Veganism is not a boycott - a boycott aims to change the behaviour of a company or industry; veganism wants to end an industry.

Boycotts have a conditional end; veganism is a baseline principle that non-human animals don't deserve imprisonment torture and death.

Boycotts are reform that targets extrinsic harms, veganism targets abolition of intrinsic harms.

So saying "Veganism won't achieve abolition because boycotts have limited success" is a category error.

#Veganism #Boycott

I wonder what will happen now will supporters of palestine action give up or will they continue resist the law more ferociously?

"
The government's proscription of Palestine Action as a terror organisation is lawful, the Court of Appeal has ruled.

In one of the most significant rulings on national security in recent years, five of the most senior judges in the country overturned an earlier decision from the High Court that the ban had breached the right to protest and had been incorrectly taken by ministers.

But five Court of Appeal judges concluded in a hearing on Monday that the ban had been "justified and proportionate".

In a statement, the group's co-founder Huda Ammori, who brought the original legal challenge against the Home Office, said she intended to appeal the ruling to the UK Supreme Court.
"
Dominic Casciani, Home and legal correspondent <https://www.bbcnewsd73hkzno2ini43t4gblxvycyac5aw4gnv7t2rccijh7745uqd.onion/news/topics/cezlkpje5zkt> ; Amy Walker
2026.06.15 11:43 BST
Palestine Action ban is lawful, Court of Appeal rules
BBC
<https://www.bbcnewsd73hkzno2ini43t4gblxvycyac5aw4gnv7t2rccijh7745uqd.onion/news/articles/c4gy927jx88o>

#palestine #palestineaction #uk #ukpol #gazawar #zionism #labourparty #yvettecooper #protest #police

https://social.chinwag.org/@xconde/116736600471714869

Being anti-ableist is more important than appealing to the sensibilities of ableists

If you think that alt text is a chore imposed on you by people with low vision then I don't want to go to your party

#Ableism #AltText

Twitter is not a customer inquiries inbox. Email still exists for a reason.

The UK wants to put age verification on VPNs[1][2] I'm looking forward to them going toe to toe with mullvad, or how they plan to ban Tor and I2P and yggdrasil and meshtastic

[1]
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/business/2025/07/31/vpn-allowing-youngsters-to-bypass-online-safety-rules/

[2]
https://www.techradar.com/vpn/vpn-privacy-security/could-vpns-be-banned-uk-government-to-look-very-closely-into-their-usage-amid-mass-usage-since-the-age-verification-row

#UK #UnitedKingdom #FLOSS #Privacy #Anonymity #VPN #Mullvad #Tor #I2P #Yggdrasil #Meshtastic #Censorship #AgeVerification

Microsoft doesn't want you to call it microslop

https://www.windowslatest.com/2026/03/02/microsoft-gets-tired-of-microslop-bans-the-word-on-its-discord-then-locks-the-server-after-backlash/

Hey "No Ethical Consumption" people, nothing is more deactivating for me than seeing caring thoughtful people such as yourself tell me that something I'm doing to make the world a better place is worthless (it isn't) and that you, nominally my ally, will do nothing to help. It's almost like you're more interested in an excuse to not have to do something like go vegan than you are at actually providing an actionable plan we can work together on.

#Vegan #Ethics #Anarchism

"I got a disease the other day and I was going to go to the doctor until I realised its the circle of life and death and decomposition is a natural part of the food chain. It would be ridiculous to go and stop all disease in nature that would be bad for the environment because it would cause overpopulation. So I'm going to do the natural and sustainable thing and let myself die"

This is how a lot of carnists sound.

Life and death of other animals is in our hands, and we have a unique responsibility to wield that power with care and selflessness

"
>This is the way things are.
You can't change nature.

>Change *is* nature dad, the part that *we* can influence - and it starts when we decide
" - Ratatouille, 2007

#Veganism #Vegan #Speciesism #Antispeciesism #Carnism #HumanSupremacy

I like how people are recommending a bunch of FLOSS messengers now, its an opportunity to check out underrated projects like I just a few minutes ago learned about the FLOSS project Quiet (https://tryquiet.org) from a discord community trying to relocate.

The website says its all E2EE P2P with tor built in, channels like slack/discord, no email or phone number required. Unfortunately no quantum resistant encryption on the roadmap so I still would recommend SimpleX for general purpose instant messaging but Tor-by-default and P2P are genuine advantages over Simplex

If you found this post interesting you might also be interested in these decentralised encrypted messengers with various pros and cons compared to eachother:

Cwtch
https://cwtch.im
http://cwtchim3z2gdsyb27acfc26lup5aqbegjrjsqulzrnkuoalq5h4gmcid.onion/

Briar
https://briarproject.org/

Meshtastic
https://meshtastic.org/

#FLOSS #E2EE #PSA #Privacy #Security #Anonymity #Deniability #Meshtastic #Briar #Cwtch #SimpleX #Quiet #P2P #Tor #Slack #Discord

The cultural myth that people can't rationally organize themselves without a tyrant pointing a gun at them is exactly what a tyrant pointing a gun at you would say to stop you from killing them

#Anarchism

When we design for disabilities, we make things better for everyone. This is called the Curb-Cut Effect. The term was coined by disability students and activists in the 70s, who added curb cuts to the Berkeley sidewalks to make access easier for those in wheelchairs. They discovered those also helped people with strollers, using trolleys for deliveries, etc.

Can someone do me a favour and confirm the onionsite for Guardian news is down? Ive been unable to access it for a number of days

Tor is essential sometimes life and death for activists dissidents journalists whistleblowers etc and onion sites protect tor users further by ensuring there is no unencrypted traffic leaving the network that can be analysed by ISPs and govts

https://www.guardian2zotagl6tmjucg3lrhxdk4dw3lhbqnkvvkywawy3oqfoprid.onion/europe

#Privacy #Anonymity #PSA #Guardian #Tor #Activism #Dissidents #Journalism #Whistleblower #Anarchism

AI slop hurts your soul.

It makes you: distrustful, dismissive of creative works, uncreative, derivative, imaginatively stunted, unreflective, dependant, it robs you of the satisfaction and growth granted by the creative process and it poisons you with all the same cultural biases taken from the training data

#AISlop #GenAI #AIImage #AIVideo #AIMusic #NanoBanana #Midjourney #Flux #Qwen #StableDiffusion #Veo #ZImage

This account reflects my personal opinion and how I intend to conduct myself in future professional environments in accordance with my personal ideology

If automation decreases the price of necessities then either the rent/mortage will go up or your income will go down.

The one constant is the capitalist class steer the economy toward more for themselves and less for everyone else

This is one reason why I'm a socialist and believe that workers should earn the full value of their labour not be taxed by a lord that lays claim to the tools

https://www.theguardian.com/inequality/2025/dec/10/just-0001-hold-three-times-the-wealth-of-poorest-half-of-humanity-report-finds

Edit: the guardian onion site is down great job protecting your dissident informers!

#Capitalism #WealthInequality #Inequality #Automation #Rent #Landparasite

Theres a lot of hope for #JeremyCorbyn new party #YourParty in #UnitedKingdom but anarchist analysis tells us one of few things will happen should they win the election

A. Be bent into a shape that the throne requires & justify betrayal by saying its better them sitting there than #NigelFarage

B. Defy capital > have perks & access cut off (remember who pays the majority of the states bills & for the police & military)

C. Authoritarian scaffolding easily overrun by fascists

True liberation is bottom up and immune to such corruption because we all play a part, no gods no masters, true democracy. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uTwxpTyGUOI the only good I see coming from this whole affair is the extent it will radicalize liberals when Corbyn is compromised one way or the other. He could be a saint a really cool dude Idc, placing ur faith in politicians to save you is saviour worship and you're setting yourself up for disappointment

(repost from suspended social.coop acc)

#speciesism #veganarchism #leftism #anarchism #humansupremacy

Civillian aid ship "Gaza Flotilla" Attacked With Incendiary Device on route to #Gaza #Palestine

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=woqHi46rwaE