In 2026 Portland Oregon you are much more likely to be killed by a vehicle than murdered but Portland Police keep letting drivers off without holding them responsible. A driver who breaks traffic laws and hits pedestrians or a bicycle rider needs to be held responsible. This is not controversial.

If you’re in Portland, OR, you’ve got a few more days to sign up for an in person nature writing class I’m teaching. It’ll be held at the Bird Alliance sanctuary. Outside! All levels welcome. Still a couple spots left I’d love to fill! birdallianceoregon.org/event/writin...

Does anyone know what store would carry a single bungee cord lock? I put some on my day hike bag and want to tie it off. But I need one, not 25!

Met this cold bumblebee today and moved her off the trail so she didn’t get smooshed!

It seems impossible that I got the most beautiful, perfect dog in the world and yet here she is!

If you’re a reporter covering Gertie, the world’s oldest living chicken, and want another expert to weigh in, I’ve got you! I wrote a book about chickens and am always happy to talk. They live a lot longer than people think!

I have a ton of deadlines so of course I spent a couple hours making flyers for my book and posting them up around town.

When I testified in front of Congress in 2021 on illegal logging and its impact on communities, I recommended increasing funding for the U.S. Forest Service which got audible bipartisan support in my hearing. It's almost unbelievable how things have changed. These research stations are vital.

This is something I’ve been thinking about for a long time. Online writing defaults to block paragraphs with spaces between them and no indents. I think it really changes something about how we read and how I—at least—write. tovedanovich.substack.com/p/a-shift-in...

My Western Edge co-founder @leahsottile.bsky.social obtained the 911 calls related to this death. A worker who called for an ambulance described a man who was bleeding from some type of headwound and was blue in the face while some employees were told to keep working.

I love @leahsottile.bsky.social work but this piece on how to define domestic terrorism for @highcountrynews.org is especially excellent. I couldn’t stop reading. www.hcn.org/issues/58-4/...

Much of the West Coast and Hawaii faces some degree of tsunami risk. But if communities lack high ground to flee to before the waves hit, they really have one option: build up. Tsunami shelters are ubiquitous in tsunami-prone Japan, but the US has only a handful. 🎁🔗 www.nytimes.com/2026/04/11/r...

I’m teaching a nature writing class IN THE FOREST! Come write about the wild world under tall trees @birdallianceoregon.bsky.social birdallianceoregon.org/event/writin...

In case you need some books to read in a field while birds sing tovedanovich.substack.com/p/six-book-r...

Editor: This paragraph is confusing, can you reword? Me: *deletes paragraph*

The perfect Easter moment

I spent literal years trying to figure out a song I kept hearing snippets of on the radio. One day I rushed home and tried to search random lyrics I remembered (it was 2003) and finally found out it was St Theresa by Joan Osbourne. I cried the first time I was able to fully listen to it.

A GOOD ANIMAL by @saramaurerwrites.bsky.social is the most beautiful novel I’ve read in a while. The setting, the sheep, the characters all felt so real I couldn’t believe I’d never see them again when I finished the last sentence. A heart-squeeze of a story. #booksky

I think I bruised my tailbone and it’s becoming more painful every day. Does anyone have advice? Internet seems to say just wait it out because there’s nothing anyone can do but give it time. Hopeful there’s a cheap way to be in less pain!

Starting the new season of Jury Duty (this time at a company retreat) and I hope sweet Anthony finds the best full time job in the world.

ahhhh looks like the old Pretend To Be A Famous 193-Year-Old Tortoise's Veterinarian And Say He Died And Then Solicit Crypto Donations Through Social Media scam i've seen it a million times

Love this piece by Kate Morgan: It’s not all that unusual to feel a particular bond with a specific tree. It’s also not unusual for that bond to feel a lot like friendship. We form interspecies relationships, he points out, with our pets. So why not plants? www.washingtonpost.com/home/2026/04...

This is something tech people don't grasp about nonfiction writing: the process of deep research, of deciding which little details are interesting or which obscure anecdotes have historical value, is all part of the creative work of writing. It's not grunt work. It can't just be automated.

Washington state passed a tax on millionaires. A lot of the usual suspects have been screaming & tearing their hair out & warning of apocalypse. But the actual rich people of Washington? Turns out they are mostly Democrats & they mostly support it!

They’re power washing right outside my apartment today which is really messing with my nap schedule! Might have to try sleeping in noise canceling headphones like a baby at a concert.

This review of UNDER THE HENFLUENCE might be my favorite one yet. The four stars adds so much mystery. Is one star being taken away because it led to her getting chickens? Are chickens themselves proving to be a 4-star experience? A real “baby shoes never worn” of a review. #chicken

A staggering new finding from Harvard's Joint Center for Housing Studies: since 2001, the money left over each month for lower-income renters—after paying rent and utilities—has fallen 60 percent to a record low of $210. $210 left over for food, healthcare, childcare, and everything else.

Just finished BRING THE HOUSE DOWN by Charlotte Runcie. It’s been a long time since I read a book in a night but I simply couldn’t put it down. It’s the post-MeToo reflection on gender and relationships and even male/female friendship I’ve been waiting for. Run don’t walk. #booksky

I don’t know what this insane year has in store but at least 2026 will always be the year I met a capybara IRL

Wow. Talk about an 'urban' heat island.

These animals can cause big trouble. Why are states unleashing them by the millions? Introduced species can wreak havoc on native ecosystems. Many states are flooding their waterways with them. www.vox.com/climate/4831... 🧪 🦑 🌍️ 🐟️

Time sensitive: this is the last day to submit comments opposing the Bureau of Land Management's clearcutting of Oregon's ancient forests. This is a tool that educates you on just how diabolical it is, and it helps you submit your comment. morethanjustparks.com/oregon-old-g...

I just noticed this, but: where the fuck are this man's nipples

I took the stupid AI off my desktop Gmail and now it’s appearing on my phone and I can’t make it stop!! Help! I hate it so much.

The CVS is the closest drug store to me and I’m really trying to shop in person instead of using Amazon. But everything I want was locked up and now I’m full of rage.

I'm receiving reports from airports all over the country about ICE sightings. I'll be sharing updates here as I get them. ⬇️

I’ve been working on a grant application for weeks and I am SO CLOSE to being done. I keep telling myself the hours will all help for other proposals I have to work on related to the book. But I am excited to enjoy the sun again and have more time to work on the book itself!

I’m working on a section in my nonfiction book about cavity nesting animals and now I really want to play Wingspan.

lemon pound cake! he wanna put down his glock. lemon pound cake! trending on tiktok. lemon pound cake! he's a family guyyyy defector.com/lets-catch-u...

I think my favorite part of this suit is where the guy who was suing because Afroman said he fucked his wife said on the witness stand that he did not know for sure that Afroman did not fuck his wife.

Sometimes writing is hard. Other times I get to compare celebrity looks at the Academy Awards to chickens. www.countryliving.com/life/enterta...

Surveying drainage ditches for amphibians as part of a citizen science project for @johnsoncreekwc.bsky.social. The best way I’ve spent a Tuesday in a long time.

If you’re in PDX, spend a few hours of your day with me writing about nature underneath tall trees! @birdallianceoregon.bsky.social birdallianceoregon.org/event/writin...

WHO IS USING ICE CREAM AS A PROTEIN SOURCE???

ballet won as many Oscars as Marty Supreme tonight

I took my first darkroom photography class this weekend and am very proud of these pictures I shot and developed! It’s nice to slowly be learning more skills in this medium.

Many Washington Post readers have been notified via email that their subscription rates are set to increase. Nestled at the bottom of these emails, you’ll find an asterisk and the following: “This price was set by an algorithm using your personal data.”

it’s unreal how these grown-ass men had no problem destroying untold lives with chatGPT but go crying to a judge when people make fun of them online

During an afternoon of scrolling and self woe, @tkdano.bsky.social spots a furry creature jump out of a river and start grooming itself. The more Danovich watched, the more her delight and wonder grew. Read her Spring 2026 Beyond Human column about the important reminder sent by an unloved rodent.

This has been flying under the radar outside of atmospheric science circles, I think, but it's terrible: www.nytimes.com/2026/03/13/c... The work at NCAR is essential to scientific understandings of Earth's atmosphere and weather. Dismantling it is a huge blow to that research when we need it most.