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Social worker, pragmatic progressive, #WFPB, introvert in a busy world pining for wild places... she/her

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Baby sheep, pigs, cows, chickens, goats, and humansโ€”EVERYONEโ€”has the right to enjoy life to the fullest ๐Ÿšผ๐Ÿพ๐Ÿ’š

๐Ÿ™Make a difference for animals here: https://veganfta.com/global-action

#cutebabies #baby #babyanimals #iloveanimals #cuteanimals

08.10.2025 11:03 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 34    ๐Ÿ” 6    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Early voting is underway for Prop 50 in California.

I urge anyone in the state to vote yes.

This isnโ€™t a race to the bottom. Itโ€™s a means of avoiding the bottom. https://robertreich.substack.com/p/what-blue-states-should-do-when-red

07.10.2025 19:45 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 7070    ๐Ÿ” 2824    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 219    ๐Ÿ“Œ 127
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Just changed it...

07.10.2025 23:51 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 3    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Greta Thunberg has more courage & moral clarity than any world leader I have ever seen.

Bar none.

Period.

That tiny 22 year old is often accused of being annoying, but what she is, is unyielding to moral ambiguity. If itโ€™s wrong, she says so until someone listens.

She deserves the Nobel Prize

07.10.2025 11:55 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 5248    ๐Ÿ” 1278    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 184    ๐Ÿ“Œ 80
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Milk doesnโ€™t come from smiling cows on a carton.
It's from mothers whose babies are taken as soon as theyโ€™re born, crying out for calves theyโ€™ll never see again, their bodies used up & discarded for cheap meat.
๐ŸฎHelp us liberate them!
โžก๏ธ bit.ly/3Ky8OgF

07.10.2025 15:56 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 12    ๐Ÿ” 3    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Stop Calling Foods โ€œVeganโ€ โ€” Here's What Works Instead Names matter. We need to stop calling foods "vegan" and start using other, more exciting labels.

New from me! Why "vegan" isn't an effective word in getting people to order plant-based options on a menu.

We have lots of other options, including nudging health, sustainability, and most of all, taste.

I break down all the research here:

07.10.2025 13:45 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 6    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

I think Greta Thunberg deserves a @NobelPrize and more.
But what she really wants is an end to the starvation, maiming and killing of Gazaโ€™s entrapped and helpless civilians, - and of course the respect and care our Earth requires

07.10.2025 13:28 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 494    ๐Ÿ” 91    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 16    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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This ๐Ÿ‘‡๐Ÿ‘‡๐Ÿ‘‡ can't be said enough. It stopped being about left and right political beliefs a long time ago.

07.10.2025 13:28 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 14    ๐Ÿ” 5    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Atalian

07.10.2025 03:13 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Not to get too political, but I find it convenient to live on a planet with a habitable climate

06.10.2025 17:17 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 641    ๐Ÿ” 82    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 22    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Atalian on Andrew Young International Blvd

07.10.2025 01:18 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 2    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Rice, herbed potatoes, micro greens, tomatoes, garlic spinach, artichoke hearts, fried onions with a balsamic reduction -- not necessarily in that order.

06.10.2025 23:59 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 5    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 2    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
NEWSOM'S PROP 50
BALLOTS WILL START HITTING MAILBOXES
TODAY IN CALIFORNIA

NEWSOM'S PROP 50 BALLOTS WILL START HITTING MAILBOXES TODAY IN CALIFORNIA

WHAT IS PROP 50?
California's Proposition 50 is a 2025 ballot measure responding to Donald Trump's attempts to rig the 2026 midterm election through mid-cycle redistricting in red states like Texas.
If passed, Prop 50 would allow California to implement a temporary, legislature-drawn congressional map for the 2026, 2028, and 2030 elections, replacing the independent commission's map - the new maps would implement boundaries designed to give Democrats an electoral advantage
offsetting the partisan maps drawn in Texas and other red states.

WHAT IS PROP 50? California's Proposition 50 is a 2025 ballot measure responding to Donald Trump's attempts to rig the 2026 midterm election through mid-cycle redistricting in red states like Texas. If passed, Prop 50 would allow California to implement a temporary, legislature-drawn congressional map for the 2026, 2028, and 2030 elections, replacing the independent commission's map - the new maps would implement boundaries designed to give Democrats an electoral advantage offsetting the partisan maps drawn in Texas and other red states.

HOW TO VOTE YES
All active registered voters will receive a vote-by-mail ballot automatically. Ballots
can
be filled out and mailed back
(postmarked no later than November 4), returned to any official drop box or voting location by 8:00 p.m. on Election Day, or voters may vote in person at their polling place.
To participate, voters must be registered by October 20, 2025. Those who miss the deadline can still register and vote at any voting location using same-day registration.

HOW TO VOTE YES All active registered voters will receive a vote-by-mail ballot automatically. Ballots can be filled out and mailed back (postmarked no later than November 4), returned to any official drop box or voting location by 8:00 p.m. on Election Day, or voters may vote in person at their polling place. To participate, voters must be registered by October 20, 2025. Those who miss the deadline can still register and vote at any voting location using same-day registration.

CA, Prop 50 Ballots Hit Mailboxes Today!

To avoid same day registration, voters must be registered by October 20, 2025.

06.10.2025 22:05 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 169    ๐Ÿ” 119    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 10    ๐Ÿ“Œ 6

That's exactly what I had resigned myself to. Felt very special to get my own little culinary work of art.

06.10.2025 20:58 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 3    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Yeah, I think he really appreciated the opportunity to be creative and show off a little. And I was very happy to be the recipient! ๐Ÿ˜€

06.10.2025 20:56 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Went to Atlanta recently for a family celebration. We went out to eat at a fancy Italian restaurant. Not a single vegan option on the menu. Waiter talked to the chef who came out & asked me what I like. Then presented me with this beautiful, delicious dish! Thank you, chef! #veganfood

06.10.2025 17:09 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 172    ๐Ÿ” 6    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 14    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1

It really is staggering to see so many people willing to abandon our 249 year experiment in democracy for an increasingly unstable criminally convicted reality show charlatan.

06.10.2025 13:19 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 16370    ๐Ÿ” 4043    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 636    ๐Ÿ“Œ 183
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Whether you like it or not, this is our painful truth in America.

06.10.2025 11:41 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 6596    ๐Ÿ” 2507    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 129    ๐Ÿ“Œ 105
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Yes, very weird. ๐Ÿคท๐Ÿผโ€โ™‚๏ธ

06.10.2025 11:55 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 16838    ๐Ÿ” 7046    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 327    ๐Ÿ“Œ 219
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Our world belongs to everyone... to human and non-human animals ๐Ÿ™Œ๐ŸŒŽ๐Ÿ’š

๐Ÿ™‹ Get your 7 Day Starter Kit to eat more plants: challenge.veganfta.com/starter_kitย 

๐ŸŽฅ VeganFTA
Clips from farmsanctuary (IG) | lighthousefarmsanctuary (IG) | sleepypigfarm (IG)

#happyanimals

05.10.2025 15:02 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 87    ๐Ÿ” 11    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

CALIFORNIANS!!!!

Youโ€™re gonna start getting your ballots. Vote YES for prop/ state measure 50, (it will be titled differently in different counties.)

Vote as soon as you get your ballot so that phone calls and texts can be directed to people who need more convincing.
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04.10.2025 23:45 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1226    ๐Ÿ” 545    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 29    ๐Ÿ“Œ 32
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Dr. Jane Goodall filmed an interview with Netflix in March 2025 that she understood would only be released after her death.

05.10.2025 09:08 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 37077    ๐Ÿ” 16720    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 799    ๐Ÿ“Œ 2360

Itโ€™ll always anger and disgust me that instead of sending a dangerous deranged criminal traitor dictator wannabe to jail where he belongs, people decided to send him back to the White House with full power to continue his destructive vengeance tour.

04.10.2025 22:11 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 6267    ๐Ÿ” 1395    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 307    ๐Ÿ“Œ 70
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Ignoring the violence and abuse that happens to factory farmed animals to save your own mental sanity is a gift to this evil industry and gives it the power to keep going.

Positive change cannot happen when you close your eyes.

04.10.2025 20:05 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 3    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1
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This shit is dystopian. Blackhawk helicopters, zip-tied kids, and racial segregation vans.

ICE is terrorizing communities.

04.10.2025 14:32 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 10854    ๐Ÿ” 5381    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 976    ๐Ÿ“Œ 438
A photo of Jane Goodall with a quote by Dr. Jane Goodall on the left-hand side that says:
โ€œFarm animals are far more aware and intelligent than we ever imagined. They are individual beings in their own right. As such, they deserve our respect & our help. Who will plead for them if we are silent?โ€

A photo of Jane Goodall with a quote by Dr. Jane Goodall on the left-hand side that says: โ€œFarm animals are far more aware and intelligent than we ever imagined. They are individual beings in their own right. As such, they deserve our respect & our help. Who will plead for them if we are silent?โ€

โ€œWho will plead for them if we are silent?โ€œ

Seeing all the tributes to #JaneGoodall and the near complete omission of her #vegan stance is truly dishearteningโ€ฆ
-Animal advocacy w/o veganism is toothless.
-Environmental advocacy w/o veganism, disastrous.

If you admire Jane, be like Jane. Be vegan โš–๏ธ

02.10.2025 19:05 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 180    ๐Ÿ” 61    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 9    ๐Ÿ“Œ 8
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Right?

03.10.2025 16:00 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 90    ๐Ÿ” 22    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 3
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Posted to her Instagram account on 9/21/2025
Jane Goodall Institute ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ฆ

02.10.2025 15:54 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 3343    ๐Ÿ” 1312    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 88    ๐Ÿ“Œ 117

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