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Avery Donovan 🏳️‍⚧️ @averydonovan.com · 16h

This seems excessive and retaliatory against the Councilman for daring to call out, on his personal Facebook page, an obviously racist personal attack directed at him. The Ethics Review Board needs to review its own ethics.

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Avery Donovan 🏳️‍⚧️ @averydonovan.com · 29/09/2026

I found out that the witness signature requirement means I’m not actually able to vote by mail. The process of voting in-person is needlessly burdensome because of multiple disabilities. But the MN Supreme Court said 🖕 disabled voters. I may not be able to vote this fall.

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Avery Donovan 🏳️‍⚧️ @averydonovan.com · 28/09/2026

Minnesota’s absentee balloting is much more convoluted than it should be. I nearly had a meltdown when doing early voting in person in the primaries. Now I find out the ridiculous witness requirement means I can’t actually vote by mail. I guess they don’t want disabled people voting in this state.

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Matthew Cortland (they) @matthewcort.land · 25/09/2026

Wild how many people are willing to post their default is disability discrimination. Sjögren's disease destroys salivary glands, so too can lupus, and rheumatoid arthritis, and having had radiation for head or neck cancer. Antidepressants/-psychotics,-histamines, opioids all can cause xerostomia

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Avery Donovan 🏳️‍⚧️ @averydonovan.com · 23/09/2026

Coach Tuberville just made these people sound way cooler. The next time I fly, I’m going to be quite disappointed if the captain isn’t wearing rainbow-colored wolf ears.

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Avery Donovan 🏳️‍⚧️ @averydonovan.com · 22/09/2026

Very disappointed that @amyklobuchar.com has been silent on trans rights when she’s running to be governor of a state that’s a trans refuge. The gubernatorial selection on my absentee ballot will be as empty as her platform on protecting trans people.

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The Onion @theonion.com · 21/09/2026

Survey Finds 1 In 3 Americans With Health Insurance Have Medical Debt theonion.com/survey-finds-1-in-3-am…

“If there was a better way to provide healthcare surely another country would have figured it out.”

Rebekah Melton, Diving Board Tester

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taylr @taylordahlin.com · 19/09/2026

if you’re the white woman who was picking up a bat in downtown minneapolis on hennepin ave between washington & 3rd on 9/15 at noon, the minnesota department of health would like to talk to you because that shit was RABID! i would also like to talk to you because girl, wtf

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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH
protecting, maintaining and improving the health of il Minesotans
RABID BAT FOUND ON SIDEWALK
On Tuesday, September 15 at about 12pm, a bat was found on the sidewalk on Hennepin Ave between N. Washington Ave and N 3°St.
The bat died and was sent for rabies testing. This bat tested positive for
rabies.
A woman was seen crouching by the bat and putting it into a bag. She was described as a 25-to-30-year-old white woman, about 5'5", with curly brown hair and a curly-haired golden retriever-like dog. If this was you, please call 911 and ask to be connected to Animal Care & Control.
Bites from bats are tiny, may be painless, and may not leave a mark. An person who had physical contact or touched this bat should talk with health care provider this weekend for assessment. During the week, Minnesota Department of Health can also provide rabies assessments at 651-201-5414.
If vou did not touch or have any contact with the bat, you have no risk of rabies and do not need shots.

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Avery Donovan 🏳️‍⚧️ @averydonovan.com · 19/09/2026

This is absolutely disgusting. Institutions that end pediatric gender-affirming care are intentionally inflicting potentially deadly harm on trans kids. Signing an agreement that allows the federal government to claim another victory in their anti-trans crusade is simply evil.

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The Onion @theonion.com · 16/09/2026

Gas Station Price Sign Using Scientific Notation

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KFF @kff.org · 15/09/2026

“If the first obligation of a health care system is to take care of the sick, we are failing that test,” said KFF’s @drewaltman.bsky.social More in KFF’s new survey findings: on.kff.org/46l9Kwx

KFF graphic with a quote by KFF Founding President and CEO Drew Altman: “If the first obligation of a health care system is to take care of the sick, we are failing that test. Cost and access problems are hitting the chronically ill hard, and the chronically ill and uninsured especially hard."

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Avery Donovan 🏳️‍⚧️ @averydonovan.com · 14/09/2026

I don’t count Stancil as a trans ally, and that was even before his latest “the transes are being sooo mean to me!” posting binge. Talarico made his choice. In an election where turnout is key, he potentially sacrificed that to make a play for people that aren’t going to vote for him anyway.

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gwen howerton @kissphoria.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

two years ago, i was allowed to use the women's room at the airport no problem. now, the texas state government can fine the airport thousands of dollars if i use the women's bathroom.

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Alejandra Caraballo @esqueer.net · 14/09/2026

Cis people do not understand how much trans people's rights have regressed in just 5 years. 5 years ago, there were none of these restrictions. 19 states banned legal recognition 21 states have bathroom bans 8 states ban gender marker changes on DLs 25 ban gender affirming care for trans youth

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Avery Donovan 🏳️‍⚧️ @averydonovan.com · 14/09/2026

It can’t be shouted enough that we *recently had* so many of the rights we’re demanding. My legal name and sex identifier change was done in Texas in 2023!

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Wedge LIVE!™ @wedge.live · 11/09/2026

Taylor is too generous. We know the Frey admin doesn't care about bus speed because they chose to have a $60+ million BRT project (E Line) get stuck in traffic against the recommendation of their own staff and Metro Transit.

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Avery Donovan 🏳️‍⚧️ @averydonovan.com · 10/09/2026

Beto O’Rourke lost to Ted Cruz by only 2.6% despite committing the cardinal sin of talking about banning guns in Texas. Colin Allred threw trans kids under the bus in response to Cruz’s attack ads and Cruz won by 8.5%. James Talarico has basically handed the election to Ken Paxton.

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Avery Donovan 🏳️‍⚧️ @averydonovan.com · 05/09/2026

There just needs to be a dedicated (as in 24/7) continuous bus-only lane on Hennepin (and 1st Ave NE) between Uptown Transit Station and University/4th St SE. It’s like the E Line is successful in spite of really baffling and maddening decisions.

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Avery Donovan 🏳️‍⚧️ @averydonovan.com · 04/09/2026

Taking the “full” version of this gives different, and I think more accurate for me, results than the “standard” version. I’m originally from Arizona.

American dialect map labeled “mydialect — Full” from mydialect.us.

People in the Southwest, especially Arizona, Nevada, California, New Mexico, and Utah are shown as being most similar. People in the Deep South and Northeast are shown as being the least similar.

Most similar cities are San Francisco, Albuquerque, and Los Angeles while the least similar cities are Boston, New Orleans, and Portland (Maine).

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Merriam-Webster @merriam-webster.com · 31/08/2026

macabre = “muh-KAHB” Worcestershire = “WOOSS-ter-sheer” omnipotent = “ahm-NI-puh-tunt” reticent = “RET-uh-sunt” epitome = “ih-PIT-uh-mee” myriad = "MEER-ee-ud" Never make fun of someone if they mispronounce a word. It means they learned it by reading.

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Avery Donovan 🏳️‍⚧️ @averydonovan.com · 31/08/2026

HHS is officially promoting a propaganda piece that basically says supporting treating trans people like human beings is dangerous. Even just using our names and pronouns.

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Avery Donovan 🏳️‍⚧️ @averydonovan.com · 30/08/2026

Make your favorite TV show sound as boring as possible without giving away the title: Two friends and their landlady run a photo studio.

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Avery Donovan 🏳️‍⚧️ @averydonovan.com · 29/08/2026

I believe in the native language of his people this guy would be referred to as a “wanker.”

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Rachel Leggett @rleggos.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

I got the shot. I've been scheming and hoping the conditions would work out for this for two weeks!! 🪶

A broad-tailed hummingbird hovers next to an anise hyssop plant framed by purple blooms and with a rainbow behind it!!! The bird also has a little bead of water on its bill because it is raining.

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Technology Connections @techconnectify.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

Seconding. And I'll add that when I (years ago) suggested it was weird how little attention this is getting as a factor in our uniquely-American pedestrian fatality numbers, nobody wanted to engage with my point. Almost like it's a "well it's fine when *I* do it" sort of thing.

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s. e. smith @sesmith.lol · 16/08/2026

One thing I love about the 'how can I figure out how to make this problematic' crowd ('we should have better transit' 'some disabled people need cars!' etc) is that the triumphant gotcha is rarely accompanied by an 'and here's what I'm doing/you can do' about this. Performative and self-defeating.

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Avery Donovan 🏳️‍⚧️ @averydonovan.com · 13/08/2026

I’m originally from Arizona and lived in the southwest for 30 years, half of that in Colorado. Mountains are very familiar to me. The Appalachians have some of the most spectacular mountain scenery I’ve ever seen. Shenandoah NP and Great Smoky Mountains NP are 2 of my favorite national parks.

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reed eliot 🤌 🤌 @reedeliot.bsky.social · 07/08/2026

Instead of saying that all these laws "prohibit trans people from using the bathroom of their choice" we should be more clear. Bathroom bans are intended to prohibit trans people from using the bathroom, or any public accomodations, at all.. Like be for real here.

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Avery Donovan 🏳️‍⚧️ @averydonovan.com · 06/08/2026

A couple months ago I got a rollator, with some apprehension, since my cane just wasn’t enough anymore when leaving home. I can now walk farther, always have a place to sit when I need, and grocery shopping is easier. I leave home a little more often. Yeah, I needed it.

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taylr @taylordahlin.com · 06/08/2026

e line is now being detoured every friday & saturday from 9:45pm until 4am until further notice with no explanation. e line just opened last winter and uptown transit stop here is a crucial one, and they just close it all weekend nights? transit isn't bringing crime @metrotransitmn.bsky.social

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Avery Donovan 🏳️‍⚧️ @averydonovan.com · 06/08/2026

Big Bend National Park is a national treasure and a truly special place. Combined with parks in the neighboring state of Coahuila it forms a vast international protected area. It’s sickening to think about the irreversible damage being done to this place.

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Avery Donovan 🏳️‍⚧️ @averydonovan.com · 04/08/2026

A better headline: “Pioneering autism researcher doubles down on ableism in attempt to stay relevant”

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Avery Donovan 🏳️‍⚧️ @averydonovan.com · 03/08/2026

Looks like my first name is number 26, which is fun to see. I chose my first name to be gender-neutral. My middle name is very feminine. Also, my names all have 3 syllables and a sequentially greater number of characters. Because why not.

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Dr. Damien P. Williams, dread portent down from a mountain cave @wolven.blacksky.app · 03/08/2026

Anybody at @moderation.bsky.app want to try to explain why they suspended @matthewcort.land, ANOTHER of the most prominent people out here fighting for disabled and marginalized people? Like… are y'all planning to suspend/ban literally every disabled legal scholar/policy worker out here, orrrr…?

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PraiseTheSun🌅 @praisethe-sun.bsky.social · 03/08/2026

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Avery Donovan 🏳️‍⚧️ @averydonovan.com · 03/08/2026

This administration is determined to reverse a half-century of progress towards disabled people being treated like human beings using methods such as supporting the plaintiffs in Texas v. Kennedy (where they’re nominally the defendants) and undermining Olmstead.

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Fruiting Body @garnettillie.bsky.social · 31/07/2026

Here's one of the big secrets about being disabled: NO ONE tells you when you've become disabled. One of the lonely and confusing parts is that things just get harder and you're cobbling strange solutions together to make do. So if there's an accommodation that might help: ask about it. Get it.

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Avery Donovan 🏳️‍⚧️ @averydonovan.com · 31/07/2026

Mine (1983): - Beta test - Gender transition - Managed care - Stimming - Unglitzy

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Assigned Media @assignedmedia.org · 30/07/2026

Trans people's medical care is under threat, and increasing numbers of trans people are responding by stockpiling the medications they need. Veronica Esposito (@veraeikon.bsky.social) spoke with trans people about medication insecurity and how they're coping. assignedmedia.org/breaking-new...

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What is Driving Trans People to Stockpile their Medications? - Assigned Media

Many trans people are stockpiling their hormones for emergencies, but this goes further back than the election of Trump.

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Avery Donovan 🏳️‍⚧️ @averydonovan.com · 29/07/2026

This probably has something to do with it:

AHRQ also runs the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force, a panel whose assessments on the value of drugs and procedures determine whether insurers are required to cover them.

The task force hasn't met since March
2025. Trump fired two of the group's senior leaders and currently has only six of the 16 members it had when he took office. "The longer they don't meet, the longer we're losing connection between evidence and coverage," said Sandmeyer, one of the former AHRQ officials.

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Avery Donovan 🏳️‍⚧️ @averydonovan.com · 29/07/2026

I added to the numbers 7 months ago when I moved from San Antonio to Minneapolis. What’s strange is how this felt almost ordinary because I was one of so many trans people I knew that moved from San Antonio to get out of Texas. That’s how rapidly and firmly this has taken hold.

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Liberal Currents @liberalcurrents.com · 28/07/2026

“If this were occurring abroad, to an ethnic minority, we would call it ethnic cleansing.” www.liberalcurrents.com/the-american...

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The American Transgender Refugee Crisis

If this were occurring abroad, to an ethnic minority, we would call it ethnic cleansing.

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Angus Johnston @angus.bsky.social · 25/07/2026

"Do the thing you can do instead of beating yourself up over not doing the thing you're not doing" is honestly life-changing, even life-saving, advice.

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Avery Donovan 🏳️‍⚧️ @averydonovan.com · 25/07/2026

Uh oh, Mamdani is getting small business owners to support socialism by making capitalism work for them. If he keeps doing stuff like this, people could expect Democrats to take principled stands and do things to make their lives better. How awful!

"I don't really care about those labels nowadays," Kelly said, when asked about Mamdani being a socialist. "I like that he stands for making sure nobody seems to feel marginalized, like we're all in this together, we all win together.

"If that's what socialism is," she added, "I'm all for it!"

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Urban Truth Collective @urbantruth.bsky.social · 23/07/2026

Simple message, really. Thanks for the bluntness, @nondriver.bsky.social. #UrbanTruth

“3/4 of disabled people don’t drive. Stop using us as an excuse for car dependency.“ Via Anna Zivarts. The tagline at the bottom says “mobility freedom comes from mobility choices.“ Via the Urban Truth Collective in collaboration with Anna Zivarts.

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Eric Michael Garcia @ericmgarcia.bsky.social · 23/07/2026

This month is the 36th anniversary of the Americans with Disabilities Act and it reminds me that the ADA could not be passed today. It probably couldn’t get a vote in committee today.

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