Chad
@kitation.co.uk
They/he. Queer, autistic, disabled. User researcher, accessibility advocate. Talks about disability, gender, gaming.
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Rebecca Heineman, one of the co-founders of Interplay Entertainment - a key programmer as well as the designer of The Bard's Tale 3 - has passed away. She was 62 years old. https://bit.ly/3XBrmQa
November 18, 2025 at 2:30 PM
Rebecca Heineman, one of the co-founders of Interplay Entertainment - a key programmer as well as the designer of The Bard's Tale 3 - has passed away. She was 62 years old. https://bit.ly/3XBrmQa
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The BBC is letting go of its delivery managers in its software teams to move to a “Silicon Valley” product model.
Unbelievably foolish. Whenever you delete a role in an org chart, you just push that work onto other people and make them miserable.
deadline.com/2025/11/bbc-...
Unbelievably foolish. Whenever you delete a role in an org chart, you just push that work onto other people and make them miserable.
deadline.com/2025/11/bbc-...
BBC Begins “Major” Jobs Cull Across Teams That Power iPlayer & Other Online Services
The BBC is planning to make more than 80 employees redundant across the product teams that help power services including iPlayer.
deadline.com
November 18, 2025 at 9:56 AM
The BBC is letting go of its delivery managers in its software teams to move to a “Silicon Valley” product model.
Unbelievably foolish. Whenever you delete a role in an org chart, you just push that work onto other people and make them miserable.
deadline.com/2025/11/bbc-...
Unbelievably foolish. Whenever you delete a role in an org chart, you just push that work onto other people and make them miserable.
deadline.com/2025/11/bbc-...
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November 16, 2025 at 1:17 PM
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this line from cloud is in my head at least once a day
November 15, 2025 at 8:13 PM
this line from cloud is in my head at least once a day
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www.readingchronicle.co.uk/news/2562404... Wetherspoons pubs have apparently decided that fully trained and insured autism assistance dogs should be banned from their pubs, unless people provide some 'proof'. Proof that, in law, isn't needed.
Boy, 17, upset for days after Wetherspoons staff challenged assistance dog
Assistance Dogs UK told the Chronicle Wetherspoons' policy is not in line with their understanding of the law
www.readingchronicle.co.uk
November 15, 2025 at 5:15 PM
www.readingchronicle.co.uk/news/2562404... Wetherspoons pubs have apparently decided that fully trained and insured autism assistance dogs should be banned from their pubs, unless people provide some 'proof'. Proof that, in law, isn't needed.
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It is 1998. I am at the kitchen table writing Batman fanfic but I keep getting distracted by breaking news about a Bill Clinton sex scandal
It is 2025. I am at the kitchen table writing a canonical Bat-book but I keep getting distracted by breaking news about a Bill Clinton sex scandal
It is 2025. I am at the kitchen table writing a canonical Bat-book but I keep getting distracted by breaking news about a Bill Clinton sex scandal
November 15, 2025 at 1:34 AM
It is 1998. I am at the kitchen table writing Batman fanfic but I keep getting distracted by breaking news about a Bill Clinton sex scandal
It is 2025. I am at the kitchen table writing a canonical Bat-book but I keep getting distracted by breaking news about a Bill Clinton sex scandal
It is 2025. I am at the kitchen table writing a canonical Bat-book but I keep getting distracted by breaking news about a Bill Clinton sex scandal
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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...
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...
www.instagram.com
November 15, 2025 at 5:57 AM
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...
Here are the words she left behind:
www.instagram.com/p/DREMDNBjnq...
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Hey so.
You like product?
Let's make sure this thing feels amazing to use for all involved. @conjured.ink needs your help to make it happen, and we'd love to have you onboard.
We're an open source project and we're doing our best to uhhh... do better on the UX side than FOSS has a rep for :)
You like product?
Let's make sure this thing feels amazing to use for all involved. @conjured.ink needs your help to make it happen, and we'd love to have you onboard.
We're an open source project and we're doing our best to uhhh... do better on the UX side than FOSS has a rep for :)
We're excited to announce we're opening applications for our Product/UX team, the Alchemist Circle! If you're excited about becoming a core influence on a FOSS project working to reshape what it means to sell as an indie creative in our world, apply here!👉
Alchemist Circle Application (UX/Product)
Conjured Ink is seeking out Product and UX volunteers to be a part of our Alchemist's Circle. We’re looking for creative people who want to make a difference in online art communities and fight censorship through open-source software. Professional experience isn’t needed, but a willingness to learn and grow with the organization is.
forms.gle
November 12, 2025 at 11:57 PM
Hey so.
You like product?
Let's make sure this thing feels amazing to use for all involved. @conjured.ink needs your help to make it happen, and we'd love to have you onboard.
We're an open source project and we're doing our best to uhhh... do better on the UX side than FOSS has a rep for :)
You like product?
Let's make sure this thing feels amazing to use for all involved. @conjured.ink needs your help to make it happen, and we'd love to have you onboard.
We're an open source project and we're doing our best to uhhh... do better on the UX side than FOSS has a rep for :)
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70% of trans people believe BBC News is hostile. (And anyone who has listened to Justin Webb knows they are clearly right.) goodlaw.social/kyxv
Poll shows 70% of trans people think BBC News is ‘hostile’
The right wing claims the corporation is ‘pro-trans’, but the people at the sharp end of its coverage disagree. The BBC must stop its attack on trans people.
goodlaw.social
November 14, 2025 at 10:27 AM
70% of trans people believe BBC News is hostile. (And anyone who has listened to Justin Webb knows they are clearly right.) goodlaw.social/kyxv
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Seeing a lot of people I frankly thought better of misunderstanding this. It means case by case re. the service provider not the individuals using the service. This is how the Equality Act has worked for years - with providers having to justify exclusion as proportionate.
NEW:
While remaining a neutral party to the case, Bridget Phillipson's lawyers have told the High Court they don't think the EHRC's proposed blanket bathroom ban is the right reading of the law
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
While remaining a neutral party to the case, Bridget Phillipson's lawyers have told the High Court they don't think the EHRC's proposed blanket bathroom ban is the right reading of the law
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
November 14, 2025 at 10:14 AM
Seeing a lot of people I frankly thought better of misunderstanding this. It means case by case re. the service provider not the individuals using the service. This is how the Equality Act has worked for years - with providers having to justify exclusion as proportionate.
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The Rockstar union case made its way into UK Parliament earlier today
Video game giant Rockstar has sacked more than 30 workers across the UK, including my constituents working at their Edinburgh office. I urged Ministers to support workers who have lost their jobs, and stop this from happening again.
November 13, 2025 at 5:17 PM
The Rockstar union case made its way into UK Parliament earlier today
Using LLMs for accessibility is a dead end because a) they accelerate climate change and b) put more power in the pockets of Big Tech and venture capitalists and both of these outcomes increase the inequality disabled people globally face.
November 13, 2025 at 9:43 AM
Using LLMs for accessibility is a dead end because a) they accelerate climate change and b) put more power in the pockets of Big Tech and venture capitalists and both of these outcomes increase the inequality disabled people globally face.
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New go to insult
November 13, 2025 at 9:14 AM
New go to insult
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TV conspiracies: we’ve hacked their computers but they’ve perfectly cleaned up the evidence!
Real conspiracies:
To: conspirator
From: famous person
Attachment: evidence.png
Real conspiracies:
To: conspirator
From: famous person
Attachment: evidence.png
November 12, 2025 at 8:19 PM
TV conspiracies: we’ve hacked their computers but they’ve perfectly cleaned up the evidence!
Real conspiracies:
To: conspirator
From: famous person
Attachment: evidence.png
Real conspiracies:
To: conspirator
From: famous person
Attachment: evidence.png
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These fights are *normal* to get the help people need.
No one is getting diagnosed without similar horror stories.
So when I hear about over diagnosis?
These are the children I think of:
No one is getting diagnosed without similar horror stories.
So when I hear about over diagnosis?
These are the children I think of:
A family I know just got an autism diagnosis for their son. It came after a four year wait that itself came after years of fighting to even get on the list.
I don't know how the people in charge of this country sleep at night.
I don't know how the people in charge of this country sleep at night.
November 12, 2025 at 7:04 PM
These fights are *normal* to get the help people need.
No one is getting diagnosed without similar horror stories.
So when I hear about over diagnosis?
These are the children I think of:
No one is getting diagnosed without similar horror stories.
So when I hear about over diagnosis?
These are the children I think of:
Ah yes the two genders; CEO and COO
November 12, 2025 at 2:26 PM
Ah yes the two genders; CEO and COO
While cis centrists are handwringing over whether the BBC is pro or anti trans, the bbc news site continues to write articles laden with transphobic dogwhistles.
November 12, 2025 at 10:22 AM
While cis centrists are handwringing over whether the BBC is pro or anti trans, the bbc news site continues to write articles laden with transphobic dogwhistles.
I think my work laptop has noticed I’m at the top of the slide towards burnout and that’s why it’s refusing to connect to the internet this morning.
Or it’s Windows being shit, one of the two.
Or it’s Windows being shit, one of the two.
November 12, 2025 at 8:55 AM
I think my work laptop has noticed I’m at the top of the slide towards burnout and that’s why it’s refusing to connect to the internet this morning.
Or it’s Windows being shit, one of the two.
Or it’s Windows being shit, one of the two.
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the entirety of the british press talked themselves into believing this woman is trans based almost entirely on JK Rowling's judgement of the athlete's appearance.
Nothing illustrates the arseholery of the IOC and the British Press more than the use of the image of a not-Trans woman to illustrate a story about trans women being banned (because there are no current trans women competing at this level)
November 11, 2025 at 4:39 PM
the entirety of the british press talked themselves into believing this woman is trans based almost entirely on JK Rowling's judgement of the athlete's appearance.
Looking at a conference CFP and one of the questions is ”why are you the best person to give this talk?”
Apparently “because I’m the person who wrote it” is not the correct answer
Apparently “because I’m the person who wrote it” is not the correct answer
November 11, 2025 at 7:08 PM
Looking at a conference CFP and one of the questions is ”why are you the best person to give this talk?”
Apparently “because I’m the person who wrote it” is not the correct answer
Apparently “because I’m the person who wrote it” is not the correct answer
Honestly fanfic writers have been solving tiny problems like “this character is dead” for decades now, if you can’t figure that out as a professional writer that’s a skill issue
November 11, 2025 at 1:40 PM
Honestly fanfic writers have been solving tiny problems like “this character is dead” for decades now, if you can’t figure that out as a professional writer that’s a skill issue
You can ban every single fucking thing you think makes us trans; phones, anime, social media, whatever and there will still be trans people because we have been here since before all those things.
My entire compulsory schooling was under section 28 and yet I’m still queer as hell, fuck off.
My entire compulsory schooling was under section 28 and yet I’m still queer as hell, fuck off.
November 11, 2025 at 1:01 PM
You can ban every single fucking thing you think makes us trans; phones, anime, social media, whatever and there will still be trans people because we have been here since before all those things.
My entire compulsory schooling was under section 28 and yet I’m still queer as hell, fuck off.
My entire compulsory schooling was under section 28 and yet I’m still queer as hell, fuck off.
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“Why aren’t they banning trans men from sport”
They were before, and they are now, I’ve watched my mutual (@geekyjules.julessherred.com) go through this for months whilst people chat shit about shit they don’t know about
They were before, and they are now, I’ve watched my mutual (@geekyjules.julessherred.com) go through this for months whilst people chat shit about shit they don’t know about
There are many misperceptions about taking testosterone — including among trans men — but the small amount Jules Sherred takes does not translate to bulging biceps. Those are the result of many hours of training, he said.
Changed Rules Will Shut a Trans Bodybuilder Out of Competition | The Tyee
The Canadian association that regulates the sport will no longer allow gender-affirming hormone therapy, citing American rules.
thetyee.ca
November 10, 2025 at 10:39 PM
“Why aren’t they banning trans men from sport”
They were before, and they are now, I’ve watched my mutual (@geekyjules.julessherred.com) go through this for months whilst people chat shit about shit they don’t know about
They were before, and they are now, I’ve watched my mutual (@geekyjules.julessherred.com) go through this for months whilst people chat shit about shit they don’t know about
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‘I once planned to sue the bbc for suggesting I encouraged an insurrection the time I encouraged an insurrection on live tv’
November 10, 2025 at 4:25 PM
‘I once planned to sue the bbc for suggesting I encouraged an insurrection the time I encouraged an insurrection on live tv’