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: (202) 224-3121 — tell them to vote NO on #SaveOurBacon 🐷

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. washingtonpost.com/opinions/…

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:

Do read this thread.

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. 🧵

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: senate.gov/senators/senators…

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.

🥞🔥 Plant-based breakfast at @DennysDiner? Say less. I’m in. ✅

"Despite the silence, I believed, and believe, that the unjustified and unjustifiable suffering of nonhuman animals is among the most pressing issues of our time." Great to see @CassSunstein back speaking up for animals and against cruelty!

Fuck crony capitalism, fuck it all to hell

Animals matter, and on not being silent about moral issues. casssunstein.substack.com/p/…

How do we fix factory farming? Most people hate it -- it sucks for our health, our animals, our environment, and it's putting small farmers out of business. So why is it still happening? I sat down with food policy researcher @Lewis_Bollard to understand how to fix the worst parts of the meat industry. A super informationally dense episode on a topic very dear to my heart, so please watch and share, thank you♥️ Chapters: 0:00 - Intro & Lewis's life story 4:20 - What Qualifies as a Factory Farm? 14:20 - The Human Cost Of Factory Farming 20:33 - U.S. Labeling Standards 25:11 - Pandemic Risks from Factory Farming 31:45 - Environmental Impacts 36:28 - Mental Health Of Farm Workers 43:13 - Undercover Reporting 48:14 - Political Corruption and Incentives 53:14 - EATS Act & the Farm Bill 1:00:32 - Ag-gag Laws 1:04:32 - Improvements & Solutions 1:17:29 - Government Subsidies 1:24:02 - Technological Solutions 1:31:08 - Cultivated Meat 1:39:52 - Advice From Lewis 1:45:38 - Finding a Win-Win Future of Farming The Win-Win Podcast: Poker champion Liv Boeree is joined by top researchers, philosophers, gamers, artists, technologists, CEOs, scientists, athletes and more to understand how competition manifests in their world, and how to design incentives to fix coordination problems and change lose-lose games into Win-Wins.

Plant-based by default - terrific piece. @Mary_MacLennan @Econ_4_Everyone @ZLiscow @morgfair @UNEP @StephenESachs canarymedia.com/articles/foo…

Powerful op-ed from the incoming president of @BeefUSA, one of the country’s biggest meat trade groups, on why cultivated meat bans are dangerous and anti-free market. As seen in @BEEFMagazine.

RT @sapinker: From a cofounder of a cultured meat company, guest lecturer in my Rationality course, and Harvard Business School student: Th…

One day humanity will end factory farming. When it does, our descendants will look back and wonder how we ever tolerated it. They'll wonder how a generation who loved animals -- and hated animal cruelty -- failed to stop the worst abuse of animals in history.

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. harbus.org/post/the-most-neg…