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  • Trump Enshittifies The National Weather Service

    From Bradley K. Sherman@21:1/5 to All on Fri May 2 10:41:25 2025
    XPost: alt.fan.rush-limbaugh, alt.politics

    |
    | The National Weather Service is in worse shape than
    | previously known, according to interviews with current and
    | former meteorologists, due to a combination of layoffs,
    | early retirements and preexisting vacancies.
    |
    | The nation's forecasting agency is in tatters as what could
    | be a destructive hurricane season nears. Several current
    | and former agency meteorologists told CNN they are
    | concerned forecasts and life-saving warnings are not going
    | to be issued in time.
    | ...
    <https://www.cnn.com/2025/05/02/weather/nws-forecasting-layoffs-trump>

    --bks

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  • From J Carlson@21:1/5 to Bradley K. Sherman on Fri May 2 08:49:29 2025
    XPost: alt.fan.rush-limbaugh, alt.politics

    On 5/2/2025 7:41 AM, Bradley K. Sherman wrote:
    |
    | The National Weather Service is in worse shape than
    | previously known, according to interviews with current and
    | former meteorologists, due to a combination of layoffs,
    | early retirements and preexisting vacancies.
    |
    | The nation's forecasting agency is in tatters as what could
    | be a destructive hurricane season nears. Several current
    | and former agency meteorologists told CNN they are
    | concerned forecasts and life-saving warnings are not going
    | to be issued in time.
    | ... <https://www.cnn.com/2025/05/02/weather/nws-forecasting-layoffs-trump>

    Today's vocabulary enrichment lesson:

    Enshitify: transitive verb meaning to turn something formerly valuable to shit; to fuck it up and render it useless

    Enshitification: noun
    1 - the act or process of enshitifying
    2 - what Trump does all day long, every day

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