Denver gave homeless people $1,000 a month, no strings attached. A year later: *45% secured housing *Taxpayers saved $590k because of fewer visits to the hospital, jail and shelters *People used the money on groceries, rent, hygiene, clothes and transportation *Mental health

The more we know, the better all women can do. Research into women’s health is critical for every stage of a woman’s life.

Wow, what a milestone – I think this will be the way in which we'll end factory farming. We CAN develop cheaper and healthier alternatives that taste just as good, or better. What we need right now is more talent + capital to make it happen as soon as possible.

Octopuses have been wandering in the oceans for 296 million years, they have three hearts and blue blood and they can even be elegant in their magical underwater dance [📹 magicalaquatic] x.com/kellog_12/stat…

My wife got me one of those wifi enabled bird cam feeders for Father's Day and let me tell you...you haven't really lived until you fully embrace old man bird culture

Honestly, more countries should have policies like this for highly social animals. A life of chronic loneliness can be torturous for herd/pack animals.

When researchers found this kind of mysterious underwater 'crop circles', they did not know the cause. Then, they proved to be amazing artwork made by pufferfish to attract and win a mate.

Two new Dutch supermarkets are pledging that 60% of the protein they sell in 2030 will be plant-based! The baseline is 40%, so they're committing to replace a third of their animal-based proteins. 11 Dutch supermarkets have now made the pledge. wakkerdier.nl/persberichten/…

How to hand over power....

Did you know? Ants perform surgical procedures to cut off infected legs from other ants. First, the doctor ant licks the leg of the infected ant, then bites it, then cuts it, and ends the procedure by licking the area of the cut.

Octopuses have been wandering in the oceans for 296 million years. They have three hearts and blue blood and they can even be elegant in their magical underwater dance. [📹 Zola Lallo / hawaiiaquaman] x.com/i/status/17761…

A lot of the problems we Americans shouted about for years are getting quietly fixed, and of course we ignore this and just move on to shouting about something else

1. Pharmacy benefit managers can wield significant influence over drug pricing and access. But they operate in opaque markets that can obscure their practices. That’s why FTC launched an inquiry into PBMs. We've now released an interim staff report. ftc.gov/news-events/ne…

#3 German retailer REWE will phase out the sale of most chicken from low-welfare breeds by 2030. This will likely impact >50M animals/year. It will also set a strong precedent. German retailers led the world in phasing out battery cages, gestation crates, and chick-killing in

Are animals conscious? Science is at last confirming what many have long suspected - that mammals, birds & some invertebrates have elements of consciousness Let’s hope humankind will wake up & recognise that the way we treat fellow species shames us all newscientist.com/article/244001…

Sunday's reign as the hottest day ever recorded on planet earth lasted until...Monday.

Agree but if, and only if, we provide them an alternative location to sleep. We are rich enough as a society to afford this level of caring if the left "do gooders" don't create expensive "minimal standards" that make this unaffordable. It should be better than a street tent,

The fact that Texas is winning the solar/battery race should tell you that solar and batteries are a real technological revolution instead of a hippie commie plot

Map of Africa on the year 1880, before the European "Scramble for Africa"

Excited to see vitalik.eth's donation to the EA Animal Welfare Fund! If you care about animal suffering even a little, donating to effective animal advocacy may be one of the best ways to reduce suffering in the world. funds.effectivealtruism.org/funds/animal-w…