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Sashka Ⓥ @sashkapapashka.bsky.social · Aug 11

I'd like to start a vegan, antinatalist eco village (but without esoteric vibes!) with a sanctuary for all kinds of animals, where there is a nostalgic café con library, as well as a few yurts to rent out, a little indie perfume shop and a manufactory, where we create the perfect plant-based cheese.

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Sashka Ⓥ @sashkapapashka.bsky.social · 1h

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Ms. Stacy @govegan68.bsky.social · 6d

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Cottage in the Woods @cottageinwood.bsky.social · 28d

But a tree isn't limited to how it is useful to humans. Every tree is a home for wildlife, a warrior against climate change, a healer of the earth, a survivor of epochs, a story protector, a kind aunt and uncle, and a food bank for dozens of species in difficult times.

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Patty Shenker @pattys06.bsky.social · 3d

“Man is a part of nature, and his war against nature is inevitably a war against himself.”
- Rachel Carson
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Lyle Lewis @race2extinct.bsky.social · 3d

Nearly 400 marine mammals have washed up sick or dead on California’s Central Coast since June. Leptospirosis, toxic algal blooms, food collapse. The ocean itself is becoming uninhabitable for the life it holds — and most deaths go unseen. #RacingToExtinction

apple.news/AcjTotwG6SyC...

Marine mammals are dying in record numbers along the California coast — Los Angeles Times

It's been a doozy of a year for marine mammals, who have been dying in record numbers along the California coast. Volunteer rescue crews are traumatized and fatigued, but refuse to give up.

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rat @kibletprsnl.bsky.social · 4d

as much as i have solidarity with ukraine, dexter does not belong there. there is so much wrong with this. i am too tired and disappointed to point them all out.

Kate from Kharkiv @kateinkharkiv.bsky.social · 5d

This is Dexter, he lives in Kharkiv. Today he visited a children’s event at Barabashovo market, the same place russia bombed just a few nights ago. He’s irresistibly cute, and simply by being his playful, curious self, he helps Kharkiv’s kids cope with the hardest chapter of their lives: war.

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Sashka Ⓥ @sashkapapashka.bsky.social · 2d

Long overdue, laggard scientists.

Inside Climate News @insideclimatenews.org · 4d

The rights of nature is one of the fastest-growing movements on the planet. Now, scientists are increasingly signing on, working with Indigenous communities and others to advance laws and philosophies on behalf of the more-than-human world.

The Scientists Making the Case for Nature’s Rights - Inside Climate News

A growing number of scientists are backing laws recognizing that nature has inherent rights and intrinsic value. A group of wetlands scientists wants the critical ecosystems they study to be next.

insideclimatenews.org

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Sashka Ⓥ @sashkapapashka.bsky.social · 2d

Friends, not food.

Buitengebieden @buitengebieden.bsky.social · Aug 16

We all need a hug sometimes.. 😊

Sashka Ⓥ @sashkapapashka.bsky.social · 2d

Thanks so much for your kind words! It always makes me feel a bit better to come across the few like-minded people (or maybe there are more, but they prefer to hide?).
Life’s a bit upside down for me right now, so I’m only managing the basics, otherwise I’d love to post more often.

Sashka Ⓥ @sashkapapashka.bsky.social · 3d

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Sashka Ⓥ @sashkapapashka.bsky.social · 3d

Is this really so difficult to grasp?

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GaⓋen Kind. 🌱 🌱 🌱 @gavenkind.bsky.social · 4d

Especially from late afternoon all the way until the sun is well up the next day. That’s when many animals are the most active.
In other words: “Slow down. People live around here.” And yes, they deserve the same consideration as people.

Caroline B @vegancb.bsky.social · 4d

Please show down and watch carefully for our wild friends

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carolmac80💙🌈☮️🏳️‍⚧️🇺🇸🇺🇦🧿🌊 @carolmac80.bsky.social · 6d

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Sashka Ⓥ @sashkapapashka.bsky.social · 5d

"The chief cause for the impending collapse of the world - the cause sufficient in and by itself - is the enormous growth of the human population: the human flood. The worst enemy of life is too much life: the excess of human life."
Pentti Linkola, Can Life Prevail?

#overpopulation #overshoot

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vivilette.bsky.social @vivilette.bsky.social · 11d

Save Donkeys from the Brutal Skin Trade

Donkeys are valued and trusted companions around the world, yet these animals are being slaughtered in huge numbers to produce ejiao (pronounced “eh-gee-yow”)—gelatin made from boiling donkey hides. T...

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[Redacted] @vegandroid.bsky.social · 10d

Humanity needs a reality check

Herbiⓥore @herbivoreclub.bsky.social · 10d

Humans kill over 100 million sharks every year. Sharks kill fewer than ten humans worldwide. Remind me again who the monsters are? 🦈

Sharks on the Menu: Contamination, Exploitation, and Extinction

Sharks, rays, and skates have been on this planet for more than 400 million years, surviving mass extinctions that wiped out entire branches of life.

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Sashka Ⓥ @sashkapapashka.bsky.social · 10d

The real heroes of our times. And the few people whose deaths I truly mourn with all my heart 💔

SuzyM @suzymarxist.bsky.social · 10d

The political killings you don’t hear about
heated.world/p/the-politi...

The political killings you don’t hear about

Across the globe, standing up for the planet can be a death sentence—and the perpetrators are almost never held accountable.

heated.world

Sashka Ⓥ @sashkapapashka.bsky.social · 14d

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Rainforest @pitbullmtkerr.bsky.social · Mar 31

Overpopulation equals overconsumption of water equals problems on finite Earth.

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GaⓋen Kind. 🌱 🌱 🌱 @gavenkind.bsky.social · 14d

Let’s get those restaurant menus right:
Veal -> Baby cow
Lamb -> Baby sheep
Then again, most all animals killed for food are babies.

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Sashka Ⓥ @sashkapapashka.bsky.social · 15d

Animals are friends. You don't eat friends.

John Oberg @johnoberg.bsky.social · 15d

Deserving of our love and respect. 🧡 #loveALLanimals

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Lyle Lewis @race2extinct.bsky.social · Jul 27

Everything is smarter than we thought because we’re dumber than we think.

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TRAFFIC International @trafficintl.bsky.social · 17d

Majestic, powerful, irreplaceable — rhinos matter 🦏🌍

This #WorldRhinoDay, governments at #CITESCoP20 will use the TRAFFIC–IUCN rhino assessment to guide decisions shaping the survival of all five species.

Learn more & explore the data 📊👇
https://loom.ly/os1ATxU

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Sashka Ⓥ @sashkapapashka.bsky.social · 17d

Old but gold.

Sashka Ⓥ @sashkapapashka.bsky.social · 17d

Humans are monsters. Just call an animal a 'pest' and they’ll do the rest.

International Centre for Animal Rights and Ethics @icareanimals.bsky.social · 23d

🦉 Bibliography Recommendation 📚

Urban animals are often invisible to human citizens and animal rights scholars 🐀🕊️, but they suddenly become visible when labelled as pests or problems 🚫. How does this invisibility turn into a violent response?

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Butterflies Katz ⓥ @butterflieskatz.bsky.social · 17d

See who you are violently assaulting when eating.

#NoAnimalUse #AnimalRights #animals #VeganForNonviolence #PlantBased #FriendsNotFood #food #diet

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Sashka Ⓥ @sashkapapashka.bsky.social · 23d

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