Just so we’re clear, Bluesky is federated just like this place. Twitter was the community square of the planet until Elmo bought it and brought his own kitchen sink because he thought he knew how to run Twitter. That same delusional individual is now advising the elected Orange in charge of the USA.

Whilst Twitter had its problems, they were nothing compared to the cesspool it is today.

Bluesky will no doubt go through growing pains, but I don’t see evidence of the same mistakes as you appear to be suggesting.

So, no, I don’t think that you’re portraying a realistic viewpoint, instead you’re fear mongering for no discernible reason, other than to discredit a platform that is evolving and flourishing.

Source: I’ve been on Xitter, Bluesky and various fediverse platforms, Reddit, Slashdot and I’ve also been here since Usenet was a thing and experienced Eternal September first hand.

If you’re going to ignore physics, you can decide specifically what the impact will be.

The most people live in the southern hemisphere, India and China. August is winter here.

Radio waves are the same as light, so if radio stopped working the way you envisage, light would too.

Electricity, electronics and electrons are deeply connected with radio waves, so anything electronic would likely cease to function.

Any flying plane with fly by wire would likely crash, traditional linkage type planes would need to land because their engines would cease to operate.

Helicopters would probably auto rotate to an immediate landing.

People would likely starve pretty rapidly, since society is built around electricity.

The phenomenon most like what you describe is called an EMP, Electro Magnetic Pulse.

Gotta say, the level of innovation and quality at Apple appears to be on a very steep decline.

Link to the actual forum announcement:

https://www.lfgss.com/conversations/401475/

Quote from it:

On Sunday 16th March 2025 (the last day prior to the Act taking effect) I will delete the virtual servers hosting LFGSS and other communities, and effectively immediately end the approximately 300 small communities that I run, and the few large communities such as LFGSS.

Link to the actual forum announcement:

https://www.lfgss.com/conversations/401475/

Quote from it:

On Sunday 16th March 2025 (the last day prior to the Act taking effect) I will delete the virtual servers hosting LFGSS and other communities, and effectively immediately end the approximately 300 small communities that I run, and the few large communities such as LFGSS.

Link to the actual forum announcement:

https://www.lfgss.com/conversations/401475/

Quote from it:

On Sunday 16th March 2025 (the last day prior to the Act taking effect) I will delete the virtual servers hosting LFGSS and other communities, and effectively immediately end the approximately 300 small communities that I run, and the few large communities such as LFGSS.

The article is a breathless advertisement and the comments below it tell the real story.

That’s interesting, I didn’t know that.

Minimum expense to you is YouTube, but your videos will be their product which is fine for some use cases.

There are fediverse video platforms, but their longevity is not guaranteed.

You could host your video content on AWS S3 and have it mirrored by the Wayback archive. There is a cost to hosting on S3, but it’s not massive.

I use S3 for my audio podcasts and import them into YouTube, it’s available on archive.org

Why do you need "to get it to at least 200”?

It did cross my mind, but I find that giving actual answers is more productive :)

Have fun with your terminal adventures!

• elm
• mutt
• mail

And plenty more: https://www.tecmint.com/best-commandline-email-clients-for-linux/

Facsimile?

You could also donate to them to the tune of the revenue that they get from advertising.

Just because something is open source, doesn’t mean that it’s free or without cost to the publisher.

You can choose to go elsewhere or block the advertising if you feel strongly about it.

In my school we were treated as adults and were expected to behave accordingly. Bathroom breaks did not require permission.

Welcome to the “brand new world” of IOT hardware where you are the product and continued service depends entirely on how you can be monetized.

Sorry to be the bearer of bad news, but you’re going to have to actually talk to your friends.

Depending on your level of discomfort, you can do it in a group setting, “Hey, how come you guys always use belittling language towards me, it hurts.”

Or, you can ask face to face, but that might be more stressful, or it might not, I cannot speak for you or your friends.

Storytelling is about anticipation. Setting up the environment in which the narrative can unexpectedly take you somewhere.

When you next read anything, look at the mechanics of the process, what is revealed, when, how and why.

The OP screenshot is from the TV series “Criminal Minds”. My comment is about a TV series “Bones”.

The UI in the OP screenshot looks like an X11 window manager from the mid to late 1990’s.