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Inside the ‘slow-rolling catastrophe’ of Trump’s NOAA cuts

Fast Company Tech

In Miami, multiple hurricane researchers were let go. Hundreds of scientists, technicians, and support staff were given just two hours to vacate their workplaces and didnt have time to properly transition their roles to other colleagues. In Alaska, a member of the 24/7 National Tsunami Warning Center lost her job.

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Opinions Differ On If Donors Will Show Up On GivingTuesday

The NonProfit Times

This year, GivingTuesday will play an even more important role in The Salvation Army USA’s end-of-year fortunes. Personal economics might play more of a role than external factors such as elections. Give Miami Day, which was held on November 21, pulled in $39.5 Red Kettles typically bring in an average $2.7 million a day.

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He flew into the eye of Hurricane Helene and helped improve forecasts. Then Trump fired him

Fast Company Tech

Last September, as Hurricane Helene barreled toward the coast of Florida, Andrew Hazelton was in a plane flying into the eye of the storm. NOAA, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, is in charge of tracking, predicting, and responding to hurricanes , among many other things, from deep sea exploration to climate research.)

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12 predictions for the consumer internet in 2021

The Verge

Meanwhile, everyone begins spending more time in Austin and Miami. Open question: what role will OnlyFans play in all this? The greatest builders of technology, now all in Miami, start to realize the beach is more fun than staring at a text editor for 16 hours a day. The internet has a reckoning over porn.

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What Facebook doesn’t understand about the Facebook walkout

The Verge

When the looting starts, the shooting starts,” Trump had tweeted — quoting a former Miami police chief who, in 1967, called for a violent crackdown on the city’s black community. Hurricane Season — Jak (@crownme_kay95) May 31, 2020. A statement from [Brand]® pic.twitter.com/XT9tXF9hvz — Chris Franklin (@Campster) May 31, 2020.

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