🦾 Utah Locals Are Getting Cheap 10 Gbps Fiber Thanks To Local Governments
"Tired of being underserved and overbilled by shitty regional broadband monopolies, back in 2002 a coalition of local Utah governments formed UTOPIA — (the Utah Telecommunication Open Infrastructure Agency). The inter-local agency collaborative venture then set about building an “open access” fiber network that allows any ISP to then come and compete on the shared network."
Everyone wants to go where the view is, but the thing is, the view isn't in just one place.
Lots of people hike Angels Landing Trail in Zion National Park, because there's a fantastic view. But if you step off the trail and take another, less well known one, you still get the view.
»Less than 72 hours after the launch of a reporting form to help #Utah enforce its #transgender#bathroom#ban the Utah auditor’s office says it has received nearly 4,000 complaints — and all of them appear to be “bogus.”«
"You know the toxic dust that you’re talking about? That’s my scientific research."
From October 2023. Cluster member and University of #Utah-based Kevin Perry talks about work studying the shrinking Great Salt Lake with Science Friday.
A close crop of an earlier post from a couple of weeks ago. Also, since I'm on my home computer, I slightly enhanced it using a parametric mask in Darktable to reveal a bit more detail.
Ranger Sarah with the colorful Paria Mountains. The mountains comprise various sedimentary rock layers, each representing different geological periods. These layers have been deposited over 85 million years, creating a rich tapestry of colors and textures.
— at Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument.
Ranger Sarah with another amazing view of the Rainbow Mountains. The vivid hues are attributed to the encrustation of iron oxides, manganese, cobalt, and others. These minerals have leached into the rock layers over time, staining them with shades of red, purple, yellow, and blue.
— at Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument.