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VINE Sanctuary
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LGBTQ-led farmed animal sanctuary. Follow for news and views from our fabulous multispecies community!

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Let's make hay on Giving Tuesday! Go to tinyurl.com/vine-hay to buy a bale for Saorise, Linus, and their many friends!
Close up photograph of a black cow with a white face licking her lips while standing beside a feeder filled with hay. Behind her is a dark brown cow with a giant mouthful of hay. Behind him is a barn and bare trees. Light snow is on the ground.
December 2, 2025 at 3:52 PM
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vinesanctuary.bsky.social
Unsure what to say when talking with non-veg friends and family this holiday season? Get pro tips for "Talking Turkey" here: conta.cc/3LYVZwu
How to "Talk Turkey"
Email from VINE Sanctuary Turkey Talk, Part 3 VINE Sanctuary News TURKEY TALK, Part Three TALKING TURKEY Welcome to our special three-part series about turkeys. On Friday, we learned about turkeys the
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November 25, 2025 at 8:13 PM
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paigeblank.bsky.social
Don't miss this new @vox.com project that uncovers the rapidly changing world of fish farming.

Stories from @mbolotnikova.bsky.social + team challenge everything you think you know about the billions of aquatic animals that shape our planet’s future:

www.vox.com/future-perfe...
Eating the Ocean
How underwater factory farms are reshaping our food system.
www.vox.com
November 25, 2025 at 5:33 PM
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Unsure what to say when talking with non-veg friends and family this holiday season? Get pro tips for "Talking Turkey" here: conta.cc/3LYVZwu
How to "Talk Turkey"
Email from VINE Sanctuary Turkey Talk, Part 3 VINE Sanctuary News TURKEY TALK, Part Three TALKING TURKEY Welcome to our special three-part series about turkeys. On Friday, we learned about turkeys the
conta.cc
November 25, 2025 at 8:13 PM
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rosemarymosco.com
As the year comes to an end, I'm reposting some of the comics I made this year, including this ridiculous thing.
A six-panel comic. In the first panel, a yellow warbler says "Hey so I'm going to go out on a limb here." In panels two through five, the warbler hops along a long branch against a blue sky with clouds. In panel 6, it stops at the end of the branch and sings.
November 25, 2025 at 3:19 PM
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Here's what we can learn from turkeys: conta.cc/43QA1Sx
Photograph of a slim grey turkey, along with this text: Tenacity: Turkeys persist. Generosity: Turkeys practice mutual aid. Empathy: Turkeys care—and show they care—about the feelings of others. Connection: Turkeys value relationships. Communication: Turkeys talk. Curiosity: Turkeys enjoy exploring new things. Queerness: Turkeys don’t conform to our stereotypes about gender or how families should be constructed. Diversity: Turkeys readily make friends with those very different than themselves. Receptivity: When someone calls, turkeys answer.
November 24, 2025 at 6:46 PM
vinesanctuary.bsky.social
Vegan Thanksgiving recipes from Nisha Vora!
Need Vegan Thanksgiving Dishes? These Will Wow Everyone.
Seasonal vegetables become even more delicious with simple touches like citrus zest, fresh herbs and crunchy toppings.
cooking.nytimes.com
November 25, 2025 at 2:47 PM
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Here's what we can learn from turkeys: conta.cc/43QA1Sx
Photograph of a slim grey turkey, along with this text: Tenacity: Turkeys persist. Generosity: Turkeys practice mutual aid. Empathy: Turkeys care—and show they care—about the feelings of others. Connection: Turkeys value relationships. Communication: Turkeys talk. Curiosity: Turkeys enjoy exploring new things. Queerness: Turkeys don’t conform to our stereotypes about gender or how families should be constructed. Diversity: Turkeys readily make friends with those very different than themselves. Receptivity: When someone calls, turkeys answer.
November 24, 2025 at 6:46 PM
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caroljadams.bsky.social
I love pattrice jones's (co-founder of @vinesanctuary.bsky.social) wonderful entry for the letters E J A N S P W remembering Jane Goodall (see comments for link)

Jane sees apes.
Jane appeases apes.
Apes jape Jane.
Jane senses ape sense.
Jane spews ape news.
We see apes anew.
Jane passes.
We weep.
November 24, 2025 at 12:17 AM
vinesanctuary.bsky.social
One of our cofounders was among the winners of the
@nytgames.bsky.social Spelling Bee creative challenge with this poem about Jane Goodall!
Jane sees apes. Jane appeases apes. Apes jape Jane. Jane senses ape sense. Jane spews ape news. We see apes anew. Jane passes. We weep. --pattrice jones
November 23, 2025 at 9:56 PM
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prisonculture.bsky.social
Two children's picture books that are helpful for having conversations about immigration and separation are:

Mango Moon by Diane de Anda

& Mama's Nightingale by Edwidge Danticat - socialjusticebooks.org/mamas-nighti...
Mama’s Nightingale: A Story of Immigration and Separation - Social Justice Books
Reviewed by Alice Review Source: Vamos a Leer: Teaching Latin America Through Literature Book Author: Saludos, todos, and welcome back to our weekly book reviews! Now that we have all had some time to...
socialjusticebooks.org
November 22, 2025 at 10:22 PM
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"Talking Turkey" is our new 3-part series on our vulnerable feathered friends. Check out part one, All About Turkeys, here: conta.cc/47UfHSD
Photograph of three wild turkeys walking past a black cow. Two of the turkeys have their feathers outstretched.
November 21, 2025 at 8:51 PM
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"Talking Turkey" is our new 3-part series on our vulnerable feathered friends. Check out part one, All About Turkeys, here: conta.cc/47UfHSD
Photograph of three wild turkeys walking past a black cow. Two of the turkeys have their feathers outstretched.
November 21, 2025 at 8:51 PM
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Spending the holiday with non-veg friends and family? Get moral support, empathy, and expert advice on "Talking Turkey" at our Pre-Thanksgiving Virtual Vegan Meet-Up. Register here: us06web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
Photograph of a slim grey turkey along with this event information: Pre-Thanksgiving Virtual Vegan MeetUp • Expert Advice • Mutual Support • Turkey Stories from VINE Sanctuary NOVEMBER 26 7PM EST
November 20, 2025 at 4:40 PM
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Back pasture herd basking in the early morning sun
Cows of many colors standing in the sunshine on a forested hillside
November 18, 2025 at 8:16 PM
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It occurs to me, and I'm sure I'm not the only one, that what is happening with the ultra rich oppressing and exploiting everyone else is a mirror of what humans have done to the earth.
November 20, 2025 at 6:16 AM
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theecologist.org
“The food we eat, that’s ecosystems. Climate regulation, that’s ecosystems. Protection from extreme weather events, that’s ecosystems.”
'If ecosystems go, we go'
Ecologists call for ecosystem approach to halt nature decline.
theecologist.org
November 19, 2025 at 5:07 PM
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Iowa City Made Its Buses Free. Traffic Cleared, and So Did the Air. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/18/c...
Iowa City Made Its Buses Free. Traffic Cleared, and So Did the Air.
www.nytimes.com
November 19, 2025 at 2:14 PM
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Somebody forgot to bring the refreshments for the meeting
Three roosters and four hens standing on and around a wrought iron table and chair. Three of the hens are white. The other birds have mixtures of red, brown, and black feathers. Autumn leaves are on the ground.
November 17, 2025 at 8:34 PM
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From Lori Marino, founder of the Whale Sanctuary Project; also of @safinacenter.bsky.social (gift link). www.theglobeandmail.com/gift/1760cd5...
The age of keeping whales and dolphins in captivity must finally come to an end
Research shows it is not possible for captive cetaceans to thrive in concrete pools
www.theglobeandmail.com
November 19, 2025 at 12:31 AM
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I’m impressed with the Food Empowerment Project’s webpage called Insects and Worms. As an ethical vegan organization, Food Empowerment Project naturally advises against eating all animals, including insects and worms. Please read more about Insects and Worms here: foodispower.org/animals-on-l...
Insects and Worms
Consider Insects and Worms In 2013, in studying the challenge of environmentally sustainable food security, the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) of the United Nations landed not on a plant-base...
foodispower.org
November 19, 2025 at 11:22 AM
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vinesanctuary.bsky.social
From dead roosters and overwhelmed sanctuaries to unhappy hens and unhealthy eggs, there are plenty of reasons to avoid backyard hen-keeping! Learn why and what to do instead: vinesanctuary.org/whats-wrong-...
Drawing of a newly-hatched chick asking "Where's my mother?"
November 12, 2025 at 8:06 PM
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Back pasture herd basking in the early morning sun
Cows of many colors standing in the sunshine on a forested hillside
November 18, 2025 at 8:16 PM
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maggietokudahall.bsky.social
It is genuinely incredible to me how much evidence there is to support investing in the public good and how much animus there is to do this simple, effective thing.
November 18, 2025 at 3:00 AM
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Somebody forgot to bring the refreshments for the meeting
Three roosters and four hens standing on and around a wrought iron table and chair. Three of the hens are white. The other birds have mixtures of red, brown, and black feathers. Autumn leaves are on the ground.
November 17, 2025 at 8:34 PM