RobbieMitch
@robbiemitch.bsky.social
Cloud watcher. Science storyteller.
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@amreeshphokeer.bsky.social and @robbiemitch.bsky.social are presenting at the @internetsociety.bsky.social Pulse Internet Measurement Forum in India today #PIMFindia. Follow us virtually pulse.internetsociety.org/en/events/pu...
November 14, 2025 at 3:58 AM
@amreeshphokeer.bsky.social and @robbiemitch.bsky.social are presenting at the @internetsociety.bsky.social Pulse Internet Measurement Forum in India today #PIMFindia. Follow us virtually pulse.internetsociety.org/en/events/pu...
I'm looking forward to my first trip to Mongolia for #mnNOG7, which happens this week. I'll be presenting on Mongolia's Internet Resilience as seen via @isoc-pulse.bsky.social.
September 30, 2025 at 4:10 AM
I'm looking forward to my first trip to Mongolia for #mnNOG7, which happens this week. I'll be presenting on Mongolia's Internet Resilience as seen via @isoc-pulse.bsky.social.
“…local fiber’s inherent redundancy and failover capabilities, backed by 24/7 in-market technical teams, offer public safety managers the confidence that, should disaster strike, their communications will remain resilient and responsive.”
bbcmag.com/community-ba... #communitynetworks
bbcmag.com/community-ba... #communitynetworks
Community-based fiber providers deliver superior connectivity - Broadband Communities
The local fiber narrative in 2025 is quietly transforming how businesses, governments, and communities power their ambitions.
bbcmag.com
September 18, 2025 at 1:29 AM
“…local fiber’s inherent redundancy and failover capabilities, backed by 24/7 in-market technical teams, offer public safety managers the confidence that, should disaster strike, their communications will remain resilient and responsive.”
bbcmag.com/community-ba... #communitynetworks
bbcmag.com/community-ba... #communitynetworks
Dove season = Internet outage season in Tennessee.
Thanks for the share @danyork.bsky.social
www.facebook.com/LexingtonEle...
Thanks for the share @danyork.bsky.social
www.facebook.com/LexingtonEle...
Lexington Electric System
In the past week we've had several different broadband related outages due to shotgun pellet damage to our fiber infrastructure. The photos below show some of the damaged fiber.
When someone shoots....
www.facebook.com
September 16, 2025 at 2:23 AM
Dove season = Internet outage season in Tennessee.
Thanks for the share @danyork.bsky.social
www.facebook.com/LexingtonEle...
Thanks for the share @danyork.bsky.social
www.facebook.com/LexingtonEle...
A record surge in renewables spearheaded by solar power and increased nuclear output pushed clean electricity’s share to 40.9% of global electricity in 2024, up from 39.4% in 2023. Thread. ember-energy.org/latest-insig...
#energy
#energy
April 15, 2025 at 1:36 AM
A record surge in renewables spearheaded by solar power and increased nuclear output pushed clean electricity’s share to 40.9% of global electricity in 2024, up from 39.4% in 2023. Thread. ember-energy.org/latest-insig...
#energy
#energy
Tune in to our panel session “How can IXPs Help With Measuring the Internet” happening now at #apricot2025 ft my @internetsociety.bsky.social colleague Amreesh Phokeer 2025.apricot.net/programme/pr...
February 26, 2025 at 6:47 AM
Tune in to our panel session “How can IXPs Help With Measuring the Internet” happening now at #apricot2025 ft my @internetsociety.bsky.social colleague Amreesh Phokeer 2025.apricot.net/programme/pr...
How timely! I'll be presenting on the Internet's ultimate reliance on electricity (and the competing factors that we need to be thinking of) today at #apricot2025
You can tune in here 2025.apricot.net/programme/pr...
You can tune in here 2025.apricot.net/programme/pr...
Massive power outage in Chile knocks out nearly all Internet service for the country beginning at 18:16 UTC (3:16pm local). #apagon
February 26, 2025 at 12:21 AM
How timely! I'll be presenting on the Internet's ultimate reliance on electricity (and the competing factors that we need to be thinking of) today at #apricot2025
You can tune in here 2025.apricot.net/programme/pr...
You can tune in here 2025.apricot.net/programme/pr...
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On the other side of the Pacific, my @internetsociety.bsky.social colleagues are coordinating #NDSSsymposium2025 this week, where amazing researchers are sharing practical aspects of network and distributed system security. Check out the agenda: www.ndss-symposium.org/ndss2025/pro...
NDSS Symposium 2025 and Co-located Event Programs - NDSS Symposium
Interested in attending NDSS Symposium 2025 or its co-located events? Find the complete program with links to more than 220 individual papers.
www.ndss-symposium.org
February 25, 2025 at 6:58 AM
On the other side of the Pacific, my @internetsociety.bsky.social colleagues are coordinating #NDSSsymposium2025 this week, where amazing researchers are sharing practical aspects of network and distributed system security. Check out the agenda: www.ndss-symposium.org/ndss2025/pro...
This week, I had the pleasure of facilitating a role-play exercise with @terrysweetser.bsky.social, @aftabsiddiqui.bsky.social, and the #APRICOT2025 Fellows, the latter of which got to practice presenting & defending policies that seek to improve the resilience of the Internet #nextgen
February 25, 2025 at 6:45 AM
This week, I had the pleasure of facilitating a role-play exercise with @terrysweetser.bsky.social, @aftabsiddiqui.bsky.social, and the #APRICOT2025 Fellows, the latter of which got to practice presenting & defending policies that seek to improve the resilience of the Internet #nextgen
🧵 Tomorrow I will be hosting the @internetsociety.bsky.social inaugural Pulse Internet Measurement Forum as part of #apricot2025. Those not attending in person can register to join us online. Find links and the agenda at pulse.internetsociety.org/en/events/pu...
February 23, 2025 at 5:22 AM
🧵 Tomorrow I will be hosting the @internetsociety.bsky.social inaugural Pulse Internet Measurement Forum as part of #apricot2025. Those not attending in person can register to join us online. Find links and the agenda at pulse.internetsociety.org/en/events/pu...
Do higher incomes result in greater Internet usage?
I ran some numbers following a report showing average income has more than doubled in nine African countries since 1990 pulse.internetsociety.org/blog/does-hi...
I ran some numbers following a report showing average income has more than doubled in nine African countries since 1990 pulse.internetsociety.org/blog/does-hi...
Does Higher Income Result in Greater Internet Usage?
Six of the top-third African countries for GDP per capita growth between 2014-2022 are among the bottom-third African c…
pulse.internetsociety.org
January 21, 2025 at 6:59 AM
Do higher incomes result in greater Internet usage?
I ran some numbers following a report showing average income has more than doubled in nine African countries since 1990 pulse.internetsociety.org/blog/does-hi...
I ran some numbers following a report showing average income has more than doubled in nine African countries since 1990 pulse.internetsociety.org/blog/does-hi...
Since 2015, China, India, and Indonesia have considerably lowered the cost barriers to Internet access for more than half a billion people! Learn more pulse.internetsociety.org/blog/explori...
December 20, 2024 at 7:47 AM
Since 2015, China, India, and Indonesia have considerably lowered the cost barriers to Internet access for more than half a billion people! Learn more pulse.internetsociety.org/blog/explori...
I wrote about Kenya's Internet/electricity struggles back in September following a similar lengthy power outage. pulse.internetsociety.org/blog/electri...
December 18, 2024 at 5:53 AM
I wrote about Kenya's Internet/electricity struggles back in September following a similar lengthy power outage. pulse.internetsociety.org/blog/electri...
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At 01:47 UTC (12:47 local) a M7.3 earthquake occurred just west of #Vanuatu. This resulted in a ~90% loss of the country's #Internet traffic, as well as a drop in announced IP address space.
Follow current status at radar.cloudflare.com/vu
earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/...
Follow current status at radar.cloudflare.com/vu
earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/...
December 17, 2024 at 12:26 PM
At 01:47 UTC (12:47 local) a M7.3 earthquake occurred just west of #Vanuatu. This resulted in a ~90% loss of the country's #Internet traffic, as well as a drop in announced IP address space.
Follow current status at radar.cloudflare.com/vu
earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/...
Follow current status at radar.cloudflare.com/vu
earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/...
I recently reconnected with a former contact who is developing a new Internet exchange (IXP) in #Guam.
IXPs primarily help improve Internet quality, affordability, & resilience at a country level.
But in the case of Guam, they can help at a regional level 🧵
pulse.internetsociety.org/blog/pacific...
IXPs primarily help improve Internet quality, affordability, & resilience at a country level.
But in the case of Guam, they can help at a regional level 🧵
pulse.internetsociety.org/blog/pacific...
Pacific’s Connectivity Hub. Region’s Content Capital?
Guam’s newest IXP seeks to attract more content delivery networks, which would provide more cached content to the…
pulse.internetsociety.org
December 17, 2024 at 4:26 AM
I recently reconnected with a former contact who is developing a new Internet exchange (IXP) in #Guam.
IXPs primarily help improve Internet quality, affordability, & resilience at a country level.
But in the case of Guam, they can help at a regional level 🧵
pulse.internetsociety.org/blog/pacific...
IXPs primarily help improve Internet quality, affordability, & resilience at a country level.
But in the case of Guam, they can help at a regional level 🧵
pulse.internetsociety.org/blog/pacific...
Following reports of a magnitude-7.4 earthquake in #Vanuatu, @IODA.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy is showing signs of Internet connectivity dropping below 50% ioda.inetintel.cc.gatech.edu/country/VU
December 17, 2024 at 3:34 AM
Following reports of a magnitude-7.4 earthquake in #Vanuatu, @IODA.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy is showing signs of Internet connectivity dropping below 50% ioda.inetintel.cc.gatech.edu/country/VU
How will Texas' new sheriff shape the lone state?
(really interesting story into the past and future of company towns)
sherwood.news/power/the-re...
(really interesting story into the past and future of company towns)
sherwood.news/power/the-re...
The revenge of the company town: Elon Musk, the new Baron of Bastrop
The billionaire is using the sheer force of his will and wealth to reshape an area in the Lone Star State — whether the locals like it or not....
sherwood.news
December 16, 2024 at 12:35 AM
How will Texas' new sheriff shape the lone state?
(really interesting story into the past and future of company towns)
sherwood.news/power/the-re...
(really interesting story into the past and future of company towns)
sherwood.news/power/the-re...
4 of the top 5 world leaders' salaries as a share of GDP per capita are from Africa!
Interesting to see Albo coming in at 6th.
africauncensored.online/the-spending... #data
Interesting to see Albo coming in at 6th.
africauncensored.online/the-spending... #data
November 29, 2024 at 2:14 AM
4 of the top 5 world leaders' salaries as a share of GDP per capita are from Africa!
Interesting to see Albo coming in at 6th.
africauncensored.online/the-spending... #data
Interesting to see Albo coming in at 6th.
africauncensored.online/the-spending... #data
From the most authoritarian states to even some of the more democratic ones, there has been a worrying trend toward online repression across south and south-east Asia
www.cfr.org/blog/southea... #KeepItOn #censorship
www.cfr.org/blog/southea... #KeepItOn #censorship
Southeast and South Asia Step Up Controls on Online Discourse
Governments across Southeast and South Asia have sought to restrain freedom of expression on online platforms.
www.cfr.org
November 27, 2024 at 9:09 AM
From the most authoritarian states to even some of the more democratic ones, there has been a worrying trend toward online repression across south and south-east Asia
www.cfr.org/blog/southea... #KeepItOn #censorship
www.cfr.org/blog/southea... #KeepItOn #censorship
Here's a visualization I'm working on for a story and research into the Internet in The #Gambia.
It compares the number of Internet users and Freedom on the Net scores in several African countries in 2016 and 2022.
Note Gambia's significant gains.
It compares the number of Internet users and Freedom on the Net scores in several African countries in 2016 and 2022.
Note Gambia's significant gains.
November 27, 2024 at 3:12 AM
Here's a visualization I'm working on for a story and research into the Internet in The #Gambia.
It compares the number of Internet users and Freedom on the Net scores in several African countries in 2016 and 2022.
Note Gambia's significant gains.
It compares the number of Internet users and Freedom on the Net scores in several African countries in 2016 and 2022.
Note Gambia's significant gains.
In Iran, Internet-based sanctions are blocking access to critical cloud services & Internet technologies that significantly improve speed, security, & performance.
While VPNs can help bypass some restrictions, they are prohibitively expensive for many users pulse.internetsociety.org/blog/breakin...
While VPNs can help bypass some restrictions, they are prohibitively expensive for many users pulse.internetsociety.org/blog/breakin...
Breaking the Web: How Sanctions Are Undermining Iran’s Access to the Internet
In Iran, Internet-based sanctions are blocking access to critical cloud services and Internet technologies that signifi…
pulse.internetsociety.org
November 26, 2024 at 8:51 AM
In Iran, Internet-based sanctions are blocking access to critical cloud services & Internet technologies that significantly improve speed, security, & performance.
While VPNs can help bypass some restrictions, they are prohibitively expensive for many users pulse.internetsociety.org/blog/breakin...
While VPNs can help bypass some restrictions, they are prohibitively expensive for many users pulse.internetsociety.org/blog/breakin...
How do you track the resilience of the Internet?
With great difficulty, given its pervasive, interconnected, layered ecosystem.
@internetsociety.bsky.social Pulse Internet Resilience Index offers one holistic way. And now it includes historical data, too pulse.internetsociety.org/blog/new-fea...
With great difficulty, given its pervasive, interconnected, layered ecosystem.
@internetsociety.bsky.social Pulse Internet Resilience Index offers one holistic way. And now it includes historical data, too pulse.internetsociety.org/blog/new-fea...
New Features to Help You Track The Internet’s Resilience
We’ve updated the Pulse Internet Resilience Index to include 17 new countries and are working on a historical fea…
pulse.internetsociety.org
November 26, 2024 at 8:46 AM
How do you track the resilience of the Internet?
With great difficulty, given its pervasive, interconnected, layered ecosystem.
@internetsociety.bsky.social Pulse Internet Resilience Index offers one holistic way. And now it includes historical data, too pulse.internetsociety.org/blog/new-fea...
With great difficulty, given its pervasive, interconnected, layered ecosystem.
@internetsociety.bsky.social Pulse Internet Resilience Index offers one holistic way. And now it includes historical data, too pulse.internetsociety.org/blog/new-fea...
I’ll be presenting on Internet Resilience in Europe (and other parts of the world) this morning at #RIPE87 https://ripe87.ripe.net/programme/meeting-plan/plenary/#fri1
December 1, 2023 at 7:56 AM
I’ll be presenting on Internet Resilience in Europe (and other parts of the world) this morning at #RIPE87 https://ripe87.ripe.net/programme/meeting-plan/plenary/#fri1