links, etc SEA-ME-WE 3 (SMW3) Retired on December 2, 2024 - Submarine Networks this is/was a pretty impressive cable system for its time. all of the new cool stuff here is being done by the hyperscalers. i do wonder if there’s an appetite for massively cooperative cables like this anymore.
links, etc Inside UnitedHealth’s Effort to Deny Coverage for a Patient’s Care — ProPublica not that we need a reminder as to the state of healthecare in this country.
links, etc Sally Rooney: When are we going to have the courage to stop the climate crisis? – The Irish Times the ministry for the future outlined a point where attacks against conspicuious consumers/generators of CO2 were lobbed by eco-terrorist groups. in the book, drones attacked executive jets, corporations were targeted with material destruction, etc. against the backdrop of frustration against health insurance companies, political adminstrations that portray climate change as a hoax, increasing economic disparities, are we going to see MFtF type action emerging?...
links, etc Meet Willow, our state-of-the-art quantum chip there’s very interesting progress being made here.
links, etc Meta plans to build a $10B subsea cable spanning the world, sources say | TechCrunch more in the vein of i can’t look away from submarine cable shiz.