Devin S. Turk

Devin S. Turk. Autistic & trans writer, artist, & Disability Studies graduate student. Possibly two cats in a trench coat. ALSO

[Devin S. Turk @DevinSTurk]

I was writing an intro post for yet another social media account, and...it just sort of turned into a list poem?

Anyway, here are some things I am...36 of them, in fact.

#PoetryTwitter #DisabilityTwitter

[Devin S. Turk @DevinSTurk]

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, and wake up to whatever absolute baffoonery our government of sexual predators and their accomplices have cooked up overnight.

[Devin S. Turk @DevinSTurk]

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?

[Lee Hedgepeth @lee_hedgepeth]

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: https://t.co/56eTbGtrCY

[Devin S. Turk @DevinSTurk]

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

[Devin S. Turk @DevinSTurk]

#DisabilityTwitter What’s a great app/site to start learning American Sign? I’ve heard recs for Lingvano…and I think the Oklahoma School for the Deaf has classes? I don’t mind paying a bit for a subscription—I just want to prioritize learning from Deaf people on a good platform!

[Devin S. Turk @DevinSTurk]

📚 #AmReading...
-The Other Significant Others: Reimagining Life with Friendship at the Center by @rhainacohen.
-Survival Is a Promise: The Eternal Life of Audre Lorde by Alexis Pauline Gumbs.
-echolalia echolalia by @pipagaopoetry.

[Charis Hill | they/them | 🇵🇸 😷 @BeingCharisBlog]

"During COVID" is still now.

[Devin S. Turk @DevinSTurk]

From my newsletter blog, Up to Something...

#9: Three book recommendations, a poem I'm loving by @cawkward_rich, and a snapshot of ephemeral #Autumn bliss.

#AmReading

https://t.co/TX4dVDAYr9

[Devin S. Turk @DevinSTurk]

Yesterday I saw a viral video of a young person in his last seconds alive. He was connected to an IV, and he was burning to death because the Israeli army dropped a 2-ton bomb on hospital tents for displaced people in Gaza.

His name was Sha’ban Al-Dalou.

[Abubaker Abed @AbubakerAbedW]

Sha'ban Al-Dalou,19, as a software engineering freshman, Sep 2023, at Al-Azhar University of Gaza.

Israel destroyed his home and his university and immolated him yesterday at Al-Aqsa Martyrs Hospital after forcibly displacing him earlier last year.

[Devin S. Turk @DevinSTurk]

@stefkaufman I also use the website/app Notion, which is pretty user friendly and customizable, to collect PDF documents and write color-coded bullet lists of various things! I believe the program is entirely free up until a certain space limit.

[Devin S. Turk @DevinSTurk]

@stefkaufman Last week I found out about “commonplace books” (personal knowledge archives) that were popular in centuries past—and I’m going to try out a digital version! I relate to scrawling down ideas Wherever, and I want to put some intention into compiling them in one virtual place.

[Miss Kitty @BarnCatBestie]

Oh, to be a barn cat…sniffing the autumn breeze and thinking about dinner…

#Autumn #Autumn2024 #FarmAnimals #Cats

[Innocence Project @innocence]

In 19 days, #RobertRoberson will be executed by the state of Texas despite strong evidence of his innocence.

Yesterday, state reps visited Robert, calling for clemency in his case.

Sign Robert's petition and urge @GregAbbott_TX to grant him clemency:
https://t.co/0voB50XJcZ

[Devin S. Turk @DevinSTurk]

TikTok has repeatedly invited me to join TikTok Shop as some kind of seller (?) but…I’m not entirely sure what they think I would sell?

…I didn’t know there was such a market of unfulfilled demand for transsexual autism tbh 😎

#ActuallyAutistic

[Devin S. Turk @DevinSTurk]

I started graduate school today!

I'm officially a Master of Arts student at the City University of New York School of Professional Studies #DisabilityStudies program. 😄

#ActuallyAutistic #AutisticsInAcademia #GradSchool

[Devin S. Turk @DevinSTurk]

I had a dream last night that I kept mispronouncing “Routledge” 😅

#AutisticsInAcademia
#DisabilityStudies

[Miss Kitty @BarnCatBestie]

Greetings, hoomans!

Am I an extraterrestrial queen? Or a precious earthly baby?

#TheTruthIsOutThere #IWantToBelieve

Either way, happy #Caturday!

[Devin S. Turk @DevinSTurk]

@PandaBarrett the power is stored in the extra stomach 🔋🔋🔋

[Devin S. Turk @DevinSTurk]

11 big/little #ActuallyAutistic thoughts:

https://t.co/3xLSgGYPfe

#DisabilityPrideMonth

[Miss Kitty @BarnCatBestie]

@Number10cat Dear Larry,

Greetings from across the pond, @Number10cat! 🫡

Sincerely & in Solidarity,
Miss Kitty the Mouser