Rika Klassen
@rikaklassen.bsky.social
Deafblind (ASL/EN)
EN: She/her
ASL: They/them/👉
EN: She/her
ASL: They/them/👉
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Am I surprised that the Vancouver city council functionally stole public land from the city's children to benefit a private developer? No, not remotely, this is a right wing council and you will never go broke betting that they will side with monied interests over the public good.
Vancouver council votes to rezone school land for condos
Vancouver city council has voted to rezone a section of land that served as a basketball court at an elementary school in East Vancouver to make way for an apartment building.
www.ctvnews.ca
November 15, 2025 at 3:36 PM
Am I surprised that the Vancouver city council functionally stole public land from the city's children to benefit a private developer? No, not remotely, this is a right wing council and you will never go broke betting that they will side with monied interests over the public good.
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RIP Alice Wong, its kinda amazing how much one person can impact the world
November 15, 2025 at 3:57 PM
RIP Alice Wong, its kinda amazing how much one person can impact the world
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RIP Alice Wong, author, #HumanRights activist, disabled warrior and fierce with it! Farewell @sfdirewolf.bsky.social
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If you haven't heard of Alice Wong, here's an interview from earlier in 2025 on her receiving a 2024 MacArthur ‘genius’ award.
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www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
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If you haven't heard of Alice Wong, here's an interview from earlier in 2025 on her receiving a 2024 MacArthur ‘genius’ award.
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www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
Disability advocate Alice Wong on resistance in the new year: ‘Life is a dumpster fire, but I’m not alone’
The activist, who received a 2024 MacArthur ‘genius’ grant, reflects on a moment that changed her life – and why she finds hope in sci-fi
www.theguardian.com
November 15, 2025 at 8:30 AM
RIP Alice Wong, author, #HumanRights activist, disabled warrior and fierce with it! Farewell @sfdirewolf.bsky.social
😢
If you haven't heard of Alice Wong, here's an interview from earlier in 2025 on her receiving a 2024 MacArthur ‘genius’ award.
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www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
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If you haven't heard of Alice Wong, here's an interview from earlier in 2025 on her receiving a 2024 MacArthur ‘genius’ award.
🏆
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
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🧵 Rest in power, Alice Wong. @sfdirewolf.bsky.social A trailblazer, a fierce advocate, and a relentless voice for disability rights. Her work changed the landscape for so many. /1
November 15, 2025 at 7:52 AM
🧵 Rest in power, Alice Wong. @sfdirewolf.bsky.social A trailblazer, a fierce advocate, and a relentless voice for disability rights. Her work changed the landscape for so many. /1
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Trans women deserve to play in women's sports because trans women are women.
Not because they have "female range testosterone".
Trans women not on HRT also deserve to play sports on women's teams.
Stop being transmedicalist.
Not because they have "female range testosterone".
Trans women not on HRT also deserve to play sports on women's teams.
Stop being transmedicalist.
November 15, 2025 at 4:36 PM
Trans women deserve to play in women's sports because trans women are women.
Not because they have "female range testosterone".
Trans women not on HRT also deserve to play sports on women's teams.
Stop being transmedicalist.
Not because they have "female range testosterone".
Trans women not on HRT also deserve to play sports on women's teams.
Stop being transmedicalist.
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Alice Wong was a real one.
November 15, 2025 at 8:46 AM
Alice Wong was a real one.
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Alice was a friend, a mentor, and a guide to so many in the disability community, and especially in the realms of disability and technology and disabled-led design.
This one hurts bad, but some of her last words were "Don't let the bastards grind you down. I love you all."
Gonna try to hold that.
This one hurts bad, but some of her last words were "Don't let the bastards grind you down. I love you all."
Gonna try to hold that.
November 15, 2025 at 7:25 AM
Alice was a friend, a mentor, and a guide to so many in the disability community, and especially in the realms of disability and technology and disabled-led design.
This one hurts bad, but some of her last words were "Don't let the bastards grind you down. I love you all."
Gonna try to hold that.
This one hurts bad, but some of her last words were "Don't let the bastards grind you down. I love you all."
Gonna try to hold that.
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girl whatever. lez out if you want to
November 13, 2025 at 6:59 PM
girl whatever. lez out if you want to
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Guerrero
mixed media on paper, 4"x4", 2025
prints: www.inprnt.com/gallery/mxmo...
original for sale: ko-fi.com/s/b81cdb62d2
mixed media on paper, 4"x4", 2025
prints: www.inprnt.com/gallery/mxmo...
original for sale: ko-fi.com/s/b81cdb62d2
July 21, 2025 at 7:12 AM
Guerrero
mixed media on paper, 4"x4", 2025
prints: www.inprnt.com/gallery/mxmo...
original for sale: ko-fi.com/s/b81cdb62d2
mixed media on paper, 4"x4", 2025
prints: www.inprnt.com/gallery/mxmo...
original for sale: ko-fi.com/s/b81cdb62d2
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In 2022, I commissioned @mollycrabapple.bsky.social to make a portrait of @sfdirewolf.bsky.social, as part of a series for the release of The Viral Underclass. Molly signed if for her. Alice was so excited to have a Molly Crabapple of herself!
November 15, 2025 at 7:17 AM
In 2022, I commissioned @mollycrabapple.bsky.social to make a portrait of @sfdirewolf.bsky.social, as part of a series for the release of The Viral Underclass. Molly signed if for her. Alice was so excited to have a Molly Crabapple of herself!
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This is the first page of The Viral Underclass. I am so glad I got to give her a signed copy and that I also got to send her a copy of the Chinese translation when it was published. She was so excited to see her words translated into Chinese.
November 15, 2025 at 6:30 AM
This is the first page of The Viral Underclass. I am so glad I got to give her a signed copy and that I also got to send her a copy of the Chinese translation when it was published. She was so excited to see her words translated into Chinese.
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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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v good thread to show to your cis people who don’t understand the kafkaesque web of insane bureaucratic nonsense that british trans people have been trapped in for decades
I want to explain a few things and then it might be clearer why UK trans people are upset.
In 2001 I married my wife, Sylvia.
In 2005 I started medical transition. (1/13)
In 2001 I married my wife, Sylvia.
In 2005 I started medical transition. (1/13)
August 31, 2025 at 9:27 AM
v good thread to show to your cis people who don’t understand the kafkaesque web of insane bureaucratic nonsense that british trans people have been trapped in for decades
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Thank you Alice for being my friend and comrade. You have been a beacon, a badass crip auntie who modelled incredible boundaries and offered the world such incisive wisdom and grace. We are all better for having known Alice.
#ConnectingGaza
#ConnectingGaza
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 6:39 AM
Thank you Alice for being my friend and comrade. You have been a beacon, a badass crip auntie who modelled incredible boundaries and offered the world such incisive wisdom and grace. We are all better for having known Alice.
#ConnectingGaza
#ConnectingGaza
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this isn’t my MOST woke opinion but it is one i’m passionate about:
borders shouldn’t exist and there should be complete freedom of movement globally. fuck visas. get rid of them
borders shouldn’t exist and there should be complete freedom of movement globally. fuck visas. get rid of them
"my least woke opinion is---"
That's enough. We've had enough people indulging in the "thrill of a little conservatism", as a treat. Of considering reactionary thought to be a salacious and taboo in a world descending into reactionary mania.
Give me your MOST woke opinions. We're bringing it back.
That's enough. We've had enough people indulging in the "thrill of a little conservatism", as a treat. Of considering reactionary thought to be a salacious and taboo in a world descending into reactionary mania.
Give me your MOST woke opinions. We're bringing it back.
November 14, 2025 at 10:10 AM
this isn’t my MOST woke opinion but it is one i’m passionate about:
borders shouldn’t exist and there should be complete freedom of movement globally. fuck visas. get rid of them
borders shouldn’t exist and there should be complete freedom of movement globally. fuck visas. get rid of them
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not just HRT, any and all body modifications. full body autonomy for all. GIVE ME MY FUCKING VAMPIRE TEETH
November 14, 2025 at 10:23 AM
not just HRT, any and all body modifications. full body autonomy for all. GIVE ME MY FUCKING VAMPIRE TEETH
Rest in peace Alice Wong. You were a good friend on Twitter.
November 15, 2025 at 6:29 AM
Rest in peace Alice Wong. You were a good friend on Twitter.
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I lack proper words for how devastated I am over the loss of @sfdirewolf.bsky.social.
I hope that you were at peace, I hope that you were filled with joy and love, and I hope that you knew how many of us have been thankful to bear witness to your life. We are lucky to call you our ancestor.
I hope that you were at peace, I hope that you were filled with joy and love, and I hope that you knew how many of us have been thankful to bear witness to your life. We are lucky to call you our ancestor.
November 15, 2025 at 6:21 AM
I lack proper words for how devastated I am over the loss of @sfdirewolf.bsky.social.
I hope that you were at peace, I hope that you were filled with joy and love, and I hope that you knew how many of us have been thankful to bear witness to your life. We are lucky to call you our ancestor.
I hope that you were at peace, I hope that you were filled with joy and love, and I hope that you knew how many of us have been thankful to bear witness to your life. We are lucky to call you our ancestor.
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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 5:57 AM
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...
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leftists who mock youth liberation end up sounding indistinguishable from reactionaries very quickly because opposition to youth liberation *is* reactionary
(see also: anarcha-feminism backlash)
most people who consider ourselves on the left are just playing a team sport with no deeper principles
(see also: anarcha-feminism backlash)
most people who consider ourselves on the left are just playing a team sport with no deeper principles
"my least woke opinion is---"
That's enough. We've had enough people indulging in the "thrill of a little conservatism", as a treat. Of considering reactionary thought to be a salacious and taboo in a world descending into reactionary mania.
Give me your MOST woke opinions. We're bringing it back.
That's enough. We've had enough people indulging in the "thrill of a little conservatism", as a treat. Of considering reactionary thought to be a salacious and taboo in a world descending into reactionary mania.
Give me your MOST woke opinions. We're bringing it back.
November 14, 2025 at 9:25 AM
leftists who mock youth liberation end up sounding indistinguishable from reactionaries very quickly because opposition to youth liberation *is* reactionary
(see also: anarcha-feminism backlash)
most people who consider ourselves on the left are just playing a team sport with no deeper principles
(see also: anarcha-feminism backlash)
most people who consider ourselves on the left are just playing a team sport with no deeper principles
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I don't think I'm ever going to get over the fact Link was banned over fucking ALT TEXT. It wasn't the picture - it was the fact he did the right thing and described it.
Jokes, we all know it's because he embarrassed Jay by pointing out her transphobia. The alt was just an excuse.
Jokes, we all know it's because he embarrassed Jay by pointing out her transphobia. The alt was just an excuse.
November 14, 2025 at 2:32 PM
I don't think I'm ever going to get over the fact Link was banned over fucking ALT TEXT. It wasn't the picture - it was the fact he did the right thing and described it.
Jokes, we all know it's because he embarrassed Jay by pointing out her transphobia. The alt was just an excuse.
Jokes, we all know it's because he embarrassed Jay by pointing out her transphobia. The alt was just an excuse.
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“The fifth estate obtained internal Health Canada reports that reveal the federal government was advised by its own experts to expand access to a greater range of safe and regulated drugs for people across Canada.”
From CBC: www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
From CBC: www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
They’re at risk of dying from opioid overdose. The government cut funding that could help them | CBC News
As deadly drug overdoses climbed across Canada, decision-makers faced political backlash for funding programs that gave drug users prescribed opioids and, against their own experts’ advice, scaled bac...
www.cbc.ca
November 14, 2025 at 5:50 PM
“The fifth estate obtained internal Health Canada reports that reveal the federal government was advised by its own experts to expand access to a greater range of safe and regulated drugs for people across Canada.”
From CBC: www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
From CBC: www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
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i hope the pilot tests to treat long covid with zepbound and other GLP-1s are successful both because it would be great for people suffering from the condition to get relief and secondarily because it'd be a funny collision of Discourses
November 14, 2025 at 7:11 PM
i hope the pilot tests to treat long covid with zepbound and other GLP-1s are successful both because it would be great for people suffering from the condition to get relief and secondarily because it'd be a funny collision of Discourses
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