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Mark @ferl67.bsky.social · 2h

French Polynesia declares the world’s largest marine park to protect ocean life.
happyeconews.com/worlds-large...

French Polynesia Creates World’s Largest Marine Park to Protect Ocean Life | Happy Eco News

French Polynesia has created the largest marine park in the world, protecting 4.8 million square kilometers of ocean. The park includes fully protected zones where fishing and mining are banned, blend...

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Cow BWZ 4793 @cowbwz4793.bsky.social · 3h

I didn't think I could despise rodeos (career animal abusers and public cheering for animal cruelty) any more than I already did, but apparently I can.
#AnimalCruelty #AnimalAbuse #Rodeo #USBorderPatrol

Mother Jones @motherjones.com · 4h

“They sponsor this? Fuck them. No, really. Fuck them—I mean it. And you can quote me on that.”

The US pays millions to Professional Bull Riders for advertising. Photojournalist Carrie Schreck reports on the bizarre spectacle.

How the Border Patrol uses rodeos to recruit

At fairgrounds full of young men, the government sets up shop to hire immigration agents.

www.motherjones.com

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Cow BWZ 4793 @cowbwz4793.bsky.social · 4h

I think there's a 6th "if" because this all starts with 'if Trump is telling the truth that an agreement has been reached'.

Cow BWZ 4793 @cowbwz4793.bsky.social · 6h

Johnson thinks he's being clever, but all he's done is now given us a video of him saying when somebody has crossed arms they're not telling the truth - to use whenever Trump's talking with crossed arms😂

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Krasnov 🌱 @greennomad61.bsky.social · 10d

Octopuses keep surprising us...
Known for their otherworldly look and remarkable intelligence, octopuses continue to reveal astonishing qualities, abilities and behaviour.

Then people eat them. 🐙😳

share.google/sR9CME8Ha7ds...

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Cow BWZ 4793 @cowbwz4793.bsky.social · 14h

I once bought a bag of nuggets expecting them to be made of gold, but they turned out to be chicken - I hereby declare that nugget-shaped things can no longer be called nuggets.

Jeez humans, you're really taking your resistance to shifting to plant-based diets to ridiculous extremes.
#plantbased

Zach Boren @zdboren.bsky.social · 15h

five years after failing to get terms like 'plant-based burger' and 'veggie sausage' banned in europe, looks like the livestock lobby going to get its way

www.euractiv.com/news/parliam...

Parliament pushes for ‘veggie burger’ ban | Euractiv

Lawmakers back stricter labelling for meat alternatives

www.euractiv.com

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Vegan FTA @veganftaofficial.bsky.social · 15h

Colombia bans bullfighting and other violent practices. 🐂🐓🚫

👉 Learn more: https://veganfta.com/articles/2025/09/12/colombias-constitutional-court-not-only-upholds-bullfighting-ban-but-bans-more-animal-spectacles/

#colombia #southamerica #banbullfighting #animalrights #news

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toonholechris @toonholechris.bsky.social · 2d

Bird house

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Cow BWZ 4793 @cowbwz4793.bsky.social · 1d

I planted non-native Japanese anemones, not knowing they take over by sending out rhizomes EVERYWHERE! After digging them out & sifting the soil they're still emerging, & will have to keep pulling out the shoots as soon as they emerge, for years.
Non-native plant sales need to be restricted.

Photo of a flowering japanese anemone growing in a garden

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Eoghan Daltun 🌍 @irishrainforest.bsky.social · 1d

This scene looks attractive, until you realise that only a single thing – a wild sessile oak to the rear – is native here.

It's fake 'nature', and virtually worthless to wildlife.

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Cow BWZ 4793 @cowbwz4793.bsky.social · 1d

Why does he look like he's about to burst into tears?

Cow BWZ 4793 @cowbwz4793.bsky.social · 1d

I'm a beef cow with a 2 year death sentence, so I often wish I had been born a different species.

Well that's broiler chicken off the list. Who want's to be born into a life of pain & physiological suffering, and having your throat slit when you're 6 weeks old - just so a human can have nuggets.💔🐔

Sentient @sentientmedia.org · 1d

Broiler chickens are growing faster than ever before, causing serious health concerns. These fast-growing breeds experience more pain due to physical challenges including bone stress, heart disease and heat stress.

A graph showing that broiler chickens grow more than 400% faster than they did in 1957.

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Cow BWZ 4793 @cowbwz4793.bsky.social · 1d

"You're not making art, you're making disgusting, over-processed hotdogs out of the lives of human beings, out of the history of art & music, & then shoving them down someone else's throat hoping they'll give you a little thumbs up"

Humans, stop it with the AI slop.

www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Robin Williams' daughter pleads for people to stop sending AI videos of her dad

The filmmaker said it is not what her dad, who died in 2014, would have wanted.

www.bbc.co.uk

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The Atlantic @theatlantic.com · 1d

Contest organizers from this year’s Audubon Photography Awards shared some of their Top 100 selections—featuring a ringed kingfisher, a yellow-eared parrot, whooper swans, and more—with The Atlantic Photo. View them here:

Selections From the 2025 Audubon Photography Awards Top 100

Beautiful selections from the Top 100 photographs in this year’s photo contest, depicting birdlife from around the world

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Utopia Burns @utopiaburns.bsky.social · 1d

The ultimate triumph of the industries of death is making us willing participants in their plastic-wrapped horror.

A group of laying hens packed closely together inside a crates with metal bars.

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Cow BWZ 4793 @cowbwz4793.bsky.social · 1d

Definitely going to have a go at making these😋I've never tried baking with lentils 🍰

Love the way @maximalistvegan.bsky.social puts lots of pictures and explanation about ingredients into her recipes www.maximalistvegan.com

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Cow BWZ 4793 @cowbwz4793.bsky.social · 1d

Only buy a new phone if you NEED one, not 'cos of marketing or want to show it off to your buddies. And #BoycottAmazon

My current 2018 Motorola still works perfectly well, & will be kept until it's no longer functioning. Phone before this was a 2007 shell Nokia that was replaced 'cos it died📱☠️🪦

WIRED @wired.com · 1d

The Pixel 9a is an amazing phone for the money, and now it's even better with this Amazon Prime Big Deal Days sale. www.wired.com/story/google...

The Best Smartphone for Your Buck—the Google Pixel 9a—Is Cheaper Than Ever at $350

The Pixel 9a is an amazing phone for the money, and now it's even better with this Amazon Prime Big Deal Days sale.

www.wired.com

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Cow BWZ 4793 @cowbwz4793.bsky.social · 1d

Please only buy a new phone if you actually NEED one, not because of marketing or you want to show it off to your buddies.

My 2018 Motorola still works perfectly well, & will be kept until it's no longer functioning. Phone before this was a 2007 shell phone Nokia that was replaced 'cos it died 📱🪦

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Cow BWZ 4793 @cowbwz4793.bsky.social · 1d

Big Oil & Big Animal Agriculture both did a great job at making humans believe individual lifestyle change doesn't make a difference - one by telling you to take individual action, the other by telling you not to.

Fact: individual change is vital and effective #climate

veganfta.com/articles/202...

Cow Meat Trade Group Knew Climate Impact but Sought to Obscure It

Two recent academic papers have uncovered that the US cow meat industry, through the National Cattlemen’s Beef Association (NCBA), knew about the significant climate harms of cow meat production as…

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Cow BWZ 4793 @cowbwz4793.bsky.social · 1d

“Meat and dairy does not want the individual to think that their choices make a difference at all…They’re constantly saying what you do as a consumer will not make a difference." But non-partisan organisations e.g. World Resource Institute & EAT-Lancet say otherwise.

veganfta.com/articles/202...

Cow Meat Trade Group Knew Climate Impact but Sought to Obscure It

Two recent academic papers have uncovered that the US cow meat industry, through the National Cattlemen’s Beef Association (NCBA), knew about the significant climate harms of cow meat production as…

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Alexander J. Stein @ajstein.bsky.social · 1d

The cow #meat industry knew about the significant #climate harms of #beef production as far back as 1989, yet took calculated steps to keep the public in the dark and to obfuscate the underlying #science, using tactics deployed by the tobacco industry: veganfta.com/articles/202... #disinformation

Cow Meat Trade Group Knew Climate Impact but Sought to Obscure It

Two recent academic papers have uncovered that the US cow meat industry, through the National Cattlemen’s Beef Association (NCBA), knew about the significant climate harms of cow meat production as…

veganfta.com

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Cow BWZ 4793 @cowbwz4793.bsky.social · 1d

This is a similar article - not sure if the link will work because it's gone through a Captcha page

iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1...

Cow BWZ 4793 @cowbwz4793.bsky.social · 1d

Next time you're in a conversation with a climate campaigner who refuses to shift to a plant-based diet because "individual change is the propaganda Big Oil put out to block systemic change", show them this:
#plantbased #ClimateEmergency #ClimateCrisis #vegan

www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

The animal agriculture industry’s obstruction of campaigns promoting individual climate action

The oil and gas industry has regularly deflected responsibility towards individual consumers. In contrast, here we show that the US animal agriculture industry has not only avoided notions of indiv...

www.tandfonline.com

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The Final Report @firehorse249791.bsky.social · 2d

[Pakistan] Floods ravage fragile wildlife habitats tribune.com.pk/story/257082... #ClimateCrisis #FossilFuels #Flood #Wildlife #Habitat #Pakistan

Floods ravage fragile wildlife habitats | The Express Tribune

Displacement increases risks of human-wildlife conflict and retaliatory killings, say experts

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Sherry w/ a whY @justiceforall.bsky.social · 2d

Our lifelong habit of using animals (food, clothing, entertainment etc) can be a painful subject to confront. I understand that, near every vegan does as we’ve all been through it. But as every V will also attest, it is ✨THE BEST FEELING✨ to come into alignment w our deeply held values ❤️‍🩹 #ChooseLove

Photo of an adorable black and white calf looking coyly at the camera

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