fly-over country (13. 973)

Via Web Curios, and we too were a bit reluctant to give credence to some site ginned-up by AI and vibe-coded and laden with opportunity to spy on one more and wonder how the dynamic of the vanity of being seen is informing hate-posting of the slapdash and outright dismissal of an earnest project fine-tuned and machined that has quite some utility and not wanting to be judgmental of the presumably human architects behind this venture, watched.earth (it really has the nouveau-riche trappings of upbuilding, optimisation and bespokeness that points to suspicion) with the Betteridge’s byline that something watched you this week. For any address on Earth, one can review the publicised satellite imagery (see previously) for that location, albeit mostly harmonised weather telemetry but prioritising the closest looks and clearest looks, for the past seven days with the highest resolution that is deemed for sharing and information on the passing satellite that captured the glimpse. We are indeed in a Dark Sky patch but it placed us in the wrong state, just over the border.  One can also summon up a more general picture of the preceding decade for a look at how an area has changed.