Alice Wong died. You might have seen her on that show with W. Kamau Bell a few years ago. Not exactly like losing a friend, but we talked on socials a few times.I enjoyed her and took some inspiration from what she accomplished, even though I don't feel like I am in a place to be a Crip Elder Stateswoman in any way. (She was more conscious of living on borrowed time than I, aside from the fact that nobody in Gen X really thought we'd be our age--add in disability, though, and we've all seen a few fragile threads get snapped by now.) Unlike me, though, she had confidence in the disability community and its wisdom. I can't always relate, but that is something to aspire to. [link]

Damn. Alice was something of a local hero here. I never met her, but my friend-and-former-colleague Liz used to write (and talk) about her a lot.

Thanks for letting us know, Erika.

Yeah, what remains of Disability Twitter(spread across wherever) is kind of torn up today.