Today's Timericks: A hacking group that experts said was behind the sprawling ransomware attack that hit hours before the beginning of the July Fourth holiday weekend is demanding $70 million to unlock the thousands of businesses affected by the hack. (NYT)

 

Asimov nor H.G. Wells/ever thought of hacking hells/where the ransomware now roams/wrecking bizness, banks, and homes/Even Mr. Verne would state/our future's in an awful state!

 How Bad Are U.S. Wildfires? Even Hawaii Is Battling a Surge.  (NYT)

When the beaches catch on fire/thinking people must inquire/how much further must we go/before the greenhouse gases blow/all of us to kingdom come/and Earth becomes mere bubble gum.

Surging global food prices put staple meals out of reach, from Nigerian jollof rice to Russian pasta and Argentine steak.

(WaPo)

Gluttons of the world unite!/Let's defend our appetite/for the things we love to eat/driving grocers to defeat/Steak and pudding; rice and beans/and give us no cost parsley greens/Else our wrath you'll soon find out/as we skin you like a trout!

The more I look at crypto-dough/the more I want to take it slow/It's like amoebas in a dish/that may grow large or all go squish/Nobody knows which way they'll swing/I'd trade all mine for a buffalo wing.