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FETAL BOVINE SERUM: THE GRUESOME SECRET INGREDIENT IN LAB-GROWN ‘MEAT’ — and it’s in vaccines, pharmaceuticals & research too.
Here’s how it’s made (warning: horrific):
Pregnant cows are slaughtered. The living fetus is cut from the womb. A large hypodermic needle is then stabbed directly into the still-beating heart of the unborn calf — with no anesthesia — and its blood is drained while it struggles and dies. The blood is spun in a centrifuge to create fetal bovine serum (FBS), the “gold standard” growth medium packed with hormones, growth factors, and nutrients.
This serum is used to feed animal cells in lab-grown “meat” (Upside Foods, Good Meat, Aleph Farms, etc.). It’s also the standard in:
- Vaccine production
- Pharmaceutical drug testing
- Biomedical research
- Cancer studies
- Even some cosmetics and cell therapies
Big Tech food companies love to call lab-grown meat “ethical” and “cruelty-free.” But every batch still relies on this industrialized fetal blood harvest — thousands of calves per year.
This isn’t real meat. It’s not progress. It’s a sterile, ultra-processed product born from suffering, hidden behind “sustainable” marketing.
This isn’t about saving animals or the planet. It’s Big Food + Big Pharma turning your dinner (and your medicine) into an ethical nightmare while bypassing real regenerative farming.
Take action RIGHT NOW:
- Reject ALL lab-grown, cell-cultured, or “cultivated” meat and dairy.
- Support only real regenerative farmers and ranchers.
- Demand full transparency on growth media and ingredients.
- Say no to fake food that hides this level of cruelty.
Real food comes from nature — not from a needle in a dying calf’s heart. Food is medicine — don’t let them poison it with this.
- Valerie Ann Smith
https://x.com/ValerieAnne1970/status/2089834732733501471
Here’s how it’s made (warning: horrific):
Pregnant cows are slaughtered. The living fetus is cut from the womb. A large hypodermic needle is then stabbed directly into the still-beating heart of the unborn calf — with no anesthesia — and its blood is drained while it struggles and dies. The blood is spun in a centrifuge to create fetal bovine serum (FBS), the “gold standard” growth medium packed with hormones, growth factors, and nutrients.
This serum is used to feed animal cells in lab-grown “meat” (Upside Foods, Good Meat, Aleph Farms, etc.). It’s also the standard in:
- Vaccine production
- Pharmaceutical drug testing
- Biomedical research
- Cancer studies
- Even some cosmetics and cell therapies
Big Tech food companies love to call lab-grown meat “ethical” and “cruelty-free.” But every batch still relies on this industrialized fetal blood harvest — thousands of calves per year.
This isn’t real meat. It’s not progress. It’s a sterile, ultra-processed product born from suffering, hidden behind “sustainable” marketing.
This isn’t about saving animals or the planet. It’s Big Food + Big Pharma turning your dinner (and your medicine) into an ethical nightmare while bypassing real regenerative farming.
Take action RIGHT NOW:
- Reject ALL lab-grown, cell-cultured, or “cultivated” meat and dairy.
- Support only real regenerative farmers and ranchers.
- Demand full transparency on growth media and ingredients.
- Say no to fake food that hides this level of cruelty.
Real food comes from nature — not from a needle in a dying calf’s heart. Food is medicine — don’t let them poison it with this.
- Valerie Ann Smith
https://x.com/ValerieAnne1970/status/2089834732733501471
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FETAL BOVINE SERUM: THE GRUESOME SECRET INGREDIENT IN LAB-GROWN ‘MEAT’ — and it’s in vaccines, pharmaceuticals & research too.
Here’s how it’s made (warning: horrific):
Pregnant cows are slaught…
Here’s how it’s made (warning: horrific):
Pregnant cows are slaught…
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The U.S. diesel crack spread has shattered historical records, surpassing $100 a barrel for the first time in history.
The measure is the premium of U.S. Ultra-Low Sulfur Diesel (ULSD) futures over West Texas Intermediate (WTI) crude oil futures, and it has reached an all-time high of $102.20 a barrel, due to acute global supply disruptions.
Before the outbreak of the Iran war, normal historical diesel crack spreads typically averaged between $15 and $25 a barrel.
The measure is the premium of U.S. Ultra-Low Sulfur Diesel (ULSD) futures over West Texas Intermediate (WTI) crude oil futures, and it has reached an all-time high of $102.20 a barrel, due to acute global supply disruptions.
Before the outbreak of the Iran war, normal historical diesel crack spreads typically averaged between $15 and $25 a barrel.
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Marjory Wildcraft and I caught up and had a candid conversations about world events, the engineered "poly-crisis," and why there is still hope even and especially as things get really hairy. Join us!
https://unshadowed.substack.com/p/marjory-wildcraft-unscripted-unshadowed
https://youtu.be/SIlWWjlQxqw
https://unshadowed.substack.com/p/marjory-wildcraft-unscripted-unshadowed
https://youtu.be/SIlWWjlQxqw
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Marjory Wildcraft Unscripted -- Unshadowed Conversations #2
Join Marjory Wildcraft and Christian Westbrook for an authentic, candid conversation about the engineered crises already underway — energy, food, water, and economy — and the hope encoded within them:
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My friends, this Sunday (Aug 23) I'll join Nora Gedgaudas live for a free conversation/webinar:
Resilience in an Age of Disruption
Building Food Security, Self-Reliance & Local Resilience
9:00–11:00 AM PST
Why food, energy & supply systems are getting more fragile, and what practical steps families & communities can take right now to become less dependent on those failing centralized systems.
See you there! 🙏
https://theancestralnutritionfoundation.org/event/resilience-in-an-age-of-disruption-with-christian-westbrook/
Resilience in an Age of Disruption
Building Food Security, Self-Reliance & Local Resilience
9:00–11:00 AM PST
Why food, energy & supply systems are getting more fragile, and what practical steps families & communities can take right now to become less dependent on those failing centralized systems.
See you there! 🙏
https://theancestralnutritionfoundation.org/event/resilience-in-an-age-of-disruption-with-christian-westbrook/
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Resilience in an Age of Disruption with Christian Westbrook - Ancestral Nutrition Foundation
Resilience in an Age of Disruption with Christian Westbrook 🖥️ Meet The Expert | Free Live Webinar Building Food Security, Self-Reliance, and Local Resilience Access to clean, nourishing food, reliable […]
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A historical survival recipe: The War Cake everyone needs to know. 🪵🎒
In a world where standard supply chains cannot be relied upon and global systems grow more vulnerable by the day, it is time to return to the resourcefulness and wisdom of past generations.
Meet the "War Cake"—a historic recipe born out of necessity and shortages during the World Wars. This is a dense, nutrient-packed ration cake specifically engineered to last a long time under harsh trail conditions without any refrigeration.
Its secret? It relies purely on basic, shelf-stable ingredients and contains absolutely no milk, eggs, or perishable goods. It packs easily, handles being tossed in a backpack, and provides sustained energy exactly when needed. Do not remain dependent on supermarket shelves—learn to build your own self-reliant survival solutions.
In a world where standard supply chains cannot be relied upon and global systems grow more vulnerable by the day, it is time to return to the resourcefulness and wisdom of past generations.
Meet the "War Cake"—a historic recipe born out of necessity and shortages during the World Wars. This is a dense, nutrient-packed ration cake specifically engineered to last a long time under harsh trail conditions without any refrigeration.
Its secret? It relies purely on basic, shelf-stable ingredients and contains absolutely no milk, eggs, or perishable goods. It packs easily, handles being tossed in a backpack, and provides sustained energy exactly when needed. Do not remain dependent on supermarket shelves—learn to build your own self-reliant survival solutions.
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High diesel prices are putting farmers in the red, threatening harvest season — ground reports needed
US average just hit $5.47/gal, up 8% in the last month. With diesel crack prices hitting record highs and inventories at record lows, it's likely to increase further. Farmers have already absorbed high fertilizer prices (if they were lucky enough to even find it!), so if diesel prices explode right now, many would be forced to leave crops in the field.
We saw this in Australia: in March, BP's distributors were told to limit deliveries, CAUSING shortages which forced farmers to abandon their crops.
The can-kicking (releases from SPR, nonstop “the Strait is open” jawboning) got us through the summer, but if that ends in the next 2-4 weeks, right as we enter into prime harvest season, the effect on combines, grain carts, drying, and transport would be disastrous.
The technocrats would then reach for their pre-written crisis playbooks: fuel/food rationing via Digital IDs.
US average just hit $5.47/gal, up 8% in the last month. With diesel crack prices hitting record highs and inventories at record lows, it's likely to increase further. Farmers have already absorbed high fertilizer prices (if they were lucky enough to even find it!), so if diesel prices explode right now, many would be forced to leave crops in the field.
We saw this in Australia: in March, BP's distributors were told to limit deliveries, CAUSING shortages which forced farmers to abandon their crops.
The can-kicking (releases from SPR, nonstop “the Strait is open” jawboning) got us through the summer, but if that ends in the next 2-4 weeks, right as we enter into prime harvest season, the effect on combines, grain carts, drying, and transport would be disastrous.
The technocrats would then reach for their pre-written crisis playbooks: fuel/food rationing via Digital IDs.
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🇩🇪‼️🚨 STATE WELCOMED RIP OFF: The gas prices in Germany are extremely high again.
Diesel hits €2.55 per liter, about $11 per gallon.
People do not understand that the German government welcomes these high gas prices.
1) This forces everyone to slowly switch to electric cars or bicycles in the city. That’s the green agenda they want.
2) The price includes roughly 58% taxes and levies. This means the state is earning more from the people and needs it now to finance the big military plans.
Roughly $6.40 per gallon goes to the state, so it has no incentive to lower the price.
They are not working for you.
Diesel hits €2.55 per liter, about $11 per gallon.
People do not understand that the German government welcomes these high gas prices.
1) This forces everyone to slowly switch to electric cars or bicycles in the city. That’s the green agenda they want.
2) The price includes roughly 58% taxes and levies. This means the state is earning more from the people and needs it now to finance the big military plans.
Roughly $6.40 per gallon goes to the state, so it has no incentive to lower the price.
They are not working for you.
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Feds warn [again] of ongoing cyberattacks on controllers (PLCs).
A joint (FBI/NSA/CISA/DOJ/DOE/EPA) advisory has again warned that cyberattacks are targeting the Siemens S7 PLCs used across "critical manufacturing, energy, water & wastewater, chemical, food & agriculture, and commercial facilities."
The advisory specifies "This is not a theoretical risk—it is an active threat" (which feels like LLM to me with the "not an X but Y" and em-dash, but hey ... let's set aside the issue of intelligence agencies using ChatGPT to craft their advisories :-p )
Actors are scanning the internet for exposed/insecure Siemens S7 devices and using AI-generated exploitation scripts to access and control them.
This tracks with the recent attacks on water systems in multiple states recently, and the threat escalation throughout the year, generally blamed on "Iranian hackers" such as Handala. It's been a drip-drip-drip in the mockingbird media which seems to be setting the stage for the WEF's Cyberpandemic.
#cyberattack
A joint (FBI/NSA/CISA/DOJ/DOE/EPA) advisory has again warned that cyberattacks are targeting the Siemens S7 PLCs used across "critical manufacturing, energy, water & wastewater, chemical, food & agriculture, and commercial facilities."
The advisory specifies "This is not a theoretical risk—it is an active threat" (which feels like LLM to me with the "not an X but Y" and em-dash, but hey ... let's set aside the issue of intelligence agencies using ChatGPT to craft their advisories :-p )
Actors are scanning the internet for exposed/insecure Siemens S7 devices and using AI-generated exploitation scripts to access and control them.
This tracks with the recent attacks on water systems in multiple states recently, and the threat escalation throughout the year, generally blamed on "Iranian hackers" such as Handala. It's been a drip-drip-drip in the mockingbird media which seems to be setting the stage for the WEF's Cyberpandemic.
#cyberattack
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Australia To Shoot 70 Fire-fighting Donkeys
It sounds crazy, but Western Australia’s DPIRD agency is set to shoot 70 wild donkeys from a helicopter by the end of August unless they are stopped.
The agency claims that these animals are not "native" and therefore must be eliminated.
As usual, these "save the environment by rewilding" -style cover stories turn out to actually be highly destructive to life.
Ecologists argue the animals are filling niches left empty since Australia’s megafauna went extinct, and studies have shown that the clearing done by donkeys DOES reduce brushfire intensity and build natural fire breaks. But again, it's not about actually helping the environment. Over 500,000 donkeys have already been killed in the Kimberley alone.
More information, including links to Kachana Station and how to help, here:
https://judithdschwartz.substack.com/p/donkeys-on-death-row
It sounds crazy, but Western Australia’s DPIRD agency is set to shoot 70 wild donkeys from a helicopter by the end of August unless they are stopped.
The agency claims that these animals are not "native" and therefore must be eliminated.
As usual, these "save the environment by rewilding" -style cover stories turn out to actually be highly destructive to life.
Ecologists argue the animals are filling niches left empty since Australia’s megafauna went extinct, and studies have shown that the clearing done by donkeys DOES reduce brushfire intensity and build natural fire breaks. But again, it's not about actually helping the environment. Over 500,000 donkeys have already been killed in the Kimberley alone.
More information, including links to Kachana Station and how to help, here:
https://judithdschwartz.substack.com/p/donkeys-on-death-row
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Donkeys On Death Row
Last Chance for the Winsome Land-Healers at Kachana Station
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