THREAD/ On misinformation and media management
1. Like every NHS doctor and nurse on here, I am being constantly abused (I've even, on occasion, been threatened with rape or death) for saying Covid is real, deadly, and overwhelming our hospitals right now.
Scientists calculate that the top 200 meters of the Atlantic Ocean alone contains up to 21 million metric TONS of plastic.
You read that right. https://t.co/gQvaDE2DRB
Interest in vegan food and its associated health benefits has been booming across the rich world. A global retreat from meat could have a far-reaching environmental impact https://t.co/gSSPjUIKGq
Every 15 minutes, someone in the US dies of a superbug that has learned to outsmart even our most sophisticated antibiotics, a new CDC report says
https://t.co/UzLdxUB4BH
It's harvest time on @Space_Station! ๐ Astronauts have been cultivating fresh mustard greens in the station's Veggie facility. Today, they cut some of the leaves โ half go in freezers for later analysis on Earth, and half are for the crew to taste. More: https://t.co/91jf4riQ30
From 1979 to 2016, the income of the top 1% of Americans grew by a cumulative 225%, compared with just 41% for the middle-class https://t.co/n2KWnSh0dZ