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Thank you for sharing. This statement is well worth reading in full. These cuts are blind and widely destructive, which may well be their actual aim.

The text on the value of government weather services to many sectors, including the private-sector meteorological enterprise, applies broadly to all national weather services.

A weaker and less capable NOAA is a worldwide loss.

@petergleick I'd like to highlight another point in the linked article, which is that private profit oriented companies benefit from reliable science and data when it is acquired without a profit motive. Much of today's technology entrepreneurs believe the same quality can be achieved when the science is performed under a profit motive, their profit. Until it is relentlessly communicated otherwise, the entrepreneurs will continue under such hubris, disasters and burst bubbles be damned.

@petergleick who's gonna tell them this *ain't accidential but "desired outcomes" in terms of #NatSec?

• #AgentKrasnov does exavtpy what he was hired for: #Sabotage the #USA and cripple it's capanilities from within...

@petergleick I worked at a research station during the Bush years, and while that administration was not friendly to science, the researchers were nowhere near as threatened by fake austerity as what is happening now.

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Was it removed? I just get a page of links and when I try to click through on the statement link it blinks and reloads the link page.

Edit: I tried more of the links and it’s doing the same thing with all of them. I’m using Safari.

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I predict little or none of the “harm” will take place in the next six months to a year. This is fear, not a rational analysis.

@petergleick We need to get those scientist to migrate to: #Canada #EU #UK #Australia The #UsA will be a long time a no go aera because the political climate will last for years. We can't let science to die. Get them over here. #trump #BlameTheRepublicans

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Just cannot comprehend the evil stupidity ongoing...

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Rather than Trump being a brilliant Soviet spy from the’80s, a simple explanation is that right libertarian tech bros bought the government and are remaking it in their private property image.

@petergleick Is this what is meant by the "Weather Underground"?

And, in spite of Bob Dylan, you do need a weatherman to know which way the wind blows.

@petergleick 💯 And now is the time to write as they would speak to another person.

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This pretty much falls in line with Musk's interests, specifically, Star Link, taking over the job of NOAA as Space X is showing NASA the door.

@petergleick I am very grateful that people are willing to tell the truth.

@petergleick it's often how civilisations collapse, the fetishizing of power over responsibility invariably leads to the destruction of a future potential that becomes self fulfilling. Once the knowledge is gone, once the networks are unlinked they can't be repaired in time to fix things when they become urgent.

@petergleick All these employees need to see this video.

All these employees have a legitimate case against Musk and Trump, each of which are potentially worth millions.

https://www.tiktok.com/t/ZP82eDETd/

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The US is not a global leader of anything - so don't worry, you won't "lose your leadership."

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I think that "global leadership" ship has already sailed.

Archived at https://archive.is/eVi3B

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@petergleick We don't deserve to be global leaders. We had our time in the son, and that's over. I just hope we don't cause too much harm outside of our country as we fall down.

@petergleick Remember, if your specialist scientific expertise is thrown out of work in the USA, Ireland and most of the European Union nations all have made high skill visas available. Search for your preferred state, your specialist skill and preferred career option.

I’m based in Ireland and the Irish government host this site.

https://enterprise.gov.ie/en/what-we-do/workplace-and-skills/employment-permits/permit-types/critical-skills-employment-permit/

@petergleick Get rid of that corrupt traitor in the white house