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In February, the USDA shrunk a farm animal welfare research team from five scientists to just one, Sentient’s Grey Moran [reported](https://sentientmedia.org/usda-farm-animal-welfare-research-lab-dismantled/).

Every President Is Friendly to the Meat Industry — But Trump Is Taking It to Another Level

Kenny Torrella

We’ll never get the upper hand in our relationship with the moments of our lives because we are nothing but those moments. To “master” them would first entail getting outside of them, splitting off from them. But where would we go? “Time is the substance I am made of,” writes Jorge Luis Borges. “Time is a river that sweeps me along, but I am the river; it is a tiger which destroys me, but I am the tiger; it is a fire which consumes me, but I am the fire.” There’s no scrambling up to the safety of the riverbank when the river is you.

Four Thousand Weeks

Oliver Burkeman

Give yourself the grace to focus on survival.

An Overachiever’s Guide to Rest

Elaine Chao

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