rowan avery
@rowavejun.bsky.social
they/them nonbinary ace queer 🌿 #AuADHD, nature lover, fiber artist, best friend to all cats, member of the mossy rock fan club 💫
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IN VALEN'S NAME, USE ALT TEXT FOR YOUR IMAGES.
You want to prove you're down for progressive causes? Do the most basic fucking thing ever and use alt-text. Also, use it to describe the image and provide context so that the people who rely on alt-text can experience your image as intended.
You want to prove you're down for progressive causes? Do the most basic fucking thing ever and use alt-text. Also, use it to describe the image and provide context so that the people who rely on alt-text can experience your image as intended.
December 23, 2025 at 1:33 AM
IN VALEN'S NAME, USE ALT TEXT FOR YOUR IMAGES.
You want to prove you're down for progressive causes? Do the most basic fucking thing ever and use alt-text. Also, use it to describe the image and provide context so that the people who rely on alt-text can experience your image as intended.
You want to prove you're down for progressive causes? Do the most basic fucking thing ever and use alt-text. Also, use it to describe the image and provide context so that the people who rely on alt-text can experience your image as intended.
i’ve been unemployed for around a month and mostly have been knitting and reading, when i’m not freaking out about money (or lack thereof) or resting bc chronic pain
after knitting my first sweater, bc i absolutely had to knit a sweater once i was confident i understood how to do so, i’ve come back to my roots (knitting loads of hats that i started a month ago and forgot about. bc it was sweater time.)
December 22, 2025 at 10:37 PM
i’ve been unemployed for around a month and mostly have been knitting and reading, when i’m not freaking out about money (or lack thereof) or resting bc chronic pain
after knitting my first sweater, bc i absolutely had to knit a sweater once i was confident i understood how to do so, i’ve come back to my roots (knitting loads of hats that i started a month ago and forgot about. bc it was sweater time.)
December 22, 2025 at 10:33 PM
after knitting my first sweater, bc i absolutely had to knit a sweater once i was confident i understood how to do so, i’ve come back to my roots (knitting loads of hats that i started a month ago and forgot about. bc it was sweater time.)
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something I learned this year is you should invite people to things even if you know they can’t come. instead of it making them feel bad it actually makes them feel good
December 22, 2025 at 5:55 PM
something I learned this year is you should invite people to things even if you know they can’t come. instead of it making them feel bad it actually makes them feel good
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It’s not a refusal to re-enter society.
It’s not shaping your life around Covid avoidance.
It’s adaptation. It’s a desire to protect health. It’s being willing to accept that things change, and masking & clean air are the way forward.
Mass death & disability is not normal
It’s not shaping your life around Covid avoidance.
It’s adaptation. It’s a desire to protect health. It’s being willing to accept that things change, and masking & clean air are the way forward.
Mass death & disability is not normal
December 21, 2025 at 8:31 PM
It’s not a refusal to re-enter society.
It’s not shaping your life around Covid avoidance.
It’s adaptation. It’s a desire to protect health. It’s being willing to accept that things change, and masking & clean air are the way forward.
Mass death & disability is not normal
It’s not shaping your life around Covid avoidance.
It’s adaptation. It’s a desire to protect health. It’s being willing to accept that things change, and masking & clean air are the way forward.
Mass death & disability is not normal
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Having a cat is so cool. There is a little creature in my bed who loves me and vibrates like a tiny motorcycle and is so fuzzy and wants to snuggle. How could I want anything else
December 20, 2025 at 7:09 PM
Having a cat is so cool. There is a little creature in my bed who loves me and vibrates like a tiny motorcycle and is so fuzzy and wants to snuggle. How could I want anything else
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finally some sunshine after a few days of blizzard conditions...there was a nice visit from a pair of Pine Grosbeaks to celebrate! #birds
December 20, 2025 at 11:18 PM
finally some sunshine after a few days of blizzard conditions...there was a nice visit from a pair of Pine Grosbeaks to celebrate! #birds
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Once again a reminder: We can have trans rights, bodily autonomy, gender nonconformity, and freedom of expression, or we can have none of these things.
There’s no third option.
There’s no third option.
In addition to this administration trying to kill kids, and they're also coming for our binders? OUR BINDERS.
December 19, 2025 at 1:55 AM
Once again a reminder: We can have trans rights, bodily autonomy, gender nonconformity, and freedom of expression, or we can have none of these things.
There’s no third option.
There’s no third option.
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If you do not support trans people - by actively dedicating your time and money (if you have it) and voice to their cause - you are a failure of morality and humanity and you are not just a bystander but a culpable participant in one of the most violent attempts at eugenics of our time.
December 18, 2025 at 10:38 PM
If you do not support trans people - by actively dedicating your time and money (if you have it) and voice to their cause - you are a failure of morality and humanity and you are not just a bystander but a culpable participant in one of the most violent attempts at eugenics of our time.
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looking at you, folks who scoff at wearing masks in, at the very least, indoor public spaces even as we watch the wanton destruction of our public health system & collapse of healthcare infrastructure.
Reject any motherfucker who tells you we need to abandon a vulnerable population or person. They’re either a fascist or a fascist-in-waiting.
December 17, 2025 at 9:00 PM
looking at you, folks who scoff at wearing masks in, at the very least, indoor public spaces even as we watch the wanton destruction of our public health system & collapse of healthcare infrastructure.
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All care for all people means trans care for anyone who wants it btw. Free and not gatekept by cost, psychiatric authority, or age
December 18, 2025 at 6:13 PM
All care for all people means trans care for anyone who wants it btw. Free and not gatekept by cost, psychiatric authority, or age
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New Illustration: "We Beat 'Em Before..."
Taken from a British WW2 poster, the original features a WW1 German soldier at the top. I just swapped it for the Nazi soldier it had at the bottom.
Taken from a British WW2 poster, the original features a WW1 German soldier at the top. I just swapped it for the Nazi soldier it had at the bottom.
December 18, 2025 at 7:41 PM
New Illustration: "We Beat 'Em Before..."
Taken from a British WW2 poster, the original features a WW1 German soldier at the top. I just swapped it for the Nazi soldier it had at the bottom.
Taken from a British WW2 poster, the original features a WW1 German soldier at the top. I just swapped it for the Nazi soldier it had at the bottom.
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Techbros seem to love Tolkien, so here's an analogy to help you understand what genAI is.
GenAI is The One Ring. You think your use is justified, b/c you don't have evil in your heart.
But it came from evil, it is intended for evil purpose, & anything you do with it will be twisted to that end.
GenAI is The One Ring. You think your use is justified, b/c you don't have evil in your heart.
But it came from evil, it is intended for evil purpose, & anything you do with it will be twisted to that end.
December 17, 2025 at 8:43 PM
Techbros seem to love Tolkien, so here's an analogy to help you understand what genAI is.
GenAI is The One Ring. You think your use is justified, b/c you don't have evil in your heart.
But it came from evil, it is intended for evil purpose, & anything you do with it will be twisted to that end.
GenAI is The One Ring. You think your use is justified, b/c you don't have evil in your heart.
But it came from evil, it is intended for evil purpose, & anything you do with it will be twisted to that end.
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All meaningful forms of resistance boil down to radical love of self and others, even when it’s inconvenient, and stubborn belief that change is possible, even when systems loom large and powerful.
Don’t let the bastards convince you otherwise.
Don’t let the bastards convince you otherwise.
December 17, 2025 at 9:12 PM
All meaningful forms of resistance boil down to radical love of self and others, even when it’s inconvenient, and stubborn belief that change is possible, even when systems loom large and powerful.
Don’t let the bastards convince you otherwise.
Don’t let the bastards convince you otherwise.
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With eternal gratitude from the bottom of my heart, thanks to everyone who has sent help and shared this. We're at $125/2000, and I'm opening commissions today: ko-fi.com/c/3a76caeca0
Shop listings coming soon too, and my art-focused newsletter:
virtuistic.beehiiv.com/upgrade
#HelpSky #MutualAid
Shop listings coming soon too, and my art-focused newsletter:
virtuistic.beehiiv.com/upgrade
#HelpSky #MutualAid
December 18, 2025 at 1:02 PM
With eternal gratitude from the bottom of my heart, thanks to everyone who has sent help and shared this. We're at $125/2000, and I'm opening commissions today: ko-fi.com/c/3a76caeca0
Shop listings coming soon too, and my art-focused newsletter:
virtuistic.beehiiv.com/upgrade
#HelpSky #MutualAid
Shop listings coming soon too, and my art-focused newsletter:
virtuistic.beehiiv.com/upgrade
#HelpSky #MutualAid
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Cladonia lichens looking like an array of fancy satellite dishes. Northwest Territories, Canada. #lichen #fungi #fungifriends
December 18, 2025 at 12:21 PM
Cladonia lichens looking like an array of fancy satellite dishes. Northwest Territories, Canada. #lichen #fungi #fungifriends
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even if LLMs didn't take jobs and steal from people's work I still wouldn't be comfortable in companies using them unless they found a way for them not to eat massive amounts of resources at the expense of mainly marginalised people and just the planet as a whole, the results are not worth it.
December 18, 2025 at 12:20 PM
even if LLMs didn't take jobs and steal from people's work I still wouldn't be comfortable in companies using them unless they found a way for them not to eat massive amounts of resources at the expense of mainly marginalised people and just the planet as a whole, the results are not worth it.
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Furry friend in the stars ✨
December 16, 2025 at 7:05 PM
Furry friend in the stars ✨
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Another way to restart the world’s idea machine is to restore funding and grants to universities, researchers, and artists.
America, you have spoken loud and clear: You do not like AI. But what if AI is the way to restart the world’s idea machine?
We’re running out of good ideas. AI might be how we find new ones.
What if the best use of AI is restarting the world’s idea machine?
www.vox.com
December 16, 2025 at 3:35 AM
Another way to restart the world’s idea machine is to restore funding and grants to universities, researchers, and artists.
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I think I was prepared to hate A.I. by already hating leafblowers, which are also extremely wasteful and can't do anything we didn't already know how to do.
December 15, 2025 at 7:39 PM
I think I was prepared to hate A.I. by already hating leafblowers, which are also extremely wasteful and can't do anything we didn't already know how to do.
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I try to remember that whenever we talk about how much of a fucked up horror show the world is, what we mean is that the world is full of good people being wronged and beauty being destroyed, that we risk losing all of it—not a denial of the good in the world but its affirmation.
December 25, 2023 at 4:28 PM
I try to remember that whenever we talk about how much of a fucked up horror show the world is, what we mean is that the world is full of good people being wronged and beauty being destroyed, that we risk losing all of it—not a denial of the good in the world but its affirmation.
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My most fundamental belief is that we do not have to live like this.
December 14, 2025 at 1:01 PM
My most fundamental belief is that we do not have to live like this.
