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Violet Fox 🦊

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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/ 📚

Cover of the zine “Radical Books That Aren’t a Slog : Leftist Book Recommendations for Newly Radical Folks” featuring gentle color blobs

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Bom Tellino @bomtellino.bsky.social · 17h

Chicagoans: Attend this virtual Rapid Response training on Wed 10/14 at 4pm to learn how to help protect our neighbors during this occupation. zoom.us/webinar/regi...

Video Conferencing, Web Conferencing, Webinars, Screen Sharing

Zoom is the leader in modern enterprise video communications, with an easy, reliable cloud platform for video and audio conferencing, chat, and webinars across mobile, desktop, and room systems. Zoom ...

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L.A. TACO @lataco.bsky.social · 3d

Here are 10 practical tips, based on Retana’s advice, for talking to kids about ICE raids and helping them cope with fear and uncertainty. Each point is presented in english y español.

The full guide: lataco.com/kids-ice-tal...

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The Bulwark @thebulwark.com · 2d

George was just trying to get to work.

ICE pepper-sprayed him, dragged him from his car, locked him in a detention center, and placed him on suicide watch. He even missed his young daughter’s birthday in the process.

This man is a veteran and American citizen. Don't look away.

The Bulwark @thebulwark.com · 2d

"They put me on suicide watch and they put me in the cell, I'm naked, in like a hospital dress and just a concrete bed with like a mattress, like a thin mattress and, they leave the light on 24/7."

@timmiller.bsky.social talked to a veteran who ICE wrongly detained and brutalized

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Violet Fox 🦊 @violetbfox.bsky.social · 2d

Oof. Not to be all "em dashes equals AI written," but, uh, it seems like AI wrote this.

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Violet Fox 🦊 @violetbfox.bsky.social · 3d

Yes, all of this. Sending love your way.

Violet Fox 🦊 @violetbfox.bsky.social · 3d

The way I literally gasped at this headline.

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Violet Fox 🦊 @violetbfox.bsky.social · 3d

For example, alt text for this image could be:
A poster with bold text reading "Block ICE" with images of six people sitting on the ground locking arms together while ICE officers stand behind them. There is a winged heart logo at the bottom, signifying courage, love, and solidarity.

Violet Fox 🦊 @violetbfox.bsky.social · 3d

I love that you're doing alt text now!! Thank you! It should be used to describe the image itself, in addition to any extra notes you want to add. Let me know if I can help!

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Justseeds Artists' Cooperative @justseeds.bsky.social · 3d

New print from Nicolas Lampert in the shop! "Workers deserve respect, dignity and safety, not ICE terror. An injury to one is an injury to all." justseeds.org/product/bloc...

The heart on the image symbolizes the courage and love needed when people with privilege (those with citizenship) stand up to protect undocumented community memb
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Violet Fox 🦊 @violetbfox.bsky.social · 4d

I've been lucky to have it for a year!

Violet Fox 🦊 @violetbfox.bsky.social · 4d

"Are you saying 'boo' or 'Boo-artman'"?

Violet Fox 🦊 @violetbfox.bsky.social · 4d

I can hear the roar of the crowd from my apartment every time the Cubs score.

A very scenic view of the Chicago skyline from six miles north. The lights of Wrigley Field are visible towards the center of the photo.

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Alejandra Caraballo @esqueer.net · 4d

ICE is not only chasing down every random brown person in Chicago, they have a cameraman following them to film this for social media. Cruelty and inhumanity as content.

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Samantha Michaels @samanthamichaels.bsky.social · 4d

So much tear gas that people who aren't even protesting are getting sick when they leave their homes to run errands: www.motherjones.com/politics/202...

ICE is hounding Chicago area locals with excessive chemical munitions

Agents are firing tear gas and pepper balls on lawful protesters, lawsuits say, sickening even uninvolved residents.

www.motherjones.com

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BRAID UK @braiduk.bsky.social · 4d

Congratulations to artists Identity 2.0, selected as the first guest zine to be included in the @dairinstitute.bsky.social Zine Library. 'Conversations about resistance and generative AI' can be downloaded here: zines.dair-institute.org/ai-z Image courtesy of the DAIR website.

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Violet Fox 🦊 @violetbfox.bsky.social · 4d

I've done conferences and presented with a mask, but there I have more control over my schedule and how many people I meet.

Violet Fox 🦊 @violetbfox.bsky.social · 4d

Thinking about what it will be like to wear a mask while doing a full-day academic interview with presentation and dinner.

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Laura J. Smart @ljsmart.bsky.social · 4d

This is amazing work. Added to my Zotero library on the topic. Many thanks to the folks who have put in so much effort for this group and to the shoulders of giants in info retrieval research upon which we demonstrate utility for searchers.

Violet Fox 🦊 @violetbfox.bsky.social · Apr 3

Could you use help explaining the value of #cataloging & good metadata to your admin, coworkers, #MLIS students, etc.? Happy to share this set of resources put together by an ALA working group chaired by @magsjoy.bsky.social. All of these & more are available at hdl.handle.net/11213/22872. 📚

A flyer for a set of documents "Demonstrating the value of cataloging". Six folders are labeled "talking points for administrators, top 5 reasons why you need a cataloger, annotated bibliography, resources list & acronym cheat sheet, side-by-side comparisons of good administrators bad metadata, and introduction to metadata zine. At the bottom text reads you can find these resources at the link in the post, and they were created by the ALA SAC Devaluation of Cataloging Working Group, 2025.

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Violet Fox 🦊 @violetbfox.bsky.social · 8d

*thousand-yard stare*

Hannah Alpert-Abrams @halperta.bsky.social · 8d

Ooof the job market is not great for people who know most AI applications are bad.

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Jake Berg @jacobsberg.bsky.social · 10d

An important discussion on MLIS debt by @violetbfox.bsky.social 📜 📚

On Owing $93,605 in Student Loans; or, A Profession Built on Debt - ACRLog

I don't know the right metaphor to make you understand how this much debt physically feels. What it actually feels like is a pressure on my chest and shoulders, but maybe that's not evocative enough. ...

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Violet Fox 🦊 @violetbfox.bsky.social · 10d

Yes it's real bummersville over here lately.

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Violet Fox 🦊 @violetbfox.bsky.social · 10d

It's up for me. Might've been a temporary glitch?

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Boneshaker Books @boneshakerbooks.bsky.social · 11d

The rumors are true: Boneshaker is headed to a new location! We need your help to dig up our bones and move on over to 26th and Lyndale. We're hoping to raise $15,000 total, $6k of that by 10/17. Learn more at bit.ly/boneshakermove and thank you for helping Boneshaker thrive!

Why move? While we love a lot about our current location, we’ve struggled with dwindling foot traffic, low sales, and expensive maintenance issues.

We believe our new space will offer resources that will allow us to exist more sustainably as a community organization for the long haul.

How can I help? Our goal is to raise $15,000 total to fund the move, make some improvements to the new space, and build out our inventory.

Ultimately, we need at least $6,000 by October 17th so we can reopen in our new space at 708 W 26th St. by around November 1st.

Donate and find out more about the move (and the cool perks you can get for donating!) via the QR code or URL below.
Thank you for helping Boneshaker thrive!
bit.ly/boneshakermove

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Violet Fox 🦊 @violetbfox.bsky.social · 11d

New issue of Critcatenate now available: cataloginglab.org/2025/09/30/c... If you're interested in critical cataloging, here's a roundup of news & new resources. 📚 #critcat

Critcatenate: #critcat in July–September 2025 – Cataloging Lab

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dr lee cyborg @leeborg.bsky.social · 12d

Ive spent so much time working with tech people doing tech things on tech deadlines. In the past few years my practice has turned to analog tools (print making, zines, drawing) in my own personal protest. 1/3

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