At this very moment, the tower my cellphone hooks to is not providing 5G connectivity. But when I went out to have breakfast and walked just one block I got a good one. So maybe some equipment was damaged by whatever happened (and has still not been repaired, which is understandable).

Good to know, and somehow good news.

Until social networks are mare criminally liable for the crap they spew this won’t be turned around.

There has been no space weather event remotely close to a Carrington one

What really scared me is the internet service and mobile networks went down a few minutes (like, 2-3 minutes) after the main power.

Comms switch centers and cell towers are supposed to have batteries to keep them running for a while. But they went black almost immediately.

During the day we got some short moments of connectivity. Short and sparse.

There are things that I’d like to have some explanation for.

You are right, of course. But the Spanish PM is called ‘President of the government’, and informally, ‘President’.

Please offer her asylum in the US.

And extend that offer to Orban, Fico, Farage, Abascal, Weidel and the rest of fascist scum.

Yeah, but we don’t try to apply our rules in their country. We demand they apply our rules in our jurisdiction.

They want to sell chlorinated chicken breasts in the US? No problem, but we don’t want that shit here.