I'm too furious about the latest antics to make sense yet (the nearest I can come to it is to wonder how one can sleepwalk and goose-step at the same time), so here's something from the Department of Joined-Up Thinking: US Department of Defense will stop sending critical hurricane satellite data No replacement in the wings for info streamed from past their prime rigs, 'termination will be permanent' Satellite data used for hurricane forecasting is to be abruptly cut off from the end of June due to "recent service changes." The data in question comes from the US Defense Meteorological Satellite Program (DMSP), and the termination was announced via a notice from the US National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA). [ ... ]
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