Guest model @evolotus.bsky.social! "If you love someone set them free." Vegan doesn't require ❤️ing animals, just leaving them alone. “The animals of the world exist 4 their own reasons. They were not made for humans any more than black people were made 4 white, or women created 4 men.” Alice Walker

The prince formerly known as Andrew was arrested for spilling state secrets to Epstein while Andrew was a trade envoy puppet for the UK. Let's not pretend this is some kinda win for the victims.

Hey Pam Bondi, Fox News says those soaring retirement accounts could be taken away in a financial crisis: "existing emergency powers laws could be invoked during a crisis to alter or suspend rules meant to protect customers" www.foxnews.com/opinion/wall...

💜 Keep hope alive. 💜

Whoopsie, the total global human population may be off by millions or even a billion due to rural communities being undercounted. www.popularmechanics.com/science/envi...

Until white people were killed by the police state, some of you didn’t notice you lived in a country that murders people, smears the victims with propaganda, and walks away scot-free...and it shows. open.substack.com/pub/evolotus...

"We need a war with these lesbian c^nts" and other disgusting things the people of MAGA world are saying online about the shooting of #reneegood magareport.news/p/minnesota-...

This essay from @marlasrose.bsky.social manages to be sensitive and fierce at the same time. "There is nothing Trump, his benefactors and followers hate more than the traits Rob Reiner embodied: imagination, empathy and generosity." marlarose.substack.com/p/two-boys-f...

National treasure @kristinawong.bsky.social and I want you to join your neighborhood Buy Nothing group. Participate less in systems that made the rich richer, more in mutual aid. Bonus, it's great practice for the apocalypse! www.kristinawong.com/blog/what-i-...

Geez, where to start with this. www.motherjones.com/politics/202...

For the fourth year in a row, there has been “little to no measurable progress” in policy and action against climate change. www.newscientist.com/article/2505...

THANK YOU to @reptroycarter.bsky.social and Switch4Good. We're proud to have helped a little. I remember when people laughed at us for using the term "dietary racism." Guess they aren't laughing anymore! vegconomist.com/politics-law...

Reintroducing the gray wolf into the Sierra Nevada habitat has cost taxpayers nearly $6 million. Why are we now killing them? Spoiler alert: so you can eat beef. shelleyfrosts.substack.com/p/wolves-and... via @dogspolitics.bsky.social

'One media executive admitted that the directors at her outlet “made a conscious decision…to hide what was happening in Gaza from Israeli readers and viewers.”'

Corporate media quick to dismiss any ideological significance in Mamdani’s victory for the Democratic party, advises keeping to the center, which doesn't win elections nor achieve policy victories. fair.org/home/for-est... via @fairmediawatch.bsky.social

A former Coast Guard officer was charged with soliciting the murder of the President based on his social media posts. It's a chilling attack on speech, so why isn't this getting news coverage? magareport.news/p/us-v-peter...

"How to Talk about Climate Change: Don’t." (Yikes.) www.motherjones.com/politics/202...

All your dog wants for Christmas is treats with Gabe's face on them. You're in luck! Each purchase supports @cagetocouch.bsky.social so they can keep doing their work of saving dogs from animal testing labs. Select Gabe from the drop-down menu. beaglecoffeecompany.com/collections/...

"96% of U.S. mass shooters since 1966 have been cisgender males, [yet] media virtually never pathologize cisgender male gender identity in the context of mass shootings" fair.org/home/when-a-...

Please provide a comment to help keep foreign journalists in the US and say you oppose Homeland Security's proposed rule to limit visas. The world needs to see what's happening inside the US. actionnetwork.org/letters/stan...

Minor point: we eradicated new polio cases, but we didn't eradicate the disease. Those who had polio as children now suffer with post-polio syndrome, so that's another thing we'll have to deal with for decades when polio makes a comeback.

Very proud of my pals at Animal Rescue Corps and Tim for being named a CNN Hero www.cnn.com/2025/09/04/u...

AMERICA: “It’s a mental health issue.” REST OF THE WORLD: “We have those. But don’t have mass shootings.” AMERICA: “It’s video games.” WORLD: “We have those too. But don’t have mass shootings.” AMERICA B: “It’s cause they took Jesus out of the classroom.” WORLD: “God, you’re stupid.”

"There is nothing in our political history to compare with the evangelicals’ devotion to Trump," says former Christian nationalist clergyman, and "MAGA is the new American religion"--and the gravest danger we face as Americans. Long read but worth the effort. www.motherjones.com/politics/202...

People ask when economic, climate, and civic collapse will happen--"The Collapse," for short. What they're really asking is "when’s it going to affect me? when will it get so bad I can't look away anymore?" www.the-sentinel-intelligence.com/p/when-is-th... via @jessicawildfire.bsky.social

Oh look, a Republican said the quiet part out loud -- it's OK to rape a child. www.jezebel.com/gop-senator-...

Not all heroes wear capes (in public) This is paywalled but the headline itself is <chef's kiss> and you get the gist. www.mlive.com/politics/202...

National Indian Health Board declares tribal sovereignty over gender-affirming care thenevadaindependent.com/article/nati...

I'm posting my opinion piece I wrote two months ago that @commondreams.org published. "How Many Dead Palestinian Children Are Enough?," is what I asked then. Sadly, the numbers continue to grow without an end in sight.

Conservatively, there's probably 10x more plastic in the oceans than we originally believed--and this particular test doesn't even work for polyethylene and polypropylene, two of the world's most common plastics. And god help you if you still eat seafood. grist.org/science/ocea...

Professor Jen says this Epstein pivot is "deeply upsetting" to MAGA supporters, who have "a need for closure, certainty, and control, a lack of analytic thinking, confirmation biases, and a bunch of other factors." magareport.news/p/trump-epst...

Millions of Amazon, Walmart, McDonald's workers rely on Medicaid and SNAP. 48% of Medicaid and 51% of SNAP recipients work full-time or close to it. Well over half work for big employers, those with 100 workers or more. If you have an LAT login full column here www.latimes.com/business/sto...

Sorry liberals, your grass-fed beef isn't any better for the environment than factory farming, according to a study published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences journal www.greenqueen.com.hk/grass-fed-be...

David Suzuki says it's time to "hunker down" and build community-based safety nets, because it's too late to stop the death of this planet. www.ipolitics.ca/2025/07/02/i...

Trump and RFK Jr. issue tacit death sentence to LGBTQ+ youth www.motherjones.com/politics/202...

"I cannot come up with any logical reason as to why they opened fire on us." www.huffpost.com/entry/journa...

80% of anti-trans organizations receive funding from fossil fuel companies and/or individuals whose wealth is derived from fossil fuels. Why? Panic over transgender people distracts an ignorant public from the existential threat of climate change. #PrideMonth atmos.earth/fossil-fuel-...

If state and local law enforcement can't manage to find the guy suspected of shooting two Minnesota legislators and their spouses maybe Trump should send in the national guard.

"The President is strictly prohibited from using active-duty federal troops for local law enforcement, arrests, or searches under the Posse Comitatus Act of 1878, unless explicitly authorized by statute. No such statutory authorization has been invoked." kucinichreport.substack.com/p/the-untied...

“The environmental impacts of raising cattle are caused by the entire animal, not merely the portions used in the human food supply.” www.proteinproductiontechnology.com/post/biocraf...

New fellowship for food and climate reporting for early career journalists. Deadline to apply is June 20. www.greenqueen.com.hk/climate-feed...

Only 24% of countries grow enough vegetables to meet their population's dietary needs, causing "a global shortfall in nutrient-dense plants." 65% of countries overproduce meat and dairy. Only Guyana is food self-sufficient. www.sciencefocus.com/news/only-on...

"Israel has been systematically killing children for 77 years. This is not new. What is new is the world is watching children blown to literal pieces." www.commondreams.org/opinion/dead...

Men emit 26% more planet-heating pollution than women from transport and food. Previous research found despite spending similar amounts, men’s spending on consumer goods causes 16% more emissions than women’s. www.motherjones.com/environment/...

Make America Carnivores Again: the political changes that have drawn Americans back to meat. "Nearly eight in 10 Americans who vote red think the media exaggerates the impact of climate change." www.greenqueen.com.hk/us-meat-sale...

Comments needed. A proposed change in the ESA would remove habitat protection. Please say you oppose changing the definition of "harm" because habitat modification or degradation can result in injury or death to a protected species. www.regulations.gov/document/FWS...

Take a note: "Even the most pointed of the mainstream liberal critics tend to concede cultural ground, arguing that American women want babies (as, it is assumed, they should) but cannot afford them." It's not about paid leave, it's about autonomy. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

How's she gonna secure the homeland when she can't hang onto her own handbag?

Coca-Cola, named the World's Worst Plastic Polluter, is quiet quitting on its plastic reduction and recycling goals resource.co/article/coca... #greenwashing

Europeans are a little bit closer to being able to feed their cats and dogs cultured meat. plantbasednews.org/animals/cell... #foodtech