The way to get people on your side (and you know, actually help the animals) is to do pretty much the opposite of what you’re doing. Black-and-white thinking (“either you’re a vegan, or you’re a bloodmouth!”) is paradoxically going to drive people away from what you’re saying and cause more animals to be harmed.
This weekend I backpacked through some mountainous areas like where I used to live in Colorado 20 years ago. The woods seemed oddly…sterile? But you could only really see it if you paid close attention. Fewer birds, fewer small critters, just an eerie quiet. And no bugs except for pests—tons of flies and mosquitoes.
It’s a lonely quiet world.
Edit: Forgot to add that there was a tornado on Pikes Peak. Yeah.
Decided to try something new on a basswood oval I got on clearance. Tree burned by hand. Colors are Minwax water based color series wood stain, no paint was used. I’ve done gradients with paint on canvas before but never tried it on wood or with wood stain. I think it turned out pretty well for a first attempt. I haven’t...
Yeah at this point, there’s two types of people. Those who aren’t interested in climate change either because they don’t believe it will happen or believe we can stop it, and those who are absofuckinlutely terrified. I think I’d rather be blissfully ignorant.
A marine heatwave has broken out along more than 2,000km of the Queensland coast, raising concerns for the health of corals on the Great Barrier Reef and other ocean life....
Reddit is reaching out to moderators after tensions rose over recent policy changes and API pricing. A Reddit admin acknowledged the strained relationship and outlined new weekly feedback sessions and other outreach efforts to repair ties. However, moderators remain skeptical of Reddit’s efforts given mixed results from past...
It’s easy to look at this from the lens of people just wanting power, but maybe it’s something akin to the grief, honest grief, I felt about leaving Reddit because I had been there so long as just a user. I can’t imagine how it would feel to give up control over something that I had created and curated for many years knowing that it was going to be destroyed. 
Musk rushes out new Twitter logo—it’s just an X that someone tweeted at him (arstechnica.com)
how's your week going, Beehaw
as always, we’re back. how’s your week going folks
Inside the Republican effort to force millions of farm animals back into cages (www.vox.com)
Weekly Observations 24th July - 30th July: What signs of collapse do you see in your region? (lemmy.ml)
Another week, another weekly observations thread!...
There's a way to get healthier without even going to gym. It's called NEAT (www.npr.org)
Time is running out on the Climate Clock (www.theverge.com)
What that giant clock in NYC’s Union Square is counting down to.
Around 2,000 penguins wash up dead on Uruguay coast (www.france24.com)
Tried something different. (reddthat.com)
Decided to try something new on a basswood oval I got on clearance. Tree burned by hand. Colors are Minwax water based color series wood stain, no paint was used. I’ve done gradients with paint on canvas before but never tried it on wood or with wood stain. I think it turned out pretty well for a first attempt. I haven’t...
Climate records tumble, leaving Earth in uncharted territory - scientists (www.bbc.com)
https://lemmy.ml/pictrs/image/26978f60-b4c3-4efa-9406-0ffff5c414b0.webp
Marine heatwave off north-east Australia sets off alarm over health of Great Barrier Reef (www.theguardian.com)
A marine heatwave has broken out along more than 2,000km of the Queensland coast, raising concerns for the health of corals on the Great Barrier Reef and other ocean life....
Alabama lawmakers refuse to create a 2nd majority-Black congressional district (www.npr.org)
No apologies as Reddit halfheartedly tries to repair ties with moderators (arstechnica.com)
Reddit is reaching out to moderators after tensions rose over recent policy changes and API pricing. A Reddit admin acknowledged the strained relationship and outlined new weekly feedback sessions and other outreach efforts to repair ties. However, moderators remain skeptical of Reddit’s efforts given mixed results from past...
The transphobia stops now
This community is housed on an instance run by two trans women, focused on the needs of the queer and gender diverse community....
Men | ContraPoints (www.youtube.com)
How to begin your fisting journey (lemmy.world)
Can spez really be that stupid? (www.theverge.com)
Yes. Yes he can.
"…likely the hottest 15 days in the last 100,000+ years." (i.imgur.com)
Here’s the link to his tweet.
Phoenix Breaks Heat Record Set in 1974 (web.archive.org)
"We are damned fools": scientist who sounded climate alarm in 80s warns of worse to come (www.theguardian.com)
“Damned” being the operative word.
Google’s new security pilot program will ban employee Internet access (arstechnica.com)