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[–] TachyonTele@piefed.social 119 points 5 hours ago (1 children)

I wouldn't call this a meme. It is fucking horrible news though

[–] craftrabbit@lemmy.zip 6 points 2 hours ago (1 children)

Idk. Is this even real? Is this a real thing that is happening? I guess it's a meme insofar as it's a very ridiculous, far-fetched, outrageous thing for the leader of a country to do. And yet, I genuinely don't know whether to think that it's true...

[–] flora_explora@beehaw.org 2 points 37 minutes ago (1 children)

I don't think it is real. It seems to be the oversimplified and overexaggerated story of what is really happening. The guardian says that the US Forest Service will move headquarters from Washington DC to Salt Lake City:

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/mar/31/us-forest-service-washington-dc-salt-lake-city

This seems to cause many of its research facilities to (temporarily?) close:

https://www.nytimes.com/2026/04/03/climate/forest-service-research-stations.html

[–] craftrabbit@lemmy.zip 1 points 15 minutes ago

Oh wow, seems like what he's doing is not as bad as this post makes it out to be, although I'm sure he's doing it with bad intentions anyways.

Thanks for the sources, kind stranger!