"Even when disabled people appear in the archive, they appear as objects of intervention rather than witnesses to their own lives. When disability materials are [viewed] according to the medical model, the archive reproduces the very framework that justified confinement and cure" #CripLib
www.themarginalian.org/2015/12/11/n... #NationalLibraryWeek
EXCLUSIVE: The SPLC indictment, the Klan history behind it, and the ignominy of Todd Blanche.
Another dark day for DOJ.
Tonight, at Law Dork:
Image of Jesus at the Last Supper, done as ASCII art after Leonardo da Vinci's painting. The image is made entirely from the character 'X'.
Oh look, it's "The Last Supper" as ASCII art.
(MS Typ 1334 at Houghton Library)
time has passed and now, the forsythia IS blooming in new england. always a good day to support access to abortion. 🌼
Paywall-free link: archive.ph/eWCXO
I’d love to take @eayers0.bsky.social’s class on botanical bodies but instead I got to participate in a session with herbals and other early modern books.
Check out Dr. Ayers’ class themes and related illustrations in her thread below!
Check out my new Media Burn blog post. Media activist and community journalist Michael Zinzun’s legacy is a prime example of public access television’s Black history, which is quite profound and largely under-appreciated.
Stay tuned! Much more of this to come soon.
mediaburn.org/celebrating-...
Two of my zines are now available through I Love Zines, a kind of DIY cross between Etsy and a distro run by one of the hardest-working zinesters in zinedom, Billy McCall www.ilovezines.com/collections/...
It’s hard to express how important Iris was to ACT UP’s scientific development. She was the catalyst who started it all. Iris Long, Scientific Mentor to AIDS Activists, Dies at 92 www.nytimes.com/2026/04/17/h...
why the New Yorker publishes the brilliant Hanif Abdurraqib and then does not put his name in the social media post about his essay is absolutely beyond me, but anyway, the important thing here is that you should always read Hanif
Agnes Martin’s list of every job she ever had masoncurrey.substack.com/p/agnes-mart...
Did you know: There's HD video of Here Comes The Pizza?
Holy heck if you haven't taken a look at this just launched project and resources from the @historians.org _American Historical Review_, it's incredible. Of course I went to the 1665 Mass Bay petition about royal authoritarianism. Excellent!
www.historians.org/news-publica...
Devastating: Hampshire College is permanently closing following the Fall 2026 Semester. A beautiful institution & community that has done so much for so many. My child is a current Hampshire senior. Hampshire's approach to education is so unique, humane, & exciting—I've seen it first hand. Tragic
“I think this is the first step to erasure,” said Karma Chavez, chair of Mexican American and Latina/o Studies. Another professor called it a “gut punch.”
thebarbedwire.com/2026/04/13/a...
A piece of lined paper and a paper-framed photograph rest on a folder labeled “132-66 Cook, Holden.” The photo is a black and white portrait in a rectangular paper frame with oval cut out of a man with a receding hairline, dark rimmed glasses, suit jacket, and bow tie. Hand written on the lined paper: “Dear John: I hope this ruins your day - if it does not I don’t know what it would take to do it. Hodi (?) Cook.” From the AFSCME Communications Department records, Reuther Library, Wayne State University.
“Dear John: I hope this ruins your day.”
"Unfortunately, the types of people for whom such fellowships might represent the greatest departure from their everyday experience—and whose career trajectories might be most dramatically shifted given freedom from their usual constraints—are infrequently their beneficiaries."
"The century-old library in Stanstead, Quebec [and Derby Line Vermont] that straddles the Canada-U.S. border now has a new door so Canadians can get in after the U.S. limited entry to the building last year."
I know a lot of you pitched in. Here's a nice update. 📚
www.ctvnews.ca/montreal/art...
American Historical Association (AHA) Files Lawsuit to Defend the Presidential Records Act (via @historians.org) www.historians.org/news/aha-fil... #usgovernment #lawsuits #presidentialrecordsact
Save the date for the Zine Librarian’s unConference 2026 ONLINE Saturday, November 7th & Sunday, November 8th….more details to follow.
OMG ! This dude recorded tens of thousands of shows in Chicago in the late 80s and early 90s and beyond --
like Shonen Knife when they were playing on campus, the Sugarcubes in 1987, amazing audio treasure trove:
Honestly would read 6000 words about these copy and paste Patience and Fortitude style lions alone
"The Fiscal Year (FY) 2027 Budget proposes to eliminate the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) and provides $38 million to conduct an orderly shutdown of the Agency." bit.ly/41M4pvK
"Beginning May 7: Arturo Schomburg is seen anew through an exhibition featuring his founding collection and a newly published book, during the Center’s centennial anniversary"
www.nypl.org/press/schomb...
Flyer for Punk Resistance: Zines & Counter Culture Activism with the "punk resistance" letters in ransom text style, as if they were cut and pasted. Saturday, April 18, 1-3pm at MSPAL Text about the panel that I can't OCR; logos for co-sponsors AADHUM, University Libraries, and College of Information
I'm moderating a panel with my ZFF @miloblue.bsky.social from the @qzap.bsky.social, @jrdarchivist.bsky.social of the DC Punk Archive and students Diya Shah & Alexa Boltaz who edit a campus zine. It's at UMD on Sat 4/18. Join us! We'll talk about important stuff that makes you feel good, not bad.
all seas, times, and tides
