Even if the truth is established later, the mind of the listener has been influenced by the statement, and so the aim is achieved.

Colleagues of mine have written a book on the topic: www.gartner.com/en/publicati....

From Google Translate this seems to be Satellites as a service, using modular hardware for sensing and communications. However, that requires that no-one wants to differentiate on orbiting hardware or orbits, which seems unlikely.

Using one photo already on your phone, what is the announcement tomorrow at 2?

The weird thing is that (in my limited experience) teenagers today aren't glued to their phones, it's their parents who are. Which makes this standard "back in my day" stuff, only with worse graphics.

"soon" is good, but "when" would be better - I've been waiting for this film for a very long time.

No one ever "leaves" El Reg, we just take a temporary leave of absence - it's like Hotel California in that way.

Welcome home.

You’ve been kidnapped. The characters from the last TV show you watched are trying to rescue you. Who is coming to save you?

So arguably, at least in philosophy-related social media, 1 Bluesky follower is worth about 4 on Twitter.

Ray Harryhausen was wonderfully tolerant when I admitted I didn't know who he was, despite having just said how much I loved the Sinbad films.