Violet Fox 🦊
@violetbfox.bsky.social
Libraries, zines, liberation. She/her. https://violetbfox.info/
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Violet Fox 🦊
@violetbfox.bsky.social
· Feb 27
📣 New zine! "Radical Books That Aren't a Slog : Leftist Book Recommendations for Newly Radical Folks." If you're a baby leftist looking for a place to start imagining new possibilities, here's 17 books to get you started! violetbfox.info/radicalbooks/ 📚
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I started a US satellite store for Sheer Spite, shipping from Everett, WA! Folks in the US can benefit from affordable shipping and no tariffs. Launching with just these 6 items but more to come.
sheerspite.bigcartel.com
sheerspite.bigcartel.com
November 25, 2025 at 3:45 PM
I started a US satellite store for Sheer Spite, shipping from Everett, WA! Folks in the US can benefit from affordable shipping and no tariffs. Launching with just these 6 items but more to come.
sheerspite.bigcartel.com
sheerspite.bigcartel.com
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This latest case of government free speech infringement is particularly troubling as someone working with #zine collections & leftist activist media collections. Important read for #librarians & zinesters theintercept.com/2025/11/23/p...
The Feds Want to Make It Illegal to Even Possess an Anarchist Zine
Daniel Sanchez is facing federal charges for what free speech advocates say is a clear attack on the First Amendment.
theintercept.com
November 25, 2025 at 12:27 AM
This latest case of government free speech infringement is particularly troubling as someone working with #zine collections & leftist activist media collections. Important read for #librarians & zinesters theintercept.com/2025/11/23/p...
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There's still time to register for our free World Cafe event on Subject Analysis and Subject Headings at the Wellcome Collection London, Wed 26th Nov 11:00-16:00
Booking essential: tinyurl.com/yc4vzcpw
Registration open until 25th Nov
#cataloguing #metadata #event #critcat #ethics #changethesubject
Booking essential: tinyurl.com/yc4vzcpw
Registration open until 25th Nov
#cataloguing #metadata #event #critcat #ethics #changethesubject
November 20, 2025 at 5:48 PM
There's still time to register for our free World Cafe event on Subject Analysis and Subject Headings at the Wellcome Collection London, Wed 26th Nov 11:00-16:00
Booking essential: tinyurl.com/yc4vzcpw
Registration open until 25th Nov
#cataloguing #metadata #event #critcat #ethics #changethesubject
Booking essential: tinyurl.com/yc4vzcpw
Registration open until 25th Nov
#cataloguing #metadata #event #critcat #ethics #changethesubject
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“Using copyright claims to retaliate against critics is wrong, and it chills public debate about surveillance technology,” EFF’s @jmullin.bsky.social told @arstechnica.com.
He got sued for sharing public YouTube videos; nightmare ended in settlement
Librarian vows to stop invasive ed tech after ending lawsuit with Proctorio.
arstechnica.com
November 19, 2025 at 9:40 PM
“Using copyright claims to retaliate against critics is wrong, and it chills public debate about surveillance technology,” EFF’s @jmullin.bsky.social told @arstechnica.com.
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Episode 03 of The We Reads Podcast is now available.
In episode 03 our hosts get personal about the books that shaped their reading lives, the books that have left a lasting impact, and much more❤️🔥📚! Tune in now to get it all.
Listen here: www.wehere.space/we-reads-pod...
#WeReadsThePodcast
In episode 03 our hosts get personal about the books that shaped their reading lives, the books that have left a lasting impact, and much more❤️🔥📚! Tune in now to get it all.
Listen here: www.wehere.space/we-reads-pod...
#WeReadsThePodcast
The We Reads Podcast — we here
www.wehere.space
November 19, 2025 at 5:04 PM
Episode 03 of The We Reads Podcast is now available.
In episode 03 our hosts get personal about the books that shaped their reading lives, the books that have left a lasting impact, and much more❤️🔥📚! Tune in now to get it all.
Listen here: www.wehere.space/we-reads-pod...
#WeReadsThePodcast
In episode 03 our hosts get personal about the books that shaped their reading lives, the books that have left a lasting impact, and much more❤️🔥📚! Tune in now to get it all.
Listen here: www.wehere.space/we-reads-pod...
#WeReadsThePodcast
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I created a public spreadsheet that other publishers can add to so people can decide whether different fairs might be effective for them. Please add to it! docs.google.com/spreadsheets...
Art Book Fair / Zine Fest Public Sales Transparency
docs.google.com
November 18, 2025 at 12:40 PM
I created a public spreadsheet that other publishers can add to so people can decide whether different fairs might be effective for them. Please add to it! docs.google.com/spreadsheets...
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Message me to request whistles, or check out links to get you started on your own whistle operation!
linktr.ee/apwhistles
linktr.ee/apwhistles
November 18, 2025 at 4:21 PM
Message me to request whistles, or check out links to get you started on your own whistle operation!
linktr.ee/apwhistles
linktr.ee/apwhistles
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The Mapping Deportations project has an animated timeline of who gets deported in the US. In the 1910s the US starts deporting more Mexicans than any other group & doesn't let up through the present day. You can follow which groups are the targets of immigrant panics pretty clearly.
Mapping Deportations – U.S. Immigration Control since 1790
mappingdeportations.com
November 16, 2025 at 9:23 PM
The Mapping Deportations project has an animated timeline of who gets deported in the US. In the 1910s the US starts deporting more Mexicans than any other group & doesn't let up through the present day. You can follow which groups are the targets of immigrant panics pretty clearly.
Thanksgiving outfit on my mother-in-law's porch goose. #Minnesota
November 16, 2025 at 10:00 PM
Thanksgiving outfit on my mother-in-law's porch goose. #Minnesota
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Respect Alice Wong’s call here:
“When I am in public spaces and see most people unmasked either because they think the virus is a hoax, that masking is virtue signaling & a sign of weakness, aren't thinking about it, or that they simply don’t care, I feel like an expendable burden not worth saving.”
“When I am in public spaces and see most people unmasked either because they think the virus is a hoax, that masking is virtue signaling & a sign of weakness, aren't thinking about it, or that they simply don’t care, I feel like an expendable burden not worth saving.”
COVID Isn’t Going Anywhere. Masking Up Could Save My Life.
"When I am in public spaces and see most people unmasked, I feel like an expendable burden not worth saving."
www.teenvogue.com
November 15, 2025 at 5:09 PM
Respect Alice Wong’s call here:
“When I am in public spaces and see most people unmasked either because they think the virus is a hoax, that masking is virtue signaling & a sign of weakness, aren't thinking about it, or that they simply don’t care, I feel like an expendable burden not worth saving.”
“When I am in public spaces and see most people unmasked either because they think the virus is a hoax, that masking is virtue signaling & a sign of weakness, aren't thinking about it, or that they simply don’t care, I feel like an expendable burden not worth saving.”
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![[Scene is a kitchen - a middle aged woman called JANET is boiling peas at the stove. A younger more colourfully dressed woman named LIZ approached her.]
JANET:
Ugh...
LIZ:
What's up?
JANET:
I am so bored of cooking peas!
LIZ:
Have you tried...
AI peas?
JANET:
AI peas?
LIZ:
They're peas with AI!
[Liz holds up to us a packet of peas labelled: Pea-i AI - Peas with AI].
LIZ:
Al-powered peas harness the potential of your peas
JANET:
What
LIZ [Now a voiceover as we cut to a whizzy technology diagram of peas all connected by meaningless dotted lines]
Why not take your peas to the next level with Al Peas' new Al tools to power your peas?
[Show a techno diagram of a pea with a label reading 'AI' pointing to a random zone in it]
LIZ:
Each pea has Al in a way we haven't quite worked out yet but it's fine
[Show Janet and Liz now in a Matrix-style world of peas]
LIZ:
With Al peas you can supercharge productivity and make AI work for your peas!
JANET:
What
LIZ:
Shut up
LIZ:
Our game-changing Pea-Al gives you the freedom to unlock the potential of the power of the future of your peas workflow
From opening the bag of peas
to boiling the peas
to eating the peas
To spending millions on adding Al to the peas and then having to work out what that even means.
JANET:
Is it really necessary to-
LIZ [Grabbing Janet by the collar]:
THE PEAS HAVE GOT AI, JANET
[Cut to an advert ending screen, with the bag of peas and the slogan:
AI PEAS: Just 'Peas' for god's sake buy the AI peas.
[Ends]](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:4m3we4apbjayclzcnhwe3pfp/bafkreiayqa37f7kik7l7s7fbtfp2sir5ckb662ry2lylinyjrfa2rkvvka@jpeg)
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One way I have found to mourn someone is to set up a monthly sustaining donation to a mutual aid effort they cared about. If you can join me in honoring Alice Wong, @sfdirewolf.bsky.social with a sustaining donation today, please do. Thank you Alice, and I will not let the bastards grind me down.
November 15, 2025 at 12:34 PM
One way I have found to mourn someone is to set up a monthly sustaining donation to a mutual aid effort they cared about. If you can join me in honoring Alice Wong, @sfdirewolf.bsky.social with a sustaining donation today, please do. Thank you Alice, and I will not let the bastards grind me down.
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Every "population crisis" article in western media is just "WHERE ARE THE WHITE BABIES" in disguise and we absolutely do not have to give any credence to any of them
November 13, 2025 at 10:14 PM
Every "population crisis" article in western media is just "WHERE ARE THE WHITE BABIES" in disguise and we absolutely do not have to give any credence to any of them
When your library hold comes in just in time to pick up before your 10-hour Amtrak ride. 🚆 @thewaroncars.bsky.social
November 13, 2025 at 9:39 PM
When your library hold comes in just in time to pick up before your 10-hour Amtrak ride. 🚆 @thewaroncars.bsky.social
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Transaurus Cookies (1993-1993): In the midst of monster truck mania, we got these bite-sized vanilla butter cookies, part of a collectible line, honoring the transforming, fire-breathing, car crushing, and apparently CRIME-FIGHTING dinosaur robot, Transaurus
September 19, 2024 at 12:22 PM
Transaurus Cookies (1993-1993): In the midst of monster truck mania, we got these bite-sized vanilla butter cookies, part of a collectible line, honoring the transforming, fire-breathing, car crushing, and apparently CRIME-FIGHTING dinosaur robot, Transaurus
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Tonight the Northern Lights over Chicago. Last night was a high-bar to reach, but it's rather amazing to see the aurora borealis this active this far south of the Arctic Circle
November 13, 2025 at 3:46 AM
Tonight the Northern Lights over Chicago. Last night was a high-bar to reach, but it's rather amazing to see the aurora borealis this active this far south of the Arctic Circle
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So apparently a conservative "journalist" attended the ZLuC over this past weekend, attended and live-streamed sessions without consent, and is trying to intimidate and dox attendees.
Here's the organizers' statement:
www.zinelibraries.info/wiki/zluc2025/
Here's the organizers' statement:
www.zinelibraries.info/wiki/zluc2025/
Zine Librarians unConference 2025 | zinelibraries.info
www.zinelibraries.info
November 11, 2025 at 8:07 PM
So apparently a conservative "journalist" attended the ZLuC over this past weekend, attended and live-streamed sessions without consent, and is trying to intimidate and dox attendees.
Here's the organizers' statement:
www.zinelibraries.info/wiki/zluc2025/
Here's the organizers' statement:
www.zinelibraries.info/wiki/zluc2025/
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Went through my collection of old roller skate skate labels and scanned/rescanned them all. I did not realize that I had amassed 182 different ones.
The original purpose of these things was to affix them to your roller skate case and showcase all the different places you skated.
The original purpose of these things was to affix them to your roller skate case and showcase all the different places you skated.
November 11, 2025 at 2:44 AM
Went through my collection of old roller skate skate labels and scanned/rescanned them all. I did not realize that I had amassed 182 different ones.
The original purpose of these things was to affix them to your roller skate case and showcase all the different places you skated.
The original purpose of these things was to affix them to your roller skate case and showcase all the different places you skated.
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Just read a talk announcement about "AI" and K-12 education that looked like it maybe, maybe embedded a critical perspective but was still dressed up in the language of AI hype, presupposing both job market & education "reshaped by AI".
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November 10, 2025 at 8:32 PM
Just read a talk announcement about "AI" and K-12 education that looked like it maybe, maybe embedded a critical perspective but was still dressed up in the language of AI hype, presupposing both job market & education "reshaped by AI".
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Good morning! It's Zine Librarians unConference day (one)! www.zinelibraries.info/wiki/zluc2025/
November 8, 2025 at 3:46 PM
Good morning! It's Zine Librarians unConference day (one)! www.zinelibraries.info/wiki/zluc2025/
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Cornell agreed to pay $30m, hand over admissions data with demographic breakdowns, produce annual "campus climate" surveys to check on antisemitism and changes "since October of 2023," and—here's the dumbest part they agreed to—that the govt can open new investigations whenever it wants.
Appeasers.
Appeasers.
Cornell has reached an agreement with the federal government to restore our funding:
statements.cornell.edu/2025/2025110...
statements.cornell.edu/2025/2025110...
An agreement to restore Cornell’s federal research funding | University Statements | Cornell University
statements.cornell.edu
November 7, 2025 at 5:19 PM
Cornell agreed to pay $30m, hand over admissions data with demographic breakdowns, produce annual "campus climate" surveys to check on antisemitism and changes "since October of 2023," and—here's the dumbest part they agreed to—that the govt can open new investigations whenever it wants.
Appeasers.
Appeasers.
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