Renowned conservationist Dr. Jane Goodall, who visited Portland to speak with students from Oregon schools, answered questions about the Oregon Zoo, the OHSU primate lab and President Trump’s executive orders.

Himes: "Apparently all this mayhem is cheered by the president of the United States and by 20-somethings with laptops and names like Big Balls. But I've been doing this for a long time, and I know that Moscow and Beijing and Tehran and Pyongyang cannot believe their luck."

Each year, ~325 million male chicks are ground up alive because they can't lay eggs and are thus useless to the egg industry. But technology to fix this recently landed in the US and is slowly picking up steam: www.vox.com/future-perfe...

PRO TIP: FILL THE PIÑATA WITH KETCHUP AND YOU NEVER HAVE TO HOST A CHILDREN'S BIRTHDAY PARTY AGAIN.
YOU'RE WELCOME.

It’s hard to believe Jane Fonda is 87. And this is an amazing speech. youtu.be/Z_v0NJ8_8ps

In light of everything happening, I wrote about how the KKK in the 1920s felt unstoppable, about the people that fought against them anyway, and about how fascism always fails. dansinker.com/posts/202…

The more I learn, the less I want to use products that harm animals. I found this interesting:

Evaluating animal consciousness | Science www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

Staffing at the HUD office that pays for housing and support services across the country is slated to be cut by 84%. Advocates warn such heavy cuts could make record-high homelessness even worse.

Finding new people to follow, by looking through who other interesting people follow, is like a never-ending game.

Hello, Social Media. Let's try this again. This time with gusto.