This bird’s greed delights me

I made my first zine in 1985, I believe. I’m still making them in 2025, 40 years later. In 1985, it was unfathomable that I would co-organize a Black Zine Fair. I’m excited to share that the 3rd annual Black Zine Fair will take place on May 9, 2026. gogetfunding.com/black-zine-f... - please fund us.

"The cheap alcohol, the boundless hedonism, the carefully staged “freedom” where mainland India’s social constraints do not hold valency — this is the hyperreal party state, designed to capture the aspirational elite’s longing for release."
@kaustubh.bsky.social on the neo-colonialism gaze in Goa

Takes less than 15 mins. Send us your photos and tell us about your library!: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

@librariesftp.bsky.social is inviting folks to send a photo + 100 words about what your local library means to you and your community. We'll feature them every month in our newsletter. Submit: tinyurl.com/b44bfx23

I wrote about @slcpl.bsky.social for this month's newsletter! tinyurl.com/2rac688x

Sooooo we got into SDCC! Have any other small pubs exhibited in the Small Press Pavilion? Any recommendations for the kinds of signature/etc that fit and/or work well?

This feels important to me

SJP, our micro-press, turned five this year. Join us for a virtual gathering to celebrate our past publications, learn more about what’s coming next, and share in the stories that continue to inspire our work. withfriends.events/event/ojHgXX...

Painting at the children's museum is always fun because one second there's an announcement asking kids to use their "walking" feet, one second there's someone wailing, and another second a group of 20 children are going "wowwwwwwwww😮" because they just learnt it takes 6 years to study paleontology 🦖

#ChildrensBook Alert🎇
This is How I Draw is an incredible illustrator led workbook from Canato Jimo, published by Pratham Books.
Stoked to be a part of an incredible roster of artists, and a children’s book that centers the illustrator (pic by Bijal)
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Want to be a #LibraryDefender? Join (or start!) a Friends of the Library group. #FriendsOfTheLibrary groups are a great way to strengthen your local library and fight for #InformationAccess for all! Learn how in our new Friends of the Library 101 Zine! www.librariesforthepeople.org/resources#fo...

This is the second most promising set of results. We need progressives and leftists to run for these school board and LIBRARY BOARD seats. www.librariesforthepeople.org

1. The Rainbow-bearded thornbill

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I would do anything for this bird.

Folks in the US, send us your stories of your experiences with your public library systems! Are you part of your library board/ raised funds/organised to keep your library open/part of your friends group? We want to hear it all!: librariesforthepeople.substack.com/p/for-the-pe...

We launched For The People in early 2023 as a time limited 5 year volunteer run grassroots national intervention. If you are interested in learning more about our work, you can find it on our website: www.librariesforthepeople.org - the work of our formation will likely sunset at the start of 2028.

Today’s newsletter is an investigation by Sasha Patel and Ben Jacob into the expansion of Gail’s, and how it relies on low-paid migrant workers (particularly from Gujarat) to sustain its rate of growth.

Thank you to every Gail’s worker who talked to us.

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