Katie Mixtochtli (they/them)
@paradoxikat.bsky.social
Blind neurodivergent software developer and streamer.
Blind half of BlindSighted (@BlindSighted.bsky.social)
http://twitch.tv/blind_sighted
Blind half of BlindSighted (@BlindSighted.bsky.social)
http://twitch.tv/blind_sighted
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Go checkout @blind_sighted.bsky.socialThat's the account for my and my husband @jjpansai.bsky.social's business, Blind Sighted Interactive.
#A11y #Accesssibility #DisabledGamer #Blind #BlindGamer #AccessibilityInGaming #twitch #patreon
twitch.tv/blind_sighted
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Hey y'all — could really use some help. Finances are more than tight. Electric is heading for a shut off.
More importantly, the cat and dog are going to run out of food before next payday.
I know we're all struggling, but please, anything helps.
conundrum9999 on venmo and cashapp
More importantly, the cat and dog are going to run out of food before next payday.
I know we're all struggling, but please, anything helps.
conundrum9999 on venmo and cashapp
October 18, 2025 at 2:46 PM
Hey y'all — could really use some help. Finances are more than tight. Electric is heading for a shut off.
More importantly, the cat and dog are going to run out of food before next payday.
I know we're all struggling, but please, anything helps.
conundrum9999 on venmo and cashapp
More importantly, the cat and dog are going to run out of food before next payday.
I know we're all struggling, but please, anything helps.
conundrum9999 on venmo and cashapp
Hey y'all — could really use some help. Finances are more than tight. Electric is heading for a shut off.
More importantly, the cat and dog are going to run out of food before next payday.
I know we're all struggling, but please, anything helps.
conundrum9999 on venmo and cashapp
More importantly, the cat and dog are going to run out of food before next payday.
I know we're all struggling, but please, anything helps.
conundrum9999 on venmo and cashapp
October 18, 2025 at 2:46 PM
Hey y'all — could really use some help. Finances are more than tight. Electric is heading for a shut off.
More importantly, the cat and dog are going to run out of food before next payday.
I know we're all struggling, but please, anything helps.
conundrum9999 on venmo and cashapp
More importantly, the cat and dog are going to run out of food before next payday.
I know we're all struggling, but please, anything helps.
conundrum9999 on venmo and cashapp
2025: privatized fucking around; socialized finding out.
September 16, 2025 at 9:47 PM
2025: privatized fucking around; socialized finding out.
Kat and JJ are live!
Describe & Discuss: Let's chat about the events in L.A. and the chaos of protests while blind — from the point of view of a blind protester and her sighted guide.
twitch.tv/blind_sighted
Describe & Discuss: Let's chat about the events in L.A. and the chaos of protests while blind — from the point of view of a blind protester and her sighted guide.
twitch.tv/blind_sighted
Blind_Sighted - Twitch
Describe & Discuss: Let's Talk About L.A.
twitch.tv
June 10, 2025 at 4:49 AM
Kat and JJ are live!
Describe & Discuss: Let's chat about the events in L.A. and the chaos of protests while blind — from the point of view of a blind protester and her sighted guide.
twitch.tv/blind_sighted
Describe & Discuss: Let's chat about the events in L.A. and the chaos of protests while blind — from the point of view of a blind protester and her sighted guide.
twitch.tv/blind_sighted
Bills stacked up fast; I'm $200 short for the rent check — which was already sent off and just hasn't cleared yet.
So I desperately need help getting that last $200 ASAP.
Please help —
c: $conundrum9999
V: conundrum9999
So I desperately need help getting that last $200 ASAP.
Please help —
c: $conundrum9999
V: conundrum9999
June 9, 2025 at 4:08 PM
Bills stacked up fast; I'm $200 short for the rent check — which was already sent off and just hasn't cleared yet.
So I desperately need help getting that last $200 ASAP.
Please help —
c: $conundrum9999
V: conundrum9999
So I desperately need help getting that last $200 ASAP.
Please help —
c: $conundrum9999
V: conundrum9999
Missed some of my daily posts. Last week was rough. Really sinking in how left out I've been after doing the minimal work to implement an accessible interface to this thing. Really fucked with me.
As a result I fell behind on work and am now paying for it by not having rent money.
As a result I fell behind on work and am now paying for it by not having rent money.
June 9, 2025 at 4:06 PM
Missed some of my daily posts. Last week was rough. Really sinking in how left out I've been after doing the minimal work to implement an accessible interface to this thing. Really fucked with me.
As a result I fell behind on work and am now paying for it by not having rent money.
As a result I fell behind on work and am now paying for it by not having rent money.
Bluesky is “screen reader accessible” the way a staircase with curb cuts on each step is a “wheelchair ramp.”
No keyboard nav. No useful landmarks. No focus memory. I lose my place every time I interact with a post.
Compliance ≠ usability.
Day 23 asking @support.bsky.team to fix this #A11yFail
No keyboard nav. No useful landmarks. No focus memory. I lose my place every time I interact with a post.
Compliance ≠ usability.
Day 23 asking @support.bsky.team to fix this #A11yFail
June 9, 2025 at 4:04 PM
Bluesky is “screen reader accessible” the way a staircase with curb cuts on each step is a “wheelchair ramp.”
No keyboard nav. No useful landmarks. No focus memory. I lose my place every time I interact with a post.
Compliance ≠ usability.
Day 23 asking @support.bsky.team to fix this #A11yFail
No keyboard nav. No useful landmarks. No focus memory. I lose my place every time I interact with a post.
Compliance ≠ usability.
Day 23 asking @support.bsky.team to fix this #A11yFail
Bluesky is “screen reader accessible” the way a staircase with curb cuts on each step is a “wheelchair ramp.”
No keyboard nav. No useful landmarks. No focus memory. I lose my place every time I interact with a post.
Compliance ≠ usability.
Day 22 asking @support.bsky.team to fix this #A11yFail
No keyboard nav. No useful landmarks. No focus memory. I lose my place every time I interact with a post.
Compliance ≠ usability.
Day 22 asking @support.bsky.team to fix this #A11yFail
May 31, 2025 at 1:42 AM
Bluesky is “screen reader accessible” the way a staircase with curb cuts on each step is a “wheelchair ramp.”
No keyboard nav. No useful landmarks. No focus memory. I lose my place every time I interact with a post.
Compliance ≠ usability.
Day 22 asking @support.bsky.team to fix this #A11yFail
No keyboard nav. No useful landmarks. No focus memory. I lose my place every time I interact with a post.
Compliance ≠ usability.
Day 22 asking @support.bsky.team to fix this #A11yFail
Bluesky is “screen reader accessible” the way a staircase with curb cuts on each step is a “wheelchair ramp.”
No keyboard nav. No useful landmarks. No focus memory. I lose my place every time I interact with a post.
Compliance ≠ usability.
Day 20 asking @support.bsky.team to fix this #A11yFail
No keyboard nav. No useful landmarks. No focus memory. I lose my place every time I interact with a post.
Compliance ≠ usability.
Day 20 asking @support.bsky.team to fix this #A11yFail
May 29, 2025 at 6:52 AM
Bluesky is “screen reader accessible” the way a staircase with curb cuts on each step is a “wheelchair ramp.”
No keyboard nav. No useful landmarks. No focus memory. I lose my place every time I interact with a post.
Compliance ≠ usability.
Day 20 asking @support.bsky.team to fix this #A11yFail
No keyboard nav. No useful landmarks. No focus memory. I lose my place every time I interact with a post.
Compliance ≠ usability.
Day 20 asking @support.bsky.team to fix this #A11yFail
Update:
It's not inspiring that blind girl had to make her own accessibility tools while y'all were just over here having community and doing nothing about it.
That's actually an an indictment of you. Doublyy so if your first reaction was inspiration and not guilt.
It's not inspiring that blind girl had to make her own accessibility tools while y'all were just over here having community and doing nothing about it.
That's actually an an indictment of you. Doublyy so if your first reaction was inspiration and not guilt.
"Wow Katie you're so cool and that's so amazing that you made an accessible bluesky client for yourself. How inspiring!"
There — I said it for you so you don't have to be an ableist cunt.
There — I said it for you so you don't have to be an ableist cunt.
May 28, 2025 at 11:55 PM
Update:
It's not inspiring that blind girl had to make her own accessibility tools while y'all were just over here having community and doing nothing about it.
That's actually an an indictment of you. Doublyy so if your first reaction was inspiration and not guilt.
It's not inspiring that blind girl had to make her own accessibility tools while y'all were just over here having community and doing nothing about it.
That's actually an an indictment of you. Doublyy so if your first reaction was inspiration and not guilt.
Oh no really — ableism looked great on you for the last 2.5 years — don't pretend to care now.
I don't need your performative solidarity. I clearly have to just make the world more inclusive to blind folks by my goddamn self.
I don't need your performative solidarity. I clearly have to just make the world more inclusive to blind folks by my goddamn self.
May 28, 2025 at 11:50 PM
Oh no really — ableism looked great on you for the last 2.5 years — don't pretend to care now.
I don't need your performative solidarity. I clearly have to just make the world more inclusive to blind folks by my goddamn self.
I don't need your performative solidarity. I clearly have to just make the world more inclusive to blind folks by my goddamn self.
Not that I expect any of you to do anything or say anything or acknowledge me in any way. Y'all were fine just ... abandoning me for the last couple years so it's ok. I actually don't expect much from you.
Go ahead and like this and move on. Scroll on past. Don't own your complicity. I get it.
Go ahead and like this and move on. Scroll on past. Don't own your complicity. I get it.
May 28, 2025 at 11:49 PM
Not that I expect any of you to do anything or say anything or acknowledge me in any way. Y'all were fine just ... abandoning me for the last couple years so it's ok. I actually don't expect much from you.
Go ahead and like this and move on. Scroll on past. Don't own your complicity. I get it.
Go ahead and like this and move on. Scroll on past. Don't own your complicity. I get it.
If you used to interact with me on twitter — or you're part of my Portland community — know that I am so betrayed, upset and disappointed in you all.
I'll get over it because I have no other choice if I want community.
But y'all really need to do the fuck better.
I'll get over it because I have no other choice if I want community.
But y'all really need to do the fuck better.
May 28, 2025 at 11:46 PM
If you used to interact with me on twitter — or you're part of my Portland community — know that I am so betrayed, upset and disappointed in you all.
I'll get over it because I have no other choice if I want community.
But y'all really need to do the fuck better.
I'll get over it because I have no other choice if I want community.
But y'all really need to do the fuck better.
Me: Hey comrades bluesky isn't accessible.
Comrades: But the alt text!
Me: there's more to a11y than alt text
comrades: *tags bsky support once or twice*
Me: ...
me: ...?
me: ...
Also me: Well guess I'm fixing it myself.
Comrades: But the alt text!
Me: there's more to a11y than alt text
comrades: *tags bsky support once or twice*
Me: ...
me: ...?
me: ...
Also me: Well guess I'm fixing it myself.
May 28, 2025 at 11:44 PM
Me: Hey comrades bluesky isn't accessible.
Comrades: But the alt text!
Me: there's more to a11y than alt text
comrades: *tags bsky support once or twice*
Me: ...
me: ...?
me: ...
Also me: Well guess I'm fixing it myself.
Comrades: But the alt text!
Me: there's more to a11y than alt text
comrades: *tags bsky support once or twice*
Me: ...
me: ...?
me: ...
Also me: Well guess I'm fixing it myself.
Do you feel shitty? Do you feel ashamed?
Good. DO that more.
If you don't then you're an ableist piece of shit and get the actual fuck off my timeline and out of my "community".
Good. DO that more.
If you don't then you're an ableist piece of shit and get the actual fuck off my timeline and out of my "community".
May 28, 2025 at 11:25 PM
Do you feel shitty? Do you feel ashamed?
Good. DO that more.
If you don't then you're an ableist piece of shit and get the actual fuck off my timeline and out of my "community".
Good. DO that more.
If you don't then you're an ableist piece of shit and get the actual fuck off my timeline and out of my "community".
Pathetic Pathetic Pathetic Pathetic Pathetic Pathetic Pathetic Pathetic Pathetic Pathetic
all of you "allies".
Making me make my own accessibility tools.
all of you "allies".
Making me make my own accessibility tools.
May 28, 2025 at 11:24 PM
Pathetic Pathetic Pathetic Pathetic Pathetic Pathetic Pathetic Pathetic Pathetic Pathetic
all of you "allies".
Making me make my own accessibility tools.
all of you "allies".
Making me make my own accessibility tools.
I'm not a front end dev.
How many of you are? How many of you front end devs call yourselves an ally? Already had the skills?
And in 2.5 years not a single one of you fucking tried? Reached out to me to help solve the problem?
How many of you are? How many of you front end devs call yourselves an ally? Already had the skills?
And in 2.5 years not a single one of you fucking tried? Reached out to me to help solve the problem?
May 28, 2025 at 11:24 PM
I'm not a front end dev.
How many of you are? How many of you front end devs call yourselves an ally? Already had the skills?
And in 2.5 years not a single one of you fucking tried? Reached out to me to help solve the problem?
How many of you are? How many of you front end devs call yourselves an ally? Already had the skills?
And in 2.5 years not a single one of you fucking tried? Reached out to me to help solve the problem?
Can you tell I'm fucking pissed that I had to make this accessible for my self and it was fucking easy and you all let me down?
May 28, 2025 at 11:15 PM
Can you tell I'm fucking pissed that I had to make this accessible for my self and it was fucking easy and you all let me down?
And now I'm just furious that you all let it go on this long and forced me to make my own fucking accommodations — again? Are you fucking kidding me?
It was this simple and not a single person from bluesky devs to allies to random devs just .... fucking fixed it?
It was this simple and not a single person from bluesky devs to allies to random devs just .... fucking fixed it?
At first I was so excited to be able to scroll the timeline. To read all your posts -- finally!
To see so many names I used to see on twitter. So much info I've been excluded from the last 2.5 years.
To see so many names I used to see on twitter. So much info I've been excluded from the last 2.5 years.
May 28, 2025 at 11:15 PM
And now I'm just furious that you all let it go on this long and forced me to make my own fucking accommodations — again? Are you fucking kidding me?
It was this simple and not a single person from bluesky devs to allies to random devs just .... fucking fixed it?
It was this simple and not a single person from bluesky devs to allies to random devs just .... fucking fixed it?
At first I was so excited to be able to scroll the timeline. To read all your posts -- finally!
To see so many names I used to see on twitter. So much info I've been excluded from the last 2.5 years.
To see so many names I used to see on twitter. So much info I've been excluded from the last 2.5 years.
May 28, 2025 at 11:14 PM
At first I was so excited to be able to scroll the timeline. To read all your posts -- finally!
To see so many names I used to see on twitter. So much info I've been excluded from the last 2.5 years.
To see so many names I used to see on twitter. So much info I've been excluded from the last 2.5 years.
In Portland, "community" looks like all your comrades leaving you out in the cold, not standing up for you, not stepping up to help — and then cheering for you when you solve the problem your fucking self.
Thanks for making me have to make my own bluesky client, assholes.
Thanks for making me have to make my own bluesky client, assholes.
May 28, 2025 at 11:12 PM
In Portland, "community" looks like all your comrades leaving you out in the cold, not standing up for you, not stepping up to help — and then cheering for you when you solve the problem your fucking self.
Thanks for making me have to make my own bluesky client, assholes.
Thanks for making me have to make my own bluesky client, assholes.
So I'm fucking pissed off.
In < 24 hours I've tought myself enough front end web dev to make a fully accessible bluesky client, with keyboard nav.
How do I have so many disability "allies" who are also front end devs and y'all just act fucking helpless while I've been isolated for 2.5 years?
In < 24 hours I've tought myself enough front end web dev to make a fully accessible bluesky client, with keyboard nav.
How do I have so many disability "allies" who are also front end devs and y'all just act fucking helpless while I've been isolated for 2.5 years?
May 28, 2025 at 11:10 PM
So I'm fucking pissed off.
In < 24 hours I've tought myself enough front end web dev to make a fully accessible bluesky client, with keyboard nav.
How do I have so many disability "allies" who are also front end devs and y'all just act fucking helpless while I've been isolated for 2.5 years?
In < 24 hours I've tought myself enough front end web dev to make a fully accessible bluesky client, with keyboard nav.
How do I have so many disability "allies" who are also front end devs and y'all just act fucking helpless while I've been isolated for 2.5 years?
Bluesky is “screen reader accessible” the way a staircase with curb cuts on each step is a “wheelchair ramp.”
No keyboard nav. No useful landmarks. No focus memory. I lose my place every time I interact with a post.
Compliance ≠ usability.
Day 19 asking @support.bsky.team to fix this #A11yFail
No keyboard nav. No useful landmarks. No focus memory. I lose my place every time I interact with a post.
Compliance ≠ usability.
Day 19 asking @support.bsky.team to fix this #A11yFail
May 27, 2025 at 10:57 PM
Bluesky is “screen reader accessible” the way a staircase with curb cuts on each step is a “wheelchair ramp.”
No keyboard nav. No useful landmarks. No focus memory. I lose my place every time I interact with a post.
Compliance ≠ usability.
Day 19 asking @support.bsky.team to fix this #A11yFail
No keyboard nav. No useful landmarks. No focus memory. I lose my place every time I interact with a post.
Compliance ≠ usability.
Day 19 asking @support.bsky.team to fix this #A11yFail
@parkroseperma.bsky.social in response to "Does PPB make you feel safe?"
Blind Portlander here — absolutely the fuck they don't.
They assaulted my sighted guide and I for having linked arms.
After 5 minutes of us screaming that I'm blind. Cane in hand. 👩🦯
www.youtube.com/watch?v=bBJC...
Blind Portlander here — absolutely the fuck they don't.
They assaulted my sighted guide and I for having linked arms.
After 5 minutes of us screaming that I'm blind. Cane in hand. 👩🦯
www.youtube.com/watch?v=bBJC...
"Stolen Eyeball" Bonus — Supplemental Footage from 09/26/2020, Courtesy of Off-Meta Media
YouTube video by Paradoxical Media
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May 27, 2025 at 8:49 PM
@parkroseperma.bsky.social in response to "Does PPB make you feel safe?"
Blind Portlander here — absolutely the fuck they don't.
They assaulted my sighted guide and I for having linked arms.
After 5 minutes of us screaming that I'm blind. Cane in hand. 👩🦯
www.youtube.com/watch?v=bBJC...
Blind Portlander here — absolutely the fuck they don't.
They assaulted my sighted guide and I for having linked arms.
After 5 minutes of us screaming that I'm blind. Cane in hand. 👩🦯
www.youtube.com/watch?v=bBJC...
Fun stream tonight. Did a little demo of #FiveNightsAtFreddys with #Accessibility modded in!
Just a proof of concept for now — the real work is ahead!
Just a proof of concept for now — the real work is ahead!
May 27, 2025 at 6:02 AM
Fun stream tonight. Did a little demo of #FiveNightsAtFreddys with #Accessibility modded in!
Just a proof of concept for now — the real work is ahead!
Just a proof of concept for now — the real work is ahead!