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[–] Swedneck@discuss.tchncs.de 30 points 3 months ago (5 children)

see this is the kinda shit i don't understand, what do they gain from this? It's like banning umbrellas, are they literally just trying to optimize suffering and deaths?

[–] knightly@pawb.social 26 points 3 months ago

Trump is mad at NOAA for reporting a reality that contradicts his delusions:

https://www.aol.com/news/trump-nominates-sharpiegate-scientist-lead-193834394.html

[–] Fluke@lemm.ee 23 points 3 months ago (1 children)

How do you deny human climate change when the data is unequivocal?

Get rid of the data of course.

[–] CileTheSane@lemmy.ca 3 points 3 months ago

We wouldn't have so many COVID cases if we stopped testing.

[–] Mirshe@lemmy.world 10 points 3 months ago

No, they're trying to optimize profits. News outlets will still be expected to do weather reports. Tons of jobs will still require weather data. This way, they can sell access to that data through private firms like AccuWeather.

It's business.

Less govt infrastructure and more money paid to private organisations.

Every job cut from government offices is a job created in a private firm.

[–] Flocklesscrow@lemm.ee 3 points 3 months ago

Truth is anathema to those who profit from misinformation.

[–] weariedfae@sh.itjust.works 14 points 3 months ago

I'm not okay.

[–] Doolbs@lemmy.world 12 points 3 months ago (1 children)

They want to put us under mushrooms and shit on us so we won't know anything at all.

[–] Tikiporch@lemmy.world 3 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Close. It's called "mushrooming", keep the subject in the dark and shit on them.

[–] Doolbs@lemmy.world 2 points 3 months ago

Thank you for the clarification.

I used to work at a place, and in my cubicle I drew a picture of a cubicle drone under a mushroom (not a bad pic either), and I had to explain it to people.

Thanks again.

[–] shalafi@lemmy.world 6 points 3 months ago

Wind chimes, a barometer and a thermometer will make it obvious if bad weather is rolling in. Problem is, we need predictive data.

[–] Bravebellows@lemmy.sdf.org 4 points 3 months ago

Time to set up our own LoRa stations and decentralize our data worldwide

[–] Sunshine@lemmy.ca 4 points 3 months ago

They want to nickle and dime you for everything.

[–] SplashJackson@lemmy.ca 3 points 3 months ago

What a bunch of fucktards!

[–] h1ghfly3r@lemm.ee 3 points 3 months ago (1 children)

I'm a flight instructor. I use these weather reports every day to make safe decisions for me and my students. Flight training already costs so much, having us pay for weather, which is a service the gov has and should continue to provide for free using tax money to fund is essential. It's ridiculous and will lead to alot of issues. Airlines will probably be fine. But General Aviation will have problems...

[–] fossilesque@mander.xyz 1 points 3 months ago

It will literally affect everything.

[–] benjhm@sopuli.xyz 2 points 3 months ago

I vaguely recall Thatcher government in UK also tried to privatise the weather, added layers of complicated accounting (not sure how is now - how much of this got rolled back ? ).

[–] Snapz@lemmy.world 1 points 3 months ago

Does this mention trump's relationship with the weather channel guy?