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A bookish animal lover.

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RMS @rmaios.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Kenny Torrella on the "Suffering Footprint": "New research highlights how ditching meat isn’t the only option to help animals on factory farms. There’s actually one thing that’s almost as effective and probably way easier for most people: eating fewer small animals." www.vox.com/future-perfe...
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The one thing you can do to help a whole lot of animals, explained in 4 charts
Why a bite of chicken hurts way more animals than a hunk of steak.
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RMS @rmaios.bsky.social · 02/07/2026
Beef consumption in the US has been declining since the 1970s, but mainly because Americans have been switching to chicken. This is seen as a change for the better, but in most regards it's a change for the worse. Here are five reasons why. #animals #factoryfarming @wwf.org.uk
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RMS @rmaios.bsky.social · 21/06/2026
How to give up plastic, in five tips and one book. #greenpeace #nature #environment
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RMS @rmaios.bsky.social · 02/06/2026
"This provision," writes Nicholas Kristof in The New York Times, "aims — this is my telegraphic version — to suppress the will of voters so that giant meat companies can abuse pigs." #animalrights #thenewyorktimes www.nytimes.com/2026/05/30/o...
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Opinion | What the Meat Industry Doesn’t Want You to Know
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RMS @rmaios.bsky.social · 20/05/2026
URGENT: If you care for animals and don't mind calling your senators, please do so ASAP. This is our last chance to stop an industry-led effort to destroy decades of animal welfare legislation. Information in the images. #PETA #animalrights
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RMS @rmaios.bsky.social · 16/05/2026
A beautiful new film about animal rescue, which also offers a sensitive (and non-graphic) glimpse into the realities of dairy farming. #animalrights www.joannazelman.com/cow-trip
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Cow Trip | A Short Film by Joanna Zelman — Joanna Zelman
A baby calf lands the lottery when a farmer decides to save him. But someone has to drive the baby cow 600 miles to his new home. A freshly retired doctor and his filmmaker daughter volunteer for th...
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RMS @rmaios.bsky.social · 05/05/2026
Why oppose the use of beagles in lab testing? You get a sense of the answer from these passages from "Animal Liberation Now," by Peter Singer. #ridglan #beagles #animalrights
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RMS @rmaios.bsky.social · 04/05/2026
Please call your senators to oppose the Save Our Bacon Act. This act undoes decades of animal welfare legislation and allows the pork industry to intensify animal confinement. It's the most serious threat to pro-animal legislation in US history. forum.effectivealtruism.org/posts/vsYphZ...
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If You Do One Thing for Animals This Year, Do This — EA Forum
There is a short window to prevent a US bill that would overturn decades of animal welfare progress. This is arguably the most consequential piece of…
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RMS @rmaios.bsky.social · 01/05/2026
Help fund the vaccination and transportation of 1,000 beagles rescued from a puppy mill that violated Wisconsin's animal cruelty laws. #ridglan #animalrights #dogs www.bdrr.org/beagle-fund?...
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Ridglan Beagles | Big Dog Ranch Rescue
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RMS @rmaios.bsky.social · 25/04/2026
The Nobel-Prize winning novelist Olga Tokarczuk, on the banality of killing animals. #animalrights #olgatokarczuk
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RMS @rmaios.bsky.social · 25/04/2026
A cool campaign against factory farming in the UK. These industries lie to us, and can fight back by boycotting their products. As Diane Morgan says, "I don't buy it." Here's a link to their video on Instagram: www.instagram.com/reels/DXWdyI... @cunkonlife.bsky.social #animalrights
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RMS @rmaios.bsky.social · 19/04/2026
“Only a deeply corrupt system will use tear gas and rubber bullets against peaceful activists saving dogs,” Mr. Hsiung said in a statement from jail. He was charged with burglary." @peta.org @nytimes.com #animalrights #riglan #beagles www.nytimes.com/2026/04/18/u...
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Activists Tear-Gassed at Failed Raid of Beagle Research Facility
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Animal Justice @animal-justice.bsky.social · 18/04/2026
BREAKING: Animal lovers are mobilizing to rescue 2,000 beagles from Ridglan Farms in Wisconsin, an animal testing breeder that has criminally abused dogs for years. Law enforcement & private security are reportedly attacking animal rescuers with tear gas & rubber bullets ⚠️ 🎥 Wayne Hsiung
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RMS @rmaios.bsky.social · 18/04/2026
The greatest dog rescue in recent US history is playing out as we speak. #beagles #ridglan #animalrights www.dailycardinal.com/article/2026...
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Activists enter Ridglan Farms property
Hundreds of animal activists were met with tear gas in an operation to remove beagles from the Ridglan Farms property.
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RMS @rmaios.bsky.social · 22/03/2026
April 12: We're gearing up for the most important animal rescue in history--with the potential to save 2,000 dogs and change legislation in the US. Spread the word and consider joining! #animalrights #stopcruelty blog.simpleheart.org/p/this-is-th...
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This Is the (New) Plan to Save the Ridglan Dogs
Folks, I need you to join me in Dane County, Wisconsin on Sunday, April 12 for what may be the most important rescue in animal rights history.
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RMS @rmaios.bsky.social · 22/02/2026
Tips for quitting meat if you're already thinking about it. www.rogermaioli.org/post/quittin...
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Quitting meat, for the already inclined: Part 1 of 2
(To be welcoming to all readers, this essay avoids graphic descriptions of violence against animals.) I know quite a few people who express the desire to reduce or eliminate their meat consumption. Ma...
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RMS @rmaios.bsky.social · 13/01/2026
“The Administration has been hoodwinked by scientists working for the dairy and meat industries ... The new Guidelines heavily promote meat and dairy and mistakenly warn of nutrient deficiencies in vegan and vegetarian dietary patterns." www.pcrm.org/news/news-re...
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New Dietary Guidelines Were Written by Authors With Strong Ties to the Food Industry, Doctors Report
WASHINGTON, D.C. — The Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine revealed today that the new Dietary Guidelines for Americans were written by authors with strong ties to the food industry.
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RMS @rmaios.bsky.social · 27/12/2025
The truth about #factoryfarming, by Will Potter, for a special edition of Current Affairs. @currentaffairs.bsky.social @willpotter.bsky.social
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RMS @rmaios.bsky.social · 19/12/2025
A new report by @faunalytics.bsky.social shows that factory farming practices that the industry regards as "commonly accepted" are not at all commonly accepted by the public at large. This may give grounds for legally challenging them. #animalrights faunalytics.org/public-accep...
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Public Acceptability Of Standard U.S. Animal Agriculture Practices - Faunalytics
Faunalytics surveyed approximately 1,000 U.S. adults on their perceptions of standard animal agriculture practices. The findings provide U.S. legal advocates with empirical data to support arguments t...
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RMS @rmaios.bsky.social · 01/10/2025
The passing of a legend. #janegoodall www.bbc.com/news/live/c9...
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'An extraordinary legacy': Tributes after chimpanzee expert Jane Goodall dies age 91 - follow live
The primatologist was a
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RMS @rmaios.bsky.social · 28/09/2025
Addressing climate change means changing our food system. But most media outlets fail to highlight that connection. @sentientmedia.org sentientmedia.org/climate-news...
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Analysis: 96.2% of Climate Stories Don’t Cover Animal Agriculture as Pollution Source
An opportunity for climate journalists to expand their coverage by including the largest source of food-related emissions.
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RMS @rmaios.bsky.social · 11/09/2025
Great take on the federal war on universities. I wish @lastweektonight.com would follow up by tackling the problem of animal experimentation, which this episode infelicitously endorses. Most animal experiments cause immense suffering for no human benefit. We need alternatives to animal research.
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RMS @rmaios.bsky.social · 09/09/2025
We lost our beloved Jane today. In her memory, I'm helping support the shelter where we adopted her as a young girl: the Humane Society of North Central Florida. It's one of the few no-kill shelters in our region, and they always need help. gofund.me/0e1619c12
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Donate to In Memory of Jane: Help Support the HSNCF, organized by Roger Maioli
In memory of our beloved Jane, who passed away this afternoon after a happy lif… Roger Maioli needs your support for In Memory of Jane: Help Support the HSNCF
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RMS @rmaios.bsky.social · 31/08/2025
After a ten-year ban on bear hunting, Florida is again allowing the killing of bears for fun. Permits are issued by lottery, and you can get one and keep them out of hunters' hands. It costs $5 to apply, and then $17 for the permit. #stopthebearhunt www.sierraclub.org/florida/stop...
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Stop Florida's Bear Hunt!
On August 13 – in direct defiance of public opinion, science, and its own wildlife data – the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC) voted
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RMS @rmaios.bsky.social · 29/07/2025
Join me in supporting Goats of Anarchy, a sanctuary specializing in rescuing and caring for disabled goats. One of their goats needed expensive treatment for burns, and during summer months donations go down. #animals #goats @goatsofanarchy.bsky.social www.goatsofanarchy.org?form=Templat...
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Goats of Anarchy
Goats of Anarchy is a farm animal sanctuary dedicated to the rescue and rehabilitation of goats with special needs. We teach acceptance and inclusion, advocate for animal rights, and promote veganism.
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RMS @rmaios.bsky.social · 23/07/2025
Much as I love Trader Joe's vegan options, I'm boycotting them for going after animal rights activists who asked them to avoid cruel sourcing. Thanks to @dxeofficial.bsky.social for their courageous work standing up for animals. Join me in boycotting TJ! #traderjoes www.dailycal.org/news/city/tr...
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Trader Joe’s Company files lawsuit against Berkeley-based animal rights organization, cites trespassing
DxE has protested on Trader Joe’s grocery property within Alameda county multiple times, including the Berkeley location on University Avenue earlier this year, calling for the grocery chain to stop
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RMS @rmaios.bsky.social · 07/07/2025
Help us ban foie gras in our town by adding your name to our petition! All we need is signatures. #animalrights www.change.org/p/ban-the-sa...
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Sign the Petition
Ban the Sale of Foie Gras in Gainesville, FL
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RMS @rmaios.bsky.social · 05/06/2025
Please help me support this campaign to outlaw foie gras in three US cities, as a starting point to ban it nationally: @proanimalfuture.bsky.social donorbox.org/foie-gras-fr...
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Help Us Ban Foie Gras in 3 Major Cities | Pro-Animal Future (Powered by Donorbox)
Every dollar donated (one-time or monthly) to support our campaigns before August 1st, 2025 (up to $50,000) will be DOUBLED by a generous grant from the Phauna Foundation. The Opportunity:Something ex...
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RMS @rmaios.bsky.social · 14/04/2025
From Jonathan Safran Foer's "Eating Animals." #endfactoryfarming #veganism #animalrights
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RMS @rmaios.bsky.social · 12/04/2025
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The world’s biggest animal cruelty problem, explained in one chart
It’s the most invisible — and the hardest to solve.
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Animal Justice @animal-justice.bsky.social · 10/04/2025
⚠️ Newly-uncovered docs show the CFIA tested killing chickens with nitrogen foam in response to #BirdFlu. Some suffocated—but most survived, only to have their necks snapped. Here's a heartbreaking example of turkeys being killed this way. Learn more ➡️ animaljustice.ca/AvianFlu
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RMS @rmaios.bsky.social · 10/04/2025
What we pay for when we pay for bacon. #factoryfarming #animalrights
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RMS @rmaios.bsky.social · 24/03/2025
The wonderful Jane Goodall, with biologist Marc Bekoff, on the mistreatment of dogs at US labs. ""Every year, more than 40,000 dogs are used in research in the United States. We should end this betrayal of man’s best friend." www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202...
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Opinion | This is no way to treat humans’ best friend
Dogs have been bred for centuries to be our companions. We should not use them for painful experiments.
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RMS @rmaios.bsky.social · 18/03/2025
I won't be in Florida for this, but in case anyone care to attend: March 25 is Humane Lobby Day, when animal advocates from all over Florida sit down with legislators in Tallahassee and push for #animalprotection legislation. Register below. secure.humaneworld.org/page/166375/...
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Humane World for Animals
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RMS @rmaios.bsky.social · 15/03/2025
This comprehensive review by Canadian nutritionists shows that plant-based meat alternatives (like Beyond and Impossible Meat) are healthier than meat, contrary to what the meat industry wants us to think. @beyondmeatofficial.bsky.social #vegan onlinecjc.ca/article/S082...
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Animal vs Plant-Based Meat: A Hearty Debate
Plant-based meat alternatives (PBMAs) are highly processed food products that typically replace meat in the diet. In Canada, the growing demand for PBMAs coincides with public health recommendations t...
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RMS @rmaios.bsky.social · 12/03/2025
Sharing on behalf of @animaljustice.bsky.social: Every year, thousands of Canadian horses endure a brutal 28+ hour journey without food, water, or rest to be slaughtered in Japan. Mark Carney: be a #HeroForHorses & ban this cruelty like the Liberals’ promised! #CdnPoli @mark-carney.bsky.social
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RMS @rmaios.bsky.social · 04/03/2025
Quit meat to oppose Trump; or, On why meat is MAGA: www.rogermaioli.org/post/quittin...
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Quitting meat, for the already inclined: Part 2 of 2
This is the second half of a two-part essay on quitting meat (and other animal products such as dairy and eggs). The first half is targeted at readers who would like to eat less meat but struggle to g...
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RMS @rmaios.bsky.social · 04/03/2025
On English as official language: The meat industry in the United States is MAGA to its core. It opposes same-sex marriage and gun control, and supports voter suppression. Below is a page from their 2024 policy book, demanding English as the US official language. Meat is MAGA.
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RMS @rmaios.bsky.social · 01/03/2025
To remember that, besides war and cruelty, we can create beauty too.
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RMS @rmaios.bsky.social · 01/03/2025
The unethical wastefulness of experiments on animals in the US today, from Peter Singer's "Animal Liberation Now." #animalrights @petersinger.info
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RMS @rmaios.bsky.social · 27/02/2025
Censorship at the WaPo. Opinion pages are now required to lie. @washingtonpost.com .
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RMS @rmaios.bsky.social · 24/02/2025
A fresh review of Peter Singer's "Animal Liberation Now," the 2023 upgrade to his classic "Animal Liberation." www.youtube.com/watch?v=oqQx...
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I finally read "Animal Liberation"
YouTube video by Natalie Fulton
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RMS @rmaios.bsky.social · 17/02/2025
Help your favorite charity get donations by casting a vote for them through the project below. I support New Roots Institute, a charity that works with students to spread awareness about factory farming and animal rights. Link below! www.projectforawesome.com/watch?v=fhYG...
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Project For Awesome 2025
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RMS @rmaios.bsky.social · 15/02/2025
Help fund this ad campaign in Australia: it will help people to see the animals who remain invisible at factory farms. "You are her hope for a kinder world. Please, choose meat-free." By @animalsaustralia.bsky.social. animalsaustralia.org/our-work/fac...
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Nation-wide campaign exposes hidden suffering of animals raised for 'meat'.
Help us bring the victims of factory farming out of the shadows.
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Animal Justice @animal-justice.bsky.social · 11/02/2025
Time is running out! ⏰ Ban live horse exports for slaughter NOW & be a #HeroForHorses, Minister MacAulay! 🐴 This is your LAST CHANCE to end this practice & spare horses from heartbreaking suffering! #CdnPoli #CdnAg
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RMS @rmaios.bsky.social · 31/01/2025
This op-ed from the @washingtonpost.com claims that small farms are worse than factory farming, as organic animal agriculture would require more resources if it went global. True: but the solution is to shift away from animal agriculture, not double down on factory farming and its abuse of #animals.
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RMS @rmaios.bsky.social · 21/01/2025
Just a few reminders that (1) climate change is real, (2) governments that pretend otherwise are paid for inaction, (3) those who purchase inaction profit from the problem, (4) the global victims of the problem will pay the price of those profits.
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RMS @rmaios.bsky.social · 10/01/2025
The Pasadena Humane Society is collecting donations to help animals harmed by the #fires in LA. "We have taken in over 300 animals due to evacuations. We are providing them with pain medications, wound care, fluid, and oxygen as needed. Our biggest need right now is for monetary donations."
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Eaton Fire Emergency
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RMS @rmaios.bsky.social · 09/01/2025
Attributing human emotions to animals may be anthropomorphism, but denying such emotions may be anthropocentric. Who can watch this rooster running to his companion without recognizing feelings often seen as uniquely human—such as devotion, friendship, and love? www.youtube.com/watch?v=lqYk...
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Rooster Sprints To His Wife Every Single Morning | The Dodo
YouTube video by The Dodo
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RMS @rmaios.bsky.social · 31/12/2024
As a NY's Resolution, consider not eating animals that are cooked alive. Crabs and lobsters experience pain, but they are hard to protect due to the callousness you see in the attached comments. Men who take pride in being cruel put an extra onus on the rest of us to be compassionate. #animalrights
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