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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After 12+ years of labor, "The Omnivore's Deception" is out today. I chronicle the rise of the meat industry, show its catastrophic ecological effects, demolish the myth of the "enlightened" omnivore, show why animals are worthy of our respect, and advocate the abolition of the animal food economy.
Yet another shameful capitulation by a leading American university, confirming not merely the authoritarian nature of the Trump administration but the abject cowardice and corruption of the wealthy elites who control higher education.
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Northwestern University agrees to pay US government $75m to restore research funding
Agreement will also end series of investigations of university over school’s alleged failure to fight antisemitism
www.theguardian.com
November 29, 2025 at 8:00 PM
Yet another shameful capitulation by a leading American university, confirming not merely the authoritarian nature of the Trump administration but the abject cowardice and corruption of the wealthy elites who control higher education.
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The beef industry works very hard to win the messaging war over climate claims, including online.
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Inside big beef’s climate messaging machine: confuse, defend and downplay
A Masters of Beef Advocacy program teaches ‘scientific sounding’ arguments on cattle’s sustainability in an all-out public relations war
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November 28, 2025 at 9:54 PM
The beef industry works very hard to win the messaging war over climate claims, including online.
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Working on an Animal Law Podcast episode for @ourhenhouse.org on this case.
November 28, 2025 at 10:32 PM
Working on an Animal Law Podcast episode for @ourhenhouse.org on this case.
Aharon Haliva, Israel’s former military intelligence chief: “the fact that there are already 50,000 dead in Gaza is necessary and required for future generations.…It doesn’t matter now if they are children.…They need a Nakba every now and then to feel the price.”
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The genocide in Gaza is far from over | Raz Segal
We live not in a post-Holocaust world of ‘Never Again’ but in the same world that led to the Holocaust, a world of ‘Again and Again’
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November 28, 2025 at 9:24 PM
Aharon Haliva, Israel’s former military intelligence chief: “the fact that there are already 50,000 dead in Gaza is necessary and required for future generations.…It doesn’t matter now if they are children.…They need a Nakba every now and then to feel the price.”
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Carl Schmitt, Nayib Bukele (dictator of El Salvador), and the Old Glory Club: political sympathies of Project 2025 applicants.
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Leaked files show far-right influences among Project 2025 applicants
Applicants reportedly cited Nazi theorists and other extremists as inspiration for Trump administration roles
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November 28, 2025 at 9:20 PM
Carl Schmitt, Nayib Bukele (dictator of El Salvador), and the Old Glory Club: political sympathies of Project 2025 applicants.
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This is the *only* way a #turkey should be treated this #Thanksgiving. Don't you agree with me? 🦃🧡
November 26, 2025 at 2:52 PM
This is the *only* way a #turkey should be treated this #Thanksgiving. Don't you agree with me? 🦃🧡
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Illegal and shameful and just how police behave in authoritarian regimes. And also wildly unpopular and not the country Americans want.
"After federal immigration officers in Charlotte saw a man taking photos of them, they chased him nearly 2 miles down a main road and made plans to “smash” into him, video played in court Thursday showed. They broke his window, charged him with a federal felony and accused him of assaulting them."
ICE video shows officers planned to ‘smash’ into Charlotte man filming Border Patrol
Immigration agents had a 12-pack of Modelos in their car while making arrests, Miguel Angel Garcia Martinez told investigators.
www.charlotteobserver.com
November 24, 2025 at 11:51 PM
Illegal and shameful and just how police behave in authoritarian regimes. And also wildly unpopular and not the country Americans want.
When Mamdani rightly condemns support for ethnic cleansing and genocide, the @nytimes.com accuses him of "inflaming tensions."
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Mamdani Response to Protest Inflames Tensions With Jewish Leaders
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November 25, 2025 at 1:27 PM
When Mamdani rightly condemns support for ethnic cleansing and genocide, the @nytimes.com accuses him of "inflaming tensions."
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A 17-year-old high school senior in Oregon was stopped by ICE agents during his lunch break. Though he told them he was a US citizen, they told him “I don’t care” and "broke the driver’s side window and detained him."
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ICE detained teenaged US citizen during school lunch break, family says
Christian Jimenez, Oregon high school senior, faces possible obstruction charges after traffic stop by immigration agents
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November 24, 2025 at 1:45 AM
A 17-year-old high school senior in Oregon was stopped by ICE agents during his lunch break. Though he told them he was a US citizen, they told him “I don’t care” and "broke the driver’s side window and detained him."
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"Articulate, informative, exceptional, iconoclastic, thoughtful and thought-provoking. An extraordinary and timely contribution to the on-going discussion about the ethics of eating...animals."
-- Midwest Book Review, Oct. 2025
-- Midwest Book Review, Oct. 2025
November 24, 2025 at 1:26 AM
"Articulate, informative, exceptional, iconoclastic, thoughtful and thought-provoking. An extraordinary and timely contribution to the on-going discussion about the ethics of eating...animals."
-- Midwest Book Review, Oct. 2025
-- Midwest Book Review, Oct. 2025
Must read--the truth about the people who run our world: Epstein's clubby relationship with everyone from Peter Thiel to Noam Chomsky.
"What the Epstein class understands is that the more accessible information becomes, the more precious nonpublic information is."
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"What the Epstein class understands is that the more accessible information becomes, the more precious nonpublic information is."
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Opinion | How the Elite Behave When No One Is Watching: Inside the Epstein Emails
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November 23, 2025 at 1:29 PM
Must read--the truth about the people who run our world: Epstein's clubby relationship with everyone from Peter Thiel to Noam Chomsky.
"What the Epstein class understands is that the more accessible information becomes, the more precious nonpublic information is."
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/23/o...
"What the Epstein class understands is that the more accessible information becomes, the more precious nonpublic information is."
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/23/o...
The genocide remains ongoing.
"Gaza hospitals running out of supplies as airstrikes continue, medics say. 'Severe lack’ in territory where Israeli strikes have killed more than 50 people and injured over 100 in recent days."
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"Gaza hospitals running out of supplies as airstrikes continue, medics say. 'Severe lack’ in territory where Israeli strikes have killed more than 50 people and injured over 100 in recent days."
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Gaza hospitals running out of supplies as airstrikes continue, medics say
‘Severe lack’ in territory where Israeli strikes have killed more than 50 people and injured over 100 in recent days
www.theguardian.com
November 23, 2025 at 1:13 PM
The genocide remains ongoing.
"Gaza hospitals running out of supplies as airstrikes continue, medics say. 'Severe lack’ in territory where Israeli strikes have killed more than 50 people and injured over 100 in recent days."
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"Gaza hospitals running out of supplies as airstrikes continue, medics say. 'Severe lack’ in territory where Israeli strikes have killed more than 50 people and injured over 100 in recent days."
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At a time when tens of millions of actual pigs (sensitive, intelligent beings) are being brutalized, tortured, and killed, this sort of thing is absolutely inexcusable. Pigs do not deserve to be "executed"; and we should all stop using "pig" as an insult word. As I write in my book:
November 22, 2025 at 7:33 PM
At a time when tens of millions of actual pigs (sensitive, intelligent beings) are being brutalized, tortured, and killed, this sort of thing is absolutely inexcusable. Pigs do not deserve to be "executed"; and we should all stop using "pig" as an insult word. As I write in my book:
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Another COP. Another disappointment.
a cartoon girl in a blue dress is kneeling in a field holding a bag
ALT: a cartoon girl in a blue dress is kneeling in a field holding a bag
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November 22, 2025 at 6:12 PM
Another COP. Another disappointment.
The left has long failed to examine its own moral failings, which are legion. Noam Chomsky praised Epstein's "limitless curiosity, extensive knowledge, penetrating insights" as "a highly valued friend and regular source of intellectual exchange and stimulation.”
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Chomsky had deeper ties with Epstein than previously known, documents reveal
The philosopher and the sex trafficker were in contact long after Epstein was convicted of soliciting prostitution from a minor, documents reveal
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November 22, 2025 at 7:01 PM
The left has long failed to examine its own moral failings, which are legion. Noam Chomsky praised Epstein's "limitless curiosity, extensive knowledge, penetrating insights" as "a highly valued friend and regular source of intellectual exchange and stimulation.”
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
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It is in our own best interest to stop exploiting and killing members of other species for our purposes. We need to abolish all animal agriculture before it abolishes us.
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Washington resident dies of complications from bird flu strain never before reported in humans | CNN
A Washington resident died of complications from an infection with a bird flu strain never before reported in humans, the state Department of Health said on Friday.
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November 22, 2025 at 4:10 AM
It is in our own best interest to stop exploiting and killing members of other species for our purposes. We need to abolish all animal agriculture before it abolishes us.
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Wow--read this. The power structure protects itself.
Party leaders on both sides of the aisle working backroom deals "to protect members on both sides facing ethics controversies" in the shadow of Epstein documents.
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Party leaders on both sides of the aisle working backroom deals "to protect members on both sides facing ethics controversies" in the shadow of Epstein documents.
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House Republicans’ attempt to censure Democrat over texts with Epstein fails
Measure that would have formally reprimanded Stacey Plaskett over real-time texts during 2019 hearing collapses
www.theguardian.com
November 19, 2025 at 10:10 PM
Wow--read this. The power structure protects itself.
Party leaders on both sides of the aisle working backroom deals "to protect members on both sides facing ethics controversies" in the shadow of Epstein documents.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Party leaders on both sides of the aisle working backroom deals "to protect members on both sides facing ethics controversies" in the shadow of Epstein documents.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...