Devin S. Turk
@devinsturk.bsky.social
Autistic, trans & nonbinary psychiatrized writer, artist, & Disability Studies grad student. Possibly two cats in a trench coat.
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Devin S. Turk
@devinsturk.bsky.social
· Feb 5
A few things I am:
Autistic. Nonbinary. An artist. A bestie. A psychiatric survivor. A poet. A perpetual ponderer of Disability and Madness. Unlearning a lot. A documentarian trying my best to grasp ahold of goodness. Queer, and striving to be even queer-er. Hoping for hope. Glad to be here.
Autistic. Nonbinary. An artist. A bestie. A psychiatric survivor. A poet. A perpetual ponderer of Disability and Madness. Unlearning a lot. A documentarian trying my best to grasp ahold of goodness. Queer, and striving to be even queer-er. Hoping for hope. Glad to be here.
Never thought I would chuckle at memes about a Labubu on Karl Marx’s grave, go to sleep, stress dream about an ongoing genocide funded by my tax dollars, then wake up to whatever absolute baffoonery our government of sexual predators and their accomplices have cooked up overnight. And here we are.
November 20, 2025 at 5:11 PM
Never thought I would chuckle at memes about a Labubu on Karl Marx’s grave, go to sleep, stress dream about an ongoing genocide funded by my tax dollars, then wake up to whatever absolute baffoonery our government of sexual predators and their accomplices have cooked up overnight. And here we are.
The United States of America by design will not encourage any conscience to reckon with what it would truly take to mend harm rather than perpetuate it by orders of magnitude. We have to do that for ourselves and for each other.
Until then, how many more Black men will die slowly, gasping for air?
Until then, how many more Black men will die slowly, gasping for air?
Just over an hour after 3 Supreme Court justices warned that Alabamian Anthony Boyd would suffer psychological torture, he was subjected to the longest nitrogen gas execution in US history, gasping for air more than 225 times. Read my eyewitness account: www.treadbylee.com/p/after-just...
After justices warned of prolonged suffocation, Alabama subjected Anthony Boyd to the longest nitrogen execution in U.S. history.
Boyd was the chairman of Project Hope, a death row-led nonprofit. Its members are left reeling in the wake of their leader's suffocation execution.
www.treadbylee.com
October 24, 2025 at 6:37 PM
The United States of America by design will not encourage any conscience to reckon with what it would truly take to mend harm rather than perpetuate it by orders of magnitude. We have to do that for ourselves and for each other.
Until then, how many more Black men will die slowly, gasping for air?
Until then, how many more Black men will die slowly, gasping for air?
I’m watching some guy on YouTube rank all 279 Castle-themed Lego sets from 1978 to 2024 while eating leftover pasta at 9:30 in morning because an Autistic breakfast is the most important meal of the day.
#ActuallyAutistic
#ActuallyAutistic
July 30, 2025 at 5:20 PM
I’m watching some guy on YouTube rank all 279 Castle-themed Lego sets from 1978 to 2024 while eating leftover pasta at 9:30 in morning because an Autistic breakfast is the most important meal of the day.
#ActuallyAutistic
#ActuallyAutistic
I don’t really know what it means for something to be “hardcore” or “punk rock” but I’m having surgical scope number 7 today and very much feeling like the human embodiment of the “🤘🏻” emoji.
July 15, 2025 at 7:36 PM
I don’t really know what it means for something to be “hardcore” or “punk rock” but I’m having surgical scope number 7 today and very much feeling like the human embodiment of the “🤘🏻” emoji.
I enjoy silly internet pictures as much as the next twenty-something, but witnessing the casual memeification of a third world war (!?) on social media is…uh, deeply eerie.
June 22, 2025 at 11:07 PM
I enjoy silly internet pictures as much as the next twenty-something, but witnessing the casual memeification of a third world war (!?) on social media is…uh, deeply eerie.
Okay, #LoveOnTheSpectrum, I'll bite...
Devin LIKES: autistic transsexuality, critical thinking, COVID precautions, abstract paintings, & ice cream sodas.
Devin DISLIKES: genocide denial, violations against bodily autonomy, transphobia, AI "art", & psychiatry.
#ActuallyAutistic
Devin LIKES: autistic transsexuality, critical thinking, COVID precautions, abstract paintings, & ice cream sodas.
Devin DISLIKES: genocide denial, violations against bodily autonomy, transphobia, AI "art", & psychiatry.
#ActuallyAutistic
April 28, 2025 at 1:30 AM
Okay, #LoveOnTheSpectrum, I'll bite...
Devin LIKES: autistic transsexuality, critical thinking, COVID precautions, abstract paintings, & ice cream sodas.
Devin DISLIKES: genocide denial, violations against bodily autonomy, transphobia, AI "art", & psychiatry.
#ActuallyAutistic
Devin LIKES: autistic transsexuality, critical thinking, COVID precautions, abstract paintings, & ice cream sodas.
Devin DISLIKES: genocide denial, violations against bodily autonomy, transphobia, AI "art", & psychiatry.
#ActuallyAutistic
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I refuse to list my personal accomplishments as a rebuttal to eugenicist claims about autistic or otherwise neurodiverse people.
My value as a human being is intrinsic, not earned through my work product, artistic talent, athletic prowess, or reproductive capacity.
And so is yours.
My value as a human being is intrinsic, not earned through my work product, artistic talent, athletic prowess, or reproductive capacity.
And so is yours.
April 18, 2025 at 1:16 PM
I refuse to list my personal accomplishments as a rebuttal to eugenicist claims about autistic or otherwise neurodiverse people.
My value as a human being is intrinsic, not earned through my work product, artistic talent, athletic prowess, or reproductive capacity.
And so is yours.
My value as a human being is intrinsic, not earned through my work product, artistic talent, athletic prowess, or reproductive capacity.
And so is yours.
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I don't know who needs to hear this, but you can preorder Forever stamps on the United States Postal Service website that feature illustrations from the 1947 children's book, Goodnight Moon! They go on sale May 2, and they look so cozy. 😭
#SnailMail #PenPal #MailArt #USPS #GoodnightMoon #Stamps
#SnailMail #PenPal #MailArt #USPS #GoodnightMoon #Stamps
April 14, 2025 at 4:58 PM
I don't know who needs to hear this, but you can preorder Forever stamps on the United States Postal Service website that feature illustrations from the 1947 children's book, Goodnight Moon! They go on sale May 2, and they look so cozy. 😭
#SnailMail #PenPal #MailArt #USPS #GoodnightMoon #Stamps
#SnailMail #PenPal #MailArt #USPS #GoodnightMoon #Stamps
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Announcing #MillionsMissing 2025 on May 12th!
#MEAction is organizing a community-wide protest to send out an SOS to our elected officials: Save our Support Systems. Save our Science. Save Our Society. Learn more here: www.meaction.net/2025/04/02/m...
#pwME #MECFS #LongCovid #disability
#MEAction is organizing a community-wide protest to send out an SOS to our elected officials: Save our Support Systems. Save our Science. Save Our Society. Learn more here: www.meaction.net/2025/04/02/m...
#pwME #MECFS #LongCovid #disability
#MillionsMissing 2025: Sending Out An SOS
For #MillionsMissing 2024, #MEAction is sending out an SOS.
www.meaction.net
April 3, 2025 at 4:37 PM
Announcing #MillionsMissing 2025 on May 12th!
#MEAction is organizing a community-wide protest to send out an SOS to our elected officials: Save our Support Systems. Save our Science. Save Our Society. Learn more here: www.meaction.net/2025/04/02/m...
#pwME #MECFS #LongCovid #disability
#MEAction is organizing a community-wide protest to send out an SOS to our elected officials: Save our Support Systems. Save our Science. Save Our Society. Learn more here: www.meaction.net/2025/04/02/m...
#pwME #MECFS #LongCovid #disability
Breaking news, look at my cat! 😍
It’s a blast keeping wild child Wilson entertained—he’s mastered his treat puzzle, popping catnip bubbles, playing iPad games for cats, and hunting down the infamous Fuzzy Worm on a String…so now I’m teaching him to talk!
www.instagram.com/we.love.wils...
#Cats
It’s a blast keeping wild child Wilson entertained—he’s mastered his treat puzzle, popping catnip bubbles, playing iPad games for cats, and hunting down the infamous Fuzzy Worm on a String…so now I’m teaching him to talk!
www.instagram.com/we.love.wils...
#Cats
March 25, 2025 at 3:59 AM
Breaking news, look at my cat! 😍
It’s a blast keeping wild child Wilson entertained—he’s mastered his treat puzzle, popping catnip bubbles, playing iPad games for cats, and hunting down the infamous Fuzzy Worm on a String…so now I’m teaching him to talk!
www.instagram.com/we.love.wils...
#Cats
It’s a blast keeping wild child Wilson entertained—he’s mastered his treat puzzle, popping catnip bubbles, playing iPad games for cats, and hunting down the infamous Fuzzy Worm on a String…so now I’m teaching him to talk!
www.instagram.com/we.love.wils...
#Cats
Welcome home, Wilson! I just adopted this sweet and rambunctious 11-month-old little guy and I’m over the moon about him!
I made Wilson his own Instagram account (because I’m already obsessed with him) where you can check out his adorable shenanigans: @/we.love.wilson 🥰
#Siamese #Cats
I made Wilson his own Instagram account (because I’m already obsessed with him) where you can check out his adorable shenanigans: @/we.love.wilson 🥰
#Siamese #Cats
March 18, 2025 at 4:46 PM
Tiny trans pride #pottery, anyone? 🏳️⚧️
I’ve been getting really into creating these itty bitty vessels on my portable Small Ceramics wheel, glazing them, and having the pots fired in the kiln at a local studio. If you want to check out more of my art, I post on insta @ devinst_art (🔗 in my bio!)
I’ve been getting really into creating these itty bitty vessels on my portable Small Ceramics wheel, glazing them, and having the pots fired in the kiln at a local studio. If you want to check out more of my art, I post on insta @ devinst_art (🔗 in my bio!)
February 26, 2025 at 3:59 AM
Tiny trans pride #pottery, anyone? 🏳️⚧️
I’ve been getting really into creating these itty bitty vessels on my portable Small Ceramics wheel, glazing them, and having the pots fired in the kiln at a local studio. If you want to check out more of my art, I post on insta @ devinst_art (🔗 in my bio!)
I’ve been getting really into creating these itty bitty vessels on my portable Small Ceramics wheel, glazing them, and having the pots fired in the kiln at a local studio. If you want to check out more of my art, I post on insta @ devinst_art (🔗 in my bio!)
15 Proverbs for the Fellow #ChronicallyIll (a thread)
1. May your symptoms flare during your diagnostic testing.
2. If spoons are in short supply, one must make do with knives.
3. May you have access to healthcare that is both affordable AND good quality.
1. May your symptoms flare during your diagnostic testing.
2. If spoons are in short supply, one must make do with knives.
3. May you have access to healthcare that is both affordable AND good quality.
February 22, 2025 at 10:22 PM
15 Proverbs for the Fellow #ChronicallyIll (a thread)
1. May your symptoms flare during your diagnostic testing.
2. If spoons are in short supply, one must make do with knives.
3. May you have access to healthcare that is both affordable AND good quality.
1. May your symptoms flare during your diagnostic testing.
2. If spoons are in short supply, one must make do with knives.
3. May you have access to healthcare that is both affordable AND good quality.
My compliance will not spare me.
February 14, 2025 at 5:41 AM
My compliance will not spare me.
A few things I am:
Autistic. Nonbinary. An artist. A bestie. A psychiatric survivor. A poet. A perpetual ponderer of Disability and Madness. Unlearning a lot. A documentarian trying my best to grasp ahold of goodness. Queer, and striving to be even queer-er. Hoping for hope. Glad to be here.
Autistic. Nonbinary. An artist. A bestie. A psychiatric survivor. A poet. A perpetual ponderer of Disability and Madness. Unlearning a lot. A documentarian trying my best to grasp ahold of goodness. Queer, and striving to be even queer-er. Hoping for hope. Glad to be here.
February 5, 2025 at 3:54 AM
A few things I am:
Autistic. Nonbinary. An artist. A bestie. A psychiatric survivor. A poet. A perpetual ponderer of Disability and Madness. Unlearning a lot. A documentarian trying my best to grasp ahold of goodness. Queer, and striving to be even queer-er. Hoping for hope. Glad to be here.
Autistic. Nonbinary. An artist. A bestie. A psychiatric survivor. A poet. A perpetual ponderer of Disability and Madness. Unlearning a lot. A documentarian trying my best to grasp ahold of goodness. Queer, and striving to be even queer-er. Hoping for hope. Glad to be here.
#ASL
What’s a great app or site to start learning American Sign Language? I’ve heard recommendations for Lingvano and I think the Oklahoma School for the Deaf has (free?) classes?
I don’t mind paying a bit for a subscription—I just want to prioritize learning from Deaf people on a good platform!
What’s a great app or site to start learning American Sign Language? I’ve heard recommendations for Lingvano and I think the Oklahoma School for the Deaf has (free?) classes?
I don’t mind paying a bit for a subscription—I just want to prioritize learning from Deaf people on a good platform!
January 26, 2025 at 9:50 PM
#ASL
What’s a great app or site to start learning American Sign Language? I’ve heard recommendations for Lingvano and I think the Oklahoma School for the Deaf has (free?) classes?
I don’t mind paying a bit for a subscription—I just want to prioritize learning from Deaf people on a good platform!
What’s a great app or site to start learning American Sign Language? I’ve heard recommendations for Lingvano and I think the Oklahoma School for the Deaf has (free?) classes?
I don’t mind paying a bit for a subscription—I just want to prioritize learning from Deaf people on a good platform!
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Hey everyone! Incredible news!
Trans Scouts selling GS cookies this year on my list have sold over 50,000 boxes of GS cookies!
If you want girl scout cookies, consider buying from a trans girl scout this year! They'll mail them to you!
This is literally my fav thing to do every year :)
Trans Scouts selling GS cookies this year on my list have sold over 50,000 boxes of GS cookies!
If you want girl scout cookies, consider buying from a trans girl scout this year! They'll mail them to you!
This is literally my fav thing to do every year :)
1. Did you know that Girl Scouts has, for a long time, accepted trans girls and nonbinary scouts?
Trans kids are under attack. Every year, I make a thread of trans and nonbinary girl scouts you can get your cookies from.
Lets get our cookies from them this year in solidarity!
Trans kids are under attack. Every year, I make a thread of trans and nonbinary girl scouts you can get your cookies from.
Lets get our cookies from them this year in solidarity!
2025 Trans Girl Scouts To Order Cookies From!
This year, consider ordering your Girl Scout cookies from a trans girl scout to make their day!
www.erininthemorning.com
January 22, 2025 at 10:09 PM
Hey everyone! Incredible news!
Trans Scouts selling GS cookies this year on my list have sold over 50,000 boxes of GS cookies!
If you want girl scout cookies, consider buying from a trans girl scout this year! They'll mail them to you!
This is literally my fav thing to do every year :)
Trans Scouts selling GS cookies this year on my list have sold over 50,000 boxes of GS cookies!
If you want girl scout cookies, consider buying from a trans girl scout this year! They'll mail them to you!
This is literally my fav thing to do every year :)
![a picture of a laptop computer with a graphic design platform open to the cover page of a project on the screen. Text on the screen reads “Notes from Bed: on Chronic Fatigue Syndrome and other Dreams Logics [by] Devin S. Turk.” Two small pieces of paper are resting on the laptop keyboard feature bold black handwriting. Those texts read “In this sublime midnight, I find feverish meanings” and “Life from bed is still life.”](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:4nbpb6jsag5j67xaolh2plr3/bafkreifk2yoqlulbtr7rotxhuvyulcype454axncxdkbaxs24xwpr7dkxq@jpeg)
January 21, 2025 at 7:44 PM
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Today’s featured creature: the Matschie’s tree kangaroo! As their name suggests, these adorable and endangered little guys spend most of their time high up in the rainforest trees of northeastern Papua New Guinea, snacking on yummy stuff like leaves, flowers, nuts, and bugs!
December 2, 2024 at 2:00 AM
Today’s featured creature: the Matschie’s tree kangaroo! As their name suggests, these adorable and endangered little guys spend most of their time high up in the rainforest trees of northeastern Papua New Guinea, snacking on yummy stuff like leaves, flowers, nuts, and bugs!
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“in a daydream I break free
from a mob of gawking tourist types,
rush past gallery guards
and duck under velvet ropes
to David’s feet.
armed with a bottle of polish
I paint his toenails.”
By @devinsturk.bsky.social in @strangehorizons.bsky.social
strangehorizons.com/poetry/statu...
from a mob of gawking tourist types,
rush past gallery guards
and duck under velvet ropes
to David’s feet.
armed with a bottle of polish
I paint his toenails.”
By @devinsturk.bsky.social in @strangehorizons.bsky.social
strangehorizons.com/poetry/statu...
Statue of David with Top Surgery Scars
there is something queer about this intention—
strangehorizons.com
September 20, 2024 at 5:10 PM
“in a daydream I break free
from a mob of gawking tourist types,
rush past gallery guards
and duck under velvet ropes
to David’s feet.
armed with a bottle of polish
I paint his toenails.”
By @devinsturk.bsky.social in @strangehorizons.bsky.social
strangehorizons.com/poetry/statu...
from a mob of gawking tourist types,
rush past gallery guards
and duck under velvet ropes
to David’s feet.
armed with a bottle of polish
I paint his toenails.”
By @devinsturk.bsky.social in @strangehorizons.bsky.social
strangehorizons.com/poetry/statu...
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Autistic people are not in "Our Own Little Worlds," so why is the autistic landscape automatically considered less fulfilling than that of the non-autistic? Why is the realm of neurotypicality the baseline standard? By @devinsturk.bsky.social:
thinkingautismguide.com/2020/05/our-... #neurodiversity
thinkingautismguide.com/2020/05/our-... #neurodiversity
September 8, 2024 at 5:14 PM
Autistic people are not in "Our Own Little Worlds," so why is the autistic landscape automatically considered less fulfilling than that of the non-autistic? Why is the realm of neurotypicality the baseline standard? By @devinsturk.bsky.social:
thinkingautismguide.com/2020/05/our-... #neurodiversity
thinkingautismguide.com/2020/05/our-... #neurodiversity
I just ordered graduation regalia for both myself...and my cat. (Thank you, random person on Etsy who makes costume caps and tassels for small animals!)
I mean, the guy sat on my lap for all of my Zoom classes during the beginning of covid. He deserves his own diploma too. 🐈⬛
I mean, the guy sat on my lap for all of my Zoom classes during the beginning of covid. He deserves his own diploma too. 🐈⬛
March 23, 2024 at 6:07 PM
I just ordered graduation regalia for both myself...and my cat. (Thank you, random person on Etsy who makes costume caps and tassels for small animals!)
I mean, the guy sat on my lap for all of my Zoom classes during the beginning of covid. He deserves his own diploma too. 🐈⬛
I mean, the guy sat on my lap for all of my Zoom classes during the beginning of covid. He deserves his own diploma too. 🐈⬛
Book lovers, check this out!
Queer Liberation Library is a virtual library that offers e-books and audiobooks for loan through a library card that works with the Libby app, no proof of address required.
www.queerliberationlibrary.org/members
Queer Liberation Library is a virtual library that offers e-books and audiobooks for loan through a library card that works with the Libby app, no proof of address required.
www.queerliberationlibrary.org/members
Members — Queer Liberation Library
www.queerliberationlibrary.org
February 10, 2024 at 4:21 PM
Book lovers, check this out!
Queer Liberation Library is a virtual library that offers e-books and audiobooks for loan through a library card that works with the Libby app, no proof of address required.
www.queerliberationlibrary.org/members
Queer Liberation Library is a virtual library that offers e-books and audiobooks for loan through a library card that works with the Libby app, no proof of address required.
www.queerliberationlibrary.org/members