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John Sanbonmatsu

@jsanbonmatsu.bsky.social

Writer, critical theorist, and professor of philosophy at Worcester Polytechnic Institute in Massachusetts. Author of "The Postmodern Prince" and of "The Omnivore's Deception: What We Get Wrong About Meat, Animals, and Ourselves." www.JohnSanbonmatsu.com

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MarcPieterse@marcpieterse.bsky.social · 5d ago

Soft-shell crab “cleaning” or “dressing” process, done on live crabs right before cooking. 👺 What the scissors are cutting is the front face section, which includes: • The eyes and eyestalks • The mouthparts • The gills (sometimes) • Sometimes the apron/tail flap too #LiveVegan ditch ‘seafood’ 🙏

ACLU@aclu.org · 5d ago

The Labor Department is poised to issue regulations stripping minimum wage and overtime protections for more than one million home care workers, disproportionately immigrant women who provide vital care to seniors and people with disabilities. Care work is real work. Care workers deserve fair pay.

Opinion | The Immigration Crackdown and the Plight of the Caregivers (Gift Article)

Readers describe a crisis for caregivers and families. Also: Canceling grants based on politics; no politics in uniform; rediscovering resilience.

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John Sanbonmatsu@jsanbonmatsu.bsky.social · 5d ago

Each year, the global fishing industry inflicts trauma and suffering on trillions of fish. Millions of other marine animals meanwhile die agonizing deaths from discarded fishing lines and nets (which constitute nearly 90% of plastics in the seas). Fishing must be abolished.

Digital Brain@yourdigitalbrain.bsky.social · 5d ago

A small act of kindness toward someone vulnerable just went viral, proof that you do not need grand gestures to make a real difference. Sharing food, helping a hurt animal, aiding a stranger, this is

John Sanbonmatsu@jsanbonmatsu.bsky.social · last wk.

AI is the most destructive technology in the history of the world. One of its most sinister impacts is to erode trust between people and institutions: just this week, two companies fooled me into thinking I was in conversations with humans, when it was actually AI. www.nytimes.com/interactive/...

A Deluge of A.I. Computing Power Is About to Come Online, Fueling Major Leaps

The number of A.I. chips that provide the computing power to advance the fast-evolving technology is doubling every nine months.

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ACLU@aclu.org · 2w ago

Megan's calling it like it is: These are regressive, oppressive attacks on women and girls.

John Sanbonmatsu@jsanbonmatsu.bsky.social · 2w ago

"Fast-moving wildfires in France and Spain had forced nearly 300,000 people to evacuate or to shelter at home as of Saturday, as blazes moved closed to major cities like Bordeaux and Madrid." Meanwhile the EU has reneged on earlier promises of carbon gas reductions. www.nytimes.com/live/2026/07...

Wildfires Live Updates: Hundreds of Thousands Evacuate in Spain and France as Fires Rage

Firefighters were racing to contain blazes that were moving closer to Madrid and Bordeaux.

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Ian Weissman, DO@drianweissman.bsky.social · 2w ago

Daily Ebola case counts show no signs of slowing down. More than 80% of new cases are popping up outside of known contacts. "That is an alarm bell for me. It means that a lot more people have this disease than we think, and contact tracing is not keeping up." www.npr.org/2026/07/23/g...

Why health officials do not have a good handle on the current Ebola outbreak

To get slightly ahead of the virus, health officials need to quickly identify people at risk of infection, a practice known as contact tracing. That's a challenge in the Democratic Republic of Congo.

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