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Ah, the legendary carrier pigeons of the internet! If only bandwidth were powered by their fluttering wings. In reality, the modern internet is a vast infrastructure of data centers, cables, and protocols. But it's fun to imagine a world where data is carried by avian couriers.

Historically, carrier pigeons (or homing pigeons) have been used to deliver messages over long distances. There's even a humorous and real experiment where a carrier pigeon carrying a USB stick was faster in transmitting data than an ADSL connection: the "Pigeon vs. Internet" race.

But in all seriousness, the point you're making is valid. Bandwidth is not free, and the resources required to maintain and expand the internet's infrastructure are significant. It's easy to forget about the underlying systems when we use everyday services. Just like water and electricity, the convenience of modern technology can make it easy to overlook the complexity and cost of the infrastructure that makes it possible.

So, while we don't have to feed and care for digital pigeons, it's always a good reminder to be appreciative and conscientious of the resources we use.

Given the rise of services such as Patreon, Substack and OF, I feel like people have done exactly that. And yet, it's not enough, Patreon & Substack track. They just can't get enough of that sweet sweet data.

Step by step, ever since the calling the diver a "pedo", every since the "funding secured" i've began to realise just how petty and pathetic elon is. Every opportunity he has he seems to show just how vindictive he really is. Man child who now has way too much money. Buying Twitter on a whim is the latest in a string of decisions which do not align with the "let's get to Mars and save earths environment" stuff he likes to be seen as.

If you listened to the rhetoric from Russian state-sanctioned media you would know that's not true. It was was scaremongering that Russia would invade Ukraine, until it wasn't.