Reposted by CurtisKenny Torrella @kennytorrella.bsky.social · 07/10/2026Catch and release fishing is often portrayed as a harmless, even benevolent, pastime. Yet if we take fish pain seriously, it's a rather cruel activity. I talked to anglers/fish welfare experts about it, and dug into what happens to fish when they're caught and released: 34815
Reposted by CurtisMarina Bolotnikova @mbolotnikova.bsky.social · 29/09/2026I became very angsty about the great dying of vegan restaurants after my neighborhood spot announced its closure this month. I wanted to know whether this is a real trend (& found that it's indeed probably real) & to what degree it actually matters for the animal movement, beyond 1/vox.comWhere did all the vegan restaurants go?And what does it mean for the plant-based movement? 8367
Reposted by CurtisGeorge Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 16/09/2026"Regenerative grazing" is a greenwashing scam, nothing more. Here's why. Please don't be taken in. drawdown.org/insights/eig...drawdown.orgEight reasons regenerative grazing can’t make beef climate-friendlyAn influential regenerative grazing movement continues to grow. But here's why the science doesn't back up the purported climate benefits. 10442157
Reposted by CurtisKenny Torrella @kennytorrella.bsky.social · 15/09/2026Three beluga whales died over the course of eight days at Shedd Aquarium. Despite its storied reputation, it's a reminder that even top-rated aquariums can't give animals what they need in captivity. 3255
Reposted by CurtisKenny Torrella @kennytorrella.bsky.social · 11/09/2026Gift link: www.vox.com/future-perfe...vox.comThe one thing you can do to help a whole lot of animals, explained in 4 chartsWhy a bite of chicken hurts way more animals than a hunk of steak. 053
Curtis @paranoidandr01d.bsky.social · 10/09/2026vox.comAn elegant fix for one of America’s deadliest road problemsHighways weren’t built for animals. That’s starting to change. 020
Reposted by CurtisKenny Torrella @kennytorrella.bsky.social · 09/09/2026www.vox.com/future-perfe...vox.comThe hidden money fueling the pork industry’s fight to keep pigs in tiny cagesExclusive: How Big Pork takes money from small farmers — then uses it to lobby against them. 031
Reposted by CurtisBennett @bennettmcintosh.com · 24/08/2026>cage-free reforms have been a good thing, because they have made a terrible system that we can’t simply wave away with a magic wand less bad. But more profound change will require consumers to demand something more than cheap animal products ~ @mbolotnikova.bsky.social 🎁 www.vox.com/future-perfe...vox.comCage-free eggs are worse for the climate. Does it matter?Here’s what to consider instead. 183
Reposted by CurtisKenny Torrella @kennytorrella.bsky.social · 05/08/2026Drones have become an incredibly powerful tool to expose animal cruelty. But a new Trump administration rule could make it much harder to fly them over farms. 12910
Reposted by CurtisGeorge Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 29/07/2026It's a point I've been trying to make for a long time: there is no good way to meet even 10% of current demand for animal products. They trash the living world, whichever way you do it. If you want to reduce your impact, switch to a plant-based diet. www.theguardian.com/environment/...theguardian.comOrganic eggs have worse impact on climate than eggs from caged chickensAdopting organic free-range model in UK could lead to greenhouse emissions equivalent to 2,316,000 tonnes of CO2, study suggests 821706470
Reposted by CurtisKenny Torrella @kennytorrella.bsky.social · 29/07/2026Organic farms are legally required to treat animals better. But a new @mercyforanimals.org nimals investigation into a Costco organic chicken supplier revealed extreme abuse and neglect, along with flouting nearly all of the main organic welfare rules. (Gift link below) 12914
Reposted by CurtisMarina Bolotnikova @mbolotnikova.bsky.social · 14/07/2026We're destroying what remains of the world's rainforests for biofuels that aren't benefitting the climate at all, & the Trump admin's unprecedented expansion of the state-manufactured market for soybean oil-based diesel will make it all the worse. It really be that bad :(vox.comWhy the Trump administration loves the stupidest renewable energyAmerica’s biofuels policy is helping destroy the world’s rainforests 311449
Reposted by CurtisMarina Bolotnikova @mbolotnikova.bsky.social · 08/07/2026🧵The first peer-reviewed meta-analysis of leather's carbon footprint, by Mikaila Roncevich & @matthewhayek.bsky.social, finds that leather's emissions are about 70% higher than previously thought & WAYY higher than vegan leather (both synthetic & bio-based). Gift link: www.vox.com/future-perfe...vox.comLeather is not an innocent byproduct of the meat industryYour leather purse might put out as much carbon as 35 hamburgers. But the alternative doesn’t have to be junky pleather! 75627
Reposted by CurtisKenny Torrella @kennytorrella.bsky.social · 01/07/2026Far-right commentators, New York Times columnists, deep red Republicans, blue state liberals: They’re all opposed to keeping pigs in tiny cages. It’s been quite incredible to see the political unity in opposition to the Save Our Bacon Act, so I wrote about it: 2248
Reposted by CurtisKenny Torrella @kennytorrella.bsky.social · 25/06/2026Coverage of Gracie, the escaped giraffe in Texas, has focused on efforts to find her. But I wanted to know: Why is an endangered species in Texas at all? Turns out, the ranch she escaped breeds them for pets/zoos, and lots of other species for canned hunts. 2197
Reposted by CurtisKenny Torrella @kennytorrella.bsky.social · 16/06/2026When reporting on animals, there are always new horrors to discover. Today's is mouse and rat factory farming, which is done to feed pet snakes and zoo snakes. And it's probably way, way bigger (and worse) than you'd think. 22010
Reposted by CurtisLife With Pigs Farm Sanctuary @lifewithpigs.bsky.social · 11/06/2026Yes, pigs do hold hands (hoofs) while they sleep! #throwbackthursday 0141
Reposted by CurtisKenny Torrella @kennytorrella.bsky.social · 04/06/2026In 2019, Animal Outlook uncovered horrible abuse at a salmon hatchery in Maine. The company said sorry & promised reforms (which satisfied Maine officials). Animal Outlook returned in 2025 and found even worse abuse. This has happened over & over again w/the biggest meat co's. 1178
Reposted by CurtisHerbiⓥore @herbivoreclub.bsky.social · 19/05/2026Speciesism is the belief that one species is superior, leading to animal exploitation. Recognizing animals as individuals with inherent value is crucial. All animals feel and deserve respect. Challenging speciesism creates a more ethical world. 03714
Reposted by CurtisKenny Torrella @kennytorrella.bsky.social · 18/05/2026These two charts drove me kind of crazy for a few weeks so I wrote about what might explain them. (Gift link below.) 1165
Reposted by CurtisKenny Torrella @kennytorrella.bsky.social · 15/05/2026Famous animal welfare scientist Donald Broom said that confining pigs in gestation crates is “much worse than severely beating an animal.” So it says a lot that some meat industry groups, pork companies, and members of Congress are fighting to defend the practice. New story: 13815
Reposted by CurtisKenny Torrella @kennytorrella.bsky.social · 06/05/2026Why are so many on the left hostile to veganism and animal rights? For you Bsky dwellers, this question blew up last week on X after Billie Eilish made some comments on the matter. My thoughts here: 1914534
Reposted by CurtisKenny Torrella @kennytorrella.bsky.social · 30/04/2026This was one of the hardest stories to write. When people fail to spay/neuter, or buy a dog instead of adopting, the animals pay the price — and so do shelter workers and animal control officers. Performing euthanasia, responding to cruelty cases, & more, is a huge burden. 11810
Reposted by CurtisMarina Bolotnikova @mbolotnikova.bsky.social · 29/04/2026I weighed in on the situation (and got to invoke Dinesh Wadiwel while doing it!) www.vox.com/future-perfe...vox.comActivists tried to free 2,000 dogs bred for lab research in Wisconsin. Then came the tear gas.A viral campaign to rescue beagles used for biomedical experiments is part of a much bigger fight. 0135
Reposted by CurtisDavid Roberts @volts.wtf · 23/04/2026A team of academics looked into the environmental & climate claims of the meat & dairy industry from 2021-2024, to try to determine what percentage of those claims qualified as "greenwashing." The good news: it wasn't 100%! The bad news: it was, uh, 98%.journals.plos.orgEnvironmental claims, climate promises, and ‘greenwashing’ by meat and dairy companiesAnimal agriculture has disproportionate environmental impacts relative to other forms of food production and accounts for at least 16.5% of all global greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. Many of the large... 424699
Reposted by CurtisKenny Torrella @kennytorrella.bsky.social · 22/04/2026Polls show that people really underestimate meat's wide-ranging environmental impact. So here are some charts I've made over the years that show just had bad meat is for the planet. Let's start with efficiency: 24020
Reposted by CurtisHerbiⓥore @herbivoreclub.bsky.social · 04/04/2026One day we'll have to talk about how going vegan could tackle mass exploitation, deforestation, ocean dead zones, water waste, epidemics, illnesses, and environmental collapse. But for now, most of you seem happy pretending it’s not happening. 03714
Reposted by CurtisKenny Torrella @kennytorrella.bsky.social · 31/03/2026A few months ago, nutrition and fitness influencer Jacob Smith talked up the benefits of tofu and... some guys totally lost it. How did meat become a measure of manhood for a lot of men, and what can be done to separate meat from masculinity? 66215
Reposted by CurtisMarina Bolotnikova @mbolotnikova.bsky.social · 22/03/2026Finally wrote about this mbolotnikova.substack.com/p/ridglan-ma... 1259
Reposted by CurtisKenny Torrella @kennytorrella.bsky.social · 19/03/2026Sure, Talarico’s “no meat” campaign policy was bad politics in TX. But the reaction exposed how many politicians & pundits are unable to defend factory farming and thus resort to name calling. (And plus, not everyone in TX subscribes to its meaty identity). My quick take: 2113
Reposted by CurtisVic Asouzu @vicasouzu.bsky.social · 12/03/2026Most people don’t consciously choose their worldview. They inherit it. Then they spend years defending it as if they personally built it. That’s why questioning it can feel like betrayal. Even when it’s the beginning of thinking for yourself. 0176
Reposted by CurtisKenny Torrella @kennytorrella.bsky.social · 06/03/2026Despite hundreds of the biggest food companies pledging to go cage-free by 2025, the share of cage-free egg stands at 48%. Why? Blame grocery stores. 162
Reposted by CurtisMarina Bolotnikova @mbolotnikova.bsky.social · 05/03/2026I tried to do what we call, if I may be so bold, a "conceptual scoop"!! Pls read my story on the most overlooked form of extreme confinement of farmed animals—the routine caging of millions of dairy calves in tiny crates less than 1/10 the size of a parking spot. It's not about veal! (🧵) 45527
Reposted by CurtisKenny Torrella @kennytorrella.bsky.social · 25/02/2026Last week, the US Department of Agriculture all but finished a decades long, cruel bipartisan project: Speeding up the kill lines at America's slaughterhouses. The draft rules have received almost zero media attention but will impact hundreds of millions of workers and animals. 1227
Reposted by CurtisKenny Torrella @kennytorrella.bsky.social · 20/02/2026New from me: The Colorado River is drying up & the Western US' water crisis is fueling bitter disputes among the states that share it. Yet the obvious solution to the crisis (raising fewer cows in the desert) gets almost no air time. A glaring case of agricultural exceptionalism. 23214
Reposted by CurtisMarina Bolotnikova @mbolotnikova.bsky.social · 11/02/2026Before I wrote this last year I knew a lot about the horrors of dairy but didn't truly know what it means to be a herd animal. We think humans are intensely social, but cows are another level entirely I think it's pretty much impossible to do dairy farming humanely, but the way we do it seems 1/ 35924
Reposted by CurtisRobert Evans (the Only Robert Evans) @iwriteok.bsky.social · 25/01/2026a skilled ER nurse with a deep sense of civic responsibility is exactly the kind of person you want carrying a firearm. every ICE employee should be barred from touching anything deadlier than a butter knife for the rest of their natural lives. 10685871411
Reposted by CurtisMehdi Hasan @mehdirhasan.bsky.social · 25/01/2026The people who spent years defending and even lionizing Kyle Rittenhouse and Ashli Babbitt now want us to believe that an unarmed mother in her car and a disarmed nurse were domestic terrorists who deserved to be murdered by law enforcement. 7693757911749
Curtis @paranoidandr01d.bsky.social · 14/01/2026Thinking about the anti- and non-vegan progressives watching Trump promote red meat and whole milk to the masses. While it may finally drive some to at least consider a plant-based diet, I assume most will ignore what is right in front of them. I hope I’m wrong. 062
Reposted by CurtisJan Dutkiewicz @jandutkiewicz.bsky.social · 14/01/2026the worst part about all this discourse is that the arguments for veganism / meat reduction / alt protein - ethical, environmental, labor, public health - are as strong as ever. the facts haven't changed. 2468
Curtis @paranoidandr01d.bsky.social · 09/01/2026Yep! H. RES. 488, which “expresses gratitude to law enforcement officers, including U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement personnel, for protecting the homeland.” 040
Reposted by CurtisGeorge Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 03/12/20251. The European Parliament’s attempt to ban plant-based foods from being sold as “sausages”, “burgers” etc is a direct response to livestock industry lobbying. This is a short thread on how utterly bleeding ridiculous it is. 🧵1/6 791434501
Reposted by CurtisJohn Sanbonmatsu @jsanbonmatsu.bsky.social · 22/11/2025It is in our own best interest to stop exploiting and killing members of other species for our purposes. We need to abolish all animal agriculture before it abolishes us. www.cnn.com/2025/11/21/h...cnn.comWashington resident dies of complications from bird flu strain never before reported in humans | CNNA Washington resident died of complications from an infection with a bird flu strain never before reported in humans, the state Department of Health said on Friday. 02110
Reposted by CurtisMarina Bolotnikova @mbolotnikova.bsky.social · 30/04/2025My comic on the life of a dairy cow is out from behind the hard paywall! I wrote this as a hopefully definitive answer to a question I've gotten for many years: "What's wrong with dairy?" Once you really see what dairy is, it's like the scales falling from your eyes www.vox.com/future-perfe...vox.comThe life of a dairy cowThe surprising truth about milk is hiding in plain sight. 28440
Reposted by CurtisHerbiⓥore @herbivoreclub.bsky.social · 20/04/2025Tradition should be a bridge to the past, not a barricade against ethical progress. Let’s not forget that evolving traditions to embrace compassion and ethics isn’t breaking them; it’s improving them for a world that desperately needs it. medium.com/@herbivor...medium.comTRADITION THOClaiming tradition justifies all is like saying because your ancestors rode horses, you should shun cars for horseback. 0153
Curtis @paranoidandr01d.bsky.social · 20/03/2025We are being ruled by absolute imbeciles.newrepublic.comRFK Jr. Unveils Disturbing Plan to Combat Bird FluTrump’s health secretary has proposed the worst idea, as egg prices continue to skyrocket. 1142