@TMGFlorida@JohnOberg Dogs are a “he” or a “she”…. Lambs are an “it” - strange, isn’t it?
Dear TMGFlorida - you seem to be very un-empathetic, how comes? Does the suffering of sentient beings leave you just stone cold?
@DavidArnol88243@JohnOberg Even if the lamb is raised in open nature - is it justified to kill it as a “toddler” - just because you like the taste and tenderness of baby lambs… btw. Tofu is really very delicious if you know how to prepare it! #govegan
@TMGFlorida@teamveganfta Nobody says fish are people… but they can suffer - so leave them alone and don’t use them as your food - or your entertainment.
@breu94735@teamveganfta Fische sind wohl empfindungsfähiger als bislang angenommen. Sie sind sozial, können trauern und sogar depressiv werden. Zudem sind sie anscheinend in Aquarien aufgrund des Lärmes durch Pumpen usw. sehr gestresst. Am besten gar keine „Zierfische“ halten. #govegan
Today you're probably going to hear a lot about screwworm and how "DOGE caused screwworm to enter the US again!"
Here are the facts:
1966: The US eradicates the screwworm via the Sterile Insect Technique. Multiple central American nations follow suit over the coming decades.
1994: The US and Panama form COPEG, the Panama-United States Commission for the Eradication and Prevention of Screwworm that successfully created a biological barrier for screwworm at the Darién Gap. It held for decades until...
2023: Screwworm cases breach the Darién Gap and surge in Central America
March 2025: DOGE cuts $250m in funding to the UN fund that was, in part, used for screwworm monitoring in Central America.
(Note: These cuts did not affect the USDA's screwworm Sterile Insect Production nor the COPEG.)
Summer 2025: Trump's USDA allocates $850m in funding to novel methods of screwworm eradication and a new sterile fly production facility in Texas as part of a 5 pronged approach with dealing with the emerging threat.
Summer 2026: Screwworm detected in Texas.
In summary: The only thing DOGE's UN funding cut could have possibly done is reduced our visibility into the reach of screwworm inside Central America, but given that the US just months later started a massive screwworm initiative suggests DOGE's cuts had effectively no negative effect.
BREAKING: Rage Against The Machine’s Tom Morello just BURIED Trump’s Freedom 250 concerts under an avalanche of rock legends.
Donald Trump's Great American State Fair — his big musical celebration of America's 250th birthday — features Vanilla Ice, a version of Milli Vanilli whose original member died in 1998, and Bret Michaels of Poison. Artists have been fleeing it since the day it was announced.
Tom Morello just answered with the Foo Fighters, Bruce Springsteen, Dave Matthews, Joan Baez, Cypress Hill, Killer Mike, Dropkick Murphys, Jack Black, System of a Down's Serj Tankian, Alabama Shakes' Brittany Howard, Run-DMC's Darryl McDaniels, and Soundgarden/Pearl Jam drummer Matt Cameron.
The contrast could not be more devastating.
Morello's Power to the People Festival will take place on October 3rd at Merriweather Post Pavilion in Columbia, Maryland — exactly one month before the midterm elections — with any of a dozen acts on the bill capable of selling out the venue by themselves. Springsteen, who just finished his protest-heavy Land of Hope and Dreams Tour under FBI protection due to death threats from Trump supporters, announced the festival from the stage at Nationals Park on the tour's closing night.
The festival will include a "Freedom Village" — an immersive space for civic engagement, grassroots organizing, mutual aid, and social impact initiatives. A portion of ticket proceeds, and 100 percent of VIP ticket sales, go directly to pro-democracy organizations VoteRiders and HeadCount.
Trump's concert was paid for by Boeing, Shell, Toyota, and Royal Caribbean — companies regulated by his own cabinet. Morello's festival is funding voter registration.
Trump's lineup includes an act whose original member died in 1998, a rapper whose last hit was in 1990, and a Celebrity Apprentice winner. Morello's lineup includes living legends who are actively touring, recording, and selling out arenas worldwide.
Young MC fled Trump's concert because nobody told him it was political. C+C Music Factory's frontman stayed while saying on camera that he doesn't "f--- with Trump." Morris Day simply posted, "It's a no from me."
Meanwhile, Springsteen announced his participation in the Power to the People event from a sold-out stadium in Washington DC during his “Land Of Hope & Dreams” tour.
This is what the resistance sounds like. And it sounds a whole lot better than "Ice Ice Baby."
Tickets for the Power to the People Festival go on sale on May 30 at 10AM ET, but you can sign up for pre-sale access on May 29 at 10AM ET via sign-up on the Power to the People website.
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@JaneMcApine You could call it “lots of small individuals who actually didn’t want to die for your tastebuds”… sorry to disturb your culinary pleasures.