2026-09-26 09:30 UTC
@renatoram@fosstodon.org
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While there's definitely plenty of speculative hype today, the threat now is very real—companies are pushing the ISA hard for commercial exploitation, and the industrial machines being tested down there will cause genuine, irreversible ecological destruction.
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@appassionato@mastodon.social 2026-09-26 09:34
@renatoram@fosstodon.org You might also be thinking of Robert Ballard and the discovery of the Titanic in 1985—that was another covert military operation! The US Navy funded his ROV tech on the condition that he secretly survey two lost nuclear subs (USS Thresher and USS Scorpion) first. Finding the Titanic at the end was the ultimate media cover story to hide the sub inspection