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
I just don’t think you can say “I am not complicit” while refusing to publicly stand against genocide.
September 15, 2026 at 10:16 PM
I just don’t think you can say “I am not complicit” while refusing to publicly stand against genocide.
It’s my birthday so of course I had to stop into my local indie bookstore @spokeandwordbooks.bsky.social and sign the only remaining copy of my book in the store!
September 15, 2026 at 8:20 PM
It’s my birthday so of course I had to stop into my local indie bookstore @spokeandwordbooks.bsky.social and sign the only remaining copy of my book in the store!
This is who you’re hurting when you use snap traps!
This young skunk reached for bait in the trap and got his paw stuck. He’d probably been there all night and might have been stuck longer if my friend hadn’t seen this and called me to help.
Do. Not. Put. Traps. In. Your. Yard.
This young skunk reached for bait in the trap and got his paw stuck. He’d probably been there all night and might have been stuck longer if my friend hadn’t seen this and called me to help.
Do. Not. Put. Traps. In. Your. Yard.
September 15, 2026 at 6:32 PM
This is who you’re hurting when you use snap traps!
This young skunk reached for bait in the trap and got his paw stuck. He’d probably been there all night and might have been stuck longer if my friend hadn’t seen this and called me to help.
Do. Not. Put. Traps. In. Your. Yard.
This young skunk reached for bait in the trap and got his paw stuck. He’d probably been there all night and might have been stuck longer if my friend hadn’t seen this and called me to help.
Do. Not. Put. Traps. In. Your. Yard.
Reposted by Tove Danovich
@notkaspeck.bsky.social asks, "Why is the Red Delicious the worst tasting apple ever, and do they still sell grainy, mushy ones in holiday fruit boxes?"
(linked article by @tkdano.bsky.social!)
(linked article by @tkdano.bsky.social!)
September 9, 2026 at 6:05 PM
@notkaspeck.bsky.social asks, "Why is the Red Delicious the worst tasting apple ever, and do they still sell grainy, mushy ones in holiday fruit boxes?"
(linked article by @tkdano.bsky.social!)
(linked article by @tkdano.bsky.social!)
Reposted by Tove Danovich
sick and tired of silicon valley sucking all the innovation air out of the room when what we've needed for fifty years now is a microwave you can put foil in
September 7, 2026 at 5:30 PM
sick and tired of silicon valley sucking all the innovation air out of the room when what we've needed for fifty years now is a microwave you can put foil in
Got to see the very controversial tablescape at the Oregon State Fair today.
September 7, 2026 at 12:48 AM
Got to see the very controversial tablescape at the Oregon State Fair today.
The lack of follow up stories on grand claims is to journalism what the replication crisis is to science. @defector.com @sabs.bsky.social
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defector.com/lets-remembe...
Let's Remember Some Publications That Said We Would Get To Mars By 2026 | Defector
Good science journalism is by its nature suspicious of grand or outlandish claims. Good science journalism does not take press releases at face value, but rather investigates the evidence behind those...
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September 5, 2026 at 3:01 PM
The lack of follow up stories on grand claims is to journalism what the replication crisis is to science. @defector.com @sabs.bsky.social
defector.com/lets-remembe...
defector.com/lets-remembe...
I love that a main thesis of Furious is that the police are terrible
September 3, 2026 at 5:21 PM
I love that a main thesis of Furious is that the police are terrible
Reposted by Tove Danovich
The FDA just approved daraxonrasib, a breakthrough drug for advanced pancreatic cancer that doubles survival time.
This is huge: pancreatic cancer was once thought untreatable.
The researchers received a standing ovation when they presented the trial results, unheard of at scientific conferences.
This is huge: pancreatic cancer was once thought untreatable.
The researchers received a standing ovation when they presented the trial results, unheard of at scientific conferences.
August 26, 2026 at 4:39 PM
The FDA just approved daraxonrasib, a breakthrough drug for advanced pancreatic cancer that doubles survival time.
This is huge: pancreatic cancer was once thought untreatable.
The researchers received a standing ovation when they presented the trial results, unheard of at scientific conferences.
This is huge: pancreatic cancer was once thought untreatable.
The researchers received a standing ovation when they presented the trial results, unheard of at scientific conferences.
I sure do miss that federal healthcare subsidy that made my insurance MILDLY affordable instead of a giant chunk of my income.
August 26, 2026 at 3:02 PM
I sure do miss that federal healthcare subsidy that made my insurance MILDLY affordable instead of a giant chunk of my income.
Absolutely delighted that I got to listen to this episode while on my way to release some rehabbed skunks.
These stinkpeas had been orphaned and I spent so much time making them leaf-based skunk enrichment when they were in care. I think they were amazed to find crunchy leaves all around them!
These stinkpeas had been orphaned and I spent so much time making them leaf-based skunk enrichment when they were in care. I think they were amazed to find crunchy leaves all around them!
August 21, 2026 at 4:39 AM
Absolutely delighted that I got to listen to this episode while on my way to release some rehabbed skunks.
These stinkpeas had been orphaned and I spent so much time making them leaf-based skunk enrichment when they were in care. I think they were amazed to find crunchy leaves all around them!
These stinkpeas had been orphaned and I spent so much time making them leaf-based skunk enrichment when they were in care. I think they were amazed to find crunchy leaves all around them!
I am depressed to even ask this question but what’s the best air quality monitor app?
August 4, 2026 at 11:54 PM
I am depressed to even ask this question but what’s the best air quality monitor app?
I know everyone in the world seems to love invites but I don’t want your calendar on my calendar.
Can we just write things down separately and assume we’re all adults?
I know I’m alone in this but it really drives me crazy. I have my colors and categories and don’t like when things look wrong!
Can we just write things down separately and assume we’re all adults?
I know I’m alone in this but it really drives me crazy. I have my colors and categories and don’t like when things look wrong!
August 4, 2026 at 4:49 PM
I know everyone in the world seems to love invites but I don’t want your calendar on my calendar.
Can we just write things down separately and assume we’re all adults?
I know I’m alone in this but it really drives me crazy. I have my colors and categories and don’t like when things look wrong!
Can we just write things down separately and assume we’re all adults?
I know I’m alone in this but it really drives me crazy. I have my colors and categories and don’t like when things look wrong!
Are you pro people having healthcare or pro explosive diarrhea?
NEW: Taylor Farms is a big player in conservative politics. The company donated $2 million to conservative political groups in 2025 and its CEO has personally donated more than $900,000 to Republican PACs and candidates. It's also spent $810,000 on anti-regulatory lobbying since 2025
Taylor Farms Spent Big on MAGA and Anti-Regulatory Lobbying Before Diarrhea Outbreak
The company donated more than $3.6 million to conservative groups between 2020 and 2025, including $1 million to the MAGA Inc. super PAC.
www.wired.com
July 21, 2026 at 7:26 PM
Are you pro people having healthcare or pro explosive diarrhea?
Reposted by Tove Danovich
When I worked in WaPo Opinions in 2017-2018, senior editors specifically told junior editors not to factcheck Marc Thiessen and other MAGA columnists, otherwise they wouldn’t be able to publish anything by them at all, and “we need them for intellectual diversity.”
It’s very telling that opening your publication to MAGA “thought” requires a massive downgrade in quality control.
October 30, 2025 at 10:38 PM
When I worked in WaPo Opinions in 2017-2018, senior editors specifically told junior editors not to factcheck Marc Thiessen and other MAGA columnists, otherwise they wouldn’t be able to publish anything by them at all, and “we need them for intellectual diversity.”
Reposted by Tove Danovich
Huge new class action lawsuit filed by big publishers and authors against Google this week over AI training.
It accuses Google of taking millions of books / articles provided to them for use only in Google Books, Google Play Books, and Google Scholar, and secretly using them to train LLMs.
🧵 1/4
It accuses Google of taking millions of books / articles provided to them for use only in Google Books, Google Play Books, and Google Scholar, and secretly using them to train LLMs.
🧵 1/4
July 14, 2026 at 8:16 AM
Huge new class action lawsuit filed by big publishers and authors against Google this week over AI training.
It accuses Google of taking millions of books / articles provided to them for use only in Google Books, Google Play Books, and Google Scholar, and secretly using them to train LLMs.
🧵 1/4
It accuses Google of taking millions of books / articles provided to them for use only in Google Books, Google Play Books, and Google Scholar, and secretly using them to train LLMs.
🧵 1/4
It turns out when you take 80% of sugar out of a candy, the only amazing taste it has is amazingly bad.
July 21, 2026 at 7:12 PM
It turns out when you take 80% of sugar out of a candy, the only amazing taste it has is amazingly bad.
Reposted by Tove Danovich
Canadians and Northern USers, you would be shocked how well these work! Please, please, if you have the time and the money, make one.
Here’s instructions on building your own Corsi-Rosenthal box.
July 18, 2026 at 6:57 PM
Canadians and Northern USers, you would be shocked how well these work! Please, please, if you have the time and the money, make one.
This incredibly cute moth was really going to town on the dregs of my night cereal.
July 18, 2026 at 3:51 PM
This incredibly cute moth was really going to town on the dregs of my night cereal.
Reposted by Tove Danovich
huh. sounds like a weirdo.
The best-selling writer has been taking long walks across the city, finding unexpected beauty along the way.
https://mrf.lu/2G_jj
https://mrf.lu/2G_jj
July 17, 2026 at 5:25 PM
huh. sounds like a weirdo.
I’m rewatching The Lion King and can tell I’m in my 30s because I used to have a crush on teen Simba and now I’m like, damn that Mufasa’s really got it.
July 18, 2026 at 1:17 AM
I’m rewatching The Lion King and can tell I’m in my 30s because I used to have a crush on teen Simba and now I’m like, damn that Mufasa’s really got it.
I cannot stress enough just how dangerous wildfire smoke is to breathe. If your air quality is bad because of fires, wear an N95 mask.
It is not “just smoke”. There are heavy metals and chemicals and bad stuff that gets into your lungs and bloodstream.
It is not “just smoke”. There are heavy metals and chemicals and bad stuff that gets into your lungs and bloodstream.
July 16, 2026 at 10:15 PM
I cannot stress enough just how dangerous wildfire smoke is to breathe. If your air quality is bad because of fires, wear an N95 mask.
It is not “just smoke”. There are heavy metals and chemicals and bad stuff that gets into your lungs and bloodstream.
It is not “just smoke”. There are heavy metals and chemicals and bad stuff that gets into your lungs and bloodstream.
Reposted by Tove Danovich
"Eighty percent of Earth is now affected by 'skyglow,' a disarmingly beautiful term for the brightening of the night sky," which can cause entire ecosystems to suffer, writes @tkdano.bsky.social in her latest #BeyondHuman column in the Journal's summer 2026 print issue.
Endless Light
The night sky is endangered. That’s a problem for wildlife.
www.earthisland.org
July 7, 2026 at 6:40 PM
"Eighty percent of Earth is now affected by 'skyglow,' a disarmingly beautiful term for the brightening of the night sky," which can cause entire ecosystems to suffer, writes @tkdano.bsky.social in her latest #BeyondHuman column in the Journal's summer 2026 print issue.
I don’t get the “birds aren’t real” thing but I am actually shocked that this Lazuli Bunting is a real bird that exists in the same world I do.
June 30, 2026 at 9:11 PM
I don’t get the “birds aren’t real” thing but I am actually shocked that this Lazuli Bunting is a real bird that exists in the same world I do.
Reposted by Tove Danovich
Join us for a rally outside of Springer Nature offices on Tuesday, June 30th at 5pm ET to call out the company’s callous treatment of Scientific American’s staff, publication, and legacy—and to stand up for science journalism everywhere. RSVP: wgaea.st/sciam-rally
Scientific American Union Rally 6/30
On Tuesday, the international scientific publisher Springer Nature sold Scientific American, the iconic 181-year old publication famous for its authoritative coverage of science to LabX Media Group. L...
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June 26, 2026 at 1:57 PM
Join us for a rally outside of Springer Nature offices on Tuesday, June 30th at 5pm ET to call out the company’s callous treatment of Scientific American’s staff, publication, and legacy—and to stand up for science journalism everywhere. RSVP: wgaea.st/sciam-rally