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   AI6YR Ben (ai6yr@m.ai6yr.org)'s status on Saturday, 14-Feb-2026 07:30:23 JST AI6YR Ben

   US weather prediction supercomputer reportedly being transferred to an unknown "third party", per NY Times. This is not a "climate change" supercomputer, it's one of the supercomputers used to run the US weather prediction models. 😬

   #NCAR #climate #weather #oligarchy

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     Megan Lynch (she/her) (meganl@mas.to)'s status on Saturday, 14-Feb-2026 07:44:02 JST Megan Lynch (she/her)

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     @ai6yr Before the election, I remember some report saying that Accuweather wanted to break public forecasting so they could get rid of the free info (which is weird because I think their forecasting power largely came from publicly-funded data anyway). https://www.pbs.org/newshour/politics/as-trump-slashed-weather-agency-his-appointees-have-ties-to-companies-that-stand-to-benefit-from-privatizing-forecasts #USpol

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     Jeri Dansky (jeridansky@sfba.social)'s status on Saturday, 14-Feb-2026 08:42:23 JST Jeri Dansky

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     @ai6yr For anyone who wants to read the article:

     https://www.nytimes.com/2026/02/13/climate/derecho-supercomputer-ncar.html or https://archive.vn/7uf1I

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     John Carlsen 🇺🇸🇳🇱🇪🇺 (johnlogic@sfba.social)'s status on Sunday, 15-Feb-2026 01:35:08 JST John Carlsen 🇺🇸🇳🇱🇪🇺

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     • Jeri Dansky

     @jeridansky @ai6yr

     Link around paywall:

     "A Climate Supercomputer Is Getting New Bosses. It’s Not Clear Who.

     The National Science Foundation said management of the machine, used by researchers for forecasts, disaster warnings and pure science, would be transferred to a 'third-party operator.'"

     By Eric Niiler
     Reporting from Washington
     Feb. 13, 2026, 3:37 p.m. ET

     https://archive.ph/7uf1I