I'm totally broken inside. All I do any more is rant about cats and draw
19.02.2026 02:36 β π 213 π 24 π¬ 25 π 1@wildramppublishing.bsky.social
Chicago Zine Publisher! By @kdc.bsky.social https://linktr.ee/wildramppublishing Disability zine microgrants (Returning in 2026!) Icon: A cartoon of a smiling, anthropomorphic ramp holding a pink pen
I'm totally broken inside. All I do any more is rant about cats and draw
19.02.2026 02:36 β π 213 π 24 π¬ 25 π 1I'm gonna repeat my comment.
Talking about nonexistent "super intelligent" machines is like talking about the Cookie Monster rather than corporations creating real things causing harm. A non existent machine god bringing apocalypse or utopia is a framing that is harmful. Period.
This is an extremely good story about whistles and a person who is trying everything she can to help her neighbors π
19.02.2026 03:39 β π 54 π 13 π¬ 1 π 0come to Lincoln Square, home of the fabled Actually Open 24 Hours Burger King
18.02.2026 23:24 β π 5 π 2 π¬ 1 π 0People can say itβs utopian or dreamy but itβs a fact that you have to believe new things are possible, fundamentally, in order to make them real. You have to make the choice to believe that more than this is possible & not be resigned to this being the way things have to be because itβs not at all.
19.02.2026 01:03 β π 1104 π 466 π¬ 13 π 16Yay that sounds lovely!
19.02.2026 01:55 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0If you go and it happens to be sold out please ask for a restock! ππΏ
18.02.2026 23:46 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0A key life lesson is that you should not piss off librarians...
18.02.2026 21:20 β π 298 π 47 π¬ 8 π 0Shoutout to all of us traumatized by baba yaga as children, weβre now winners.
18.02.2026 18:13 β π 6 π 2 π¬ 0 π 0βCome Say Hi!β in large, dark purple script at the top. Below, in rounded dark purple lettering: Milwaukee Zine Fest Saturday, April 18th 10:30amβ4:30pm Milwaukee Central Library 814 W. Wisconsin Avenue, Milwaukee, WI
My second zine fest of 2026!
Come on by Milwaukee Zine Fest
Saturday, April 18th
10:30amβ4:30pm
Milwaukee Central Library
814 W. Wisconsin Avenue
It's real cool βΊοΈ
16.02.2026 20:20 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0βBlack Pantherβ was released 8 years ago today.
16.02.2026 05:02 β π 332 π 84 π¬ 4 π 55I have some exciting things to share soon about a couple of my fandom focused zines.
16.02.2026 17:13 β π 2 π 0 π¬ 1 π 1the MCU is notorious for this trope. killmonger, the flag-smashers, characters who are fully justified in their "villainous" plans until they abruptly and without warning start murdering random innocents so the audience can't sympathize.
this is how you get fantasy black panthers/antifa as rogues
Losing our words is a writerβs worst nightmare. Donβt forget to backup your work.
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This is a fun episode! Check out!
16.02.2026 01:18 β π 3 π 1 π¬ 0 π 0πππ a community member just handed this off to a patroller in our neighborhood
15.02.2026 17:29 β π 1565 π 329 π¬ 28 π 47Don't forget to check out the Black Feminist Apocalypse/Dystopian Survival Resource Compilation and let us know of other useful resources as they come along.
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A glossy zine cover titled βAct Your Age Vol 3: Generations β fandom at 35+ and beyond!β featuring a layered collage of cut-out photos and drawings. Images include a black-and-white photo of a woman reading a Star Wars magazine, an R2-D2 image, vintage band photos, cassette tapes, arcade-style pixel aliens, doodled hearts, a smiley face with heart eyes, colorful friendship bracelets, and torn notebook paper textures.
Chicago/NYC! Act Your Age: Fandom at 35+ and Beyond - Vol. 3 is at @quimbysbookstore.bsky.social , Quimbys NYC, and @chicagocomics.bsky.social !
14.02.2026 21:48 β π 7 π 1 π¬ 0 π 2The front side of a poster version of the publication What You Agents Are Doing In Your Hotels. A sample of the text: You have been assigned to a city you donβt live in, and donβt know. You are curious about the city, but you canβt explore anything that might interest you. All your time is spent trying to kidnap people and driving back and forth past protesters and legal observers that follow you from one area to the next. All you see are people to capture, people getting in your way, the other agents, and your hotel room. Anywhere that you are working, signs in shop windows, stickers and flyers on utility poles, and signs in the windows of homes repeatedly tell you that this city is not for you. And when you go back to the hotel, itβs the same. People know you are staying there and they do their best to make you feel unwelcome. All the cheery language on the hotel signage cannot undo your awareness that you are despised. JD Vance and others claiming that what you are doing is supported by most people rings false. You say it doesnβt keep you up at night, but it usually does. You look at the key access fitness center and windowless hotel meeting room and wonder if they could be used to temporarily detain people. You change the channel on the TV in the lobby to Fox News without having the courtesy to ask if anyone minds. They do, and they instantly change it to something else the second you leave. You call the front desk and demand that Univision be blocked on all the television sets. You contemplate the condiments at breakfast and wonder what Tabasco sauce feels like in your eyes.
The back side of a poster version of the publication What You Agents Are Doing In Your Hotels. A sample of the text: You contemplate leaving the hotel to find something fun to do at night but, fearing the protesters just outside the parking lot, you settle in and listen to Pantera songs on your phone instead. The sound of people blowing whistles when they see you is so deeply ingrained that no matter how quiet the hotel room is, you keep hearing that sound and sleep has become impossible. Any whistling sound, from a tea kettle to someone calling their dog, triggers a PTSD response now. You walk across the parking lot to Walgreens. The guest washing machine at the hotel canβt quite get the shit stains out of the underwear you were wearing when that man in a bathrobe came out of his house to yell at you. Looking at the choice of white or black briefs, you grab a pack of the black. You practice your yelling at people skills by screaming commands into pillows. You do this exercise until your pillows are soaked with saliva. You call down to the front desk and tell them you need fresh pillows. Now. Youβre drinking, doing steroids, leaving weird comments on e-girls posts, cyberstalking your ex-wife, Googling ways to get out of paying alimony, alternating between watching porn and Andrew Tate and doing some sports betting. You ask ChatGPT to write an epic poem about how you did your own research to prove vaccinating your dog against rabies would give them autism. You make your own essential oils out of products from the vending machines. You rest your hand in the ice bucket to numb it so it feels like someone else is touching you. You pass the time by committing domestic violence on your at-home family via text messages and Facetime. You lie awake at night, troubled that the other officers didnβt laugh as much at your racist joke as they did that other guyβs.
I've made a free 11x17 poster version of the new Public Collectors zine "What You Agents Are Doing In Your Hotels." Feel free to download and circulate, but please respect the design and do not remake it as a booklet or smaller flyer. Print files are here: tinyurl.com/WhatYouAgents
14.02.2026 14:37 β π 49 π 16 π¬ 3 π 3ICE is still in my Minneapolis neighborhood today.
14.02.2026 19:44 β π 402 π 218 π¬ 10 π 4Artists and photographers of Blacksky, Bluesky, and all of the fediverse: I implore you to use alt text!
Here's how, courtesy of @manningkrull.bsky.social: manningkrull.com/digital-phil...
I want to share your art and photography! Let's accommodate our friends and comrades who use screen readers!
If you are a fan of @zineclubchicago.bsky.social you are going to love an upcoming episode of my podcast "Rough Draft" with @caboosezine.bsky.social
14.02.2026 02:52 β π 2 π 2 π¬ 0 π 0I'm borrowing that last one
13.02.2026 14:07 β π 5 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0bro this lady on Jeopardy was deep in third place going into Final Jeopardy, and she didnβt know the answer so she just wrote βi hope they both bet it allβ and the other two guys fucking bet it all and got it wrong and she won
13.02.2026 01:57 β π 4332 π 355 π¬ 37 π 72the market opens march 5! Submissions open through march 3! fifty-four images of items available, including embroidery, knitting, amigurumi, jewelry, and more
A sneak peek at some of the items that have already been submitted! Reskeet with yours, submitted, finished, or neither!!
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