I wrote politely to @southernliving.com Southern Living Magazine: this current cover story glorifying chicken wings was too much for me. 700+ million chickens killed for the Superbowl weekend alone. Awful harms to the environment and Southern communities. #chickens #factoryfarms #animalrights

“At a wildlife sanctuary, we were instructed to avoid feeding animal parts that still had faces; haunches and torsos were more acceptable to onlookers. Whole fish, rats & chicks are fine, we were told, ‘but try not to let the visitors peek in the food buckets’.” panworks.medium.com/death-for-di...

Urban tourism is a miserable job for horses. Cartagena, Columbia is replacing horse-drawn buggies with electric carriages, preserving quaint experiences for visitors while protecting horses from a wretched life on asphalt and in traffic. apnews.com/article/colo...

“Plant‑based pet food is a healthy source of food for pets that eliminates many allergens—the vast majority of identified dog and cat food allergies are to animal proteins—while incurring a fraction of the environmental impact of regular pet food.” www.wapo.com/climate-envi... archive.is/8zE71

'If a vegetarian hotdog is to be ruled out ... on the grounds that it contains no meat, the meat version should be ruled out on the grounds that it contains no dog'. Highly recommend @georgemonbiot.bsky.social's hilarious column on the livestock lobby's perverse efforts to stop vegan products.

Attempting to visit the US is increasingly a permanent surrender not just of your private life and your body's unique details, but of your family's privacy as well. Is any holiday really worth it?

It is a bad idea to try travelling to the US right now. You might think the worst that can happen is being refused entry, but once that happens you'll probably never be able to enter. Trump will be gone & you'll still have a note 'refused entry' on your file. Border officials will just say 'no'.

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The intent and effect of banning youth from social media is to keep young people isolated and lonely. For everyone, learning that we are normal and healthy requires finding our communities of weirdos and kindred spirits. www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...

Sometimes I think it’s going to be the librarians who will save us all.

When I hear a friend describe their new gun, I become sad because I know that if the gun is actually used in a violent incident, it will most likely be to hurt my friend or those close to them.

The Court of Chancery spends a lot of time deciding cases that involve multi-billion-dollar deals. Its equity jurisdiction means it also gets to decide things like who should keep Tucker the Goldendoodle (don't worry, he's not getting cut in half) courts.delaware.gov/Opinions/Dow...

Sometimes when I post an animal’s story, people leave comments condemning humanity. I understand the pain, but I believe change doesn’t come from blame. It comes from loving animals out loud. (Poplar Spring Sanctuary) #compassion #veganforthe animals

“If a ram does not fulfill his duty, he is sent to the slaughterhouse. Essentially, the sheep are killed for being gay. Couturier Michael Schmidt has joined forces with German nonprofit Rainbow Wool and Grindr to bring the story to life through a 37-piece knitwear collection.” archive.is/FnMRn

“You notice an ant struggling in a puddle of water. Their legs thrash as they fight to stay afloat. You could walk past, or you could take a moment to tip a leaf into the puddle, giving them a chance to climb out. Should you take a moment out of your day to help one out?” aeon.co/essays/an-an...

Word to the wise: do not fly internationally into Logan. All of the major public detainments of Legal Residents and Citizens at airports have been out of Logan.

The greater noctule bat climbed to 4000 feet then dove to capture a robin mid-flight. Subsequent chewing sounds, recorded between echolocation calls, indicated that the bat consumed the bird continuously during flight for 23 minutes without losing altitude. www.theguardian.com/science/2025...

I just bookmarked this and you may want to, as well. 🙄

“At VINE, animals are recognized as individuals with a right to self determination: they freely choose their friendships, co-author their own social norms, and pursue their social activities according to their preferences and rhythms.” panworks.medium.com/when-animals...

When government agents detain someone based on racial characteristics or on looking like they might be an immigrant, it's a Kavanaugh Stop.

One of my favorite anecdotes from THE PREHISTORY OF THE FAR SIDE: "That doesn't sound like the Jane Goodall we know."

Give folks their flowers No, I mean right now. Go tell someone you loved their work right now. They're on social media just say it, it has never been easier "They know how much people love--" no they don't go say it right now to a composer or artist or game dev or writer or anyone AAAAAAAHHHHHHHHH

Some amazing gay history. Listen up kids.

Trans rights are not the rights of a minority. They are everyone’s rights to autonomy, to self-determination of our health and identities. Attacks on trans rights are not attacks on a minority. They are steps to stripping everyone’s ability to live their own lives with independence and dignity.

People. We need to start practicing better opsec. Don't post on social media accounts that can be traced back to your real name or your job. At least make it hard for people to come after you.

A reminder to my fellow Texans—fall litters of baby squirrels are emerging from their nests to explore and forage. They don’t understand roads and cars. I’ve seen a lot of wee pups sadly killed on local streets. Please be careful and give them a honk to startle them, train them that cars are bad.

Volunteers of campaign group Sea Shepherd have pulled up thousands of traps and saved more than 1500 octopuses in a bid to overturn illegal overfishing. Authorities estimate that in total half a million octopus traps litter the sea floor in northern Greece. www.reuters.com/sustainabili...

The headline calls this unexpected consequences, but I would call this extremely expected consequences.

Travelers to the US have had their phones taken and are told by officials to sign a form saying “they reserve the right to copy all the contents of your phone & distribute them to every American intelligence agency.” Searches of US citizens’ devices are up 22% from 2024. www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

Avoid those who insist that the protection of the weak from exploitation demands the imposition of puritanical values. The goal of puritans is not anyone's safety and autonomy. Their goal is just moral scapegoating.

Shutdown of the Atlantic overturning currents will bring London winters down to -20c and Oslo to -48c. We only have 10 or 20 years left to cut carbon emissions to reduce the severity before the die is cast. www.pik-potsdam.de/en/news/late...

“A court order on 12-August declared that their home – the streets of New Delhi – was no longer theirs to roam, following alarming reports of dog attacks. The new ruling clarified that stray dogs are to be sterilized and immunized, and then released.” www.cnn.com/2025/08/22/i...

“Mostly, the coyotes live quiet lives, sleeping a lot and hunting together, despite making a home in a park that gets around 42 million visitors a year.”

Young dogs say, “What will we do next?” Old dogs say, “Thank you for being with me.”

We cannot assume good faith of anyone claiming to protect animals when their methods are prosecuting prejudices, or seeking retribution for grudges.

Not All Charging Photos Are Equal! The Ferran Menescal 📸 edition ⚡️ 📌 Alabaus 🇪🇸 #alwaysbecharging

there’s an election for Cat Mayor currently happening in Somerville, Mass. and every cat deserves to win

"Canada’s Bill C-2 isn’t just a domestic surveillance bill. It’s a Trojan horse for U.S. law enforcement—quietly building the pipes to ship Canadians’ private data straight to Washington." www.techdirt.com/2025/07/30/c...

Want a password for every website that is easy to remember, easy to type, and secure? Combine a capitalized word you'll remember (like "Paws"), three or four digits you'll remember (like from a phone number or ID), and the site domain. So for NYTimes your password would be Paws5678nytimes.com 1/2

Twitter is still where evil people heap shit on differently evil people, and the only way to win is to not play.

Researchers suspect ocelots and opossums use the scent of the other species to mask their own. petapixel.com/2025/07/15/s...

New Gist: Age Verification is an Epic fail On Bluesky's introduction of age verification, selling us to the Fortnite guys, and how the arrogance of Ireland's regulator has seen it deliver the very outcomes it once called "bonkers". www.thegist.ie/the-gist-age...

Requesting info on resolving fireworks/loud noise fears in dogs. Not dealing with it myself, but looking to update my understanding to pass on. I appreciate your reading recommendations and your thoughts. I am familiar with the processes of DR wrt desensitization/counter conditioning.

All groups have abusive members that should be confronted honestly, not ignored. But habitually making the abusive individuals, and the others obsessed with the abusers, the most prominent faces of a group ensures that misbehavior will become the lens through which the entire group is viewed.

“No artist should have to share his work to be thought capable of that work. No person should have to prove their potential for it to be respected. No human being should have to prove their humanity.”

Arizona State University researchers found that people using video to interpret a dog’s emotions failed. We base our interpretations not on the dog’s behavior but on our reactions to the external circumstances visible in the video. vimeo.com/1063708742 news.asu.edu/20250311-sci...

“They covered it up to protect their own reputation” is usually untrue. “They weren’t sure what was happening, and had no hard evidence or legal recourse” explains far more of the neglect that is apparent in hindsight.

Cats may sleep on their left sides because the left visual field feeds into the right brain, which is associated with spatial awareness, threat identification, and the coordination of quick escapes. This could save time when woken by a predator. www.sciencealert.com/scientists-f...