Portland’s zine culture stepped up in 2025, offering all manner of community action resources and supports.

And Tiny Tim, who did NOT die, took the midnight train going anywhere

Not now, haunted Victorian shoes

you can just fuck right off, LinkedIn.

Every day I'm circling back w/ colleagues who have higher titles than me, trying to see if they've bothered to email other people to get me the stuff I need to do my job. Today's email chain had been stagnant for a week so I just emailed the people I needed stuff from directly & got it in 2 hrs.

greatest mural ever? it's in the running

#cdrama fam: I'm already 15 eps in to 'Lost You Forever' and have shipped everyone with everyone else, have chuckled at every moment Yang Zi is on screen, and have bawled like a baby as the story unfolds.

oops all tired

As part of our project to preserve the history of Sega Channel, we have recovered OVER 100 new Sega Channel ROMs, including the legendary lost game Garfield: Caught in the Act - The Lost Levels. Read more: gamehistory.org/segachannel/

IMPORTANT ZINE UPDATE! This the last week I'll be sending out zines for 2025! This includes online shop orders AND free zine requests! I can no longer guarantee holiday shipping, but I can guarantee that you'll love your rad zine orders. ETSY: Etsy.me/3Ya6bXa FREE ZINES: forms.gle/1zpDmK93w2B9...

spending my last few days at work before holiday break furiously 'circling back' with people who 1. have ghosted me via email for the past several weeks and yet 2. does not negate the fact that I need things from them. Otherwise 2026 Janine will 100% forget.

FYI: if you need me today, I'll just be over here watching this video of a bird using a frisbee as a roof sled on loop www.tumblr.com/cosmonautrog...

my friend was telling me that the vibes in her office are way off today 'because of the news' and the fact that I had to list nearly 5 terrible things that happened this weekend before I had checked everything off is such a fecking awful feeling, fam.

Yes, I was born in a year that started with 19 and yes, my hair was hella rad this year thank you for saying so

[no one]: hey Janine, what's your 2025 #Zine Top Nine? ME: I got you, fam. Etsy.me/3Ya6bXa

I honestly think that many people don't know what their public libraries offer besides books. I think that everyone should go on a public library treasure hunt in 2026. Go explore what your library systems offer at no cost to you. Report back to me :)

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really? now? absolutely not.

me, at 4pm on a Friday, writing myself a to-do list of all the tasks I don't want to start today, for Monday me who will 100% be in no mood to do them either

me, facing 350 images that need DAM ingest, identification, and corresponding release forms, knowing full well that the photography crew did not send all the release forms and several of the ones they did send are not filled out enough for me to know who signed them.

Sabrina Carpenter's The Thing

Tuesdays are usually busy days for me: made breakfast picked up iced coffee shipped off orders at post office grocery shopping meal prep for the rest of the week made lunch made banana nut muffins did a little zine shop admin work

I made a set of assets for an upcoming zine-kit that includes magazine cut-outs of the entire alphabet. It'll be free in the future but if you want to support this little project + get them earlier you can do so for $3! ✂️ patreon.com/fanfi ✂️💞

Don't get me wrong, as a part-time digital archivist I love making online sales b/c income stability rocks. I also just love sharing silly #zines! If you find yourself without the $$ means to buy something from the shop, please feel free to request a free zine instead! forms.gle/1zpDmK93w2B9...

David Byrne, a special guest on ‘Space Ghost: Coast to Coast’.

That Monday morning feeling when the project tracking software at work changes the display font ever-so-slightly that your brain understands what's happening but is still having trouble immediately assimilating

have you purchased or requested a free copy of one of these superfine 2025 zines? If yes, please leave a comment below! If no, whaddya waiting for?

She’s perfect. And a fitting tribute to 2025.

[no one]: hey Janine, what's your 2025 #Zine Top Nine? ME: I got you, fam. Etsy.me/3Ya6bXa

a great example of how ALT text rocks

This digital map and archive of Italian punk zines from the 1980s has been blowing my mind all day. Some of it is weird to load but it's worth the effort. Tons of energy! Some interesting art zines too. paolopalmacci.it/capitmundi/b...

This post made me want to start a thread of places you can buy bookish/literary/librarian-type holiday gifts that donate back to their orgs. So, first up, the Internet Archive!

It's here. Applications are now open for exhibitors, workshops and volunteers for the 3rd annual Black Zine Fair taking place on 5/9/26. Applications are accepted until Feb 9. docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

me, just sitting here, thinking about my #zines: Etsy.me/3Ya6bXa

I'm just a woman with a 9-5, spending one of the last Fridays of the calendar year re-upping all of my weekly and monthly check-in meetings in Outlook for 2026, because where else would I get my scheduled, mundane small talk and forums for asking the same questions 10 times with no resolutions?

‘The Circulating Library’ personification illustration by George Spratt. Printed by Printed by G. E. Madeley and published by C. Tilt, Fleet Street, London ca. 1830. #printhistory #bookhistory #CirculatingLibrary #historyofprint #botanicalart #romanceofbooks

I honestly couldn't tell you which one I would like more to be when I grow up: one these amazing, chaotic monsters or the confident, dragon-handed boss that governs them

Do you wear/collect buttons or enamel pins? I wanna see your favorite(s)! etsy.me/4aCOEwG

in case you were wondering, here are some of the most viewed/purchased items in my shop: Y'all have awesome taste! Etsy.me/3Ya6bXa

Support the Black Zine Fair and its participants gogetfunding.com/black-zine-f... Pro-tip: get your institution to co-sponsor. 📚📜

psssst! you looking for some weird #zines, fam? I got you. Etsy.me/3Ya6bXa

I created a cyber week discount code for Hot Brown Press - Use hotbrownpress.etsy.com?coupon=HBPCY... for all of your protest poster, literacy propaganda, and tree/bird/horsey needs this holiday season! #printmaking #letterpress

TBH I enjoy packing up #zine orders just as much as I enjoy making the zines themselves

PREFACE: I am contracted to work at my job via a 3rd-party company & every year they try to 'spice up' their holiday activities: "This year, YOU will help create the official holiday card—using AI. Create your ideal prompt, keeping our brand guidelines in mind..." I hate whatever this is, fam.

let’s all take a moment to appreciate blank VHS packaging design trends

ZOMG small business shopping is so hot right now, fam Etsy.me/3Ya6bXa

readers, I bought it.

FYI, I will almost always throw in an extra zine and some stickers no matter when you order! Zines were meant to be shared! My wish is that you share that xtra little guy with a friend, a new acquaintance, your favorite barista, the only cool cousin at the family gathering, etc.

The Librarian’s Call: Documenting Is Resistance History is protected by those who collect, preserve, and share the facts. 📚 Lots of banger quotes in this @commondreams.org article by Rodney Freeman Jr. about how library and archives workers collect and preserve materials, including zines.