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

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

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.

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

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

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

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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".

Pathetic Pathetic Pathetic Pathetic Pathetic Pathetic Pathetic Pathetic Pathetic Pathetic 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?

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?

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.

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.

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?

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

@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...

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!

Y'all — the world is getting scarier. And also more accessible! New #Accessibility #mod project at Blind Sighted @blindsighted.bsky.social. Join us over on #twitch for the announcement and demo — folowed by more #ResidentEvil — #blind chick style. twitch.tv/blind_sighted #FiveNightsAtFreddys #A11y

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 16 asking @support.bsky.team to fix this #A11yFail

Further reading: W3C: Developing a Keyboard Interface WebAIM: Keyboard Accessibility MDN: ARIA Landmarks These aren't "nice-to-haves" — they're the missing pieces.

What would help? – Keyboard shortcuts (j/k) to jump between posts – Landmarks or headings for screen reader nav – Restore focus or scroll position after interaction Reddit had it. Twitter *STILL* has it. This is basic UX for screen reader users. Let’s make Bluesky usable, not just compliant. #A11y

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 16 asking @support.bsky.team to fix this #A11yFail

Bluesky @support.bsky.team Low vis and blind users need greater accessibility. #A11yFail

First, there was #Stardew Access. Now there is #Factorio Access. I wonder what will be next? patreon.com/BlindSighted

FNAF Access 🤔

PSSSSST new followers: 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

👋 Welcome, new followers! From the tear gas-filled streets of the 2020 Portland protests, to the #AltText trenches on Twitter, to the codebase of #Stardew Access— We’re Blind Sighted Interactive: #accessibility agitators, content creators, and fascism haters. linktr.ee/BlindSighted... #IndieDev

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 15 asking @support.bsky.team to fix this #A11yFail

Fellow disabled folx have a gripe? What! It's my gripe, too. Hey, @support.bsky.team What's up, buddy? #A11yFail

@bsky.app get it together. I thought you decided to stand out from the rest? To not be just another social media site. I guess you are standing out with the #A11yFail.

If you want the disability community to migrate over here, this is a way to help. Tag, email, send a postcard, etc. to @support.bsky.team. Tell them you care about accessibility here! There’s no shortage of experts available for hire. #Accessibility #A11y

If they only had a Head of Accessibility. 🤔

@support.bsky.team please listen!

@support.bsky.team please do better!

Good short thread on the (in)accessibility of BlueSky as a platform. And why It’s ALWAYS important to listen to those directly affected. Take a break lecturing others about alt-text usage and point attention upward to the @bsky.app team. These are established features, this platform can be better!

🧵 @support.bsky.team Inclusion is a necessity. Exclusion is a choice. Please fix this.

Good morning to everyone except @support.bsky.team because I see you have not yet responded to this or the email you have been sent. Ok. I can email you again. You made it easy with that feedback button. I just have to go to the menu and it's at the bottom. Day 2.

I wanna make an accessibility mod for FNAF

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 14 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 13 asking @support.bsky.team to fix this #A11yFail

Hey come hang out with us as @jjpansai.bsky.social is my eyes through Resident Evil. Views and follows supports our work on accessible game mods! twitch.tv/blind_sighted

Resident Evil: RETry More zombies — less gremlins (we hope) Join us for more of @paradoxikat.bsky.social playing #ResidentEvil without sight. With @jjpansai.bsky.social as the eyes. Follow and support our work! #DisabledGamer #Blind #gamer #accessibility #AudioDescription twitch.tv/blind_sighted