Electronic billboard purple background with the letters R and I joined with the Prince symbol to form RIP. Photo from April 2016.
From ten years ago this week here on the East Side in Milwaukee, WI. It’s hard to believe it has been a decade since Prince died. ☔️
I'm excited to share that we've made a collection of historic Supreme Court Records and Briefs available via
@archive.org
I've written a blog post where I go into detail about the importance of this collection.
blog.archive.org/2026/04/20/u...
Tomorrow marks 10 years since Prince passed. For the first time, I gathered nearly two decadesq of my writing, podcasts, talks & more into one curated resource, including playlists, rarities, a review of every video he ever made, and collaborations I did with his estate. anildash.com/2026/04/20/p...
Join @atbw.bsky.social for our next series of webinars about the human costs of AI. We want to create a space where cultural memory workers can engage in critical and caring discussions about the broader impact of AI technology development. Register here: www.archivingtheblackweb.org/events/
Multiple copies of a black and white zine laying on a paper trimmer. Title reads From the Punked Out Files of The Queer Zine Archive Project: Up the Academy. A cat cuddled up next to a person writing is the zine cover image
Born today in time for Milwaukee Zine Fest! A new edition of From the Punked Out Files of The Queer Zine Archive Project: Up the Academy gathers together two papers I wrote, one in 2017 the other in 2020 that led to me writing a chapter for the new Queer Print Cultures book from U of Toronto Press
Sad, infuriating news! I’ve known many awesome Hampshire grads mostly through zine culture. This is a huge loss.
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.
The synthesizer is, culturally, a transgender instrument.
Not sure yet!
One of the many joys of collectivism is that QZAP can be at two separate events simultaneously! See you at Milwaukee Public Library 😷
people of the USA: you can now preorder this here if you'd like: sheerspite.bigcartel.com/product/preo...
Flywheel Zine Fest takes place on Saturday April 11th (11am - 4pm), 2026 in #Holyoke, Massachusetts, United States.
More info on their event invite: www.facebook.com/events/12738...
📍 Location:
Senior Center,
291 Pine St,
Holyoke,
Massachusetts 01040,
United States
#zines
"AI is garbage, bro, it gives you wrong answers like half the time and the other half the time makes you stupid."
Overheard a middle schooler chastising a fellow student for suggesting they use AI. Whole middle school herd started mocking the AI kid.
...We need to let these kids at the tech bros.
The US Holocaust Memorial Museum under the Trump administration has deleted its teaching materials about links between Nazi racism and the Jim Crow laws: www.politico.com/news/2026/04...
Headshot of Steenz with the following information: "Special Guest / Steenz / CAKE May 2 & 3, 2026 / Irish American Heritage Center / 4626 N Knox Ave."
SPECIAL GUEST! Steenz is a St. Louis based cartoonist, professor, and editor. They currently teach at Webster University & SVA while editing independent titles. They’re also Board President of The St. Louis Independent Comics Expo.
Get excited to see Steenz (AKA @oheysteenz.bsky.social ) at CAKE 👏
Promo image for Black Zine Fair 2026, presented by Sojourners for Justice Press, on Saturday, May 9, 11AM to 6PM, at Powerhouse Arts, 322 Third Ave, Brooklyn. The graphic is collage-style artwork depicting various Black people engaged in work activity, including blue collar and agricultural. In the foreground is a Black person in denim and with locs holding various tools, including a pitchfork, with four arms.
NOW OPEN: Registration for Black Zine Fair 2026, presented by Sojourners for Justice Press, on SAT, MAY 9, 11AM to 6PM, at Powerhouse Arts, 322 Third Ave, #Brooklyn. This is a masked event. Suggested donation: $3.45-$17.66. Pay what you can. withfriends.events/event/WFzHwJ... #zines #BZF2026 #NYC
i put together a bunch of the photos of dive bar bathrooms i’ve taken over the years and compiled them into a FREE digital zine. check it out if you are a little freak like me who loves grimy spaces marked by the passage of countless human dramas merrittk.itch.io/dive-bar-bat...
People can stay mad at me for saying this but if I drive in a circle around a place, I did not actually go to that place. I drove around it.
And it’s an odd bit to say people are going to the moon. And it’s definitely propaganda! Don’t participate! We don’t need to lie about it!
It’s a flyby! 🔭
The path forward post-Chiles is for states to enact private rights of action for survivors of conversion therapy. Chill the ability for conversion therapists to practice by making it financially unviable due to legal liability.
Cover and inside page of the Trans Collections Guide, a research resource for exploring trans histories at The ArQuives.
Want to research trans history? Check our first-ever Trans Collections Guide, launched in 2020! The guide offers researchers insight into trans-related holdings, covering collections up until January 2020. We’ve had lots of additions since, waiting for you to discover!
🔎📖🏳️⚧️ https://ow.ly/fEZT50Yzrfv
Caster Semenya is mounting a class action lawsuit against the Olympics for their patently discriminatory ban on trans and intersex athletes
Flyer for the Midwest Perzine Fest, with an illustration of a UFO beaming up a marker and a long-arm stapler. Text reads: Apply now. Application period March 27th-April 10th. Fest on July 11th, 2026.
Applications are now open for the 2026 Midwest Perzine Fest, happening Saturday July 11th in Chicago. Apply by April 10th at docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F.... #MWPZF #MWPZF2026 #zines #perzines
🌻Planting Seeds: An Indigenous Zine Fest hosted by ZINEmercado and @newberrylibrary.bsky.social on May 16 at The Newberry!🌻
www.newberry.org/calendar/zin...
if you're only reporting that the IOC has banned transgender athletes, you are missing a huge part of the story: the IOC is now requiring genetic testing for ALL WOMEN ATHLETES.
Transphobia hurts everyone.
Harry Potter tattoo regret rate is an order of magnitude higher than regret for Gender Reassignment Surgery and yet no one has been brave enough to suggest we legislate Harry Potter tattoos.
Jane Mertens from Grinnell College Libraries is talking about the reparative metadata project for Haitian art.
Here is an article from last year about digitizing Haitian art in Iowa. #ISUDH
www.iowapublicradio.org/podcast/talk...
Outstandingly good vintage French & Czech photo booths. fotoautomat.fr
Zinester Emerita? Too academic?
