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I'm hearing that the USFS has laid off huge numbers of firefighters, including veterans, and won't be allowed to hire their usual seasonal firefighting force this year.

Edit: ProPublica now has a detailed article

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[–] silence7@slrpnk.net 39 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

Yeah, they're firing everybody who was hired in the last two years, no matter what they work on. That includes people who do stuff like nuclear weapons stockpile stewardship — Musk denied a national security exemption for them.

[–] stickly@lemmy.world 13 points 1 year ago (3 children)

Hey at least that means the nukes might not work?

[–] EvergreenGuru@lemmy.world 23 points 1 year ago (4 children)

No, it means someone might walk away with some nukes.

[–] Viking_Hippie@lemmy.dbzer0.com 11 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Drive away is probably more realistic, though. Those things are a bit heavy..

[–] FuglyDuck@lemmy.world 7 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

You’d be surprised what you can fit in a Prius,

I guess that’s still driving though.

a Prius,

I guess that’s still driving though.

[–] Phoenicianpirate@lemm.ee 3 points 1 year ago

That is nightmarish.

[–] spooky2092@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 points 1 year ago

Someone is going to get to LARP as Raven

[–] kreskin@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

I'd bet real money that Israel is the place we'll see nukes going off.

[–] chiliedogg@lemmy.world 9 points 1 year ago

They don't maintain the nukes. They make sure they're accounted for.

When I worked retail, we took inventory of stuff even if the computer said it hadn't been sold, because people would steal shit. If we stopped doing inventory, we'd never know the thefts had happened.

Imagine that, but instead of iPads, we lose track of nuclear weapons.

[–] kreskin@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

also, if all the national parks burn, no more need for a park service at all, or a fish and wildlife agency. #winning.