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Bunny companion, animal liberation, human rights, artist on west coast. Wine & tech industry escapee. He/him #Brandalism leoashton.net

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A timely song in the age of Newsom and now Mahan running for governor… get better soon Jello.

11.03.2026 19:45 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

We are such a dumb species. Just eat more plants.

11.03.2026 17:40 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

How much more evidence do we need? The ultra-rich and the governments supporting them will destroy everything for the sake of profit, power and pride. Nothing is precious to them - not human life, not the living world - except their own wealth and status. Our survival depends on resisting them.

10.03.2026 07:26 πŸ‘ 7871 πŸ” 2661 πŸ’¬ 236 πŸ“Œ 144
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Bird Flu Cases Are Surging in 2026. What Does It Mean? Millions of birds have been exposed to the avian flu virus since the beginning of January alone.

Millions of birds have been exposed to the avian flu virus since the beginning of January alone.
buff.ly/dk3S9uS

11.03.2026 13:30 πŸ‘ 11 πŸ” 5 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Claude: Not The Ethical AI Model Anthropic Wants You To Think It Is Anthropic wants you to believe it is the β€˜ethical’ AI alternative, but it has always been openly imperialist and pro-military.

Anthropic wants you to believe it is the β€˜ethical’ AI alternative, but it has always been openly imperialist and pro-military.

www.truthdig.com/articles/cla...

11.03.2026 13:38 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Deeply unserious people are running amok in positions of power.

10.03.2026 23:06 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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This is blowing up on the other site, and rightly so. This is an industry end run around the Supreme Court decision on Prop 12. The court has ruled this is not a dormant commerce clause issue and yet the industry now wants to use federal legislation to overturn state-level animal welfare laws.

10.03.2026 19:53 πŸ‘ 21 πŸ” 7 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Arguably a war crime since this wasn’t even involved in battle, much less leaving another country to attempt rescue of any survivors. Despicable actions by our criminals in charge.

07.03.2026 03:33 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Difficult to continue the belief that evil does not exist, when this SOB is on camera. Just look into his eyes.

07.03.2026 02:49 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Toxic masculinity.

07.03.2026 02:46 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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People Across The US Are Tearing Down Flock's Traffic Cameras - Here's Why - BGR Rapidly growing surveillance tech company Flock is seeing many of its cameras in cities across the U.S. be torn down by concerned citizens, and here's why.

β€œTo date, the company's tech has been deployed to identifyΒ activists, track abortion visits,Β stalk women,Β and reinforce racial profiling. Security issues further exacerbated privacy concerns after activistsΒ discovered Flock accidentally exposed live camera feeds on the internet.”

06.03.2026 23:17 πŸ‘ 103 πŸ” 35 πŸ’¬ 3 πŸ“Œ 3
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The Humane Hoax Online Conference β€” The Humane Hoax Project

"Ethical reassurances can act as a form of moral licensing, allowing harm to continue by convincing people it is being β€˜responsibly managed’. Rather than opening a pathway to transformation, these narratives often reinforce the status quo..."
www.humanehoax.org/the-humane-h...

06.03.2026 16:31 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Do not buy creeptech, do not wear creeptech, and do not tolerate the creeps who do.

05.03.2026 22:31 πŸ‘ 158 πŸ” 48 πŸ’¬ 4 πŸ“Œ 1

Seems like it should be common knowledge that mammals make milk for a baby, but so many people don’t understand what this actually means for these animals on the thousands of factory farms (and those considered β€œhumane, certified, organic.”)

05.03.2026 23:27 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

I mean I know all of Trump’s picks will have β€œbaggage,” a regular who’s who of miscreants as that is the main qualification to be one of his tools, but just wow.

05.03.2026 23:20 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

No protection, 11 sq ft of space, many cannot even turn around. Here is a photo I took of the crates at one such operation in California's central valley. Up to 90,000 calves held here. Some of these babies die from exposure, the "lucky" ill ones are shot in the head with a pellet gun.

05.03.2026 16:56 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Trump’s Orwellian Board of Peace Consists Entirely of Human Rights Abusers An Intercept analysis finds that every single Board of Peace member state has been rebuked for human rights violations.

β€œWar is peace” theintercept.com/2026/03/02/t...

05.03.2026 16:43 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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[TW: graphic fracture, sound of breaking bone]

Sen Tim Sheehy (R-Montana) badly breaking the arm of a Marine veteran protesting the war Iran.

04.03.2026 22:05 πŸ‘ 9315 πŸ” 4558 πŸ’¬ 1060 πŸ“Œ 1626
Photo of graves being dug for the elementary school girls killed in the bombing of the Minab school in Iran.

Photo of graves being dug for the elementary school girls killed in the bombing of the Minab school in Iran.

Our tax dollars did this. They pay to have children buried.

www.currentaffairs.org/hubfs/irangr...

05.03.2026 00:03 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

The wealthy elites continue to party. Until they suffer consequences, or the potential to have bombs directed their way, the corrupt and lawless administration will continue to kill, destroy and put the rest of us in harms way.

04.03.2026 23:44 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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The Iran War Is Unfathomably Depraved Our media’s sanitized coverage obscures the human toll. Are we able to confront the full sickening evil of what the U.S. is doing?

"I realize that not only are there people who will drop a bomb on a school without losing a wink of sleep, but there are people who get rich when we bomb schools, who have a direct financial stake in ensuring we keep dropping as many bombs as possible." www.currentaffairs.org/news/the-ira...

04.03.2026 23:40 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Michael Pollan has done more to damage animal justice than any intellectual of our era--which is precisely why he remains the "go to" expert in the media on all things food and animal agriculture related. He plays to the willing mob.

@60minutes.bsky.social
@cbsnews.com.web.brid.gy

04.03.2026 18:19 πŸ‘ 6 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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US troops were told war on Iran was β€˜all part of God’s divine plan’, watchdog alleges Religious freedom group says 200 troops sent complaints of superiors using extremist Christian rhetoric to justify war

Do you get that they want to start a holy war yet? US troops were told war on Iran was β€˜all part of God’s divine plan’, watchdog alleges www.theguardian.com/world/2026/m...

03.03.2026 21:45 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

β€œIn some videos you can see someone going to the toilet, or getting undressed. I don’t think they know, because if they knew they wouldn’t be recording.”- the people behind Meta’s smart glasses testify to the hidden stream of privacy-sensitive data that is fed straight into the tech giant’s systems.

03.03.2026 19:26 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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Opinion | Don’t bet that the Pentagon – or Anthropic – is acting in the public interest β€” Guardian US The lesson here isn’t that one AI company is more ethical than another. It’s that we must renovate our democratic structures

β€œThe lesson here isn’t that one AI company is more ethical than another. It’s that we must renovate our democratic structures” Don't buy the marketing spin, these companies similarities outweigh their differences.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

03.03.2026 19:21 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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SF celebrates 50 years of punkΒ at iconic Mabuhay Gardens Some came with canes; others came in plaid miniskirts, but all came with a love for the music and its rich history.

β€œWhoever said β€œpunk is dead” in the Bay Area wasn’t at Mabuhay Gardens Saturday night. Hundreds of fans celebrated 50 years of San Francisco punk at the legendary venue where it all started. ”
missionlocal.org/2026/03/sf-c...

03.03.2026 19:15 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Confirmation for people that didn't think it was happening already. Time to join the face mask generation.

03.03.2026 18:58 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Kansas invalidated a trans woman's license even though she never changed her gender marker.

It's not about the gender marker. It's about targeting trans people and making their lives unlivable.

03.03.2026 12:50 πŸ‘ 2091 πŸ” 821 πŸ’¬ 19 πŸ“Œ 14

The destruction that Kennedy has wrought in 1 year might take generations to repair, and there is little hope for US health and science while he remains at the helm. Calls for his resignation now number in the thousands. Congress must exercise its duty of oversight...

03.03.2026 18:12 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Minab school bombing: how the worst mass casualty event of the Iran war unfolded – a visual guide A strike on Shajareh Tayyebeh school during the US-Israeli bombing campaign killed up to 168 people. The Guardian has pieced together the incident and its aftermath using verified footage and images f...

The US-Israel war on Iran has already caused a high civilian toll. One such missile hit during the school’s morning session. When our leaders (Netanyahu/Trump and their minions) have no moral compass, lives really don't matter. www.theguardian.com/global-devel...

03.03.2026 18:04 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0