How decades of factory farming paved the way for today’s superbugs crisis.
A new film lays bare the existential threat driven by antibiotic overuse – and comes after years of warnings.
How decades of factory farming paved the way for today’s superbugs crisis.
A new film lays bare the existential threat driven by antibiotic overuse – and comes after years of warnings.
How decades of factory farming paved the way for today’s superbugs crisis.
A new film lays bare the existential threat driven by antibiotic overuse – and comes after years of warnings.
3 good things
hours with grandbaby - snuggling, feeding him, watching him sleep, and trying on the sock I knitted for him but since he's growing fast and I've been knitting slowly, going to have to knit a pair in a larger size
Bewick's wren singing
ordered a cowbell (from a company that's not Amazon and has been making them since 1832 for actual cows) for upcoming protests
Daði Freyr - "Skiptir ekki máli"
https://friendica.world/display/84b6ef2b-1767-d2e0-869b-39c778254835
#News: Breakthrough #AI #research decodes animal emotions for #ungulates like #pigs #cows and wild boars with 89% accuracy. Animals are intelligent and feel pain just as we do. Be #vegan for them #Boycott4Wildlife https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2025/02/250221125552.htm?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=Palm+Oil+Detectives&utm_campaign=publer
#Birdflu - infected San Bernardino County dairy #cows may have concerning new #mutation, https://www.latimes.com/environment/story/2025-03-12/study-shows-widespread-h5n1-bird-flu-infection-in-cattle
A genetic mutation has appeared in dairy cows that could make the virus more deadly and transmissible. Scientists say dairy herds in San Bernardino County are the likely source. Since the outbreak was first reported in dairy cows last March, 70 people have been infected and one person has died.
LA Times: Study shows widespread bird flu infection in cattle
A sweet highland cow from my animal collection, happy Wednesday!
Availble here...https://tina-lecour.pixels.com/featured/wisteria-highland-tina-lecour.html
Thought I'd share this adorable cow from my animal collection!
Available here...https://tina-lecour.pixels.com/featured/wisteria-cow-tina-lecour.html
How a new #pandemic #virus could emerge in the #USA, https://www.tagesanzeiger.ch/vogelgrippe-usa-wann-neues-pandemievirus-entstehen-koennte-627524742832
The #H5N1 virus is spreading rapidly in the USA: #poultry, numerous herds of #cows and some #people have been infected. What does this mean for the country and for the world?
Mabel Moo is here to brighten your Wednesday! Hope your day is udderly fantastic - may it be filled with mooo-ments of joy and a whole lot of smiles! Have a great one!
https://1-lisas-baker.pixels.com/featured/mabel-moo-lisa-s-baker.html
I'm nervous. Tomorrow I'll be sitting as a pupil with a school class. My colleague is teaching them how to make butter by hand (and that it comes from a cow).
And I'm learning how to teach that to school classes. Because it's a bilingual class, I'll ask my French colleague curious questions in German. (more in alt texts)
Our museum: https://www.maison-rurale.fr/
Bonus #DadJokes :
Q: What sort of horses come out after dark? A: Nightmares.
A horse walks into a bar. “Hey,” says the barman. “Yes please,” says the horse.
(It's #HootinTootinTuesday again! Post some jokes or funny memes under this hashtag today, and bring lots of smiles to #Mastodon.)