Bobbi Fox
@bobbifox.bsky.social
Secret master of repurposing. Software geek, mostly GLAM. Fascism is not to be debated; it is to be smashed.
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It is a huge problem that whenever Jews are hurt, it is easy to get news about it but whenever Palestinians are hurt, we struggle to find reporting about it
All the hurt is terrible but clearly the media takes one group’s pain more seriously
All the hurt is terrible but clearly the media takes one group’s pain more seriously
December 14, 2025 at 8:35 PM
It is a huge problem that whenever Jews are hurt, it is easy to get news about it but whenever Palestinians are hurt, we struggle to find reporting about it
All the hurt is terrible but clearly the media takes one group’s pain more seriously
All the hurt is terrible but clearly the media takes one group’s pain more seriously
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Women who get hysterectomies must now get replacement wombs to maintain their gender. Call that the Cis of Theseus
December 13, 2025 at 10:50 PM
Women who get hysterectomies must now get replacement wombs to maintain their gender. Call that the Cis of Theseus
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If you’re looking for proof that magical places still exist, I ask you to simply walk into your local library.
December 7, 2025 at 4:46 PM
If you’re looking for proof that magical places still exist, I ask you to simply walk into your local library.
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I cannot make myself listen to Trump spewing hatred about my neighbors, but just for the record, it's the constitutional right of Americans to complain, and I've never heard a Somali immigrant complain even 1/10th as much as your average old entitled white asshole like the president.
December 4, 2025 at 12:04 AM
I cannot make myself listen to Trump spewing hatred about my neighbors, but just for the record, it's the constitutional right of Americans to complain, and I've never heard a Somali immigrant complain even 1/10th as much as your average old entitled white asshole like the president.
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Ugh. If you are willingly and purposely taking money out of artists' pockets for the sake of "activism," you're not an activist. You're a fecking asshole. Created works != free unless the creator has released them as such. If they didn't, PAY THEM.
Anybody who is like “Piracy is activism!”—trust me, supporting your local library is about 1000% more effective activism, and it’s still free for you and authors still get paid!
November 26, 2025 at 9:11 PM
Ugh. If you are willingly and purposely taking money out of artists' pockets for the sake of "activism," you're not an activist. You're a fecking asshole. Created works != free unless the creator has released them as such. If they didn't, PAY THEM.
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Zohran Mamdani doesn’t make me, an American Jew, feel unsafe.
Having the Coast Guard, which falls under the Department of Homeland Security, decide that a swastika isn’t really a symbol of hate? That makes me, an American Jew, feel pretty damn unsafe.
Having the Coast Guard, which falls under the Department of Homeland Security, decide that a swastika isn’t really a symbol of hate? That makes me, an American Jew, feel pretty damn unsafe.
November 21, 2025 at 12:59 AM
Zohran Mamdani doesn’t make me, an American Jew, feel unsafe.
Having the Coast Guard, which falls under the Department of Homeland Security, decide that a swastika isn’t really a symbol of hate? That makes me, an American Jew, feel pretty damn unsafe.
Having the Coast Guard, which falls under the Department of Homeland Security, decide that a swastika isn’t really a symbol of hate? That makes me, an American Jew, feel pretty damn unsafe.
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“Medicare for all. Stop funding genocide. Abolish ICE.”
November 19, 2025 at 11:09 PM
“Medicare for all. Stop funding genocide. Abolish ICE.”
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I am increasingly of the opinion that people who change menus and look and feel of computer software just so that you know it's a new version should be personally forced to play tech support to my mother for five months.
November 19, 2025 at 4:10 AM
I am increasingly of the opinion that people who change menus and look and feel of computer software just so that you know it's a new version should be personally forced to play tech support to my mother for five months.
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Way too many folx are still proudly sharing their Substacks, so I am reminding folx that they remain a Nazi bar, and there are some decent newsletter alternatives like Ghost, Beehiiv, Buttondown, etc, so please finally exit the fucking Nazi bar that remains Substack as you can do much much better! 🙏🏽
Are you aware that Substack remains a Nazi bar?
www.patreon.com/posts/119943...
www.anildash.com/2024/11/19/d...
www.thehandbasket.co/p/substack-a...
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv... (Free link: archive.is/uyugO)
www.patreon.com/posts/119943...
www.anildash.com/2024/11/19/d...
www.thehandbasket.co/p/substack-a...
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv... (Free link: archive.is/uyugO)
Substack Has a Nazi Problem
The newsletter platform’s lax content moderation creates an opening for white nationalists eager to get their message out.
www.theatlantic.com
November 17, 2025 at 11:03 PM
Way too many folx are still proudly sharing their Substacks, so I am reminding folx that they remain a Nazi bar, and there are some decent newsletter alternatives like Ghost, Beehiiv, Buttondown, etc, so please finally exit the fucking Nazi bar that remains Substack as you can do much much better! 🙏🏽
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Tonight’s dumb napkin cartoon…
November 10, 2025 at 2:45 AM
Tonight’s dumb napkin cartoon…
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The thing about trying to frame LGBTQ discrimination as "religious freedom" is that we have never granted any religion the freedom to harm or control others. That is where freedom stops. You can *believe* all you want that a woman marrying her girlfriend is evil, but belief is for you, not others.
November 10, 2025 at 3:46 PM
The thing about trying to frame LGBTQ discrimination as "religious freedom" is that we have never granted any religion the freedom to harm or control others. That is where freedom stops. You can *believe* all you want that a woman marrying her girlfriend is evil, but belief is for you, not others.
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I think we need to stop calling it empathy and go back to calling it decency. It isn't a favour you're doing someone else, it's you proving that you aren't a fucking ghoul
November 7, 2025 at 2:09 PM
I think we need to stop calling it empathy and go back to calling it decency. It isn't a favour you're doing someone else, it's you proving that you aren't a fucking ghoul
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Trump goes to court to starve kids should be a headline everywhere today
Trump administration seeks emergency stay of court's order to fund SNAP
Trump administration seeks emergency stay of court's order to fund SNAP
U.S. District Court Judge John McConnell Jr. ordered the Trump administration to pay full SNAP benefits by Friday.
dlvr.it
November 7, 2025 at 2:56 PM
Trump goes to court to starve kids should be a headline everywhere today
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Good literary translation requires understanding (language, culture, genre--on both sides of the translation) and an ability to write well. "AI" can't do that. There are no shortcuts. Treat your work and foreign language readers with the respect they deserve. You won't fool anyone with this.
Amazon has launched a new AI-driven translation service, Kindle Translate, for Kindle Direct Publishing authors 👇 #BookSky
Amazon launches AI translation service for indie authors
ebx.sh
November 7, 2025 at 2:52 PM
Good literary translation requires understanding (language, culture, genre--on both sides of the translation) and an ability to write well. "AI" can't do that. There are no shortcuts. Treat your work and foreign language readers with the respect they deserve. You won't fool anyone with this.
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I was only 30 something when I helmed The Enterprise.
November 6, 2025 at 8:00 PM
I was only 30 something when I helmed The Enterprise.
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I'm hard-pressed to think of a non-Jewish Democratic politician who has spoken to Jews with more respect and empathy than Mamdani. The fact that many Jewish establishment orgs are going after him while staying relatively mum on resurgent Nazism is a disaster, both for American Jews and in general.
November 5, 2025 at 11:49 PM
I'm hard-pressed to think of a non-Jewish Democratic politician who has spoken to Jews with more respect and empathy than Mamdani. The fact that many Jewish establishment orgs are going after him while staying relatively mum on resurgent Nazism is a disaster, both for American Jews and in general.
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begging with my entire heart for election results across the map which force the Dems to finally begin internalizing the lesson that throwing trans people under the bus is going to fuck them repeatedly
Decision Desk HQ has called the Virginia governors race for Spanberger. The millions of dollars in anti trans ads fell completely flat there.
November 5, 2025 at 12:46 AM
begging with my entire heart for election results across the map which force the Dems to finally begin internalizing the lesson that throwing trans people under the bus is going to fuck them repeatedly
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Please understand that people will not be "going without SNAP/EBT/food stamps" - people will be going without FOOD.
Actually and literally.
Actually and literally.
October 31, 2025 at 1:07 AM
Please understand that people will not be "going without SNAP/EBT/food stamps" - people will be going without FOOD.
Actually and literally.
Actually and literally.
Also, those of us pantry workers won't have to take precious time date-checking your donations when we could be packing grocery bags
Money donations to a larger food bank like the Greater Boston Food Bank can go twice as far as food donations because they buy food in bulk.
Consider this as an option when you’re thinking about helping your neighbors out.
Consider this as an option when you’re thinking about helping your neighbors out.
November 4, 2025 at 7:08 PM
Also, those of us pantry workers won't have to take precious time date-checking your donations when we could be packing grocery bags
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I've said it before and I'll say it again now:
Live your life in such a way that millions of people do not rightfully have reason to cheer your death.
Live your life in such a way that millions of people do not rightfully have reason to cheer your death.
November 4, 2025 at 3:02 PM
I've said it before and I'll say it again now:
Live your life in such a way that millions of people do not rightfully have reason to cheer your death.
Live your life in such a way that millions of people do not rightfully have reason to cheer your death.
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Remember when Aaron Swartz downloaded JSTOR archives that he had full legal rights to download and the FBI hounded him literally to death for it? Anyway,
NEW: Common Crawl, the massive archiver of the web, has gotten cozy with AI companies and is providing paywalled articles for training data. They’re also lying to publishers who have asked for material to be removed. “The robots are people too,” CC’s exec director told us when we asked about this.
The Nonprofit Feeding the Entire Internet to AI Companies
Common Crawl claims to provide a public benefit, but it lies to publishers about its activities.
www.theatlantic.com
November 4, 2025 at 2:06 PM
Remember when Aaron Swartz downloaded JSTOR archives that he had full legal rights to download and the FBI hounded him literally to death for it? Anyway,
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Brilliant.
"I’m not looking so bad now, huh? Absolute best case, the LLM-generated legal advice you get is merely plagiarizing, probably from me. But more likely, it’s a mish-mash of Reddit posts filtered through an algorithm coded by a Belarusian teen on the run from Interpol."
Hi, It’s Me, Wikipedia, and I Am Ready for Your Apology
“Wikipedia, the constantly changing knowledge base created by a global free-for-all of anonymous users, now stands as the leading force for the dum...
buff.ly
November 4, 2025 at 1:26 PM
Brilliant.
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The cruelty is the point
The USDA sent an email to grocery stores telling them they are prohibited from offering special discounts to customers affected by the SNAP funding lapse.
I'm aware of at least 2 stores that had offered struggling customers a discount, then withdrew it after receiving this email
I'm aware of at least 2 stores that had offered struggling customers a discount, then withdrew it after receiving this email
November 2, 2025 at 8:52 PM
The cruelty is the point