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Posts by Violet Fox 🦊

A beautifully designed red and white streetcar parked in front of the Kenosha Public Museum. This is the 4609, formerly a Toronto streetcar.

A beautifully designed red and white streetcar parked in front of the Kenosha Public Museum. This is the 4609, formerly a Toronto streetcar.

Took the Metra up to Kenosha to ride the streetcar, but I'm definitely 100% neurotypical do not worry about it. 😎

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Yes, that's true!

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Starting July 1 there will be new limits on student loans for MLS students under the limited understanding of what fits as a "professional" degree.

This limit is going to further restrict access to the field.

I haven't seen anywhere near enough discussion of this (truthfully, none) by pro orgs. 📚

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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. ...

Thanks for sharing, I've been planning to write about this next week as a follow up to my post about student loans last year. acrlog.org/2025/07/24/o... It’s wild that we've heard so little about this!! 📚

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You should write your book now so you can write it without having to write it for the rest of your life after that

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sure it's a tool of social control and surveillance owned and operated by fascists, but it writes work emails for me. on balance who's to say it's good or bad

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Cherry cordial!

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I get it! They also make a splitter where you can do both at the same time, like this one. www.amazon.com/dp/B0CF98H7XW

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Irritating that the phones don't come with headphone jacks anymore! (Very sorry in advance for unsolicited advice, but it was news to me that you could buy a little USB-C to headphone jack adapter for real cheap.)

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I'll be attending CAKE; looking forward to seeing your felt creations in person!

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And you're still talking about "engagement," like you didn't get it, at all. Fix *your* heart.

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Not ready to talk about it yet, which is why I disabled replies.

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Yellow flowers and dry tall brown glasses line a nature-filled harbor on Northerly Island. The city of Chicago's skyline is visible in the background.

Yellow flowers and dry tall brown glasses line a nature-filled harbor on Northerly Island. The city of Chicago's skyline is visible in the background.

Richard M. Daley's one good idea. #Chicago

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I have to drive a moving van 900 miles by myself. I think at least one of the people who made the decision to lay me off should be required to help me drive. Or at least pitch in for gas.

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@xop.co Hey man take another look at what your bot is doing, and look at the post it's doing it with. Can you see that it's fucked up to post about percentages of engagement on a post about how the algorithm is messing with someone's mental health?

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nonbinary time traveler, call that a they/then

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🫩 I went to look up the draft and it's only available to members so I'm free of needing to have thoughts about it! 🕊✌️

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an image of a black and white mini zine titled 'six lies and one truth about the best little guy big challenges' positioned on top of a colorful striped background

an image of a black and white mini zine titled 'six lies and one truth about the best little guy big challenges' positioned on top of a colorful striped background

my Big Challenges homage #zine is HOT HOT HOT lately! Have you picked up your copy yet?

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Usually I'm on the Empire Builder but today I'm on the Hiawatha headed up to the Milwaukee Zine Fest. Excited to see zine friends there! #MKEZineFest2026

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Photo of a map of the U.S. in the Chicago Amtrak station, showing white spots where people's fingers have rubbed off the ink. The white spots correspond to popular Amtrak routes, radiating out from Chicago, with smaller white spots at New York City, Washington DC, Denver, and New Orleans.

Photo of a map of the U.S. in the Chicago Amtrak station, showing white spots where people's fingers have rubbed off the ink. The white spots correspond to popular Amtrak routes, radiating out from Chicago, with smaller white spots at New York City, Washington DC, Denver, and New Orleans.

Blessed map at Chicago's Union Station, with wear marks showing popular #Amtrak destinations. 👆🗺🚆

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A maze-like illustration made of linoleum which has been embedded into the pavement with tar, reminiscent of a Toynbee Tile. It's blue, light green, and white, and maybe 14 inches long.

A maze-like illustration made of linoleum which has been embedded into the pavement with tar, reminiscent of a Toynbee Tile. It's blue, light green, and white, and maybe 14 inches long.

House of Hades tile at Adams & State. #Chicago

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I'd just see it as part of a stage whisper. tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwik...

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Great reminders, thank you! Not to give you more work (really!), but if you ever wanted to write up a short blog post about what you wish you'd known, there'd be a place for it as a guest post on the ACRLog.

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a cartoon mouse is sitting on a blue stool and smiling Alt: a cartoon baby mouse (Nibbles from Tom and Jerry) sits on a stool and puts on a dunce cap.

Moving out of Chicago never having learned to check the Cubs schedule before planning a bus trip across town.

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Oh no, this is not remotely comparable. Absolutely not. Please go elsewhere to complain about this. YOU'RE GETTING PAID TO DO THIS, I'M NOT.

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I mentioned earlier that a university asked me to fly out on Thanksgiving week, and I was like no thanks, and then they switched to a zoom interview. But if switching to an online interview was an option the whole time, why not just... do that??

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All this after traveling across the country in the cheapest (read: middle) seat the university can buy on the cheapest flight a university can buy, maybe a layover for good measure.

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Terrible. What a thing to do to someone you're supposedly interested in working with! I hope your friend never forgives and never forgets.

I know not everyone can refuse, but when an employer asked me to fly out during Thanksgiving week I said no thanks, and they switched to online instead.

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Salary Transparency Hiring Librarians LIS Salary Spreadsheet In 2019 a colleague approached me to ask if I would use the (mothballed at the time) Hiring Librarians platform to help with salary transparency. We fired u…

I wish they would too! Students should also know about the Hiring Librarians salary spreadsheet, started by Emily Weak. Encourage library workers to contribute to it! 📚 hiringlibrarians.com/everybody-el...

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