Avery Donovan 🏳️⚧️♾️
@averydonovan.com
Tech geek, cat enthusiast, industrial and electronic music fan, AuDHD, chronically ill, disabled.
Non-binary trans woman (she/they) 🏳️⚧️🏳️🌈
Non-binary trans woman (she/they) 🏳️⚧️🏳️🌈
“Neener, neener, neener…I know you are but what am I?”
Real fucking leadership qualities right there 🤦♀️
Real fucking leadership qualities right there 🤦♀️
LESLEY STAHL: You contributed to the toxic culture. You were out there pounding, insulting people
MARJORIE TAYLOR GREENE: You've contributed to it as well
STAHL: I want you to respond to what you have done in terms of insulting people
MTG: I'd like for you to respond to that
December 8, 2025 at 1:49 AM
“Neener, neener, neener…I know you are but what am I?”
Real fucking leadership qualities right there 🤦♀️
Real fucking leadership qualities right there 🤦♀️
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"Vaccines do not cause autism. Vaccines let autistic children live long enough to become autistic adults. Autism is not a tragedy to be prevented; it is a way of being deserving of support and respect." From @autisticadvocacy.org:
autisticadvocacy.org/2025/12/asan... #autism #VaccinesWork
autisticadvocacy.org/2025/12/asan... #autism #VaccinesWork
ASAN Condemns Dangerous Disinformation at ACIP Meeting - Autistic Self Advocacy Network
For the past two days, the Advisory Council on Immunization Practices (ACIP) met to discuss various topics related to vaccination. At this meeting, ACIP members continued to spread false information a...
autisticadvocacy.org
December 6, 2025 at 5:32 PM
"Vaccines do not cause autism. Vaccines let autistic children live long enough to become autistic adults. Autism is not a tragedy to be prevented; it is a way of being deserving of support and respect." From @autisticadvocacy.org:
autisticadvocacy.org/2025/12/asan... #autism #VaccinesWork
autisticadvocacy.org/2025/12/asan... #autism #VaccinesWork
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you can be the most reasonable, intelligent, measured person on the planet and 3 minutes of a migraine will have you looking longingly at a drill and considering whether trepanning was honestly that bad of an idea
December 4, 2025 at 3:35 PM
you can be the most reasonable, intelligent, measured person on the planet and 3 minutes of a migraine will have you looking longingly at a drill and considering whether trepanning was honestly that bad of an idea
“Our priority is ensuring that the information presented internally and externally by HHS reflects gold standard science.”
Science went out the door at HHS on the afternoon of January 20, 2025. Taking its place has been bigotry and bullshit.
Her name is her name, period.
Science went out the door at HHS on the afternoon of January 20, 2025. Taking its place has been bigotry and bullshit.
Her name is her name, period.
Admiral Rachel Levine was the first transgender person to be confirmed by the Senate to serve in the federal government. Her official portrait at HHS headquarters has been altered. n.pr/48HypvT
HHS changed the name of transgender health leader on her official portrait
Admiral Rachel Levine was the first transgender person to be confirmed by the Senate to serve in the federal government. Her official portrait at HHS headquarters has been altered.
n.pr
December 6, 2025 at 12:27 AM
“Our priority is ensuring that the information presented internally and externally by HHS reflects gold standard science.”
Science went out the door at HHS on the afternoon of January 20, 2025. Taking its place has been bigotry and bullshit.
Her name is her name, period.
Science went out the door at HHS on the afternoon of January 20, 2025. Taking its place has been bigotry and bullshit.
Her name is her name, period.
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Embracing a label of "disabled" made me more confident in asking for accommodations. I can't get through a full work day in person without suffering in pain.
If you're a chronically ill person, I welcome you to join this identity.
If you're a chronically ill person, I welcome you to join this identity.
December 4, 2025 at 12:04 AM
Embracing a label of "disabled" made me more confident in asking for accommodations. I can't get through a full work day in person without suffering in pain.
If you're a chronically ill person, I welcome you to join this identity.
If you're a chronically ill person, I welcome you to join this identity.
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So here’s the thing: I, a certified Disabled™️ Person, do not actually care if anyone fakes for an extra 20 minutes on the test. I care deeply about how the fear of that very thing puts up flaming hoops disabled people have to jump through.
Maybe listen to disabled folk on this one.
Maybe listen to disabled folk on this one.
Balancing "no person with a disability should be denied accommodations" with "it's important to discourage non-disabled people from pretending to be disabled to take advantage of these accommodations" is really difficult and I don't have a great answer for what anyone should do about it.
December 2, 2025 at 9:21 PM
So here’s the thing: I, a certified Disabled™️ Person, do not actually care if anyone fakes for an extra 20 minutes on the test. I care deeply about how the fear of that very thing puts up flaming hoops disabled people have to jump through.
Maybe listen to disabled folk on this one.
Maybe listen to disabled folk on this one.
It’s ableism. Autistic folks require at least some lifelong accommodations to function in a NT society. We often have comorbid conditions which themselves require accommodations.
We’re also disproportionately queer, so add in homophobia, transphobia, and other forms of queerphobia.
We’re also disproportionately queer, so add in homophobia, transphobia, and other forms of queerphobia.
I think my biggest problem with the "vaccines cause autism" bullshit is that, even assuming they did (they don't, actually), neurodiversity is...good?
"Oh no, instead of polio and measles, people are cool and have new and different ways of thinking about things" is, uh, a really weird flex
"Oh no, instead of polio and measles, people are cool and have new and different ways of thinking about things" is, uh, a really weird flex
November 23, 2025 at 5:03 PM
It’s ableism. Autistic folks require at least some lifelong accommodations to function in a NT society. We often have comorbid conditions which themselves require accommodations.
We’re also disproportionately queer, so add in homophobia, transphobia, and other forms of queerphobia.
We’re also disproportionately queer, so add in homophobia, transphobia, and other forms of queerphobia.
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New article on ★ daiz.moe ★
Crunchyroll is destroying its subtitles for no good reason
daiz.moe/crunchyroll-...
A ton of research and effort went into this one. This is the article to read to get to the bottom of Crunchyroll's subtitle changes!
Replies here will show up as comments (eventually)
Crunchyroll is destroying its subtitles for no good reason
daiz.moe/crunchyroll-...
A ton of research and effort went into this one. This is the article to read to get to the bottom of Crunchyroll's subtitle changes!
Replies here will show up as comments (eventually)
Crunchyroll is destroying its subtitles for no good reason | Daiz.moe
With the Fall 2025 anime season, Crunchyroll demonstrates zero respect for anime as a medium as the presentation quality of its subtitles reach an all-time low.
daiz.moe
October 29, 2025 at 10:44 PM
New article on ★ daiz.moe ★
Crunchyroll is destroying its subtitles for no good reason
daiz.moe/crunchyroll-...
A ton of research and effort went into this one. This is the article to read to get to the bottom of Crunchyroll's subtitle changes!
Replies here will show up as comments (eventually)
Crunchyroll is destroying its subtitles for no good reason
daiz.moe/crunchyroll-...
A ton of research and effort went into this one. This is the article to read to get to the bottom of Crunchyroll's subtitle changes!
Replies here will show up as comments (eventually)
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its so cool that our two trans holidays are "please remember we exist" and "please stop killing us"
November 20, 2025 at 3:51 PM
its so cool that our two trans holidays are "please remember we exist" and "please stop killing us"
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Car culture is a public health crisis.
‘They Don’t Return Home’: Cities Across US Fail To Curb Traffic Deaths - KFF Health News
Los Angeles, San Francisco, and Houston reported more traffic fatalities than homicides last year. Despite local, state, and federal safety initiatives, such as Vision Zero, traffic deaths across the ...
kffhealthnews.org
November 14, 2025 at 10:46 PM
Car culture is a public health crisis.
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The courts are moving ahead with a scheme to make trans people as a category of second-class citizen, unprotected by law.
More by @valorievandieman.bsky.social and @billiejsweeney.bsky.social here:
More by @valorievandieman.bsky.social and @billiejsweeney.bsky.social here:
An Immediate Need to Impose Bigotry: Rogue Court Endorses Trump’s Ideology — Assigned
An Immediate Need to Impose Bigotry: Rogue Court Endorses Trump’s Ideology
www.assignedmedia.org
November 10, 2025 at 12:41 PM
The courts are moving ahead with a scheme to make trans people as a category of second-class citizen, unprotected by law.
More by @valorievandieman.bsky.social and @billiejsweeney.bsky.social here:
More by @valorievandieman.bsky.social and @billiejsweeney.bsky.social here:
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The act of coming out reshapes what people think is possible.
Every trans person who does it makes space for others to feel seen.
And helps people understand that there’s more than one way to be.
Every trans person who does it makes space for others to feel seen.
And helps people understand that there’s more than one way to be.
November 2, 2025 at 1:33 PM
The act of coming out reshapes what people think is possible.
Every trans person who does it makes space for others to feel seen.
And helps people understand that there’s more than one way to be.
Every trans person who does it makes space for others to feel seen.
And helps people understand that there’s more than one way to be.
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who creates the lively art and music scenes if the rent is too high? who makes cultural life? who serves you food or washes your dishes? who creates the fancy little restaurants that draw you to urban living? affordable housing is at the heart of what makes city life worthwhile.
October 26, 2025 at 6:04 AM
who creates the lively art and music scenes if the rent is too high? who makes cultural life? who serves you food or washes your dishes? who creates the fancy little restaurants that draw you to urban living? affordable housing is at the heart of what makes city life worthwhile.
My understanding is that it’s regularly power washed by the nonprofit organization who paid the additional cost to have it installed. It’s clearly visible and that keeps everyone safer.
Queer San Antonians deserve to have both representation and safety in the heart of the queerest area of the city.
Queer San Antonians deserve to have both representation and safety in the heart of the queerest area of the city.
First Assistant City Attorney Liz Provencio told the city’s LGBTQ+ advisory commission that the exemption request would be based on a reduction in the number of traffic incidents at the crosswalk since it was installed in 2018.
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October 22, 2025 at 5:26 PM
My understanding is that it’s regularly power washed by the nonprofit organization who paid the additional cost to have it installed. It’s clearly visible and that keeps everyone safer.
Queer San Antonians deserve to have both representation and safety in the heart of the queerest area of the city.
Queer San Antonians deserve to have both representation and safety in the heart of the queerest area of the city.
When you start noticing you’re getting overwhelmed, you just want to escape from it. You need to escape from it. Now. It has to be right now. The longer it goes on, the more you feel the walls closing in at the same time the pressure is building up inside of you.
A useful animated video, illustrating how everyday noises—ones non-autistic people may not notice—can overwhelm an autistic person, in some cases leading to bolting and meltdowns that uninformed people dismiss as "autistic behaviors." Please watch and share.
youtu.be/K2P4Ed6G3gw?... #neurodiversity
youtu.be/K2P4Ed6G3gw?... #neurodiversity
Sensory Overload
YouTube video by Alkurhah
youtu.be
October 22, 2025 at 7:07 AM
When you start noticing you’re getting overwhelmed, you just want to escape from it. You need to escape from it. Now. It has to be right now. The longer it goes on, the more you feel the walls closing in at the same time the pressure is building up inside of you.
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Happy Ace Week! 🖤🩶🤍💜
October 19, 2025 at 2:18 PM
Happy Ace Week! 🖤🩶🤍💜
The interviewee makes some horrifying arguments, especially at the end with an endorsement of the “Cass Review” and a call for doing one for autism and ADHD. Really gave away the game there.
www.tes.com/magazine/tea...
www.tes.com/magazine/tea...
Sami Timimi: Why ‘invented’ SEND labels are disabling pupils
Diagnostic labels are medicalising young people for behaviours once considered ordinary and are contributing to unsustainable workload in schools, argues psychiatrist Sami Timimi
www.tes.com
October 18, 2025 at 6:16 PM
The interviewee makes some horrifying arguments, especially at the end with an endorsement of the “Cass Review” and a call for doing one for autism and ADHD. Really gave away the game there.
www.tes.com/magazine/tea...
www.tes.com/magazine/tea...
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white house has joined bluesky
click here to block all official us government accounts instantly
bsky.app/profile/did:...
click here to block all official us government accounts instantly
bsky.app/profile/did:...
October 17, 2025 at 10:08 PM
white house has joined bluesky
click here to block all official us government accounts instantly
bsky.app/profile/did:...
click here to block all official us government accounts instantly
bsky.app/profile/did:...
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I suspect the MAGA government decided to launch all these Bluesky accounts tonight to try to bait people in advance of No Kings.
These people have incurable 4chan brain and this is how they operate.
Block them. Do not engage. Do not give them what they want.
These people have incurable 4chan brain and this is how they operate.
Block them. Do not engage. Do not give them what they want.
October 17, 2025 at 11:15 PM
I suspect the MAGA government decided to launch all these Bluesky accounts tonight to try to bait people in advance of No Kings.
These people have incurable 4chan brain and this is how they operate.
Block them. Do not engage. Do not give them what they want.
These people have incurable 4chan brain and this is how they operate.
Block them. Do not engage. Do not give them what they want.
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there is no substitute for coffee. If all I wanted was caffeine, I'd take a fucking pill. Coffee tastes good and I like drinking it. End of.
Tariffs have rapidly increased the price of coffee—a drink with almost no nutritional value and lots of functional substitutes. Yet coffee may also be the one thing Americans can’t live without, @elcush.bsky.social writes:
The Drink That Americans Won’t Give Up Without a Fight
Coffee has almost no nutritional value and lots of substitutes. It’s also, apparently, too important to lose.
bit.ly
October 14, 2025 at 4:15 PM
there is no substitute for coffee. If all I wanted was caffeine, I'd take a fucking pill. Coffee tastes good and I like drinking it. End of.
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You can always keep fucking with your gender.
October 10, 2025 at 7:12 PM
You can always keep fucking with your gender.
The timing of the press release happens to coincide with this: www.tpr.org/news/2025-10...
October 8, 2025 at 4:53 AM
The timing of the press release happens to coincide with this: www.tpr.org/news/2025-10...
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Wow, it must be terrible being told that you can’t use the bathroom.
'Very difficult situation': Kristi Noem whines locals not letting ICE agents use restrooms
Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem complained that her agents were not being permitted to use restrooms in Chicago because of opposition from residents.During a Sunday interview on ...
www.rawstory.com
October 5, 2025 at 5:39 PM
Wow, it must be terrible being told that you can’t use the bathroom.
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People like to claim that autistics are bad at communicating and like, my dude, the problem does not lie with us, it lies with the web of manipulation and lies and passive aggression and ulterior agendas that you weave around yourselves instead of just doing what we do, which is saying what we mean.
October 3, 2025 at 2:01 AM
People like to claim that autistics are bad at communicating and like, my dude, the problem does not lie with us, it lies with the web of manipulation and lies and passive aggression and ulterior agendas that you weave around yourselves instead of just doing what we do, which is saying what we mean.