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Chad

@kitation.co.uk
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They/he. Queer (nonbinary/pan), autistic, disabled. User researcher, accessibility advocate. Talks about disability, gender, gaming.

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Chad @kitation.co.uk · 03/10/2026
Gotta support my gender envy fashion (humble) king
Selfie of me (black short hair, glasses) wearing a red and black checked shirt wearing a red pin reading “team Ben” with a fan drawn face of a man with a baseball cap
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Chad @kitation.co.uk · 30/09/2026
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Civil servants - especially those in public-facing government departments - are acutely aware that saying "a human remains in the loop" is not the same thing as saying "a human remains in charge".
This really, truly, matters, because the commodity on which every government ultimately runs is not data, or productivity, or even money. It is trust, including the trust that - while below the OECD average - the British public still has in the civil service, and which, according to the public accounts committee, is being jeopardised by inadequate transparency and weak standards on AI.
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Chad @kitation.co.uk · 16/09/2026
Mate what the fuck are you talking about
SNP minister Tom Arthur is now concluding for the Scottish Government.
He says: "We are in the early days of a parliamentary term where it is quite possible that artificial intelligence will be something that we will have to contend with, and I do not think it is hyperbolic or an exaggeration to say that this may be one of the most profound moments, not just in recent history but in human history, where we have developed technology which is cognitively equal to us, if not superior to us”
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Chad @kitation.co.uk · 08/08/2026
Happy international cat day from God’s favourite beans
A black cat and a black and white cat sitting on a cardboard box looking into the camera
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Chad @kitation.co.uk · 31/07/2026
So this C4 “documentary” isn’t really investigating ADHD; it’s made up its mind by talking to the worst fucking people www.channel4.com/press/news/n...
"It is certainly not a medical condition as far as I'm concerned" - Dr lona
Heath, Former President of the Royal College of General Practitioners
"We've replaced corporal punishment with giving [children] a pill" - Dr Sami Timimi, consultant child and adolescent psychiatrist and psychotherapist
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Chad @kitation.co.uk · 25/06/2026
I am also concerned that this text could be used to go after gender affirmative care
• (b) causing the individual—
• (i) to have or not to have,
• (ii) to believe that they have or do not have,
a transgender identity or a particular transgender identity.
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Chad @kitation.co.uk · 22/05/2026
Have had a lovely week in Scotland, on our way home today via the Settle-Carlisle line. I spent too much money on books as usual. I think Lighthouse books in Edinburgh is my favourite bookshop.
A small pile of books:

A Very Capitalist Condition
2024 edition Roddy Slorach

JODIE HARE AUTISM IS NOT A DISEASE

Notes from a QUEER CRIPPLE Andrew Gurza

OLIVER L. HAIMSON
TRANS TECHNOLOGIES
I HEART POLITICS
PHOENIX ANDREWS
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Chad @kitation.co.uk · 21/04/2026
My collection of remixed/arranged versions of the Nier soundtracks is looking good
A pile of CDs: Nier tribute album echo, 15 nightmares arrange tracks, three orchestral arrangements, Nier automata arranged and unreleased tracks.
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Chad @kitation.co.uk · 20/04/2026
Game soundtrack day in the @kitation.co.uk/ @katiefenn.bsky.social household as my Paranormasight CD and her Symphony of the Night both came today.
A portable CD player with a blue CD spinning. On top of it is a CD case which has the Paranormasight logo and characters from both games
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Chad @kitation.co.uk · 04/04/2026
This is conversion ”therapy”.
Medical intervention is not the standard approach. The primary intervention for
children and young people who are assessed as suitable for The Service is
biopsychosocial and psychological support and intervention; the main objective is to
alleviate distress associated with gender incongruence and promote the individual’s
global functioning and wellbeing. This includes psychoeducation, which in a
paediatric health care setting involves providing families and children with
information and skills to manage health conditions and improve overall well-being.
This intervention utilises psychological approaches to achieve effectiveness and
impact
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Chad @kitation.co.uk · 06/03/2026
This was so hard to pick but still feels kinda basic. No lies on here though #my9games
Grid on 9 games: left to right, top to bottom:

Ico, Rez, Final Fantasy 7, Shadow Hearts, Grandia 2, Shin Megami Tensei 4, Dark Souls 2, Gitaroo Man, 1000xRESIST
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Chad @kitation.co.uk · 28/02/2026
I’m going to be very easy to spot if folks want to say hello!
Hotel mirror selfie! I have short hair, black on the sides and blue spikes on top. Wearing a black T-shirt that says disabled people deserve joy with a red plaid long sleeve shirt.
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Chad @kitation.co.uk · 10/02/2026
Age verification? This was my Mario
Box art of Horace Goes Skiing for the ZX Spectrum. Horace is a blue blob man with two legs, one tiny arm and only facial features are two big blank spaces for eyes.
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Chad @kitation.co.uk · 05/02/2026
Fuck yeah more paranormasight let‘s go!
Photo of minifigures from the first Paranormasight game on a shelf in a Japanese museum.
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Chad @kitation.co.uk · 26/01/2026
Van with “Flowers By Irene” written on the side with two FBI looking men inside - from the Simpsons
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Chad @kitation.co.uk · 13/01/2026


1. Final Fantasy VII

2. Dark Souls

3. Clair Obscur: Expedition 33

4. Hades

5. Bloodborne

6. Papers, Please

7. Final Fantasy VIII

8. Dragon Age: Origins

9. Fallout: New Vegas

10. The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time

11. Stardew Valley

12. Pentiment

13. Balatro

14. Inscryption

15. Baldur's Gate 3

16. Disco Elysium

17. Final Fantasy X

18. Mass Effect

19. Metroid Prime

20. Deus Ex

21. Super Mario 64

22. Half-Life 2

23. Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic

24. Resident Evil 4

25. Dishonored

26. The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion

27. The Legend of Zelda: The Breath of the Wild

28. It Takes Two

29. Red Dead Redemption I|

30. Grand Theft Auto IV

31. Wolfenstein: The New Order
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Chad @kitation.co.uk · 16/12/2025
Our heat pump is great but Octopus tariff for it has been a massive pain in the arse. There are so many different time periods with different prices meaning things are changed around like eating time. I’m hoping I get used to it over time but it’s making my autistic “I need routine“ brain unhappy
Time
Price per kWh
00:00 - 04:00
27.60p
04:00 - 07:00
13.53p
07:00 - 13:00
27.60p
13:00 - 16:00
13.53p
16:00 - 19:00
41.39p
19:00 - 22:00
27.60p
22:00 - 00:00
13.53p
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Chad @kitation.co.uk · 15/12/2025
With alt text
Cis people will never know what it's like to have a regular chat with a medical professional and have it written up like this

Re: Shon Faye - D.O.B: 27/03/1988
NHS No:
I met with this open, thoughtful and intelligent male-to-female transgender author of political nonfiction on 17/11/25 for an assessment via
Zoom.
Ms Faye is 37 years old, was assigned male at birth, and appears to have made a successful social and medical transition. She is accepted by
all around her as female. She presented today in, what was to my eyes, an unmistakably feminine fashion. She has met several of my colleagues
previously who have documented a full history,
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Chad @kitation.co.uk · 12/12/2025
Verdict: mostly just normal irn bru but with a warming ginger note at the end - not enough cinnamon for me but still nicer than expected
Tin of Winter Bru - an Irn Bru that has “spiced ginger and cinnamon flavour”
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Chad @kitation.co.uk · 08/12/2025
Going back to the 90s with my birthday gifts from @katiefenn.bsky.social this year!
A portable CD player with CDs of the Hades soundtrack and the Grandia 2 soundtrack
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Chad @kitation.co.uk · 03/12/2025
This is a great way to make sure I don’t fill out your survey actually
Please note, by taking this survey you are giving consent for us to link your responses to your Three account so that we can identify you. This will help us to further pinpoint service improvements by enabling us to run additional analysis using your feedback with our own internal records. We may also contact you regarding your responses to see if we can help. All your personal data is handled in accordance with our privacy. policy.
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Chad @kitation.co.uk · 21/10/2025
Got through 6 books on my week off 💪 2 are YA so were relatively quick to get through to be fair. The Black Hunger was my favourite of the 6 but way too scary to read while on a plane.
NINSHUBAR - EMILY H. WILSON
THE DARKNESS OUTSIDE US - ELIOT SCHREFER
THE SPIRIT BARES ITS TEETH - Andrew Joseph WhiteRecently Read
Rich in histocical Setail and visceral seen
Tlr
Black Hunger - NICHOLAS PULLEN BURY YOUR GAYS - Chuck Tingle
UNMASKING AUTISM - Dr Devon Price
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Chad @kitation.co.uk · 09/10/2025
Don’t forget to change your name, disability, race and employer every 90 days for extra security! 🤦🏻‍♂️
Our investigation has now identified that personal information relating to you was impacted during this incident. This is data that we hold as part of your membership with Prospect and includes the following information:
• Name and contact details
• Other personal identifiers i.e., date of birth, information about ethnicity, sexual orientation, faith and disability (if provided)
• Membership number
• Details of your employer and your job title (if provided)
• Bank account details (account number and sort code)
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Chad @kitation.co.uk · 04/10/2025
I’m sure this carpet looks lovely in other settings, but for stairs it’s a bit of a death trap. I’m somewhat stereoblind so I struggle with judging distance on stairs at the best of times.
Photo taken looking down at some stairs; the carpet is black and covered in multicoloured dots randomly placed. You cannot tell where one step ends and the next begins.
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Chad @kitation.co.uk · 12/09/2025

drakensberg:
The reading comprehension and overall common sense on this website is piss poor.
poupon:
how dare you say we piss on the poor
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Chad @kitation.co.uk · 09/09/2025
I’ve always loved the one person saying “the train we on don’t go no stops” from FF7 while everyone else is saying the correct phrase
Screenshot from final fantasy 7. Lots of characters are stood around a meeting table; there are multiple speech bubbles of people simultaneously saying “there ain’t no gettin’ offa this train we on!” But one bubble reads “the train we on don’t make no stops!”
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Chad @kitation.co.uk · 07/08/2025
Doing the jury service feedback survey and I’ve never seen age asked like this before, I wonder what the reasoning is
Screenshot of a form with question “What was your age last birthday?”
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Chad @kitation.co.uk · 21/07/2025
So I asked this as a poll on mastodon and the clear result seems to be “it depends” - the classic answer to any accessibility question (folks could pick multiple options so won’t add up to 100%)
Getting generally better 34%
Getting generally worse 34%
No real change 17%
Some specific things are getting worse (pls reply) 14%
35 Votes
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Chad @kitation.co.uk · 17/07/2025
Wearing it out for a meetup this evening so I’ve popped some pins on it
Pins in a row on a purple outer bag pocket

1. Wooden black cat dressed as pirate
2. Badge with half bi flag and half pan flag with the word “solidarity” written on the top
3. Blue badge with text “maybe I’m trans?
4. Enamel pin shaped like a black game boy advance with a moogle (white cat like creature with yellow bobble on its head)
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Chad @kitation.co.uk · 16/07/2025
Made this roll top backpack in a sewing workshop yesterday, very proud of it. In a world determined to break us down it’s good to create, even if it’s something small and just for you.
Small roll top backpack made of purple and white patterned material with purple pocket and bottom
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Chad @kitation.co.uk · 11/07/2025
Excuse me?
Hand holding a bottle of Aquarius; a blue bottled sport drink with a Japanese label
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Chad @kitation.co.uk · 10/07/2025
Final fantasy 8 mentioned!! #FrontEndNorth
Conference speaker in front of a slide with pictures of final fantasy 7,8 and 9 covers
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Chad @kitation.co.uk · 10/07/2025
More disabled people in accessibility, and tech in general please! #FrontEndNorth
Quote: "My situation made it more tangible for people. It's far more difficult to relate to some of this accessibility stuff if you don't have an inclusive workforce that includes disabled people"
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Chad @kitation.co.uk · 10/07/2025
100% agree with this from @olu.online Reclaiming the web must include everyone! #FrontEndNorth
Slide with text “we need to work together and “we” includes the person often referred to as the “nontechnical user”
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Chad @kitation.co.uk · 16/06/2025
Without downloading any new pics describe your gender
Figurine in box of Cloud Strife from the final fantasy 7 remake in his cross dressing outfitSign on a table in a Chinese supermarket reads “ugly but delicious 20% off”Whiteboard in a classroom with a quote from me written on it “finally I’m in a room of white me discussing politics”
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Chad @kitation.co.uk · 14/06/2025
“We will use our billionaire friend’s infinite money to sue you until you comply”
Screenshot from the article: She also encouraged individuals to "keep pressure on MSPs and MPs", and make use of the fighting fund announced by the writer and activist JK Rowling to launch their own actions.
"We really need people to start challenging where they feel that organisations, local councils are not implementing the law.
We're very fortunate to have the fighting fund that JK Rowling set up and that will make a massive difference because when people start to realise that there's a cost maybe they will start to apply the law."
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Chad @kitation.co.uk · 13/06/2025
I’m not sure if I’m being over sensitive, and if you don’t want to use maps in your games that’s fine, but I don’t like the tone of this message from the Hell Is Us demo. Maps are often an accessibility aid for neurodivergent folks inc myself and this just sounds condescending.
WARNING
Our game has no map, no markers indicating where people or things are, where to go next, or who to talk to.
We will never tell you precisely what must be done or how to do it.
To thrive in Hell is Us, you will need to pay attention to your environment, listen, and be vigilant.
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Chad @kitation.co.uk · 27/05/2025
Yeah because the Equality Act is doing so well at protecting minorities right now
Screenshot from the Guardian article: Experts believe a full-scale rollback is unlikely in the UK, where the Equalities Act and the legal risk of discrimination cases present barriers to turning back the clock.
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Chad @kitation.co.uk · 23/05/2025
Given that I apparently need to start being a legal expert to advocate for basic rights, I have bought myself some light reading for the weekend (other recs on lgbt laws for laypeople are welcome!)
A book titled “gender, sexuality and law: a textbook” on a brown coffee table. Book is textbook sized but not as thick as a uni textbook
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Chad @kitation.co.uk · 29/04/2025
Miss Piggy in muppet christmas carol saying to scrooge "and I am about to raise you right off the pavement"
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Chad @kitation.co.uk · 02/04/2025
Everyone disliked that Fallout meme
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Chad @kitation.co.uk · 27/03/2025
Three panel screenshots from sailor moon cartoon. First panel is tuxedo mask (man in tuxedo, top hat and black cape) saying “my job here is done!” Second panel is sailor moon (girl in sailor school uniform with long blonde pigtails) looking up confusedly saying “but you didn’t do anything”. Third panel is tuxedo mask departing with a dramatic sweep of his long cape as if indeed his job is done
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Chad @kitation.co.uk · 05/02/2025
If you see this post your pride flags! Genderflux and pansexual Only just noticing the similarity between the 2 flags
Genderflux flag (top to bottom): pink, pale pink, grey, pale blue, blue, yellowPansexual flag (top to bottom): pink, yellow, blue
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Chad @kitation.co.uk · 17/01/2025
The train I’m on is running about 20 mins late, it’s fine it happens. But the live info screen in the app doesn’t really show this, rather it infers we’re actually 10 mins early
Screenshot of app showing journey, end stop is London Euston with 18.29 next to it in black text and a small “dep. 18.18” underneath it. Previous stops that were late running show in red.
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Chad @kitation.co.uk · 15/01/2025
I’ve got a NHS physio appointment in a couple of weeks and for some reason the hospital sent me a demographic paper form to fill out. The disability section of the form has categories I haven’t seen on a form before which confused me a bit when filling it out.

Disability - please indicate if you have a long term over 12 months), substantial (affects your ability to carry out day to day activities) physical or mental impairment you have been diagnosed with or consider yourself to have, if any:
Behaviour and Emotion.
Progressive Conditions and Physical Health le.g HIV, cancer, MS, fits, etc).
Memory or ability to concentrate, learn or understand (Learning Disability).
Sight.
Hearing.
Speech.
Manual Dexterity.
Mobility and Gross Motor.
Perception of Physical Danger.
No disability.
Personal, Self Care and
Continence.
Prefer not to say.
Other (please specify)
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Chad @kitation.co.uk · 03/01/2025
Didn’t hit my goal of reading 15 books last year but got pretty close. There’s a couple of books I started but didn’t want to finish that aren’t on this image because I got bored of them.

The StoryGraph Wrap-Up 2024 for me. A grid of 12 books (left to right, top to bottom): Mindful Design, Buried, All the Violet Tiaras, Divine Might, Angels & Man, Hell Followed With Us, Confronting Capitalism, Hostile Environment, Inanna, Player vs Monster, Happy Death Club, On Soulsring Worlds
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Chad @kitation.co.uk · 26/12/2024
It is Boxing Day my dudes
Supermarket aisle of small Easter eggs; kitkat, Maltesers, mini egg etc
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Chad @kitation.co.uk · 23/11/2024
Making my mark at #bclxiii (I didn’t write this, the person running the discussion did)
A whiteboard with a quote saying “finally I’m in a room of white men discussing politics - Chad”
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Chad @kitation.co.uk · 18/11/2024
Post your favourite tattoos that you have
Dotwork tattoo on forearm of character from the game Journey. Figure in a robe facing away with a long scarf, looking at a night sky with stars and symbolsDotwork tattoo on side of calf of 2 characters from the Ghibli film “from up on poppy hill” - 2 teenagers on a bike, the boy is the rider and the girl is sat on the back getting a ride
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Chad @kitation.co.uk · 17/10/2024
Japan loot haul!
Random stuff! Calendar of the cat stationmasters, cat pin, cat good luck charm, Shinra badge, Rufus Shinra mini figure, Bulbasaur charm and tiny Demifiend (SMT3) acrylic standeeMusic! Vinyl of Voyager by The Spellbound, and CDs of Hazuki, Razor, Gazette, Persona 4 soundtrack and The World Ends With You.Plushies! Alexander from Elden Ring, Prince + Katamari, Nier from Nier Replicant. Keyring sized Yosuke from Persona 4, Amateratsu from Okami with sticker and Tama, cat with a stationmaster hat
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