AI, Slaughterhouse Shenanigans, and Legal Victories | Rising Anxieties

In this episode of Rising Anxieties, we go on a whirlwind tour through the meat industry’s latest absurdities. From a meat industry writer’s hilariously misguided claim about “the first real science fiction movie” to the EPA’s disturbing rollback of slaughterhouse waste regulations (because nothing says “unleashing prosperity” like animal blood in the water supply), Mariann doesn’t hold back. The episode culminates with a genuinely exciting legal victory as Legal Impact for Chickens successfully establishes their right to prosecute animal cruelty at a self-proclaimed “regenerative” dairy farm—proving that sometimes, justice finds a way through the cracks of a broken system.

This episode explores:

• The meat industry’s bizarre embrace of AI as a potential savior, even as it might eventually conclude their practices are inefficient
• How the Temple Grandin mythology continues to provide convenient cover for the meat industry’s horrible practices
• The EPA’s troubling removal of pollution regulations for slaughterhouses under the guise of “defeating the cost of living crisis”
• A groundbreaking legal victory allowing animal advocates to directly prosecute cruelty cases against Alexandre Farms dairy
• The shocking increase in “beef production per cow” from 217 pounds in 1951 to approximately 700 pounds today

 

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