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Loss of key US satellite data could send hurricane forecasting back 'decades'

(www.theguardian.com)
312 points trauco | 3 comments | 29 Jun 25 17:39 UTC | HN request time: 0.731s | source
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schiffern ◴[29 Jun 25 18:52 UTC] No.44415391[source]▶

  >The loss of DMSP comes as Noaa’s weather and climate monitoring services have become critically understaffed this year as Donald Trump’s so-called “department of government efficiency” (Doge) initiative has instilled draconian cuts to federal environmental programs.
Translation:

"We can't actually say this was DOGE, so we're going to imply it using emotionally charged words, and 90% of folks with bad media literacy will come away thinking it was DOGE (just check the reddit comments)."

This in-vogue method of "lying without lying" is shockingly common nowadays, but apparently it's okay for media to lie because Bad Man Bad.

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Larrikin[dead post] ◴[29 Jun 25 19:21 UTC] No.44415587[source]▶
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ars ◴[29 Jun 25 20:44 UTC] No.44416283[source]▶
DOGE did not exist in 2015. This project was shut down in 2015.
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1. grg0 ◴[30 Jun 25 01:24 UTC] No.44418260[source]▶
How was it shut down in 2015 when the article claims it has been shut down abruptly just recently?

Do you mean it was planned to be shut down in 2015? And where does that come from?

If it was planned in 2015, then I agree that's a relevant detail omitted by the article. Although it also doesn't take away completely from the larger context of government cuts and privatization.

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2. ars ◴[30 Jun 25 05:23 UTC] No.44419709[source]▶
Congress voted in 2015 to shut down the program. This should have been zero surprise to anyone.

The hyperbolic comments about project 2025 and war on the courts, and climate change are just so crazy.

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3. grg0 ◴[30 Jun 25 17:02 UTC] No.44425559[source]▶
So they voted to shut it down in 2015, which is a very different statement than it being shut down in 2015 (your original statement). And did they plan the shutdown to take place at this exact time of year 2025, or was the date not set back then?

It seems you also got many of the facts wrong based on replies from others anyway.

I know nothing about this particular one, just trying to understand what actually happened.