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Elea Chang
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Can be spotted scoot scooting. Sometimes gender (they / name only pls). Making affecttheverb.com / Disabled And Here.

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elea.fyi
2026 just laughed in my face, as we had to say goodbye to Fingol last night.
January 2, 2026 at 9:33 PM
elea.fyi
It’s the last day of the year, but 2025 hasn’t finished wrecking its havoc and Fingol is once again heading to urgent care (this time for eye issues). So much of where I went this year was either a human or animal hospital.
December 31, 2025 at 9:33 PM
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anandatoday.bsky.social
I live in CA where all registered voters get a mail in ballot; I stopped using USPS to post my ballot during the first trmp term. I vote early, and take it directly to the election office. Not even the ballot drop boxes, I hand it over to someone in the election office. Paranoid you say?
simplyskye.bsky.social Skye @simplyskye.bsky.social · 11d
USPS quietly changed its postmark rules — mail is no longer dated when you drop it off. The “official” date is when it hits automated sorting — sometimes days later

Which could have major implications for mail in voting — it’s a clever way to disenfranchise voters that’s going largely overlooked
A USPS mailbox in New York City
December 29, 2025 at 8:58 PM
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oopsallmutualaid.bsky.social
The Sameer Project is doing incredible mutual aid work under the hardest circumstances. Support them if you can!
December 28, 2025 at 5:22 PM
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blackamazon.bsky.social
HEY SURVIVORS !!

HEY ATTENTION TO ME

beloveds you do not have to read or witness all of this . You do not have to re traumatize

You don’t owe nobody nothing
December 23, 2025 at 10:35 PM
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counciloravalos.bsky.social
This isn’t a developer crisis, it's an affordability crisis. While investors and developers may think it’s a joke to rent out units as “low” as $1,399 a month, the reality is that’s still more than many Portlanders can afford.
A graph showing 2024 rent limits for 1 bedroom apartments prepared by the City's Community and Economic Development staff on a slide titled "Mismatch between affordable rents and tenant incomes." A bar graph shows significant gaps at 30%, 40%, 50%, and 60% Area Median Income (AMI) between what the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) limits rent for a 1 BR Apartment to what a Portlander at that AMI can afford (affordable meaning 30% of income). For the Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro Metropolitan Statistical Area (MSA), median income is $86,870 for 1-person household. For Portland, the median income is $40,743 for 1-person household. The market rate rent for an average 1 br in 2024 was $1,465.
December 17, 2025 at 8:30 PM
elea.fyi
“Details to follow. Meanwhile, we honor all forms of grieving and ritual, while holding that Alice had specific plans for her memorial. We're working on some delightful Alice inspired offerings to share here. Take care of yourself and each other.”
November 21, 2025 at 9:38 PM
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Transcription of the graphic if it’s easier than clicking on alt text:
“In accordance with Alice's wishes, a community celebration of her phenomenal life is being planned by her close friends and family. The hybrid gathering will be in the spring.”
November 21, 2025 at 9:37 PM
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Passing on the message from Instagram as approved by Alice Wong’s family and posted by Sandy Ho.

About Alice’s Celebration of Life:
About Alice's Celebration of Life In accordance with Alice's wishes, a community celebration of her phenomenal life is being planned by her close friends and family. The hybrid gathering will be in the spring. Details to follow. Meanwhile, we honor all forms of grieving and ritual, while holding that Alice had specific plans for her memorial. We're working on some delightful Alice inspired offerings to share here. Take care of yourself and each other.
November 21, 2025 at 9:35 PM
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blackamazon.bsky.social
I’m gonna reboost this and request a brain saving miracle because if Idont have enough my retirement that would be AWESOME

and rock back and forth before editing
blackamazon.bsky.social 🇬🇾🗽Sydette The Dreaded Gorgon🗽🇬🇾 @blackamazon.bsky.social · Apr 10
Welp it’s gotten real real if you can please help. If you can’t it’s really hard out here so share

gofund.me/a5ee0064
November 20, 2025 at 7:20 PM
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thellpsx.bsky.social
Hey we the living: @dopegirlfresh.blacksky.app has a fundraiser for some badly needed disability and getting out of hell needs. www.gofundme.com/f/support-my... check it out and support if you can.
Donate to Support My Journey to Safety and Health, organized by Lenée A. Voss
Hi, I'm Lenée. I am an organizer and cultural worker. I need your help to get ou… Lenée A. Voss needs your support for Support My Journey to Safety and Health
www.gofundme.com
November 18, 2025 at 5:54 AM
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thellpsx.bsky.social
llps.substack.com/p/alice-wong.... what is remembered lives. @pipagaopoetry.bsky.social and me wrote our assess off on our Crips for eSims memory song for our beloved @sfdirewolf.bsky.social . #AliceForever
Alice Wong was Crips for eSims for Gaza, and Everything to Us
by Jane Shi and Leah Lakshmi Piepzna-Samarasinha
llps.substack.com
November 17, 2025 at 6:39 PM
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ashantifortson.com
Heartbroken to learn of Alice’s passing. I looked up to her immensely, and I was so grateful for her patience, grace, creativity, & insight as a collaborator. I will miss her fierce kindness & her sharp wit so very much.

I drew this portrait of us in 2021 for CommunityAsHome. Rest in power, Alice.
Illustrated portrait of Alice Wong and Ashanti Fortson, surrounded by dreamy purple clouds and shooting stars.
November 16, 2025 at 6:19 PM
elea.fyi
The photos were taken in pre-COVID days, before Alice entered her fashionista era and I understood my genderfluidity. They are the first and last times Alice and I were able to spend time together in person.
November 16, 2025 at 7:34 PM
elea.fyi
With many people covering Alice’s impact and legacy, the Alice Wong I want to remember is the woman behind all the bodies of work. The super blunt, funny, and empathetic human that I was able to be friends with for a little while.

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Photo of me (an Asian genderfluid person in my long hair femme days) alongside Alice (an Asian woman wearing a BiPAP mask and sitting in her power wheelchair). We are both smiling at the camera. Alice and I sit outside a cafe and smile for the camera. Alice (an Asian woman) has a BiPAP machine and a power wheelchair while I (a genderfluid Asian person in my long ombré red hair days) am leaning towards her awkwardly in my travel mobility scooter.
November 16, 2025 at 7:30 PM
elea.fyi
This is the GoFundMe that will support Alice’s family and ongoing projects: www.gofundme.com/f/alice-wong...
Donate to Help Alice Stay In Community, organized by yomi wrong
Our comrade, friend, collaborator and fierce Tiger Mischief Maker, Alice Wong, needs us. A… yomi wrong needs your support for Help Alice Stay In Community
www.gofundme.com
November 15, 2025 at 10:09 PM
elea.fyi
For those not on Instagram, here is the statement from Alice Wong’s family:
Screenshot of Alice’s Instagram post. It has a statement from Alice’s family, reading: “"Alice Wong passed away on Friday, November 14th at UCS Hospital due to an infection. She was 51 years old. Alice lived in San Francisco and grew up in Indiana. Alice was the daughter to Henry and Bobby. The elder sister to Emily and Grace. The cat mom to Bert and Ernie, and a dear friend to many. She will be remembered as being a fierce luminary in disability justice, a brilliant writer, editor and community organizer. Her work can be found at Disability Visibility Project. As we mourn the incomprehensible loss of Alice, we share the words she gifted us with from her memoir, Year of the Tiger. "The real gift any person can give is a web of connective tissue. If we love fiercely, our ancestors live among and speak to us through these incandescent filaments glowing from the warmth of memories." We would like to invite her friends, community, and her many fans to contribute to Alice's GoFundMe to continue the legacy of her work." The caption for the image clarifies that it was posted by Sandy Ho.
November 15, 2025 at 10:07 PM
elea.fyi
Alice’s obituary: archive.is/oxA7l

Shared through Archive.is so we don’t have to support fascist-loving publications.
archive.is
November 15, 2025 at 8:08 PM
elea.fyi
You as well. I know she was so proud of the work you did together.
November 15, 2025 at 6:55 AM
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thrasherxy.bsky.social
Our beloved Alice Wong has joined the ancestors. It was one of the great honors of my life to call Alice my friend, co-author & co-conspirator. She was a true genius, a force of nature the likes of which the world has never seen before. I love you, Alice, and am equal parts grateful and devastated
Steven and Alice smiling and holding each other’s books
November 15, 2025 at 6:09 AM
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hollowoak.bsky.social
For those not on Instagram:
bsky.app/profile/drsh...
November 15, 2025 at 6:29 AM
elea.fyi
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...
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 5:57 AM
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marisakabas.bsky.social
Failed country.
Supreme Court issues emergency order to block full SNAP food aid payments
The Supreme Court has granted the Trump administration’s emergency appeal to temporarily block a court order to fully fund SNAP food aid payments amid the government shutdown.
apnews.com
November 8, 2025 at 2:52 AM
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amnis.bsky.social
It’s OR local governments - they’ve been on it 💚 The Oregonian and OPB @opb.org (Oregon Public Broadcasting) also have other pieces on SNAP funding in and by the state/local govs

bsky.app/profile/oreg...
November 7, 2025 at 4:36 PM
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marisakabas.bsky.social
NEWS — The Oregon Department of Human Services has issued 100% of November SNAP benefits, per an alert on their website. I've received reports that the funds have already hit recipients' EBT accounts.

www.oregon.gov/odhs/news/Pa...
November 7, 2025 at 3:53 PM