Anthropologist/agitator for animals. Freelance science writer; book critic for NPR, TLS. How Animals Grieve book, TED talk. Currently writing book #8, on cats!
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It's hard to take medical staff seriously if delivering a message in a surgical mask (providing no significant protection), saying that they're struggling.
Until they start using proper airborne mitigations and taking disease transmission seriously, this situation won't improve.
As we remain in a Critical Incident, Medical Director Manjeet Shehmar is asking for public support in getting medically safe patients home and out of hospital to recover as soon as is safe to do so.
Thank you for your continued support - nuh.nhs.uk/news/critical-inc…
How does this happen? These monkeys ahould never have had to endure this research fate in the first place.... just how? #primates #animalwelfare #animalrights Police hunt 40 monkeys that escaped from a South Carolina research facility nbcnews.com/news/us-news/mon… via @nbcnews
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If you’re registered but you haven’t voted yet, can you call a friend if you need a lift, or if you need someone to pass the time with on a long line? Bring a sandwich. Text your friends: “Vote yet?” Whatever you do today, history is only hours away.
Barbara J King retweeted
Polls are still open, folks.
Don’t sit this election out. @KamalaHarris and @Tim_Walz are ready to serve on Day One.
Confirm your polling place and go vote: IWillVote.com.
Barbara J King retweeted
Every block.
Every door.
Every minute.
Until we win.
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Hello from Reading, PA!
Shout-out to all who (again) hear from extended family members, colleagues, et al. who have voted or will vote for racism, hatred, cruelty, environmental harm. This profound disappointment never really goes away. I'm filled with #HarrisWalz2024 hope nonetheless! #BlueWaveRising
This week's #SundaySentence is from Kaori Fujino's novella Nails and Eyes: "It was as though the words on the page were smiling at you, greeting you like an old friend with a quick wave of the hand."
When writers not only disrupt your brainwaves in the most disturbing yet fascinating ways with their novels but also just are good humans who care for people and other animals, it's a fine thing to celebrate their good news. #books #amreading #AreaX
Wow! My novel Absolution is an instant New York Times bestseller! Debuting at #7! Just found out! Thanks, readers! @mcdbooks @mtaeckens
Just wondering, how many octopuses collected, killed, and dissected to develop "an atlas of octopus anatomy"? sciencealert.com/mysterious-… #octopus #cephalopod #animals #animalwelfare #animalrights
I'm pretty sure this is the place, in Hapur, #India. Options to learn more and donate: vosa.org.in/
Liv Baker, William Lynn, and I @panworksio write about the urgent need to prioritize animal wellbeing when studying animal consciousness. Open access! cambridge.org/core/journals/… #animals #animalconsciousness #ethics #animalwelfare #animalrights
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If you're a person of color voting for Trump, just know MAGA will never truly love you. No matter what you do, no matter how much you debase yourself, you'll never have the "good genes" or a good "bloodline." Good night and good luck. #MSGRally
My #SundaySentence this week is from @Rumaan's Entitlement: She would not allow that there was something unnatural in being her own first priority.
Why, in 11 beautiful seconds, I don't eat bacon. #pigs #animals #vegan #vegetarian #reducetarian #animalrights
This is very sad news from Wyoming. #grizzly399 #bear #wildlife #animals buckrail.com/grizzly-399-kil…
