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  • A company, that not only immensely obstructs transparency, but also falls into the jurisdiction of foreign / non-EU institutions.

    In the US, companies contracted by the federal government must comply with data storage location requirements that DO keep the data strictly within their territory and under national jurisdiction. i believe this falls under FedRAMP regulations. I’m 95%+ certain that major EU countries have equivalent policies (probably even better ones, considering the GDPR and so forth).

    That correction aside, I completely agree with the larger concern here.










  • Well if you can see condensed water vapor in open air, it’s most likely nucleating around something. And that something is probably the combustion products from the jet fuel. I don’t know exactly what each of those thousands of molecular structures are, but burning fuels in general can produce a whole host of compounds including Polyaromatic Hydrocarbons (PAHs) that can be rather carcinogenic. And that pollution most likely settles somewhere on the planet surface eventually.

    As takeda said in another comment, it might not be worse than more local sources like cars or trains or power plants, but it’s very unlikely to just be water, and probably not healthy.

    I’m not saying it’s a deliberate spread of chemicals and it’s certainly not the mind control nonsense that conspiracy lunatics think. No, most combustion products are just waste with no real use. But calling it “just water” or “harmless clouds” can’t be entirely right unless you believe carbon atoms can just disappear.



  • I picked this instance basically on a whim but I’ve been so happy with it. The policies generally seemed very reasonable and welcoming. I thought it was doing fine because Sunaurus would periodically say the financials were in good shape, but I didn’t realize the admins were struggling. This is a sad surprise :(