fill in missing or incorrect translations @ https://wordofthehour.org/r/translations
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Trump Admin Blocking Billions In Already Awarded Broadband Grants To States That Enforce Net Neutrality Or Engage In Telecom Oversight
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Trump Admin Blocking Billions In Already Awarded Broadband Grants To States That Enforce Net Neutrality Or Engage In Telecom Oversight
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Trump Admin Blocking Billions In Already Awarded Broadband Grants To States That Enforce Net Neutrality Or Engage In Telecom Oversight
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Trump Admin Blocking Billions In Already Awarded Broadband Grants To States That Enforce Net Neutrality Or Engage In Telecom Oversight
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Trump Admin Blocking Billions In Already Awarded Broadband Grants To States That Enforce Net Neutrality Or Engage In Telecom Oversight
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CW: uspol
(30 Oct) Trump admin demands states exempt ISPs from net neutrality and price laws
US says net neutrality is price regulation and is banned in $42B grant program.
https://s.faithcollapsing.com/tlmqx
Archive: ia: https://s.faithcollapsing.com/b1xcl#bead-program #broadband-equity-access-and-deployment-program #net-neutrality #policy
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Today's bakes.
#food #cooking #baking #bead #shourdough 🍞 🍽️ 🍜 🧑🍳
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State announces trimmed-down fiber internet expansion
As of June of this year, Louisiana was one of three states that had already awarded grants for deployment of BEAD, the federal government’s broadband internet deployment program.
Known in the state as GUMBO 2.0, the federal grants were the state’s second wave of fiber internet deployment, set to connect the parts of the state missed by the first round of GUMBO program funding.
However, after months of waiting, the federal government declared all states had to re-award the programs, starting a new 60-day consideration process, in which the state would consider cheaper satellite offers along with fiber cables, including from Elon Musk’s Space X.
Published:June 169:52 am Trump admin halts fiber internet expansion in LouisianaLouisiana was the first state in the nation to have its plans for fiber expansion approved by the feds as part of a Biden era grant program. Now, that approval has been revoked by Trump’s secretary of commerce.
Now that process is nearly wrapped, and the new program is looking to spend $250 million less on internet deployment, with more than $7.5 million awarded to Space X.
While the original GUMBO 2.0 was set to cover 140,000 locations, including many of the state’s most remote areas, the newly drafted proposal is set to cover 13,000 fewer locations, with others still to receive coverage, but from less reliable satellite internet.
The majority of the new internet deployments now mapped at Connect LA are scheduled for completion by 2030 and over three-fourths were awarded to providers headquartered within the state.
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Also, #LightPollution from #StarlinkSatellites and #SpacePollution when they become obsolete!
#SpaceX Pushes States To Scrap #Fiber Plans And Redirect All #Broadband Grants To Starlink
By The Droid Guy
August 19, 2025"The fight over America’s broadband future is heating up again, and this time SpaceX is taking direct aim at state governments. In a filing with #Louisiana’s Office of Broadband Development and Connectivity, the company argued that the state’s decision to dedicate more than 90 percent of its federal broadband grants to fiber is 'wasteful and unnecessary taxpayer spending.' Instead, SpaceX insists, the money should go to its Starlink satellite network.
SpaceX vs. Fiber: Two Competing Visions
"At the heart of the dispute lies the $42 billion Broadband Equity, Access, and Deployment (#BEAD) program, a federal initiative meant to expand high-speed internet access. Under the Trump administration, rules were rewritten to favor a 'tech-neutral' approach, allowing satellite providers like SpaceX to compete more directly with traditional wired services. Louisiana’s final proposal, however, still leans heavily on fiber infrastructure.
"Louisiana intends to spend about $499 million to connect roughly 128,000 homes and businesses, the majority through a consortium of fiber providers. Starlink, in contrast, was awarded just $7.75 million to serve 10,327 locations. SpaceX argues it could have covered nearly all households for under $100 million, claiming the state ignored the new federal rules that emphasize cost efficiency.
The Case For Fiber
"State officials remain cautious about going all-in on satellites. Fiber, though more expensive to deploy, is widely considered 'future-proof' because capacity can scale dramatically as technology improves. A single fiber line can eventually deliver multi-gigabit speeds without replacing the underlying infrastructure. It’s also immune to congestion issues that plague wireless systems.
"Louisiana’s broadband office has noted concerns about Starlink’s long-term viability, pointing out challenges such as limited spectrum, susceptibility to weather, interference from trees, and capacity strain in densely populated areas. Simply put, fiber can handle the demand of tomorrow, while satellites may hit performance ceilings."
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Grrrrr... #Starlink tries to block #Virginia’s plan to bring #FiberInternet to residents
#SpaceX wants more money, asks Trump admin to reject state's #broadband grant plan.
Jon Brodkin – Aug 14, 2025
"Starlink operator SpaceX is fighting Virginia's plan to deploy fiber Internet service to residents, claiming that federal grant money should be given to Starlink instead. SpaceX is already in line to win over $3 million in grant money in the state but is seeking $60 million.
"Starlink is poised to benefit from the Trump administration rewriting rules for the $42 billion #Broadband Equity, Access, and Deployment (#BEAD) grant program. While the Biden administration decided that states should prioritize #fiber in order to build more #FutureProof networks, the Trump administration ordered states to revise their plans with a 'tech-neutral approach' and lower the average cost of serving each location."
#DarkSkies #SpacePollution #KesslerSyndrome #LightPollution #MoreCablesLessSatellites #BuildForTheFuture #DarkFiber #FiberOptic #ElonSucks #TrumpSucks #USPol
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CW: #BEAD #Breitbandzugang #Internet #NTIA #Musk #Raumfahrt #satcom #Satelliten #Satellitenkommunikation #SpaceFlight #Starlink #USA #uspol #Virginia
"Starlink tries to block Virginia’s plan to bring fiber Internet to residents
SpaceX wants more money, asks Trump admin to reject .. broadband grant plan. "14.8.2025
#BEAD #Breitbandzugang #Internet #NTIA #Musk #Raumfahrt #satcom #Satelliten #Satellitenkommunikation #SpaceFlight #Starlink #USA #uspol #Virginia
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#bead : a little perforated ball, to be strung on a thread, and worn for ornament
- French: compte
- German: die Perle
- Italian: conto
- Portuguese: missanga
- Spanish: cuenta
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See previous words @ https://wordofthehour.org/r/past
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»The plan for nationwide #fiberinternet might be upended for #Starlink: What’s really happening with #BEAD.« https://www.theverge.com/news/675502/bead-program-fiber-internet-paused?eicker.news #tech #media #news
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#NPR #1A #Broadband #RuralAmerica #TFGMusk #Starlink #BEAD
The part that caught my ear is the guy in charge (Lutnick) of putting this Broadband Equity Access deployment program forward (most states are shovel ready) might not do that or cut it somehow, leaving wired and fiber internet broadband out for many people.
So it'll cost more and be more expensive for most people.
But they could use Starlink, right?
Who does that benefit?
Hmmm. Wanna bet Mush has met with Lutnick?
https://www.npr.org/2017/07/12/536890695/why-the-internet-fast-lane-has-bypassed-rural-america
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"In sum, while BEAD was not as ambitious as a Green New Deal–style program, which would enlist an entirely public and unionized workforce, it was better than a garden-variety neoliberal public-private partnership with zero regard for labor standards.
Fiber-optic systems handle growing bandwidth demands through equipment upgrades, which require long-term maintenance crews — meaning stable employment and durable internet for these communities for decades to come. Instead of this promising vision, rural Americans now face the prospect of receiving inferior internet service while the potential for sustainable union employment evaporates in favor of satellite technology that requires minimal ongoing workforce investment in their communities.
By the time Biden left office, his administration had just finished approving state proposals, setting the stage for implementation. So long, BEAD. We hardly knew ye.
The promise of laying fiber-optic cable was that it would require workers on the ground everywhere, creating jobs throughout rural America. By contrast, Starlink satellites are made in two locations in Washington and Texas, launched from Cape Canaveral, and managed remotely from SpaceX headquarters — bypassing any meaningful job creation in the communities that stood most to benefit."
https://jacobin.com/2025/03/musk-starlink-rural-internet-jobs
#USA #Musk #StarLink #Broadband #RuralAmerica #DigitalDivide #Unions #BEAD
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Public Broadband Under Siege: Corporate Interests Threaten Rural America's Digital Future https://mikepaul.com/public-broadband-under-siege-corporate-interests-threaten-rural-americas-digital-future/ #Bead, #Broadband, #Doge, #Musk, #PublicBroadband
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For #mARTch and #makersMARTch and #ArtYear theme #bead here's an artwork I created back in April 2016.
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#turboLysis: A low-cost #OpenSource small footprint alternative to commercial #bead #beaters for #cell #lysis:
-cost: $40 (compared to >$2000 for commercial devices)
-lyses tough cells like M. #tuberculosis, #yeast & #plantshttps://doi.org/10.1016/j.ohx.2024.e00576
#DIYbio #lab #instruments