Ray Fox
@runlikeafox.bsky.social
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husky roommate 🐕
book fiend 📚
Arsenal ⚽️
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Turns out this was all much ado about nothing and Google isn’t using your Gmail to train AI and if wanna turn all that stuff back on you can get your spam filters back
Looks like the article has been updated to suggest maybe they misread the policy.
I see people complaining that this also disabled their spam filters, though I still see new messages showing up in spam so it's still working fine for me after disabling things.
I see people complaining that this also disabled their spam filters, though I still see new messages showing up in spam so it's still working fine for me after disabling things.
[Correction] Gmail can read your emails and attachments to power "smart features"
Did you know that Gmail can use your emails and attachments for its smart features? Here's how to check your settings.
www.malwarebytes.com
November 22, 2025 at 11:06 PM
Turns out this was all much ado about nothing and Google isn’t using your Gmail to train AI and if wanna turn all that stuff back on you can get your spam filters back
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Meanwhile, the UK government continues to use it as a main means of communication.
Revealing stuff about how Musk has boosted the accounts of far-right UK politicians and candidates while (mostly) vanishing left-wing UK voices. news.sky.com/story/the-x-...
How the world's richest man is boosting the British right
How the world's richest man is boosting the British right
news.sky.com
November 18, 2025 at 6:49 PM
Meanwhile, the UK government continues to use it as a main means of communication.
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same, partially muscled skeleton, same
November 14, 2025 at 11:13 AM
same, partially muscled skeleton, same
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This is a good time to read this trilogy if you haven't already.
So it’s the tenth birthday of Midnight, a book that was nearly but not quite a lot of things. Happy birthday, little book. Still looking good.
November 6, 2025 at 10:46 AM
This is a good time to read this trilogy if you haven't already.
@lollardfish.bsky.social @profgabriele.com I began 2025 with your book the Bright Ages, followed up by Children of Ash and Elm by Neil Price- my whole year has been filtered through a historical lens because of you 3❤️ big thank you 🙏
November 12, 2025 at 1:11 AM
@lollardfish.bsky.social @profgabriele.com I began 2025 with your book the Bright Ages, followed up by Children of Ash and Elm by Neil Price- my whole year has been filtered through a historical lens because of you 3❤️ big thank you 🙏
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Great interview, but be careful: there’s a link in there that comes across as unassuming but leads to an academic paper that you may feel compelled to read/hoard w/all your other academic pdfs.
Vajra often puts traps in his texts.
Vajra often puts traps in his texts.
I have a new interview about RAKESFALL up at Reactor! In which I am quite verbose reactormag.com/author-inter...
A Conversation With Vajra Chandrasekera, Author of Rakesfall - Reactor
"I think writers, like all artists, have a responsibility to act as human cultural workers in an actual society"
reactormag.com
November 11, 2025 at 3:27 AM
Great interview, but be careful: there’s a link in there that comes across as unassuming but leads to an academic paper that you may feel compelled to read/hoard w/all your other academic pdfs.
Vajra often puts traps in his texts.
Vajra often puts traps in his texts.
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Bluesky suspended Sarah Kendzior today for no reason whatsoever. She just shared excerpts of her articles, which were as always incisive and not offensive at all. Hey @pfrazee.com this is super not OK. I know her- we've interacted a fair bit via chats and her work is essential.
November 11, 2025 at 5:02 AM
Bluesky suspended Sarah Kendzior today for no reason whatsoever. She just shared excerpts of her articles, which were as always incisive and not offensive at all. Hey @pfrazee.com this is super not OK. I know her- we've interacted a fair bit via chats and her work is essential.
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Day 95
Helping other writers is nice. Telling other writers they’re doing well is nice too.
Do nice things for fellow artists for the simple reason that it’s nice to do so.
600 words every day started Aug 3 to Dec 31 for a novel draft by end of year.
#600x150
Helping other writers is nice. Telling other writers they’re doing well is nice too.
Do nice things for fellow artists for the simple reason that it’s nice to do so.
600 words every day started Aug 3 to Dec 31 for a novel draft by end of year.
#600x150
November 7, 2025 at 10:31 PM
Day 95
Helping other writers is nice. Telling other writers they’re doing well is nice too.
Do nice things for fellow artists for the simple reason that it’s nice to do so.
600 words every day started Aug 3 to Dec 31 for a novel draft by end of year.
#600x150
Helping other writers is nice. Telling other writers they’re doing well is nice too.
Do nice things for fellow artists for the simple reason that it’s nice to do so.
600 words every day started Aug 3 to Dec 31 for a novel draft by end of year.
#600x150
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In the midst of all that we are facing, I want us to think about who we are being told to look to for understanding in this moment, who is being propped up as the voice of wisdom, and ask how right were they in predicting this, a year ago, 5, 8 years ago, and then ask why they are being centered now
November 9, 2025 at 5:08 PM
In the midst of all that we are facing, I want us to think about who we are being told to look to for understanding in this moment, who is being propped up as the voice of wisdom, and ask how right were they in predicting this, a year ago, 5, 8 years ago, and then ask why they are being centered now
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do you know how horrid and evil you have to be to be in this much pain in public and everyone still hates you
Elon Musk is over on Twitter posting his sad/pathetic Ai prompts.
November 8, 2025 at 5:41 PM
do you know how horrid and evil you have to be to be in this much pain in public and everyone still hates you
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Hello friends. In the early days of Bsky, it was trans and other LGBTQ+ folk, along with s*xworkers, n s f w art folk, and Alf aficionados that built the platform—early refugees from X. Now @bsky.app made a change that auto blocks such posts. You must manually opt out.
bsky.app/profile/bsch...
bsky.app/profile/bsch...
Wondering why no one likes your posts anymore, even among your friends? It's because @jay.bsky.team and team have decided to hide a huge amount of content from all of our feeds by default.
Here's how to turn it off.
First go to the hamburger menu in the upper left corner
Here's how to turn it off.
First go to the hamburger menu in the upper left corner
November 7, 2025 at 1:31 PM
Hello friends. In the early days of Bsky, it was trans and other LGBTQ+ folk, along with s*xworkers, n s f w art folk, and Alf aficionados that built the platform—early refugees from X. Now @bsky.app made a change that auto blocks such posts. You must manually opt out.
bsky.app/profile/bsch...
bsky.app/profile/bsch...
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Writing - every day - is practicing thinking clearly over and over until it becomes almost natural.
Worst case: you’ve lost twenty minutes a day that you’d likely have lost scrolling your phone anyway.
Best case, you’ve debugged your own cognition.
youtu.be/sb4vcA710uw
Worst case: you’ve lost twenty minutes a day that you’d likely have lost scrolling your phone anyway.
Best case, you’ve debugged your own cognition.
youtu.be/sb4vcA710uw
Why You Should Write Every Day (Even if You’re Not a Writer)
Writing - every day - is practicing thinking clearly over and over until it becomes almost natural.If it feels like your thoughts are muddied, or you have ...
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October 29, 2025 at 2:53 AM
Writing - every day - is practicing thinking clearly over and over until it becomes almost natural.
Worst case: you’ve lost twenty minutes a day that you’d likely have lost scrolling your phone anyway.
Best case, you’ve debugged your own cognition.
youtu.be/sb4vcA710uw
Worst case: you’ve lost twenty minutes a day that you’d likely have lost scrolling your phone anyway.
Best case, you’ve debugged your own cognition.
youtu.be/sb4vcA710uw
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I wish people defended smeared victims of sexual violence the way they defend problematic male candidates for office
October 24, 2025 at 2:12 AM
I wish people defended smeared victims of sexual violence the way they defend problematic male candidates for office
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I always appreciate DongWon’s newsletters generally but I really especially loved this one, it’s so beautiful
October 22, 2025 at 12:37 AM
I always appreciate DongWon’s newsletters generally but I really especially loved this one, it’s so beautiful
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And in doing so validates every drop of today
October 19, 2025 at 2:35 AM
And in doing so validates every drop of today
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Bluesky's failure to catch on with the right-wing isn't because its members are uniquely censorious to people who disagree with them, it's because the one thing this site has going for it is a functional, comprehensive block system, which reduces the right's ability to bully, mock, and harass.
They're welcome to be here, none of us are required to listen. If that frustrates them so much that they leave, that's their choice.
If they can't compete in the marketplace of ideas, that's not my problem at all. We don't need to artificially boost alt views just for viewpoint diversity.
If they can't compete in the marketplace of ideas, that's not my problem at all. We don't need to artificially boost alt views just for viewpoint diversity.
This site would actually be better if it had more voices from across the political spectrum, and efforts to push out right wing accounts are only entrenching Twitter/X's dominant position in the political discourse.
October 18, 2025 at 5:13 PM
Bluesky's failure to catch on with the right-wing isn't because its members are uniquely censorious to people who disagree with them, it's because the one thing this site has going for it is a functional, comprehensive block system, which reduces the right's ability to bully, mock, and harass.
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omg
October 18, 2025 at 7:35 PM
omg
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Holy - and I don’t say this lightly - guacamole.
October 18, 2025 at 4:17 PM
Holy - and I don’t say this lightly - guacamole.
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@wordsiren.bsky.social's AN ARCANE INHERITANCE is absolute 🔥 dark academia. Whip-smart heroine enters a vicious world of hidden history and secret societies? Check. Prickly, Mr. Darcy-esque love interest? Check. A twist that singlehandedly redeems one of fiction's most hated tropes? Check—
October 18, 2025 at 1:52 PM
@wordsiren.bsky.social's AN ARCANE INHERITANCE is absolute 🔥 dark academia. Whip-smart heroine enters a vicious world of hidden history and secret societies? Check. Prickly, Mr. Darcy-esque love interest? Check. A twist that singlehandedly redeems one of fiction's most hated tropes? Check—
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Listen to experts. Use these resources.
If you are going to a No Kings protest this weekend, be sure to review our Surveillance Self Defense guide for attending a protest and bring Rayhunter along for the ride! ssd.eff.org/module/atte.... eff.org/rayhunter.
Meet Rayhunter: A New Open Source Tool from EFF to Detect Cellular
Rayhunter is a new open source tool we’ve created that runs off an affordable mobile hotspot that we hope empowers everyone, regardless of technical skill, to help search out cell-site simulators
www.eff.org
October 17, 2025 at 10:28 PM
Listen to experts. Use these resources.
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Here’s a list: bsky.app/profile/did:...
October 17, 2025 at 10:21 PM
Here’s a list: bsky.app/profile/did:...
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i know the desire to fight with these sick freaks is strong but resist the urge and just block. it’s better for your brain.
October 17, 2025 at 10:14 PM
i know the desire to fight with these sick freaks is strong but resist the urge and just block. it’s better for your brain.
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REMINDER REMINDER REMINDER:
If you are protesting, wear a mask. If you are organizing a protest, encourage attendees to mask. Disable people are among those most at risk from these fascist fuckers & they deserve your inclusion & consideration.
And use alt text on your digital flyers!
If you are protesting, wear a mask. If you are organizing a protest, encourage attendees to mask. Disable people are among those most at risk from these fascist fuckers & they deserve your inclusion & consideration.
And use alt text on your digital flyers!
October 17, 2025 at 8:52 PM
REMINDER REMINDER REMINDER:
If you are protesting, wear a mask. If you are organizing a protest, encourage attendees to mask. Disable people are among those most at risk from these fascist fuckers & they deserve your inclusion & consideration.
And use alt text on your digital flyers!
If you are protesting, wear a mask. If you are organizing a protest, encourage attendees to mask. Disable people are among those most at risk from these fascist fuckers & they deserve your inclusion & consideration.
And use alt text on your digital flyers!