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Andrew Rakich @atunshei.bsky.social · 7h

Perfect time of year to watch (or-rewatch) THE SUDBURY DEVIL. Hope you'll consider us for your spooky season viewing 🎃

Andrew Rakich @atunshei.bsky.social · Nov 18

THE SUDBURY DEVIL is now available to stream on Tubi, Prime Video, and Apple TV!

The best way to support the filmmakers is still to buy it directly through our website at atunsheifilms.vhx.tv, where you can also get exclusive access to over six hours of special features.

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Andrew Rakich @atunshei.bsky.social · 1d

Thank you to everybody at @animalactivism.bsky.social, @caftusa.bsky.social & more for your amazing work.

Never listen to anyone who says protests are just “virtue signaling.” With strategic planning and smart targets, a handful of determined activists can bring massive insitutions to their knees.

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Andrew Rakich @atunshei.bsky.social · 1d

Animal fur is the most polluting textile by far (even more so than petroleum-based faux fur). 95% of the supply comes from factory farms where wild animals like foxes and minx are confined in cages before being strangled or anally electrocuted. This victory is a significant setback for the industry.

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Andrew Rakich @atunshei.bsky.social · 1d

Some good news for a change: thanks to a sustained pressure campaign by grassroots activists, fashion conglomerate Condé Nast will now longer feature animal fur in its publications — including Vogue, the most influential fashion magazine in the world. www.cnn.com/2025/10/06/s...

Vogue publisher Condé Nast stops showing fur in all editorial and advertising | CNN

Vogue will no longer feature “new animal fur in editorial content or advertising,” according to updated guidelines on the website of its parent company, Condé Nast.

www.cnn.com

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The Blogging Goth @theblogginggoth.bsky.social · 4d

Many happy returns to revered and best-selling #author #AnneRice, born this day in 1941 who gave the world #TheVampireChronicles beginning with the iconic #InterviewWithTheVampire. She sadly passed away in 2021.

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Andrew Rakich @atunshei.bsky.social · 4d

Again, your “99%” claim is simply not true. The meat industry is responsible for about 20% of emissions any given year and is the leading cause of deforestation, land use, and terrestrial habitat loss. Check out the link I sent in the other reply for more info

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Andrew Rakich @atunshei.bsky.social · 4d

We can fight both the fossil fuel and the meat industries while recognizing that consumption patterns in wealthy countries contribute to environmental degradation at the expense of the global south. This is what it means to take an intersectional approach.

www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Meat is a leading emissions source – but few outlets report on it, analysis finds

Sentient Media reveals less than 4% of climate news stories mention animal agriculture as source of carbon emissions

www.theguardian.com

Andrew Rakich @atunshei.bsky.social · 4d

Globally, consumers in the Global North, especially the US, *are* the big polluters.

The richest 10% of humans cause almost half of GhG emissions from consumption. That includes virtually everyone in the Global North above the poverty line. Including probably you.

www.oxfam.org.uk/media/press-...

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Kenny Torrella @kennytorrella.bsky.social · 5d

The new EAT-Lancet report is out and I wrote about it -- and also what I saw at Climate Week NYC: An environmental movement still cozying up to Big Meat, and still unafraid to confront scientific consensus on food, agriculture, and livestock.

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Andrew Rakich @atunshei.bsky.social · 5d

“Here in the village, we call it ‘clean’ coal!”

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Andrew Rakich @atunshei.bsky.social · 7d

“‘There’s kind of no way to solve the land use problems in the world unless there is moderation of diets – meat consumption, particularly beef – in the developed world.’” www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Meat is a leading emissions source – but few outlets report on it, analysis finds

Sentient Media reveals less than 4% of climate news stories mention animal agriculture as source of carbon emissions

www.theguardian.com

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Andrew Rakich @atunshei.bsky.social · 8d

The children should watch this instead youtu.be/OfFrHOhKZDo?...

Holy Horror: A New History of John Brown's Raid (feat. InRangeTV)

YouTube video by Atun-Shei Films

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Andrew Rakich @atunshei.bsky.social · 10d

It's one thing to sit in your favorite armchair and read about Colonel Benedict Arnold's grueling march across the wilds of Maine to seize the fortress of Quebec City from the British – it's another to strap your hiking boots on, hop in a boat, and try to do it yourself. youtu.be/pK2Ol6RfxkM

Following Benedict Arnold: The 1775 Invasion of Quebec

YouTube video by Atun-Shei Films

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Andrew Rakich @atunshei.bsky.social · 9d

What a deranged meltdown.

It’s statistically rare for trans women to be perpetrators of sexual violence — they are in fact four times more likely to be *victims* of it! williamsinstitute.law.ucla.edu/press/ncvs-t...

The Hollywood Reporter @thr.com · 9d

Harry Potter creator J.K. Rowling has hit out at Emma Watson in a lengthy statement on X, saying: “She has so little experience of real life she’s ignorant of how ignorant she is.”

J.K. Rowling Brands Emma Watson “Ignorant” in Lengthy Post Defending Anti-Trans Stance: “She Has So Little Experience of Real Life”

Harry Potter creator J.K. Rowling has hit out at Emma Watson in a lengthy statement on X, saying: “She has so little experience of real life she’s ignorant of how ignorant she is.”

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Andrew Rakich @atunshei.bsky.social · 10d

It's one thing to sit in your favorite armchair and read about Colonel Benedict Arnold's grueling march across the wilds of Maine to seize the fortress of Quebec City from the British – it's another to strap your hiking boots on, hop in a boat, and try to do it yourself. youtu.be/pK2Ol6RfxkM

Following Benedict Arnold: The 1775 Invasion of Quebec

YouTube video by Atun-Shei Films

youtu.be

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Andrew Rakich @atunshei.bsky.social · 11d

Like the mass murder of bison on the Plains or the clearing of the Eastern Woodlands for animal agriculture, colonialism annihilates and replaces ecosystems as well as peoples, polities, and cultures.

George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 11d

When you consider the *ecocide* alongside the genocide being perpetrated in Gaza, you begin to grasp the totality of the Israeli state’s attempt to eliminate both the Palestinians and their homeland.
My column today.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

Israel’s ecocide in Gaza sends this message: even if we stopped dropping bombs, you couldn’t live here | George Monbiot

Consider the annihilation of agricultural land alongside the genocide – and grasp the chilling totality of this attempt to eliminate all life, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot

www.theguardian.com

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Andrew Rakich @atunshei.bsky.social · 27d

Coming soon on Atun-Shei Films, an epic historical adventure like you've never seen...

To commemorate its 250th anniversary, my buddy Benton and I traced the most difficult part of the route of Benedict Arnold's 1775 invasion of Quebec (to disastrous and hilarious consequences).

Stay tuned!

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Moby Dick @mobydickatsea.bsky.social · 21d

spermy heaps

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Emerson W. Baker @emersonwbaker.bsky.social · 23d

#OTD September 15, 1692, Stephen Johnson confirmed his pact with Satan, as well as his love for French fashion: "he was to have of the Devil for his Service...a pair of French fall Shoes"

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spencer roberts 🦈 @unpopularscience.bsky.social · 24d

The extinction impact of the beef industry is immense. Eating even a little bit multiplies a diet’s impact on endangered species.

insane chart from a new open access study comparing extinction impacts of different food production systems

t.co/Nc7c8ynR0N

Fig. 4: The extinction impacts of average daily per capita food consumption in the United States for consumption in 2021, the EAT–Lancet planetary health diet and hypothetical vegetarian and vegan diets.

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Andrew Rakich @atunshei.bsky.social · 26d

Gretchen wrote a very flattering review of The Sudbury Devil. She seems like good people.

This is bullshit. Fuck DC

The Comics Journal @comicsjournal.bsky.social · 26d

Horror ‘It Girl’ Gretchen Felker Martin on DC pulling Red Hood after Charlie Kirk comments: ‘I had no regrets’ by Zach Rabiroff www.tcj.com/horror-it-gi...

Horror ‘It Girl’ Gretchen Felker Martin on DC pulling Red Hood after Charlie Kirk comments: ‘I had no regrets’ - The Comics Journal

As if you've never gotten in trouble at work? Gretchen Felker-Martin dishes on the abrupt cancellation of her new DC series, Red Hood.

www.tcj.com

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Andrew Rakich @atunshei.bsky.social · 27d

Coming soon on Atun-Shei Films, an epic historical adventure like you've never seen...

To commemorate its 250th anniversary, my buddy Benton and I traced the most difficult part of the route of Benedict Arnold's 1775 invasion of Quebec (to disastrous and hilarious consequences).

Stay tuned!

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Zoognosis with Joy! @zoognosisjoy.bsky.social · Sep 7

In this video, I talk about how the dairy industry contributes to the ecological polycrisis, how dairy patriarchy hijacked mammalian fluid bonding at the expense of our biosphere, and what we can do to fight back (we will wean the world).
youtu.be/V4_kqu6HRuM

We Will Wean the World: The Ecological Costs of Dairy Patriarchy

YouTube video by Zoognosis with Joy!

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Andrew Rakich @atunshei.bsky.social · Sep 8

Turn OFF restricted mode on your YouTube account. support.google.com/youtube/answ...

Turn Restricted Mode on or off on YouTube - Android - YouTube Help

Restricted Mode is an optional setting that you can use on YouTube. This feature can help screen out potentially mature content that you or others using your devices may prefer not to view.  Com

support.google.com

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Andrew Rakich @atunshei.bsky.social · Sep 8

When you turn on YouTube's new "restricted mode" on my channel, most of my videos disappear.

But not the one with graphic descriptions of slavers cannibalizing a captive, or the one with uncensored slaughterhouse footage.

Isn't this supposed to be about protecting children or something?

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