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Goodnight, frens ❤️ It's thundering and I don't like that very much.

VIC COVID weekly update: 21 July to 27 July

🔹New PCR cases: 1,102* (+633)
🔹Deaths: 43 (-2)
🔹Total deaths: 8,276 (+43)
🔹Hospital: 122** (+1)
🔹ICU: 3** (-3)

* PCR tests only

** 7 day rolling average

#COVID19Vic @auscovid19

Tonight’s ear worm
Crimson & Clover / Tommy James & the Shondells
youtu.be/XS0niyiKlcw

Re: last boost

This is the company that my govt (Malaysia) and Indonesia is so eager to get conned over? Aight.

via @samlitzinger

journa.host/@samlitzinger/1107

"Beef and broccoli, General Tso’s chicken, sweet and sour pork, orange chicken. These American Chinese dishes are often seen as reductions of what Chinese food is, catered to an American palate...For many East Asian Americans—Chinese or not—who grew up in these suburbs, beef and broccoli or Kung Pao chicken was shorthand for 'Oriental.'"

joysauce.com/in-praise-of-amer

#aapi #aanhpi #food

Northern North America #wildfire as of July 27. Alaska has now has one wildfire at larger than1000 acres (400 ha), but most all of the fire in the north remains in the Northwest Territories and Yukon Territory.
NWT: 1,295,186 ha (3.20 million acres)
Yukon: 68,826 ha (170k acres)
Alaska: 6,135 ha (15.2k acres)
#akwx #ytwx #ntwx #Summer2023
@Climatologist49

"The era of global warming has ended. The era of global boiling has arrived," United Nations Secretary General Antonio Guterres said after scientists warned of the hottest month on record.

"Climate change is here. It is terrifying. And it is just the beginning," Guterres said.

Industry and government response: Crickets

Oil executives should be in trial for crimes against humanity

#ClimateCrisis

cbc.ca/news/world/july-heat-re



...one more thing: that "Sukiyaki" isn't about restaurant food, and that it has become immortalized in Japan when it's sung every year when the New Year rings in.

I suspect it's because Kyu Sakamoto is now Japan's version of the day the music died...by plane crash. You'll never be forgotten, certainly not by me, Kyu. Forever young.

youtu.be/8Omyf8JVdww

Welcome to #HamTalk, a Fediverse discussion on #HamRadio / #AmateurRadio. I’m looking forward to chatting with fellow ham radio operators and those interested in getting licensed! Answer as many questions as you want. You’re also welcome to post your own questions or play show and tell using the hashtag #HamTalk.

To get the ball rolling, I think some introductions are in order:

Q1. Where are you checking in from, how long have you been a ham radio operator, and what drew you to the hobby?

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