I'm a beef cow
@cowbwz4793.bsky.social
Contemplating the strange human species, & my life as a beef cow.
Biodiversity, ecosystems, extinctions, climate, pollution, plastics, animal rights, sentience, anti-speciesism
Science, systemic change, individual action.
Of course I'm vegan, I'm a cow.
Biodiversity, ecosystems, extinctions, climate, pollution, plastics, animal rights, sentience, anti-speciesism
Science, systemic change, individual action.
Of course I'm vegan, I'm a cow.
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I'm a beef cow
@cowbwz4793.bsky.social
· Dec 28
I follow many people on here who aren't vegan, because they align with my other values & hopes for human society. I absolutely disagree with some of their lifestyle choices (for instance, I'd rather they didn't want to eat me) but that doesn't stop me from appreciating & learning from their wisdom❤️
Anyone up for shifting to a plant-based diet, significantly reducing your consumerism, & stopping flying yet? Because these are 3 actions that have to happen if a liveable Earth is going to have a hope in hell.
Individuals need to show Govts the way.
#climate #plantbased #flightfree #consumerism
Individuals need to show Govts the way.
#climate #plantbased #flightfree #consumerism
The costs of Direct Air Capture will not fall as much as hoped. "Efforts to reduce carbon emissions should therefore* continue at pace, says the research team."
*Therefore is problematic here, as it implies that if DACCS was cheap less reductions are needed. No, no, no.
ethz.ch/en/news-and-...
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*Therefore is problematic here, as it implies that if DACCS was cheap less reductions are needed. No, no, no.
ethz.ch/en/news-and-...
1/
November 26, 2025 at 12:57 PM
Anyone up for shifting to a plant-based diet, significantly reducing your consumerism, & stopping flying yet? Because these are 3 actions that have to happen if a liveable Earth is going to have a hope in hell.
Individuals need to show Govts the way.
#climate #plantbased #flightfree #consumerism
Individuals need to show Govts the way.
#climate #plantbased #flightfree #consumerism
And another day goes by where Govts haven't mandated plant-based diets - and people are too selfish to stop eating meat and dairy to show Govts the way towards making a swift, significant cut in greenhouse gas emissions.
#climate #animalagriculture #beef #dairy #plantbased #vegan
#climate #animalagriculture #beef #dairy #plantbased #vegan
Our new paper Just in @globalchangebio.bsky.social
Climate change is boosting suitability for key malaria vectors across Africa. Between 200M-1000M more people could live in high-risk areas by 2100
doi.org/10.1111/gcb....
#climatechange #malaria #globalhealth #biodiversity #Africa #vectors
Climate change is boosting suitability for key malaria vectors across Africa. Between 200M-1000M more people could live in high-risk areas by 2100
doi.org/10.1111/gcb....
#climatechange #malaria #globalhealth #biodiversity #Africa #vectors
Climate Change Favors African Malaria Vector Mosquitoes
Malaria is a deadly parasitic disease that is transmitted by mosquitoes. This study investigates occurrence patterns of malaria mosquito species to predict how climate change will affect their range ...
doi.org
November 26, 2025 at 12:51 PM
And another day goes by where Govts haven't mandated plant-based diets - and people are too selfish to stop eating meat and dairy to show Govts the way towards making a swift, significant cut in greenhouse gas emissions.
#climate #animalagriculture #beef #dairy #plantbased #vegan
#climate #animalagriculture #beef #dairy #plantbased #vegan
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"Next time you render your free AI-image in a couple of seconds, will you think of all the work, knowledge and skill that we HUMANS created over hundreds of years that made it possible?"
A medical illustrator had her work stolen by a famous surgeon dudebro ->
www.linkedin.com/posts/amanda...
A medical illustrator had her work stolen by a famous surgeon dudebro ->
www.linkedin.com/posts/amanda...
November 26, 2025 at 11:31 AM
"Next time you render your free AI-image in a couple of seconds, will you think of all the work, knowledge and skill that we HUMANS created over hundreds of years that made it possible?"
A medical illustrator had her work stolen by a famous surgeon dudebro ->
www.linkedin.com/posts/amanda...
A medical illustrator had her work stolen by a famous surgeon dudebro ->
www.linkedin.com/posts/amanda...
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Good night. 🌙 Let the quiet settle around you and give your mind a place to rest after everything you carried today. ✨
#SoftEvening #QuietReset #NightBalance
#SoftEvening #QuietReset #NightBalance
November 26, 2025 at 12:50 AM
Good night. 🌙 Let the quiet settle around you and give your mind a place to rest after everything you carried today. ✨
#SoftEvening #QuietReset #NightBalance
#SoftEvening #QuietReset #NightBalance
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"Vietnam has been hit by 14 typhoons this year. Five was the average a few decades ago. The rain from the past few days did not even come from a cyclone — but to add inundation on top of injury, a 15th major storm has just formed off the country’s south central coast."
Vietnam’s Year of Floods, Mud and Death
www.nytimes.com
November 25, 2025 at 12:20 PM
"Vietnam has been hit by 14 typhoons this year. Five was the average a few decades ago. The rain from the past few days did not even come from a cyclone — but to add inundation on top of injury, a 15th major storm has just formed off the country’s south central coast."
Well that was a first today - a butterfly fluttering around the house, after several weeks of frosts 😱
Now relocated to a nicely sheltered spot in a log pile for their winter diapause (insect hibernation). Hope you survive the winter little one, see you in Spring ❤️🦋
Now relocated to a nicely sheltered spot in a log pile for their winter diapause (insect hibernation). Hope you survive the winter little one, see you in Spring ❤️🦋
November 26, 2025 at 3:10 AM
Well that was a first today - a butterfly fluttering around the house, after several weeks of frosts 😱
Now relocated to a nicely sheltered spot in a log pile for their winter diapause (insect hibernation). Hope you survive the winter little one, see you in Spring ❤️🦋
Now relocated to a nicely sheltered spot in a log pile for their winter diapause (insect hibernation). Hope you survive the winter little one, see you in Spring ❤️🦋
Thanks to all the humans who consume beef & dairy, & buy leather, 330 MILLION cows are killed every year around the world. They're all as playful & inquisitive as Bruce & Evan, all slaughtered before they've lived a quarter of their natural life.
End the suffering. Go plant-based #plantbased #vegan
End the suffering. Go plant-based #plantbased #vegan
Evan and Bruce are so lucky to have each other. Thank you, farmsanctuary (IG), for taking them in and giving them all the care and love they need 🐮💚🐮
🧀Help get Pizza Hut to add vegan cheese: veganfta.com/petitions/pizza-hut-please-offer-plant-based-cheese-in-the-us/
#cow #bestfriends #friendship
🧀Help get Pizza Hut to add vegan cheese: veganfta.com/petitions/pizza-hut-please-offer-plant-based-cheese-in-the-us/
#cow #bestfriends #friendship
November 26, 2025 at 2:47 AM
Thanks to all the humans who consume beef & dairy, & buy leather, 330 MILLION cows are killed every year around the world. They're all as playful & inquisitive as Bruce & Evan, all slaughtered before they've lived a quarter of their natural life.
End the suffering. Go plant-based #plantbased #vegan
End the suffering. Go plant-based #plantbased #vegan
If you're livelihood, (home, health, family) are at risk due to climate change, why haven't you shifted to a plant-based diet and been vociferously campaigning for everyone else to do the same - or are you expecting some magical rainbow-maned pink unicorn tech-fix to save you?
#climate #plantbased
#climate #plantbased
“For three years, we have suffered droughts & heatwaves of over 40C. I have lost 50% of my production over this period. The Aude has seen its wine production almost halve to 2m hectolitres [200m litres] over the last three years.”
#France 🇫🇷
#ClimateCrisis
🌡= 🚫🍷 🍇
#France 🇫🇷
#ClimateCrisis
🌡= 🚫🍷 🍇
French winemakers ‘battle for survival’ as minister prepares for crisis talks
Vineyard owners say sales slump, Trump tariffs and worst harvest in 70 years have put producers in danger of closure
www.theguardian.com
November 26, 2025 at 2:36 AM
If you're livelihood, (home, health, family) are at risk due to climate change, why haven't you shifted to a plant-based diet and been vociferously campaigning for everyone else to do the same - or are you expecting some magical rainbow-maned pink unicorn tech-fix to save you?
#climate #plantbased
#climate #plantbased
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The bipartisan REUSE Act has unanimously PASSED the Senate‼️
The global plastics problem is complex, but we know we need to reuse what we currently have AND make fewer plastics in the first place. Enter, REUSE Act:
✅ Research for
✅ Environmental
✅ Uses and
✅ Sustainable
✅ Economies
bit.ly/3MovPTV
The global plastics problem is complex, but we know we need to reuse what we currently have AND make fewer plastics in the first place. Enter, REUSE Act:
✅ Research for
✅ Environmental
✅ Uses and
✅ Sustainable
✅ Economies
bit.ly/3MovPTV
November 25, 2025 at 10:01 PM
The bipartisan REUSE Act has unanimously PASSED the Senate‼️
The global plastics problem is complex, but we know we need to reuse what we currently have AND make fewer plastics in the first place. Enter, REUSE Act:
✅ Research for
✅ Environmental
✅ Uses and
✅ Sustainable
✅ Economies
bit.ly/3MovPTV
The global plastics problem is complex, but we know we need to reuse what we currently have AND make fewer plastics in the first place. Enter, REUSE Act:
✅ Research for
✅ Environmental
✅ Uses and
✅ Sustainable
✅ Economies
bit.ly/3MovPTV
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True peace begins when our compassion knows no bounds. 🕊
🙏 Commit to compassion - take the Vegan Pledge: https://veganfta.com/vegan-pledge 🌱
#quote #quotesdaily #quoteoftheday #peace #compassion
🙏 Commit to compassion - take the Vegan Pledge: https://veganfta.com/vegan-pledge 🌱
#quote #quotesdaily #quoteoftheday #peace #compassion
November 25, 2025 at 11:30 PM
True peace begins when our compassion knows no bounds. 🕊
🙏 Commit to compassion - take the Vegan Pledge: https://veganfta.com/vegan-pledge 🌱
#quote #quotesdaily #quoteoftheday #peace #compassion
🙏 Commit to compassion - take the Vegan Pledge: https://veganfta.com/vegan-pledge 🌱
#quote #quotesdaily #quoteoftheday #peace #compassion
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#theBeeAt3
Basic bee facts every day at 3pm.
# 225
Inside the narrow waist (petiole) of #bumblebees cooler blood pumped from the abdomen is heated up as it passes warm blood returning from the head and thorax.
This process is known as ‘Counter Current Heat Exchange’.
#bees
#nature
#science
Basic bee facts every day at 3pm.
# 225
Inside the narrow waist (petiole) of #bumblebees cooler blood pumped from the abdomen is heated up as it passes warm blood returning from the head and thorax.
This process is known as ‘Counter Current Heat Exchange’.
#bees
#nature
#science
November 25, 2025 at 2:34 PM
#theBeeAt3
Basic bee facts every day at 3pm.
# 225
Inside the narrow waist (petiole) of #bumblebees cooler blood pumped from the abdomen is heated up as it passes warm blood returning from the head and thorax.
This process is known as ‘Counter Current Heat Exchange’.
#bees
#nature
#science
Basic bee facts every day at 3pm.
# 225
Inside the narrow waist (petiole) of #bumblebees cooler blood pumped from the abdomen is heated up as it passes warm blood returning from the head and thorax.
This process is known as ‘Counter Current Heat Exchange’.
#bees
#nature
#science
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Each of these individuals is suffering - for products we don't need.
Extraction 👺Extermination, Mass Extinction. We are destroying life on our planet. #Fishing = #Ecocide #StopFishing #StopYourKillings #LiveVegan or face extinction ✌️
November 25, 2025 at 2:34 PM
Each of these individuals is suffering - for products we don't need.
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I wrote about the absurdity of the COPs failing to make fossil fuels the villain.
"We have spent 30 years trying to arrive at the place we should have started: that fossil fuels must go."
"We have spent 30 years trying to arrive at the place we should have started: that fossil fuels must go."
The UN Climate Process Still Doesn't Understand the Assignment
The original sin of the UN's work was to fail to center coal, oil, and gas as the primary villains in the entire enterprise.
www.gravityisgone.com
November 24, 2025 at 7:12 PM
I wrote about the absurdity of the COPs failing to make fossil fuels the villain.
"We have spent 30 years trying to arrive at the place we should have started: that fossil fuels must go."
"We have spent 30 years trying to arrive at the place we should have started: that fossil fuels must go."
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I wrote about andrea arnold's cow for @currentaffairs.bsky.social's animals issue, and it's now online for your reading pleasure 🫡
Everyone Should Watch Andrea Arnold’s “Cow”
By showing the lives of cows on their own terms, Arnold’s 2021 film reveals the depth of the dairy industry’s violence.
www.currentaffairs.org
November 18, 2025 at 5:27 PM
I wrote about andrea arnold's cow for @currentaffairs.bsky.social's animals issue, and it's now online for your reading pleasure 🫡
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This is an interesting video with Dr. Neal Barnard talking about e coli in chicken and other meat products and the connection with UTIs in humans. He also goes into detail about the cause of e coli in meat products and explains benefits of a plant based diet.
www.youtube.com/live/ONoRdFo...
www.youtube.com/live/ONoRdFo...
New Study: Chicken Causes 1 in 5 UTIs — Dr. Neal Barnard Explains the Hidden Risk
YouTube video by Physicians Committee
www.youtube.com
November 20, 2025 at 10:48 PM
This is an interesting video with Dr. Neal Barnard talking about e coli in chicken and other meat products and the connection with UTIs in humans. He also goes into detail about the cause of e coli in meat products and explains benefits of a plant based diet.
www.youtube.com/live/ONoRdFo...
www.youtube.com/live/ONoRdFo...
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Monday ice update - #Arctic sea ice extent is currently the *2nd* lowest on record (JAXA data)
• about 770,000 km² below the 2010s mean
• about 1,390,000 km² below the 2000s mean
• about 2,010,000 km² below the 1990s mean
• about 2,530,000 km² below the 1980s mean
More zacklabe.com/arctic-sea-i...
• about 770,000 km² below the 2010s mean
• about 1,390,000 km² below the 2000s mean
• about 2,010,000 km² below the 1990s mean
• about 2,530,000 km² below the 1980s mean
More zacklabe.com/arctic-sea-i...
November 25, 2025 at 12:00 AM
Monday ice update - #Arctic sea ice extent is currently the *2nd* lowest on record (JAXA data)
• about 770,000 km² below the 2010s mean
• about 1,390,000 km² below the 2000s mean
• about 2,010,000 km² below the 1990s mean
• about 2,530,000 km² below the 1980s mean
More zacklabe.com/arctic-sea-i...
• about 770,000 km² below the 2010s mean
• about 1,390,000 km² below the 2000s mean
• about 2,010,000 km² below the 1990s mean
• about 2,530,000 km² below the 1980s mean
More zacklabe.com/arctic-sea-i...
Translation: 60% of voters want to experience less cognitive dissonance while they continue to support the slaughter of 80 BILLION farmed birds and mammals, and countless farmed fish, every year.
Faunalytics survey shows bipartisan support for humane farming:
✔ 60% would vote for candidates pushing stronger animal welfare rules
✖ Factory farm expansion & subsidies are unpopular
#AnimalWelfare #FoodJustice #Policy
✔ 60% would vote for candidates pushing stronger animal welfare rules
✖ Factory farm expansion & subsidies are unpopular
#AnimalWelfare #FoodJustice #Policy
Survey finds bipartisan support for stronger animal welfare policies
Public News Service (PNS) is a member-supported news service that advocates journalism in the public interest. PNS's network of state-based news services distribute high quality public interest news…
app.publicnewsservice.org
November 25, 2025 at 1:41 AM
Translation: 60% of voters want to experience less cognitive dissonance while they continue to support the slaughter of 80 BILLION farmed birds and mammals, and countless farmed fish, every year.
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Realising that every animal’s life has value breaks the conditioning that teaches us to ignore their suffering. 🐖💚
When we choose compassion, we open the door to a world where no one has to be used or harmed.
👉 Every choice matters. Sign the vegan pledge: https://veganfta.com/vegan-pledge/
When we choose compassion, we open the door to a world where no one has to be used or harmed.
👉 Every choice matters. Sign the vegan pledge: https://veganfta.com/vegan-pledge/
November 25, 2025 at 12:53 AM
Realising that every animal’s life has value breaks the conditioning that teaches us to ignore their suffering. 🐖💚
When we choose compassion, we open the door to a world where no one has to be used or harmed.
👉 Every choice matters. Sign the vegan pledge: https://veganfta.com/vegan-pledge/
When we choose compassion, we open the door to a world where no one has to be used or harmed.
👉 Every choice matters. Sign the vegan pledge: https://veganfta.com/vegan-pledge/
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While many activists call for justice for "all," this call routinely excludes the billions of non-human individuals commodified, confined, and killed each year.
The Unspoken Exclusion: Animal Rights & Intersectionality
Herbiⓥore published a post on Ko-fi
ko-fi.com
November 25, 2025 at 1:00 AM
While many activists call for justice for "all," this call routinely excludes the billions of non-human individuals commodified, confined, and killed each year.
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A Permian “buildout” is a biodiversity collapse plan — more rigs, more pipelines, and less habitat for dunes sagebrush lizard, lesser prairie-chicken, and Texas hornshell mussel. And more contamination of aquifers already polluted by decades of extraction.
finance.yahoo.com/news/permian...
finance.yahoo.com/news/permian...
Permian Gas Wave Sparks Biggest Pipeline Buildout Since the Shale Boom
Surging demand from LNG exporters, data centers, and manufacturing is driving a $50 billion investment boom.
finance.yahoo.com
November 25, 2025 at 12:59 AM
A Permian “buildout” is a biodiversity collapse plan — more rigs, more pipelines, and less habitat for dunes sagebrush lizard, lesser prairie-chicken, and Texas hornshell mussel. And more contamination of aquifers already polluted by decades of extraction.
finance.yahoo.com/news/permian...
finance.yahoo.com/news/permian...
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These are among the oldest forests on earth, but they're running up against the new world of climate change--firefighting help badly needed!
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/23/w...
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/23/w...
Fire Threatens Iran’s Ancient Forest, a World Heritage Site
www.nytimes.com
November 24, 2025 at 2:15 PM
These are among the oldest forests on earth, but they're running up against the new world of climate change--firefighting help badly needed!
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/23/w...
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/23/w...
I've decided to start a dog day-care and think this would be a great way of minimizing the effort I'd have to put into keeping the dogs under control. What do you think? Why shouldn't I look after dogs the same way farmers look after the animals you eat?
Tied together with their heads 👺Animal exploitation is vile and barbaricIt is barbaric everywhere. So don’t start with ‘this is not here’. Ever seen pigs in a gas chamber ? Stop. Using. And. Eating. Animals. #LiveVegan live a justifiable lifestyle ✌️
November 24, 2025 at 5:49 PM
I've decided to start a dog day-care and think this would be a great way of minimizing the effort I'd have to put into keeping the dogs under control. What do you think? Why shouldn't I look after dogs the same way farmers look after the animals you eat?
Humans, for all the time you've been kicking the climate can down the road, & $ billions you've been pouring into tech-fixes, you could've transitioned the entire human population onto an affordable plant-based food system, & rewilded 70% of land currently used for animal agriculture.
#plantbased
#plantbased
For years, geoengineering—artificially lowering global temperatures through technological means—has been met with skepticism. But the progression of climate change has pushed many scientists to seriously consider the strategy, Alexander C. Kaufman writes:
Who’s Ready to Think About Blocking Out the Sun?
The idea of artificially lowering the planet’s temperature is gaining supporters and hitting political opposition.
bit.ly
November 24, 2025 at 5:46 PM
Humans, for all the time you've been kicking the climate can down the road, & $ billions you've been pouring into tech-fixes, you could've transitioned the entire human population onto an affordable plant-based food system, & rewilded 70% of land currently used for animal agriculture.
#plantbased
#plantbased
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If animals could haunt us, you’d think twice before choosing that steak.
October 29, 2025 at 10:24 AM
If animals could haunt us, you’d think twice before choosing that steak.
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Marine life deserves better than to end up on our plates 🐙
📷 Selene Magnolia / We Animals Media
#WorldOctopusDay
#OctopusDay
📷 Selene Magnolia / We Animals Media
#WorldOctopusDay
#OctopusDay
November 23, 2025 at 10:30 AM
Marine life deserves better than to end up on our plates 🐙
📷 Selene Magnolia / We Animals Media
#WorldOctopusDay
#OctopusDay
📷 Selene Magnolia / We Animals Media
#WorldOctopusDay
#OctopusDay