The moment in week one where he ordered a mass release of water into farmland was the moment it really sunk in what the death of expertise looks like. - ThreadSky

reichlinmelnick.bsky.social • 16 hours ago

The moment in week one where he ordered a mass release of water into farmland was the moment it really sunk in what the death of expertise looks like.

Reposted from The New York Times

Five former National Weather Service directors have taken the unusual step of signing onto an open letter warning that cuts to the organization by the Trump administration may soon endanger lives.

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savvycammom.bsky.social•4 hours ago

They should stop giving weather reports for Airforce One and Washington DC. See how things go.

savvycammom.bsky.social•4 hours ago

Well, we knew this was coming. It was just a matter of time.

riwoche.bsky.social•15 hours ago

We can also view the destruction of weather forecasting the same way we can view the destruction of over two billion gallons of water as a military action against our country — in both cases dereliction of duty to protect infrastructure and natural resources:

serckus.bsky.social•11 hours ago

I’ve really become convinced it’s not incompetence but some kind of engineered collapse of institutions for the eugenic fantasies of billionaires.

spottedstarling.bsky.social•11 hours ago

Yupp. That's the only logic that can explain such a disastrous and horrible idiocracy.

thevirologist.bsky.social•10 hours ago

Bingo

mrantifascism.com•16 hours ago

That’s horrifying…

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quatraingleam.bsky.social•10 hours ago

2 billion gallons of summer irrigation water owned by the farmers—not the feds! Wasted

mnthndr.bsky.social•13 hours ago

Is it wrong to point out that most hurricanes most often put ruby red southern states at greater risk? The Felon will lose votes, if there's another election.

joekatz45.bsky.social•15 hours ago

The amount of foreseeable and preventable suffering we're going to go through

jennifertaub.com•15 hours ago

Did you say THE DEATH OF EXPERTISE? I now must tag @radiofreetom.bsky.social

rolferd.bsky.social•9 hours ago

People are just more fodder for #47BodyCount

morganza.bsky.social•1 hour ago

It seemed clear in California that this was petty revenge against a state that had not voted for him -- even though the worst effects would be felt by farmers, who for the most part *had*.

And note that the majority of America's non-imported veggies come from California.

This one isn't over.

amethystjones1.bsky.social•15 hours ago

And to know it is deliberate is even worse.

beesaid.bsky.social•15 hours ago

The acquiescence to comply and the deafening lack of outrage or public knowledge is still hard to deal with.

nyy-ws-or-bust.bsky.social•15 hours ago

Yes but because he already saved 250 million Americans or whatever last week, we're still way ahead.

taliesinnola.bsky.social•15 hours ago

The Dunning–Kruger Administration

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