I'm staying up too late on a Friday night to submit a peer review recommendation because I can procrastinate on other people's papers too. It's due tomorrow, and I just hit send, so I'm way ahead of the game.

I'm also just getting Sheer Spite's US satellite store up and running, and Clipart Crypt is one of the first things I've made available there! (the US version is digitally printed instead of riso but has an equal amount of unhinged clipart for your perusal) sheerspite.bigcartel.com/product/clip...

I am SO EXCITED for this zine (and for finding my clipart soulmate Lee through the magic of @qzap.bsky.social)!

Scene: grocery store self checkout lane Clerk, a youth: Pretty lady, do you qualify for the senior discount? Me, not quite 50: Yes, absolutely, I am very elderly. -- I saved one whole dollar!

Help, I think my cats are melting

I just finished the audiobook of "Dead in Long Beach, California" by Venita Blackburn (beautifully narrated by Lynette Freeman). I checked it out from @queerliblib.bsky.social based on the blurbs from Kristen Arnett and Saeed Jones, and it did not disappoint!

Next Wednesday we'll host @mskellymhayes.bsky.social in conversation with organizer Ash Williams to discuss the launch of "Read this When Things Fall Apart" (@akpress.org) a new publication of letters to activists and organizers on the frontlines in catastrophic times! firestorm.coop/events/3487-...

The zine libraries unconference wiki has been updated with a statement from the organizers about someone who attended the event in order to spy on and record it without permission. www.zinelibraries.info/wiki/zluc2025/ This infiltrator is driving an effort to get a zine librarian fired. 📚

Happy circulatory system walking through the kitchen day to all who celebrate! #SciArt

Bad week for trans folks re:reduced rights, folks w/trans loved ones, queer folks & allies in this together. 💜 you all.

"Thanks to the alchemy of preservation, in all its forms, there can be no doubt about whether Allan Troxler tried to understand his own heart or love others unselfishly. The archive tells the story." (The archive is held at my place of work!)

We were so happy to see everyone's enthusiasm for our project to reprint pieces from Bitch Media! We are all excited because we also loved Bitch just as much as you. It was a formative publication for many of us. So here's a thread of some of our fave Bitch articles.

AMA, I'm a #SaturdayLibrarian and I'm hyped up on leftover Halloween candy! Also I went to a stream bank restoration workshop this morning so I'm full of #streamfacts!

I inherited a Halloween village (Dept 56) from my uncle and I was thrilled to learn about "villaging"! I didn't set mine up this year, much to my cats' disappointment, but here's a pic from last year.

I'm in a naturalist training program through the county agricultural extension office, and one of the teams in my cohort created this guide to native plants focused on HOAs that may need persuading: hoanativefirst.com

30 Oct 2025

"and now, the heartwarming story of how someone who should never have to do this is helping save the lives of people their government is trying to starve to death, as the debate over whether or not the government should starve people to death continues in Washington"

The local non-profit TABLE said it will continue its work fighting food insecurity in the Chapel Hill and Carrboro communities as the date that the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) will run out of funding approaches.

Another source for Durham-focused resources (google doc with tabs on the left for ways to help, food pantries, meal sites, and more): docs.google.com/document/d/1...

Triangle area NC folks- Triangle Mutual Aid is working with local orgs to collate food resources for folks losing SNAP. This link lists orgs, both for donors to give $ and people to who need food to access resources: bit.ly/4321Pmt (Link is to a canva page.)

The Indigenous Pop Expo (IndigiPopX) will make its East Coast debut at Duke University’s Penn Pavilion, November 15–16, 2025, with special events on Friday, November 14. redpopnews.com/indigenous-p... #indigipopx #redpopnews #indigisky #indigenous

I’m at the pumpkin patch, I’m at the women power event, I’m at the combination pumpkin patch women’s power event

From the Larchives: The Rocky Horus Picture Scroll. One of my favorite works. I had the assistance of an Egyptology PhD student to translate the Time Warp phonetically. Enjoy :)

NC friends: please consider commenting to the EPA about their effort to stop Asheboro from dumping a likely carcinogen into a river that is used by 900,000 of us for drinking water: www.wral.com/news/state/e... The hearing is over but you can comment by email thru 10/31 (scroll down for address).

True or false: Ron, the health inspector in Bob's Burgers is based on Donald Sutherland's character in Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1978)

Tonight we did the Time Warp (again) plus the Monster Mash.

I already have so many obsessions, I did *not* need to learn about hand-carved stamps made by US Postal Workers for canceling postage before more boring standardized stamps were invented. postalmuseum.si.edu/exhibition/s...

Call for trans zine recommendations: my Trans Studies students are going to be doing a unit on zines next month, and one activity we're doing is looking at as many physical zines as I can get my hands on. If you know of cool trans zines that ARE PURCHASABLE ON PAPER, please let me know!!!

4 grounding questions [if useful at this moment]: 1. What resources exist so I can better educate myself [about x issue]? 2. Who's already doing work around this injustice? 3. Do I have the capacity to offer concrete support & help to them? 4. How can I be constructive?

Announcing SEQC50, a conference and celebration of the 50th anniversary of the 1st Southeastern Gay Conference, held at UNC in 1976. Join us April 10-11, 2026. We invite community members, activists, and academics to propose a panel, performance, or discussion! carolinapride.unc.edu/event/seqc50/

Last night we did the Time Warp in aquazumba, and I hope everyone gets to experience absurd joy like that at least once in their lives.

I got a wonderfully kind note yesterday from someone who read my essay about collecting Leslie Feinberg and Minnie Bruce Pratt's papers, so I'm going to stop being shy about sharing it: “Things People Gave Me.” Journal of Lesbian Studies. doi.org/10.1080/1089... (DM me for a free link if needed.)

I missed posting about Follow the Money Mondays last week- This series examines the financial interests and political entanglements of key trustees to reveal how their connections may conflict with the values and interests of the Duke community. dukeforpalestine.org/2025/10/06/f...

the future anarchists want

Happy #AskAnArchivist day to those who celebrate! My most frequently asked reference question is, can I use this photo in my [book, article, etc.]: repository.duke.edu/dc/wlmpc/maddc07063 (The answer is, you have to ask Alix Kates Shulman for permission, which I can facilitate.)

HBD Angela Lansbury who has brought much joy into my life since I dove into Murder, She Wrote a few years ago, and of course her entire career was just stunning

“There are buildings ... on this campus named after ppl who participated in slavery, committed treason against the US, and led vigilante groups to terrorize Black voters,” Sherif said. “But the space ... targeted for potentially creating a hostile environment literally means ‘love’ in Swahili.”

More of this please!

TODAY is the official publication day of “Essential Poems” by Pat Parker, a new pocket volume of Parker’s most beloved work. Join us tonight for an incredible event! “Essential Poems” is available anywhere books are sold!

Tomorrow is the official publication date for “Essential Poems” by Pat Parker! I feel incredibly lucky to be celebrating the release in an event hosted by Sinister Wisdom featuring Cheryl Clarke, Mecca Jamilah Sullivan, and Alexis Bard Johnson. Register here: us02web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...

Today's bright spot was having a zine class with a group of home-school teens and their parents. One of them brought a minizine she made about pit bulls and why they're so great. Delightful!

One magical part of being in the same job for almost 20 years, is that I hear about new books based on dissertation research I helped support. And sometimes they're literally magical (about Radical Witchery in the Southeast)! "For a Spell" by Jason Ezell uncpress.org/978146969044...

Random question for #Skystorians who know this sort of thing: How common was it for slaveowners to lie on manumission letters/papers in the antebellum US?

Working from home with @miatadork.bsky.social means an early afternoon walk where we encountered a frog, a box turtle, a coyote (far away enough to not be scared, but close enough to see it really well), and narrowly avoided being hit on the head by falling walnuts.

Local friends: the Eno River Farmers Market is having a silent auction to benefit its SNAP double bucks program, which has become largely self-funded: givebutter.com/c/VKYLf1 Lots of great items like a goat-milking experience and bottomless u-pick blueberries in 2026.

Hey @queermedieval.bsky.social your illustration prints *beautifully*!! Anti-fascist frogs hot off the press

Every zine fest is a miracle and a labour of love, but here are some things that I have experienced that make for a zine fair that is especially nice to table at: sheerspite.ca/five-things-...

Follow the money: Duke Board of Trustees, Tim Cook dukeforpalestine.org/2025/10/06/f...

Added a lot of neat zines to my to-read list thanks to @sheerspite.bsky.social's great page of free zines & resources for making+printing zines: sheerspite.ca/home/about/z...

A little fun news in your face: Litquake is staging a marathon reading of Bastard out of Carolina on Oct 12 in San Francisco. Check out the sweet archival pics from the Dorothy Allison Papers (and some taken by yours truly)! www.litquake.org/boocmarathon