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[Redacted] @vegandroid.bsky.social · 2h

This industry has to go

Graham Use ALT @grahamm.bsky.social · 5h

In 2023, activists placed hidden cameras in a Tasmanian slaughterhouse and captured the handling and brutal killing of thousands of week old calves, many who were pushed, thrown, beaten and even killed while fully conscious

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End dairy slaughter

Dairy's deadly secrets Newborn calves, dragged from their mothers as they cry out in fear and pain. Mother cows running after a trailer, unable to keep up as their baby disappears from view. The m...

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Graham Use ALT @grahamm.bsky.social · 5h

In 2023, activists placed hidden cameras in a Tasmanian slaughterhouse and captured the handling and brutal killing of thousands of week old calves, many who were pushed, thrown, beaten and even killed while fully conscious

www.farmtransparency.org/campaigns/en...

End dairy slaughter

Dairy's deadly secrets Newborn calves, dragged from their mothers as they cry out in fear and pain. Mother cows running after a trailer, unable to keep up as their baby disappears from view. The m...

www.farmtransparency.org

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Graham Use ALT @grahamm.bsky.social · 5h

You prefer to see yourselves as doing nothing evil, nothing out of the ordinary, just behaving innocuously like everyone else. Yet simultaneously you subject us to gratuitous violence, mutilation & brutal massacres. You are perpetrators of atrocities.

We are #OneBillionScreams

Several one week old male calves hang upside down from their back legs on a conveyor in an Australian slaughterhouse, bleeding out after having had their throats slashed. The tiled walls are spattered with spilled infant blood.

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Sherry w/ a whY @justiceforall.bsky.social · 14h

The #fear of this little calf who has been forever separated from their now grieving mother is palpable 😔

Please, if you haven’t already, ditch dairy. No human being needs the sustenance made for precious little calves like the one below.

Graham Use ALT @grahamm.bsky.social · 1d

Because you want the dead flesh of our murdered bodies or other end products of our violent abuse, & because such gratuitous cruelty is normalised in your society, on that shitty basis alone you decide it’s okay. You ignore the only significant perspective- ours.

We are #OneBillionScreams

A young male calf who has been separated from his mother and denied her love, protection and sustenance, looks through the metal bars of the tiny prison where he is incarcerated on a dairy farm.

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Graham Use ALT @grahamm.bsky.social · 1d

Because you want the dead flesh of our murdered bodies or other end products of our violent abuse, & because such gratuitous cruelty is normalised in your society, on that shitty basis alone you decide it’s okay. You ignore the only significant perspective- ours.

We are #OneBillionScreams

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GaⓋen Kind. 🌱 🌱 🌱 @gavenkind.bsky.social · 2d

People who support the animal agriculture industry by buying their products are supporting this and paying for it to happen. Those people need to overcome their cognitive dissonance and live their values. Don’t pay others to do what you wouldn’t do yourself. Live #vegan with a clear conscience.

Graham Use ALT @grahamm.bsky.social · 2d

Daily, several people block me on this platform. It seems that a huge percentage of people are unwilling, too cowardly & too hypocritical to acknowledge or face the indefensible violence & egregious cruelty that they cause. I guess we can’t expect better from those who prey upon the vulnerable.

A young male cow individual is being strung upside down by a back leg as a slaughterhouse worker slashes his throat with a knife.

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

😕 Every day I too am blocked by several ‘justice warriors’ who dismiss animals & the leading drivers of ecological collapse. It’s equally sad & frustrating, as it’s one change that is directly in the hands of the people, yet most are using those hands to cover their eyes & ears 🙉🙈 WatchDominion.com

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Sherry w/ a whY @justiceforall.bsky.social · 3d

Spot on 🎯

#Resisters who deny the science surrounding all things vegan (not a diet) and associated ecological consequences of livestock farming are just as willfully ignorant as MAGA when it comes to denying information that doesn’t suit their wants & beliefs 🙈🙉🙊

Ngiculela @ezwind.bsky.social · 3d

Pretty astounding watching “resistors” behave just like Maga when it comes to animal rights. Especially an Alt gov account.

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Graham Use ALT @grahamm.bsky.social · 2d

Daily, several people block me on this platform. It seems that a huge percentage of people are unwilling, too cowardly & too hypocritical to acknowledge or face the indefensible violence & egregious cruelty that they cause. I guess we can’t expect better from those who prey upon the vulnerable.

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John Sanbonmatsu @jsanbonmatsu.bsky.social · Jun 17

After 12+ years of labor, "The Omnivore's Deception" is out today. I chronicle the rise of the meat industry, show its catastrophic ecological effects, demolish the myth of the "enlightened" omnivore, show why animals are worthy of our respect, and advocate the abolition of the animal food economy.

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John Sanbonmatsu @jsanbonmatsu.bsky.social · 4d

Exactly. The mass media love Jane, except for her veganism, which they never mention.

Jamie Woodhouse @jamiewoodhouse.bsky.social · 4d

Many people are brutally, self-servingly selective in their recollections of Jane Goodall’s message to humanity.

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Jamie Woodhouse @jamiewoodhouse.bsky.social · 4d

Many people are brutally, self-servingly selective in their recollections of Jane Goodall’s message to humanity.

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GigiB🇨🇦🪶🧡💛🤍🖤🇵🇪 @gigibu.bsky.social · Jul 26

Don't unsee their suffering.

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Sherry w/ a whY @justiceforall.bsky.social · 4d

‘There are SO many positives’ 💯💚
#BeTheChange #LearnToLiveVegan

Herbiⓥore @herbivoreclub.bsky.social · 5d

Never doubt your ability to change hearts & minds 💚

Screenshot of a direct message conversation.

Person 1: “feel fantastic”
Person 2: “There are so many positives from a mental and physical perspective, just knowing you aren't contributing to another's pain as far as is possible in this life is very rewarding, doing good feels good!”
Person 1: “I think meeting you guys that day really did help me make my final move 🦋 very grateful to you”

The exchange shows someone expressing gratitude and positivity about making a compassionate lifestyle change.

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Graham Use ALT @grahamm.bsky.social · 3d

Ultimately, we’re all capable of evil. We may never consciously wish to be, yet practically all of us willingly participate in the evil done to fellow animals. We pretend it is normal or natural, when in truth it’s a choice to be violently cruel, hence to be evil.

We are #OneBillionScreams

A young sheep individual who has been forced into the stunning chamber in an Australian slaughterhouse closes their eyes as a worker grabs their ear to hold them still whilst he wields a device to electronically stun them.

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justmegawatt.bsky.social @justmegawatt.bsky.social · 3d

People posting “I agree” or “I love animals” but then pay people to harm and murder animals for them. It makes no sense. It’s easy not to. #govegan #bevegan

Graham Use ALT @grahamm.bsky.social · Apr 4

All violence, all injustice, all oppression is interlinked. How we treat nonhuman animals sets the lower boundary for how we treat each other. The more cruelly we treat non-humans, the more terrible a weapon dehumanization is.

A monkey individual with their wrists bound and their arms tied behind their back and a rope around their neck.

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Sherry w/ a whY @justiceforall.bsky.social · 3d

#Violence #INJUSTICE #Oppression #dehumanization

Ⓥ is not a diet, it is a movement aimed at fundamental justice for all. It is a necessary moral correction in a morally bankrupt 🌎 Whether we are talking about animals, climate, health or #HumanRights, veganism is an imperative baseline. Please act ⚖️

Graham Use ALT @grahamm.bsky.social · Apr 4

All violence, all injustice, all oppression is interlinked. How we treat nonhuman animals sets the lower boundary for how we treat each other. The more cruelly we treat non-humans, the more terrible a weapon dehumanization is.

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Graham Use ALT @grahamm.bsky.social · 4d

Given that you’ve already succumbed to the vile, selfish notion that it’s okay to confine, violently exploit & kill me, you just invent excuses to reason from that specious conviction, rather than use dialectic & ethical reasoning to reach an informed conclusion.

We are #OneBillionScreams

An infant male calf with a plastic number tag pierced into his ear who has been separated from his mother, pokes his head through the metal bars of the tiny cage where he is incarcerated in a darkened farm building.

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Graham Use ALT @grahamm.bsky.social · 4d

Your life is built upon the abject suffering, pain & murder of us sentient individuals. Rivers of blood flow from your petty desires, corpses pile high in your wake, & still you consider yourself civilised, upstanding & decent.

We are #OneBillionScreams
We are @polanimalclass.bsky.social

A still conscious, week old male calf on the kill table in an Australian slaughterhouse is being gripped around his head by the gloved hands of a worker who is about to slash his throat. The floor below is a pool of congealing, spilled, infant blood.

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Normal Island News @normalisland.co.uk · 5d

BREAKING: Police have confirmed they shot two innocent people during the Manchester synagogue attack. Obviously, this means we have no choice but to ban people from protesting against the Gaza genocide x

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Sherry w/ a whY @justiceforall.bsky.social · 5d

‘Welfarism will continue slavery & exploitation’

💯 this. And it’s not up for debate. People have been fighting for decades for better treatment of farmed animals, yet farmed animals have never had it worse than they do right now.

If you actually care, please learn to live vegan ⚖️

MarcPieterse @marcpieterse.bsky.social · 6d

At the ‘Peter Nak Kampung’ aka Death Camp 👺You can try to improve the treatment of slaughter animals around the world step by step for the coming hundred years. Still animals don’t want to die. Welfarism will continue slavery & exploitation. #EndAnimalExploitation🙏 NOW #LiveVegan do no harm✌️

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Herbiⓥore @herbivoreclub.bsky.social · 5d

The Guardian positions itself as progressive, but when it comes to naming animal use as the driver of ecological collapse, they hide behind half-truths and cowardly headlines.

The Guardian’s Headlines Fuel Anti-Vegan Myths

The Guardian has done it again, running headlines that mislead the public, feed speciesist narratives, and quietly reinforce the very myths they claim to challenge.

open.substack.com

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Sherry w/ a whY @justiceforall.bsky.social · 5d

Vegans will NOT stay silent 📢 🦾💚

#ForTheAnimals #ClimateCrisis #JaneGoodall #LiveVegan ⚖️

Sherry w/ a whY @justiceforall.bsky.social · 6d

“Who will plead for them if we are silent?“

Seeing all the tributes to #JaneGoodall and the near complete omission of her #vegan stance is truly disheartening…
-Animal advocacy w/o veganism is toothless.
-Environmental advocacy w/o veganism, disastrous.

If you admire Jane, be like Jane. Be vegan ⚖️

A photo of Jane Goodall with a quote by Dr. Jane Goodall on the left-hand side that says:
“Farm animals are far more aware and intelligent than we ever imagined. They are individual beings in their own right. As such, they deserve our respect & our help. Who will plead for them if we are silent?”

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Graham Use ALT @grahamm.bsky.social · 5d

Unless you define humanity as base, merciless brutality, if you consider anything that happens to us in a slaughterhouse as “humane”, all you prove is your own ignorance and base inhumanity.

We are #OneBillionScreams
We are @polanimalclass.bsky.social

A still conscious young sheep individual on the blood stained kill table in an Australian slaughterhouse has just had their throat slashed. Ahead of them two other individuals are being hoisted upside down to bleed out. Behind them another individual is reaching the end of the conveyor of the stunning chamber and will have their throat cut.

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Graham Use ALT @grahamm.bsky.social · 5d

You’re impervious to facts, incapable of sustained thought and you just keep repeating the same logical fallacies. You will believe any nonsense that rationalises your petty desire to continue consuming the end products of extreme, indefensible violence, or you’re being deliberately obtuse. GFY.