calanthe milton
@melodioustear.bsky.social
she/her. disabled, autistic/adhd & queer, perpetually low on spell slots.
PhD @ university of kent, researching embodied Madness in interactive media through a Mad and crip lens. twitch affiliate. recklessenough.com
aka rebecca milton
PhD @ university of kent, researching embodied Madness in interactive media through a Mad and crip lens. twitch affiliate. recklessenough.com
aka rebecca milton
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stream schedule for this coming week! we're diving fully into looking at the history of safety tools in TTRPGs in co-working, and launching the factory schematicannon in Create mod on Friday.
follow & get notifs at: www.twitch.tv/melodioustear
follow & get notifs at: www.twitch.tv/melodioustear
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‘Death remains my intimate shadow partner. It has been with me since birth, always hovering close by. I understand one day we will finally waltz together into the ether. I hope when that time comes, I die with the satisfaction of a life well-lived, unapologetic, joyful, & full of love.’
—Alice Wong
—Alice Wong
November 15, 2025 at 6:12 AM
‘Death remains my intimate shadow partner. It has been with me since birth, always hovering close by. I understand one day we will finally waltz together into the ether. I hope when that time comes, I die with the satisfaction of a life well-lived, unapologetic, joyful, & full of love.’
—Alice Wong
—Alice Wong
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November 13th-19th is Trans Awareness Week.
November 15, 2025 at 11:35 PM
November 13th-19th is Trans Awareness Week.
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The irony here is painful.
Alice Wong wrote a column for Vogue called Disability Visibility. You can still find all her writing for Vogue under her author name.
But *Disability Visibility* - also the name of the advocacy group she launched - has been erased.
Exactly how disabled people often are.
Alice Wong wrote a column for Vogue called Disability Visibility. You can still find all her writing for Vogue under her author name.
But *Disability Visibility* - also the name of the advocacy group she launched - has been erased.
Exactly how disabled people often are.
The new owners of Teen Vogue have already erased her column.
www.teenvogue.com/tag/disabili...
www.teenvogue.com/tag/disabili...
November 15, 2025 at 11:07 PM
The irony here is painful.
Alice Wong wrote a column for Vogue called Disability Visibility. You can still find all her writing for Vogue under her author name.
But *Disability Visibility* - also the name of the advocacy group she launched - has been erased.
Exactly how disabled people often are.
Alice Wong wrote a column for Vogue called Disability Visibility. You can still find all her writing for Vogue under her author name.
But *Disability Visibility* - also the name of the advocacy group she launched - has been erased.
Exactly how disabled people often are.
watching this week's smosh reddit stories, I'm wondering if anyone in larp/analog game studies has been looking at relationships with AI in terms of bleed, becoming too engrossed in the fantasy/roleplay, that kind of thing.
feels like there's crossover & ways to look at it compassionately here.
feels like there's crossover & ways to look at it compassionately here.
November 15, 2025 at 8:48 PM
watching this week's smosh reddit stories, I'm wondering if anyone in larp/analog game studies has been looking at relationships with AI in terms of bleed, becoming too engrossed in the fantasy/roleplay, that kind of thing.
feels like there's crossover & ways to look at it compassionately here.
feels like there's crossover & ways to look at it compassionately here.
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Losing Alice feels like the ground shifting beneath us—I'm devastated—but to have known & shared even part of this life with her was an honor. She was one of the most fearless, generous & visionary disability activists. It’s impossible to measure how much she shifted the world—I feel it everywhere.
I don’t want to formulate words yet, but my friend Alice Wong, @sfdirewolf.bsky.social of the Disability Visibility Project, has passed.
Here are the words she left behind:
www.instagram.com/p/DREMDNBjnq...
Here are the words she left behind:
www.instagram.com/p/DREMDNBjnq...
Alice Wong on Instagram: "ID: Yellow background with black text "This is Alice's friend Sandy Ho, posting. Per Alice's wishes, this message is being shared at the time of her passing. Hi everyone, it ...
423 likes, 73 comments - alicatsamurai on November 14, 2025: "ID: Yellow background with black text "This is Alice's friend Sandy Ho, posting. Per Alice's wishes, this message is being shared at the t...
www.instagram.com
November 15, 2025 at 4:16 PM
Losing Alice feels like the ground shifting beneath us—I'm devastated—but to have known & shared even part of this life with her was an honor. She was one of the most fearless, generous & visionary disability activists. It’s impossible to measure how much she shifted the world—I feel it everywhere.
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Losing Tinu last year and now Alice. I am heartbroken. There's been way too much loss in the disability community. So many people are now gone. Too many to list.
Both Tinu and Alice both helped shape the person I am today. I wouldn't be alive without their help & support.
Both Tinu and Alice both helped shape the person I am today. I wouldn't be alive without their help & support.
November 15, 2025 at 9:16 AM
Losing Tinu last year and now Alice. I am heartbroken. There's been way too much loss in the disability community. So many people are now gone. Too many to list.
Both Tinu and Alice both helped shape the person I am today. I wouldn't be alive without their help & support.
Both Tinu and Alice both helped shape the person I am today. I wouldn't be alive without their help & support.
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In the last chapter of Alice’s memoir, “Year of the Tiger,” she wrote her own future obituary.
The wonderful “oracle, storyteller, cyborg, trouble-maker, activist, night owl” we loved so much closed it with:
“Enjoy all of Alice’s good shit, and may you create some good shit as well.”
The wonderful “oracle, storyteller, cyborg, trouble-maker, activist, night owl” we loved so much closed it with:
“Enjoy all of Alice’s good shit, and may you create some good shit as well.”
November 15, 2025 at 7:27 AM
In the last chapter of Alice’s memoir, “Year of the Tiger,” she wrote her own future obituary.
The wonderful “oracle, storyteller, cyborg, trouble-maker, activist, night owl” we loved so much closed it with:
“Enjoy all of Alice’s good shit, and may you create some good shit as well.”
The wonderful “oracle, storyteller, cyborg, trouble-maker, activist, night owl” we loved so much closed it with:
“Enjoy all of Alice’s good shit, and may you create some good shit as well.”
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I am gutted to learn of @sfdirewolf.bsky.social (Alice Wong’s) passing. She was always a warm friend, a wonderful spirit, and someone who fostered my own growth. She helped me see that, as a #disabled person with chronic illness, I matter—I am whole. I’ll be posting some of Alice’s work. ❤️ forever
November 15, 2025 at 11:37 AM
I am gutted to learn of @sfdirewolf.bsky.social (Alice Wong’s) passing. She was always a warm friend, a wonderful spirit, and someone who fostered my own growth. She helped me see that, as a #disabled person with chronic illness, I matter—I am whole. I’ll be posting some of Alice’s work. ❤️ forever
this hurts. Alice's work has been so instrumental in helping me develop as an activist, scholar and human. the world is a dimmer place without her here; I can only hope, as others do, that we can shine in her example and make the world all the brighter.
The incredible, indomitable, inspirational Alice Wong has left us.
I'm so grateful to have known her on social media, and so grateful for all the words she shared with us and all the actions she encouraged us into making.
May we live up to her example.
(so you don't have to go to Instagram)
I'm so grateful to have known her on social media, and so grateful for all the words she shared with us and all the actions she encouraged us into making.
May we live up to her example.
(so you don't have to go to Instagram)
November 15, 2025 at 1:16 PM
this hurts. Alice's work has been so instrumental in helping me develop as an activist, scholar and human. the world is a dimmer place without her here; I can only hope, as others do, that we can shine in her example and make the world all the brighter.
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combining the humanities, social sciences, and climate science into our new School of AAAARRRGGGGHHHHHHHHHHHHH
November 14, 2025 at 7:43 PM
combining the humanities, social sciences, and climate science into our new School of AAAARRRGGGGHHHHHHHHHHHHH
being chronically ill is very much a full time job right now, physically and mentally and emotionally. GP and I have found something measurably wrong for the first time in nearly a decade and good grief that messes with your head after being told over and over that "nothing is wrong".
it's a lot.
it's a lot.
November 14, 2025 at 3:54 AM
being chronically ill is very much a full time job right now, physically and mentally and emotionally. GP and I have found something measurably wrong for the first time in nearly a decade and good grief that messes with your head after being told over and over that "nothing is wrong".
it's a lot.
it's a lot.
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*checks*
My method for damn near near thirty years and counting.
My method for damn near near thirty years and counting.
networking is an incredibly important part of maintaining a professional presence in your creative industry, but it can be daunting. have you tried being completely fucking ridiculous online
November 14, 2025 at 2:29 AM
*checks*
My method for damn near near thirty years and counting.
My method for damn near near thirty years and counting.
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no stream today folks, fatigue and pain are kicking my ass and doing anything other than lying down is beyond me right now. see you tomorrow for co working <3
November 11, 2025 at 1:07 PM
no stream today folks, fatigue and pain are kicking my ass and doing anything other than lying down is beyond me right now. see you tomorrow for co working <3
delighted to report that I was successfully vampirised today. third time lucky. I will say that heating my elbow appeared to do absolutely nothing, and the only hydration difference I made was super hydrating the day *before* as well as the day of. honestly feels like we just got lucky this time.
November 10, 2025 at 10:09 PM
delighted to report that I was successfully vampirised today. third time lucky. I will say that heating my elbow appeared to do absolutely nothing, and the only hydration difference I made was super hydrating the day *before* as well as the day of. honestly feels like we just got lucky this time.
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Just want to gently throw it out there that if you are feeling overwhelmed right now it’s ok to log off. Everyone is emoting deeply onto the timeline and you’re not obligated to witness it in an endless scroll. Take a break if you need to. Protect your heart. ❤️
November 10, 2025 at 12:44 AM
Just want to gently throw it out there that if you are feeling overwhelmed right now it’s ok to log off. Everyone is emoting deeply onto the timeline and you’re not obligated to witness it in an endless scroll. Take a break if you need to. Protect your heart. ❤️
tomorrow I am having a third attempt at getting blood drawn. my veins are notoriously shy and the nurses have failed to find veins the last two times. I am fed up and taking *no* chances this time - have started my usual hydration regimen a day early, will be heating my elbows right before, etc.
November 9, 2025 at 3:25 PM
tomorrow I am having a third attempt at getting blood drawn. my veins are notoriously shy and the nurses have failed to find veins the last two times. I am fed up and taking *no* chances this time - have started my usual hydration regimen a day early, will be heating my elbows right before, etc.
stream schedule for this coming week! we're diving fully into looking at the history of safety tools in TTRPGs in co-working, and launching the factory schematicannon in Create mod on Friday.
follow & get notifs at: www.twitch.tv/melodioustear
follow & get notifs at: www.twitch.tv/melodioustear
November 9, 2025 at 1:05 PM
stream schedule for this coming week! we're diving fully into looking at the history of safety tools in TTRPGs in co-working, and launching the factory schematicannon in Create mod on Friday.
follow & get notifs at: www.twitch.tv/melodioustear
follow & get notifs at: www.twitch.tv/melodioustear
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Random thoughts on ICE trauma porn: For years Black folks on social media have been asking people to not share videos of police violence. Now people are sharing videos of ICE violence. Terrible, traumatic moments in people’s lives shared often without consent.
November 8, 2025 at 3:02 PM
Random thoughts on ICE trauma porn: For years Black folks on social media have been asking people to not share videos of police violence. Now people are sharing videos of ICE violence. Terrible, traumatic moments in people’s lives shared often without consent.
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Wondering why no one likes your posts anymore, even among your friends? It's because @jay.bsky.team and team have decided to hide a huge amount of content from all of our feeds by default.
Here's how to turn it off.
First go to the hamburger menu in the upper left corner
Here's how to turn it off.
First go to the hamburger menu in the upper left corner
November 6, 2025 at 6:23 PM
Wondering why no one likes your posts anymore, even among your friends? It's because @jay.bsky.team and team have decided to hide a huge amount of content from all of our feeds by default.
Here's how to turn it off.
First go to the hamburger menu in the upper left corner
Here's how to turn it off.
First go to the hamburger menu in the upper left corner
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😂
No. You can’t solve the health fall out from uncontrolled circulation of a novel virus and a poorly managed pandemic by flogging people harder to get back to work.
#BBC
www.bbc.com/news/article...
No. You can’t solve the health fall out from uncontrolled circulation of a novel virus and a poorly managed pandemic by flogging people harder to get back to work.
#BBC
www.bbc.com/news/article...
Britain sliding 'into economic crisis' over £85bn sickness bill, ex-John Lewis boss warns
The number of people who are out of work for health reasons has grown by 800,000 since 2019.
www.bbc.com
November 5, 2025 at 8:40 PM
😂
No. You can’t solve the health fall out from uncontrolled circulation of a novel virus and a poorly managed pandemic by flogging people harder to get back to work.
#BBC
www.bbc.com/news/article...
No. You can’t solve the health fall out from uncontrolled circulation of a novel virus and a poorly managed pandemic by flogging people harder to get back to work.
#BBC
www.bbc.com/news/article...
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It’s been a pleasure working with Lex and everyone in the politics vertical at Teen Vogue. I’m heartbroken that my column, Disability Visibility, is gone. Teen Vogue was one of the few places that published disabled journalists regularly. I just spent the last 2 months working on my next column
I was laid off from Teen Vogue today along with multiple other staffers, and today is my last day.
certainly more to come from me when the dust has settled more, but to my knowledge, after today, there will be no politics staffers at Teen Vogue.
certainly more to come from me when the dust has settled more, but to my knowledge, after today, there will be no politics staffers at Teen Vogue.
November 6, 2025 at 5:28 AM
It’s been a pleasure working with Lex and everyone in the politics vertical at Teen Vogue. I’m heartbroken that my column, Disability Visibility, is gone. Teen Vogue was one of the few places that published disabled journalists regularly. I just spent the last 2 months working on my next column
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Mamdani got a humanities degree.
His win helps to illustrate that one of the central forces driving higher ed’s dissolution of the humanities is the fear that teaching people how power works can also lead to their interest in seizing it on behalf of the less powerful.
His win helps to illustrate that one of the central forces driving higher ed’s dissolution of the humanities is the fear that teaching people how power works can also lead to their interest in seizing it on behalf of the less powerful.
November 5, 2025 at 3:42 PM
Mamdani got a humanities degree.
His win helps to illustrate that one of the central forces driving higher ed’s dissolution of the humanities is the fear that teaching people how power works can also lead to their interest in seizing it on behalf of the less powerful.
His win helps to illustrate that one of the central forces driving higher ed’s dissolution of the humanities is the fear that teaching people how power works can also lead to their interest in seizing it on behalf of the less powerful.
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Such a mystery, what MASS DISABLING EVENT could have happened after 2019 to cause this?
The number of people aged between 16 and 34 who are out of work due to long-term sickness increased by 76% between 2019 and 2024
UK ‘sliding into avoidable crisis’, major review into workplace sickness warns
The number of people aged between 16 and 34 who are out of work due to long-term sickness increased by 76% between 2019 and 2024
www.independent.co.uk
November 5, 2025 at 9:14 AM
Such a mystery, what MASS DISABLING EVENT could have happened after 2019 to cause this?
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Tomorrow we're holding a Town Hall event (with lunch provided!) to discuss the proposed merger with Greenwich University. All Kent UCU members have been sent an email about it, but do bring your non-union colleagues.
It's being held in Grimond Lecture Theatre 1 and on Teams.
It's being held in Grimond Lecture Theatre 1 and on Teams.
November 5, 2025 at 11:12 AM
Tomorrow we're holding a Town Hall event (with lunch provided!) to discuss the proposed merger with Greenwich University. All Kent UCU members have been sent an email about it, but do bring your non-union colleagues.
It's being held in Grimond Lecture Theatre 1 and on Teams.
It's being held in Grimond Lecture Theatre 1 and on Teams.