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
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An Irish man responsible for leaking the identities of thousands of US immigration enforcement officers has said he will continue his work until the Trump administration stops targeting immigrant communities.
Irish man risks US retaliation for unmasking thousands of Ice officers online
Dominick Skinner started publishing identities last year and is assisted by over 500 volunteers across America
www.irishtimes.com
January 24, 2026 at 1:48 PM
An Irish man responsible for leaking the identities of thousands of US immigration enforcement officers has said he will continue his work until the Trump administration stops targeting immigrant communities.
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ICE is now responsible for 66% of the homicides in Minneapolis this year.
January 24, 2026 at 4:51 PM
ICE is now responsible for 66% of the homicides in Minneapolis this year.
I had to get a medical test done and went somewhere I’d used in the past and thought was on my marketplace plan. They also gave me no reason to believe they weren’t in network when they took my insurance card!
Now I have a $759 bill that doesn’t even count toward my deductible.
Now I have a $759 bill that doesn’t even count toward my deductible.
January 24, 2026 at 4:55 PM
I had to get a medical test done and went somewhere I’d used in the past and thought was on my marketplace plan. They also gave me no reason to believe they weren’t in network when they took my insurance card!
Now I have a $759 bill that doesn’t even count toward my deductible.
Now I have a $759 bill that doesn’t even count toward my deductible.
Picked up Ilya Kaminsky’s DEAF REPUBLIC today and this was the first poem.
With solidarity to everyone protesting today.
With solidarity to everyone protesting today.
January 23, 2026 at 10:17 PM
Picked up Ilya Kaminsky’s DEAF REPUBLIC today and this was the first poem.
With solidarity to everyone protesting today.
With solidarity to everyone protesting today.
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It’s -9 degrees. Downtown Minneapolis is packed for the anti-ICE rally and the crowd keeps growing
January 23, 2026 at 8:16 PM
It’s -9 degrees. Downtown Minneapolis is packed for the anti-ICE rally and the crowd keeps growing
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I've talked to people on the ground about the strike here tomorrow, and the single thing everyone brings up is just how shockingly wide the support for the strike is. Businesses that no one would have expected to support it are doing so.
National media should really be covering the fact thay every major school, museum, and arts institution in the Twin Cities, and hundreds of local businesses are closed tomorrow to protest federal occupation.
Nothing like this at this scale has happened anywhere in America anytime in living memory.
Nothing like this at this scale has happened anywhere in America anytime in living memory.
January 23, 2026 at 12:15 AM
I've talked to people on the ground about the strike here tomorrow, and the single thing everyone brings up is just how shockingly wide the support for the strike is. Businesses that no one would have expected to support it are doing so.
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The 5-year-old arrested by ICE In Minnesota is detained at Dilley. We reported on conditions there in the below article.
Parents said the food was contaminated with mold and worms & that children were so under so much stress that they were hitting their own faces & wetting themselves.
Parents said the food was contaminated with mold and worms & that children were so under so much stress that they were hitting their own faces & wetting themselves.
Analysis by The Marshall Project of ICE data obtained by the Deportation Data Project found that the Trump administration’s revival of family detention has swept thousands of children into ICE custody. At least 3,800 children under 18, including 20 infants, have been booked since Trump took office.
ICE Threw Thousands of Kids in Detention, Many For Longer Than Court-Prescribed Limit
Former immigration staffers argue ICE is choosing to detain families for prolonged periods to speed deportations and compel them to leave.
www.themarshallproject.org
January 22, 2026 at 8:30 PM
The 5-year-old arrested by ICE In Minnesota is detained at Dilley. We reported on conditions there in the below article.
Parents said the food was contaminated with mold and worms & that children were so under so much stress that they were hitting their own faces & wetting themselves.
Parents said the food was contaminated with mold and worms & that children were so under so much stress that they were hitting their own faces & wetting themselves.
I recently learned it is called a “paw bouquet” when dogs scrunch all their feet together. Which makes this kind of like “paw ikebana”
January 23, 2026 at 2:27 AM
I recently learned it is called a “paw bouquet” when dogs scrunch all their feet together. Which makes this kind of like “paw ikebana”
Never in my wildest dreams did I think Ian Frazier would read and write up my book UNDER THE HENFLUENCE so generously for @nybooks.com
www.nybooks.com/articles/202...
www.nybooks.com/articles/202...
Bang the Drumstick Slowly | Ian Frazier
About 26 billion chickens occupy Earth, but apart from the lucky ones in backyards, most are condemned to the hellscape that is industrial farming.
www.nybooks.com
January 22, 2026 at 7:49 PM
Never in my wildest dreams did I think Ian Frazier would read and write up my book UNDER THE HENFLUENCE so generously for @nybooks.com
www.nybooks.com/articles/202...
www.nybooks.com/articles/202...
I deeply believe that the language we use matters.
About a year ago I stopped saying I was “too busy” to do things and the reframe has really helped me in sticking to my priorities as well as my mental health!
tovedanovich.substack.com/p/why-i-dont...
About a year ago I stopped saying I was “too busy” to do things and the reframe has really helped me in sticking to my priorities as well as my mental health!
tovedanovich.substack.com/p/why-i-dont...
Why I don’t say I’m “too busy” anymore.
it's just not a priority for me right now
tovedanovich.substack.com
January 22, 2026 at 4:55 PM
I deeply believe that the language we use matters.
About a year ago I stopped saying I was “too busy” to do things and the reframe has really helped me in sticking to my priorities as well as my mental health!
tovedanovich.substack.com/p/why-i-dont...
About a year ago I stopped saying I was “too busy” to do things and the reframe has really helped me in sticking to my priorities as well as my mental health!
tovedanovich.substack.com/p/why-i-dont...
I am really loving Katherine Larson’s THE WEDDING OF THE FOXES. She references so many authors and texts I’m not familiar with (a huge plus) and the looseness and space in the essays gives me a lot of time to think.
Have any of you read it?
@milkweededitions.bsky.social
#booksky
Have any of you read it?
@milkweededitions.bsky.social
#booksky
January 21, 2026 at 7:23 PM
I am really loving Katherine Larson’s THE WEDDING OF THE FOXES. She references so many authors and texts I’m not familiar with (a huge plus) and the looseness and space in the essays gives me a lot of time to think.
Have any of you read it?
@milkweededitions.bsky.social
#booksky
Have any of you read it?
@milkweededitions.bsky.social
#booksky
A few sweet photos I took at Bonneville Dam of fish who may or may not be Herman the famous sturgeon.
www.earthisland.org/journal/inde...
www.earthisland.org/journal/inde...
January 21, 2026 at 5:41 AM
A few sweet photos I took at Bonneville Dam of fish who may or may not be Herman the famous sturgeon.
www.earthisland.org/journal/inde...
www.earthisland.org/journal/inde...
Here in Oregon there’s a sturgeon exhibit where a fish named Herman has been on display for generations. I was honored to get to write about his strange history for @earthislandjournal.bsky.social
www.earthisland.org/journal/inde...
www.earthisland.org/journal/inde...
Acknowledge “Herman” the sturgeon and other Fish Are More than Livestock
“Herman” should have his own name. And his own story.
www.earthisland.org
January 20, 2026 at 7:26 PM
Here in Oregon there’s a sturgeon exhibit where a fish named Herman has been on display for generations. I was honored to get to write about his strange history for @earthislandjournal.bsky.social
www.earthisland.org/journal/inde...
www.earthisland.org/journal/inde...
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What's the first bird you saw this year? Take it as a sign.
From @tkdano.bsky.social: "People have been using birds to divine the future for centuries... The origin of the word auspicious [—auspicium—] means to 'look at birds.'"
orionmagazine.org/article/firs...
From @tkdano.bsky.social: "People have been using birds to divine the future for centuries... The origin of the word auspicious [—auspicium—] means to 'look at birds.'"
orionmagazine.org/article/firs...
January 16, 2026 at 4:20 PM
What's the first bird you saw this year? Take it as a sign.
From @tkdano.bsky.social: "People have been using birds to divine the future for centuries... The origin of the word auspicious [—auspicium—] means to 'look at birds.'"
orionmagazine.org/article/firs...
From @tkdano.bsky.social: "People have been using birds to divine the future for centuries... The origin of the word auspicious [—auspicium—] means to 'look at birds.'"
orionmagazine.org/article/firs...
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Exclusive: I obtained testimony from the Dec. trial where Jonathan Ross, the ICE officer who killed Renee Good in Minneapolis, describes an incident in June where he smashed a car window, is dragged 100 yards, and tased a Guatemalan man 10 times.
"I feared for my life," he said.
"I feared for my life," he said.
ICE officer who killed Minneapolis woman said he 'feared for his life' while arresting another driver last year
In courtroom testimony obtained by MS NOW, Jonathan Ross said he was dragged more than 100 yards by car during a traffic stop.
www.ms.now
January 9, 2026 at 12:32 PM
Exclusive: I obtained testimony from the Dec. trial where Jonathan Ross, the ICE officer who killed Renee Good in Minneapolis, describes an incident in June where he smashed a car window, is dragged 100 yards, and tased a Guatemalan man 10 times.
"I feared for my life," he said.
"I feared for my life," he said.
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This month's Patreon wallpaper is chickens.
www.patreon.com/c/Shaenon
www.patreon.com/c/Shaenon
January 9, 2026 at 7:04 PM
This month's Patreon wallpaper is chickens.
www.patreon.com/c/Shaenon
www.patreon.com/c/Shaenon
My least favorite easy chore to do is putting air in the car tires. I would easily pay $30 not to do this 5 minute task.
January 8, 2026 at 6:11 PM
My least favorite easy chore to do is putting air in the car tires. I would easily pay $30 not to do this 5 minute task.
I find learning about wildlife and wildlife rehab to be immensely fulfilling. Spent part of my day with a group of people who all came out to rescue this bald eagle and take him to the local care facility.
January 6, 2026 at 3:07 PM
I find learning about wildlife and wildlife rehab to be immensely fulfilling. Spent part of my day with a group of people who all came out to rescue this bald eagle and take him to the local care facility.
It took me years to place this feature about mysterious cattle deaths in the west and the conspiracies that sprung up to explain it. So glad it found a home in Orion’s latest issue. I hope you’ll give it a read.
orionmagazine.org/article/ghos...
@longreads.com
orionmagazine.org/article/ghos...
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Ghosts on the Range - Orion Magazine
Searching for evil and finding ourselves amidst a haunting pattern of cattle mutilations in the West
orionmagazine.org
January 5, 2026 at 5:42 PM
It took me years to place this feature about mysterious cattle deaths in the west and the conspiracies that sprung up to explain it. So glad it found a home in Orion’s latest issue. I hope you’ll give it a read.
orionmagazine.org/article/ghos...
@longreads.com
orionmagazine.org/article/ghos...
@longreads.com
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i love this energy holy shit
I was wondering what Mamdani's first executive order would be, and I'm not disappointed by this.
He has wiped off the books EVERY Eric Adams executive order issued on or after September 26, 2024, the day Adams was indicted on federal bribery charges.
He has wiped off the books EVERY Eric Adams executive order issued on or after September 26, 2024, the day Adams was indicted on federal bribery charges.
January 1, 2026 at 11:52 PM
i love this energy holy shit
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We said goodbye to the MetroCard but we must also say goodbye to the existential, slightly depressed "Add Value/Add Time" meme that will no longer make the rounds 🫡 nygroove.nyc/add-value-ad...
'Time' is no longer for sale in New York City
RIP the add ‘value/add time’ meme, buried alongside the MetroCard
nygroove.nyc
January 1, 2026 at 3:48 PM
We said goodbye to the MetroCard but we must also say goodbye to the existential, slightly depressed "Add Value/Add Time" meme that will no longer make the rounds 🫡 nygroove.nyc/add-value-ad...
Not me alternating between coffee and electrolyte drink this am.
Happy 2026!
Happy 2026!
January 1, 2026 at 4:03 PM
Not me alternating between coffee and electrolyte drink this am.
Happy 2026!
Happy 2026!
My favorite books I read in 2025. Maybe someone smarter than me can figure out what they have in common!
tovedanovich.substack.com/p/the-25-boo...
tovedanovich.substack.com/p/the-25-boo...
The 25 Books I Loved Most in 2025, Out of 190
2025 in reading
tovedanovich.substack.com
December 31, 2025 at 4:36 PM
My favorite books I read in 2025. Maybe someone smarter than me can figure out what they have in common!
tovedanovich.substack.com/p/the-25-boo...
tovedanovich.substack.com/p/the-25-boo...
Emma Pattee’s TILT is out in paperback today and I fully expect it to become a NYT bestseller!
On the surface it’s a page-turner about a 8 month pregnant woman trying to find her husband after The Big One hits PDX. But it’s so much more than that.
Highly recommend! Go read immediately! #booksky
On the surface it’s a page-turner about a 8 month pregnant woman trying to find her husband after The Big One hits PDX. But it’s so much more than that.
Highly recommend! Go read immediately! #booksky
December 30, 2025 at 5:04 PM
Emma Pattee’s TILT is out in paperback today and I fully expect it to become a NYT bestseller!
On the surface it’s a page-turner about a 8 month pregnant woman trying to find her husband after The Big One hits PDX. But it’s so much more than that.
Highly recommend! Go read immediately! #booksky
On the surface it’s a page-turner about a 8 month pregnant woman trying to find her husband after The Big One hits PDX. But it’s so much more than that.
Highly recommend! Go read immediately! #booksky