Kit (job hunting | 職探し )
@flowerstorm.tech
Human-centered UX means every kind of human. Accessibility specialist (WAS & APX). Accessibility consultant with Draw Steel. Special interest: Japanese religions & traditions. Queer, chronic illness/spoonie. They/them. Contact: kitsjobhunt at gmail.
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Still job hunting as we go into Labor Day (US) Weekend. 8+ years exp #accessibility & #UX , including B2B, SaaS, & govt. I specialized in helping orgs establish an accessibility practice, & growth hacking once established. Recent: integrating doc accessibility for >800 pages with MCDM.
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Rebecca Heineman is a goddamn legend among women. She did SO much great stuff, from her impossible game ports, to tirelessly keeping the mac gaming scene alive, to making sure that the Kinect works when you're wearing a skirt, to making the worst version of DOOM kinda glorious in its own way.
My trailblazing game industry bad-ass friend Rebecca Heineman has passed away.
Fuck cancer.
Friends, let’s not forget her: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rebecca...
Fuck cancer.
Friends, let’s not forget her: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rebecca...
Rebecca Heineman - Wikipedia
en.wikipedia.org
November 17, 2025 at 10:49 PM
Rebecca Heineman is a goddamn legend among women. She did SO much great stuff, from her impossible game ports, to tirelessly keeping the mac gaming scene alive, to making sure that the Kinect works when you're wearing a skirt, to making the worst version of DOOM kinda glorious in its own way.
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Another fun tidbit is that most domestic violence shelters can’t take minors!
November 16, 2025 at 8:07 PM
Another fun tidbit is that most domestic violence shelters can’t take minors!
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Child marriage is heinous, but one thing I never see brought up in those discussions is that if you are under 18, you cannot file for divorce. If you are under 18 and married to an adult, they are your legal guardian and make decisions for you. That is not a partnership.
Most Minors Who Are Married Can't File for Divorce — Even if They Want To
The final installment of Wedlocked, our series about child marriage in the U.S., explores divorce.
www.teenvogue.com
November 16, 2025 at 8:01 PM
Child marriage is heinous, but one thing I never see brought up in those discussions is that if you are under 18, you cannot file for divorce. If you are under 18 and married to an adult, they are your legal guardian and make decisions for you. That is not a partnership.
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Never tell me that Dick Dastardly style mustache twirlers in fiction are unrealistic ever again.
Someone called this vice signaling and… *sigh* yeah.
Someone called this vice signaling and… *sigh* yeah.
Weird how many racists like to self-identify themselves as racists.
November 17, 2025 at 6:26 PM
Never tell me that Dick Dastardly style mustache twirlers in fiction are unrealistic ever again.
Someone called this vice signaling and… *sigh* yeah.
Someone called this vice signaling and… *sigh* yeah.
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The idea that individuals are going to be able to "negotiate" better rates with health insurers than the US government can is pants-on-head level absurd on its face
Cassidy: "The president is proposing that we take the $26b that would be going to insurance companies if we just do an extension and give it directly to the American people in which 100% of the money is used for them to purchase healthcare on their own terms. That makes them an informed consumer."
November 16, 2025 at 4:32 PM
The idea that individuals are going to be able to "negotiate" better rates with health insurers than the US government can is pants-on-head level absurd on its face
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Turner Classic Movies is airing an 11-film exploration of trans identities in movies hosted by the authors of Corpses, Fools, & Monsters (great recent history of the topic) starting tomorrow at 8
Trans Images on Film
November 17 & 24 | 11 FilmsWith the recent publication of “Corpses, Fools and Monsters: The History and Future of Transness in Cinema,” Turner Classic Movies sheds light on the various perspe...
www.tcm.com
November 16, 2025 at 10:46 PM
Turner Classic Movies is airing an 11-film exploration of trans identities in movies hosted by the authors of Corpses, Fools, & Monsters (great recent history of the topic) starting tomorrow at 8
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Jesus [texting]: good news 2 poor. freedom 4 prisoners. sight 4 blind. set oppressed free. cancel all debts
American Christian receiving text: [throws phone off cliff]
American Christian receiving text: [throws phone off cliff]
November 14, 2025 at 9:38 PM
Jesus [texting]: good news 2 poor. freedom 4 prisoners. sight 4 blind. set oppressed free. cancel all debts
American Christian receiving text: [throws phone off cliff]
American Christian receiving text: [throws phone off cliff]
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Remember the recent middle-of-the-night apartment building raid where children were dragged outside naked & zip-tied in the street while black & Latino residents were _sorted by race_ and piled into separate vans while their apartments were ransacked & robbed? That raid? So it resulted in 0 arrests.
Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem should resign and be criminally charged, according to critics who seized on a report revealing that zero people who were arrested in a high-profile raid were charged with a crime.
'Noem should resign over this': Fury over alleged DHS 'child kidnapping and trafficking'
Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem should resign and be criminally charged, according to critics who seized on a report revealing that zero people who were arrested in a high-profile raid were charged with a crime.ProPublica recently reported on the DHS raid on an apartment building that was al...
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November 16, 2025 at 5:38 PM
Remember the recent middle-of-the-night apartment building raid where children were dragged outside naked & zip-tied in the street while black & Latino residents were _sorted by race_ and piled into separate vans while their apartments were ransacked & robbed? That raid? So it resulted in 0 arrests.
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If what a man has to offer a woman is nothing but a paycheck, then he's in danger of her trading up for someone with a bigger paycheck.
But if women don't *need* men, then you have more stability in your relationship. Because she picked you out of love.
Manosphere guys scoff at love, but...
But if women don't *need* men, then you have more stability in your relationship. Because she picked you out of love.
Manosphere guys scoff at love, but...
November 16, 2025 at 8:30 PM
If what a man has to offer a woman is nothing but a paycheck, then he's in danger of her trading up for someone with a bigger paycheck.
But if women don't *need* men, then you have more stability in your relationship. Because she picked you out of love.
Manosphere guys scoff at love, but...
But if women don't *need* men, then you have more stability in your relationship. Because she picked you out of love.
Manosphere guys scoff at love, but...
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This was a really fascinating episode of "Focus Group," but I was especially struck by how much young women say they don't *need* men.
This is treated as a problem by a lot of young men. But they really should be grateful — it's an opportunity.
youtu.be/kwkmbMpvjck?...
This is treated as a problem by a lot of young men. But they really should be grateful — it's an opportunity.
youtu.be/kwkmbMpvjck?...
Gen Z: They're Zooming Apart (with Rachel Janfaza) | The Focus Group
YouTube video by The Bulwark
youtu.be
November 16, 2025 at 8:26 PM
This was a really fascinating episode of "Focus Group," but I was especially struck by how much young women say they don't *need* men.
This is treated as a problem by a lot of young men. But they really should be grateful — it's an opportunity.
youtu.be/kwkmbMpvjck?...
This is treated as a problem by a lot of young men. But they really should be grateful — it's an opportunity.
youtu.be/kwkmbMpvjck?...
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It would be a huge relief to have November secured. Like, incredible immense relief. And we're so close compared to where we started! $758 gets us in the clear before the next monthly billing cycle starts!
Paypal: affirmationgin at gmail
Cashapp/venmo: showupforthis
Paypal: affirmationgin at gmail
Cashapp/venmo: showupforthis
November 15, 2025 at 5:53 PM
It would be a huge relief to have November secured. Like, incredible immense relief. And we're so close compared to where we started! $758 gets us in the clear before the next monthly billing cycle starts!
Paypal: affirmationgin at gmail
Cashapp/venmo: showupforthis
Paypal: affirmationgin at gmail
Cashapp/venmo: showupforthis
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Ok guys, I just realized my Walmart+ Assist was due today and I don't have it. I probably should get it paid before ordering groceries tomorrow. Help? 💕💸
Mutual Aid Request
Ok guys. Starting on this very late today because I feel so terrible. But, standing at $260/$1000 now. At the moment my most immediate need is to take care of an overdraft ($20 would do it). Need groceries tomorrow too. 💕💸 V: Annaleigh-Watts CA: $annaleighmaria PP: AnaleeWatts
Ok guys. Starting on this very late today because I feel so terrible. But, standing at $260/$1000 now. At the moment my most immediate need is to take care of an overdraft ($20 would do it). Need groceries tomorrow too. 💕💸 V: Annaleigh-Watts CA: $annaleighmaria PP: AnaleeWatts
November 14, 2025 at 11:36 PM
Ok guys, I just realized my Walmart+ Assist was due today and I don't have it. I probably should get it paid before ordering groceries tomorrow. Help? 💕💸
Anyway: yes, read Disability Visibility. Read Demystifying Disability by Emily Ladau too. But if you want something hella basic, of 'why should I care'... I can't make you care. But I'm going to leave this link to the "Curb Cut" episode of 99% Invisible: 99percentinvisible.org/episode/curb...
Curb Cuts - 99% Invisible
If you live in an American city and you don’t personally use a wheelchair, it’s easy to overlook the small ramp at most intersections, between the sidewalk and the street. Today, these curb cuts are e...
99percentinvisible.org
November 15, 2025 at 9:17 PM
Anyway: yes, read Disability Visibility. Read Demystifying Disability by Emily Ladau too. But if you want something hella basic, of 'why should I care'... I can't make you care. But I'm going to leave this link to the "Curb Cut" episode of 99% Invisible: 99percentinvisible.org/episode/curb...
My synagogue was doing talks on death, dying, & mourning in Jewish tradition this weekend. (And taharah, etc.) And I found out about the news for Alice Wong today.
On one hand, existence is resistance. On the other hand: who gets dignity in life, in death? Who gets to decide what 'a good life' is?
On one hand, existence is resistance. On the other hand: who gets dignity in life, in death? Who gets to decide what 'a good life' is?
November 15, 2025 at 9:13 PM
My synagogue was doing talks on death, dying, & mourning in Jewish tradition this weekend. (And taharah, etc.) And I found out about the news for Alice Wong today.
On one hand, existence is resistance. On the other hand: who gets dignity in life, in death? Who gets to decide what 'a good life' is?
On one hand, existence is resistance. On the other hand: who gets dignity in life, in death? Who gets to decide what 'a good life' is?
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Or be a mother. Or allowed to transition. It’s all over the place.
November 15, 2025 at 7:50 PM
Or be a mother. Or allowed to transition. It’s all over the place.
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Always "a 15-year-old isn't a child" and never "a 15-year-old should be able to vote." Smdh
November 15, 2025 at 7:27 PM
Always "a 15-year-old isn't a child" and never "a 15-year-old should be able to vote." Smdh
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We recorded this months ago, and I was going to wait to share it bc of everything, but I just realized I talk about Alice’s work as part of the discussion on why and how I created Art Description, because none of my work happens without the influence of her brilliance and generosity of knowledge.
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New Goblin Points!
I'm joined by @dreamwisp.bsky.social . She's worked with all the usual suspects in the TTRPG business, and she was the accessibility consultant on Draw Steel. The work she did on Draw Steel, actually broke new ground in the field of art descriptions.
GoblinPoints.com/2522
I'm joined by @dreamwisp.bsky.social . She's worked with all the usual suspects in the TTRPG business, and she was the accessibility consultant on Draw Steel. The work she did on Draw Steel, actually broke new ground in the field of art descriptions.
GoblinPoints.com/2522
Jennifer Kretchmer: Making TTRPGs Accessible to Everyone | Interview - Goblin Points
News and interviews about Draw Steel and MCDM. New episodes twice a month. Hosted by Jon de Nor.
goblinpoints.com
November 15, 2025 at 7:51 PM
We recorded this months ago, and I was going to wait to share it bc of everything, but I just realized I talk about Alice’s work as part of the discussion on why and how I created Art Description, because none of my work happens without the influence of her brilliance and generosity of knowledge.
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On LinkedIn I saw a few questions about how people did alt-text, & so there's... a lot of serendipity (?) in seeing this post too. I surprised people by pointing out how rare tabletop accessibility is, even compared to web, but Draw Steel (& some other studios and projects) are doing the effort.
New Goblin Points!
I'm joined by @dreamwisp.bsky.social . She's worked with all the usual suspects in the TTRPG business, and she was the accessibility consultant on Draw Steel. The work she did on Draw Steel, actually broke new ground in the field of art descriptions.
GoblinPoints.com/2522
I'm joined by @dreamwisp.bsky.social . She's worked with all the usual suspects in the TTRPG business, and she was the accessibility consultant on Draw Steel. The work she did on Draw Steel, actually broke new ground in the field of art descriptions.
GoblinPoints.com/2522
Jennifer Kretchmer: Making TTRPGs Accessible to Everyone | Interview - Goblin Points
News and interviews about Draw Steel and MCDM. New episodes twice a month. Hosted by Jon de Nor.
goblinpoints.com
November 15, 2025 at 7:54 PM
On LinkedIn I saw a few questions about how people did alt-text, & so there's... a lot of serendipity (?) in seeing this post too. I surprised people by pointing out how rare tabletop accessibility is, even compared to web, but Draw Steel (& some other studios and projects) are doing the effort.
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We’re not doing “disability accommodations are unnecessary and unfair actually” discourse less than 24 hours after Alice Wong has passed. Absolutely the fuck not, even if it is a perfect example of the kind of shit disabled people have to deal with and why Alice’s activism was and is so necessary.
November 15, 2025 at 6:34 PM
We’re not doing “disability accommodations are unnecessary and unfair actually” discourse less than 24 hours after Alice Wong has passed. Absolutely the fuck not, even if it is a perfect example of the kind of shit disabled people have to deal with and why Alice’s activism was and is so necessary.
Alice Wong's last social post was about the firings at Teen Vogue, including her column Disability Visibility (which had led to the book).
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 7:08 PM
Alice Wong's last social post was about the firings at Teen Vogue, including her column Disability Visibility (which had led to the book).
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i learned very early on as a baby freelancer (like, literally a teenager) that some clients thought that "the computer" actually did all the work and i just knew how to press the right buttons
and that was in the 90s
this is exactly how they conceptualize "AI"
AND that's how it's marketed.
and that was in the 90s
this is exactly how they conceptualize "AI"
AND that's how it's marketed.
October 9, 2025 at 3:34 PM
i learned very early on as a baby freelancer (like, literally a teenager) that some clients thought that "the computer" actually did all the work and i just knew how to press the right buttons
and that was in the 90s
this is exactly how they conceptualize "AI"
AND that's how it's marketed.
and that was in the 90s
this is exactly how they conceptualize "AI"
AND that's how it's marketed.
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HOLY SHIT. They found the genes for fibromyalgia - and it's *not* autoimmune, it's the central nervous system. It's very cool to see some progress made on the thing that's ruined my life since late teenage years!
Medical Republic: 'Fibromyalgia finally gets a genetic fingerprint'
'Additionally, certain risk loci overlapped with long covid (BPTF) and ME/CFS (OLFM4, RABGAP1L/GPR52), two poorly characterised disorders, albeit with different lead variants.'
www.medicalrepublic.com.au/fibromyalgia...
'Additionally, certain risk loci overlapped with long covid (BPTF) and ME/CFS (OLFM4, RABGAP1L/GPR52), two poorly characterised disorders, albeit with different lead variants.'
www.medicalrepublic.com.au/fibromyalgia...
Fibromyalgia finally gets a genetic fingerprint - Medical Republic
A massive global study links the chronic pain condition to 26 genes associated with brain signalling, marking a turning point in understanding its biological roots.
www.medicalrepublic.com.au
November 14, 2025 at 4:09 AM
HOLY SHIT. They found the genes for fibromyalgia - and it's *not* autoimmune, it's the central nervous system. It's very cool to see some progress made on the thing that's ruined my life since late teenage years!
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James Van Der Beek is selling Dawson's Creek memorabilia to pay for his cancer treatment.
Imagine selling the tokens of your legacy for a chance to live.
Universal Healthcare. NOW.
Imagine selling the tokens of your legacy for a chance to live.
Universal Healthcare. NOW.
November 15, 2025 at 6:42 PM
James Van Der Beek is selling Dawson's Creek memorabilia to pay for his cancer treatment.
Imagine selling the tokens of your legacy for a chance to live.
Universal Healthcare. NOW.
Imagine selling the tokens of your legacy for a chance to live.
Universal Healthcare. NOW.
One of my major interests is language learning. It might not be specifically #accessibility (I'm sure it'll come up, though - with the overlap in #EdTech etc), but ask me anything about language learning, sociolinguistics, or even just what languages are on my list!
November 15, 2025 at 1:36 PM
One of my major interests is language learning. It might not be specifically #accessibility (I'm sure it'll come up, though - with the overlap in #EdTech etc), but ask me anything about language learning, sociolinguistics, or even just what languages are on my list!
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NEW: I wrote about attacks on federal oversight of special ed and what it means for families like mine. I went into this thinking maybe MN kids would be ok, but "As I spoke to experts in federal disability education policy, I began to see the cracks."
www.startribune.com
November 14, 2025 at 5:32 PM
NEW: I wrote about attacks on federal oversight of special ed and what it means for families like mine. I went into this thinking maybe MN kids would be ok, but "As I spoke to experts in federal disability education policy, I began to see the cracks."