• TimLovesTech (AuDHD)(he/him)@badatbeing.social
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    The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration is narrowing the capabilities and reducing the number of next-generation weather and climate satellites it plans to build and launch in the coming decades

    And just like that, the US bows out of another scientific segment we could have been leaders in. It also would be cool if an asshole with a 4 year term wasn’t able to screw us all for generations so easily.

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      Executive branch needs a reboot. Too much riding on good faith, with the loopholes exposed. We need to fix it, or this just happens again.

  • ArbitraryValue@sh.itjust.works
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    I expected that the destruction of the environment would continue, but I figured it would simply be a tragedy of the commons. There’s something pretty funny about the fact that people are actually letting it happen in order to own the libs.

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      Not just letting it happen, but doing everything they can to accelerate it. The stakes couldn’t be higher when it comes to getting rid of these fascists.

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      The morons genuinely believe that climate change is a hoax, so they think they’re fighting back against “another lib lie”.

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    Me waking up everyday under this fucking regime:

    At least the kicker is we all lose at the end of this road.

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    I hope the only disable it with the intent of re-enabling it the moment this asshole isn’t in power anymore.

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      Sadly, that’s not how any of this works. They can’t just add fundamental functionality and censors in a firmware update on January 21st 2029 if there’s still even presidential elections then.

      Besides, who knows if any of it will even still work after all the accelerant the fascists are throwing on the fire?

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          Except for the fact that weather satellites aren’t iPhones: there’s not a new generation every year or even every decade and they’re nowhere near as upgradable as (some) consumer electronics.