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DOGE invades NOAA, sparking fear of cuts and privatization (www.motherjones.com)

submitted 6 months ago by pelespirit@sh.itjust.works to c/politics@sh.itjust.works

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Staffers with Elon Musk’s “department of government efficiency” (DOGE) reportedly entered the headquarters of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) in Silver Spring, Maryland, and the Department of Commerce in Washington, DC, today, inciting concerns of downsizing at the agency.

“They apparently just sort of walked past security and said: ‘Get out of my way,’ and they’re looking for access for the IT systems, as they have in other agencies,” said Andrew Rosenberg, a former NOAA official who is now a fellow at the University of New Hampshire. “They will have access to the entire computer system, a lot of which is confidential information.”

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[–] northendtrooper@lemmy.ca 19 points 6 months ago

I'm starting to wonder if NOAA should be absorbed by UN or some multi national program.

[–] PassingThrough@lemm.ee 14 points 6 months ago

Time to go back to the dark ages, figuring the weather based on Gam Gam’s aching bunions.

[–] pelespirit@sh.itjust.works 8 points 6 months ago (1 children)

In all of the pictures I've seen today of Musk, he looks like a really ugly Mona Lisa. He's grimace-smiling. Is that his smug face?

[–] ptz@dubvee.org 3 points 6 months ago (1 children)

Looks like a bad Botox result.

[–] pelespirit@sh.itjust.works 2 points 6 months ago

Can we call it "The Mona Lisa Effect"?

[–] peoplebeproblems@midwest.social 6 points 6 months ago

If y'all wanna see a way to kill a lot of people and destroy economies easily, watch this little trick called

NOT

KNOWING

THE WEATHER!