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@lakeswimming.bsky.social
printmaker, cultural worker/arts admin, cranky old hag. 780 via 416. hashtag zines, punk, queer. 🍉🏴
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@lakeswimming.bsky.social
· Nov 25
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His collection seems to have ended up at Cornell, where they've digitized some of the show flyers (!): digital.library.cornell.edu/catalog?f%5B...
December 18, 2025 at 6:28 PM
His collection seems to have ended up at Cornell, where they've digitized some of the show flyers (!): digital.library.cornell.edu/catalog?f%5B...
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This letter by Aaron Cometbus in a 1997 issue of Factsheet Five begins, "It seems like soon someone will hopefully be cataloguing fanzines from the last 20 years onto microfilm..." & then notes that he has about 3,000 zines in his collection. archive.org/details/fact...
December 18, 2025 at 6:25 PM
This letter by Aaron Cometbus in a 1997 issue of Factsheet Five begins, "It seems like soon someone will hopefully be cataloguing fanzines from the last 20 years onto microfilm..." & then notes that he has about 3,000 zines in his collection. archive.org/details/fact...
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solidarity with trans people and death to fascism
December 18, 2025 at 11:55 PM
solidarity with trans people and death to fascism
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The 6 richest men in the world are all Trump allies.
They control your algorithms and data on X, TikTok, Twitch, Instagram, Facebook, WhatsApp, Threads, and YouTube.
Just in case you’re wondering why more isn’t done to stop right-wing bots and misinformation on social media.
They control your algorithms and data on X, TikTok, Twitch, Instagram, Facebook, WhatsApp, Threads, and YouTube.
Just in case you’re wondering why more isn’t done to stop right-wing bots and misinformation on social media.
December 19, 2025 at 1:19 PM
The 6 richest men in the world are all Trump allies.
They control your algorithms and data on X, TikTok, Twitch, Instagram, Facebook, WhatsApp, Threads, and YouTube.
Just in case you’re wondering why more isn’t done to stop right-wing bots and misinformation on social media.
They control your algorithms and data on X, TikTok, Twitch, Instagram, Facebook, WhatsApp, Threads, and YouTube.
Just in case you’re wondering why more isn’t done to stop right-wing bots and misinformation on social media.
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A far-right party in Canada is imploding over a 22-year-old staffer’s extreme posting online.
I got my hands on audio from @antihate.ca that might leave Canadians asking how the hell someone like this got into politics at all.
It involves Diagolon, "remigration" and some trojan-horse-style plots:
I got my hands on audio from @antihate.ca that might leave Canadians asking how the hell someone like this got into politics at all.
It involves Diagolon, "remigration" and some trojan-horse-style plots:
December 19, 2025 at 2:40 AM
A far-right party in Canada is imploding over a 22-year-old staffer’s extreme posting online.
I got my hands on audio from @antihate.ca that might leave Canadians asking how the hell someone like this got into politics at all.
It involves Diagolon, "remigration" and some trojan-horse-style plots:
I got my hands on audio from @antihate.ca that might leave Canadians asking how the hell someone like this got into politics at all.
It involves Diagolon, "remigration" and some trojan-horse-style plots:
thanks i hate it 👎👎👎👎👎👎💌💌💌💌💌💌💌💌💌
Canada Post’s path forward includes job cuts, changes to service and a cash injection from the federal government, CEO Doug Ettinger told a committee of MPs last Thursday.
What’s the Way Forward for Canada Post? | The Tyee
Its CEO says ending door-to-door deliveries is part of a plan to save the corporation. But the union wants to expand services.
thetyee.ca
December 19, 2025 at 6:59 PM
thanks i hate it 👎👎👎👎👎👎💌💌💌💌💌💌💌💌💌
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For anyone who struggles with gender-neutral language while speaking French, this zine will help!
Free download: sheerspite.ca/product/se-f...
Print version, $0-3: sheerspite.ca/product/se-f...
Free download: sheerspite.ca/product/se-f...
Print version, $0-3: sheerspite.ca/product/se-f...
December 19, 2025 at 5:18 PM
For anyone who struggles with gender-neutral language while speaking French, this zine will help!
Free download: sheerspite.ca/product/se-f...
Print version, $0-3: sheerspite.ca/product/se-f...
Free download: sheerspite.ca/product/se-f...
Print version, $0-3: sheerspite.ca/product/se-f...
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Extremely excited for @theghostpine.bsky.social's Temporary Places, coming in April. Warm, insightful, relatable writing from one of the best humans I know.
For readers of Jennifer Egan and Heather O’Neill, TEMPORARY PALACES is a stunning debut that captures a generation caught between the dreams that define us and the compromises that save us. 🏚️
🔗 TEMPORARY PALACES by Jeff Miller publishes April 21st. Learn more here: houseofanansi.com/products/tem...
🔗 TEMPORARY PALACES by Jeff Miller publishes April 21st. Learn more here: houseofanansi.com/products/tem...
December 12, 2025 at 8:12 PM
Extremely excited for @theghostpine.bsky.social's Temporary Places, coming in April. Warm, insightful, relatable writing from one of the best humans I know.
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👽 Call for Submissions! 👽
We're excited to announce we're accepting pitches for sex worker sci-fi and speculative fiction for a new anthology titled Liquid Silver, edited by @miawalsch.bsky.social . Submissions are open until Dec. 31st, check out the details below!
docs.google.com/document/d/1...
We're excited to announce we're accepting pitches for sex worker sci-fi and speculative fiction for a new anthology titled Liquid Silver, edited by @miawalsch.bsky.social . Submissions are open until Dec. 31st, check out the details below!
docs.google.com/document/d/1...
July 5, 2025 at 2:14 PM
👽 Call for Submissions! 👽
We're excited to announce we're accepting pitches for sex worker sci-fi and speculative fiction for a new anthology titled Liquid Silver, edited by @miawalsch.bsky.social . Submissions are open until Dec. 31st, check out the details below!
docs.google.com/document/d/1...
We're excited to announce we're accepting pitches for sex worker sci-fi and speculative fiction for a new anthology titled Liquid Silver, edited by @miawalsch.bsky.social . Submissions are open until Dec. 31st, check out the details below!
docs.google.com/document/d/1...
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John Schneider on Yoshinobu Yamamoto
“I hope he’s still tired”
“I hope he’s still tired”
December 9, 2025 at 6:39 PM
John Schneider on Yoshinobu Yamamoto
“I hope he’s still tired”
“I hope he’s still tired”
dylan mckay > brandon walsh
December 4, 2025 at 5:13 AM
dylan mckay > brandon walsh
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My dear friends over at @unraveledpress.com having been working nonstop to cover policing and the immigration raids in Chicago. They absolutely deserve your support.
Unraveled
Unraveled Press
unraveledpress.com
December 2, 2025 at 2:43 PM
My dear friends over at @unraveledpress.com having been working nonstop to cover policing and the immigration raids in Chicago. They absolutely deserve your support.
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Drug User Liberation Front's founders are arguing their members’ constitutional rights were violated by part of the Controlled Drugs and Substances Act.
What’s at Stake During DULF’s Constitutional Challenge | The Tyee
The case’s outcome could affect the founders’ criminal charges, and Canadian drug laws. A Tyee explainer.
thetyee.ca
December 2, 2025 at 6:31 PM
Drug User Liberation Front's founders are arguing their members’ constitutional rights were violated by part of the Controlled Drugs and Substances Act.
just when i thought the writers of the tv show ‘You’ couldn’t be any more sick in the head s05 e09 happens. holy shit.
November 29, 2025 at 10:08 PM
just when i thought the writers of the tv show ‘You’ couldn’t be any more sick in the head s05 e09 happens. holy shit.
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Carney rode into power claiming nation-building project of pipelines & ports & profit for corporations.
Canada-Alberta pipeline MOU today proves what nation-building on these lands always is - devastating colonial extraction on Indigenous lands without Indigenous consent
No consent, no pipelines!
Canada-Alberta pipeline MOU today proves what nation-building on these lands always is - devastating colonial extraction on Indigenous lands without Indigenous consent
No consent, no pipelines!
November 28, 2025 at 1:07 AM
Carney rode into power claiming nation-building project of pipelines & ports & profit for corporations.
Canada-Alberta pipeline MOU today proves what nation-building on these lands always is - devastating colonial extraction on Indigenous lands without Indigenous consent
No consent, no pipelines!
Canada-Alberta pipeline MOU today proves what nation-building on these lands always is - devastating colonial extraction on Indigenous lands without Indigenous consent
No consent, no pipelines!
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If reconciliation actually meant something, this would be the final word
The Union of B.C. Indian Chiefs (UBCIC) says it’s against the memorandum of understanding that Canada and Alberta Thursday morning.
The MOU explicitly endorses the construction of a massive new bitumen pipeline from Alberta to the B.C. coast.
The MOU explicitly endorses the construction of a massive new bitumen pipeline from Alberta to the B.C. coast.
‘The answer is no and always will be’: UBCIC on Alberta-Canada MOU
The Union of B.C. Indian Chiefs (UBCIC) says it’s against the MOU signed Thursday morning to build a massive new bitumen pipeline from Alberta to the B.C. coast.
www.aptnnews.ca
November 28, 2025 at 1:31 AM
If reconciliation actually meant something, this would be the final word
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Reuters article out there suggesting COVID doesn’t affect healthy individuals.
Not sure who wiped their memory that many healthy individuals died in one of the worst mass disabling events in history, and that IT IS ALSO BAD IF “VULNERABLE PEOPLE” DIE but I guess this is the state of media today.
Not sure who wiped their memory that many healthy individuals died in one of the worst mass disabling events in history, and that IT IS ALSO BAD IF “VULNERABLE PEOPLE” DIE but I guess this is the state of media today.
November 28, 2025 at 4:14 PM
Reuters article out there suggesting COVID doesn’t affect healthy individuals.
Not sure who wiped their memory that many healthy individuals died in one of the worst mass disabling events in history, and that IT IS ALSO BAD IF “VULNERABLE PEOPLE” DIE but I guess this is the state of media today.
Not sure who wiped their memory that many healthy individuals died in one of the worst mass disabling events in history, and that IT IS ALSO BAD IF “VULNERABLE PEOPLE” DIE but I guess this is the state of media today.
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Brown Recluse Zine Distro is an incredible resource for the zine community. If you'd like to see them continue their work sharing #zines created by BIPOC zinesters, consider making a donation to help ensure their future!! www.gofundme.com/f/secure-bro... 📚
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Secure Brown Recluse Zine Distro's Future!
We are seeking funds for the project to conti… BROWN RECLUSE needs your support for Secure BROWN RECLUSE's Future
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November 28, 2025 at 5:26 PM
Brown Recluse Zine Distro is an incredible resource for the zine community. If you'd like to see them continue their work sharing #zines created by BIPOC zinesters, consider making a donation to help ensure their future!! www.gofundme.com/f/secure-bro... 📚
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My highly controversial two prong solution for fixing healthcare in Canada
1. Tax the rich
2. N95s in all healthcare settings
1. Tax the rich
2. N95s in all healthcare settings
November 24, 2025 at 4:52 PM
My highly controversial two prong solution for fixing healthcare in Canada
1. Tax the rich
2. N95s in all healthcare settings
1. Tax the rich
2. N95s in all healthcare settings
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Danielle Smith’s party will also consider changes to DEI in schools and the disclosure of students’ participation in gay-straight alliances at their annual convention
Alberta UCP to consider policy proposal banning Pride flags on public property | Xtra Magazine
Danielle Smith’s party will also consider changes to DEI in schools and the disclosure of students’ participation in gay-straight alliances at their annual convention
xtramagazine.com
November 23, 2025 at 2:31 PM
Danielle Smith’s party will also consider changes to DEI in schools and the disclosure of students’ participation in gay-straight alliances at their annual convention
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“From that [London, ON] overpass, the group displayed a banner reading “remigration now,” alongside the Canadian Red Ensign flag, the flag of Ontario and the flag of the white supremacist nationalist group Second Sons Canada”
“The organized white nationalist movement in Canada is the biggest it's been in modern history. A big part of that is Second Sons Canada, the Dominion Society, Diagolon, the Active Club movement.”
Growing white nationalist group behind broad daylight demonstration in London on Sunday | CBC News
An apparent white nationalist demonstration on a busy overpass near London, Ont.'s downtown on Sunday afternoon is concerning for witnesses and experts who track extremist behaviour.
www.cbc.ca
November 25, 2025 at 3:31 PM
“From that [London, ON] overpass, the group displayed a banner reading “remigration now,” alongside the Canadian Red Ensign flag, the flag of Ontario and the flag of the white supremacist nationalist group Second Sons Canada”
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Following the Art Book Fair / Zine Fest Public Sales Transparency doc I started (please add to it!), what are some reasons people are not buying stuff at the art book fair / zine fest? I'll share some ideas and observations in the comments.
Art Book Fair / Zine Fest Public Sales Transparency
docs.google.com
November 25, 2025 at 3:28 PM
Following the Art Book Fair / Zine Fest Public Sales Transparency doc I started (please add to it!), what are some reasons people are not buying stuff at the art book fair / zine fest? I'll share some ideas and observations in the comments.