550: The percent at which voice phishing attacks have increased in the past 12 months
60: The number of years since Rachel Carson’s *Silent Spring*, its title relating the decline of bird populations due to environmental issues
22: Number of weeks in a row I’ve now managed to publish This Week in Sound, definitely a personal record
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¹Footnotes
Vishing: [techrepublic.com](https://www.techrepublic.com/article/voice-phishing-attacks-reach-all-time-high/). Carson: [mongabay.com](https://news.mongabay.com/2022/05/rachel-carsons-silent-spring-60-years-on-birds-still-fading-from-the-skies/).
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