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CDC data are disappearing

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CalRobert ◴[] No.42898165[source]
This is part of a broader rolling catastrophe. Musk is evidently seizing control of the Office of Personnel Management

https://www.usnews.com/news/world/articles/2025-01-31/exclus...

Nasa took down their applied sciences page and is evidently scrubbing the data

https://www.reddit.com/r/gis/comments/1icqchv/why_is_the_nas...

(https://appliedsciences.nasa.gov/)

Lots of other data sets are disappearing too:

https://mashable.com/article/government-datasets-disappear-s...

There is active discussion of this at https://www.reddit.com/r/DataHoarder/

as well as at https://www.reddit.com/r/fednews/

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hypeatei ◴[] No.42898383[source]
I would just like to point out that Musk is the richest man in the world and is now directing critical areas of the U.S. government. Surely he doesn't have ulterior motives and is looking out for the average person?
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somename9 ◴[] No.42899615[source]
Musk is not the richest man in the world. Those lists exclude royalty and other individuals who do not want the extra publicity. The Rothschilds are far richer.
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hypeatei ◴[] No.42899666[source]
> Those lists exclude royalty and other individuals who do not want the extra publicity

What individual(s)? You just mentioned a family and not an individual. Forbes lists Elon's net worth at $419 billion.

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somename9 ◴[] No.42899812[source]
David de Rothschild. The family has lent money to governments and royalty for centuries. You’re not going to find his accurate net worth on Forbes.

Also, any king or dictator effectively owns their nation’s entire treasury, including all real estate. Maduro, for example, is wealthier than Musk.

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1. wbl ◴[] No.42900211[source]
Our king has to moonlight as a airline pilot.
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2. peterfirefly ◴[] No.42904302[source]
Our queen emerita is a part-time painter.