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Joanna Blackhart [They/Them]

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🏳️‍⚧️ • CW • They/Them • Accessibility & DEI Specialist • Sliding Scale • Opinions mine • 🏳️‍🌈 Please hire me. https://joannablackhart.com https://ko-fi.com/joannablackhart Join Date: May 3, 2023

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Joanna Blackhart [They/Them] @joannablackhart.com · Nov 15

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.

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Joanna Blackhart [They/Them] @joannablackhart.com · 11h

what the AI shitfuck

Al Jazeera English @aljazeera.com · 11h

Malaysian Foreign Minister Mohamad Hasan says the US president will oversee a peace deal at the upcoming ASEAN summit.

Trump to oversee Cambodia-Thai peace deal at ASEAN summit: Malaysia FM

Malaysian Foreign Minister Mohamad Hasan says the US president will oversee a peace deal at the upcoming ASEAN summit.

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Joanna Blackhart [They/Them] @joannablackhart.com · 11h

Wake up, sleeper.

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Joanna Blackhart [They/Them] @joannablackhart.com · 11h

Its so good. And honestly I just thought this was fully one sequence.

Joanna Blackhart [They/Them] @joannablackhart.com · 12h

there's the hornt, i knew someone would get there

Joanna Blackhart [They/Them] @joannablackhart.com · 12h

oh that's actually so much funnier lmao i love this

Joanna Blackhart [They/Them] @joannablackhart.com · 12h

i'd say paywall, given they're demanding you pay by allowing ads

Joanna Blackhart [They/Them] @joannablackhart.com · 12h

I did consider making this hornt cuz i'm sure SOMEBODY somewhere has made this hornt but...

...but I try to be respectful when interacting with strangers on the internet 😂😂😂

Joanna Blackhart [They/Them] @joannablackhart.com · 12h

"How long has it been since you washed?"

"Uh...how long have I been stationed here?"

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Joanna Blackhart [They/Them] @joannablackhart.com · 12h

god, that implies she smells *horrible*

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Joanna Blackhart [They/Them] @joannablackhart.com · 12h

yo how r u playing this game 👀👀👀

asking for a me 👀👀👀

Joanna Blackhart [They/Them] @joannablackhart.com · 14h

Cold take:

If your money is only acquired at the expense of others' lives, then you deserve to be stripped of every penny.

The Pleasure Vice Principle (he/him/his) @hannibaltabu.bsky.social · 1d

THEM: "Hannibal, just because you've worked in tech for decades doesn't mean you know anything! AI is all good and everything's great!"

ME: *sipping my tea*

futurism.com/artificial-i...

Bank of England Warns of Impending AI Disaster

The Bank of England has sounded the alarm, warning of an intensifying risk of a "sudden correction" due to an AI spending frenzy.

futurism.com

Joanna Blackhart [They/Them] @joannablackhart.com · 14h

Honestly I'd be perfectly fine with genAI if it was worthless.

But as the 14 1/2 president says, it is indeed less than worthless.

This shit comes at a heavy price to us all, and will kill Black and brown people before white folks see a single bit of harm.

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sucking chest wound of the woke wars @totallynotskoden.bsky.social · 1d

ya boi saying "i'd like to start this genocide by recognizing the indigenous people's of so called america"

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Joanna Blackhart [They/Them] @joannablackhart.com · 14h

Whats the type of government where you always have to carry your papers on you?

Gregory Pratt @royalpratt.bsky.social · 1d

NEWS: ICE gave a Rogers Park man a $130 ticket for not having his papers on him. They rounded him up last week and eventually let him go, but not without a fine that some critics say is un-American. Trump admin enforcing little-used law
www.chicagotribune.com/2025/10/13/i...

ICE tickets Chicago man with legal residency $130 for not having his papers on him: ‘It’s not fair…I’m a resident’

U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement fined Rueben Antonio Cruz $130 for not having his papers with him.

www.chicagotribune.com

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onion person @junlper.beer · 16h

if you already didn’t have enough reasons to cancel spotify:

Santiago Mayer @santiagomayer.com · 1d

Spotify is now running recruitment ads for ICE.

It’s time to cancel your account.

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✪ Jonathan H. Gray: “Professor of Halloweenery” ✪ @jongraywb.bsky.social · 20h

May her memory be a blessing and may she consistently rest in power

Matthew S. Bajko @politicalnotes.bsky.social · 21h

Miss Major Griffin-Gracy, a Black transgender woman and longtime activist who once lived in the Bay Area, died October 13. She was 78....
www.ebar.com/story/159150...

Trans leader Miss Major Griffin-Gracy dies

Miss Major Griffin-Gracy, a Black transgender woman and longtime activist who once lived in the Bay Area, died October 13.

www.ebar.com

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Jon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 17h

👇👇

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StrictlyChristo 🇺🇦🌻❌👑 @strictlychristo.bsky.social · 1d

Federal Secret Police and plainclothes ICE agents kidnap multiple people from a neighborhood in Chicago. They then deploy teargas and brutally beat neighbors who come out to express their concern.

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Ruth Delgado @heylookitsruth.bsky.social · 1d

A mom in Houston reported her 15-year-old son with autism missing. She spent 6 days terrified, searching for him. The whole time, Houston police knew exactly where he was since they helped ICE place him in a refugee facility.

This is beyond cruel.
www.houstonchronicle.com/news/houston...

Missing teen with autism transferred to refugee facility by HPD

He is currently being held at an Office for Refugee Resettlement facility.

www.houstonchronicle.com

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Dan Mihalopoulos @dmihalopoulos.bsky.social · 18h

This version is confirmed, by Hoffman Estates police, puncturing the official DHS statement.

At this point, there is a statement from DHS re 🧊 activities in the Chicago area that’s refuted in similar fashion on nearly a daily basis at a minimum over the past week

Congressman Raja Krishnamoorthi @congressmanraja.bsky.social · 20h

Despite what some, including at DHS, are claiming, this video isn’t from a year ago in Chicago. It was Friday in Hoffman Estates, in my district, a street I’ve walked myself. It appears to show a child being violently detained by ICE. It’s real, and I’m demanding accountability.

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الكسندرا ميراي @lexialex.bsky.social · 16h

I can't stand people who continue to pretend it's not one party. Nobody can be that stupid. They understand it, but they benefit from it so they join the con

Axios @axios.com · 18h

Former Presidents Biden and Clinton praised President Trump today for the Gaza peace deal.

Biden, Clinton praise Trump for Gaza peace deal

Biden said he commends Trump and his team, and Clinton said they "deserve great credit."

www.axios.com

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Joanna Blackhart [They/Them] @joannablackhart.com · 18h

This is grounds for "I'm coming to deliver this art in person, and by deliver this art in person, I mean send your money because I'm coming to your house to break your teeth"

Mama Raven @ravenemore.bsky.social · 18h

There's only one thing I hate more than AI bros and that's AI bros buying a commission from REAL artists and use it for AI later.

Joanna Blackhart [They/Them] @joannablackhart.com · 18h

Good luck, Erin

Joanna Blackhart [They/Them] @joannablackhart.com · 18h

me when hockey

Joanna Blackhart [They/Them] @joannablackhart.com · 18h

It is terrifyingly true.