New greatest bird photo of all time just dropped Royal Penguin 📷 JJ Harrison, eBird ebird.org/checklist/S2...

Important documentary film about agriculture in #Canada - including the exploitation of temporary foreign workers - - "what was your experience like working with animals? - "c'était épouvantable 👇 www.youtube.com/watch?v=N_RD...

ICYMI @gnrosenberg.bsky.social and I wrote about why you should not want to eat like your great-great-grandparents and why modern, industrially-produced food is "real food." www.nytimes.com/2026/02/08/o...

Health secretary Meat and yogurt Plus anabolic steroids....

This is upsetting 1) each voice is equal - ok - but huge imbalance in the number of industry voices vs welfare voices 2) worrisome that welfare groups like @humanecanada.ca approve things like keeping foxes in small wire cages and killing them with anal electrocution 3) why not make laws instead?

Heartwarming story - “I was just very, very happy that she was OK” - ❤️ Can we also have heartwarming stories about people rescuing moose from not getting shot by sport-hunters - or re-uniting baby calves with their mothers on dairy farms? www.saltwire.com/newfoundland...

"Pass the peas and hold the propaganda 👇 @cape-acme.bsky.social

We all share this beautiful planet. It's up to all of us to fight back against those who want to cause it harm. We'll never stop fighting for #wildlife and wild places: No matter who is in office, no matter what the odds are against us all. The stakes are just too high. Join us ➡️ bit.ly/4nprZr6

The science of lab-grown meat has made striking advancements, resulting in a technology that has the potential to fundamentally change how humans eat and produce food.

💯 - and, if you want to prevent pandemics - reduce and stop eating animals - especially chickens and pigs - more killing is often our answer for outbreaks in wild animals that we help create as well (consider CWD, moose affected by ticks, etc...)

First we spread BSE by feeding cows parts of dead cows Now we are spreading a similar fatal brain disease by farming wild deer in pens and shooting them

Large African birds crowded on Canadian farms — what could go wrong?  www.nationalobserver.com/2025/10/17/o...

Glad to see the premier not mince words here. With the stakes this high, we need blunt talk.

Is It Time to Use Single-Dose Amphotericin B for HIV-Related Cryptococcal Meningitis in the USA? The answer is yes! doi.org/10.1001/jama...

Canadians care, yet this issue never makes it onto the political agenda #Opinion by @lindamcquaig.bsky.social

Cow Tools! We have lived alongside cows for nearly 10,000 years. We breed them and exploit them It is now, only now, that we have discovered THEY CAN USE TOOLS Here I describe our study (paper) www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti... in @currentbiology.bsky.social with @auersperga.bsky.social

Almost all livestock in the United States is factory-farmed— It’s difficult to quantify animal suffering in a single number, but one metric often used to measure living conditions is the number of animals raised on “factory farms”.

“Seeing the bikini one was incredibly violating, but then seeing that they could ultimately create a full nude of me felt so embarrassing and so shameful.” Why the Canadian government needs to act to protect victims of Elon Musk's Grok, by @rachelgilmore.bsky.social thetyee.ca/Opinion/2026...

“This Veganuary, don’t confuse manufactured backlash with scientific fact. Cutting back our consumption of animal products was never a trend, it’s a necessity.” www.thestar.com/opinion/cont...

Most of us are against causing unnecessary harm to animals Repeatedly impregnating them, taking away their newborns and then milking them with machines This animal farming is unnecessary, hurts the animals, the scale hurts the planet- and is one of the most pressing moral justice issue of our time

This video will probably get fewer likes than my posts on taxing billionaires. That difference says it all. Factory farming only survives if we don’t look. It’s time to hold these companies accountable. Every donation is matched, so $1 becomes $2 through Dec 31, 2025. Donate: MoralAmbition.org/food

“I am so bored by AI. One of the things I love about the theatre is AI can’t do it.” Ethan Hawke is a dude 👌🏻

peripheral IV in a finger? i wouldn't have thought it was possible...

Excellent Q & A www.youtube.com/watch?v=2uUR...

This is actually quite brilliant, up to and including the final sentence 🔥

Bird flu has wiped out half of South Georgia’s breeding elephant #seals, according to a study that warns of “serious implications” for the future of the species. www.theguardian.com/environment/...

21 monkeys in the truck - 5 shot - traps set up to try to catch 3 monkeys who were still on the loose...

Horrific details emerging from El Fasher, Sudan: pools of blood so large they’re visible by satellite, people being killed systematically. Last week, MSF teams assessed 165 children under 5 fleeing the area and found 75% were acutely malnourished. An accelerating genocide before our eyes.

I joined advocates outside the PMO to say this clearly: no cuts to foreign aid. Carney promised it—keep it. Protect and expand Canada’s support for the Global Fund to fight HIV/AIDS, TB and malaria. Canada must lead, not retreat. Lives are at stake.#cdnpoli @ResultsCda.bsky.social

A better way to reduce the pandemic risks associated with ostrich farming in Canada would be to stop doing it - Stop breeding, confining and crowding large African birds together on fenced in yards and farms in Canada.... www.nationalobserver.com/2025/10/17/o...

Interested to learn what happens at this petting zoo👇 - considering the situation at the BC ostrich farm (a farm that was vaccinating ostriches against COVID to generate antibodies in their eggs)... www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

Wrote a lot of words on SOYBEANS!🫛 I love having this job so much lol America should have greater ambitions for the soybean—treating it not just as slop for the world’s abused livestock, but as a miracle technology with the potential to reshape world diets for the better www.vox.com/future-perfe...

With the attention on influenza in ostriches - and some saying culling still needed for #publichealth reasons (not just poultry industry policy) A reminder that mink fur farming is still legal in parts of #Canada - and no mandatory testing for H5N1, and no policy to cull minks if positive for H5N1

Jane Goodall's curiosity about the natural world led to groundbreaking observations of chimp behavior. But her compassion toward all living things arguably left her greatest mark on humanity: buff.ly/Bux9ySI

"You should not be bringing exotic species into our lands. That's my perspective right there from a leader," said Thomas. www.cbc.ca/news/indigen...

EU Parliament pushes for ‘veggie burger’ ban Unbelievable we are in a climate crisis where meat production is a huge driver of carbon emissions and deforestation And instead of promoting meat alternatives - they are trying to ban them www.euractiv.com/news/parliam...

i had no idea this is how canada's supreme court dresses

A bizarre marketing (manosphere fuelled) trend... Protein Craze Is Here. Climate Activists Sounding the Alarm www.newsweek.com/protein-craz... Nearly 90% "inaccurately believe that it's important to eat meat or other animal products to get adequate protein..."

Immunity Can be 2 separate but related issues - prevent disease - prevent infection Vaccine or prior infection can be excellent at preventing severe disease - but may still be infection and ability to transmit virus Easier to detect H5 if animals obviously sick Otherwise need active lab testing

Another important consideration in why CFIA is calling for "destruction" of the ostriches who survived infection/exposure to H5N1 (in December 2024) and now may have some immunity - it is not allowed to vaccinate poultry against H5N1 - 👇 @picardonhealth.bsky.social www.vox.com/future-perfe...

Soybeans are overwhelming used for feed. 80% of protein produced on Brazil's croplands is used to feed animals iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1.... The recent tariff issue is a prime example of how the world's taste for meat (not soy) is shaping distant landscapes. www.theguardian.com/global-devel...

Has there been a change of ♥️ From ostriches are the new beef- in 2021 To fierce advocates for the protection of these "innocent animals"- in 2025 Even Rebel News reporters at the farm saying - "there is no humane way to kill a healthy animal" Other farms in Canada? livinghere.ca/are-ostriche...

"Krill catches in Antarctica have grown steadily in recent years, rising from 106,000 tonnes in 2006 to 518,000 tonnes in 2025" They will not stop until the penguins whales etc are left to starve and die Antarctica krill fishing should be banned now

Everyone needs a refresher course on basic human rights

This is probably the most important chapter to understand why scientists are so confident in a natural origin of the pandemic It is also a personal tale about heterodoxy, independent inquiry, the power of triangulating over varied lines of evidence, and foul play Enjoy reading:

Oh hey, H5N1 in Texas dairy cows! Are you a new spillover or have you always been there, undetected b/c of insufficient testing? It’s migration season, almost flu season, & we’ve never had a handle on the cow outbreak. Bird flu is here & we ignore at our peril www.cidrap.umn.edu/avian-influe...