Crystal Preston-Watson
@scopicengineer
Accessibility agitator in the streets, Accessibility agitator in the sheets. 24/7/365 absurdist.
I created this promo explaining why the date of my Disability Pride comedy event this Sunday July 5th is intentional. Giving a brief history of the Gang of 19, Denver and the modern Disability Rights movement.
Huge thanks to Kathie J at KOSI FM for having me on to talk accessibility, disability, and the upcoming Disability Pride event, Accommodate This, July 5th at @risecomedy.bsky.social here in Denver. Interview's live now: kosi101.com/watch
Happy Juneteenth from me and this pint of Great Value ice cream.
Baby's first film and film festival. My film, Encore, was selected for Film Score Fest 2026. It's fitting that my first film is a silent expressionist one, as I spent countless insomnia-fueled nights watching silent German expressionist movies on TCM and AMC.
I had the honor of contributing to Smithsonian Science Education Center's newest community research guide, Zero Barriers! as a Project Advisor The guide helps younger people to investigate barriers in their community and use STEM & social science to innovate real-world solutions for accessibility
I wonder if all the places that have ordinances that forbid low-rise and sagging pants will still enforce them now Chanel is using that style for their current collection's silhouette. 🤔
Tomorrow night in the Denver area, come enjoy comedy with a cause Laughing for Liberation is a comedy show benefiting the Colorado Immigrant Rights Coalition. It's a stacked lineup. RiSE Comedy, Denver March 8 @ 6:30 PM Tickets: www.crowdwork.com/e/laughing-f... (P.s. I created the poster!)
I have like five other things I should be working on that are due this week but my brain thought it was important to make this Persona 5 / Twin Peaks meme right now. *No AI was used to make the image
The improv theater where I'm on one of the house teams is having a benefit show for Colorado Immigrant Rights Coalition (CIRC) in March. I created the poster for it. Sometimes I surprise myself..
My team is celebrating Denver's Puerto Rican community performing at Circo Flamboyán, a 90-minute BIPOC and queer vaudeville-style variety show celebrating arts, community, and culture. We will be in the February 20th show but there are three other dates that are packed with performers and artists.
Showing off my Photoshop skills with the bug ticket ad I created for my improv team's show. The title is 'Test in Production' because we are using the app I built for audience participation and streamlined show tech for the first time. I'm proud of the work I did though it caused me to cry a lot.
Peter Finch was the first person to win an Oscar posthumously for his performance as Howard Beale in Network (1976). The film's plot takes place during the 1970s recession but its themes and emotions make it as relevant today as it was then. Finch's "Mad as Hell" monologue is iconic and timeless.
I'm shooting my first ever short film for a film festival in May. Now I'm trying to remember everything from the few photography and filmmaking courses I took years ago. My cat is highly annoyed as I practice camera movement on her.
When you get the Cloudflare waiting room you know it's gonna be one of those days
Let's take a look back at what I was doing 16 years ago during the holidays...
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.
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.
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
Cat woke up during my interview today and chose violence towards the webcam. Now back in her bed like nothing happened.
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.
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
The New York Times opinion page isn't holding anything back now smh.
Ending spooky season with one of the spookiest images I've created.
Tropical fruit update: This morning breakfast included a tamarillo. It's like a mix of tomato and passion fruit. A really tart tomato. There was only one so after tasting I added it to some cottage cheese and now I'm sad because it was really good.
I thought I would make a timely meme after watching one of my favorite movies.
Don't ask me how but I got an image of the people who did the heist at the Louvre.
The amazing poster made for yesterday's protest in Denver Credit: JuniperClementine on reddit
Receiving rejection emails doesn't so much discourage me, but instead turns me, little by little, into Dennis Reynolds.