Alex Cox

I host Do By Friday, Roboism, and Two Headed Girl.
 Eventually I’ll figure out a clever way to say “I make podcasts which in professional circles is called an audio producer” that makes me sound funny and cool.   Until then, hello, and thank you for listening!   Email me at alexcoxfm at gmail dot com!  💌🤖

Where to find my podcasts:: https://alexcox.omg.lol
Where to support me and and indie podcast projects:: https://www.patreon.com/alexcox
Pronouns: they/them

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2026-06-09 18:38:52 UTC

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I don’t know how to make “me and a third of my friends might be dead” sound less melodramatic, because I know there are people who already roll their eyes at that. As a kid, I wasn’t even looking for queer communities. Being in spaces that didn’t revolve around Catholic shame was enough. I was so paranoid I stopped writing in a physical diary. I probably wouldn’t have ever visited MacStories because OH NO, COMPUTERS??? THAT WAS A BOY THING.

2026-06-08 17:51:39 UTC

I haven’t been able to focus on anything else because I keep thinking about what would’ve happened if my parents had near constant access to my computer and phone. https://appleinsider.com/articles/26/06/08/revamped-parental-controls-are-coming-to-iphone-mac-and-more

2026-02-02 17:37:21 UTC

This morning, I gave a talk about documentary narrative vs. narration to some Youths, and we went down the rathole of what of “clocking” has meant over the past century.
We found a list that’s supposedly a guide to Gen Z slang, and there was one term baffled EVERYONE.
So it means…what it means?
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2026-01-13 17:34:52 UTC

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i’m doing my part to bring back mass market paperbacks

2026-01-12 22:19:22 UTC

In grade school people assumed fast readers were smart, but it's not like it transferred directly to practical life skills
other than being able to passive aggressively let other nerds know that you're a bigger nerd.
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2025-08-13 13:14:01 UTC

We all know how effective the war on drugs was.
It was based on established science from experts in their fields without any trace of reactionary thinking, moral panic, or social stigma.
It didn’t have any lasting negative impacts on any marginalized communities. https://social.lol/@evs/115016520610274909

2025-06-11 10:45:41 UTC

This is how I found out.
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2025-05-07 20:43:09 UTC

I’ve started referring to LLMs as Big Vocabulary Boys so people stop getting mad.

2025-05-05 13:30:17 UTC

It’s still up.
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2025-04-17 17:28:09 UTC

I hope his wife is having an affair. https://www.threads.net/@mosseri/post/DIehri3sVZB

2025-03-21 00:28:14 UTC

What are you happy about right now?

2025-01-28 22:49:58 UTC

As anticipated: https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/2025/01/protecting-children-from-chemical-and-surgical-mutilation/
Unrelated of course, this is a good link to have: https://hrtcafe.net/index.html

2024-12-16 22:13:36 UTC

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Because I am a jerk, sometimes when I hear someone’s name, trans or cis, in my head I’m like “oh god that’s so stupid.” However, I don’t think I’m a cruel person (and trying to be a better one), so I just use their name.
The (nauseatingly transphobic and) richest man in the world named his kid X Æ A-Xii so let’s all chill.
Sorry, I should use this soapbox to tell you to play Balatro if you haven’t yet. It’s on most platforms and Apple Arcade+! I was proud of this weird run last night.
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2024-12-16 21:51:02 UTC

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If you follow me, you already know this, but despite what a lot of media outlets imply, kids are not suddenly mainlining hormones and getting secret surgeries.
I’m not even talking about that whole mess of conspiracies and falsehoods: it just freaks people out that more folks openly explore their gender.

2024-12-16 21:47:27 UTC

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I blur because I hate the quote dunk, but I privately ask this question to people giving me their queer contagion takes. It’s never that they’re worried about kids being ostracized (like my parents were any many still are). It’s just that they don’t want more people to be trans. They think it’s weird, and they want it to stop.

2024-12-16 21:17:07 UTC

Why is this bad, even if it is just a fad or a phase?
I changed my name multiple times as a kid. In grade school I tried both Lexi and Ali because I wanted kids to stop calling me a dyke.
I still don’t buy that kids are doing this because it’s cool, but again, why would that be bad?
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2024-08-06 18:08:57 UTC

Oh. That sucks.
What's comparable to Pinboard (not a read later app—I've got that covered with Readwise's Reader) that won't make me sad when I use it and plays nice with iOS?
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