Joanna Blackhart [They/Them]
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🏳️⚧️ • CW • They/Them • Accessibility & DEI Specialist • Sliding Scale • Opinions mine • 🏳️🌈
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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.
This has always been a major goal of genAI -- not just to make you question the usage of AI but to make you question the possibilities of humans, and to ask sew doubt in human skill and ability.
And a lot of folks be fallin for that stuff daily.
And a lot of folks be fallin for that stuff daily.
I spotted this on Mastodon and I find it horrible, not least for the speed with which this has happened.
November 10, 2025 at 12:36 PM
This has always been a major goal of genAI -- not just to make you question the usage of AI but to make you question the possibilities of humans, and to ask sew doubt in human skill and ability.
And a lot of folks be fallin for that stuff daily.
And a lot of folks be fallin for that stuff daily.
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Currently doing some marking. A reminder to everyone involved in archives and collections: digitisation is not preservation. If I digitise a box of records and put the files on a USB stick I haven't preserved a thing. It's all about what you do with the files post-digitisation. #archives #digipres
November 10, 2025 at 5:35 AM
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A reminder that "centrist left" means "in favour of the people at the expense of the rich, unless it benefits the rich not to be" and "centrist right" means "in favour of the rich at the expense of the people, but eloquently".
November 10, 2025 at 7:18 AM
A reminder that "centrist left" means "in favour of the people at the expense of the rich, unless it benefits the rich not to be" and "centrist right" means "in favour of the rich at the expense of the people, but eloquently".
Eat them.
Fork and knife.
Stop being kind. Stop being gentle.
Eat them. EAT THEM.
Fork and knife.
Stop being kind. Stop being gentle.
Eat them. EAT THEM.
November 10, 2025 at 7:17 AM
Eat them.
Fork and knife.
Stop being kind. Stop being gentle.
Eat them. EAT THEM.
Fork and knife.
Stop being kind. Stop being gentle.
Eat them. EAT THEM.
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Schumers of the world are "necessary" and this dude just looked all of America in the face and scolded them like a shitty parent talking to a kid they didn't want.
"It's more difficult than just keeping the healthcare, you wouldn't get it---"
People are going to die you fuckface asshole.
"It's more difficult than just keeping the healthcare, you wouldn't get it---"
People are going to die you fuckface asshole.
November 10, 2025 at 7:01 AM
Schumers of the world are "necessary" and this dude just looked all of America in the face and scolded them like a shitty parent talking to a kid they didn't want.
"It's more difficult than just keeping the healthcare, you wouldn't get it---"
People are going to die you fuckface asshole.
"It's more difficult than just keeping the healthcare, you wouldn't get it---"
People are going to die you fuckface asshole.
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I know people live the analogy of "yes it's too evils, but one will stab me 5 times and the other 7, so I'll take the 5 to walk and keep fighting"
Over a decade later I've yet to get an answer to my follow up of "but why are you ok being stabbed *at all*, especially when they keep stabbing you?"
Over a decade later I've yet to get an answer to my follow up of "but why are you ok being stabbed *at all*, especially when they keep stabbing you?"
November 10, 2025 at 6:59 AM
I know people live the analogy of "yes it's too evils, but one will stab me 5 times and the other 7, so I'll take the 5 to walk and keep fighting"
Over a decade later I've yet to get an answer to my follow up of "but why are you ok being stabbed *at all*, especially when they keep stabbing you?"
Over a decade later I've yet to get an answer to my follow up of "but why are you ok being stabbed *at all*, especially when they keep stabbing you?"
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Just sold everyone out. They voted to kill us all so they can get nothing.
Senate reaches deal to reopen government after moderate Democrats cave
Senate Reaches Deal To Reopen Government After Moderate Democrats Cave
Republicans found enough Democrats willing to drop their party's demand to extend soon-to-expire health care subsidies for millions of people.
www.huffpost.com
November 10, 2025 at 3:04 AM
Just sold everyone out. They voted to kill us all so they can get nothing.
Just sold everyone out. They voted to kill us all so they can get nothing.
Senate reaches deal to reopen government after moderate Democrats cave
Senate Reaches Deal To Reopen Government After Moderate Democrats Cave
Republicans found enough Democrats willing to drop their party's demand to extend soon-to-expire health care subsidies for millions of people.
www.huffpost.com
November 10, 2025 at 3:04 AM
Just sold everyone out. They voted to kill us all so they can get nothing.
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We’re gonna eat you. With forks.
November 10, 2025 at 2:50 AM
We’re gonna eat you. With forks.
You know, we could solve a lot of problems by just punching a bunch of old white men.
November 10, 2025 at 2:57 AM
You know, we could solve a lot of problems by just punching a bunch of old white men.
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If your senators voted "No" then you should call them and immediately pressure them to depose of Schumer
Schumer can be removed from his Dem leadership role this week - 23 Dems (and/or independents) just have to vote to depose him
And they should, given this is his fault.
And they should, given this is his fault.
This is a lovely sentiment but Schumer isn't up for re-election until 2028 and he knows this. At which point he will be 77/78. There's no mechanism to recall a sitting senator AFAIK.
November 10, 2025 at 2:20 AM
If your senators voted "No" then you should call them and immediately pressure them to depose of Schumer
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I saw a post that said “If alternative kids could let go of Marilyn Manson, you can let go of Harry Potter” and now that lives rent free in my head.
Trans rights are human rights.
Trans rights are human rights.
November 10, 2025 at 1:53 AM
I saw a post that said “If alternative kids could let go of Marilyn Manson, you can let go of Harry Potter” and now that lives rent free in my head.
Trans rights are human rights.
Trans rights are human rights.
Reminder that the thing kidnappers want more than anything else is to be unnoticed.
Consider glitter paint balloons.
They won't be able to hide.
Consider glitter paint balloons.
They won't be able to hide.
November 9, 2025 at 5:45 AM
Reminder that the thing kidnappers want more than anything else is to be unnoticed.
Consider glitter paint balloons.
They won't be able to hide.
Consider glitter paint balloons.
They won't be able to hide.
The even funnier thing about this is that animals DO have intent, emotion, and expression.
Crows collect things for beauty, birds in general make nests with intention, and we know animals play and have fun.
Its saying "non-human" but it really means is "non-living".
Dead things dont make art.
Crows collect things for beauty, birds in general make nests with intention, and we know animals play and have fun.
Its saying "non-human" but it really means is "non-living".
Dead things dont make art.
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November 9, 2025 at 4:45 AM
The even funnier thing about this is that animals DO have intent, emotion, and expression.
Crows collect things for beauty, birds in general make nests with intention, and we know animals play and have fun.
Its saying "non-human" but it really means is "non-living".
Dead things dont make art.
Crows collect things for beauty, birds in general make nests with intention, and we know animals play and have fun.
Its saying "non-human" but it really means is "non-living".
Dead things dont make art.
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Tech guys six months ago: haha yes we’re cutting all this WASTEFUL spending by eliminating medical research and USAID
Tech guys now: yes I think taxpayers will be excited to bailout my non consensual pornography machine
Tech guys now: yes I think taxpayers will be excited to bailout my non consensual pornography machine
November 8, 2025 at 11:02 PM
Tech guys six months ago: haha yes we’re cutting all this WASTEFUL spending by eliminating medical research and USAID
Tech guys now: yes I think taxpayers will be excited to bailout my non consensual pornography machine
Tech guys now: yes I think taxpayers will be excited to bailout my non consensual pornography machine
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While they’re still screwing about with SNAP, it’s a good idea to donate to pet shelters, too.
If you dare show up with “poor people shouldn’t have pets”, I will tear such a new one it generates a black hole.
apnews.com/article/pets...
If you dare show up with “poor people shouldn’t have pets”, I will tear such a new one it generates a black hole.
apnews.com/article/pets...
Families on SNAP worry about not just feeding themselves but also their pets
With SNAP benefits going out late, nonprofits are begging for pet food donations to prevent desperate owners from surrendering their dogs and cats to animal shelters.
apnews.com
November 8, 2025 at 9:06 PM
While they’re still screwing about with SNAP, it’s a good idea to donate to pet shelters, too.
If you dare show up with “poor people shouldn’t have pets”, I will tear such a new one it generates a black hole.
apnews.com/article/pets...
If you dare show up with “poor people shouldn’t have pets”, I will tear such a new one it generates a black hole.
apnews.com/article/pets...
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Most people don’t know that with SNAP you are banned from buying “foods that are hot at the point of sale”. So even if you have SNAP (which people don’t now) you can’t get cooked food. Which means you need to also actually have the resources to PREPARE a “healthy” meal.
Thinking about the social stigma against eating fast food in a country where poor people are being starved by the govt, the cost of groceries and fresh vegetables are astronomical, and a cheeseburger at McDonald’s costs $3.50.
“Clean” and “healthy” eating rhetoric is racist, ableist, and classist.
“Clean” and “healthy” eating rhetoric is racist, ableist, and classist.
November 8, 2025 at 10:11 PM
Most people don’t know that with SNAP you are banned from buying “foods that are hot at the point of sale”. So even if you have SNAP (which people don’t now) you can’t get cooked food. Which means you need to also actually have the resources to PREPARE a “healthy” meal.
There was never a ceasefire.
The genocide has not stopped.
The genocide has not stopped.
Israeli forces kill several people across Gaza, as settlers and military continue attacks in the occupied West Bank.
Death toll in Israel’s war on Gaza surpasses 69,000 as attacks continue
Israeli forces kill several people across Gaza, as settlers and military continue attacks in the occupied West Bank.
bit.ly
November 8, 2025 at 11:52 PM
There was never a ceasefire.
The genocide has not stopped.
The genocide has not stopped.
MARGERIE TAYLOR GREENE?!
ARE YALL OUTSIDE YOUR DAMNED MINDS?
EXCUSE YOU?????
ARE YALL OUTSIDE YOUR DAMNED MINDS?
EXCUSE YOU?????
You fucking people will let anyone off the hook for their violent hateful beliefs and all they have to do is say shiny words you like
You’re all a bunch of Nazi tattoo forgiving, Jewish space lasers forgetting gullible marks getting played for fools
As a Jew I suggest you all go fuck yourselves.
You’re all a bunch of Nazi tattoo forgiving, Jewish space lasers forgetting gullible marks getting played for fools
As a Jew I suggest you all go fuck yourselves.
November 8, 2025 at 11:51 PM
MARGERIE TAYLOR GREENE?!
ARE YALL OUTSIDE YOUR DAMNED MINDS?
EXCUSE YOU?????
ARE YALL OUTSIDE YOUR DAMNED MINDS?
EXCUSE YOU?????
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👏 CHECK 👏 YOUR 👏 BALLOT 👏
November 8, 2025 at 11:34 PM
👏 CHECK 👏 YOUR 👏 BALLOT 👏
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I’m crying reading this. It’s exactly what I needed to hear today. “Everyone can do something, and that something will matter.”
My latest is a love letter to Chicago. "I see you stumbling through the stubborn, awkward rhythm of showing up, again and again. I see you fighting alongside people who sometimes frustrate and confuse you, and defending neighbors you may have never met, because you know they’re all your people."
In Chicago, We Run Toward Danger Together
"Faced with unrelenting state violence, Chicagoans have refused to be cowed," says Mariame Kaba.
organizingmythoughts.org
November 8, 2025 at 11:18 PM
I’m crying reading this. It’s exactly what I needed to hear today. “Everyone can do something, and that something will matter.”
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Mostly seeing it in the UK these days, here's a recent example - not seeing too many specific uses of "free the nipple" as a specific phrase, moreso toplessness as a deliberate political statement.
www.out.com/gay-athletes...
www.out.com/gay-athletes...
A trans woman, forced to compete against men, swims topless in protest
Anne Isabella Coombes stood up to Swim England's gender policies in an innovative way.
www.out.com
November 8, 2025 at 5:48 PM
Mostly seeing it in the UK these days, here's a recent example - not seeing too many specific uses of "free the nipple" as a specific phrase, moreso toplessness as a deliberate political statement.
www.out.com/gay-athletes...
www.out.com/gay-athletes...
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Stuff like this you gotta place within the wider context of how universities historically worked to legitimize and launder really sketch technology for centuries now
That's the only way it starts to make sense
That's the only way it starts to make sense
November 8, 2025 at 11:54 AM
Stuff like this you gotta place within the wider context of how universities historically worked to legitimize and launder really sketch technology for centuries now
That's the only way it starts to make sense
That's the only way it starts to make sense
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Israel has escalated daily attacks in Lebanon, flouting a one-year-old truce, while claiming it's targeting Hezbollah.
Israeli attacks kill two in Lebanon as EU urges it to respect the ceasefire
Israel has escalated daily attacks in Lebanon, flouting a one-year-old truce, while claiming it's targeting Hezbollah.
bit.ly
November 8, 2025 at 1:00 PM
Israel has escalated daily attacks in Lebanon, flouting a one-year-old truce, while claiming it's targeting Hezbollah.
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40 years ago we’d have congressional hearings falsely accusing metal bands of putting backwards messages in their songs that told kids to kill themselves & now we have a planet-killing chatbot that’s all like “bet you won’t commit suicide chickenshit bitch” & the government is like here’s $5 billion
November 8, 2025 at 4:23 AM
40 years ago we’d have congressional hearings falsely accusing metal bands of putting backwards messages in their songs that told kids to kill themselves & now we have a planet-killing chatbot that’s all like “bet you won’t commit suicide chickenshit bitch” & the government is like here’s $5 billion