Chad
@kitation.co.uk
They/he. Queer (nonbinary/pan), autistic, disabled. User researcher, accessibility advocate. Talks about disability, gender, gaming.
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in 2026 we are NOT hustling, we are NOT grinding, we are doing just enough Job to have money for Video Game
December 27, 2025 at 5:22 AM
in 2026 we are NOT hustling, we are NOT grinding, we are doing just enough Job to have money for Video Game
Happy “day after eating too much food too close to bedtime” to my fellow acid reflux girlies, how hellish was your sleep?
December 26, 2025 at 8:48 AM
Happy “day after eating too much food too close to bedtime” to my fellow acid reflux girlies, how hellish was your sleep?
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And Tiny Tim, who did die... NOT!
December 25, 2025 at 4:09 AM
And Tiny Tim, who did die... NOT!
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One final report from me before the holiday – I spoke with disabled players who noted this year's Game Awards caused seizure-like symptoms and migraines. Some reveals like Divinity caused approximately four hours of pain. Read more here:
accessgranted.ghost.io/live-perform...
accessgranted.ghost.io/live-perform...
Live Performances and Trailers Cause Seizure Effects and Migraines at The Game Awards
Disabled players discuss the negative impacts of flashing lights during this year's The Game Awards.
accessgranted.ghost.io
December 24, 2025 at 8:10 PM
One final report from me before the holiday – I spoke with disabled players who noted this year's Game Awards caused seizure-like symptoms and migraines. Some reveals like Divinity caused approximately four hours of pain. Read more here:
accessgranted.ghost.io/live-perform...
accessgranted.ghost.io/live-perform...
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Unbelievably, #DuvetKnowItsChristmas generates such good will on social media that over the years we've raised somewhere approaching a quarter of a million quid for homeless charities. If you can spare a bob or two, sling some to Centrepoint, and here's the link: www.gofundme.com/f/duvet-know...
Donate to Duvet Know It's Christmas, 2025, organized by Rhodri Marsden
Unbelievably, it's the 15th year of this thing.
What is it?
Improbably, the nig… Rhodri Marsden needs your support for Duvet Know It's Christmas, 2025
www.gofundme.com
December 24, 2025 at 7:35 PM
Unbelievably, #DuvetKnowItsChristmas generates such good will on social media that over the years we've raised somewhere approaching a quarter of a million quid for homeless charities. If you can spare a bob or two, sling some to Centrepoint, and here's the link: www.gofundme.com/f/duvet-know...
This “family is the most important thing!” is one of those social norms my autistic brain has never understood, even before I went no contact with one of my parents. Like, it doesn’t always have to be about abuse, sometimes we just don’t like the people we’re related to and that’s fine
Yeah, no thanks.
Stop guilting people about being estranged from family members. It someone is they likely have personal reasons for being so.
Stop guilting people about being estranged from family members. It someone is they likely have personal reasons for being so.
December 24, 2025 at 6:32 PM
This “family is the most important thing!” is one of those social norms my autistic brain has never understood, even before I went no contact with one of my parents. Like, it doesn’t always have to be about abuse, sometimes we just don’t like the people we’re related to and that’s fine
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Why did you transition, wrong answers only
It came for free with my blue hair
It came for free with my blue hair
Why did you transition, wrong answers only
Female software devs are treated with so much more respect
Female software devs are treated with so much more respect
Why did you transition, wrong answers only
The band already had two guitarists and they needed a bassist.
The band already had two guitarists and they needed a bassist.
December 24, 2025 at 11:37 AM
Why did you transition, wrong answers only
It came for free with my blue hair
It came for free with my blue hair
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Gamers. It’s time
December 24, 2025 at 4:16 AM
Gamers. It’s time
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We really are a nation that loves animals and hates children. These figures are so shameful (via @natacha.bsky.social).
December 24, 2025 at 6:11 AM
We really are a nation that loves animals and hates children. These figures are so shameful (via @natacha.bsky.social).
The "scientific evidence" goes to a different school, you wouldn't know them
"Interesting" how this policy claims that there is no effect on trans men because they can compete with men once they start on T, does this goes against the Supreme Court ruling that sex = birth certified sex?
"Interesting" how this policy claims that there is no effect on trans men because they can compete with men once they start on T, does this goes against the Supreme Court ruling that sex = birth certified sex?
Bowls England claims that lawn bowls is a "gender affected sport", and states that "scientific evidence shows that gender-affirming hormone therapy in trans- women does not fully moderate the male advantage", yet fails to provide any citations.
They have now adopted an anti-trans policy:
They have now adopted an anti-trans policy:
Trans and Gender Diverse Policy - Bowls England
Trans and Gender Diverse Policy The revised Bowls England Trans and Gender Diverse Policy is a revision of the 2021 policy, made in light of the 2025 Supreme Court ruling that the definition of sex in...
www.bowlsengland.com
December 24, 2025 at 11:11 AM
The "scientific evidence" goes to a different school, you wouldn't know them
"Interesting" how this policy claims that there is no effect on trans men because they can compete with men once they start on T, does this goes against the Supreme Court ruling that sex = birth certified sex?
"Interesting" how this policy claims that there is no effect on trans men because they can compete with men once they start on T, does this goes against the Supreme Court ruling that sex = birth certified sex?
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And Tiny Tim, who did NOT die, eventually became a Queen! Not dark but beautiful and terrible as the Dawn! Treacherous as the Seas! Stronger than the foundations of the Earth!
And Tiny Tim, who did NOT die, eventually found himself on a planet called Third Earth, where he had a long-running quarrel with a group of anthropomorphic cats
December 24, 2025 at 10:51 AM
And Tiny Tim, who did NOT die, eventually became a Queen! Not dark but beautiful and terrible as the Dawn! Treacherous as the Seas! Stronger than the foundations of the Earth!
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Beating up nauseating YouTube influencers can be a great way to pay for UK public services.
He isn't "losing" this money. This is called "paying tax like a responsible citizen and not hiding your money offshore" and we need to start recognising and applauding it.
December 24, 2025 at 9:00 AM
Beating up nauseating YouTube influencers can be a great way to pay for UK public services.
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up there with this classic:
![blank @mister_blank
odysseus: we now set out on our odyssey.
sailor: [raising hand] what's an odyssey?
odysseus: a long journey named after the only survivor.
sailor: oh ok wait what.
1:44 PM • 4/13/20 • Twitter for iPhone](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:f46ykt5mi5mjo76c6r2sirmz/bafkreibrijrima62netigsqal2p2c2k34stbeutgymdqfclethl3zmnoky@jpeg)
December 24, 2025 at 1:34 AM
up there with this classic:
Now that Firefox is going fully down the AI black hole, what browsers are still good? I'm on Ubuntu
December 24, 2025 at 9:22 AM
Now that Firefox is going fully down the AI black hole, what browsers are still good? I'm on Ubuntu
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I've had an execeptionally tough year.
I have no income or health insurance, and could really use your help finding my next paid project. 💜
semanticfish.com/2025-year-in...
Open to front-end, full-stack, design system, & accessibility projects. 10+ years experience.
Many more details in post!
I have no income or health insurance, and could really use your help finding my next paid project. 💜
semanticfish.com/2025-year-in...
Open to front-end, full-stack, design system, & accessibility projects. 10+ years experience.
Many more details in post!
2025: Year in Review | Semantic Fish Creative Group
This post gets personal about my experiences this year with grief, loss, health emergencies, and being disabled & working in accessibility in the US.
semanticfish.com
December 23, 2025 at 9:44 PM
I've had an execeptionally tough year.
I have no income or health insurance, and could really use your help finding my next paid project. 💜
semanticfish.com/2025-year-in...
Open to front-end, full-stack, design system, & accessibility projects. 10+ years experience.
Many more details in post!
I have no income or health insurance, and could really use your help finding my next paid project. 💜
semanticfish.com/2025-year-in...
Open to front-end, full-stack, design system, & accessibility projects. 10+ years experience.
Many more details in post!
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One thing I wish I could explain to people is the visceral anger that trans people feel for the BBC, and the media in general, right now.
Many of us still have memories of the Daily Mail monstering Lucy Meadows, who took her own life shortly afterwards.
The BBC is now doing the same with Dr Upton.
Many of us still have memories of the Daily Mail monstering Lucy Meadows, who took her own life shortly afterwards.
The BBC is now doing the same with Dr Upton.
Hi David. Generally, I agree with you, but please bear in mind that the BBC are now routinely misgendering trans people as a matter of editorial policy, and terrorising innocent people like Dr Upton.
It is institutionally rotten. I seriously doubt it can be fixed, whatever public good it still does
It is institutionally rotten. I seriously doubt it can be fixed, whatever public good it still does
December 23, 2025 at 1:09 PM
One thing I wish I could explain to people is the visceral anger that trans people feel for the BBC, and the media in general, right now.
Many of us still have memories of the Daily Mail monstering Lucy Meadows, who took her own life shortly afterwards.
The BBC is now doing the same with Dr Upton.
Many of us still have memories of the Daily Mail monstering Lucy Meadows, who took her own life shortly afterwards.
The BBC is now doing the same with Dr Upton.
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Many of us agree that a privatised BBC would be worse. But the BBC is institutionally rotten and would need a fundamental change of governance and a change of management - minimum - to start earning my trust.
We are way too far gone for just “holding it to account”.
Fundamental changes. Now.
We are way too far gone for just “holding it to account”.
Fundamental changes. Now.
December 23, 2025 at 1:09 PM
Many of us agree that a privatised BBC would be worse. But the BBC is institutionally rotten and would need a fundamental change of governance and a change of management - minimum - to start earning my trust.
We are way too far gone for just “holding it to account”.
Fundamental changes. Now.
We are way too far gone for just “holding it to account”.
Fundamental changes. Now.
Trying to do a research playback report in Word to prove that we don’t need to use PowerPoint for everything and I am ready to throw my laptop out of the window.
December 23, 2025 at 10:46 AM
Trying to do a research playback report in Word to prove that we don’t need to use PowerPoint for everything and I am ready to throw my laptop out of the window.
Ireland has been doing fine with self-ID for years, just as other countries with self-ID have, and this is a big problem for some reason?
Not that I expect much from a paper that ran a piece about less corps doing Pride right about a story about a Terf suing a uni and not connecting the two.
Not that I expect much from a paper that ran a piece about less corps doing Pride right about a story about a Terf suing a uni and not connecting the two.
‘For the first time, she could tell people who she was’: Ireland’s gender recognition decade
‘For the first time, she could tell people who she was’: Ireland’s gender recognition decade
Ireland’s 2015 Gender Recognition Act was born in an era of optimism and consensus, but as gender-critical activism grows so does debate whether it can hold
www.theguardian.com
December 23, 2025 at 10:32 AM
Ireland has been doing fine with self-ID for years, just as other countries with self-ID have, and this is a big problem for some reason?
Not that I expect much from a paper that ran a piece about less corps doing Pride right about a story about a Terf suing a uni and not connecting the two.
Not that I expect much from a paper that ran a piece about less corps doing Pride right about a story about a Terf suing a uni and not connecting the two.
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If you pay attention to any large industry long enough and follow it to its logical conclusion you eventually end up sounding like a communist even if you started off testing CPU case fans. youtu.be/cUrJVdF2me0?...
December 22, 2025 at 5:58 PM
If you pay attention to any large industry long enough and follow it to its logical conclusion you eventually end up sounding like a communist even if you started off testing CPU case fans. youtu.be/cUrJVdF2me0?...
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Legalise drugs and ban betting.
December 23, 2025 at 9:34 AM
Legalise drugs and ban betting.
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end the BBC
Former BBC employee Jack Murley has posted on Instagram about the repeated homophobic abuse he received while working for the corporation - often from BBC staff. He says the BBC has now formally apologised.
www.instagram.com/p/DSaZBd4DO8F/
www.instagram.com/p/DSaZBd4DO8F/
Jack Murley on Instagram: "Today, I met in-person with senior BBC management to receive a formal, full and unconditional apology for repeated incidents of homophobic and discriminatory abuse that I wa...
740 likes, 59 comments - jack_murley on December 18, 2025: "Today, I met in-person with senior BBC management to receive a formal, full and unconditional apology for repeated incidents of homophobic a...
www.instagram.com
December 23, 2025 at 9:39 AM
end the BBC
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by far the funniest use case for AI is “I use it for powerpoints because I hate making them and nobody looks at them” because it kinda sounds like the real workflow savings would be to stop making powerpoints
December 23, 2025 at 2:10 AM
by far the funniest use case for AI is “I use it for powerpoints because I hate making them and nobody looks at them” because it kinda sounds like the real workflow savings would be to stop making powerpoints
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Also screw the BBC for its naked agenda. It refused to carry a hugely expensive first ever YouGov survey we commissioned showing how awful trans lives in the UK have become because it was "not strong enough" but there's no piece of anti-trans hatred too petty for it to platform.
Total gaslighting. Anti-trans activist; chooses to speak in person, provoking students who want to protect trans rights; they exercise their freedom of speech to tell her she isn't wanted; she gets to speak anyway; the BBC dutifully platforms her again; and now she threatens to sue everyone.
University threatened with legal action after protest at event
Prof Alice Sullivan says her talk at the University of Bristol became like a
www.bbc.co.uk
December 22, 2025 at 6:55 AM
Also screw the BBC for its naked agenda. It refused to carry a hugely expensive first ever YouGov survey we commissioned showing how awful trans lives in the UK have become because it was "not strong enough" but there's no piece of anti-trans hatred too petty for it to platform.