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Crystal Preston-Watson
@scopicengineer.com
Accessibility agitator in the streets, Accessibility agitator in the sheets. 24/7/365 absurdist.

https://crystalprestonwatson.com/
https://a11ysavvy.com/
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Here is a non-exhaustive list of books, sites, and courses I recommend for those new to digital accessibility or those already in the field who seek to continue their education. These are the resources I constantly use to further my understanding and knowledge

A very long thread below 👇
Let's take a look back at what I was doing 16 years ago during the holidays...
December 25, 2025 at 1:37 AM
Reposted by Crystal Preston-Watson
Hey Now
You're a Boxcar
Full of Children
Solve Crimes
December 24, 2025 at 6:10 PM
It's sad that most people who know who Jim Varney is think of him as Earnest and not the hot Shakespearean actor he was at heart.
December 21, 2025 at 2:04 AM
Job hunt hack

A filter that sends any email with some form of the phrase "Your application is not being considered", "we’ve made the decision to move forward with other candidates" or just "at this time" to the trash. It equals the consideration and energy that those emails were sent to you.
December 18, 2025 at 7:37 PM
I can say this now but Time magazine has been culturally irrelevant and insignicant since the beginning of the 2010s.
December 11, 2025 at 4:01 PM
I'm gonna bookmark and willing to take bets this partnership will be dead or dying 365 days from now. The motivation just given to continue to find ways to break sora to do ungodly things with those IPs has absolutely skyrocketed.
Please treat our treasured IP like trash
December 11, 2025 at 3:43 PM
Being laid off was one the best things that happened to me because it allowed me to take all that energy I put into work into myself and my projects One of those projects is building an interactive improv show platform that supports multi team and show formats.
December 7, 2025 at 5:52 AM
I just received the Sims 4 Peace Prize for putting ladders in the pools of all my builds. No one dies of exhaustion in my playthroughs.
December 5, 2025 at 6:02 PM
Damn 11 years after it premiered on Adult Swim Smart Pipe is now reality.
December 5, 2025 at 4:03 PM
This January 21-22 CrystalCon 2026, over two days and six sessions, will explore AI's very real consequences for disabled people and everyone who has to live with the products that companies integrate with it. There's no hype, no "innovation theater," just honest conversations and practical sessions
December 4, 2025 at 10:31 PM
Reposted by Crystal Preston-Watson
Crystal Preston-Watson @scopicengineer.com - Fireside Chat 25th November 2025

#a11y #disability #gaming #improv

html5accessibility.com/stuff/2025/1...
Crystal Preston Watson – Fireside Chat 25th November 2025 – HTML Accessibility
html5accessibility.com
December 1, 2025 at 6:12 PM
Cat woke up during my interview today and chose violence towards the webcam. Now back in her bed like nothing happened.
December 2, 2025 at 8:44 PM
*Taps the sign* 👇🏾
I'm Black every Friday.
November 28, 2025 at 12:42 PM
I'm currently being Placebo'd by a non alcoholic cocktail. I feel really buzzed but there isn't alcohol, thc, etc in this drink.
November 28, 2025 at 12:24 AM
It's been almost three years, but CrystalCon, the accessibility conference created from spite, is back. This January, I'm giving you six sessions of content over two days, all made by me. Given the current state of tech and digital accessibility, most sessions will focus on artificial intelligence.
November 20, 2025 at 8:48 PM
The Met Gala is gonna suck so much next year and I can't wait for all the reactions.
November 18, 2025 at 11:13 PM
I can tell when accessibility has only been studied but not practiced in real world settings - the statement there are never conflicts between providing a solution that is accessible to users who have different disabilities and various requirements. It doesn't happen all the time but it's not rare.
November 18, 2025 at 8:39 PM
I'm looking forward to chatting with @stevefaulkner.bsky.social. We have never met in person but I have been reading and referencing his articles for years that I feel like I have!
🔥 Excited to be Chatting Fireside, with @scopicengineer.com #2 and @cyns.bsky.social #3 next week!
The episodes will be released before xmas
A conversation with @patrickhlauke.bsky.social on Wokeness, AI, disability, @w3c.bsky.social, WCAG and other stuff
November 18, 2025 at 5:24 PM
It's Coquito season
November 16, 2025 at 3:25 AM
My desire to break/hack the AI job interviewer will always be stronger than my desire to land the job.
November 14, 2025 at 8:11 PM
Imagine doubling down when your coworker asks you to stop using the company ChatGPT account for 50 shades of Gray porn. Though I can't help but laugh that it started calling everyone 'baby girl'
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November 13, 2025 at 6:59 PM
I finally get to announce that I wrote a chapter for the upcoming book titled “Digital Accessibility Ethics: Disability Inclusion in All Things Tech." The book will be published on March 26, 2026, and is available for pre-order

#DigitalAccessibilityEthics #Ethics #accessibility #Disabilit
November 12, 2025 at 5:24 PM
I didn't know you needed a literal PhD to work at Waffle House. I probably would crash out after an hour.
Waffle House Training - Pull Drop Mark Order Calling Method
YouTube video by zekerags
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November 11, 2025 at 3:53 PM
I fucking did! After two hours of errors I deployed and my app is live!!!!

I'm never doing backend shit again. All you backend devs get my utmost respect.
😑

My face right now because I need to deploy my web app to the web but the last time I used either AWS or Firebase I literally had an instructor helping me figure everything out.. I'll get it done as I can't ask everyone to come to my house so I can run it locally.
November 10, 2025 at 9:46 PM
😑

My face right now because I need to deploy my web app to the web but the last time I used either AWS or Firebase I literally had an instructor helping me figure everything out.. I'll get it done as I can't ask everyone to come to my house so I can run it locally.
November 10, 2025 at 6:24 PM