Shawna Spain
@likesevenspoon.bsky.social
She/her #ActuallyAutistic #AuDHD #AmbulatoryWheelchairUser taking a lot about games & pets & #Accessibility - oh also fountain pens - all opinions are my own.
Steady increase in flaring symptoms culminating in very bad pain / mobility day, immediately followed by a day of several inches of snow.
But no, there’s “nothing wrong” with me. They say. Clearly I should “just” exercise more.
(Old complaint but grumpily relevant today)
But no, there’s “nothing wrong” with me. They say. Clearly I should “just” exercise more.
(Old complaint but grumpily relevant today)
December 3, 2025 at 3:00 PM
Steady increase in flaring symptoms culminating in very bad pain / mobility day, immediately followed by a day of several inches of snow.
But no, there’s “nothing wrong” with me. They say. Clearly I should “just” exercise more.
(Old complaint but grumpily relevant today)
But no, there’s “nothing wrong” with me. They say. Clearly I should “just” exercise more.
(Old complaint but grumpily relevant today)
It always amuses me when I pull a crispy iced rice pack out of the fridge and put it on my blazing hot joint and a mere minute later the pack is warmer than room temperature where it touched the joint.
November 26, 2025 at 4:13 PM
It always amuses me when I pull a crispy iced rice pack out of the fridge and put it on my blazing hot joint and a mere minute later the pack is warmer than room temperature where it touched the joint.
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What I want to say about Alice is this: we have not decided as a society that we want people like her to live as human beings. Currently, the regime under which she lived & died is closing off the elements that made her extraordinary life possible. Her work is literally being erased.
She was extraordinary, and extraordinarily generous. Alice Wong: I am so grateful to have been alive in her lifetime. She was one of our species' best. She deserved better. My her legacy be for a blessing.
November 15, 2025 at 11:37 AM
What I want to say about Alice is this: we have not decided as a society that we want people like her to live as human beings. Currently, the regime under which she lived & died is closing off the elements that made her extraordinary life possible. Her work is literally being erased.
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If you're just stumbling across everyone's posts about Alice Wong ( @sfdirewolf.bsky.social ) today, she was an active writer and editor, in addition to her work as a disability visibility advocate with disabilityvisibilityproject.com
Disability Visibility Project
"Creating, sharing, and amplifying disability media and culture"
disabilityvisibilityproject.com
November 15, 2025 at 6:29 AM
If you're just stumbling across everyone's posts about Alice Wong ( @sfdirewolf.bsky.social ) today, she was an active writer and editor, in addition to her work as a disability visibility advocate with disabilityvisibilityproject.com
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So I did the thing before I chickened out (or came to my senses) and threw up a GFM as a stop gap measure. I hate doing it more than anyone will hate seeing another fund raiser.
gofund.me/f5615787f
gofund.me/f5615787f
Donate to Chip in to help with the cost of existence while I job hunt., organized by Tanya DePass
Like many of those in the games industry, I was laid off back… Tanya DePass needs your support for Chip in to help with the cost of existence while I job hunt.
gofund.me
November 14, 2025 at 12:03 PM
So I did the thing before I chickened out (or came to my senses) and threw up a GFM as a stop gap measure. I hate doing it more than anyone will hate seeing another fund raiser.
gofund.me/f5615787f
gofund.me/f5615787f
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eh?
EH?
EEEEHHHH?
Shiny! I have a shop full of SHINY! Shiny for gift giving, shiny for self! Multi purpose SHINY!
*All proceeded from shiny go towards survival and MAYBE if I'm lucky, a nice turkey sammich
ko-fi.com/mcetching/shop
EH?
EEEEHHHH?
Shiny! I have a shop full of SHINY! Shiny for gift giving, shiny for self! Multi purpose SHINY!
*All proceeded from shiny go towards survival and MAYBE if I'm lucky, a nice turkey sammich
ko-fi.com/mcetching/shop
Visit Nix's House Of Glass's Shop!
I've opened a shop. Come take a look!
ko-fi.com
November 15, 2025 at 5:55 PM
eh?
EH?
EEEEHHHH?
Shiny! I have a shop full of SHINY! Shiny for gift giving, shiny for self! Multi purpose SHINY!
*All proceeded from shiny go towards survival and MAYBE if I'm lucky, a nice turkey sammich
ko-fi.com/mcetching/shop
EH?
EEEEHHHH?
Shiny! I have a shop full of SHINY! Shiny for gift giving, shiny for self! Multi purpose SHINY!
*All proceeded from shiny go towards survival and MAYBE if I'm lucky, a nice turkey sammich
ko-fi.com/mcetching/shop
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“With so many marginalized communities, we’re basically the oracles…we’re the ones who see shit before it happens.” In June 2020, I interviewed Alice Wong for TVU before she lost her ability to speak. I asked her how she’d first learned of SARS-CoV-2. She began with the 2016 election of Trump:
November 15, 2025 at 10:36 AM
“With so many marginalized communities, we’re basically the oracles…we’re the ones who see shit before it happens.” In June 2020, I interviewed Alice Wong for TVU before she lost her ability to speak. I asked her how she’d first learned of SARS-CoV-2. She began with the 2016 election of Trump:
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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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In memory of Alice Wong, the 10 Principles of Disability Justice. May she rest in power
sinsinvalid.org/10-principle...
sinsinvalid.org/10-principle...
10 Principles of Disability Justice | Sins Invalid
sinsinvalid.org
November 15, 2025 at 2:21 PM
In memory of Alice Wong, the 10 Principles of Disability Justice. May she rest in power
sinsinvalid.org/10-principle...
sinsinvalid.org/10-principle...
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Respect Alice Wong’s call here:
“When I am in public spaces and see most people unmasked either because they think the virus is a hoax, that masking is virtue signaling & a sign of weakness, aren't thinking about it, or that they simply don’t care, I feel like an expendable burden not worth saving.”
“When I am in public spaces and see most people unmasked either because they think the virus is a hoax, that masking is virtue signaling & a sign of weakness, aren't thinking about it, or that they simply don’t care, I feel like an expendable burden not worth saving.”
COVID Isn’t Going Anywhere. Masking Up Could Save My Life.
"When I am in public spaces and see most people unmasked, I feel like an expendable burden not worth saving."
www.teenvogue.com
November 15, 2025 at 5:09 PM
Respect Alice Wong’s call here:
“When I am in public spaces and see most people unmasked either because they think the virus is a hoax, that masking is virtue signaling & a sign of weakness, aren't thinking about it, or that they simply don’t care, I feel like an expendable burden not worth saving.”
“When I am in public spaces and see most people unmasked either because they think the virus is a hoax, that masking is virtue signaling & a sign of weakness, aren't thinking about it, or that they simply don’t care, I feel like an expendable burden not worth saving.”
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THREAD. A collection of photographs of excellent sheep I have met on walks.
You will find the captions to each photo in the alt text.
You will find the captions to each photo in the alt text.
November 14, 2025 at 9:48 AM
THREAD. A collection of photographs of excellent sheep I have met on walks.
You will find the captions to each photo in the alt text.
You will find the captions to each photo in the alt text.
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I hope nondisabled people are listening to disabled people as we’ve discussed the mass hemorrhaging of accessible jobs, layoffs over accommodations and spike of tools used to screen out disabled employees in the past few years (which ends survival possibilities for us)
November 15, 2025 at 6:49 PM
I hope nondisabled people are listening to disabled people as we’ve discussed the mass hemorrhaging of accessible jobs, layoffs over accommodations and spike of tools used to screen out disabled employees in the past few years (which ends survival possibilities for us)
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Art Train!! choo choo 🚂
Next stations:
@luluinwa.bsky.social
@torekdva.bsky.social
@ofmetalandmagic.bsky.social
@dicedeeds.bsky.social
feel free to come aboard or to ignore, tagged or not, no pressure.
Next stations:
@luluinwa.bsky.social
@torekdva.bsky.social
@ofmetalandmagic.bsky.social
@dicedeeds.bsky.social
feel free to come aboard or to ignore, tagged or not, no pressure.
Art Train!! choo choo 🚂
Next stations:
@silverglass.bsky.social
@celticbotanart.bsky.social
@catarinaeusebio.art
@shiftypumpkin.com
feel free to come aboard or to ignore, tagged or not, no pressure.
#arttrain #artshare #fantasyart #ttrpg #cartography
Next stations:
@silverglass.bsky.social
@celticbotanart.bsky.social
@catarinaeusebio.art
@shiftypumpkin.com
feel free to come aboard or to ignore, tagged or not, no pressure.
#arttrain #artshare #fantasyart #ttrpg #cartography
November 15, 2025 at 7:08 PM
Art Train!! choo choo 🚂
Next stations:
@luluinwa.bsky.social
@torekdva.bsky.social
@ofmetalandmagic.bsky.social
@dicedeeds.bsky.social
feel free to come aboard or to ignore, tagged or not, no pressure.
Next stations:
@luluinwa.bsky.social
@torekdva.bsky.social
@ofmetalandmagic.bsky.social
@dicedeeds.bsky.social
feel free to come aboard or to ignore, tagged or not, no pressure.
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alice wong treated me as an equal from the moment she met me. i was a teenager with very little experience in the way of organizing; she was already a titan in this community. it didn't matter. she believed above all else that everyone, no matter how small, deserved to be treated as a future elder.
November 15, 2025 at 6:45 PM
alice wong treated me as an equal from the moment she met me. i was a teenager with very little experience in the way of organizing; she was already a titan in this community. it didn't matter. she believed above all else that everyone, no matter how small, deserved to be treated as a future elder.
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We’re not doing “disability accommodations are unnecessary and unfair actually” discourse less than 24 hours after Alice Wong has passed. Absolutely the fuck not, even if it is a perfect example of the kind of shit disabled people have to deal with and why Alice’s activism was and is so necessary.
November 15, 2025 at 6:34 PM
We’re not doing “disability accommodations are unnecessary and unfair actually” discourse less than 24 hours after Alice Wong has passed. Absolutely the fuck not, even if it is a perfect example of the kind of shit disabled people have to deal with and why Alice’s activism was and is so necessary.
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New Goblin Points!
I'm joined by @dreamwisp.bsky.social . She's worked with all the usual suspects in the TTRPG business, and she was the accessibility consultant on Draw Steel. The work she did on Draw Steel, actually broke new ground in the field of art descriptions.
GoblinPoints.com/2522
I'm joined by @dreamwisp.bsky.social . She's worked with all the usual suspects in the TTRPG business, and she was the accessibility consultant on Draw Steel. The work she did on Draw Steel, actually broke new ground in the field of art descriptions.
GoblinPoints.com/2522
Jennifer Kretchmer: Making TTRPGs Accessible to Everyone | Interview - Goblin Points
News and interviews about Draw Steel and MCDM. New episodes twice a month. Hosted by Jon de Nor.
goblinpoints.com
November 15, 2025 at 12:59 PM
New Goblin Points!
I'm joined by @dreamwisp.bsky.social . She's worked with all the usual suspects in the TTRPG business, and she was the accessibility consultant on Draw Steel. The work she did on Draw Steel, actually broke new ground in the field of art descriptions.
GoblinPoints.com/2522
I'm joined by @dreamwisp.bsky.social . She's worked with all the usual suspects in the TTRPG business, and she was the accessibility consultant on Draw Steel. The work she did on Draw Steel, actually broke new ground in the field of art descriptions.
GoblinPoints.com/2522
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We recorded this months ago, and I was going to wait to share it bc of everything, but I just realized I talk about Alice’s work as part of the discussion on why and how I created Art Description, because none of my work happens without the influence of her brilliance and generosity of knowledge.
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New Goblin Points!
I'm joined by @dreamwisp.bsky.social . She's worked with all the usual suspects in the TTRPG business, and she was the accessibility consultant on Draw Steel. The work she did on Draw Steel, actually broke new ground in the field of art descriptions.
GoblinPoints.com/2522
I'm joined by @dreamwisp.bsky.social . She's worked with all the usual suspects in the TTRPG business, and she was the accessibility consultant on Draw Steel. The work she did on Draw Steel, actually broke new ground in the field of art descriptions.
GoblinPoints.com/2522
Jennifer Kretchmer: Making TTRPGs Accessible to Everyone | Interview - Goblin Points
News and interviews about Draw Steel and MCDM. New episodes twice a month. Hosted by Jon de Nor.
goblinpoints.com
November 15, 2025 at 7:51 PM
We recorded this months ago, and I was going to wait to share it bc of everything, but I just realized I talk about Alice’s work as part of the discussion on why and how I created Art Description, because none of my work happens without the influence of her brilliance and generosity of knowledge.
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1/
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this goes right along with my theory that the AI obsession in *users* is often bc…
1. they were never educated (esp "ipad generation") & don't know how computers work
2. our tools and services are all SO AWFUL NOW, degraded at best, actively user-hostile at worst
1. they were never educated (esp "ipad generation") & don't know how computers work
2. our tools and services are all SO AWFUL NOW, degraded at best, actively user-hostile at worst
November 15, 2025 at 6:47 PM
this goes right along with my theory that the AI obsession in *users* is often bc…
1. they were never educated (esp "ipad generation") & don't know how computers work
2. our tools and services are all SO AWFUL NOW, degraded at best, actively user-hostile at worst
1. they were never educated (esp "ipad generation") & don't know how computers work
2. our tools and services are all SO AWFUL NOW, degraded at best, actively user-hostile at worst
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So saddened by the news that we have lost Alice Wong. It was an honor to know her and learn from her. May the lessons she shared continue to guide us for years to come.
November 15, 2025 at 4:36 PM
So saddened by the news that we have lost Alice Wong. It was an honor to know her and learn from her. May the lessons she shared continue to guide us for years to come.
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One of the great heartbreaks of being in the disability community is how often we lose people and how many of our most powerful voices have gone silent. We must live our lives loudly and joyously in their honor and remember that our very existence is resistance.
Oh no I just heard we lost Alice. This is terribly sad. She was an incredible, talented, powerful voice of the disability community. She stood strong for herself and for all of us. She will be missed immensely.
‘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 4:45 PM
One of the great heartbreaks of being in the disability community is how often we lose people and how many of our most powerful voices have gone silent. We must live our lives loudly and joyously in their honor and remember that our very existence is resistance.
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“Yes, life is a complete dumpster fire, but I am reminded that I am not alone, that I am in this with many others.”
Gift link:
Gift link:
Alice Wong, Writer and Relentless Advocate for Disability Rights, Dies at 51
www.nytimes.com
November 15, 2025 at 8:25 PM
“Yes, life is a complete dumpster fire, but I am reminded that I am not alone, that I am in this with many others.”
Gift link:
Gift link:
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It's that time of the year again, #ThirstyNerds! The month when writers flock to the tea house for caffeine, connection, and creativity. We are reserving the big table for YOU to come get words on the page all month!
🖊️ Every Saturday from 10am-12pm
🖊️ Every Wednesday from 4pm-6pm
🖊️ Every Saturday from 10am-12pm
🖊️ Every Wednesday from 4pm-6pm
November 1, 2025 at 3:05 PM
It's that time of the year again, #ThirstyNerds! The month when writers flock to the tea house for caffeine, connection, and creativity. We are reserving the big table for YOU to come get words on the page all month!
🖊️ Every Saturday from 10am-12pm
🖊️ Every Wednesday from 4pm-6pm
🖊️ Every Saturday from 10am-12pm
🖊️ Every Wednesday from 4pm-6pm
I want to be Abbadon when I grow up.
October 30, 2025 at 3:20 AM
I want to be Abbadon when I grow up.
Bolair: “I’m going to open my secret archive”
Me: “I don’t wanna see what’s in your pants” (muttered absentmindedly to self)
A: 😂😂😂
Me: “I don’t wanna see what’s in your pants” (muttered absentmindedly to self)
A: 😂😂😂
October 26, 2025 at 2:48 AM
Bolair: “I’m going to open my secret archive”
Me: “I don’t wanna see what’s in your pants” (muttered absentmindedly to self)
A: 😂😂😂
Me: “I don’t wanna see what’s in your pants” (muttered absentmindedly to self)
A: 😂😂😂
Percy, or #DukeAmpersandKitten, tries to groom #inTerabang and gets so frustrated with her curly fur that eventually he just growls and bites her. She then looks up and him slowly and they stare - and then he goes back to trying to groom her. 😂
October 25, 2025 at 3:55 PM
Percy, or #DukeAmpersandKitten, tries to groom #inTerabang and gets so frustrated with her curly fur that eventually he just growls and bites her. She then looks up and him slowly and they stare - and then he goes back to trying to groom her. 😂