> Big Mac vs. Big Beef: McDonald’s takes on beef powerhouses in legal showdown over meat prices https://www.salon.com/2024/10/17/big-mac-vs-big-beef-mcdonalds-takes-on-beef-powerhouses-in-legal-showdown-over-meat-prices/

Cargill, JBS, etc. are price gouging monopolistic assholes, but it is not easy to be sympathetic to Mickey D's. Still, they may be the only ones with deep enough pockets to take on #BigBeef

#McDonalds #lawsuit #BadEconomy #corruption #exploitation

"DSHS Reports First Human Case of Avian Influenza in Texas"

from contact with cows 🐮🦠🤠

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The Texas Department of State Health Services is reporting a human case of avian influenza A(H5N1) virus in Texas. The case was identified in a person who had direct exposure to dairy cattle presumed to be infected with avian influenza.
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(Highly Pathogenic) Avian Influenza is the official name (H5N1). Bird flu is the common name.

This probably isn't "patient zero", the influenza virus would have to acquire more useful mutations to spread well from human to human, but it's certainly a step in that direction. Such mutations can be accelerated by encountering other animals infected with different influenza types, human or not.

https://www.dshs.texas.gov/news-alerts/dshs-reports-first-human-case-avian-influenza-texas

#Texas #influenza #birdFlu #avian #cow #cattle #dairy #milk #industry #bigFlu #bigDairy #bigBeef #zoonosis #h5n1

"Big Meat is lying about sustainability. These media outlets are helping."
"Can newsrooms really expect people to trust their reporting if they fund it by spreading misinformation?"

https://heated.world/p/big-meat-is-lying-about-sustainability

This is another nice expose on the #greenwashing efforts of #BigMeat to convince everyone else that they don't need to be stopped because of, you know, the destruction of the biosphere, atmosphere and oceans which are required for complex life on this planet.

The overall strategy they're under is, if taken in good faith, called "green capitalism" or #ecomodernism . Of course, they're failing at it even, even if they're just focusing on GHG emissions, which is too narrow of a focus if you care about sustainability.

#meatBased #diet #animalIndustry #bigBeef #bigMeat #climateChange #disinformation #misinformation #greenCapitalism #publicRelations #advertising #JBS #Pilgrims #mainstreamMedia #sustainability