These innocent cows stand in a muddy yard, their udders marked with red paint. "L" for lame, often indicating a painful condition, affecting the legs or feet and "TU" for those who have just given birth.⁠ ⁠ Learn more: mercyforanimals.org/blog/crying-...

Welcome to Trilobite Tuesday! Pictured is Asaphus kowalewski. This 450-million-year-old species stands apart from other trilobites with its eyes perched atop 2-inch- (5-centimeter-) long stalks. To some, Asaphus kowalewski may look like an animal from a distant galaxy!

Would you explain the dairy industry to a child? 🐄

NYT could have easily just described what she said. We all know damn well that including "ah, uh, um, erms" and whatnot in a quote is meant to make someone look stupid.

Pedophile protector

If this country was truly “pro-life,” we would have Medicare for All, a Green New Deal, gun reform, universal child care, and a living wage. The right-wing agenda isn’t about “life.” It’s about control.

I think NOT calling them Concentration Camps is the irresponsible under-reaction. Daily reminders children are being no-due process imprisoned in them should lead off every newscast.

Today I got a flu shot AND a covid booster. I see everyone getting sick around me and I am not going to be one of them.

In our latest Hen Report, @jasminsinger.com and @marisul.bsky.social reflect on the emotional impact of seeing captive primates and the sacred role sanctuaries play in our movement. Listen on your fav podcatcher, watch on our YouTube, or check out ourhenhouse.org/ep902 #AnimalRights

This Week in Food News: Vegan Ramen Hits Whole Foods, Oatly Banned From Using Word ‘Milk,’ and a New Snack  From Bitchin’ Sauce

Huge win for California mountain lions: Today they were granted protection under the state #EndangeredSpeciesAct 🙌🐾 Now, six populations within Southern #California and the Central Coast will receive much-needed protections under the Act. More info on this win for the wild ➡️ bit.ly/4tzC4FI

We made it to another Emptywheel Friday when @emptywheel.bsky.social joins me to dissect the news since we last spoke. As Marcy says "We're in flux," so there's some good along with the shit! Join us 3ET/12PT at youtu.be/3ivBoagodBk, nicolesandler.com, pod, emptywheel.net, nicolesandler.substack.com

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“Your lifetime is a knife. / You could eat a plum, / peel the darkly sour sun;” Read two poems by Ed Bok Lee for those who have died in the streets of Minneapolis.

Whatcha up to right now? 👀 Tune in to House Democratic Oversight Committee hearing on DOGE 🔗👇 Even if you stream it in the background, numbers count. They see how many are paying attention. And yes, we care. DOGE’s scattershot hacking isn’t “efficiency” - it's dangerous (& deadly) destruction 🧨

Proof that the way to a heart shouldn’t involve stopping one. 🌱🐟 This Vegan "Marry Me" Salmon is so creamy, flaky, and sun-dried-tomato-dreamy that it practically guarantees a "Yes." Let's celebrate love—for our partners, ourselves, and for the animals. #MarryMeSalmon #OshiFoods #OshiVeganSalmon

Pam Bondi Thought That Went Pretty Well

Do you think a horse would choose this for themselves? 🐴 If not - it’s exploitation, plain and simple. 💔 With jem_lettuce (IG) Clips from thesavemovement (IG) | peta (IG) | DM for credits #veganism #horse #horselover #carriagehorse #animalrights

"The idea that they can talk like this about factory farming without doing anything about it just makes me insane." - @marisul.bsky.social Listen to the new Rising Anxieties on your fav podcatcher, watch on YouTube, or visit ourhenhouse.org/ep896 #AnimalRights #Veganism

A great graphic to share from OWD, via Poore & Nemecek.

These piglets are very sick ..most probably with the Atypical Porcine Pest Virus (APPV) 💔 FHarmers are cruel people. Why are you still financing this ruthless abuse industry? #EndAnimalExploitation #LiveVegan find your heart 🙏

Before I wrote this last year I knew a lot about the horrors of dairy but didn't truly know what it means to be a herd animal. We think humans are intensely social, but cows are another level entirely I think it's pretty much impossible to do dairy farming humanely, but the way we do it seems 1/

Court rules that public has right to information on how animals are reared

Over 13,000 sign petition to save 51 dairy cows

Pull ICE out of every American city. Close the camps. Abolish DHS.

It was nice of Florida Ghislaine to give her testimony by the warming glow of gaslight

“They thought they could break us, but a love for our neighbors and a resolve to endure can outlast occupation,” Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey said in a statement. “These patriots of Minneapolis are showing that it’s not just about resistance — standing with our neighbors is deeply American.”

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You can joke about Pam Bondi’s ridiculous unprofessionalism all you want, but I’m deeply shocked by it: She acts as if she fears absolutely no consequences, convinced that there will be no more political power transfers. — This should shake everyone to their core.

Pam Bondi is a disgrace.

The people who thought this was just fine for their Gatsby party are deeply offended by the fully clothed dancers at the super bowl half time show.

McNally Jackson has put together a list of 100 places in New York’s five boroughs significant to Black literary culture as a celebration of Black History Month’s 100th anniversary.

Resistance infrastructure.

Big thanks to @reptedlieu.bsky.social

That shrill blonde lady will be going to prison at some point, and this thought has really brightened up my day.

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"The administration is wagering that the general public will lose interest in sufficient measure to offset the intense outrage of victims and critics, permitting it to move past the Epstein scandal despite having provided scant accountability."

we need to talk about that Ring Super Bowl ad

When we are this cruel to animals why are we shocked when that cruelty is turned towards humans.

What happened this week in literary history? Voltaire returns from exile (and 300 people come to visit).

“Stand with us. Tell Attorney General Pam Bondi IT’S TIME FOR THE TRUTH." trib.al/FNL4gwg

You can keep paying people to abuse and murder animals for you, or you can choose compassion for animals and go vegan. #choosecompassion #forthem #veganfortheanimals #dotherightthing #commondecency

Crockett: "The US is falling apart, partially bc he's allowing for killings in the street, but also bc we have a 34 count convicted felon being shielded from any type of accountability as it relates to a child sex trafficking ring. I don't understand why we're pretending any of this is normal."

Reflections On Section 230’s Past, Present, And Future On Its 30th Anniversary The Telecommunications Act of 1996 became law thirty years ago today, on February 8, 1996. Buried in a corner of that sprawling law was Section 230, a law that says websites aren’t liable for third-party content.…

Cause that's what heroes do.

Bezos killed his own paper to please an illiterate clown