@Astible_1 just made a tofu one yesterday! not as pretty as yours but🥲 #vegan

@rose this looks cool as hell but horrible to hold

I don’t like to mention that rich guy over at #Twitter, but he’s rambling on about #ClimateChange & agriculture, which is in my wheelhouse. And he is also unabashedly & absurdly wrong.

Misinformation on climate change is irresponsible & dangerous, so let’s be clear:

25% to 30% of global emissions come from our #food system.

As UT Austin’s Michael Webber describes, agriculture is a major cause, victim and - importantly - meaningful solution to #climate change.

More at https://ourworldindata.org/greenhouse-gas-emissions-food

Just finished watching Ed Winters video on horse racing, and he bought up an interesting point about the purpose of animals is to live their own lives. Which honestly gave me goosebumps because of how, chilling that is... dear god, how low has humanity gone? The fact we're controlling how other's live harmless lives? And it's so universal too.
Fuck...
#vegan #veganism #climatechange #climateemergency #lgbtq #lgbtqia
#disability #mentalhealth #autism
#ethnicity

i can’t comprehend why some people still *choose* to drink cow milk over plant milk. plant milk is delicious! why would anyone consciously choose the option that takes an innocent, helpless, terrified mother, forcefully impregnates them endlessly, separates them from their babies the moment they’re born, and mechanically tortures them in a prison until they are no longer “useful” and must be brutally killed? not to mention the massive toll on the #environment and the fact that it’s just plain gross: you’re a human drinking a glass of processed pus from the breasts of a tormented animal. i’ve spent time caring for these beautiful beings after they’ve been liberated. they’re no different from the #dogs and #cats that we love so much. they love to play and frolic, they feel emotion deeply, and they have their own personalities if given the chance to develop them. but in each of their eyes, i can see the pain and horror that we’ve subject them to, and for what? the ONLY justification for this is not knowing better. please, for these sweet, innocent creatures, for our children’s future during the #climatecrisis, for #leftism, for #feminism, go #vegan ❤️

transphobia at work (by the head of HR!) is driving me fucking insane

After buying groceries
in the parking lot
I passed by the woman
who had harassed me
in the supermarket
for wearing a mask
and to my amusement saw
that her vehicle had
a bumper sticker reading
“be kind.”

“Last month, millions of intensively farmed chickens died during the record-breaking heatwave. As temperatures reached 45C, the birds were left flapping and panting as they died slowly of heat exhaustion, according to a witness.

One shed worker told The Independent that the birds were simply “left to die in the heat” and “written off” as a cost. Another worker said they were experiencing flashbacks from the “sheer scale and stink of the dead bodies” of the chickens that died. “I often find that I just suddenly start crying and shaking,” they said.”

from “If you get angry about dogs in hot cars and eat meat – you’re a hypocrite” — https://www.independent.co.uk/voices/dogs-hot-cars-heatwave-farm-animals-cruelty-b2144734.html

#vegan #plantbased #speciesism #climatecrisis #climatechange #birds

Industrial farming has killed billions of birds
Scientists: Saving birds requires rapid transformative change, especially agricultural reform

https://climateandcapitalism.com/2023/06/06/industrial-farming-kills-billions-of-birds/

Worldwide, 49% of all wild bird species are in steep decline. BirdLife International’s authoritative report, State of the World’s Birds 2022, estimates that there are now nearly 3 billion fewer wild birds in Canada & the U.S. than a few decades ago

#agriculture #IndustrialFarming #wildlife #EcologicalDesruction #farming #birds

@bike unfortunately i don’t (i take an algae-based supplement). good luck finding something!

More than 800 million trees have been cut down in the Amazon to meet beef demand.

Animal liberation and climate justice are one and the same.

#ClimateJustice #ClimateChange #vegan #veganic #Brazil #Amazon

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2023/jun/02/more-than-800m-amazon-trees-felled-in-six-years-to-meet-beef-demand

I just finished watching the incredible video, The Messenger (Imagine a world without birdsong), a documentary that deals with the avian extinction crisis. The video focuses on songbirds and highlights the incredible feats of migration they undertake, their variety and songs. The video also discusses their importance to our ecosystems. But, the main focus is on the existential threats they face in the Anthropocene, from the millions that perish against skyscraper windows or in domestic cats' claws, to the insidious impact of neonicotinoid pesticides and the ecological devastation wreaked by the energy sector, and the looming threat of climate change to migratory birds. The movie poses some potential palliatives, for example agroecology. But the message is stark. If we continue along the present course, birds face a dubious future.

https://filmsfortheearth.org/en/film/the-messenger/

#birds #biodiversity #extinction #nature #birding #MastodonNatureCommunity

In today's picture: Corvus ruficollis (known as brown-necked raven). #CORVUSPHERE #CorvusRuficollis #BrownNeckedRaven

In today's picture: Corvus orru (known as Torresian crow). #CORVUSPHERE #CorvusOrru #TorresianCrow

The brown-headed crow is threatened by habitat destruction and has been classified as "near threatened". #CORVUSPHERE #CorvusFuscicapillus #BrownHeadedCrow

“Meet The “Tanabeak,” An Extremely Rare Tanager–Grosbeak Hybrid” 🤯

https://www.allaboutbirds.org/news/meet-the-tanabeak-an-extremely-rare-tanager-grosbeak-hybrid/

#birds #biology

The beef industry is terrified, so they are going to lie and cheat to maintain their position as long as possible - climate be damned.

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2023/may/03/beef-industry-public-relations-messaging-machine

#vegan #climate #ClimateAction #climateChange

BREAKING: Starbucks to shut down *all* Ithaca locations as a part of its union busting efforts.

This means that over 30 people will lose their jobs, as a result of Starbucks' illegal anti-union efforts.
Ithaca was the first city that had 100% of its Starbucks stores unionized & now it will the first city to have all of its Starbucks stores shuttered.

The story hasn't broken locally yet (SB did a news dump last night); message me if you want to cover this

#Labor #Union #Unions #Unionization

@sandramarie outdoor cats take a huge toll on wild bird populations (estimated at almost 2.4 billion birds a year in north america). please consider bringing your cat indoors. wild birds are already being decimated by the climate crisis, habitat loss, and the avian flu.