Well, gas is expensive, and food is expensive, and we’re doing a war nobody wants, but at least there are no jobs
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Well, gas is expensive, and food is expensive, and we’re doing a war nobody wants, but at least there are no jobs
My colleagues at ACRLog wrote short tributes to the life and work of Fobazi Ettarh @fobettarh.bsky.social. I wrote about her work on disability, which I think deserves more recognition. acrlog.org/2026/03/04/t...
Thanks @ezerrenner.bsky.social for coordinating. #CripLib #VocationalAwe
Thanks! It's the denim blue Powecom. bonafidemasks.com/denim-blue-p... I alternate between their blue & purple.
Violet wears a blue face mask and looks frazzled. She's on the escalator in terminal 1 at O'Hare airport, with a light display behind her.
Hot Flash! At The Airport
Did you know books have been bound in leather not just from cows, but from reindeer, seal, and even shark?🦈 Learn more about historic bookbindings in my new episode of Bite Sized Book History! youtu.be/3aUdEy0Edf4?...
Tonight’s #SmallGoodThing: my anti-AI zine is finally available! I hope folks check it out!
I really like Bona Fide masks. They often have coupon codes (right now: 15% off with code BFM15). bonafidemasks.com/powecom-kn95... No patterns but ~10 different colors.
So glad to have more voices making the case in a readable and fun format. 💜
It's so beautiful! The octopus is gorgeous, too. Congratulations!! 🎊
Comic & Zine Night Market. Eli Tea Bar (Chicago) March 7th from 7pm-10pm. An illustration of a blond woman drinking tea and reading comics against a starry sky.
I’m going to be selling zines at my favorite gay tea business in Chicago this Saturday! Come on by!
Glad to hear it! Mid-week tickets are quite cheap, or when you're able to buy tickets more than a month out. Be aware that there's no wifi on this route (like most of their long distance routes). Let me know if you have any questions!
Violet, a middle aged white lady with glasses and a blue face mask, sits next to a window on a train. Winter trees are visible through a dirty window.
Another ride on Amtrak, from Minnesota back to Chicago. Bought this trip with Amtrak points, which are a very good deal compared to airline miles. Grateful for this route. 🚆
That sounds awesome!
square light orange graphic with black and neon text that says: “Join Liberation Library’s Steering Committee. Liberation Library is looking for new Steering Committee members. Join us in building meaningful solidarity with young people who are incarcerated across Illinois.” In a bubble in black text it says: “Apply by March 31st at bit.ly/JoinLibLib”. In small text at the bottom of the graphic in black text says: “To learn more about Liberation Library visit liberationlib.org”. In the background are translucent bubbles and hearts and a stack of colorful books on the left side, the Lib Lib logo in black in a heart towards the bottom right.
For Chicago folks: Liberation Library is looking to recruit additional members to its Steering Committee (SC). Apply by March 31st. It's a great group. bit.ly/JoinLibLib
flyer with text reading "Save the date, Chicago Zine Fest, 10-10-2026. Back in the Winter Garden! More zinesters! More programming! New organizers orientation Wednesday March 18."
CZF will be back on Saturday October 10th!! We're thrilled to be returning to the Winter Garden in the Harold Washington Library Center, thanks to the generous partnership of @chipublib.bsky.social!
For my #zine people: I recently updated the Midwestern Zine & Independent Publishing map with some new suggestions from folks I met at the Twin Cities Zine Fest. Let me know if I'm missing anything!
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if you are using social media primarily as an outlet for channeling and dissipating outrage instead of as a means to connect and organize outside of it, you are playing into the very design of these platforms which is to keep everyone locked in unending cycles of impotent rage
Make a zine about your feelings and things you think people can do and join you to do to help. Make an emotional zine. Make a zine about questions you want to ask people to think on during these times. Make a poetry zine about the realities we live through but hardly take the time to feel through.
Want to help make #CZF2026 happen? We're having a new organizers orientation on Weds March 18th at 7 pm Central. Register for this online meeting at syr-2u-com.zoom.us/meeting/regi.... We're excited to welcome in new organizers!! #zines
“How many of these gentle people have I helped to kill just by paying my taxes?" June Jordan, 1984
It’s not lost on me that this is happening during Ramadan and during fasting hrs.
They should make more jobs for depressed people.
Types of Mutual Aid: Labor Resources: childcare collectives, support with appointments, ride shares, community kitchens, translation services, shopping and deliveries, repairs. Physical reaources: food banks, tool shares, seed shares, community gardens. Community actions: rapid response networks, disaster relief, bail funds, legal resources. Safety: temporary housing, Healthcare funds, information gathering and distribution.
There are so many ways you can contribute to and connect with your community! Here are a few ideas.
paul bunyan and babe, route 2, bemidji, minnesota, 1980
paul bunyan and babe, route 2, bemidji, minnesota, 1980
Klobuchar marching over the dead bodies of her constituents, undeterred on her way to vote or a Trump nominee.
This is SO COOL — a lost Méliès film from 1895 in which a person plays a briefly out of control robot. How timely. So glad some of my tax dollars are still going to stuff like this
Framed red, white and pink cross-stitch by fjordski that reads "Fuck ICE", with the word "Fuck" in Arabic, sitting against some plants
ICE is still active in MN, neighbors are sheltering for safety, aid has slowed down, and rent is due in MN shortly. Can you take action with us to support our communities?
We will gift this beautiful framed cross-stitch by @fjordski.bsky.social to one person who takes action! Read on for more info.
Abolish the legal gender marker entirely. No government can be trusted to have a database of which people have changed theirs, no government has any business tracking what your gender is "supposed" to be in the first place.
also, with love and respect for my friends and colleagues who do great work at large national LGBTQ orgs
...they do not need your money and they will not use it efficiently to defend the most marginalized queer and trans people
plz panic-give to the frontlines & mutual aid orgs, not the big NGOs
