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Joshua Byrd
@phocks.bsky.social
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Software engineer. Musician. Sometimes actor. Husband. Father. Activist. Vegan for the animals.
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The real struggle in being vegan doesn't involve food. The hardest part about being vegan is coming face-to-face with the darker side of humanity and trying to remain hopeful. It's trying to understand why otherwise good and caring people continue to participate in needless violence against animals - just for the sake of their own pleasure or convenience ." -Jo Tyler
December 27, 2024 at 8:59 PM
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No one in the world needs cows milk but a baby cow. Text on image of a baby cow.
December 21, 2024 at 1:40 AM
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Non Vegan: You eat soy you know that has Estrogen right? Me: You drink Cows milk which you know has mammalian estrogen that actually affects your body whereas the estrogen in soy is phytoestrogen which doesn't affect your body as you aren't a plant. Non Vegan: Maths problem meme trying to work out
December 17, 2024 at 7:27 AM
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Why do nonvegans sometimes tell me that I should consider "all sides" of the discussion surrounding veganism? Newsflash: most vegans weren't born vegan. We KNOW what the "other side" is. We've been there. We changed BECAUSE we considered all sides, and chose the side of justice.
December 15, 2024 at 9:35 PM
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Little piglet and text "I deserve kindness too".
December 12, 2024 at 2:10 PM
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"Imagine the psychological torment of being forcefully impregnated year after year and knowing that every time you give birth, that child that you raised inside of you for 9 months will be taken away." Mother cow with child.
December 8, 2024 at 11:09 PM
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Apartheid was "Legal"

Slavery was "Legal"

Colonialism was "Legal"

LEGALITY IS A CONSTRUCT

of the Powerful

not of Justice.

(Photo via andrewskowron.org)
Pigs confined in metal cages inside a dimly lit farm facility.
December 6, 2024 at 11:37 PM
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Me eating a vegan burger that tastes dope af wondering why people still eat dead animals. Image of SpongeBob roach eating a Krabby Patty.
December 4, 2024 at 2:55 AM
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lol at this dude.
Just a dude commenting "MEAT".
December 3, 2024 at 11:02 PM
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Haha yeah OK buddy ...
Douche bag commenting "So, when are you going to have your incisors removed?" Pictures of jaws. Humans most resembling frugivores.
December 3, 2024 at 10:54 PM
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This dude impressively manages to combine an appeal to nature "we're not different to other predators" with human supremacy "don't anthropomorphise animals we are completely different from other animals" with a bonus "animals would eat us and our whole family if given a chance". Nice one mate. 😆
Sorry to break the news but animals have many, many predators- humans are on that list. Farming is an evolution thought up by hunters who thought "there's an easier way to do this". It's ok for you to have alternative/ anthropomorphic values but they aren't for everyone.
December 3, 2024 at 10:39 PM
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Read it again
The bodies of others do not belong to us. Quote by Saryta Rodriguez. Until Every Animal Is Free.
December 2, 2024 at 1:15 PM
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Person with head in sand. Elephant holding a sign that says: EATING ANIMALS IS THE LEADING CAUSE OF: GLOBAL WARMING • WATER DEPLETION & POLLUTION • OCEAN DEAD ZONES RAINFOREST DESTRUCTION SPECIES EXTINCTION HABITAT LOSS HUMAN STARVATION IN THE EAST HUMAN ILL HEALTH IN THE WEST ANIMAL EXPLOITATION SUFFERING KILLING
December 2, 2024 at 12:12 AM
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INTERSECTIONALITY INCLUDES EVERYONE
Animal liberation. Human liberation. Logo with paw and fist raised to the sky.
November 30, 2024 at 9:36 AM
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You say a vegan diet is extreme, but when I search for videos of your "food" being produced, I see "Graphic Content" warnings.
November 29, 2024 at 11:28 PM
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Pig and a cat on two burgers. The only difference is your perception.
November 29, 2024 at 4:29 AM
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Water meme with pink text "cruelty free babe".
November 27, 2024 at 6:09 AM
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Man in chair outside Sea World holding sign that says "Sea World. What sea? It is pool world."
November 25, 2024 at 4:36 AM
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People often ask me if it is difficult to be vegan. I always reply that it is. But it's not giving up animal products that is difficult. Being vegan means that you live among the people who endorse the cause you are fighting against. The most difficult part is that you can't force people to care.
November 23, 2024 at 10:37 PM
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Woman hugging a calf. Text: I just think animals don't deserve to die for us. Try vegan.
November 22, 2024 at 11:44 PM
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Dairy is a slaughter industry, text on wall, with frightened cow.
November 22, 2024 at 4:13 PM
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Animal rights philosophy is rooted in respecting others, human or nonhuman. This doesnt mean we believe we're the same as other animals, it means that we acknowledge our differences, but we see that they're morally irrelevant differences. Veganism is inherently anti discrimination.
November 21, 2024 at 1:03 PM
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Animal picture with the text "The Earth belongs to ALL animals, not just the human ones."
November 21, 2024 at 11:22 AM
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All of vegan twitter has suddenly landed here on bluesky it seems. Might be time to start posting a thousand vegan memes again. Hi friends. 👋
The Office meme. "Vegans" shaking hands with "The guy who forgot to add milk to Oreos".
November 20, 2024 at 1:21 PM
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anyone checked on the bird site lately?
Mulder and Scully looking at a dead body
August 27, 2023 at 12:03 AM