Zoom in on the Andromeda Galaxy with Hubble. What looks like a smudge of light to the unaided eye is actually a vast galaxy containing an estimated 1 trillion stars.

Credit: ESA/Hubble & NASA

In 1980, 62 cents of every dollar spent on beef went to ranchers. Today, only 37 cents do.

During COVID, beef prices rose by nearly 16%. Meanwhile, the 4 biggest beef companies’ profits rose more than 300%.

The meat monopoly is nothing short of a nationwide crisis.

As more workers speak up about being exposed to #asbestos in #chlorine plants, public #health leaders are questioning whether these facilities should be allowed to be in a special program that shields them from scrutiny by #OSHA.

“On its face, a company whose business model relies on using asbestos does not have an exceptional health and #safety management system,” the American Public Health Association’s Occupational Health & Safety Section wrote in a letter to OSHA.

https://www.propublica.org/article/asbestos-poisoning-chemical-plant-osha-apha?utm_medium=social&utm_source=mastodon&utm_campaign=mastodon-post

Hello #Mastodon fam!

Friendly reminder that you do not have to engage with #trolls, here. There is no #algorithm that benefits them. They won't be amplified, except by replies, boosts, and any hashtags they use. Voluntary #engagement is their megaphone.

If you see one here (and there's a small few) tooting in #BadFaith: mute them, block them, or block their instance and let them shout into the #void. You don't need to waste your precious #EmotionalCurrency on them!

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In a move that defies parody, the Polish government has givenJacek Kurski, the man who turned state TV into an extremist, homophobic, propaganda channel, to represent Poland at the World Bank.

. Nobody is more unqualified. I wrote about Kurski here: https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2018/10/poland-polarization/568324/