From Ham Radio 24-7 (fb page)

🇨🇦📡 WHEN GOVERNMENTS PULL THE PLUG — HAM RADIO PICKS UP THE MIC.
On March 16th, 2026, Canada permanently shut down Weatheradio Canada. 186 transmitter sites. 50 years of service. Gone overnight. Their replacement? A smartphone app.
But here’s the hard truth that no government app can fix.
When a tornado touches down in rural Manitoba — cell towers fail. When floodwaters sweep through Saskatchewan — power grids collapse. When wildfires cut off northern communities — the internet disappears. And in that exact moment of crisis, the WeatherCAN app becomes a useless black screen.
This is precisely where amateur radio operators step in.
Canadian hams are already organizing severe weather watching networks using IRLP — linking repeaters and stations across entire provinces to relay real-time storm information when every commercial system goes dark. No towers needed. No internet required. No subscription. No outage.
Just trained operators, reliable equipment, and an unwavering commitment to keeping communities informed and alive.
Radio Amateurs of Canada called this closure a serious public safety concern. We agree. Because history proves it every single time — hurricanes, floods, wildfires, earthquakes — ham radio operators are ALWAYS the last ones standing when infrastructure collapses.
When the grid fails — we don’t.
HamRadio 24-7 📡
#HamRadio #AmateurRadio #EMCOMM #WeatherRadio #HamRadio247 #Canada #PublicSafety #ARES #IRLP #WhenTheGridFails #EmergencyComms #GetLicensed #HamLife #RadioAmateur #StormSpotter

"SpaceX bought 1,279 Cybertrucks in Q4 2025, representing over 18% of Tesla’s total US sales during the quarter. That’s not fleet expansion—that’s a bailout wearing corporate camouflage. When your biggest customer shares the same CEO, the sales numbers start looking less like market validation and more like financial theater"

https://www.gadgetreview.com/spacex-bought-18-of-all-u-s-cybertrucks-sold-in-q4-2025-data-shows

This is so annoying. If I want to make friends with people at work, I can do it without turning up every day. And if I prefer to make friends at my local cafe, i'll do that instead. In particular, I'm not obliged to make managers feel less lonely as they walk around.

https://www.smh.com.au/business/workplace/there-s-a-silent-epidemic-in-our-workplaces-and-wfh-is-to-blame-20260416-p5zogp.html

Belgium seizes arms shipment sent from Britain to Israel
Brussels has banned aircraft carrying military equipment for Israel from stopping in the country or using its airspace
https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/belgium-seizes-arms-shipment-sent-britain-israel

from #MiddleEastEye #MEE
April 15, 2026

Two shipments from #Britain of #military components bound for #Israel have been seized in #Belgium, which has banned aircaft carrying military equipment for Israel from stopping in the country or using its airspace.

Last month, the British news website Declassified, Belgian NGO Vredesactie, Irish news website The Ditch, and the Palestinian Youth Movement alerted authorities in Brussels of a shipment travelling from Britain to Israel through #Liege airport.

The consignments left Britain on 23 March and were seized at Liege airport in Belgium on 24 March.

#SanctionIsrael
#StopStarvingGaza
#FreePalestine
#BlockTheBombs
#StopArmingIsrael
#AntiZionismIsNotAntisemitism
#BDS #DivestFromIsrael
#Palestine #MiddleEast #WestAsia
#news #politics

Got another mastoscold yelling at me for "using the platform to promote" my photos.

For the record, I don't generally sell my photos, here or anywhere else. But even if I did, I fail to see why that would be a problem.

Preventing artists from making a living is a strange hill to want to die on.

I'm not sure which part of this is better: the headline, or the photo illustration they came up with to accompany it

https://www.tmz.com/2026/04/15/rfk-jr-cut-raccoon-penis/

#USPol