Alexandra Horowitz

thanks, Brian!

SIMBA IS MISSING IN BROOKLYN: last seen at Avenue D and 42nd St, he's 42 pounds and chipped: 985113010311373. If you've seen or found him please call 888-466-3242 and PLEASE RT SIMBA!

as a definer on the Tenth, I'm pleased as punch to see that the dictionary is putting out a new, riffleable print edition!

headlining at @bookculture.com on Monday with the new edition of Inside of a Dog, and with Christine Webb. NYC, hope to see you there!

yes this is a post to let you know event season starts tonight
bookculture.com/upcoming-eve...

Mark Mazower TONIGHT!
@alexandrahorowitz.bsky.social & @christinewebb.bsky.social in convo Monday
Stephanie Cowell on her Brontë novel Tuesday
@bernardharcourt.bsky.social on Foucault Wednesday
& more!

today in dogs in art: Rembrandt copies dog, badly
www.nytimes.com/2025/09/23/a...

ha! that sounds like she's just playing you :)

you know who doesn't cheat? dogs

yay! those are some very good dogs

Look what arrived in the post today! 📚 The updated version of ‘Inside of a dog’ by @alexandrahorowitz.bsky.social 🐶 the boys won this copy through a recent photo competition by Dr Horowitz - we’re excited to read! 📖 (and retrieve in Russo’s case)

House Votes to Advance a Mining Road Through the Alaskan Wilderness

Begich to caribou: drop dead. #roadecology

www.nytimes.com/2025/09/03/c...

love it! "better book before you buy" -- wisdom there :)

the new one has updates but has the same heart as the original

thanks for reading (&reviewing!)

The Art of Looking: Eleven Ways of Viewing the Multiple Realities of Our Everyday Wonderland “Attention is an intentional, unapologetic discriminator. It asks what is relevant right now, and gears us up to notice only that.”

"Right now, you are missing the vast majority of what is happening around you."

A cognitive scientist's field guide to the art of seeing www.themarginalian.org/2013/08/12/o...

😍

I like the little shake at the end too -- concluding the episode

yes, briefly!
-- I'm more concerned with understanding dogs' extant communications that we miss...

I'm pleased as punch to know that. hurrah for being amazed and wonderfilled

this is great stuff, Mike! I and my 250 Milky Ways love it.

omg. dude.

Nora "nose" what's inside

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BOOK RAFFLE ALERT!
In anticipation of the Sept. publication of the Revised & Updated version of Inside of a Dog, enter a raffle for the new edition by replying or DM'ing me a photo of your dog with the original Inside of a Dog!
by @scribnerbooks.bsky.social

BOOK RAFFLE ALERT!
In anticipation of the release of the Revised & Updated version of Inside of a Dog, reply or DM me with a photo of your dog with the original book to enter a raffle for one of three copies of the new edition!

me realizing there are only 3 more weeks of summer

Ignore the stories about how terrible spotted lanternflies are.

If you own a vineyard, they're a pest. If not, they’re no big deal: a new ecosystem member, eaten by other animals.

You don't need to feel bad about them, or squash them, or cut down their trees. You have permission to enjoy them.

I think dogs have a rudimentary theory of mind, yup! (more here: link.springer.com/article/10.3...). as for the umwelten, I don't have the character space! maybe a future book...

article on "humane" animal research: "wild rats that roam cities typically forage for food and may end up stuck in a trap...our animals have their own team of caretakers, including veterinarians"
I dunno, being experimented on, kept in a shoebox, and killed would make me long for the roaming life

As Cost-Burdened New Yorkers Give Up Pets, Shelters Turn Them Away

this is so upsetting. the undiscussed problem is that as long as people buy cats and dogs, there will be too many strays. please adopt!

www.nytimes.com/2025/07/22/n...

whew, that's a wrap on my recording of the audiobook for the new edition of "Inside of a Dog". I mispronounced many words, laughed a lot, and cried at my own ending

hey hey - pup's got a makeover! cover reveal for new & updated "Inside of a Dog", out 9/2!

www.simonandschuster.com/books/Inside...