I haven’t been blogging much lately, and it’s mostly because I’ve been so busy with work. It’s also because I’ve been feeling tired. And then I feel guilty that I’m not doing […]
Thoughts on “The Ghosts in Our Machine”
Photo of the Day: Running Shoe Ad Depicts Dead Dog
Tasteless. “Our approach was humorous, and some people didn’t see it that way. There were clearly some people offended by it.” – Geoff Shaffer, global marketing director at Pearl Izumi. Mr. Shaffer doesn’t […]
Video of the Day: Justin Torrellas, Raw Vegan Athlete
Justin Torrellas is a raw vegan athlete training for the 2016 Olympics and is currently a member of the US National Team for Modern Pentathlon. Watch this short but inspiring interview as he […]
Quote of the Day: John Salley on Veganism
“This is how you take care of your body.” – John Salley on veganism, in a recent interview. Salley goes on to discuss the success of athletes who have adopted plant based […]
Photo of the Day: Aerial Shot of Texas Industrial Beef Farm and Lagoon
I receive Google news alerts for “beef” in my email, and this interesting and jaw-dropping photo was one of the results. I went through (most of!) the reddit thread to make sense […]
Today in Speciesism
The New York Times reported that one of Queen Elizabeth’s 200 swans that live on Baths Island was found having been “barbecued and eaten.” In England, is illegal to injure or kill […]
Quote of the Day: The White House Doesn’t Support Breed Specific Legislation
Paws up for the White House! In response to an online petition calling for a federal ban on breed-specific legislation (the petition gathered over 30,000 signatures!) the White House stated: We don’t […]
Quote of the Day
“[R]esearch from the University of Bristol has proven scientifically what we have known from experience — that chickens may well be the smartest animals in the barnyard. In some scientific […]
The NO MILK Revolution
It is estimated that around 11,000 years ago “dairying” practices began with the transition from hunter-gathering to agriculture. Archaeological evidence supporting this includes bone growth patterns of cattle: calves would be killed […]
Quote of the Day
“‘The way we consume food and what we consume’” are driving the unsustainable level of health care spending in America. To truly change the conditions that lead to bad habits and poor […]
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