If I were to take a really really really (light years) long stick and push something on the end of it, would it happen “instantly”?

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Obviously theoretical but if I took a light year long stick and say pushed a button at the other end would that button be pushed at the same time for me as say someone standing at the button? How does the frame of reference work when physically moving something? And could that “work” as a method of instant communication?

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To piggyback off this queation, since all you smart folk are here. What if I got an indestructible, 1,000,000 mile long stick and started spinning around. Would the end of that stick go faster than the speed of sound? Why can’t it go faster than light?

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