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  Wayne Hsiung from The Simple Heart · [email protected]
December 10, 2025 at 7:44 PM

They Just Locked Her Up for Rescuing Animals. They Have No Idea What They’ve Started.

They Just Locked Her Up for Rescuing Animals. They Have No Idea What They’ve Started.Today, a 23-year-old UC Berkeley student, Zoe Rosenberg, will be imprisoned for the “crime” of carrying an animal from slaughter to sanctuary.͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏  …
  Wayne Hsiung from The Simple Heart · [email protected]
December 3, 2025 at 5:35 PM

Zoe Rosenberg, Animal Cruelty, and the Crisis of Youth Trust

Zoe Rosenberg, Animal Cruelty, and the Crisis of Youth TrustToday, Zoe Rosenberg may go to prison for the crime of rescue. Her trial earlier this year was a sham. Key evidence of animal cruelty that justified her rescue effort, including government reports demonstrating that animals were rotting to …
  Wayne Hsiung from The Simple Heart · [email protected]
December 1, 2025 at 6:55 PM

The "Crazy Shrimp Activists” Are Badly Wrong

The "Crazy Shrimp Activists” Are Badly WrongOn Sea Monkeys, scale, and an eery experience in my childhood bedroom.͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏   …
  Wayne Hsiung from The Simple Heart · [email protected]
November 12, 2025 at 4:12 PM

Reputation Doesn't Matter. Attention Does.

Reputation Doesn't Matter. Attention Does. Animal rights activists often bemoan our bad reputations.͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏   …
  Wayne Hsiung from The Simple Heart · [email protected]
October 30, 2025 at 2:34 PM

Is the Arc Still Bending Toward Justice?

Is the Arc Still Bending Toward Justice?On Tuesday, October 28, a Wisconsin prosecutor announced that Ridglan Farms – the second largest beagle breeding and experimentation facility – would be shutting down.͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏ …
  Wayne Hsiung from The Simple Heart · [email protected]
October 28, 2025 at 6:36 PM

They May Soon Throw Our Friends in Cages. We'll Win Anyways.

They May Soon Throw Our Friends in Cages. We'll Win Anyways. Two imminent legal decisions could condemn thousands to a cage.͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏…
  Wayne Hsiung from The Simple Heart · [email protected]
October 21, 2025 at 3:28 PM

The 308 Counts of Felony Cruelty That the Government Ignored

The 308 Counts of Felony Cruelty That the Government IgnoredHow many crimes must a corporation commit before the government acts?͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏  …
  Wayne Hsiung from The Simple Heart · [email protected]
October 16, 2025 at 10:57 AM

The Community That Changed Everything

The Community That Changed EverythingThe Civil Rights Movement built a social network that changed the world. Can 21st century movements do the same?͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏   …
  Wayne Hsiung from The Simple Heart · [email protected]
August 29, 2025 at 4:20 PM

The 10,000-Year Famine

The 10,000-Year FamineWe had no idea how long she had been trapped.͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏ …
  Wayne Hsiung from The Simple Heart · [email protected]
August 15, 2025 at 6:07 PM

Why Wild Animal Suffering Matters

Why Wild Animal Suffering MattersI recently posted a prediction on X: 100 years from now, people will see wild animal suffering as the most neglected moral issue of our age.͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏…
  Wayne Hsiung from The Simple Heart · [email protected]
August 9, 2025 at 2:15 AM

Why Elites Still Matter

Why Elites Still MatterAmong the most important voices in tech, Dwarkesh Patel, just made a strong statement in support of animal rights.͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏ …
  Wayne Hsiung from The Simple Heart · [email protected]
July 31, 2025 at 3:43 PM

Purge… or Embrace? The Tension That Can Make or Break a Movement

Purge… or Embrace? The Tension That Can Make or Break a MovementDefectors, co-opters, and how to tell the difference.͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏…
  Wayne Hsiung from The Simple Heart · [email protected]
July 24, 2025 at 4:12 PM

Are Human Calculators the Key to Saving the World? (with Joey Savoie)

Are Human Calculators the Key to Saving the World? (with Joey Savoie)Optimization isn't as hard as you think. Plus, a conversation with Peter Singer and Kasia de Lazari-Radek.͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     …
  Wayne Hsiung from The Simple Heart · [email protected]
July 17, 2025 at 8:14 PM

How Institutional Scaffolding Unlocks Social Change

How Institutional Scaffolding Unlocks Social ChangeI'm leaving San Francisco to join a seminary. Here's why.͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏  …
  Wayne Hsiung from The Simple Heart · [email protected]
June 22, 2025 at 8:19 PM

The Grassroots Movement that Could Destroy the World. Or Save It.

The Grassroots Movement that Could Destroy the World. Or Save It.Yesterday, President Donald Trump announced that the United States has bombed three nuclear sites in Iran, including the heavily-fortified uranium enrichment plant at Fordo.͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     …
  Wayne Hsiung from The Simple Heart · [email protected]
June 17, 2025 at 11:21 AM

The Toxic Leadership Dynamic Destroying the World

The Toxic Leadership Dynamic Destroying the World And how all of us have a role in stopping it.͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏ …
  Wayne Hsiung from The Simple Heart · [email protected]
May 30, 2025 at 7:32 PM

The Bitter Lesson of Animal Welfare

The Bitter Lesson of Animal WelfareA new open rescue shows that progress in animal welfare has major challenges. But there is a silver lining.͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏   …
  Wayne Hsiung from The Simple Heart · [email protected]
May 13, 2025 at 2:51 PM

I Was Wrong to Condemn Cage-Free Eggs

I Was Wrong to Condemn Cage-Free EggsIn 2016, I walked into a cage-free egg farm and accomplished what was, at the time, my greatest success as an activist.͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏   …