Tove Danovich
@tkdano.bsky.social
Writer focusing on animals and the human-animal relationship.
Author of Under the Henfluence: Inside the World of Backyard Chickens and the People Who Love Them.
Find me weekly: tovedanovich.substack.com
Author of Under the Henfluence: Inside the World of Backyard Chickens and the People Who Love Them.
Find me weekly: tovedanovich.substack.com
And I bought another book.
I told myself I would stop getting books from the library for two months to catch up on the books I already own.
Not only have I not done that, I’ve also purchased more books.
Not only have I not done that, I’ve also purchased more books.
November 23, 2025 at 7:21 PM
And I bought another book.
TFW your author photos are so good it makes you feel better about your entire career.
#authorsky
Brilliant work by my photographer Kait De Angelis (on film!)
#authorsky
Brilliant work by my photographer Kait De Angelis (on film!)
November 23, 2025 at 7:19 PM
TFW your author photos are so good it makes you feel better about your entire career.
#authorsky
Brilliant work by my photographer Kait De Angelis (on film!)
#authorsky
Brilliant work by my photographer Kait De Angelis (on film!)
I really liked this piece in @theguardian.com about human exceptionalism and the cost of denying that we too are animal.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-i...
www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-i...
The last frontier of empathy: why we still struggle to see ourselves as animals | Megan Mayhew Bergman
Champions of exceptionalism say humans hold a unique moral status. Yet there’s only one species recklessly destroying the planet it needs to survive
www.theguardian.com
November 23, 2025 at 7:08 PM
I really liked this piece in @theguardian.com about human exceptionalism and the cost of denying that we too are animal.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-i...
www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-i...
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I used to handle interlibrary loans for a public library. ILL is a magnificent expression of the idea that readers deserve books, and books deserve readers. It’s libraries everywhere pooling their resources for the benefit of everyone.
Killing IMLS could have killed ILL.
This is great news. 📚
Killing IMLS could have killed ILL.
This is great news. 📚
Court permanently blocks Trump's executive order to dismantle federal agency for America's libraries IMLS
librarytechnology.org/pr/31973
librarytechnology.org/pr/31973
Court permanently blocks Trump's executive order to dismantle federal agency for America's libraries
Press Release: Court permanently blocks Trump's executive order to dismantle federal agency for America's libraries. The U.S. District Court for the District of Rhode Island struck down the Trump Adm...
librarytechnology.org
November 22, 2025 at 3:23 PM
I used to handle interlibrary loans for a public library. ILL is a magnificent expression of the idea that readers deserve books, and books deserve readers. It’s libraries everywhere pooling their resources for the benefit of everyone.
Killing IMLS could have killed ILL.
This is great news. 📚
Killing IMLS could have killed ILL.
This is great news. 📚
And so the uprising begins….
A train crew found a loose chicken on an N train this morning—and couldn’t get it to leave.
Loose chicken fouls N train as subway stowaway slows morning commute
A loose chicken gave new meaning to “free range,” scoring a gratis subway ride to Coney Island on the N train Thursday morning after it was discovered fouling a subway car in storage.
www.nydailynews.com
November 21, 2025 at 4:00 AM
And so the uprising begins….
Trader Joe’s is selling Harry and David pears. My grandma used to send them to me every year and they were the most expensive pears ever but also so delicious.
November 20, 2025 at 10:59 PM
Trader Joe’s is selling Harry and David pears. My grandma used to send them to me every year and they were the most expensive pears ever but also so delicious.
Of course the only bones my dog likes are the expensive, $25+ ones.
November 20, 2025 at 1:58 AM
Of course the only bones my dog likes are the expensive, $25+ ones.
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November 19, 2025 at 6:08 PM
AI is everywhere. Attention spans are shrinking. Streaming services want you to listen to favorite tracks, not albums.
So what does it say that Rosalía’s LUX the album of the moment?
tovedanovich.substack.com/p/this-album...
So what does it say that Rosalía’s LUX the album of the moment?
tovedanovich.substack.com/p/this-album...
This album will change your life
we want media worth giving our attention to
tovedanovich.substack.com
November 19, 2025 at 3:28 PM
AI is everywhere. Attention spans are shrinking. Streaming services want you to listen to favorite tracks, not albums.
So what does it say that Rosalía’s LUX the album of the moment?
tovedanovich.substack.com/p/this-album...
So what does it say that Rosalía’s LUX the album of the moment?
tovedanovich.substack.com/p/this-album...
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MUPPET KNIVES OUT
Am I a hypocrite for wanting this after giving a hard no to muppet knives out
Okay, I'm making my case for the only Muppet I want to see on Broadway right now...
November 19, 2025 at 5:30 AM
MUPPET KNIVES OUT
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I will never forget having to edit Jamal’s final, posthumous piece for the Washington Post, after he was murdered.
He was calling for free expression in the Arab world. You can read it here :
www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/glo...
He was calling for free expression in the Arab world. You can read it here :
www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/glo...
Opinion | Jamal Khashoggi: What the Arab world needs most is free expression
The Arab world needs a modern version of the old transnational media so citizens can be informed about global events.
www.washingtonpost.com
November 18, 2025 at 6:48 PM
I will never forget having to edit Jamal’s final, posthumous piece for the Washington Post, after he was murdered.
He was calling for free expression in the Arab world. You can read it here :
www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/glo...
He was calling for free expression in the Arab world. You can read it here :
www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/glo...
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authors you have the chance to do the funniest thing right now
AI advocates have warned that if every author in the class action filed a claim, it would "financially ruin" the entire industry.
Authors celebrate “historic” settlement coming soon in Anthropic class action
Advocates fear such settlements will “financially ruin” the AI industry.
arstechnica.com
November 18, 2025 at 4:35 AM
authors you have the chance to do the funniest thing right now
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NEW—US Park Police w/ DHS officers near DC are increasingly pulling over Black and brown men, leaving their work vans on the side of the parkway + immediately calling a local towing company to take them. Families who just lost their breadwinner are stuck with the bill.
@melbuer.bsky.social reports:
@melbuer.bsky.social reports:
Families of DC-area immigrant drivers snatched by feds stuck with tow bill
Elected officials and activists note work vehicles removed lightning fast, resulting in hundreds in fees.
www.thehandbasket.co
November 17, 2025 at 6:38 PM
NEW—US Park Police w/ DHS officers near DC are increasingly pulling over Black and brown men, leaving their work vans on the side of the parkway + immediately calling a local towing company to take them. Families who just lost their breadwinner are stuck with the bill.
@melbuer.bsky.social reports:
@melbuer.bsky.social reports:
Ah the annual “government keeps sending me emails saying I haven’t enrolled in health insurance even though I completed my enrollment” anxiety attack.
November 17, 2025 at 6:21 PM
Ah the annual “government keeps sending me emails saying I haven’t enrolled in health insurance even though I completed my enrollment” anxiety attack.
I told myself I would stop getting books from the library for two months to catch up on the books I already own.
Not only have I not done that, I’ve also purchased more books.
Not only have I not done that, I’ve also purchased more books.
November 16, 2025 at 6:48 PM
I told myself I would stop getting books from the library for two months to catch up on the books I already own.
Not only have I not done that, I’ve also purchased more books.
Not only have I not done that, I’ve also purchased more books.
I was working at Book Court in Brooklyn when A SICK DAY FOR AMOS MCGEE came out. It’s still one of my favorite children’s books.
So I am thrilled that the authors now have A SNOW DAY FOR AMOS MCGEE!
Consider it for the picture book readers in your life.
#booksky
So I am thrilled that the authors now have A SNOW DAY FOR AMOS MCGEE!
Consider it for the picture book readers in your life.
#booksky
November 16, 2025 at 4:31 PM
I was working at Book Court in Brooklyn when A SICK DAY FOR AMOS MCGEE came out. It’s still one of my favorite children’s books.
So I am thrilled that the authors now have A SNOW DAY FOR AMOS MCGEE!
Consider it for the picture book readers in your life.
#booksky
So I am thrilled that the authors now have A SNOW DAY FOR AMOS MCGEE!
Consider it for the picture book readers in your life.
#booksky
Just told my friend (truthfully!) I needed to push back our coworking session because my beans need more time on the stove.
I have been bean-pilled.
I have been bean-pilled.
November 14, 2025 at 8:56 PM
Just told my friend (truthfully!) I needed to push back our coworking session because my beans need more time on the stove.
I have been bean-pilled.
I have been bean-pilled.
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Think of your favorite celebrity, whether they’re an actor, musician, athlete, whatever.
They’re probably pretty well-off, financially. But they are still closer to auctioning off their possessions to cover medical bills than they are to being a billionaire.
They’re probably pretty well-off, financially. But they are still closer to auctioning off their possessions to cover medical bills than they are to being a billionaire.
James Van Der Beek is auctioning off ‘Dawson’s Creek’ and ‘Varsity Blues’ merchandise to pay for his cancer treatments.
James Van Der Beek Sells Dawson’s Creek Merch to Pay for Cancer Treatment
James Van Der Beek is auctioning off ‘Dawson’s Creek’ and ‘Varsity Blues’ merchandise to pay for his cancer treatments.
www.vulture.com
November 14, 2025 at 4:20 PM
Think of your favorite celebrity, whether they’re an actor, musician, athlete, whatever.
They’re probably pretty well-off, financially. But they are still closer to auctioning off their possessions to cover medical bills than they are to being a billionaire.
They’re probably pretty well-off, financially. But they are still closer to auctioning off their possessions to cover medical bills than they are to being a billionaire.
If you are a mid-career Oregon visual artist, you need to know about the Spark Award. It’ll be opening up grant applications for 20 people in 2026, no strings attached, for $25k.
www.millerfound.org/grants/artis...
www.millerfound.org/grants/artis...
The Spark Award for Oregon Artists
Discover the Miller Foundation’s Artist Grant Program, offering $25,000 grants to support Oregon artists in performing, literary, media, and visual arts.
www.millerfound.org
November 13, 2025 at 6:23 PM
If you are a mid-career Oregon visual artist, you need to know about the Spark Award. It’ll be opening up grant applications for 20 people in 2026, no strings attached, for $25k.
www.millerfound.org/grants/artis...
www.millerfound.org/grants/artis...
The winners of huge grant for Oregon writers just got announced. And I’m truly so happy for the winners—it’s a life changing amount—but I’m also devastated that I and many other eligible applicants never heard about it at all? There was little to no outreach and it’s unclear if it will be repeated.
November 13, 2025 at 6:07 PM
The winners of huge grant for Oregon writers just got announced. And I’m truly so happy for the winners—it’s a life changing amount—but I’m also devastated that I and many other eligible applicants never heard about it at all? There was little to no outreach and it’s unclear if it will be repeated.
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BREAKING: At Pope Leo XIV’s urging, U.S. Catholic bishops just delivered the strongest rebuke of a sitting president in Church history — condemning Trump-Vance raids as “inhumane” and “dehumanizing” in a 216–5 vote.
NEW: At Pope Leo’s Urging, Bishops Issue Historic Rebuke of Trump’s Raids
Nearly all U.S. Catholic bishops united in Baltimore to denounce the Trump administration’s “inhumane” deportation campaign — a near-unanimous, unprecedented moral stand against a sitting president.
www.thelettersfromleo.com
November 13, 2025 at 3:21 AM
BREAKING: At Pope Leo XIV’s urging, U.S. Catholic bishops just delivered the strongest rebuke of a sitting president in Church history — condemning Trump-Vance raids as “inhumane” and “dehumanizing” in a 216–5 vote.
I am such a fan of @highcountrynews.org and @btoastie.bsky.social work generally. But let me tell you this feature on indigenous metalheads is a new all-time favorite.
Run don’t walk.
www.hcn.org/issues/57-11...
Run don’t walk.
www.hcn.org/issues/57-11...
Heavy metal is healing teens on the Blackfeet Nation - High Country News
In response to youth suicides, teachers show students the power of headbanging at Fire in the Mountains festival.
www.hcn.org
November 12, 2025 at 4:22 PM
I am such a fan of @highcountrynews.org and @btoastie.bsky.social work generally. But let me tell you this feature on indigenous metalheads is a new all-time favorite.
Run don’t walk.
www.hcn.org/issues/57-11...
Run don’t walk.
www.hcn.org/issues/57-11...
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how did i go so long not knowing we were literally teaching people to read wrong. i knew something wasn't right but jesus christ www.apmreports.org/episode/2019...
How a flawed idea is teaching millions of kids to be poor readers
For decades, schools have taught children the strategies of struggling readers, using a theory about reading that cognitive scientists have repeatedly debunked. And many teachers and parents don't kno...
www.apmreports.org
November 11, 2025 at 6:18 PM
how did i go so long not knowing we were literally teaching people to read wrong. i knew something wasn't right but jesus christ www.apmreports.org/episode/2019...
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Sweeps are violence and it really is that simple. If you live in Portland and have a heart in your body please take the time to testify in person/zoom tomorrow or in writing and ask our city council to reroute money away from sweeps, which do not reduce homelessness. www.portland.gov/council-cler...
November 11, 2025 at 11:44 PM
Sweeps are violence and it really is that simple. If you live in Portland and have a heart in your body please take the time to testify in person/zoom tomorrow or in writing and ask our city council to reroute money away from sweeps, which do not reduce homelessness. www.portland.gov/council-cler...