Tove Danovich

It’s almost chick season! If you have a backyard flock, there’s a few good reasons to reconsider how you add to your flock this year.

Thank you for reading! I’m so glad there are places that will give a deep weirdo like this—both the essay and me—a home.

Ghosts on the Range - Orion Magazine Searching for evil and finding ourselves amidst a haunting pattern of cattle mutilations in the West

Love the journalism at @orionmagazine.bsky.social ; it's always deep, thoughtful, provocative, and intriguing. Case in point with this piece from @tkdano.bsky.social on cattle mutilation conspiracy theories (cn, graphic descriptions).

Ghosts on the Range - Orion Magazine Searching for evil and finding ourselves amidst a haunting pattern of cattle mutilations in the West

Everyone’s seen those renderings of cows getting beamed up into UFOs. But the darker side of the events that sparked those popular images—cattle mutilations—points to a more terrestrial cause. @tkdano.bsky.social investigates.

Urgent: Tell OR Representatives to Support 1.25% for Wildlife (HB 4134)! Now is our first chance in the legislative session to urge our representatives to vote “yes” on HB 4134 - 1.25% for Wildlife Bill! Please ask members of the House Revenue Committee to support HB 4134,...

Do you live in Oregon? Do you love wildlife or having beautiful natural areas to go to? Take 15min, write an email, and get them some funding and protection for generations to come.

You don’t even have to call anyone!

More info including a sample letter ⬇️

birdallianceoregon.org/take-action/...

GQ Man of the Year!

Interesting stat from the article

Let's stop shipping baby chickens in the mail "The practice of shipping chicks through the mail began in 1918 with the promise that chicks would only be shipped if they could reach their destination within 72 hours," writes Tove Danovich. "That i...

“Between postal delays, weather events, and the fact that these are day-old animals, it’s likely that at least tens of thousands of these baby birds will die before reaching their intended destination.”

My latest for @cogwbur.bsky.social

www.wbur.org/cognoscenti/...

the stone face with downcast eyes has a serenity borrowed from the moss that covers it

the side of a car covering lit by moonlight to become a terrain akin to the topography of an artic mountain range on a map

the dark fir below points to the full moon above, while stark branches frame the scene to left and right and a cauldron of cloud like white smoke funnels through the sky

who goes there upon the darkened wall, wizened by cracks and fissures, but the white painted form of once friendly ghosts now rendered more urgent as if fleeing something that can truly not be seen.

late night walk with moonlight as my guide 2/2

And by spring I guess I still mean winter but it was 60 degrees today so I’m confused

A woman stands with her hands on her hips. She has chest waders over a dark green sweater and looks absolutely thrilled.

I’m doing a citizen science project to count amphibian eggs this spring. We got our in person training and gear today. Why do I love waders?

So cool to get to make a difference for these creatures in my community!

To find the frog, you must dress like a frog.

A goose swims alone in the fog. A misty shadow of trees peeks out in the distance. The line between water and sky is hard to see except for the ripples on the river.

Obsessed with foggy mornings

“It would cover essentially anyone they want to arrest without a warrant, making the general premise of ever getting a warrant pointless,” she added.

They are all Black journalists and Black politicians. Don Lemon and Georgia Fort are journalists. Trahern Jean Crews ran for Minnesota's House District 66B. Jamael Lydell Lundy is running for Minnesota Senate District 65.

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

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.

ICE is now responsible for 66% of the homicides in Minneapolis this year.

Sure would be nice if we could have gotten universal healthcare instead of paying for ICE

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.

We Lived Happily during the War And when they bombed other people's houses, we protested but not enough, we opposed them but not enough. I was in my bed, around my bed America was falling: invisible house by invisible house by invisible house- I took a chair outside and watched the sun. In the sixth month of a disastrous reign in the house of money in the street of money in the city of money in the country of money, our great country of money, we (forgive us lived happily during the war.

Picked up Ilya Kaminsky’s DEAF REPUBLIC today and this was the first poem.

With solidarity to everyone protesting today.

It’s -9 degrees. Downtown Minneapolis is packed for the anti-ICE rally and the crowd keeps growing

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.

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.

An old black dog lays on a couch covered in a white sheet and blanket and pillows. Three paws are scrunched together and one is out long.

I recently learned it is called a “paw bouquet” when dogs scrunch all their feet together. Which makes this kind of like “paw ikebana”

Oh can I get your copy when you’re done??

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.

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...

Why I don’t say I’m “too busy” anymore. it's just not a priority for me right now

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...

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

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...

Acknowledge “Herman” the sturgeon and other Fish Are More than Livestock “Herman” should have his own name. And his own story.

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...