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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schedule for this week! bit different to usual as I have some extra stuff on at the start of the week, but I'm looking forward to getting back to a better rhythm. <3
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Instead of doing a consumerism on "Black" Friday, consider supporting small businesses, dropping a few coins in someone's ko-fi or go fund me, sign up for their patreon instead.
Life is expensive, things are hard. Drop coins to humans, not AI, or big corporations today.
QRP with your links!
Life is expensive, things are hard. Drop coins to humans, not AI, or big corporations today.
QRP with your links!
November 28, 2025 at 1:07 PM
Instead of doing a consumerism on "Black" Friday, consider supporting small businesses, dropping a few coins in someone's ko-fi or go fund me, sign up for their patreon instead.
Life is expensive, things are hard. Drop coins to humans, not AI, or big corporations today.
QRP with your links!
Life is expensive, things are hard. Drop coins to humans, not AI, or big corporations today.
QRP with your links!
this is the single best email I've ever gotten.
Dear Callie,
Apologies
Dear Callie,
Apologies
November 26, 2025 at 4:02 PM
this is the single best email I've ever gotten.
Dear Callie,
Apologies
Dear Callie,
Apologies
I think I'm going to manage two days in a row out of the house. this has been achieved by: not getting out of bed until 5pm on the second day (rehearsal I have to attend is in the evening).
it remains possible that the PEM will hit me later in the week but I'll take it this time to feel like myself
it remains possible that the PEM will hit me later in the week but I'll take it this time to feel like myself
November 25, 2025 at 4:56 PM
I think I'm going to manage two days in a row out of the house. this has been achieved by: not getting out of bed until 5pm on the second day (rehearsal I have to attend is in the evening).
it remains possible that the PEM will hit me later in the week but I'll take it this time to feel like myself
it remains possible that the PEM will hit me later in the week but I'll take it this time to feel like myself
schedule for this week! bit different to usual as I have some extra stuff on at the start of the week, but I'm looking forward to getting back to a better rhythm. <3
November 23, 2025 at 5:49 PM
schedule for this week! bit different to usual as I have some extra stuff on at the start of the week, but I'm looking forward to getting back to a better rhythm. <3
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this.
also, if you care about disability justice, hope you’re also pro-fat liberation.
do you know how many people have gone to the doctor for troubling symptoms, been automatically dismissed and told to lose weight, and then developed late-stage/severe chronic and acute illnesses?
also, if you care about disability justice, hope you’re also pro-fat liberation.
do you know how many people have gone to the doctor for troubling symptoms, been automatically dismissed and told to lose weight, and then developed late-stage/severe chronic and acute illnesses?
It also fucking sucks that so many people on the Left(s) refuse to understand anti-fatness as a system of oppression, and fat liberation as a legitimate anti-oppression movement.
It sucks, because it's all connected, and if you don't see this part, you don't have a clear understanding of the whole.
It sucks, because it's all connected, and if you don't see this part, you don't have a clear understanding of the whole.
November 21, 2025 at 4:57 PM
this.
also, if you care about disability justice, hope you’re also pro-fat liberation.
do you know how many people have gone to the doctor for troubling symptoms, been automatically dismissed and told to lose weight, and then developed late-stage/severe chronic and acute illnesses?
also, if you care about disability justice, hope you’re also pro-fat liberation.
do you know how many people have gone to the doctor for troubling symptoms, been automatically dismissed and told to lose weight, and then developed late-stage/severe chronic and acute illnesses?
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It also implies that “Writer” is a medical condition, which would explain a lot.
Almost a year now since I received this absolutely classic burn from the Canadian government.
November 21, 2025 at 11:04 PM
It also implies that “Writer” is a medical condition, which would explain a lot.
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Jennifer English realizing she's a lesbian and falling in love with one of her mocap directors (Aliona Baranova) over the course of making BG3 and seeing all the queer folks embracing Shadowheart and the impact the game had is genuinely one of the best stories in game production in a long time
Congrats to Jennifer English for winning the Best Lead Performer award at the 2025 #GoldenJoystickAwards!
And her acceptance speech about queer joy was a love letter to @aliona.bsky.social 🥹🌈
And her acceptance speech about queer joy was a love letter to @aliona.bsky.social 🥹🌈
November 21, 2025 at 1:55 AM
Jennifer English realizing she's a lesbian and falling in love with one of her mocap directors (Aliona Baranova) over the course of making BG3 and seeing all the queer folks embracing Shadowheart and the impact the game had is genuinely one of the best stories in game production in a long time
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Today is Trans Day of Remembrance. Since 31st October 2024, at least 340 trans people have lost their lives to anti-trans violence, or suicide. Transphobia kills. Please be an ally every day. tdor.translivesmatter.info/reports?from...
Remembering Our Dead - Reports
1 Nov 2024 to 20 Nov 2025
tdor.translivesmatter.info
November 20, 2025 at 9:30 AM
Today is Trans Day of Remembrance. Since 31st October 2024, at least 340 trans people have lost their lives to anti-trans violence, or suicide. Transphobia kills. Please be an ally every day. tdor.translivesmatter.info/reports?from...
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Not satisfied with just destroying their own brand goodwill, OS companies are now using AI to try to destroy the good names of the apps users install. (Scrivener taking out adds to explain how it has no AI but Apple adds some anyway.)
November 19, 2025 at 8:19 PM
Not satisfied with just destroying their own brand goodwill, OS companies are now using AI to try to destroy the good names of the apps users install. (Scrivener taking out adds to explain how it has no AI but Apple adds some anyway.)
80,000 draft words and 4.5 years in, lying here feeling dreadfully unwell, I think it has just clicked that the thing that links all the media forms in my thesis together is not "interactivity" so much as it is the act of play.
if only I could sit up right now or write about it. 😂
if only I could sit up right now or write about it. 😂
November 19, 2025 at 10:03 PM
80,000 draft words and 4.5 years in, lying here feeling dreadfully unwell, I think it has just clicked that the thing that links all the media forms in my thesis together is not "interactivity" so much as it is the act of play.
if only I could sit up right now or write about it. 😂
if only I could sit up right now or write about it. 😂
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What is wrong with you people??
I see a lot of people speculating about how Alice died and I am asking you to...please not do that. If her family wants to share information about that on their own time, they will, but the speculation and sometimes outright conspiracy theories are actually really upsetting for them to see.
November 17, 2025 at 7:06 PM
What is wrong with you people??
no stream schedule for this week folks as I'm unwell - currently unable to be anywhere other than bed for very long. hoping I'll have points where I can get to the desk this week, but being kind to myself & so playing it by ear <3
November 17, 2025 at 7:46 PM
no stream schedule for this week folks as I'm unwell - currently unable to be anywhere other than bed for very long. hoping I'll have points where I can get to the desk this week, but being kind to myself & so playing it by ear <3
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This is a great obit, and I appreciated Alice’s fight for Palestinians in Gaza being highlighted. I also want to give a shout out to Miles for asking permission to cite my post when technically you don’t have to do that re media law but still an ethical thing to do.
November 16, 2025 at 10:38 PM
This is a great obit, and I appreciated Alice’s fight for Palestinians in Gaza being highlighted. I also want to give a shout out to Miles for asking permission to cite my post when technically you don’t have to do that re media law but still an ethical thing to do.
very much enjoying the Foundry bug that is randomly turning members of the party into my myconid familiar when they try to roll.
November 16, 2025 at 9:36 PM
very much enjoying the Foundry bug that is randomly turning members of the party into my myconid familiar when they try to roll.
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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...
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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.