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antifa, zine librarian, librarian zinester, cats, books, abolition, free Palestine, reproductive justice, boycott Amazon, blood donor, Earth fan, civilly disobedient
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Does every nonprofit and academic mission statement have a fiduciary responsibility override in invisible ink at the top?
The Librarian’s Call: Documenting Is Resistance
History is protected by those who collect, preserve, and share the facts. 📚
Lots of banger quotes in this @commondreams.org article by Rodney Freeman Jr. about how library and archives workers collect and preserve materials, including zines.
History is protected by those who collect, preserve, and share the facts. 📚
Lots of banger quotes in this @commondreams.org article by Rodney Freeman Jr. about how library and archives workers collect and preserve materials, including zines.
The Librarian’s Call: Documenting Is Resistance | Common Dreams
History is protected by those who collect, preserve, and share the facts.
www.commondreams.org
November 28, 2025 at 9:10 PM
The Librarian’s Call: Documenting Is Resistance
History is protected by those who collect, preserve, and share the facts. 📚
Lots of banger quotes in this @commondreams.org article by Rodney Freeman Jr. about how library and archives workers collect and preserve materials, including zines.
History is protected by those who collect, preserve, and share the facts. 📚
Lots of banger quotes in this @commondreams.org article by Rodney Freeman Jr. about how library and archives workers collect and preserve materials, including zines.
The always accurate @aubreyhirsch.bsky.social on The Economic Case for Abortion Rights (subscribe to @vox.com or @roxanegay.bsky.social's newsletter for full access) www.vox.com/the-highligh... or audacity.substack.com/p/the-econom... (which is where I saw it)
November 28, 2025 at 7:47 PM
The always accurate @aubreyhirsch.bsky.social on The Economic Case for Abortion Rights (subscribe to @vox.com or @roxanegay.bsky.social's newsletter for full access) www.vox.com/the-highligh... or audacity.substack.com/p/the-econom... (which is where I saw it)
"As prosecutors laid out in the July criminal complaint that led to the indictment, they were zines and pamphlets." So...carrying zines is evidence of being in an antifa cell. I mean, anyone decent is antifascist, and if you're working with others to fight fascism, you're kind of a hero.
The Feds Want to Make It Illegal to Even Possess an Anarchist Zine
Daniel Sanchez is facing federal charges for what free speech advocates say is a clear attack on the First Amendment.
theintercept.com
November 28, 2025 at 12:53 AM
"As prosecutors laid out in the July criminal complaint that led to the indictment, they were zines and pamphlets." So...carrying zines is evidence of being in an antifa cell. I mean, anyone decent is antifascist, and if you're working with others to fight fascism, you're kind of a hero.
Sorry not sorry to cross post. Yesterday, my friend @edrabinski.bsky.social and I donated platelets. Giving blood is relatively easy, and it's so so so so necessary. This may seem like virtue signaling, but I'm just trying to raise awareness and encourage others to share fluids! 🩸
November 27, 2025 at 9:29 PM
Sorry not sorry to cross post. Yesterday, my friend @edrabinski.bsky.social and I donated platelets. Giving blood is relatively easy, and it's so so so so necessary. This may seem like virtue signaling, but I'm just trying to raise awareness and encourage others to share fluids! 🩸
Now that I'm adjuncting at CUNY, I see that it's possible higher ed administrators can embrace academic freedom, critical thinking, and discomfort in the classroom?!? This message would NEVER see the light of day at mpow or the Ivy it's affiliated with. 🎓
November 27, 2025 at 7:16 PM
Now that I'm adjuncting at CUNY, I see that it's possible higher ed administrators can embrace academic freedom, critical thinking, and discomfort in the classroom?!? This message would NEVER see the light of day at mpow or the Ivy it's affiliated with. 🎓
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ICE DETAINED MARILYN. Fuck these people. www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news...
‘Northern Exposure’ actor gave ICE agents in Redmond her tribal ID. They called it ‘fake,’ she says
Indigenous actor Elaine Miles of "Northern Exposure" was detained by ICE at a Redmond bus stop. When she showed them her Tribal ID, they told her it was fake.
www.seattletimes.com
November 27, 2025 at 4:35 PM
ICE DETAINED MARILYN. Fuck these people. www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news...
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👏 WHICH 👏 PARENTS 👏 RIGHTS?
Parental restrictions on library access continues to remain incredibly unpopular for a fourth year in a row.
The vast majority of public school parents are not looking to limit their children’s access in the library.
www.fftrp.org/library_acce...
The vast majority of public school parents are not looking to limit their children’s access in the library.
www.fftrp.org/library_acce...
November 26, 2025 at 5:14 PM
👏 WHICH 👏 PARENTS 👏 RIGHTS?
Yucking your yum! Don't "celebrate" Thanksgiving. Donate your turkey money to your local Indigenous group.
November 25, 2025 at 10:00 PM
Yucking your yum! Don't "celebrate" Thanksgiving. Donate your turkey money to your local Indigenous group.
Librarian and author Audre Lorde knew and asserted her rights. Just say no--to the FBI!
Not everyone has a lawyer, but even those who don't can be like Audre Lorde on this one (this from her FBI file)
November 25, 2025 at 8:28 PM
Librarian and author Audre Lorde knew and asserted her rights. Just say no--to the FBI!
Oops. That should be Anarchist Anarchists of America for Zohran so you get that it’s a DSA joke kind of. Get it?
I would wear an Anarchist Anarchists for Mamdani t-shirt please
November 25, 2025 at 5:52 PM
Oops. That should be Anarchist Anarchists of America for Zohran so you get that it’s a DSA joke kind of. Get it?
I would wear an Anarchist Anarchists for Mamdani t-shirt please
November 23, 2025 at 8:19 PM
I would wear an Anarchist Anarchists for Mamdani t-shirt please
Tonight my spouse and I made the questionable decision to celebrate our 20th anniversary by seeing a documentary called "Coexistence My Ass," and it was excellent, if gutting. Please arrange a screening in your area. www.coexistencemyass.com/screenings 🇵🇸
Screenings — Coexistence my ass
www.coexistencemyass.com
November 21, 2025 at 2:39 AM
Tonight my spouse and I made the questionable decision to celebrate our 20th anniversary by seeing a documentary called "Coexistence My Ass," and it was excellent, if gutting. Please arrange a screening in your area. www.coexistencemyass.com/screenings 🇵🇸
Today in #ZineCataloging, I'm cataloging zines from Maamoul Press and glad to be able to copy records made by catalogers at Harvard, Princeton, and University of Michigan. I love to see these important zines and zine makers being supported and made accessible in libraries. maamoulpress.com/Books
November 18, 2025 at 8:31 PM
Today in #ZineCataloging, I'm cataloging zines from Maamoul Press and glad to be able to copy records made by catalogers at Harvard, Princeton, and University of Michigan. I love to see these important zines and zine makers being supported and made accessible in libraries. maamoulpress.com/Books
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thank you and love you Steven. <3
Exemplifying the "yes, you can just do things" approach @prisonculture.bsky.social encourages, @thellpsx.bsky.social, @pipagaopoetry.bsky.social and Alice Wong started Crips for Esims for Gaza. Unpaid, and w no formal organization, they've raised $3,000,000 US chuffed.org/project/crip...
Crips for eSims for Gaza
Crips for eSims for Gaza is a collaboration between Jane Shi, Leah Lakshmi Piepzna-Samarasinha, and Alice Wong.
chuffed.org
November 17, 2025 at 6:47 PM
thank you and love you Steven. <3
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Useful information - we need to support our libraries. Give them the $$ you might have sent to sources which have failed… like @washingtonpost.com
www.librarian.net/talks/videot...
@librarian.bsky.social’s latest talk
“A library putting out useful information in a place where people can see it is a more powerful stance than it may feel like. It shows that people in positions of power CARE.”
This is antifa. 📚
@librarian.bsky.social’s latest talk
“A library putting out useful information in a place where people can see it is a more powerful stance than it may feel like. It shows that people in positions of power CARE.”
This is antifa. 📚
librarian.net: Strategic and tactical decisions for positive engagement during challenging times
www.librarian.net
November 15, 2025 at 4:21 PM
Useful information - we need to support our libraries. Give them the $$ you might have sent to sources which have failed… like @washingtonpost.com
www.librarian.net/talks/videot...
@librarian.bsky.social’s latest talk
“A library putting out useful information in a place where people can see it is a more powerful stance than it may feel like. It shows that people in positions of power CARE.”
This is antifa. 📚
@librarian.bsky.social’s latest talk
“A library putting out useful information in a place where people can see it is a more powerful stance than it may feel like. It shows that people in positions of power CARE.”
This is antifa. 📚
librarian.net: Strategic and tactical decisions for positive engagement during challenging times
www.librarian.net
November 15, 2025 at 1:26 AM
www.librarian.net/talks/videot...
@librarian.bsky.social’s latest talk
“A library putting out useful information in a place where people can see it is a more powerful stance than it may feel like. It shows that people in positions of power CARE.”
This is antifa. 📚
@librarian.bsky.social’s latest talk
“A library putting out useful information in a place where people can see it is a more powerful stance than it may feel like. It shows that people in positions of power CARE.”
This is antifa. 📚
I’m listening to Science Friday on NPR and sorry to hear scientists have to justify their work and existence constantly in Trump America. Scientists: ask an academic librarian for help. We’re used to no one seeing our worth.
November 14, 2025 at 8:00 PM
I’m listening to Science Friday on NPR and sorry to hear scientists have to justify their work and existence constantly in Trump America. Scientists: ask an academic librarian for help. We’re used to no one seeing our worth.
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Statement from #ZLuC2025 Organizers: “We are sad to report that the Zine Librarians unConference was attended by a non-zine librarian in bad faith. She recorded the event without permission and posted her recordings. Please read the organizers’ statement about the violation.”
November 11, 2025 at 10:03 PM
Statement from #ZLuC2025 Organizers: “We are sad to report that the Zine Librarians unConference was attended by a non-zine librarian in bad faith. She recorded the event without permission and posted her recordings. Please read the organizers’ statement about the violation.”
Zine library goodness in Japan! Hopefully they don't have creepy stalkers like we do!
第14回目の移動するZINE LIBRARY！
いろんなジンに触れてもらうため、不定期・会場不定で、移動するジン・ライブラリー。
今回の選書（選ジン？）のテーマは「形式 / Format」です。
ジン・ライブラリーのジンは、無料で自由に閲覧できます。ゆっくりできるスペースもありますよ。
会場の「コモンスペース ハナヤ」では、無農薬や減農薬のおいしい野菜も販売しています。ぜひご利用ください。
＜詳細はこちら＞
会場: 大阪・中津商店街内 コモンスペース ハナヤ
〒531-0071 大阪府大阪市北区中津3-18-16
日時: 11月19日（水）11:00-15:00
いろんなジンに触れてもらうため、不定期・会場不定で、移動するジン・ライブラリー。
今回の選書（選ジン？）のテーマは「形式 / Format」です。
ジン・ライブラリーのジンは、無料で自由に閲覧できます。ゆっくりできるスペースもありますよ。
会場の「コモンスペース ハナヤ」では、無農薬や減農薬のおいしい野菜も販売しています。ぜひご利用ください。
＜詳細はこちら＞
会場: 大阪・中津商店街内 コモンスペース ハナヤ
〒531-0071 大阪府大阪市北区中津3-18-16
日時: 11月19日（水）11:00-15:00
November 12, 2025 at 4:16 PM
Zine library goodness in Japan! Hopefully they don't have creepy stalkers like we do!
"Write fiction not to escape reality, but to confront it, to rewrite the language of power itself. Because the child in Gaza and George Floyd, they are still speaking. And if we listen carefully, they might yet teach us how to breathe.”" - Ahmad M. Elkhuwaja via @coastallinespress.com 🇵🇸 #zines
Highlights from ZLUC 2025
Coastal Lines Press was a morning presenter on Day 2. The community of zine librarians was very welcoming and responsive. Thank you ZLUC organizers for providing this community-building opportunity.
www.coastallinespress.com
November 11, 2025 at 11:33 PM
"Write fiction not to escape reality, but to confront it, to rewrite the language of power itself. Because the child in Gaza and George Floyd, they are still speaking. And if we listen carefully, they might yet teach us how to breathe.”" - Ahmad M. Elkhuwaja via @coastallinespress.com 🇵🇸 #zines
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Meet Coastal Lines Press writer Samah Zaqout, author of “In the Depth of Gaza,” which recently won the ‘Best Political Zine’ category at Wellington Zinefest 2025, NZ.
www.coastallinespress.com/p/samah-zaqout
www.coastallinespress.com/p/samah-zaqout
November 9, 2025 at 9:27 PM
Meet Coastal Lines Press writer Samah Zaqout, author of “In the Depth of Gaza,” which recently won the ‘Best Political Zine’ category at Wellington Zinefest 2025, NZ.
www.coastallinespress.com/p/samah-zaqout
www.coastallinespress.com/p/samah-zaqout
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So apparently a conservative "journalist" attended the ZLuC over this past weekend, attended and live-streamed sessions without consent, and is trying to intimidate and dox attendees.
Here's the organizers' statement:
www.zinelibraries.info/wiki/zluc2025/
Here's the organizers' statement:
www.zinelibraries.info/wiki/zluc2025/
Zine Librarians unConference 2025 | zinelibraries.info
www.zinelibraries.info
November 11, 2025 at 8:07 PM
So apparently a conservative "journalist" attended the ZLuC over this past weekend, attended and live-streamed sessions without consent, and is trying to intimidate and dox attendees.
Here's the organizers' statement:
www.zinelibraries.info/wiki/zluc2025/
Here's the organizers' statement:
www.zinelibraries.info/wiki/zluc2025/
The zine libraries unconference wiki has been updated with a statement from the organizers about someone who attended the event in order to spy on and record it without permission. www.zinelibraries.info/wiki/zluc2025/ This infiltrator is driving an effort to get a zine librarian fired. 📚
Zine Librarians unConference 2025 | zinelibraries.info
www.zinelibraries.info
November 11, 2025 at 7:32 PM
The zine libraries unconference wiki has been updated with a statement from the organizers about someone who attended the event in order to spy on and record it without permission. www.zinelibraries.info/wiki/zluc2025/ This infiltrator is driving an effort to get a zine librarian fired. 📚
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So @librariesftp.bsky.social is now on Bluesky. Yay!
Also our next Library board cohort is slated to begin in February of 2026. This is a FREE 12-week course. Meetings will be held virtually on Mondays 12 – 1:30 EST / 9 – 10:30 PST.
Apply by 12/18 - docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
Also our next Library board cohort is slated to begin in February of 2026. This is a FREE 12-week course. Meetings will be held virtually on Mondays 12 – 1:30 EST / 9 – 10:30 PST.
Apply by 12/18 - docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
FTP Library Elections & Appointments Training Cohort
Hello! You're filling out this form because you've expressed interest in running for or seeking appointment to a local library board seat in your community (or because you're a serving trustee who'd l...
docs.google.com
November 10, 2025 at 6:25 PM
So @librariesftp.bsky.social is now on Bluesky. Yay!
Also our next Library board cohort is slated to begin in February of 2026. This is a FREE 12-week course. Meetings will be held virtually on Mondays 12 – 1:30 EST / 9 – 10:30 PST.
Apply by 12/18 - docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
Also our next Library board cohort is slated to begin in February of 2026. This is a FREE 12-week course. Meetings will be held virtually on Mondays 12 – 1:30 EST / 9 – 10:30 PST.
Apply by 12/18 - docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
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@kirstengillibrand.bsky.social DO NOT CAVE. If Tuesday has taught you anything, it should be that we want you to FIGHT BACK. Hold the line. DO NOT CAVE.
November 10, 2025 at 12:38 AM
@kirstengillibrand.bsky.social DO NOT CAVE. If Tuesday has taught you anything, it should be that we want you to FIGHT BACK. Hold the line. DO NOT CAVE.