Tweeted to NWS Wakefield asking them to please consider setting up shop on Mastodon, since they too are being rate limited, which is a real problem during severe weather events. I recommended DMV.community, naturally, given the regional focus aligns with their "jurisdiction"
@rvaweather I know the feds move slowly for many, many reasons, but there should be a .gov fediverse that will insure they a) never get shut out, b) own their own infra, c) are verifiably the accounts we’re looking for.
@samerfarha@rvaweather plus, from what I remember from working on a small piece of NOAA web infrastructure, they have a ton of requirements for “operational” code (i.e., owning the servers and having frequent backups)
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