When I got the contract to write a history of concentration camps in 2014, I hoped to keep the US from ending up here. That didn't work out! But now it's critical to understand how much is already in process and the enormity of what's coming. The sooner we act to stop it, the more people we'll save.

@drspacejunk.bsky.social on preserving the ISS www.iflscience.com/what-if-we-d...

Thank you so much to everyone who has donated to our fundraiser so far! We're at $780, can you help us reach $1,000? We have to buy maintenance kits for the zine printers this week. www.wizd-az.com/fortheloveof...

We won't let this go. The UK cracked down on access to gender affirming care and trans youth suicides then the government covered it up. This also came amidst a massive push for anti trans policies more broadly among British political parties. www.erininthemorning.com/p/trans-yout...

I'm going to do a thread of all the references and context behind Bad Bunny's performance and what it means for Puerto Ricans to see this on the biggest stage. The opening title screen is a street mural in Puerto Rico that comes to life with footballs as coconuts. Follow along!

For 150 years, Africville, sitting right next to Halifax, was a thriving Black Canadian community. Halifax refused to provide city services, and eventually forced residents to move as they bulldozed their homes. This is the story of that community. 🧵1/12

Queer bookstores died in 2010. We had a funeral and everything! Except... a ton of people decided to roll up their sleeves and start *new* queer bookshops, all over the place. In cities. In tiny towns. My latest newsletter is about the rebirth of the LGBTQ bookshop: buttondown.com/charliejane/...

"LIS students who don’t come from a solidly upper- or upper-middle-class background will either need to take out expensive private loans or will just not be able to attend grad school." Thank you for this, @violetbfox.bsky.social acrlog.org/2025/07/24/o...

New riso from Molly Fair in the shop! Inspired by a line from QUEERS READ THIS, a manifesto which urges militancy in the face of violence, homophobia, and the denial of the AIDS epidemic. justseeds.org/product/an-a...

One reason Minneapolis remains in the world's eye is we have one of the most robust & independent media ecosystems remaining in the country. You all need this...and more! @mprnews.org @startribune.com @sahanjournal.bsky.social @minnesotareformer.com @minnpost.bsky.social @racketmn.com etc.

ICE and CBP face-scanned 100,000 people last year. So EFF is proud to support Senator Markey’s “ICE Out of My Face Act,” which will stop these agencies’ biometric surveillance. www.eff.org/deeplinks/2...

Evil Taco zine, featuring an interview with visual and performance artist Vaginal Creme Davis (ca. 1982-1992). For more info about this item, please visit the DTA via the link in our story/bio. Image courtesy of Louise Lawrence Transgender Archive. #TransHistory #TransIsBeautiful #BlackHistoryMonth

I kicked off Black History Month in Corona at the home of Louis Armstrong, who lived in our city for more than 30 years. Walking through his house and hearing how much New York meant to him was a powerful reminder of what this city owes to Black artists and culture.

It is one thing to seize old ballots; it is quite another to imagine federal agents seizing ballots from county offices on election night or the day after. www.democracydocket.com/opinion/dojs...

If you're a zine fan who likes to send snail mail, we've got a treat for you 5 zine-themed postcards! We're raising funds for the BIPOC Travel Fund for future Zine Librarians unConference & you can help by ordering a set of 5 zines for just $15 (shipping w/in the U.S. included).

This virtual event exploring the Digger movement of 1960s San Francisco & its tradition of radical print culture through ephemera looks awesome: www.bccbooks.org/event/digger...

Rural Minnesota isn’t staying silent. As ICE expands raids into small towns, neighbors, faith leaders, and students are stepping up to protect Somali communities and each other. Betsy Froiland reporting on the residents uniting to protect immigrant neighbors.

If you aren't doing it, amplify Black If you aren't doing it, amplify Indigenous voices. If you aren't doing it, amplify Latinx voices. If you aren't doing it, amplify AAPI voices. If you aren't doing it, amplify Trans voices. If you aren't doing it, amplify Disabled voices. If you are, KEEP GOING.

#tdih 1948 Plane crash in Los Gatos Canyon. Newspapers did not name the 28 Mexican laborers who died. "Deportees" ballad by Woody Guthrie led to belated recognition. Lyrics and lesson on mass deportation of Mexican Americans during Great Depression.⬇️ www.zinnedproject.org/news/tdih/pl...

I paid my therapist a zillion dollars to tell me this, so I’m passing it on to anyone else in MN who needs to hear it: Think of taking time away to recharge not as not doing the work, but as doing quality control for the work. You’re not going to be able to show up to do it well if you’re depleted

my grandmother, an Auschwitz survivor, was Anne Frank’s neighbor in Amsterdam, and Oma thinks this comparison is perfectly apt

A reminder that ICE hasn’t slowed down in Minneapolis at all. Outside of Minnesota, it might feel like everything has changed since Alex Pretti’s murder. But ICE hasn’t actually lost any power and they’re continuing to terrorize our communities.

Begging you not to let Wael’s Tarabishi’s story get lost amidst all the horrors. He was a 30 year old disabled man. His dad was his full time caregiver. ICE took his dad away. Wael said it would kill him. He said the fear was “real & immediate”. He died last week. ICE killed Wael.

I wrote this yesterday about the hero city of Minneapolis www.youtube.com/watch?v=IKOW...

To delete your TikTok account without agreeing to the new TOS: 1) put your phone in airplane mode 2) open TikTok and go to your profile 3) go to settings and scroll down to delete account 4) turn airplane mode off 5) delete your account Credit to @ kimsaira on instagram for this

In solidarity with today's ICE OUT OF MINNESOTA blackout, MinnMax is donating $1 to the Immigrant Law Center of Minnesota for every share of this Bluesky post for the next hour.

Look at this: @inquirer.com has digitally preserved the interpretative signage removed by NPS, and used annotations to explain what specifically was flagged before removal. This keeps the content publicly accessible (for now) while doing newsworthy reporting www.inquirer.com/news/philade...

ARE YOU A NON-MINNESOTAN WHO WANTS IDEAS OF STUFF TO DO TO HELP MINNESOTA RESIST FASCIST TYRANNY? Have I got a blog post for you! With additional advice for how to get ready in case tyranny shows up at YOUR doorstep next! naomikritzer.com/2026/01/21/h...

National media should really be covering the fact thay every major school, museum, and arts institution in the Twin Cities, and hundreds of local businesses are closed tomorrow to protest federal occupation. Nothing like this at this scale has happened anywhere in America anytime in living memory.

And if you see *confirmed* ICE activity, the various rapid response groups can help get that info into the community. Phoenix Rapid Response: 480-506-7437 Tucson Rapid Response: 520-221-4077 Flagstaff Rapid Response: 928-395-6330 Other Rural Areas: 520-607-0507 Here's a mini zine with that info:

New comic up at Hyperallergic about watching porn movies made during the Briggs initiative in the age of Project 2025. hyperallergic.com/falling-in-l...

It's Friday and perhaps you have some money in your pocket that you would like to donate to support the Black Zine Fair... We're less than $1500 away from our next goal of $15,000 - gogetfunding.com/black-zine-f...

Copenhagen town hall square, Denmark right now. Massive solidarity with Greenland demonstrations. Source: dr.dk

Photo by Pierre Lavie. Yes this is me. And I threw my Leica. It landed on the bass plate with hardly a scratch. Another Photographer grabbed it along with my phone and I was able to track him later. I was held face down tear gas deployed right in front of me and pepper sprayed directly into the eye.

I don’t think people quite understand that the occupation by ICE in the Twin Cities has more or less erased non-white people from public life. They cannot safely exist in any space accessible to the public and moving between private places leaves folks vulnerable to kidnapping by armed masked goons.

Wisconsin's only full-service Black-owned grocery store, the Sherman Park Grocery Store, is calling on the community to help keep its doors open. www.wuwm.com/sherman-park...

There is a lot of woe in the world, but here is one thing I'm excited about: nashhigh.itch.io/zinearranger This zine layout tool is a dream I never knew I had. You can upload a pdf of your, e.g., 56-page 1/4-sized zine in page order (1-56), and in seconds get back a 14-page doc you can print from.

Friends, Claudette Colvin—the 15-year-old who refused to give up her seat on a Montgomery bus in March 1955 & joined the federal case against bus segregation that went to the Supreme Court — died today at age 86. But there are lots of myths and mis-impressions about her. A short corrective thread:

I’m seeing lots of people on here misunderstand the purpose of ICE watch. It’s de-escalation. And it’s grounded in the social science of violence. 🧵

A Black man was killed by ICE (off duty) in Los Angeles on New Year’s Eve. And like Renée Good, he was an American citizen. But most people have not heard about Keith Porter. I need y’all to realize this. Black people experience this lack of visibility all the time when it comes to being victims.

“Covid is over” might be the biggest lie sold to us in a staggering decade of lies

This could actually be a golden age of radical public history. So many people are looking to better understand the antecedents to our current moment. We have good scholarship that can be shared with the public in myriad ways. Revive freedom schooling across the land.

If you work with high school students in NYC, I hope that you will bring them to the Black Zine Fair on May 9. We would love to have them.

On top of the horrors, if anti-fat nonsense is hitting you particularly hard right now, Jey Barnes and I have a free digital resource zine to help you navigate. 💛

About 10 years ago, there weren’t too many people around town making zines. The little, self-published booklets have a long history but, in the last decade here in the Valley, they’ve started popping up all over the place.

Don't let this distract you from the fact that Alice Wong, a famous Disability Rights activist and advocate for proper observance of Covid protection protocols, died from contracting an illness in the hospital because they did not adhere to the exact messures she begged medical providers to employ.

Happy Last Day of the Eric Adams administration to all who celebrate!

As of 12/24/25, USPS changed policy on when they postmark mail. Mail dropped off is no longer guaranteed a same-day postmark. Tax returns & other time-sensitive items are now stamped when they reach a regional processing center, which may be days later. Plan deadlines accordingly to avoid penalties.

Our goal is to reach 50% of our fundraising goal for the Black Zine Fair by the end of the year. gogetfunding.com/black-zine-f... - If you can support us in bringing the fair to life, we would very much appreciate it.