this is the most logical, least thatveagenteacher-ish pro vegitarian argument ever.

we are two small lives
inside your granite grasp
we sit or fly unknowing
that you care less
about us all as darkness
we would put our bodies
in the path of powerful
explosions unknowing
have you seen birds
in flight from fear
or dogs and cats
roaming empty streets
eyes alight in war terror
#poetry

Few people think of the effect of wars on animals; until animals have a bill of rights we all suffer from war. I wrote a short poem on BlueSky recently about this.

Living in a rural area Rowan, the majority of fields lie empty or have crops for animals in them. The cruelty to animals through dairy produce and other means is unbearable to acknowledge my friend! #VeganWorld #Govegan

Déroulez. La guerre perturbe la production mondiale de nouriture : routes maritimes bloquées, augmentation des prix du pétrole, rupture des stocks d'engrais. C'est le moment de changer pour un régime végétal moins dispendieux, tout en maintenant notre stock de calories et de protéines disponibles. 🔽

There are 8 billion humans in the world.
We kill 80 BILLION land animals every year for the animal product industry. We clear entire forests to grow crops, that we feed animals, to then use them as food.

And yet, every year about 1 billion people live in the brink of starvation. Math isn't mathing!

I'm a dragon that eats fruits and veggies 🐉 🍓 🥒

If you're worried about global warming, eat one less burger than you already do a week/month/year. It'll do way more good than taking a shower so short your pits still reek.

Ultimately, the point of this is to highlight current dairy-meat industry faults. If appeasing a moral compass won't work, perhaps a deep-dive on the global consequences of the cruel and unsustainable industrial practices will help align some of you to at least try and consume less animal products.

None of this means plant-based systems would eliminate conflict.

Wars are driven by politics, power, resources, and history.

But reducing resource intensity, lowering dependence on fragile supply chains, and feeding more people per acre all make food systems more resilient in a turbulent world.

A plant-food system could reduce some geopolitical pressure points.

Feed imports tie many countries to global trade routes & a small number of exporting regions.

When routes are disrupted, food systems become vulnerable.

Producing more food directly for people locally reduces that dependency.

There’s also the land.

Large areas of land around the world are dedicated to grazing or growing feed crops.

Shifting diets toward plants would free significant agricultural land that could be used more flexibly for food production or ecosystem restoration.

Flexibility matters in unstable times.

Livestock also concentrates risk.

Animals need continuous feed deliveries and stable infrastructure.

If supply chains break, animals cannot simply "pause" production - they must keep eating every day.

Crops stored for human consumption are far easier to stockpile and distribute during crises.

That matters during conflict.

Wars disrupt fertilizer, fuel, shipping, and trade routes.

A system that requires fewer inputs per calorie is naturally more stable when those systems are stressed.

Plant foods generally require far less feed, water, and energy than animal products.

A plant-based food system removes a major layer of inefficiency.

Today, huge amounts of crops aren’t eaten by people - they’re grown as animal feed.

When you remove the middle step (animals), the same land and grain can feed far more humans directly.

Plant-based food systems aren’t just about ethics for animals.

They’re also about resilience - feeding more people with fewer resources, fewer chokepoints, and fewer systems that break when the world shakes.

But moments like this also expose a deeper question.

If conflict on the other side of the world can ripple into milk prices and feed shortages… maybe our food system is more fragile than we want to admit.

So when war disrupts supply chains, governments often rush to stabilize industries like dairy and meat.

Public money flows toward keeping that system afloat rather than transforming it.

This is something vegans have been pointing out for years:

A food system built around animals is inherently vulnerable.

It multiplies the resources needed to feed people.

More land.
More grain.
More fuel.

Animal agriculture sits right in the center of that fragility.

Dairy especially depends on huge inputs: feed crops, fertilizer, water, transport, refrigeration, subsidies. It’s a very resource-heavy way to produce calories.

When global systems strain, dairy strains with them.

War doesn’t just destroy cities.

It reshapes food.

When conflict erupts anywhere in the world - shipping routes tighten, fuel prices jump, fertilizer becomes unstable. The entire global food system feels it.

👇🏼 a thread. #war #geopolitics #veganism

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Vegan brownies :3

I wonder how many neglected tropical diseases will suddenly have cures within years of reaching northern populations. 🙄 Cures & vaccines they'll then charge impoverished communities that suffered the most from NTDs.

Fuck. Capitalism.

Bought this painting at goodwill today and I’m gonna fill it with animal crossing villagers. Donate at least $50 to the campaign below and put your favorite villager in the “dedicated to” field and I’ll add it to the painting until I run out of room.

#Sows are kept in a continuous cycle of impregnation and giving birth spending the majority of their lives in farrowing & gestation crates. When her production drops she'll be sent to slaughter at about 2 years old. Pigs naturally live 15+ years.

Choose #vegan over cruelty:

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Nice opinion on trans people, did a billionaire pedophile give it to you?

FACTS!

OpenAI has become a tool for a fascistic regime.

Don't use chatGPT. #BoycottOpenAI #QuitGPT

Maybe Liam is too wee yet for Spider-Verse, but I ❤️ Miles Morales and Nueva York is covered in snow too!

Much thanks to @julioanta.bsky.social for the translation so that I could include both spideys.

#Comics4Liam FREE THE CHILDREN!!! Shutter forever these evil detention centers; ABOLISH ICE.

Some worry we don't have enough land to accommodate more plant-based diets.

Actually, if the entire world went vegan, we'd need *less* cropland.

Why? Because a lot of it goes toward making feed for livestock, and animals are inefficient convertors of plant energy to meat energy: 🐓 13%, 🐖 9%, 🐄 3%.