Alana Kumbier
@alanacutandpaste.bsky.social
Zines, libraries & archives, making things with paper.
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I wrote this song on Saturday, recorded it yesterday and released it to you today in response to the state terror being visited on the city of Minneapolis. It’s dedicated to the people of Minneapolis, our innocent immigrant neighbors and in memory of Alex Pretti and Renee Good.
Stay free
Stay free
Bruce Springsteen - Streets Of Minneapolis (Official Audio)
YouTube video by Bruce Springsteen
youtu.be
January 28, 2026 at 5:02 PM
I wrote this song on Saturday, recorded it yesterday and released it to you today in response to the state terror being visited on the city of Minneapolis. It’s dedicated to the people of Minneapolis, our innocent immigrant neighbors and in memory of Alex Pretti and Renee Good.
Stay free
Stay free
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good morning it is almost the end of the month if you can help some minnesotans pay rent it is a great day to do so
every time someone has asked me the last week or so about priorities it is rental assistance. please please please people need rent to stay in their homes. scroll down to rent relief funds and pick something www.standwithminnesota.com
January 28, 2026 at 12:57 PM
good morning it is almost the end of the month if you can help some minnesotans pay rent it is a great day to do so
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PS WE ARE IN THE RED AGAIN AND WE KNOW EVERYTHING IS EVERYTHING BUT WE ARE STILL HERE AND KNOW SOME PEOPLE MAY NOT KNOW THIS, SO IF YOU WANNA DONATE, HIT THE CHUFFED chuffed.org/project/crip... we gotta reimb people particularly in the UK and Canada but any currency works.
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
January 26, 2026 at 4:04 PM
PS WE ARE IN THE RED AGAIN AND WE KNOW EVERYTHING IS EVERYTHING BUT WE ARE STILL HERE AND KNOW SOME PEOPLE MAY NOT KNOW THIS, SO IF YOU WANNA DONATE, HIT THE CHUFFED chuffed.org/project/crip... we gotta reimb people particularly in the UK and Canada but any currency works.
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@pipagaopoetry.bsky.social and me were on @reallandsend.bsky.social's Death Panel podcast to talk about Crips for eSims for Gaza, "how disabled people built and sustained an internationalist solidarity mutual aid project under siege, grief + death." on.soundcloud.com/utzFoAVtN4OK...
Crips for eSims for Gaza w/ Jane Shi & Leah Lakshmi Piepzna-Samarasinha (01/22/26)
To support the show and help make episodes like this one possible, become a patron at www.patreon.com/deathpanelpod
Beatrice speaks with Jane Shi and Leah Lakshmi Piepzna-Samarasinha about their work
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January 26, 2026 at 3:46 PM
@pipagaopoetry.bsky.social and me were on @reallandsend.bsky.social's Death Panel podcast to talk about Crips for eSims for Gaza, "how disabled people built and sustained an internationalist solidarity mutual aid project under siege, grief + death." on.soundcloud.com/utzFoAVtN4OK...
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This is very important journalism. Big kitty soft.
Being a journalist is sick: I just contacted a pre-eminent jaguar conservationist in Argentine with a question that has been weighing on me for ages and he wrote back right away with an informed answer.
January 26, 2026 at 3:52 PM
This is very important journalism. Big kitty soft.
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Really want the academics and think tanks to start churning out pdfs on what tribunals and truth and reconciliation commissions look like. Political leaders are absolutely not going to come up with this on their own.
Would happily take time to help write and edit any of that, too.
Would happily take time to help write and edit any of that, too.
January 25, 2026 at 1:22 AM
Really want the academics and think tanks to start churning out pdfs on what tribunals and truth and reconciliation commissions look like. Political leaders are absolutely not going to come up with this on their own.
Would happily take time to help write and edit any of that, too.
Would happily take time to help write and edit any of that, too.
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I came up with things for my angel and devil pigeons to say, please feel free to use this as a reaction image for dem politicians.
January 18, 2026 at 5:06 PM
I came up with things for my angel and devil pigeons to say, please feel free to use this as a reaction image for dem politicians.
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Then there you lie like the one warm spark in the heart of an arctic crystal.
January 9, 2026 at 1:47 PM
Then there you lie like the one warm spark in the heart of an arctic crystal.
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Yes, please!
January 7, 2026 at 3:28 AM
Yes, please!
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"It's The End Of The World As We Know It (And I Feel Fine)" was released as the second single from Document on this day in 1988. Here's the video for the single directed by James Herbert.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z0GF...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z0GF...
R.E.M. - It's The End Of The World
YouTube video by REMVEVO
www.youtube.com
January 6, 2026 at 2:57 PM
"It's The End Of The World As We Know It (And I Feel Fine)" was released as the second single from Document on this day in 1988. Here's the video for the single directed by James Herbert.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z0GF...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z0GF...
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I implore you to hit up CVS and get your flu shot. Please don’t game it with whatever else you heard. It’s real serious and we don’t gave any public health allies in the government now.
“These viruses are serious, dangerous, and life-threatening. We are seeing children who are seriously ill, families grieving devastating losses, and hospitals under capacity strain.”
www.cnn.com/2026/01/05/h...
www.cnn.com/2026/01/05/h...
Flu reaches highest levels in the US in 25 years | CNN
Flu continues to visit misery across the US, with all but four states showing high or very high levels of activity as a new virus strain called subclade K continues to spread.
www.cnn.com
January 6, 2026 at 12:28 PM
I implore you to hit up CVS and get your flu shot. Please don’t game it with whatever else you heard. It’s real serious and we don’t gave any public health allies in the government now.
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My favorite way to find information on a topic remains googling my keywords and adding "libguide" to the search. I needed to find a good introduction to APIs and a basic tutorial and this improved my results SO MUCH.
January 5, 2026 at 2:55 PM
My favorite way to find information on a topic remains googling my keywords and adding "libguide" to the search. I needed to find a good introduction to APIs and a basic tutorial and this improved my results SO MUCH.
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Zohran Mamdani will be sworn in as NYC's first Muslim mayor on a Qur'an from the personal collection of the great Afro-Boricua intellectual Arturo Schomburg—as well as Qur'ans owned by Mamdani's grandparents. www.nypl.org/press/schomb...
December 31, 2025 at 4:42 PM
Zohran Mamdani will be sworn in as NYC's first Muslim mayor on a Qur'an from the personal collection of the great Afro-Boricua intellectual Arturo Schomburg—as well as Qur'ans owned by Mamdani's grandparents. www.nypl.org/press/schomb...
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A fitting scene for this morning's weather in NYC: Jacob Lawrence, "Rain," 1938
December 19, 2025 at 12:48 PM
A fitting scene for this morning's weather in NYC: Jacob Lawrence, "Rain," 1938
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I was diagnosed with diabetes 38 years ago today. I live a mostly normal life interrupted by the 1 zillion decisions I have to make about my health every day. I'm lucky. Today and always, everyone deserves unfettered access to the healthcare they need. mutualaiddiabetes.com/donate/
Support MAD – Mutual Aid Diabetes
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December 18, 2025 at 5:43 PM
I was diagnosed with diabetes 38 years ago today. I live a mostly normal life interrupted by the 1 zillion decisions I have to make about my health every day. I'm lucky. Today and always, everyone deserves unfettered access to the healthcare they need. mutualaiddiabetes.com/donate/
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‘You gotta give ‘em hope,’” Miller says. “I think about the zines we have from all over the country and all over the world, where folks are able to say, ‘This is going on in my life, this is what’s going on in my scene — how we’re surviving, how we’re thriving and how we’re pushing back.’” 💖 🏳️🌈 🏳️⚧️
December 16, 2025 at 6:04 PM
‘You gotta give ‘em hope,’” Miller says. “I think about the zines we have from all over the country and all over the world, where folks are able to say, ‘This is going on in my life, this is what’s going on in my scene — how we’re surviving, how we’re thriving and how we’re pushing back.’” 💖 🏳️🌈 🏳️⚧️
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Dictionary day is finally here! The first new print M-W in more than 20 years
Merriam-Webster, the country’s oldest dictionary publisher which is headquartered in Springfield, just released an updated Collegiate edition with 5,000 new entries.
Merriam-Webster goes old school with first new hardcover Collegiate dictionary in 22 years
Merriam-Webster, the country’s oldest dictionary publisher which is headquartered in Springfield, just released an updated Collegiate edition with 5,000 new entries.
www.wbur.org
November 18, 2025 at 1:31 PM
Dictionary day is finally here! The first new print M-W in more than 20 years
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ilu Merriam-Webster
We are thrilled to announce that our NEW Large Language Model will be released on 11.18.25.
October 2, 2025 at 5:31 AM
ilu Merriam-Webster
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In a society, survival is collectivized
There’s no society without that
There’s no society without that
September 6, 2025 at 11:34 PM
In a society, survival is collectivized
There’s no society without that
There’s no society without that
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Excited to finally announce the release of my first ever book, and the first ever book from we here press. It is a pocket-size guide to my archival theories and experiences in the form of essays- some you may have heard in part as lectures, some which are unpublished until now.
www.weherepress.org
www.weherepress.org
August 20, 2025 at 5:58 PM
Excited to finally announce the release of my first ever book, and the first ever book from we here press. It is a pocket-size guide to my archival theories and experiences in the form of essays- some you may have heard in part as lectures, some which are unpublished until now.
www.weherepress.org
www.weherepress.org
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I was glad to learn tonight about the @sealibrary.bsky.social project, which reminded me of these 👇 ⚓️🌊📚
August 20, 2025 at 4:47 AM
I was glad to learn tonight about the @sealibrary.bsky.social project, which reminded me of these 👇 ⚓️🌊📚
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There are people everywhere. Look around.
“A new study, published today in PLOS ONE, identifies and describes 30 dance moves in captive cockatoos and suggests dancing can be a form of mentally enriching play for caged birds.”
#scicomm
#animalcommunication
#playbahavior
www.science.org/content/arti...
🧪 🦜
#scicomm
#animalcommunication
#playbahavior
www.science.org/content/arti...
🧪 🦜
Video reveals cockatoos have 30 unique dance moves—including headbanging
Researchers now know why the caged bird dances: a form of mentally enriching play
www.science.org
August 8, 2025 at 4:48 AM
There are people everywhere. Look around.
@massivebookshop.bsky.social is matching donations to the Sameer Project up to $1300. Can you join me in contributing to their campaign?
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[W4G] $1,300 Matching Campaign for The Sameer Project
July 22: New match! The wonderful people of Massive Bookshop have offered to match the next $1,300 in contributions! (The $500 match from writer and professor Christina Sharpe has been met!) Today is...
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July 22, 2025 at 11:58 PM
@massivebookshop.bsky.social is matching donations to the Sameer Project up to $1300. Can you join me in contributing to their campaign?
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