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Vegan YouTuber and activist. If you recognise the intersection between human and non-human animal oppression - we can hang. Blog cube #2: https://sites.google.com/view/vegantopics/home/virtuepostmortem-blog-cube/conformity

screenshot of a post on threads. text: I lift weights and I'm vegan. Building muscle is easy, being farmed is really hard. pictures: me flexing different arm and shoulder muscles, afab body.
Imagine there are 2 possible worlds: World A: we exploit and slaughter animals for unnecessary stuff. World B: we don't exploit and slaughter animals for unnecessary stuff. Which world is more moral?
Dog cruelty on the rise since Covid pandemic as RSPCA gets 10 calls of abuse per hour. In 2021, the RSPCA received 92,244 reports of dog cruelty – a 16% rise in one year. Victims include French Bulldog Bruce, who was found burnt in a bush near a park in Preston, Lancs Image of an abused puppy named Chance.
A bull (herbivore) is running through people (apex predators) cowering and falling over.
Why vegan The vegan position comes from understanding the reasons for why it's immoral to exploit and kill sentient beings when it's *not necessary. When we consider why it's not ok to exploit and kill humans, it is reduced to the following: humans are capable of experiencing the life around them and prefer to live, they can feel pain, fear, joy and other emotions that make us not want to experience the negative feelings. Those experiences are part of what it means to be sentient. Humans and animals are different in many ways, but we have some things in common, including sentience. This means that for the same reasons it's immoral to exploit and kill humans in the context of lack of necessity, it's also immoral to exploit and kill animals in the same context. The exploitation and killing of animals is not necessary in the 21st century, where we are used to the products that result from exploitation and slaughter of animals, but we have alternatives to all or most of those products. This means that it's immoral to exploit and slaughter animals in the 21st century. *not necessary = when there are no strong overriding reasons, such as personal survival.
Imagine there are 2 possible worlds: World A: We exploit and slaughter animals for unnecessary stuff World B: We DON'T exploit and slaughter animals for unnecessary stuff Which world is more moral?
A deranged conspiracy theorist rages against me because I'm vegan
my vitamin intake - screenshot taken from cronometer. Thiamine is at 209% RDA - 2.3mg.
ARE CONSUMERS WILLING TO TRY EXOTIC OR CULTIVATED MEATS? 2 graphs, the right side shows how likely people are to try cultivated meats. Some of the answers: cultivated chicken - 67% said yes cultivated cow - 65% said yes cultivated pig - 60% said yes
Text: Cows don't know that they're not pets. They just know that they're suffering and don't want to die. Image: a dirty dairy cow lying in shit and mud, surrounded by other cows in the same state.
alice says: I believe your link to be bordering on Animal Abuse in itself. Animal death is NOT entertainment for you to post. Question: how do you know I haven't seen crap like that before? 2ndly, COWARD, post one of halal torture slaughter...if you have the BALLS...Maybe a Saudi camel slaughter? Have a look...
Me: I'll fight for abolition, not kinder slaughter. They say: Fight for both, like I do (while not being vegan)
A tier list of vegan activism activities rated by Gary Yourofsky. S tier: Social media posting, Vegan youtube, Exposure to rescued animals, Single animals rescue (direct action) Undercover investigations, Outreach, Lab-grown animal products. A tier: Food giveaways B tier: Protests, Lobbying and legal advocacy C tier: Veganuary and challenge 22, Leafletting and stickering D tier: Vegan festivals and potlucks, Vegan art, Philosophy books and articles, Civil disobedience / disruption F tier: Infighting, twitter debating with carnivore dieters
Text: I'd have empathy for you, but your body tastes sooo good in a sauce! Image: a line of chickens hung upside down, moving towards a person slitting their throats.
Text: "in halal slaughter animals submit to being slaughtered" starter kit Image: halal slaughterhouse, a cow is locked in a huge machine, can't move, her neck is pinned, the machine is rotated to its side.
On the left: "How I make sure I get all my nutrition as a vegan" with images of a multisupplement + a plate of plant food On the right: "Where most people get their nutrition from" with images of a cow licking a vita-mineral block + a cow slaughtered
A street table sign saying: BLOCKING ON THIS APP IS USED AS AN EXPRESSION OF COGNITIVE DISSONANCE
Text: how dare those militant asshole vegans fight for end to gas chambers? If a vegan hurt your feelings, give people with gas chambers your money NOW! Image: pigs in gas chambers
Plant based diet reduces more CO2 than AI use.
One burger - 660 gallons of water, 300 AI queries - 1 gallon of water
Test: if you care about animal welfare before slaughter, why don't you care that they're slaughtered? if they can suffer, why can't they live? Images: top - piglets in hay, bottom - 6 month old pigs in a gas chamber
Image: cow tied up with tears in her eyes. Text: it's a good thing that we gave you a good life before shooting you in the head. you should be ecstatic. why are you crying like a little baby?
An alpaca, a sheep, a cow, a goat and a rooster are standing next to each other and looking at you. Caption: "Yes, you should feel guilty"
Tier list for anti-vegan arguments
@blueskycensorsanimalrights saying on my timeline: "everyone promoting their own videos making a buck off of advocacy. More cog dis.
Photo: cute cat wearing a shark hat Caption: if humans can pretend to be lions, then I can pretend to be a shark
A screen grab of me doing discord outreach
Blaming the cat meme. The blond lady yells: "you evil beef corporations, stop polluting our earth!" The cat answers: "We're supplying what you're demanding".
A screenshot of an article
Me eating vegan ice cream with a spoon in my mouth and a grim on my face
A child on the verge of crying, with a caption "Vegans after realising oat milk is for baby oats"
Kermit the frog chilling on a bed. Caption: a farmed animal after finding out that he's going to be killed in a small local slaughterhouse
Person on a stretcher going into an ambulance: "Are you taking me to a hospital?" Ambulance worker: "No, you broke your leg, so some homesteaders volunteered to honor your life by slitting your throat, dismembering and eating you."
Visual: a swimmer poring the swimming pool water on his face out of a plastic bottle. Text: All the people complaining about egg prices not realizing that those eggs were shat on, pissed on and bleached, and you put that shit in your mouth.
OP: "He’s coming after bacon next, that’s when the revolution really starts."
A vendor of eggs with chickens in small metal cages at full display on streets of India.
Cows or buffaloes in an Indian dairy farm, standing tied up close together with short ropes, in their own shit, some are lying down also in their own shit.
A map of India signifying which districts allow buffalo slaughter. Red means allowed, green means not allowed. Only one area on the map is green.
A carcass of a dead visibly starved buffalo or cow.
A graph from national dairy development board, showing that the dairy consumption in India grew from 10.4 million tonnes in 1961 to to 198.4 million tonnes in 2020.
Meme of a dog in a burning room: Climate emergency and people won't go vegan. The dog says: Let's do outreach!
Chicken dark meat nutritional facts; saturated fat - 2.5 grams, cholesterol - 88.4 milligrams.
Those who eschew steak in favor of chicken because they think it's healthier may be able to put lean beef back on the menu. That's because new research, published Tuesday in the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, is raising questions about poultry and cholesterol.
Impossible nugget nutritional facts: cholesterol - 0mg
Thirty trials were included in the study. Compared with the omnivorous group, the plant-based diets reduced total cholesterol, low-density lipoprotein cholesterol, and apolipoprotein B levels with mean differences of βˆ’0.34 mmol/L (95% confidence interval, βˆ’0.44, βˆ’0.23; P = 1 Γ— 10βˆ’9), βˆ’0.30 mmol/L (βˆ’0.40, βˆ’0.19; P = 4 Γ— 10βˆ’8), and βˆ’12.92 mg/dL (βˆ’22.63, βˆ’3.20; P = 0.01), respectively. The effect sizes were similar across age, continent, duration of study, health status, intervention diet, intervention program, and study design. No significant difference was observed for triglyceride levels.
In contrast, rPVB leather has a lower environmental impact than animal leather. rPVB leather is made from recycled polyester, which reduces the need for new raw materials and energy. Additionally, the production process of rPVB leather generates less waste and uses less water compared to animal leather production. According to a study by the University of Milan, rPVB leather production generates 80% less greenhouse gas emissions and requires 70% less water compared to animal leather production. As such, rPVB leather presents a promising alternative for fashion companies looking to reduce their environmental footprint.
The production of animal leather has significant environmental impacts, including pollution, hazardous waste, and high water and energy consumption. The tanning process, a critical step in leather production, involves using toxic chemicals such as chromium, which can cause pollution and health hazards. According to a report by the United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO), the leather industry is responsible for releasing 1.8 million tons of solid waste every year and over 20% of global industrial water pollution.
Reishi by Mycoworks is another mushroom leather. It is made by growing mycelium directly on cotton or other fabric backings, then finishing it with either a petroleum or plant-based coating. According to a peer-reviewed life cycle assessment that was published late last year, Reishi has less than 1% polymer (plastic) content, the lowest of the plant-PU hybrids. The LCA suggests Reishi’s carbon footprint is 2.76kg per meter squared – just 8% of real leather’s average footprint, less than most alternative leathers, and on par with Pinatex. It also has a luxurious feel that is close to the real thing.
Carbon footprint Estimates of the carbon footprint of bovine leather range from 65 to 150 kg of CO2 equivalent per square meter of production.[29] Water footprint One ton of hide or skin generally produces 20 to 80 m3 of waste water, including chromium levels of 100–400 mg/L, sulfide levels of 200–800 mg/L, high levels of fat and other solid wastes, and notable pathogen contamination. Producers often add pesticides to protect hides during transport. With solid wastes representing up to 70% of the wet weight of the original hides, the tanning process represents a considerable strain on water treatment installations.[30]
Bonded leather, also called reconstituted leather, is a material that uses leather scraps that are shredded and bonded together with polyurethane or latex onto a fiber mesh. The amount of leather fibers in the mix varies from 10% to 90%, affecting the properties of the product
Bicast leather is split leather that is coated with a layer of polyurethane or vinyl with an embossed texture. This gives it the appearance of a grain. It is slightly stiffer than top-grain leather but has a more consistent texture
So,exactly what is coated leather? In simple terms, it refers to a type of leather that undergoes a finishing process where a protective coating or layer is applied to its surface. This coating can be made from various materials, such as polyurethane (PU), polyvinyl chloride (PVC), or other specialized formulations. The purpose of applying this coating is to enhance the leather’s durability, appearance. And resistance to elements like stains and water.
V-label, world's leading vegan-vegetarian trademark.
A crow eating food I left in a graveyard
@unpop_science sayd: Salmon farms crowd fish at unnatural densities, where they become infested w/ lice. To remove them, salmon are pumped through machines that strip lice off. Last year in BC alone, these machines sucked up over 800,000 herrings and ripped their eyes out.
Popular animal-derived fining agents used in the production of wine include blood and bone marrow, casein (milk protein), chitin (fiber from crustacean shells), egg albumen (derived from egg whites), fish oil, gelatin (protein from boiling animal parts), and isinglass (gelatin from fish bladder membranes).
Out of mammals on earth, 60% are livestock, 36% are humans, and 4% are wild mammals. Out of birds on earth, 70% are chickens and other "poultry", and 30% are wild.
Civil rights activist Coretta Scott King championed the rights of people of colour, women, the LGBT community, and even animals. In the last 10 years of her life, Martin Luther King Jr’s widow went vegan. Their son Dexter Scott was vegan and convinced his mother to adopt the lifestyle. She said veganism was β€œthe next logical extension of Martin Luther King, Jr.’s philosophy of non-violence.”
A post on twitter where a user responds to a blue checked user, starting their response with: "common blue check reading comprehention"