Reposted by Alana KumbierGwen C. Katz @gwenckatz.bsky.social · 25/09/2026Fuck ChatGPT flyers. The future is broadsheets. 205189375401
Reposted by Alana KumbierAnn Powers @annkpowers.bsky.social · 23/09/2026This is what music writing can and should be 3326
Reposted by Alana KumbierMarc Fischer @marc-fischer.bsky.social · 15/09/2026Librarians! Zine-Makers! This new Temporary Services zine (made with @doormouse12.bsky.social) is for you! We interviewed 4 public librarians that maintain zine collections and the result is a beautiful 44 page booklet. See and learn how they do it! $10.00 (or $3.00 PDF) from www.halfletterpress.com 1202100
Reposted by Alana KumbierMichael Lobel @mlobelart.bsky.social · 07/09/2026Jacob Lawrence, The Carpenters, 1946. Lawrence painted numerous scenes of carpenters and builders throughout his long career 1648
Reposted by Alana KumbierMichael Lobel @mlobelart.bsky.social · 07/09/2026Jacob Lawrence, The Library, 1978. Lawrence loved libraries, where he did research for his paintings from early on in his career, most notably at Harlem's Schomburg Center. He made numerous pictures of libraries that celebrate the librarians & library workers who keep them running 315642
Reposted by Alana KumbierGoodnews @goodnews.computer · 04/09/2026Take a break from being depressed that everything you love is being destroyed by slop for a moment and let me tell you about the beautiful symbiotic relationship between graffiti writers, train yard workers, and model train enthusiasts. 895493548
Reposted by Alana KumbierRebecca Sear @rebeccasear.bsky.social · 26/08/2026Nature has published a tribute to Dolly Parton 💔 www.nature.com/articles/d41...nature.comDolly Parton dies aged 80 – researchers celebrate her contributions to scienceThe country singer was an advocate for vaccines, public health, literacy and marginalized communities. 117877
Reposted by Alana KumbierPrisonculture @prisonculture.bsky.social · 01/09/2026colorlines.com/article/proj...colorlines.comZines as Creative Defiance - ColorlinesThe convictions of Prairieland defendants are part of a broader strategy to scare activists, artists, and supporters from opposing ICE. “They’re really trying to separate those of us who have yet to f... 14416
Reposted by Alana KumbierPrisonculture @prisonculture.bsky.social · 25/08/2026Take care everyone. Live your life in such a way that people are genuinely sad when you pass on. 93229501
Reposted by Alana KumbierC. Bukowski @thishurt.bsky.social · 21/08/2026Television used to MEAN something in this country. 🧐 4761721960
Reposted by Alana KumbierViolet Fox 🦊 @violetbfox.bsky.social · 20/08/2026Next week, Thursday August 27th, please join us for a free @libjuiceacademy.bsky.social webinar titled "Zinesters as Librarians, Librarians as Zinesters." Dez, Dawn, and I will talk about how zine life has impacted our library work (and vice versa!). 📚 #zineslibraryjuiceconnections.orgZinesters as Librarians, Librarians as Zinesters • Library Juice ConnectionsHow does being a librarian influence our zine practices? How does being a zinester influence our library practice? 03925
Reposted by Alana KumbierSaeed Jones @theferocity.bsky.social · 20/08/2026“Jeremy Spurrier, 51, drives to Illinois to get ice to chill his insulin. "If I run out of ice, that’s several hundred dollars of insulin just ruined,” he said.”abcnews.comTens of thousands in Indiana are still without power a week after deadly stormsTens of thousands of people in northwest Indiana remain without power, more than a week after deadly storms leveled trees and knocked down power lines across the region 9309136
Reposted by Alana KumbierpistachiOoOoOo 👻👻👻 @streetlightlily.horntforgood.com · 31/01/2026You don’t want hands free driving, you want trains. You want trains you want trains you want TRAINS 1879262543
Reposted by Alana KumbierOrdinary Notes @hystericalblkns.bsky.social · 14/07/2026Make the fundraiser go viral. Her name is Bernita and she is the black woman photographed on public transit in DC surrounded by fascists. gofund.me/8a99f2902gofund.meDonate to Support Bernita and Her Family in Tough Times, organized by Paul Chosen oneI would like to get help for my sister and family she need ls she is a t… Paul Chosen one needs your support for Support Bernita and Her Family in Tough Times 15062
Reposted by Alana KumbierMichael Lobel @mlobelart.bsky.social · 03/07/2026Jacob Lawrence, "When It Is Warm the Parks Are Filled with People," 1943 learninglab.si.edu/resources/vi... 1675182
Reposted by Alana KumbierCitizen.Coping @propcazhpm.bsky.social · 13/06/2026The fact that they weaponized a term and practice by a Black scholar— Saidiya Hartman— to justify AI, supposedly to benefit people whose history is currently being erased from archives *using* AI is rich! Work of Haitian historian Michel-Rolph Trouillot is helpful in understanding origin of gaps.axios.comAmerica stares down erasure of Black history and progressIn the last year, federal, state and institutional decisions have gutted pillars of America's civil rights protections. 216257
Reposted by Alana KumbierCitizen.Coping @propcazhpm.bsky.social · 12/06/2026That's what jumped out at me, too. Also, I'm noticing how language created by Black critical theorists is increasingly being coopted for fascistic or shady purposes. Torn about them not citing Hartman directly because cite👏🏾 her 👏🏾, but also this is some foolishness, don't include her in this. 415846
Reposted by Alana KumbierNathan Kalman-Lamb @nkalamb.bsky.social · 05/06/2026Members of the American Diabetes Association were forcibly removed from the annual meeting for distributing an editorial critical of Trumpian policy. 😳 11183115
Reposted by Alana KumbierSarah T Roberts, PhD @ubiquity75.xyz · 03/06/2026www.noemamag.com/we-need-to-r...noemamag.comWe Need To Rewild The Internet | NOEMAThe internet has become an extractive and fragile monoculture. But we can revitalize it using lessons learned by ecologists. 0145
Reposted by Alana KumbierIn the Library with the Lead Pipe @libraryleadpipe.bsky.social · 28/05/2026Moving Beyond Willpower: A New Direction for Media Literacy Instruction by Mandi Goodsett www.inthelibrarywiththeleadpipe.org/2026/moving-... 0115
Reposted by Alana KumbierEmily Wood @ebwood.bsky.social · 20/04/2026As you know, Hampshire College is closing, and hundreds of our wonderful staff & faculty colleagues are facing sudden job loss without severance. Hampshire staff & faculty have launched an Emergency Relief Fund—if you’re able, please donate or share! www.helphampshireworkers.com 29380
Reposted by Alana KumbierFANZINES @fanzines.bsky.social · 10/04/2026Milwaukee Zine Fest takes place on Saturday 18th April @ the MKE Central Library (from 10:30am to 4.30pm). Their 17th year of bringing zines to Milwaukee! More info: milwaukeezinefest.com 📍 Location: Milwaukee Central Library 814 W. Wisconsin Avenue Milwaukee Wisconsin 53233 United States 03115
Alana Kumbier @alanacutandpaste.bsky.social · 08/04/2026Flywheel Zine Fest this Saturday! At the Holyoke Senior Center! Free admission! Come say hi! Will I finish my zine in time? Probably not! 051
Reposted by Alana KumbierRodger Sherman @rodger.bsky.social · 18/02/2026DOG AT THE OLYMPICS FULL COMPETITION HIGHLIGHTS 494195375854
Reposted by Alana KumbierQZAP - The Queer Zine Archive Project @qzap.bsky.social · 13/02/2026W00t! It's a new Zine of the Gay! This week Rowan takes a look at Queers, Families, and the Squat Community from 2011 Amsterdam. gittings.qzap.org/queer-family... 073
Reposted by Alana KumbierEmily Drabinski @edrabinski.bsky.social · 06/02/2026It would be difficult to overstate the influence of Fobazi Ettarh's work on a generation of library workers. Sending love to all in her orbit. Join me in supporting her family in this difficult time. www.gofundme.com/f/support-fo...gofundme.comDonate to Honoring the life of Fobazi Ettarh: Funeral & other costs, organized by Ysabel GerrardNEW UPDATE Dear readers, This isn’t the update I was … Ysabel Gerrard needs your support for Honoring the life of Fobazi Ettarh: Funeral & other costs 07741
Reposted by Alana KumbierBruce Springsteen @brucespringsteen.net · 28/01/2026I 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 freeyoutu.beBruce Springsteen - Streets Of Minneapolis (Official Audio)YouTube video by Bruce Springsteen 42569709840554
Reposted by Alana KumbierLeah Lakshmi Piepzna-Samarasinha @thellpsx.bsky.social · 26/01/2026PS 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.chuffed.orgCrips for eSims for GazaCrips for eSims for Gaza is a collaboration between Jane Shi, Leah Lakshmi Piepzna-Samarasinha, and Alice Wong. 13652
Reposted by Alana KumbierLeah Lakshmi Piepzna-Samarasinha @thellpsx.bsky.social · 26/01/2026@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...soundcloud.comCrips 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 24825
Reposted by Alana KumbierCourtney Milan @courtneymilan.com · 26/01/2026This is very important journalism. Big kitty soft. 1142158
Reposted by Alana KumbierMaggie Tokuda-Hall @maggietokudahall.bsky.social · 18/01/2026I 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. 7735201
Reposted by Alana KumbierR.E.M. @remhq.bsky.social · 06/01/2026"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...youtube.comR.E.M. - It's The End Of The WorldYouTube video by REMVEVO 1232862
Reposted by Alana Kumbierthe Mountain Goats @themountaingoats.bsky.social · 06/01/2026I 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. 241101468
Reposted by Alana KumbierClaudia (they/she) @claudiaeberger.bsky.social · 05/01/2026My 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. 093
Reposted by Alana KumbierJoshua J. Friedman @joshuajfriedman.com · 31/12/2025Zohran 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... 262338385
Reposted by Alana KumbierMichael Lobel @mlobelart.bsky.social · 19/12/2025A fitting scene for this morning's weather in NYC: Jacob Lawrence, "Rain," 1938 423835
Reposted by Alana KumbierMaris Kreizman @maris.bsky.social · 18/12/2025I 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/mutualaiddiabetes.comSupport MAD – Mutual Aid Diabetes 518933
Reposted by Alana KumbierLady Froldmagen (she/her) @zinelib.bsky.social · 16/12/2025‘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.’” 💖 🏳️🌈 🏳️⚧️ 0101
Reposted by Alana KumbierJoshua J. Friedman @joshuajfriedman.com · 18/11/2025Dictionary day is finally here! The first new print M-W in more than 20 years 18688133
Reposted by Alana KumbierChanda Prescod-Weinstein 🌌 @chanda.blacksky.app · 07/09/2025In a society, survival is collectivized There’s no society without that 1044480
Reposted by Alana KumbierDorothy Berry @dorothyjberry.bsky.social · 20/08/2025Excited 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 928296
