David Kay

1st employee @UpsideFoods. MBA candidate at @HarvardHBS. Advisor at @From_Fauna and Alt Protein Partners. He/him. 🏳️‍🌈

[David Kay @_David_Kay]

What will future generations judge us most harshly on? In my piece in the @HarvardHBS’ newspaper, I argue that factory farming is a good candidate.

https://t.co/2MQvf6B5CP

[Andy Masley @AndyMasley]

Rep who introduced the Save Our Bacon act loses

[Eliezer Yudkowsky ⏹️ @ESYudkowsky]

If you are a Democrat: I beg you, do not throw out barbs at Republicans about this issue. Ask them to join with you on this common interest.

If you are a Republican: Defend your country, your people, your home and your family from death.

[Eliezer Yudkowsky ⏹️ @ESYudkowsky]

There are currently zero things more important than "don't die to AI" becoming a bipartisan project rather than a Democrat-polarized issue. If you have any political capital you can spend on this, do it now, I beg of you. Life or death.

[Dario Amodei @DarioAmodei]

We Must Pace the Frontier: I’ve written a new essay on why the AI industry should slow down, with a three-part plan for doing so.

Anthropic is unilaterally committing to the first of these steps. We’ll provide third-party evaluators with permanent, employee-level access to our systems, so that they can verify adherence to our safety measures, report on incidents, and assess models’ alignment during training.

You can read the full post here: https://t.co/OGyPb7yaYt

[Steven Pinker @sapinker]

It may be unrealistic to expect the world to become vegetarian (at least not until synthetic meat is produced at scale), but that doesn't mean we must treat farm animals with vicious cruelty. Small protections can reduce massive harm at tolerable costs. Tell your senator to vote NO on the Farm Bill if it includes the "#SaveOurBacon Act."

[David Kay @_David_Kay]

@SenSchumer Thank you Senator Schumer!!!!

[Liv Boeree @Liv_Boeree]

The farm animal welfare issue is one of the most unifying topics in America.
The whole political spectrum hates it! (except for the politicians in the pockets of the big corps).

[Cass Sunstein @CassSunstein]

Some of us like efficiency (a lot), but we also like this (and agree with it).
https://t.co/ky8Qx72cv2

[Dwarkesh Patel @dwarkesh_sp]

The difference in production costs between a dozen cage-free eggs and a dozen normal eggs is 19 cents. But the cage-free eggs can cost nearly $2 more.

Big supermarkets use cage-free as a price discrimination tool - targeting them to richer customers who are willing to pay more.

Poorer customers, even if they care a lot about animal welfare, end up buying the normal eggs.

But when states pass laws banning caged eggs, the markup disappears.

[Nicholas Kristof @NickKristof]

My @nytopinion colleague @ezraklein on how an obsession with efficiency can cost us our humanity — in this case, in how we (mis)treat pigs on factory farms, and how some in Congress aim to make this trade off worse. https://t.co/HjUthpHWNy

[Alex Bores @AlexBores]

The Save Our Bacon Act is a brazen attack on animals, independent farmers, and NY’s rights.

The Trump regime and Congressional Republicans are trying to sneak in a measure that incentivizes the most cruel and inhumane practices, and they want to block all future state regulations while they’re at it. The pattern of cruelty is undeniable.

Washington’s message is clear: the powerful corporate interests want to take away your choice and stake in animal protections.

I’m proud to have been endorsed by @humaneactfund and @theanimalvoters because I championed animal rights in Albany, and they know I’ll do the same in Washington from day one.

My position is crystal clear: in Congress, I’d vote No.

https://t.co/x07MGC358f

[Glenn Greenwald @ggreenwald]

I spoke with @krystalball and @esaagar about how industry lobbyists for the factory food mega-corporations are trying to abolish US animal abuse laws, including ones enacted by states, and the lessons from the recent success in freeing beagles from gruesome experimentation:

[Nicholas Kristof @NickKristof]

Do read this thread.

[Josh Balk @joshbalk]

The pork industry lost with voters. Lost at the Supreme Court. So they turned to Congress—and got the "Save Our Bacon" Act buried in the House Farm Bill. It's the biggest rollback of animal welfare protections in U.S. history. A thread. 🧵

[David Kay @_David_Kay]

@susanarmenti1 Yes — by calling your senator!

[David Kay @_David_Kay]

Millions of mother pigs could be forced to spend their lives in gestation crates — unable to move or turn around. The House just passed a #FarmBill with the #SaveOurBacon Act that allows exactly this. Call your senator: [phone] — tell them to vote NO on #SaveOurBacon 🐷

[David Kay @_David_Kay]

Thank you @sapinker for lending your voice! You can email your Senator to tell them to vote NO on the Farm Bill if it includes the Save Our Bacon Act here: https://t.co/UKhklMLcYV

[Steven Pinker @sapinker]

It may be unrealistic to expect the world to become vegetarian (at least not until synthetic meat is produced at scale), but that doesn't mean we must treat farm animals with vicious cruelty. Small protections can reduce massive harm at tolerable costs. Tell your senator to vote NO on the Farm Bill if it includes the "#SaveOurBacon Act."

[David Kay @_David_Kay]

When @TomiLahren and @NickKristof agree on an issue, you know you've found a no-brainer cause. And yet, Congress is on the verge of passing this monstrosity!
https://t.co/gji72zktLl

[Nicholas Kristof @NickKristof]

We raised pigs for a while on our farm, when I was a kid. They are as smart as dogs, have very strong individual personalities, can be a bit grumpy, and make ferociously protective moms. @TomiLahren is right: We shouldn't be torturing them.

[Rep. Jim McGovern @RepMcGovern]

Thousands of family farms support basic humane standards for farm animals, just as two-thirds of all Americans do. But @HouseAgGOP silenced their voices at today’s hearing. Not on my watch.

That’s why, when Republicans invited Big Ag lobbyists to argue for putting animals back in confinement crates, I made sure farmers who support #prop12 had a seat at the table. Their livelihoods are at stake – and their voices deserve to be heard.

[Paul Shapiro @PaulHShapiro]

🥞🔥 Plant-based breakfast at @DennysDiner?

Say less. I’m in. ✅