Joanna Blackhart [They/Them]
@joannablackhart.com
🏳️⚧️ • CW • They/Them • Accessibility & DEI Specialist • Sliding Scale • Opinions mine • 🏳️🌈
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Join Date: May 3, 2023
Please hire me.
https://joannablackhart.com
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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"Epic CEO angry that customers want to be informed and will refuse to purchase products they feel were made unethically so wants to take that choice away". There, fixed it for you.
Epic CEO says AI disclosures like Steam's make "no sense" because AI will be involved in "nearly all" future game development
https://www.reddit.com/r/pcgaming/comments/1p7eh60/epic_ceo_says_ai_disclosures_like_steams_make_no/
https://www.reddit.com/r/pcgaming/comments/1p7eh60/epic_ceo_says_ai_disclosures_like_steams_make_no/
Epic CEO says AI disclosures like Steam's make "no sense" because AI will be involved in "nearly all" future game development
r/pcgaming
www.reddit.com
November 26, 2025 at 11:48 PM
"Epic CEO angry that customers want to be informed and will refuse to purchase products they feel were made unethically so wants to take that choice away". There, fixed it for you.
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A federal three-judge panel on Wednesday allowed North Carolina to use a redrawn congressional map aimed at flipping a seat to Republicans as part of President Donald Trump’s multistate redistricting campaign ahead of the 2026 elections. https://to.pbs.org/3LYZcw9
Judges allow North Carolina to use a map drawn in bid to give Republicans another U.S. House seat
The map targets the state's only swing seat, held by Democratic Rep. Don Davis, who represents over 20 northeastern counties.
www.pbs.org
November 27, 2025 at 12:18 AM
A federal three-judge panel on Wednesday allowed North Carolina to use a redrawn congressional map aimed at flipping a seat to Republicans as part of President Donald Trump’s multistate redistricting campaign ahead of the 2026 elections. https://to.pbs.org/3LYZcw9
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My thoughts on AI anything, really.
November 23, 2025 at 2:06 PM
My thoughts on AI anything, really.
NPC writing is some of the most enjoyable because you can let your inner chaos demon run wild with no ill effects.
"i hate writing NPC dialogue i don't wanna do it i need bobot to do it for me buhhhhh" you are like a little baby
November 27, 2025 at 12:32 AM
NPC writing is some of the most enjoyable because you can let your inner chaos demon run wild with no ill effects.
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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.
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 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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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 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...
I think about this on a near daily basis.
"Thirty-eight years ago today a Chicago television signal was hijacked and the airing program was replaced by a stranger in a Max Headroom mask. The perpetrator has never been identified."
November 27, 2025 at 12:23 AM
I think about this on a near daily basis.
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...
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I fully agree. I keep seeing the notifications from the tags but when I try to access it, I can’t.
I don’t have the most resources but when I can I do try to support the requests.
I wish they would put this effort into getting rid of the real bot accounts
I don’t have the most resources but when I can I do try to support the requests.
I wish they would put this effort into getting rid of the real bot accounts
November 26, 2025 at 11:28 AM
I fully agree. I keep seeing the notifications from the tags but when I try to access it, I can’t.
I don’t have the most resources but when I can I do try to support the requests.
I wish they would put this effort into getting rid of the real bot accounts
I don’t have the most resources but when I can I do try to support the requests.
I wish they would put this effort into getting rid of the real bot accounts
They've been doing this for the last two years. Not just posts, but countless accounts, forcing a ton of Palestinians having to basically constantly create different accounts just so a single one of their posts might be seen.
These mods dont care about their plight or needs.
Or ours, really.
These mods dont care about their plight or needs.
Or ours, really.
Is BlueSky deleting posts from people in Gaza asking for help?
November 26, 2025 at 11:24 AM
They've been doing this for the last two years. Not just posts, but countless accounts, forcing a ton of Palestinians having to basically constantly create different accounts just so a single one of their posts might be seen.
These mods dont care about their plight or needs.
Or ours, really.
These mods dont care about their plight or needs.
Or ours, really.
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This is an odd situation, and genuinely one worth reading about if you actually Do care about games as art
Because is there challenging, troubling imagery in the game? Sure, yes
Is any of it like- porn or whatever? No. Not even remotely. But this is why rulings against porn media hurt everyone.
Because is there challenging, troubling imagery in the game? Sure, yes
Is any of it like- porn or whatever? No. Not even remotely. But this is why rulings against porn media hurt everyone.
Really wild situation here: a celebrated and well-regarded indie dev and publisher is facing shutdown because Valve banned their game from Steam and won't talk to them about it, at all.
www.ign.com/articles/uns...
www.ign.com/articles/uns...
Unsettling Horror Game Horses Banned From Steam, Leaving Studio With 'High Risk' of Closure - IGN
Indie horror game Horses is preparing to launch on December 2, on the Epic Games Store, GOG, Itch.io, and the Humble Store. But one place it won't be is on Steam, because Steam has banned the game for...
www.ign.com
November 25, 2025 at 5:35 PM
This is an odd situation, and genuinely one worth reading about if you actually Do care about games as art
Because is there challenging, troubling imagery in the game? Sure, yes
Is any of it like- porn or whatever? No. Not even remotely. But this is why rulings against porn media hurt everyone.
Because is there challenging, troubling imagery in the game? Sure, yes
Is any of it like- porn or whatever? No. Not even remotely. But this is why rulings against porn media hurt everyone.
I'm really tired of crossovers. Can someone just make their own OCs and *not* have them meet The Avatar, the kids from Stranger Things, or fucking Alien and Predator?
November 26, 2025 at 3:08 AM
I'm really tired of crossovers. Can someone just make their own OCs and *not* have them meet The Avatar, the kids from Stranger Things, or fucking Alien and Predator?
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somehow it's "hoarding" when I keep my old tech as long as possible and resent forced obsolescence
but not "hoarding" when billionaires and tech companies suck up all the money and burn though the planet in search of endless growth
but not "hoarding" when billionaires and tech companies suck up all the money and burn though the planet in search of endless growth
stupid young people, stop buying a new phone every year if you don't want to be broke. wait no, not like that.
November 26, 2025 at 1:19 AM
somehow it's "hoarding" when I keep my old tech as long as possible and resent forced obsolescence
but not "hoarding" when billionaires and tech companies suck up all the money and burn though the planet in search of endless growth
but not "hoarding" when billionaires and tech companies suck up all the money and burn though the planet in search of endless growth
Always block LLMs and genAI bots from your website.
Always.
Always.
fuck this so hard kerkour.com/dont-block-b... bots can eat a markov chain all day long
You probably shouldn't block AI bots from your website
It's now a common pass time for bloggers, content publishers and website administrators to share their best tips and trick on how to best block scraping bots. I've also spent
kerkour.com
November 26, 2025 at 2:05 AM
Always block LLMs and genAI bots from your website.
Always.
Always.
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For 20 years, Google and Bing have been assaulting the textfiles.com server, but the new scraper bots are a thousand times more aggressive.
November 26, 2025 at 2:03 AM
For 20 years, Google and Bing have been assaulting the textfiles.com server, but the new scraper bots are a thousand times more aggressive.
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Rip blood from bone.
November 26, 2025 at 1:38 AM
Rip blood from bone.
I'm ready to break people.
I am ready to evicerate.
Yall arent angry enough. Yall aren't mad enough. Yall aren't fucking furious enough for any of the vile, evil shit happening in this world.
If you aren't ready to rip blood from bone, you are complicit or need to pay some fucking attention.
I am ready to evicerate.
Yall arent angry enough. Yall aren't mad enough. Yall aren't fucking furious enough for any of the vile, evil shit happening in this world.
If you aren't ready to rip blood from bone, you are complicit or need to pay some fucking attention.
Additionally, OpenAI argues its not liable because Raine, by using ChatGPT for self-harm, broke its terms of service
November 26, 2025 at 1:38 AM
I'm ready to break people.
I am ready to evicerate.
Yall arent angry enough. Yall aren't mad enough. Yall aren't fucking furious enough for any of the vile, evil shit happening in this world.
If you aren't ready to rip blood from bone, you are complicit or need to pay some fucking attention.
I am ready to evicerate.
Yall arent angry enough. Yall aren't mad enough. Yall aren't fucking furious enough for any of the vile, evil shit happening in this world.
If you aren't ready to rip blood from bone, you are complicit or need to pay some fucking attention.
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🧵Thread of cafes, restaurants, bars, bagel joints, etc offering free meals to SNAP recipients, for those who might need it, & so those who don't can give 'em their business.
If you know of such offers in your area & don't see them here, please tell us in @'s.
Here's one! toastedseattle.com
If you know of such offers in your area & don't see them here, please tell us in @'s.
Here's one! toastedseattle.com
October 29, 2025 at 10:44 PM
🧵Thread of cafes, restaurants, bars, bagel joints, etc offering free meals to SNAP recipients, for those who might need it, & so those who don't can give 'em their business.
If you know of such offers in your area & don't see them here, please tell us in @'s.
Here's one! toastedseattle.com
If you know of such offers in your area & don't see them here, please tell us in @'s.
Here's one! toastedseattle.com
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Another Los Angeles offering - Thanksgiving specific:
November 25, 2025 at 2:40 AM
Another Los Angeles offering - Thanksgiving specific:
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NEW: Multiple judges call out DOJ's methods of defending its invasive trans care subpoenas.
A trio of public rulings, including one on Friday, all side with providers. Two rulings also raised sharp questions about DOJ's moves in recent months.
Tonight, at Law Dork:
A trio of public rulings, including one on Friday, all side with providers. Two rulings also raised sharp questions about DOJ's moves in recent months.
Tonight, at Law Dork:
Multiple judges call out DOJ's methods of defending its invasive trans care subpoenas
A trio of public rulings, including one on Friday, all side with providers. Two rulings also raised sharp questions about DOJ's moves in recent months.
www.lawdork.com
November 24, 2025 at 4:08 AM
NEW: Multiple judges call out DOJ's methods of defending its invasive trans care subpoenas.
A trio of public rulings, including one on Friday, all side with providers. Two rulings also raised sharp questions about DOJ's moves in recent months.
Tonight, at Law Dork:
A trio of public rulings, including one on Friday, all side with providers. Two rulings also raised sharp questions about DOJ's moves in recent months.
Tonight, at Law Dork:
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The fact her solution to having to “talk through a wall of dead children” is to ban cellphones and not stop committing a genocide is actually insane.
Former Obama speechwriter Sarah Hurwitz says Jewish students shouldn’t have smartphones until they finish high school — so they don’t see the “carnage” Israel and the U.S. have carried out in Gaza.
Video: Mel via X (@Villgecrazylady)
Video: Mel via X (@Villgecrazylady)
November 24, 2025 at 2:13 PM
The fact her solution to having to “talk through a wall of dead children” is to ban cellphones and not stop committing a genocide is actually insane.
Signal is secure as long as the people in it are secure.
Signal's encryption can not protect you from adding the editor of The Atlantic to your war group chat.
Signal's encryption can not protect you from adding the editor of The Atlantic to your war group chat.
Snitches are how 99% of FBI cases work, or someone talking when they shouldn't. It's almost never breaking encryption.
So, keep using signal because its the best option we have. Do not switch to telegram which is DEMONSTRABLY less secure.
So, keep using signal because its the best option we have. Do not switch to telegram which is DEMONSTRABLY less secure.
November 24, 2025 at 7:46 AM
Signal is secure as long as the people in it are secure.
Signal's encryption can not protect you from adding the editor of The Atlantic to your war group chat.
Signal's encryption can not protect you from adding the editor of The Atlantic to your war group chat.
Daily reminder that Signal is secure AF as long as you don't add the editor of The Atlantic to your group chat.
November 24, 2025 at 7:44 AM
Daily reminder that Signal is secure AF as long as you don't add the editor of The Atlantic to your group chat.