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FCC grants approval for sun-reflecting space mirror that's been widely criticized by astronomers (www.engadget.com)
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[–] RamenJunkie@midwest.social 6 points 10 hours ago (3 children)

Why are they so fucking obsessed with stealing names from LotR?

[–] mushroommunk@lemmy.today 9 points 10 hours ago

Because they recognize how amazing it is. They just fail to recognize they're exactly what it warns against

[–] jaggedrobotpubes@lemmy.world 1 points 8 hours ago

How else will there be anything cool about the company?

[–] KiwiTB@lemmy.world 0 points 7 hours ago

It's a European racist thing about using it as the 'white' origin story.