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A clean, unavoidable contrast. Individuals on one side, food on the other. No euphemisms, no loopholes, no moral gymnastics. This meme challenges the stories we tell ourselves and invites a quieter, more honest way of living, eating, and choosing compassion over habit.
My Favorite Vegan Memes
January 20, 2026
open.substack.com
January 20, 2026 at 2:39 PM
A clean, unavoidable contrast. Individuals on one side, food on the other. No euphemisms, no loopholes, no moral gymnastics. This meme challenges the stories we tell ourselves and invites a quieter, more honest way of living, eating, and choosing compassion over habit.
Reposted by Susan Banks
Reposted by Susan Banks
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
From Lori Marino, founder of the Whale Sanctuary Project; also of @safinacenter.bsky.social (gift link). www.theglobeandmail.com/gift/1760cd5...
Reposted by Susan Banks
Reposted by Susan Banks
Reposted by Susan Banks
Backyard chicken programs are a risks to animals & public health. As Kaitlyn Mitchell of Animal Justice warns, backyard hens can spread avian flu, & too often can’t access proper vet care 🐔
The #UrbanHensTO project should stay closed for good!
The #UrbanHensTO project should stay closed for good!
Want a backyard chicken? For the foreseeable future, city says forget it
The UrbanHensTO pilot program was paused in 2023 over avian flu concerns and will remain so until further notice, says the city
www.torontotoday.ca
August 19, 2025 at 5:37 PM
Backyard chicken programs are a risks to animals & public health. As Kaitlyn Mitchell of Animal Justice warns, backyard hens can spread avian flu, & too often can’t access proper vet care 🐔
The #UrbanHensTO project should stay closed for good!
The #UrbanHensTO project should stay closed for good!
Reposted by Susan Banks
Reposted by Susan Banks
One way you could read this chart: Animal ag is so inefficient—and it comes at an unthinkable moral cost, AND it might start the next pandemic—that it would be the definition of lunacy to squander global carbon budgets to produce an ever-greater share of our food this way
www.vox.com/future-perfe...
www.vox.com/future-perfe...
August 12, 2025 at 3:33 PM
One way you could read this chart: Animal ag is so inefficient—and it comes at an unthinkable moral cost, AND it might start the next pandemic—that it would be the definition of lunacy to squander global carbon budgets to produce an ever-greater share of our food this way
www.vox.com/future-perfe...
www.vox.com/future-perfe...
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This weekend, dozens of shoppers experienced just a fraction of what hens in Sobeys' supply chain endure every day.
80% of their eggs still come from caged hens, despite originally promising to go cage-free by 2025 🐔
This cruelty must end 👉 bit.ly/44WKJGF #Hero4Hens
80% of their eggs still come from caged hens, despite originally promising to go cage-free by 2025 🐔
This cruelty must end 👉 bit.ly/44WKJGF #Hero4Hens
August 5, 2025 at 11:34 PM
This weekend, dozens of shoppers experienced just a fraction of what hens in Sobeys' supply chain endure every day.
80% of their eggs still come from caged hens, despite originally promising to go cage-free by 2025 🐔
This cruelty must end 👉 bit.ly/44WKJGF #Hero4Hens
80% of their eggs still come from caged hens, despite originally promising to go cage-free by 2025 🐔
This cruelty must end 👉 bit.ly/44WKJGF #Hero4Hens
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Excellent thread. That said, "climate crisis" needs a rebranding. People still think of it in terms of decades, weather events, glaciers melting & polar bears dying. Something much darker, immediate, & existentially threatening is taking place: the very foundation of our ecosystem is collapsing.
‘Half the tree of life’: ecologists’ horror as nature reserves are emptied of insects
A new point in history has been reached, entomologists say, as climate-led species’ collapse moves up the food chain even in supposedly protected regions free of pesticides
www.theguardian.com
June 10, 2025 at 3:30 PM
Excellent thread. That said, "climate crisis" needs a rebranding. People still think of it in terms of decades, weather events, glaciers melting & polar bears dying. Something much darker, immediate, & existentially threatening is taking place: the very foundation of our ecosystem is collapsing.
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📌 Hope this soul follows him
everywhere . A true hero 🐥
everywhere . A true hero 🐥
July 29, 2025 at 9:46 AM
📌 Hope this soul follows him
everywhere . A true hero 🐥
everywhere . A true hero 🐥
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Animals raised for food are born into violence. From factory farms to slaughterhouses, their lives are marked by suffering, confinement, and early death. Choosing to eat their bodies—no matter how normalized—participates in a system built on domination and cruelty. #animalrights
My Favorite Vegan Memes
July 25, 2025
open.substack.com
July 25, 2025 at 12:33 PM
Animals raised for food are born into violence. From factory farms to slaughterhouses, their lives are marked by suffering, confinement, and early death. Choosing to eat their bodies—no matter how normalized—participates in a system built on domination and cruelty. #animalrights
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My book reviewed in @forbes.com.
"This is not only the best book I’ve read this year but it’s the best book I’ve ever read about the morality of ethical veganism and of animal rights. It is so compelling, so coherent, and so crammed full of relevant information...."
www.forbes.com/sites/grrlsc...
"This is not only the best book I’ve read this year but it’s the best book I’ve ever read about the morality of ethical veganism and of animal rights. It is so compelling, so coherent, and so crammed full of relevant information...."
www.forbes.com/sites/grrlsc...
The Omnivore’s Deception By John Sanbonmatsu — Review
A brilliantly argued dismantling of Michael Pollan & other supporters of the meat economy who lie to the public by claiming that we can have our meat and our morals, too.
www.forbes.com
July 21, 2025 at 11:07 PM
My book reviewed in @forbes.com.
"This is not only the best book I’ve read this year but it’s the best book I’ve ever read about the morality of ethical veganism and of animal rights. It is so compelling, so coherent, and so crammed full of relevant information...."
www.forbes.com/sites/grrlsc...
"This is not only the best book I’ve read this year but it’s the best book I’ve ever read about the morality of ethical veganism and of animal rights. It is so compelling, so coherent, and so crammed full of relevant information...."
www.forbes.com/sites/grrlsc...
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A gentle reminder that there has never been any
Mad Tofu🌱 Disease.
COVID is still circulating⚠️
Measles cases are increasing.
Millions of children and adults have #LongCOVID
Please do your part and promote safety for others and yourself. 😷
#Evermasking
#N95
#VeganForEverything
#HelpingOthers
Mad Tofu🌱 Disease.
COVID is still circulating⚠️
Measles cases are increasing.
Millions of children and adults have #LongCOVID
Please do your part and promote safety for others and yourself. 😷
#Evermasking
#N95
#VeganForEverything
#HelpingOthers
June 24, 2025 at 12:58 AM
A gentle reminder that there has never been any
Mad Tofu🌱 Disease.
COVID is still circulating⚠️
Measles cases are increasing.
Millions of children and adults have #LongCOVID
Please do your part and promote safety for others and yourself. 😷
#Evermasking
#N95
#VeganForEverything
#HelpingOthers
Mad Tofu🌱 Disease.
COVID is still circulating⚠️
Measles cases are increasing.
Millions of children and adults have #LongCOVID
Please do your part and promote safety for others and yourself. 😷
#Evermasking
#N95
#VeganForEverything
#HelpingOthers
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Reposted by Susan Banks
June 6, 2025 at 5:21 PM
Reposted by Susan Banks
Reposted by Susan Banks
Reposted by Susan Banks
Zoos often market themselves as fun, educational places where families can “meet animal friends.” But behind the cheerful signs and souvenir stands is a darker truth. Animals in zoos are not “friends”—they are prisoners. Confined to artificial enclosures, denied the... #vegan #animalrights
My Favorite Vegan Memes
June 04, 2025
michaelcorthelll.substack.com
June 4, 2025 at 12:06 PM
Zoos often market themselves as fun, educational places where families can “meet animal friends.” But behind the cheerful signs and souvenir stands is a darker truth. Animals in zoos are not “friends”—they are prisoners. Confined to artificial enclosures, denied the... #vegan #animalrights
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June 3, 2025 at 7:46 PM
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NEW: For years, a powerful ‘Big Ag’ trade group served up information on activists to the FBI. WIRED went through hundreds of records that reveal a decade-long effort to see the animal rights movement labeled a legitimate terrorism threat.
Unpaywalled as part of our FOIA-based coverage.
Unpaywalled as part of our FOIA-based coverage.
How the Farm Industry Spied on Animal Rights Activists and Pushed the FBI to Treat Them as Terrorists
For years, a powerful ‘Big Ag’ trade group served up information on activists to the FBI. Records reveal a decade-long effort to see the animal rights movement labeled a legitimate terrorism threat.
www.wired.com
June 3, 2025 at 4:24 PM
NEW: For years, a powerful ‘Big Ag’ trade group served up information on activists to the FBI. WIRED went through hundreds of records that reveal a decade-long effort to see the animal rights movement labeled a legitimate terrorism threat.
Unpaywalled as part of our FOIA-based coverage.
Unpaywalled as part of our FOIA-based coverage.
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Repulsed by latest cover/cover story in #NationalGeographic. Glorifying use of engineered animal organs as spare parts for people, selling the story w/ image of a baby pig being cuddled by person in surgical garb. At NatGeo animals are still commodities. Slug should be "Anti-Science," not "Science."
May 26, 2025 at 5:26 PM
Repulsed by latest cover/cover story in #NationalGeographic. Glorifying use of engineered animal organs as spare parts for people, selling the story w/ image of a baby pig being cuddled by person in surgical garb. At NatGeo animals are still commodities. Slug should be "Anti-Science," not "Science."