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moberleyon RIPE meetings: IP addresses as spoils of war

The oldest one would probably be the Rada of the Belarusian Democratic Republic [1] which went into exile in 1919 and unlike similar bodies from other ex-Soviet republics remained apart after 1991.

1. https://www.radabnr.org/english

moberleyon Entire telecomm infrastructure of Iceland sold to private equity?

In Ontario there was the Dryden Municipal Telephone System and the Thunder Bay Telephone Company (now Tbaytel). DMTS was sold but Tbaytel remains owned by the City of Thunder Bay and provides service to various parts of Northwestern Ontario.

And Terra Nova Tel which provided phone service in parts of Newfoundland was built on the legacy of the former Dominion of Newfoundland Department of Posts and Telephones by Canadian National while the latter was still a federal crown corporation.

moberleyon The Block Protocol

This blog post refers to block in WordPress but I don't quite understand whether there is expected to be an actual connection. Is there a process that would lead to a Block Protocol block being usable in the WordPress editor?

moberleyon Google requiring all ‘G Suite legacy free edition’ users to start paying

Fastmail does generally support that.

https://www.fastmail.help/hc/en-us/articles/360060591053-Plu...

moberleyon Bank transfers as a payment method

It is not free with all participating institutions in the Interac system. At the credit union I use they charge a transaction fee for e-transfers.

moberleyon Bank transfers as a payment method

The recipient token can also be a phone number capable of receiving a text message.

moberleyon SpaceX cleared for historic civilian launch next week

It is called Space2Inspire and currently sells art prints, shirts and some other products.

https://myspace2inspire.com/