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Obama offshore drilling announcement reaction...
Somehow I’ve managed to become the “doom and gloom” guy around here, but the awesome environmental news just keeps rolling in this week, so what the hell, let’s go with it. I swear, on the inside I’m nothing but kitten videos and sunshine.
So, this sucks. There are no two ways about it. Over at Grist, they’re “stunned and baffled.” At Daily Kos,...
March 2010
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Movie Review: The Animals Film-–the vegan...
I realized 30 seconds into The Animals Film that this was the “vegan documentary” I’d sought ever since we came up with the idea of “vegan movie reviews” a few months back. Investigative documentaries like Food, Inc. were informative but left me cold. Likewise, I thought Meat was a masterpiece, but it deals solely with the issue of meat production. None of them took a global view of the...
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Guest post: Vegan knitting: crafty, fun, and...
How many times have you been browsing patterns on Ravelry or clicking through the newest edition of Knitty thinking “GOD. I love this pattern but I’m vegan and I have no clue what yarn to use because the people at my local yarn shop are kind of mean about me being vegan and always try and sell me wool and then tell me that sheep like having chunks of their butts cut off without painkillers, so...
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Free Screening of "The Cove" Tonight! →
Takes place tonight at 8 at Greenpeace’s office at 698 Indiana St. in Potrero Hill. This Oscar-winning documentary is all about dolphin-slaughter so it’s guaranteed to be feel-good; bring the kids! And popcorn to share! Also, apparently seating is limited so you’re encouraged to bring extra chairs or blankets to sit on. Just like a parade but with fewer kids on floats and more...
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There's nothing a sick cat can do as a cry for... →
The Awl exposes the shocking truth about “OMG Cat” and other “adorable” YouTube cat images: “So, when you think about it, people being dead silent in their cat videos, knowing the audience hates when human intent meddles in their cute kittens… Combined with the fact that we DON’T CARE that the cats are sick or dead… It really says a lot about the patrons of this...
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WatchDear Canada,
What the fuck is your problem? You love lecturing us about being a responsible member of the world community, but you can’t even keep your own house in order. Global warming is melting away Arctic sea ice, and for the first year on record, no ice formed in key birthing areas for harp seals off Canada’s East Coast. The Humane Society toured the area, and they’re...
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Ami bones in America! HOLLER!!!
Oh happy day!!! Ami bones are now being sold at veganessentials.com! DO YOU KNOW WHAT THIS MEANS?! We don’t have to rely on those damn Brits (who are a culturally rich and adorable people) to get them from Italy for us anymore! Is this all over your head? Let me break it down for you because I’M THE NICEST KID EVER!
My dog Figaro likes him some chews. If your dog likes biscuits, you...
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WatchThis video is the best, for reals. “The best” in this case doesn’t mean “most professionally made” or “super-slickest,” no no, it means “impossible to watch without melting your heart into a puddle of wanting-to-adopt-a-dog goo.”
[The article is from the Tacoma Dogs Examiner (no idea) and Edie the dog lives with her new companions in L.A., who...
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Spice economics, school lunch wars, pretty...
Nightmare blog: Fed Up with Lunch, in which an anonymous public school teacher buys lunch every day in the cafeteria, photographs it, and discusses how in/edible it is. She also has guest-bloggers, and supports the Healthy School Lunches program, because seriously this “food” is vile and nearly inedible.
Fun-times vegan-style events! Jamie Oliver’s Food Revolution premiers...
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The Geniuses at PETA Strike Again!
PETA wants to give schools in Kentucky free veggie burgers in exchange for advertising on their teeter-totters. The advertisement? “Tot Teetering on Childhood Obesity? Go Vegan!” You know the fools at PETA were all, “OMG HILARIOUS PLAY ON TEETER-TOTTER OMG HIGH FIVE!!!”
Ugh, this kills me. I know getting upset about PETA’s press releases is completely futile* but...
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WHO's watching WHO??
Haven’t you always wanted to spy on some owls? Those sneaky fuckers have it coming after all, am I right? They’re always swooping down on unsuspecting prey, silent like ninjas—turnabout is fair play!
Actually, though, this is the cutest thing. These guys are newly hatched and there are more eggs about to hatch any day. I can’t figure out where this webcam is broadasting...
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PETA's sexiest vegetarian finalists not at all... →
Vegansaurus loves you, shirtless ladies and gentlemen!
But next year all the Vegansaurus women* are seriously all entering, like, photos of our tits and a quote from The Alchemist. Or maybe something from an inspirational quotes database. Because that’s what it takes to win a TRIP TO HAWAII and the support of an international animal-rights organization: conforming to a set of boring-ass,...
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“The finest cows, the genetically superior ones, are put on a different regimen....”
– You have got to read this article, “Breeding the Perfect Bull,” in the April Smithsonian magazine. It’s absolutely nuts. These cows and bulls are “free-range,” as in, they don’t live on feedlots and eat corn-offal composites; they wander West Texas eating grass...
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Sf Vegan Drinks is THIS THURSDAY! It's on like...
Almost entirely copied from the press release because I have a real job and don’t have all day to sit around being amazing for you SHIT.
Just a heads-up that the March installment of SF Vegan Drinks is THIS Thursday, Mar. 25 from 6 to 8 p.m. at Martuni’s (4 Valencia St. at Market Street). Not only is this a fantastic chance to mingle with other interesting vegans while enjoying drink...
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Green Coriander! Guest Review from Natalie of Bike...
I am horrible at reviewing things. I deleted my Yelp account for a reason. I like food, in fact, I like most food I eat, and I am generally not a snob about the food I eat, except for some things (I’m not naming names so don’t ask. OKAY YOU TWISTED MY ARM American cheese, ketchup, and milk).
Plus I’m not an expert on Indian food (see likes and dislikes above). But I can tell you...
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Long live Presidio Pet Cemetery!
According to the Chronicle, the Presidio Pet Cemetery is now officially safe from being destroyed by the Doyle Drive replacement project. Now the pets can live on to haunt you! Mwuhahahaaa! No, but really, I’m glad the spooky pet cemetery is safe.
It hasn’t been open to new residents since 1963. The pet cemetery’s heyday was in the ’50s, when a good 2,000 families lived...
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Carbon fin print!
First of all, I DON’T apologize for that title! Second of all, I’ll just say it now, fish tanks depress me. I mean, think about it! Fish could be living in THE OCEAN! Do you know how big the ocean is? Um, like so totally big! Way bigger than anywhere people, dogs or cats can live. But instead, they are stuck in boring old tanks.
Don’t get me wrong, I am a pet-lover. But I only...
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Chickens in sweaters!
Yes, chickens in motherloving sweaters! Of course it’s in the UK so they call them “jumpers” because the Brits are a culturally rich and adorable people. Sorry to pair this cute picture with a downer but this goes in the bittersweet category as they are retired battery hens; due to the horrible conditions they lived in before, they have lost lots of their feathers and now they...
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La Victoria Bakery has Wholesome Bakery Treats!
La Victoria is now selling daily deliciousness from Wholesome Bakery (which will open a retail location in Bernal Heights in April!! Vegan bakeries, MAKING IT HAPPEN!)! This includes stuff like CHOCOLATE TUXEDO CUPCAKES and CARROT CAKE CUPCAKES. Vegan cupcakes DO IT TO ME ONE MORE TIME.
I had this super-weird dream last night that I was sitting in the front room of my apartment eating a...
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Loads of food, loads of swears, vegetarian kids,...
Volunteers from Harvest Sacramento picked over 1,300 pounds of citrus fruits from trees in Midtown Sacramento last weekend; it all went to the city Food Bank. This included fruit from trees in private homes whose owners weren’t able or willing to pick it themselves. Our state capital is now surely scurvy-free and we couldn’t be prouder. [image via Sacramento Press]
Fun-times...
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San Francisco International Chocolate Salon...
After you’ve loaded up at the East Bay Vegan Bakesale, head back to the city for the Fourth Annual San Francisco International Chocolate Salon at Fort Mason, and nom your way through 50,000 square feet of chocolate. The event isn’t entirely vegan, but with samples from TCHO, Nicobella and about 80 others, I’ll be taking a break from my two-month vegan paleo diet science...
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Stem cell research just got us closer to the end... →
It’s stating the obvious around here to say that animal testing sucks, but even when you put aside the whole “you’re torturing every other species for the benefit of our species” problem, medical research could be doing a lot better. The results of animal testing often fail to predict what will happen in humans, which is not only bad for the animals, but it doesn’t...
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Vegan dog biscuit round-up!
My dog Figaro (rescue dogs represent!) is snobby about his treats. People are always trying to give him biscuits and he totally ignores them like, “Ahem, I eat chewy molasses treats and spoons of peanut butter like whenever I want; bleh to your dry biscuits!” And the people get all sad and I have to tell them he’s just nervous and I’ll give it to him later, then I give it...
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Vote for a vegan! lipstick! →
Lime Crime Makeup* is thinking about redesigning their lipsticks to make ‘em vegan and they want to know if people are into it. So far, the majority voted that they don’t care AND THAT IS WHERE YOU VEGANS COME IN. Go to the site and vote HELL YES! Not all of us dress in potato sacks or wear socks with Birkenstocks! We want pretty face too! Vegan lipstick! Let’s DO THIS!
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Baby fricking animals
Holy cannoli look at the cuteness! Treehugger loves us enough to bring us an aquatic baby animal slideshow. Can I get a witness?!
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East Bay Vegan Bakesale this weekend!
It’s that time again! Hooray! The East Bay Vegan Bakesale returns this Saturday from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m, at the same location as before, in front of Issues. Perennial baking superstars Fat Bottom Bakery, Cinnaholic (have you tried the pizza rolls?!), and more will be on hand dishing out treats to benefit Animal Place and Haitian relief efforts.
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Have Cake, Will Travel, win a book!
Celine of Have Cake, Will Travel has a copy of Becoming Raw: The Essential Guide to Raw Vegan Diets that she wants to give to you! All you have to do to enter it is leave a comment on her excellent, fact-filled post no later than noon on Friday, Mar. 19 (that’s Pacific time!); a winner will be selected at random. Good luck!
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Whales: maybe a little less screwed
According to the LA Times, Monday marked the end of an expedition in which scientists concluded that we don’t have to kill whales in order to study them. To this I say 1. BRAVO! and 2. ADOY!
Japan uses this claim that they need to kill whales in order to study them as a way around the International Whaling Commission’s 1986 ban on commercial whaling. Of course they do sell the whale...
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Portia de Rossi breaks out the bedhead for stray...
Yes, the ever-lovely Portia de Rossi has kicked off Alley Cat Allies’ new series of PSAs. Call me a star-fucker if you need to but I do not care, I love Portia! I liked her as soon as I saw her with her glorious hair on Ally McBeal, but then when I found out she was a lesbian, well, then I LOVED her! But since she went vegan? HOLY CRAP I need a new word for how much I love her. She and...
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Viva el Spork!
If you’ve been following the story of Spork, a 10-year-old dachshund who was on trial in Lafayette, Colo. for biting a vet technician, the verdict is finally in: Spork’s life will be spared; he’s been put on six months’ probation.
If you don’t know the story, basically what happened is Spork went to the vet to get his teeth looked at—because they were going to...
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Vegansaurus goes to another trendy sandwich place...
We field-tripped to Dagwood & Scoops today. Not because Thrillist told us to (yarg), but because we happened to be hankering for some Pal’s after a meeting at Uptown Almanac HQ and saw it first (Sorry Pal’s!).
While it does cater to a meat-and-cheese audience (plug your ears if your delicate sensibilities “don’t come to a vegan blog to hear about” this, but by...
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