All posts by nedhamson

Activist, writer, researcher, addicted to sharing information and facts.

Pop Culture And Music: 1960s Britain — beetleypete

In a few years between 1960 and 1964, everything changed for young people in Britain. Teenagers were recognised as an emerging social class with some spending power and influence, and pop music replaced traditional band music as the choice for most people under 25. With the music came new dances, rebellious attitudes, and fashion statements. […]

Pop Culture And Music: 1960s Britain — beetleypete

Avian influenza continues its toll in California | WATTPoultry

A commercial broiler breeder flock and a commercial turkey flock – both in California – are the latest cases of highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) in the United States.

According to information on the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service webpage, the broiler breeder flock included 22,900 birds in Fresno County, while the turkey flock included 30,800 birds in Tuolumne County.

Fresno County has now had three confirmed cases of HPAI – all of which were broiler breeder flocks – with the first one being confirmed on August 22. Tuolumne County has now had four cases of HPAI, and all of those have involved commercial turkey flocks. That county’s first case was confirmed on August 26.

In total, California has had eight cases of HPAI in commercial poultry. The remaining one was confirmed in a flock of commercial meat turkeys in Sacramento County on August 30. The state has also had four cases of HPAI in backyard flocks. Including both the commercial and backyard poultry, California has lost an estimated 480,010 birds in 2022 as a result of the avian influenza outbreak.

Nationwide, more than 40 million head of commercial poultry have been lost to HPAI in 2022. 

Source: Avian influenza continues its toll in California | WATTPoultry

Let’s chose life and peace for ourselves, refugees, and the planet…

Already said – I think about this often

Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King:

“[W]e as a nation must undergo a radical revolution of values. When machines and computers, profit and property rights are considered more important than people, the giant triplets of racism, materialism, and militarism are incapable of being conquered.

“A true revolution of values will soon cause us to question the fairness and justice of many of our past and present policies…. A nation that continues year after year to spend more money on military defense than on programs of social uplift is approaching spiritual death.”

Let’s chose life and peace for ourselves, refugees, and the planet…