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Weather forecasting was still banned under the 1735 Witchcraft Act when the Met Office was founded in 1854Forecasting the weather used to be less scientific and more magical, to the point that practitioners could be accused of witchcraft.The mathematician and astronomer Ptolemy of Alexandria drew up tables of planetary motions in the second century. Ptolemy was a notable pioneer in astronomy, but went too far in his conclusions about planets influencing our atmosphere. He devised a complex set of calculations to determine their supposed effects on the weather, in a branch of astrology known as astrometeorology. Continue reading... Source link

US lawmakers, in bipartisan rebuke, say violence has no place in America as Trump orders flags loweredCharlie Kirk shooting – follow the latest updatesTrump ally Charlie Kirk fatally shot during Utah eventThe killing of the rightwing activist Charlie Kirk at a Utah college on Wednesday afternoon prompted outrage from Democrats and Republicans over the latest act of political violence in the United States, with Donald Trump lamenting the loss of a key ally.“The Great, and even Legendary, Charlie Kirk, is dead. No one understood or had the Heart of the Youth in the United States of America better than Charlie,”

Rightwing activist shot and killed while speaking at Utah Valley University and FBI director says suspect in custodyCharlie Kirk shooting – follow the latest updatesExplainer: What we know so farCharlie Kirk, the founder of the powerful rightwing youth activist group Turning Point USA (TPUSA) and a close ally of Donald Trump, was fatally shot on Wednesday afternoon while speaking at a university campus event in Utah.His death shocked the country as members of both political parties expressed outrage at the killing, which Utah governor Spencer Cox called a “political assassination”. Trump ordered all American flags to be lowered to half-staff