Harrison V. (he/him)

#UPenn MSc in Animal Welfare & Behavior, BS in Neuro. Love me some 🐷, 🐶, and 🐀. #QueerInSTEM and proud patrilineal ✡️

[Robert Yaman @robert_yaman]

I'll never get over the fact that the exec who led adoption of in-ovo sexing in the US was inspired to do so because of his young daughter.

[Kenny Torrella @KennyTorrella]

I've been thinking more about *time* when I think about animal cruelty. Usually I've thought about severity of pain but this meme really drives home the time element. These animals are in a lot of pain *and* are bored, which slows down time. And they have no distracting stimuli.

[Berwyn Choobs @sabatonfan69]

The meeting lasted 15 minutes

[Ben See @ClimateBen]

RAPID MASS EXTINCTION: world-first study identifies >3,000 fish species caught in bottom trawls with researchers warning true figure could be nearly double

[Lewis Bollard @Lewis_Bollard]

Almost all male piglets on US factory farms are castrated with a non-sterile knife or scalpel.

The industry calls it 'surgical castration.' But there's no vet, anesthetic, or pain relief involved.

Anesthesia would cost about five cents per piglet. Pain relief would cost one cent.

France and Germany already require anesthesia. Brazil's pork industry is phasing out castration altogether.

The US pork industry doesn't think it's worth the cost.

Photo: Andrew Skowron / We Animals

[ирис @saltwatermp3]

This summer I am going to learn three new languages and bike 50k a day and spend every hour of sunlight on the beach and read every book ever written and become a chess grandmaster and play instruments and run and run and run

[Alexandra Kleeman @AlexKleeman]

LLMs have been around for decades, I was in cog sci and nobody thought they were a pathway to general intelligence. The fact that they are being passed off as that right now is straightforward fraud.

[Mr. Chau @Srirachachau]

People can watch whatever they want but Rowling is personally funding anti-trans legislation with every dollar she profits off Harry Potter. It’s not just a stance she has, it’s her whole mission. There’s no deniability here, it’s what you’re supporting

[reylo cultist @GizSkyriser]

You know how Tolkien was describing Melkor as someone who cannot create life on his own, but only twist and distort what's already been created. That's how orcs were made from elves. That's what Iger is doing with animation.

[Brian Allen @allenanalysis]

🚨 NEW: Netflix secretly recorded an interview with Dr. Jane Goodall in March, set to air only after her death.

In it, she says she wishes Trump and Elon Musk could be blasted into space… and closes with:

“Don’t lose hope.”

Now that’s a final message.

[Lewis Bollard @Lewis_Bollard]

I turn 39 today. In my lifetime, the world's relationship with animals has changed in two contradictory ways.

1. We have become more compassionate:
- In 1986, no US state treated animal cruelty as a felony. Today all 50 do.
- Back then only 20-40 countries had any animal welfare laws. Today 150-180 do.
- Animal circuses, fur, and veal were normal and in high demand. Today they're stigmatized and in decline.

2. We have become crueler:
- In 1986, we raised and killed ~25B land animals/year. Today, we raise and kill ~85B/year (and ~130B more farmed fish).
- In 1986, a large share of those animals were still raised outdoors in decent conditions. Today, almost all are raised in hellish factory farms.

I like the positive take on human progress that "The world is awful. The world is much better. The world can be much better." If you care about animals, the second claim is sadly not true. But the third claim still is. And I'd add a fourth: "We can make the world much better."

On my birthday, I feel deep gratitude for everyone working to make the world much better for animals. Thanks to you, we've made more progress for animals in the last decade than in all prior decades combined. We're still far from peak cruelty. And I don't know when we'll get there -- why the chart lacks any years on the x axis :). But, thanks to you, I believe we will.

[Merriam-Webster @MerriamWebster]

We are thrilled to announce that our NEW Large Language Model will be released on 11.18.25.

[P.E. Moskowitz @_pem_pem]

one of the worst parts of depression is how terribly unique it feels

[GOON MASTER SOPHONT SIMP @SOPHONTSIMP]

The vast majority of farms producing meat look like this actually

[Drew Savicki @DrewSav]

Opposition to lab grown meat is just mindless hysteria. If we can recreate the taste and texture of meat without any of the associated negatives, people should be happy. If we no longer have to raise and slaughter billions of animals a year that would be great for our planet.

[Tim Wu @superwuster]

If I recall correctly, the point of a primary is to settle divisions and unite the party around its democratically chosen candidate.

[amber! @corvophobia]

by far the worst adhd problem is poor permanence of like. everything. birthday presents from two years ago in boxes hidden behind something. food going off in the fridge. forgetting projects you're working on even if theyre so exciting and interesting. even feelings and emotions

[Janessa Goldbeck @jgoldbeck]

🚨 There’s a lot of horrific news out of Washington right now—but you might have missed this: Senate Republicans just introduced a plan to sell off 120 million acres of our public lands.

Let me break down what’s in the bill and why it’s a full-scale land grab. 🧵