DOGE invades NOAA, sparking fear of cuts and privatization
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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I'm starting to wonder if NOAA should be absorbed by UN or some multi national program.
Time to go back to the dark ages, figuring the weather based on Gam Gam’s aching bunions.
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?
Looks like a bad Botox result.
Can we call it "The Mona Lisa Effect"?
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!