Joanna Blackhart [They/Them]
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🏳️⚧️ • CW • They/Them • Accessibility & DEI Specialist • Sliding Scale • Opinions mine • 🏳️🌈
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Join Date: May 3, 2023
Please hire me.
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https://ko-fi.com/joannablackhart
Join Date: May 3, 2023
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Now that I have a keyboard for this place, let me introduce myself.
Joanna Blackhart, DEIA Specialist, Sliding Scale.
I work in all forms of media, books being my favorite.
Proudly Mexican-American 🇲🇽
Nonbinary-Trans, Femme, Lesbian.
Proudly Furry.
Married with kids.
Poly.
Joanna Blackhart, DEIA Specialist, Sliding Scale.
I work in all forms of media, books being my favorite.
Proudly Mexican-American 🇲🇽
Nonbinary-Trans, Femme, Lesbian.
Proudly Furry.
Married with kids.
Poly.
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Just to add one more thing to this great thread: consider how, if your phone is seized, will your Signal chats be revealed to authorities. Maybe before trips or protests, just delete the app. You can re-install later and sign back in.
Reminder that any encrypted chat is only as safe as the people in it.
This article deeply implies that the FBI had an informant inside the group, potentially even the creator of the group itself.
I will say it again:
No encryption is safe against adding the Editor-in-Chief of The Atlantic.
This article deeply implies that the FBI had an informant inside the group, potentially even the creator of the group itself.
I will say it again:
No encryption is safe against adding the Editor-in-Chief of The Atlantic.
The FBI accessed and spied on a Signal group chat that was organizing immigrant “court watch” efforts in NYC.
I feel like this should be bigger news.
You aren’t supposed to be able to spy on Signal chats.
Were they invited? How did they get access? Was there a warrant?
I feel like this should be bigger news.
You aren’t supposed to be able to spy on Signal chats.
Were they invited? How did they get access? Was there a warrant?
November 29, 2025 at 10:58 AM
Just to add one more thing to this great thread: consider how, if your phone is seized, will your Signal chats be revealed to authorities. Maybe before trips or protests, just delete the app. You can re-install later and sign back in.
Reminder that any encrypted chat is only as safe as the people in it.
This article deeply implies that the FBI had an informant inside the group, potentially even the creator of the group itself.
I will say it again:
No encryption is safe against adding the Editor-in-Chief of The Atlantic.
This article deeply implies that the FBI had an informant inside the group, potentially even the creator of the group itself.
I will say it again:
No encryption is safe against adding the Editor-in-Chief of The Atlantic.
The FBI accessed and spied on a Signal group chat that was organizing immigrant “court watch” efforts in NYC.
I feel like this should be bigger news.
You aren’t supposed to be able to spy on Signal chats.
Were they invited? How did they get access? Was there a warrant?
I feel like this should be bigger news.
You aren’t supposed to be able to spy on Signal chats.
Were they invited? How did they get access? Was there a warrant?
The FBI spied on a Signal group chat of immigration activists, records reveal
Exclusive: Agency accessed private conversations of New York ‘courtwatch’ group that was observing public hearings
www.theguardian.com
November 29, 2025 at 10:40 AM
Reminder that any encrypted chat is only as safe as the people in it.
This article deeply implies that the FBI had an informant inside the group, potentially even the creator of the group itself.
I will say it again:
No encryption is safe against adding the Editor-in-Chief of The Atlantic.
This article deeply implies that the FBI had an informant inside the group, potentially even the creator of the group itself.
I will say it again:
No encryption is safe against adding the Editor-in-Chief of The Atlantic.
no, you don't understand, if i don't yell at the tv while watching a show, the main character won't hear me and thus they wont be able to solve the plot.
i'm helping, you see?
i'm helping, you see?
November 29, 2025 at 3:26 AM
no, you don't understand, if i don't yell at the tv while watching a show, the main character won't hear me and thus they wont be able to solve the plot.
i'm helping, you see?
i'm helping, you see?
I'm against the state executing people.
That being said, billionaires aren't people.
If you think about it from a medical standpoint, they're much closer to a virus.
That being said, billionaires aren't people.
If you think about it from a medical standpoint, they're much closer to a virus.
Having second thoughts about my anti-public-executions stance actually
I deeply despise these people, need for this buble to burst ASAP, and want this man underneath a whole entire jail. This entire country is ghouls akimbo
November 29, 2025 at 2:50 AM
I'm against the state executing people.
That being said, billionaires aren't people.
If you think about it from a medical standpoint, they're much closer to a virus.
That being said, billionaires aren't people.
If you think about it from a medical standpoint, they're much closer to a virus.
I think that's called doing business with terrorists.
How did the @nytimes.com editors let this sentence appear?
"Critics have likened Mr. Trump’s approach to extortion, while others have chalked it up as a cost of doing business with this administration."
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/26/u...
"Critics have likened Mr. Trump’s approach to extortion, while others have chalked it up as a cost of doing business with this administration."
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/26/u...
Northwestern University Nears Deal to Resolve Its Conflict With the White House
www.nytimes.com
November 29, 2025 at 2:45 AM
I think that's called doing business with terrorists.
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Holy fuck !
The only thing less human than these AI dub performances is the decision to sign off on them
A company this big can pay human actors a decent wage, not produce slop that intentionally removes the human element.
A company this big can pay human actors a decent wage, not produce slop that intentionally removes the human element.
November 29, 2025 at 1:55 AM
Holy fuck !
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And threw trans women under the bus while at it. I’m sick.
BREAKING: Northwestern University has agreed to pay the U.S. Treasury $75 million, over the course of three years as part of an agreement with the federal government to restore funding and end investigations into the university
Full statement from NU below:
Full statement from NU below:
November 29, 2025 at 2:02 AM
And threw trans women under the bus while at it. I’m sick.
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Tim Sweeney gonna defend this saying all your information is on the internet anyway so you should just tell him what your Social Security Number is.
OpenAI confirms major security breach, with user names, emails, and more exposed.
Here's what you need to know: buff.ly/B5vTUPy 👇
Here's what you need to know: buff.ly/B5vTUPy 👇
OpenAI confirms major data breach, exposing names, emails and more
Users are waking up to discover OpenAI leaked their data this morning via a faulty third-party plugin. Here's what you need to know.
www.windowscentral.com
November 27, 2025 at 5:39 PM
Tim Sweeney gonna defend this saying all your information is on the internet anyway so you should just tell him what your Social Security Number is.
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GOOD NEWS! Researchers have made a HUGE breakthrough towards a UNIVERSAL antiviral. By targeting sugar molecules found on the surface of many viruses that SHARE structural similarities, they identified FOUR compounds that successfully BLOCKED infections from SEVEN different viruses.
November 28, 2025 at 5:00 PM
GOOD NEWS! Researchers have made a HUGE breakthrough towards a UNIVERSAL antiviral. By targeting sugar molecules found on the surface of many viruses that SHARE structural similarities, they identified FOUR compounds that successfully BLOCKED infections from SEVEN different viruses.
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Universities paying into the protection racket.
BREAKING: Northwestern University has agreed to pay the U.S. Treasury $75 million, over the course of three years as part of an agreement with the federal government to restore funding and end investigations into the university
Full statement from NU below:
Full statement from NU below:
November 29, 2025 at 1:18 AM
Universities paying into the protection racket.
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November 28, 2025 at 8:10 AM
🚨 Creator Day is LIVE! 🚨
For the next 24 hours we are waiving our platform fee! Creators will get the most they can from each transaction.
Support your favorite developers and check out over 15,000 projects participating in our Black Friday sale
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Support your favorite developers and check out over 15,000 projects participating in our Black Friday sale
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Cosign.
You don’t get to promote yourself as a vegan friendly company when you’re using tech that’s literally killing the environment. Not without being massively disingenuous.
You also can’t pretend you’re pro-artist either. AI is artistic theft being used to try and make artists extinct. Fuck off.
You also can’t pretend you’re pro-artist either. AI is artistic theft being used to try and make artists extinct. Fuck off.
November 28, 2025 at 10:22 AM
Cosign.
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Itch is a tiny, now-profit entity and there's no way they can fight Visa et. al. But it's farcical to claim that the largest game storefront on the planet with a track record of laissez-faire management has its hands tied here.
Valve made a deliberate choice, and that choice was to Not Give A Shit.
Valve made a deliberate choice, and that choice was to Not Give A Shit.
November 27, 2025 at 10:52 AM
Itch is a tiny, now-profit entity and there's no way they can fight Visa et. al. But it's farcical to claim that the largest game storefront on the planet with a track record of laissez-faire management has its hands tied here.
Valve made a deliberate choice, and that choice was to Not Give A Shit.
Valve made a deliberate choice, and that choice was to Not Give A Shit.
You know, maybe they wouldn't be shooting at the national guard if the national guard wasn't so willing to do nazi work.
Just a thought.
Just a thought.
November 28, 2025 at 4:57 AM
You know, maybe they wouldn't be shooting at the national guard if the national guard wasn't so willing to do nazi work.
Just a thought.
Just a thought.
WHAT DO YOU MEAN THERE'S ONLY ONE ICE HOCKEY ANIME EVER MADE?!
And worse, it sucks.
And worse, it sucks.
November 28, 2025 at 4:38 AM
WHAT DO YOU MEAN THERE'S ONLY ONE ICE HOCKEY ANIME EVER MADE?!
And worse, it sucks.
And worse, it sucks.
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Joanna got me a gig when I was destitute that helped me out a lot.
If you can spare anything, please give her a hand.
If you can spare anything, please give her a hand.
Yo can someone help me pay rent? Please.
I'm over a year unemployeed now and that isnt getting better yet :(
Even just shares matter. Thank you.
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I'm over a year unemployeed now and that isnt getting better yet :(
Even just shares matter. Thank you.
ko-fi.com/joannablackh...
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November 27, 2025 at 12:27 AM
Joanna got me a gig when I was destitute that helped me out a lot.
If you can spare anything, please give her a hand.
If you can spare anything, please give her a hand.
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PLEASE U HAVE COME THRU SO FAR FOR ME LETS FUCKING SEE THE SAME SUPPORT FOR JOANNA
Thank you to the folks who have donated over the past day or so. I set up a goal of how much it costs to not be homeless for one year.
Not food. Not bills. Not entertainment. Just rent.
$14,400 is my share.
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Not food. Not bills. Not entertainment. Just rent.
$14,400 is my share.
ko-fi.com/joannablackh...
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November 28, 2025 at 3:39 AM
PLEASE U HAVE COME THRU SO FAR FOR ME LETS FUCKING SEE THE SAME SUPPORT FOR JOANNA
Hey since you're busy giving thanks or whatever, how bout you give thanks to me for 20+ years in games and only having a year of unemployment to be grateful for?
Yo can someone help me pay rent? Please.
I'm over a year unemployeed now and that isnt getting better yet :(
Even just shares matter. Thank you.
ko-fi.com/joannablackh...
I'm over a year unemployeed now and that isnt getting better yet :(
Even just shares matter. Thank you.
ko-fi.com/joannablackh...
Support Joanna Blackhart
Support Joanna Blackhart
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November 28, 2025 at 2:23 AM
Hey since you're busy giving thanks or whatever, how bout you give thanks to me for 20+ years in games and only having a year of unemployment to be grateful for?
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Literal bullshit machine
Not wanting to disappoint you so much that it lies is the last quality I want in a computer.
November 28, 2025 at 12:15 AM
Literal bullshit machine
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"Conservative groups, funded by fossil fuel magnates, spend $1B/yr interfering with public understanding of what is happening to our world. Few investments rival the return they've gotten from evangelicals."
An oldie but goodie makes the link between fossil fuels, climate denial, and U.S. religion.
An oldie but goodie makes the link between fossil fuels, climate denial, and U.S. religion.
How Fossil Fuel Money Made Climate Change Denial the Word of God
Splinter is your home for news and opinions that challenge power in our political and economic system that's becoming more unhinged each and every day.
www.splinter.com
November 28, 2025 at 12:59 AM
"Conservative groups, funded by fossil fuel magnates, spend $1B/yr interfering with public understanding of what is happening to our world. Few investments rival the return they've gotten from evangelicals."
An oldie but goodie makes the link between fossil fuels, climate denial, and U.S. religion.
An oldie but goodie makes the link between fossil fuels, climate denial, and U.S. religion.
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ICE DETAINED MARILYN. Fuck these people. www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news...
‘Northern Exposure’ actor gave ICE agents in Redmond her tribal ID. They called it ‘fake,’ she says
Indigenous actor Elaine Miles of "Northern Exposure" was detained by ICE at a Redmond bus stop. When she showed them her Tribal ID, they told her it was fake.
www.seattletimes.com
November 27, 2025 at 4:35 PM
ICE DETAINED MARILYN. Fuck these people. www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news...
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Yo can someone help me pay rent? Please.
I'm over a year unemployeed now and that isnt getting better yet :(
Even just shares matter. Thank you.
ko-fi.com/joannablackh...
I'm over a year unemployeed now and that isnt getting better yet :(
Even just shares matter. Thank you.
ko-fi.com/joannablackh...
Support Joanna Blackhart
Support Joanna Blackhart
ko-fi.com
November 26, 2025 at 11:46 AM
Yo can someone help me pay rent? Please.
I'm over a year unemployeed now and that isnt getting better yet :(
Even just shares matter. Thank you.
ko-fi.com/joannablackh...
I'm over a year unemployeed now and that isnt getting better yet :(
Even just shares matter. Thank you.
ko-fi.com/joannablackh...
Saw someone cite the Collective Shout thing and payment processors in regards to the Horse situation and say "Valve can't fight them by itself", and I think we maybe shouldn't be defending multi-billion dollar companies for arbitrary takedowns of artistic works and acting like they're the little guy
November 27, 2025 at 11:15 AM
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Doing your best to literally destroy life-sustaining ecosystems while also sanctioning the torture of people is hard on the spirit, wow who knew
Speaker 'barely holding it together' and 'crushed by his workload': NYT
Speaker 'barely holding it together' and 'crushed by his workload': NYT
House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) made several revealing admissions about the stressful and chaotic nature of his job, according to a recent New York Times report.The Times' Annie Karni wrote in a Wednesday article that Johnson turned what was meant to be an easy interview with a friendly podcast h...
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November 27, 2025 at 2:55 AM
Doing your best to literally destroy life-sustaining ecosystems while also sanctioning the torture of people is hard on the spirit, wow who knew