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Violet Fox 🦊
@violetbfox.bsky.social
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Libraries, zines, liberation. She/her. https://violetbfox.info/
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When your library hold comes in just in time to pick up before your 10-hour Amtrak ride. 🚆 @thewaroncars.bsky.social
Violet holds the book "Life After Cars: Freeing Ourselves from the Tyranny of the Automobile" while sitting in an Amtrak lounge car.
November 13, 2025 at 9:39 PM
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Applications for the 2026 Twin Cities Zine Fest are now open! If you'd like to join us as a tabler on Saturday February 7th at the Minneapolis Central Library @hclib.bsky.social, submit your application by Saturday November 15th. Find the application form at tczinefest.org. #zines
simple snowflake graphic with text reading "Applications for the 2026 Twin Cities Zine Fest now open! Apply at tczinefest.org by November 15th."
November 1, 2025 at 4:56 PM
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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.
October 8, 2025 at 11:04 PM
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As a rare exception, Minnesota made some pretty amazing policy changes when the Democrats had a trifecta in 2023. www.minnpost.com/state-govern...
Paragraph of text from linked article, with text reading: Democrats codified abortion rights, paid family and medical leave, sick leave, transgender rights protections, drivers licenses for undocumented residents, restoration of voting rights for people when they are released from prison or jail, wider voting access, one-time rebates, a tax credit aimed at low-income parents with kids, and a $1 billion investment in affordable housing including for rental assistance. Also adopted were background checks for private gun transfers and a red-flag warning system to take guns from people deemed by a judge to be a threat to themselves or others. DFL lawmakers banned conversion therapy for LGBTQ people, legalized recreational marijuana, expanded education funding, required a carbon-free electric grid by 2040, adopted a new reading curricula based on phonics, passed a massive $2.58 billion capital construction package and, at the insistence of Republicans, a $300 million emergency infusion of money to nursing homes.
August 24, 2025 at 2:02 AM
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My dog living her best dog life. #CricketSnoppy
A mid-sized dog running through a field of wildflowers. Her tail and ears are perked up.
July 27, 2025 at 11:54 PM
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Sorry for the incomplete alt text, here's the full alt text of the flyer.
Alt text part 1 of 2. Flyer for INTERNATIONAL ZINE MONTH 31 PROMPTS FOR 31 DAYS (IN NO PARTICULAR ORDER) JULY 2025 #IZM2025. 1- Make a 1 page zine! Don't know what to write about? Make it a zine about why you like zines! 2-Zine Rewind! Dig out your favorite zines and share them!. 3-Look up local or virtual zine event or maybe even dream about starting your own! 4 - AmeriZINE Day! Explore marginalized voices in the Americas. Support zines written by BIPOC (Black, Indigenous, People of Color) 5-Free Zines! Post a PDF online or leave copies of your zine in public for other people to enjoy! 6- Zine Pride! Support zines created by LGBTQIA creators. Don't know where to start? Check out the Queer Zine Archive Project! (QZAP.org) 7-International Zines! Explore zines from a country different from your own! 8 Zine Trade Day! Ask someone to trade zines with you. 9-New Skill Day! Learn a new zine skill like folding, binding, duplicating, or Layout!! 10 Write a review of a movie, album, book or podcast to add to your next zine. 11- Write a letter or a short note to a zinester you admire. 12-Zine Wiki Day! Add or update listings to Zine Wiki. Support community powered Information at zinewiki.com 13-Zine Meme! Make a zine-themed meme from an online meme template. 14 - ValenZINES Day! Write a valentine to zines and share why you love them! 15-Zine Cuisine! Cook from a recipe found in a zinc and share the results 16-Zine Distro Appreciation! Order some zines from a zine distro online and share with people about your favorite zine distros. 17-Zine Collab! Ask a friend if they would like to collaborate on a zine with you. 18- From Trash to Treasure! Use recycled or scrap materials to make a sine or embellish one. 19-Variety is the spice of life! Read zines outside your usual taste-like comics, art zines, how-to guides, or perzines!] 20-Zines of the Future! Explore zines by youth or introduce the youth in your life to zines. Alt text part 2 of 2. 20-Zines of the Future! Explore zines by youth or introduce the youth in your life to zines 21-Zine Library Day! Find a zine library in your area or check out a digital zine Library archive. 22 - How-2 Day! Make a zine about how to do something you are good at doing. 23-Zine Origin Day! How did you get into zines? What keeps you going? 24-Slice of Life - Make a zine about events of a single day 25-Zine Wishlist - Make a list of things you would like to read about in zines, see if anyone has any suggestions for you 26-Make a clever flyer about your zine to send to your zine friends so they can put them in their orders 27-Lost and Found Day. Dig through old notebooks and finish or revive a zine you never completed 28-2ine Playlist! Make a playlist that represents the mood of your zine or share a playlist of what you like to listen to when working on zines 29-Shelfie Time! Organize your Zine Collection and post a "shelfie" 30-Take a picture with you and your zine or your favorite zines! 31-HallowZINE! Remember zines and zinesters that are no longer with us and reflect on how your IZM went this year.
July 21, 2025 at 4:21 PM
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July 21st is Zine Library Day, one of the celebrations happening during International Zine Month! #IZM2025 #zines

Ways to celebrate:
*visit your local zine library
*check out an online zine library
*donate $ or zines to a zine library
*bring your closest zine librarian a delicious treat 🍩
Flyer for International Zine Month, featuring something to do every day of the month in July. INTERNATIONAL ZINE MONTH 31 PROMPTS FOR 31 DAYS (IN NO PARTICULAR ORDER) JULY 2025 #IZM2025. 1- Make a 1 page zine! Don't know what to write about? Make it a zine about why you like zines! 2-Zine Rewind! Dig out your favorite zines and share them!. 3-Look up local or virtual zine event or maybe even dream about starting your own! 4 - AmeriZINE Day! Explore marginalized voices in the Americas. Support zines written by BIPOC (Black, Indigenous, People of Color) 5-Free Zines! Post a PDF online or leave copies of your zine in public for other people to enjoy! 6- Zine Pride! Support zines created by LGBTQIA creators. Don't know where to start? Check out the Queer Zine Archive Project! (QZAP.org) 7-International Zines! Explore zines from a country different from your own! 8 Zine Trade Day! Ask someone to trade zines with you. 9-New Skill Day! Learn a new zine skill like folding, binding, duplicating, or Layout!! 10 Write a review of a movie, album, book or podcast to add to your next zine. 11- Write a letter or a short note to a zinester you admire. 12-Zine Wiki Day! Add or update listings to Zine Wiki. Support community powered Information at zinewiki.com 13-Zine Meme! Make a zine-themed meme from an online meme template. 14 - ValenZINES Day! Write a valentine to zines and share why you love them! 15-Zine Cuisine! Cook from a recipe found in a zinc and share the results 16-Zine Distro Appreciation! Order some zines from a zine distro online and share with people about your favorite zine distros. 17-Zine Collab! Ask a friend if they would like to collaborate on a zine with you. 18- From Trash to Treasure! Use recycled or scrap materials to make a sine or embellish one. 19-Variety is the spice of life! Read zines outside your usual taste-like comics, art zines, how-to guides, or perzines!] 20-Zines of the Future! Explore zines by youth or introduce the you…
July 21, 2025 at 4:17 PM
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#CZF2025 is done! I feel good about putting on the best & safest fest we could. We weren't allowed to require masks, but we gave out more than 300 masks today. 😷 Grateful for my co-organizers who helped support our Covid mitigation strategies!!! 💗 #ZineFests
A late air purifier on the ground and signs pointing to it saying "This air filter is keeping the air clean" and "thank toy for doing your part by wearing a mask". A CO2 monitor displaying a reading in the green level (821 CO2 ppm), a temperature of 69° F, and a humidity level of 68%.
July 19, 2025 at 10:14 PM
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Just a reminder that I'm sending out free copies of my Godzilla zine this week. If you're kaiju curious or just want some fun mail, let me know where to send it! forms.gle/5ZHYxQeQpVfo... #zines
The cover of a zine titled "J6, the Big G, and Me: a Godzilla Fanzine". The cover has badly photoshopped images of Godzilla from the films.
July 18, 2025 at 3:35 PM
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Spent a few hours at #GFest before the crowds got to be too much for my anxiety. If you'd like a copy of my new #Godzilla fanzine, I'd be happy to send you a copy! forms.gle/TbLRUTRgQacs... #zines
Violet, wearing a face mask, stands in front of a painting of Godzilla wreaking havoc. Violet's new zine titled "J6, the Big G, and Me: a Godzilla Fanzine". Multiple photos of Godzilla and his friends & foes are photoshopped jankily onto the cover.
July 12, 2025 at 10:14 PM
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Tim Robinson from Detroiters explains "It's just how I look, sir, how my skull is."
July 12, 2025 at 5:55 PM
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Figured I should look up who Marc Andreessen is, and I nearly choked when I saw his Wikipedia photo. Bitch gonna steal the chaos emeralds.
The Wikipedia article photo for Marc Andreessen, American entrepreneur, investor, and software engineer (born 1971). Dude has a bald head that looks very conical, much like Dr. Eggman from Sonic the Hedghog games.
July 12, 2025 at 2:53 PM
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I left some rambling comments on the Draft PCC Guiding Principles for Use of AI and Machine Learning Technologies in Cataloging and Metadata Work. (Find the link in the "what's new" section wiki.lyrasis.org/display/PFCC...)

Encourage other #cataloging folks to give feedback; deadline: August 8th.
Four paragraphs of text (part 1 of 2). This document is much better than other documents relating to the adoption of AI that I've read. I appreciate that ethical aspects are included, but most are relegated to the end, and not incorporated within the other principles. What I see lacking is consideration about when AI should be used, and when librarians should NOT use it. Ok, so AI should "improve access and discovery," yes, but how do we weigh that against pollution necessitated by AI-processing data centers? That's happening RIGHT NOW, in communities around the U.S. & the world, not in some theoretical place/time. Why make a list of what catalogers are useful for, when you could instead focus on the limited aspects that AI is useful for? What about labor concerns? Where is the principle that says that increased efficiency is not an excuse for laying off workers? It is absolutely impossible to ensure that "a record labelled as PCC does not vary in quality depending on whether AI was used." There will ALWAYS be a tradeoff in quality. We may judge that that tradeoff is worthwhile, based on limited resources and the capacity for machine learning to do more work in a shorter amount of time, but you CAN NOT ensure the same quality from AI that you can from an experienced cataloger. It's irresponsible to say that within these principles. Another four paragraphs of text (2 of 2). As a PCC member, I absolutely DO NOT believe that catalogers have a role in "testing, training, and providing feedback for AI features and tools." Vendors should be paying their employees to do that!! How is that our job to do that work for free?? Why have we accepted that our students and faculty are the guinea pigs to role out inferior products?? I take issue with the idea that AI "may be incorrect, biased, or incomplete." It, by design, is always limited! This stuff was trained on Reddit, folks. It WILL be incomplete, and it WILL have errors, and it WILL be biased. I understand that this short document can't list all the harms, and that your deliverables are limited in scope to result in this rather anodyne document. But we have to take these harms seriously, and incorporate them into all parts of the document, not shunt them into an "oh, yeah, by the way, this stuff's 100% toxic for all living things, too bad!" end section. I appreciate your efforts and look forward to a future draft. Thanks for your consideration.
July 11, 2025 at 6:59 PM
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I'm sorry, friend. There's a lot to be sad about.

If it might help a bit, here's a photo of Cricket from last weekend, napping next to me on the couch.
A beagle mutt sleeps next to me on the couch. Her front paws are crossed and her back legs are also crossed.
July 9, 2025 at 8:36 PM
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Thank you!! 💖 Excited for a new venue and new partnership with CPL!
The spacious, sun drenched Winter Garden in the central branch of the Chicago Public Library. There are planted trees and an arched roof of windows.
July 9, 2025 at 3:01 AM
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A rough night for an anxious little dog (fuck the Fourth for many reasons), but she's getting some quiet time outside now. #CricketSnoppy
A beagle mutt lying in the sunshine in a grassy backyard.
July 5, 2025 at 3:35 PM
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I forgot my book in my checked luggage, but I got a pretty incredible light show on the flight out of Philadelphia! 🌩
July 1, 2025 at 3:22 AM
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This year's Zine Pavilion collaborative zine was so popular we had to split it into two parts!! Swing by both 1862 to pick up a copy before 2 pm, or find a scan online at www.zinelibraries.info/zine-pavilio.... ✂️

#ZinePavilion #ALAAC25 📚
Two very thick zines on a table. Both have the same cover & title. Stickers include Hello Kitty, Read Palestine, ChatGPT Eats Trees, and AI: Weapons of Mass Production.
June 30, 2025 at 3:57 PM
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Thank you for posting!! It's been very popular here at the library conference. 💜
A few handouts and zines on a table, along with a long-arm stapler and pens. In the middle is the International Zine Month 2025 flyer mentioned in the past above.
June 29, 2025 at 11:38 PM
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Treshani Perera presenting her poster session about the libraries who created Harmful Language Statements—and discussing how many libraries have now disappeared those statements from their website. 👀

Keep an eye out for her research! cdmcd.co/5n5yZ8 📚 #ALAAC25 #critcat
Treshani presents her poster to two people listening.
June 29, 2025 at 7:45 PM
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#ALAAC25 attendees, we've got so many free giveaways at the #ZinePavilion. Did you forget your face mask? We've got extras!! 📚
A table of freebies, including flyers, zines, and colorful masks. A table of freebies, including zines, pinback buttons, and suckers.
June 28, 2025 at 1:55 PM
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If you were looking for me today, you didn't find me, because I was inside The Cube printing zines at the Zine Pavilion. Tomorrow I'll try to spend more time outside of The Cube.
A selfie of Violet, wearing a purple face mask and with frazzled hair, standing next to a copier.
June 28, 2025 at 12:34 AM
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Reposting with alt text. Please use alt text!
Lovely illustration of rows of hexagons. The middle row is multicolored and the hexagons include the words "tiny steps still count".
June 24, 2025 at 5:36 PM
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I have been in dire need of this quote in particular. Thank you!!!!

If others would like to join me in supporting the quote machines: buymeacoffee.com/ityslquotedb
Tim Robinson in Detroiters earnestly saying "It’s just how I look, sir, how my skull is."
June 23, 2025 at 4:21 PM
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Just finished my new Godzilla fanzine! 28 pages & chock full of new fan excitement!!!

If you'd like a copy, sign up by June 30th for Anna Jo Beck's Zine-A-Month club! Just $5 gets you a new zine in the mail every month. www.patreon.com/annajobeck #Godzilla
The cover of a zine titled "J6, the Big G, and Me: a Godzilla Fanzine". The cover is jankily illustrated with cut out images of Godzilla and his kaiju pals.
June 21, 2025 at 11:34 PM