The production, retail, and consumption of animal products, especially meat, are a destructive force not for a couple of reasons, but for ALL the reasons. Look it up wherever you can, or at bit.ly/world-revisited #nature #veganism #animalethics
Daniel Carden Nemo
@danielnemo.bsky.social
EIC @ https://www.amsterdamreview.org/ danielnemo.com
"All the deaths have taken on new forms, / suspended in air, shapes never touching but in / motion. Maybe this is beauty. Maybe derailed beauty is still beauty." 3 poems by @victoriachang.bsky.social in Amsterdam Rev www.amsterdamreview.org/three-by-victoria-chang.html #poetry #poetrycommunity
"The capital of capital / is a city impossible to besiege. It moves, / after all, all the barons and pirates..." Two poems by 𝐉𝐚𝐧𝐞 𝐙𝐰𝐚𝐫𝐭 @janezwart.bsky.social in Amsterdam Review www.amsterdamreview.org/two-by-jane-zwart.html #poetry #poetrycommunity
"It is a curious thing, that in observing animals closely, one sometimes feels as if they are attending to us with an intelligence parallel to our own, though built on different lines." - Charles Darwin More at bit.ly/world-revisited #nature #biodiversity #veganism #animalethics
Industrial animal farming is a destructive force not for a couple of reasons, but for ALL the reasons. Look it up wherever you can. More at bit.ly/world-revisited #nature #veganism #animalethics
"Once we had language, / we said, / we had been sent, / gone forth... " Four poems by 𝐑𝐚𝐞 𝐀𝐫𝐦𝐚𝐧𝐭𝐫𝐨𝐮𝐭 in Amsterdam Review www.amsterdamreview.org/four-by-rae-armantrout.html #poetry #poetrycommunity
Our Fall 2026 issue is OUT NOW! Featuring #interviews with Mircea Cărtărescu and Diane Sahms, as well as works by Iain Britton, Angela Townsend, Marcia Yudkin, Kevin Grauke, Carla Schwartz, Jane Lockwood, and many more. Read here: bit.ly/AmsterdamReview #poetry #fiction #translations #amsterdam 🇳🇱
Can we only “live life to the fullest” by killing and putting these amazing creatures in a bucket, KFC? More at bit.ly/world-revisited #nature #biodiversity #veganism #animalethics
"I am stuck / between one / and zero / cropping for myself / a place in nature: / the answer to form / is the formless." Three poems by 𝐂𝐚𝐫𝐝𝐞𝐧 𝐍𝐞𝐦𝐨 @danielnemo.bsky.social in Amsterdam Review amsterdamreview.org/three-by-daniel-carden-nemo1.html #poetry #poetrycommunity
Sure. We can continue blaming corporations & rigged policies for our current nosedive into an unmitigated extinction event But make no mistake - OUR INDIVIDUAL CHOICES MATTER & the only way to move the needle is a baseline population willing to support politicians looking to make necessary changes
Reducing a sentient being to a commodity is the exact same cognitive toolkit used to justify human atrocities, racism, violence, and exploitation. See it for what it is. More at bit.ly/world-revisited #nature #biodiversity #veganism #animalethics
"It is a curious thing, that in observing animals closely, one sometimes feels as if they are attending to us with an intelligence parallel to our own, though built on different lines." - Charles Darwin More at bit.ly/world-revisited #nature #biodiversity #veganism #animalethics
We sacrifice everything that’s real, the natural world, sentient animals, our health, our climate, to uphold a contrived paradigm that equates meat with wellness and prosperity. But MEAT is a linguistic shield. We eat DEAD BODIES. More at bit.ly/world-revisited #nature #veganism #animalethics
I respect most people as individuals, but please don’t confuse that with respecting animal & planet harming choices. #Vegan #FTA #ForEverything
"Now that / the symbol is / neither a doorway / nor a door, the / door / opens..." Two poems by 𝐀𝐦𝐲 𝐂𝐚𝐭𝐚𝐧𝐳𝐚𝐧𝐨 in Amsterdam Review www.amsterdamreview.org/two-by-amy-catanzano.html #poetry #poetrycommunity
"Return all the soft-bodied animals /to their homes: sea pansies, anemones /boars, bears / even pet guinea pigs not distracted from being by / footsteps across the floor" 5 poems by 𝐄𝐥𝐞𝐧𝐢 𝐒𝐢𝐤𝐞𝐥𝐢𝐚𝐧𝐨𝐬 in Amsterdam Review www.amsterdamreview.org/five-by-eleni-sikelianos.html #poetry #poetrycommunity
We need another concept of animals—they are “gifted with extensions of the senses we have lost or never attained, living by voices we shall never hear” (Henry Beston). More at bit.ly/world-revisited #nature #biodiversity #veganism #animalethics
"Each animal is surrounded by its own bubble of significance, its own world full of colors and tones we shall never perceive." - Jakob von Uexküll Animals aren’t just a part of nature, they 𝒂𝒓𝒆 nature. More at bit.ly/world-revisited #nature #biodiversity #veganism #animalethics
In a week from now, I will be doing what I love doing the best - close-reading, and discussing my friend and fellow writer, Subi Taba's work. Join us online! This promises to be a fascinating session where we'll discuss eco-colonialism, patriarchy, magic, and more! @southasiaspeaks.bsky.social
"Give it new life, I thought, / the wrecked house, the apple orchard. / Camped on the edge of the property, / I’d wrapped myself in a wool blanket." 3 poems by 𝐊𝐞𝐥𝐥𝐚𝐦 𝐀𝐲𝐫𝐞𝐬 @kellamayres.bsky.social in Amsterdam Review www.amsterdamreview.org/three-by-kellam-ayres.html #poetry #poetrycommunity
Slaughtering animals for profit - the sole remaining purpose of meat - isn’t a collective need but an individual choice. See it for what it is. More at bit.ly/world-revisited #nature #veganism #animalethics
“All you who feed on the food of earth… Return all the soft-bodied animals / to their homes: sea pansies, anemones, boars, bears, even pet guinea pigs not distracted from being by footsteps across the floor” - Eleni Sikelianos More at bit.ly/world-revisited #biodiversity #veganism #animalethics
#Indonesia Borneo island - the province hardest-hit by raging forest fires - An #orangutan was found writhing on the ground in a weak state on a #palmoil plantation near the fire site...suffering from hypoxia. She is being treated ❤️🩹 What are we doing 😔 www.reuters.com/business/env...
Orangutan rescued from fire zone in Indonesia's Borneo, battles respiratory illness
On Sunday morning, Jais, a farmer in Ketapang, West Kalimantan on Borneo island - the province hardest-hit by raging forest fires - was en route to his farm when he found an orangutan writhing on the...
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"The night’s been hollowed out into silence, a quiet deep enough for Virgil to feel / what’s left of the earth / humming underneath his feet." Two poems by 𝐑𝐞𝐛𝐞𝐜𝐜𝐚 𝐌𝐚𝐜𝐢𝐣𝐞𝐬𝐜𝐤𝐢 in Amsterdam Review www.amsterdamreview.org/two-by-rebecca-macijeski.html #poetry #poetrycommunity
💔😔 #H5N1 ‘….100 little dead penguins’ A dead dolphin… Mass mortality events predicted…. And a population filled w increasingly at risk humans turning a blind eye to the animal-agriculture-driven-causes they continue to support Please, act while you can & learn to live vegan challenge22.com
Krasnov 🍃@greennomad61.bsky.social · last mo.#SouthAustralia Dolphin has died from #H5N1, so federal gov says it will withdraw researchers from the sub-Antarctic Macquarie Island research station due to the “psychosocial risk” of witnessing potential mass seal deaths from H5N1... #auspol WHAT 🤔 www.theguardian.com/environment/...
"My need for solitude was vast / Yet my wish for nothing plagued me / I tried to want what I did not need" Selected poems by 𝐋𝐚𝐲𝐧𝐢𝐞 𝐁𝐫𝐨𝐰𝐧 in Amsterdam Review www.amsterdamreview.org/selected-poems-by-laynie-browne.html #poetry #poetrycommunity
What if we started being honest and called meat what it is: 𝒅𝒆𝒂𝒅 𝒃𝒐𝒅𝒊𝒆𝒔? We have choices, animals don't. More at bit.ly/world-revisited #nature #biodiversity #veganism #animalethics
"Could this be how / death arrives too, an intimate self / half-recognized" Two poems by 𝐋𝐢𝐧𝐝𝐚 𝐀𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐨𝐧 in Amsterdam Review www.amsterdamreview.org/two-by-linda-anderson.html #poetry #poetrycommunity
They can dream, sing, fly, see by sound, they are just like superheroes—only not made up. Imagine if we found inspiration in our fellow creatures instead of gimmicks. More at bit.ly/world-revisited #nature #biodiversity #veganism #animalethics
