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 don’t want to work today. I just want to be a potato.
November 10, 2025 at 3:57 PM
I don’t want to work today. I just want to be a potato.
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Went to the Portland zine symposium today and got the BEST haul. It was my first time there and the energy was so warm and playful. I loved everyone I met.
November 9, 2025 at 10:28 PM
Went to the Portland zine symposium today and got the BEST haul. It was my first time there and the energy was so warm and playful. I loved everyone I met.
The Washington Post editorial board articles about Mamdani are actually disgusting. It’s hard to surprise me but my jaw dropped when they referred to him as “generalissimo” in the first paragraph.
November 8, 2025 at 5:07 PM
The Washington Post editorial board articles about Mamdani are actually disgusting. It’s hard to surprise me but my jaw dropped when they referred to him as “generalissimo” in the first paragraph.
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NEWS — The Oregon Department of Human Services has issued 100% of November SNAP benefits, per an alert on their website. I've received reports that the funds have already hit recipients' EBT accounts.
www.oregon.gov/odhs/news/Pa...
www.oregon.gov/odhs/news/Pa...
November 7, 2025 at 3:53 PM
NEWS — The Oregon Department of Human Services has issued 100% of November SNAP benefits, per an alert on their website. I've received reports that the funds have already hit recipients' EBT accounts.
www.oregon.gov/odhs/news/Pa...
www.oregon.gov/odhs/news/Pa...
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"World's first potential trillionaire has killed 600,000 people, including 400,000 children" is the only headline that anyone should ever read about Elon Musk
One analytical model shows that, as of November 5th, the dismantling of U.S.A.I.D. has already caused the deaths of 600,000 people, two-thirds of them children. https://newyorkermag.visitlink.me/jUzNSc
The Shutdown of U.S.A.I.D. Has Already Killed Hundreds of Thousands
The short documentary “Rovina’s Choice” tells the story of what goes when aid goes.
newyorkermag.visitlink.me
November 7, 2025 at 1:33 AM
"World's first potential trillionaire has killed 600,000 people, including 400,000 children" is the only headline that anyone should ever read about Elon Musk
I need to buy a copy of Virginia Woolf’s Orlando and I’m sure there are 1 million versions to choose from. Does anyone have a copy/cover they’re obsessed with?
#booksky
#booksky
November 7, 2025 at 1:33 AM
I need to buy a copy of Virginia Woolf’s Orlando and I’m sure there are 1 million versions to choose from. Does anyone have a copy/cover they’re obsessed with?
#booksky
#booksky
Only just learned all marketplace health insurance plans are going to be HSA eligible in 2026!
I started one last year (opened it in Fidelity). You do need “extra” money to save but it’s triple tax advantaged and something to look into if you have room in your finances.
I started one last year (opened it in Fidelity). You do need “extra” money to save but it’s triple tax advantaged and something to look into if you have room in your finances.
November 6, 2025 at 3:20 PM
Only just learned all marketplace health insurance plans are going to be HSA eligible in 2026!
I started one last year (opened it in Fidelity). You do need “extra” money to save but it’s triple tax advantaged and something to look into if you have room in your finances.
I started one last year (opened it in Fidelity). You do need “extra” money to save but it’s triple tax advantaged and something to look into if you have room in your finances.
I am so excited to watch the new PBS documentary THE PIGEON HUSTLE. Out today!
November 6, 2025 at 5:05 AM
I am so excited to watch the new PBS documentary THE PIGEON HUSTLE. Out today!
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THIS is what power looks like. Starbucks baristas are standing tall, with their shoulders back and their heads high, and they’re showing the world what it looks like to demand a fair contract.
At SEIU, we see you, we back you, and we’ll be there with you @sbworkersunited.org every step of the way.
At SEIU, we see you, we back you, and we’ll be there with you @sbworkersunited.org every step of the way.
BREAKING: After months of stonewalling by Starbucks, unionized baristas just voted 92% to authorize a ULP strike unless Starbucks finalizes fair contracts & stops union busting.
If forced, our baristas will strike in dozens of cities on November 13 – the company's busiest sales day of the year.
If forced, our baristas will strike in dozens of cities on November 13 – the company's busiest sales day of the year.
Starbucks unionized workers say they'll strike on Nov. 13 if coffee giant doesn't finalize contract
Union members say they are ready to strike on the chain's Red Cup Day if Starbucks doesn't finalize a contract with their union by then.
www.cbsnews.com
November 5, 2025 at 8:33 PM
THIS is what power looks like. Starbucks baristas are standing tall, with their shoulders back and their heads high, and they’re showing the world what it looks like to demand a fair contract.
At SEIU, we see you, we back you, and we’ll be there with you @sbworkersunited.org every step of the way.
At SEIU, we see you, we back you, and we’ll be there with you @sbworkersunited.org every step of the way.
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Illinois passed the Illinois Bivens Act, which allows folks to sue ICE officers who violate their rights. “damages can increase based on various factors … including the use of facial coverings, crowd control measures like tear gas, vehicles with a non-Illinois license plate or no license plate…”
Illinois lawmakers pass legislation in response to ICE activity
After weeks of heightened federal immigration enforcement in the greater Chicago area, the Illinois General Assembly approved House Bill 1312 on Oct. 31, strengthening immigration enforcement protecti...
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November 5, 2025 at 2:24 PM
Illinois passed the Illinois Bivens Act, which allows folks to sue ICE officers who violate their rights. “damages can increase based on various factors … including the use of facial coverings, crowd control measures like tear gas, vehicles with a non-Illinois license plate or no license plate…”
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This person took this when they called the race
November 5, 2025 at 6:07 AM
This person took this when they called the race
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"Science is being destroyed across many agencies" say federal researchers.
For my latest @nature.com piece, I spoke to 19 different scientists across EPA, NOAA, NIH, NASA, and USGS to document how science is being dismantled across US federal agencies.
For my latest @nature.com piece, I spoke to 19 different scientists across EPA, NOAA, NIH, NASA, and USGS to document how science is being dismantled across US federal agencies.
Dismantling of US federal agencies will ‘destroy science’
From NASA to the National Institutes of Health, federal agencies conduct research that universities cannot. Agency scientists speak out about the irreplaceable facilities, institutional knowledge and ...
www.nature.com
November 4, 2025 at 2:58 PM
"Science is being destroyed across many agencies" say federal researchers.
For my latest @nature.com piece, I spoke to 19 different scientists across EPA, NOAA, NIH, NASA, and USGS to document how science is being dismantled across US federal agencies.
For my latest @nature.com piece, I spoke to 19 different scientists across EPA, NOAA, NIH, NASA, and USGS to document how science is being dismantled across US federal agencies.
I struggled with this chapter in the last draft. I am struggling in this new draft. Today I will stop waiting for inspiration to fix it for me and just get the thing done.
November 3, 2025 at 7:01 PM
I struggled with this chapter in the last draft. I am struggling in this new draft. Today I will stop waiting for inspiration to fix it for me and just get the thing done.
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It's like they didn't even want the jewels.
November 3, 2025 at 6:57 PM
It's like they didn't even want the jewels.
Oh this is the perfect theme
Sunday is the day for movies about lady war correspondents
November 2, 2025 at 10:34 PM
Oh this is the perfect theme
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We're seeing a massive institutional deportation and state violence apparatus being built and it honestly feels like people dont grasp the sheer scale of it and what already is in place. For every horrific video of masked feds kidnapping people there are so many people pushing paper to help.
NEW: ICE is planning to build a shadow deportation network in Texas. A proposal outlines a 24/7 transport operation run by armed contractors—turning Texas into the logistical backbone of an industrialized deportation machine.
My latest @wired.com: www.wired.com/story/ice-is...
My latest @wired.com: www.wired.com/story/ice-is...
October 30, 2025 at 6:06 PM
We're seeing a massive institutional deportation and state violence apparatus being built and it honestly feels like people dont grasp the sheer scale of it and what already is in place. For every horrific video of masked feds kidnapping people there are so many people pushing paper to help.
I wrote an essay about my hatred of career-chasing social exchanges
tovedanovich.substack.com/p/a-thing-i-...
tovedanovich.substack.com/p/a-thing-i-...
October 30, 2025 at 12:00 AM
I wrote an essay about my hatred of career-chasing social exchanges
tovedanovich.substack.com/p/a-thing-i-...
tovedanovich.substack.com/p/a-thing-i-...
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I’m sorry, if someone has a birth certificate that proves they were born here but a mobile app with face recognition software disagrees, they will side with the app?
What?
What?
New incredible detail here: ICE says a match in its facial recognition app Mobile Fortify is a "definitive" determination of a person's status, and that this overrides birth certificates. This is an app ICE is using in the field to scan people
www.404media.co/ice-and-cbp-...
www.404media.co/ice-and-cbp-...
October 29, 2025 at 6:50 PM
I’m sorry, if someone has a birth certificate that proves they were born here but a mobile app with face recognition software disagrees, they will side with the app?
What?
What?
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Guillermo del Toro on wealth: "a wealthy man is a man who has enough, not a man that needs more. If you have enough to invite someone for a beer? You're rich. If you have a yacht, planes, islands, and you still need more? You're not rich."
October 27, 2025 at 1:37 AM
Guillermo del Toro on wealth: "a wealthy man is a man who has enough, not a man that needs more. If you have enough to invite someone for a beer? You're rich. If you have a yacht, planes, islands, and you still need more? You're not rich."
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There were many times SNAP and WIC fed me in early childhood. My mom was always working.
If so many more people need it now, that tells you something about salaries, not work ethic.
If so many more people need it now, that tells you something about salaries, not work ethic.
SNAP isn't about "people who don't work." It's about people who don't get paid enough to live.
Of the 40 or so million people who rely on food stamps:
* Two-thirds are children, seniors, or disabled
* Most working-age adults who receive SNAP are employed—but in jobs that pay poverty wages
Of the 40 or so million people who rely on food stamps:
* Two-thirds are children, seniors, or disabled
* Most working-age adults who receive SNAP are employed—but in jobs that pay poverty wages
October 27, 2025 at 2:14 AM
There were many times SNAP and WIC fed me in early childhood. My mom was always working.
If so many more people need it now, that tells you something about salaries, not work ethic.
If so many more people need it now, that tells you something about salaries, not work ethic.
I knew the gov was putting insane banner notices related to the shutdown on official pages but this language is beyond. What the actual
October 26, 2025 at 8:26 PM
I knew the gov was putting insane banner notices related to the shutdown on official pages but this language is beyond. What the actual
Love to see Country Living reposted my essay about my lifelong love for the movie Practical Magic
Tis the season! 🎃 👻
www.countryliving.com/life/enterta...
Tis the season! 🎃 👻
www.countryliving.com/life/enterta...
Every Fall, I Rewatch ‘Practical Magic’—and It Feels Like Coming Home
A writer’s childhood on the Pacific Northwest island where the 1998 movie was filmed will forever cast a spell.
www.countryliving.com
October 25, 2025 at 3:58 PM
Love to see Country Living reposted my essay about my lifelong love for the movie Practical Magic
Tis the season! 🎃 👻
www.countryliving.com/life/enterta...
Tis the season! 🎃 👻
www.countryliving.com/life/enterta...
I wasn’t sure if I’d get much out of HAVING IT ALL since I’ve read several similar books but I am *loving* it.
I’d love to see men reading it too. Beyond the patriarchy of it all it’s just a smart way to look at relationships and our own life priorities. #booksky
us.macmillan.com/books/978125...
I’d love to see men reading it too. Beyond the patriarchy of it all it’s just a smart way to look at relationships and our own life priorities. #booksky
us.macmillan.com/books/978125...
Having It All
NATIONAL BESTSELLERYou’re not imagining it: Women aren’t getting a good deal at home or at work. We have the evidence to prove it. This book gives you th...
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October 25, 2025 at 2:50 PM
I wasn’t sure if I’d get much out of HAVING IT ALL since I’ve read several similar books but I am *loving* it.
I’d love to see men reading it too. Beyond the patriarchy of it all it’s just a smart way to look at relationships and our own life priorities. #booksky
us.macmillan.com/books/978125...
I’d love to see men reading it too. Beyond the patriarchy of it all it’s just a smart way to look at relationships and our own life priorities. #booksky
us.macmillan.com/books/978125...