AI Use Note: Main body text entirely human written. Claude (Opus 4.8) helped develop models of animal life histories in the appendix.
Cross-posted from Good Structures.
Executive Summary
* Animal advocates sometimes make claims like โthere are X of this animal...
โHow long have you been v*g*n?โ
This is one of the most common icebreakers at animal protection events. Itโs a baseline assumption, and it mostly holds true: if youโre out advocating for animals not to be tortured or abused, realistically these days you are v**n, or close. And it makes for good conversation. It seems fairly safe to assume when you meet strangers.
But this assumption is hurting the movement in a way which we donโt always notice: someone new comes into the sp...
Summary
Back in November 2023 I posted hereย to launch Spiro and raise our first $198k. Two and a half years later this is an update and a fundraiser for the next step.
The short version: we've now reached over-5,900 people with TB preventive medicine, including overย 3,000 children under five years old. Our early results have held up well an...
