ICYMI: @librariesftp.bsky.social shared a new resource! A snapshot of how 15 library systems across the US are funded + governed. This was led by Azani, @dylanflesch.bsky.social , and a few FTP volunteers + designed by me. You can download the zine here: www.librariesforthepeople.org/snapshots

Read the latest publication from @librariesftp.bsky.social. Fresh off the press, this project was led by my brilliant comrade Azani, designed by @kruttika.bsky.social, and helped by a handful of research volunteers. www.librariesforthepeople.org/snapshots

City Snapshots — For The People

Did you know that Las Cruces, New Mexico spends 870 times more on policing than libraries? Our new publication, Budgets Are Values, gives an overview of how 15 public library systems are funded, gover...

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Good morning, @librariesftp.bsky.social's September newsletter is out and it's a good one. It features information about a new report how public library systems are funded, governed, and used by communities.+ librariesforthepeople.substack.com/p/for-the-pe...

For The People Newsletter Vol. XLIII

For everyone working to strengthen and expand public libraries

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@archive.org has a great report out on exactly this that's so eye opening archive.org/details/vani...

Vanishing Culture: A Report on Our Fragile Cultural Record (2026)

DOWNLOAD THE FREE EBOOK:PDFEPUBPURCHASE A PRINT COPY:Buy the book from Better World Books or any online bookstore.Order a copy through your local bookstore!LISTEN TO THE PODCAST (Release dates: July 1...

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Nitish Pahwa@nitishpahwa.com · 3w ago

getting really sick of all this archival erasure can't lie it's not even like text articles make for the bulk of server costs …

BLACK DESIGNERS IN CHICAGO is now out from @uchicagopress.bsky.social The book features a catalog of 100 full-color images, a historical chronicle of designers in twentieth-century Black Chicago, and critical essays by scholars and practitioners. press.uchicago.edu/ucp/books/bo...

Black Designers in Chicago

A richly illustrated book focused on Black designers, how they shaped the history of modern design, and how their designs in turn influenced modern Black life.   In twentieth-century Chicago, generati...

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Futura®100 Indics coming to you very soon! It has been amazing to shepherd the expansion of an iconic design into nine scripts from India, and designing three of those myself — Devanagari, Gujarati, Gurmukhi. Always with help from the amazing team put together by @typetogether.bsky.social!

TypeTogether@typetogether.bsky.social · 3w ago

Futura®100 sneak peek /// What does Futura® look like in Chinese, Korean and six Indic scripts, including Devanagari and Bengali? Our Futura®100 release is coming in a few days. Here’s a taste. More: www.type-together.com/futura100-mu... #typography #fonts #fontsky #Chinese #Hangeul #Devanagari

It's #kidlitpostcardday! Hey art directors + editors, I'm an illustrator available to work on picture books, covers, graphic novels—love stories with absurd premises and lots of heart, stories where children figure out things without adults interference, and stories that heavily feature cats 🐅🐆🐈🐈‍⬛

Kuzhali Manickavel talks with Publishers Weekly about Tamil words for queerness and the feeling of not being able to figure out why you're existing www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/...

Untranslatable: PW Talks with Kuzhali Manickavel

The debut novelist’s ‘A Compendium of Supernatural Entities Found in the Government Girls Higher Secondary School’ (Angry Robot, Oct.) infuses a subtle coming-of-age tale with the paranormal.

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jumpscare sadhguru on today's npr ☠️

🎪 I have a new riso dust-jacket edition of 🤡 Alexander's Curse 🤡 Expertly printed in Sunflower and Riso Blue by J.T. Yost and Robyn Chapman at SVA Riso Lab. I have a few copies in my store if you're in the U.S. and interested in getting a copy: ko-fi.com/s/b1aa8e05f6 #comics

I am launching a Black Collectors in the 21st Century Zine Series. Here is the call for submissions. Deadline is January 31, 2027 - app.smore.com/n/8vry4

Black Collecting: A Zine Series

Black Collecting: A Zine Series

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Heads up! Dr Sylvia Karpagam, who has been battling savarna vegetarian trolls for years on twitter, has a book out published by Harper Collins - The Meat of the Matter: How the Politics of Food Shapes Our Health An excellent look at casteism affecting food politics. www.amazon.in/Meat-Matter-...

For your convenience, the Pride and Prejudice live-posting super-thread 📚

Trung Le Nguyen@trungles.com · 4mo ago

So I’ve started Pride and Prejudice, and already I feel bad for Mrs Bennet.

yesterday, I went to my local library & learnt how to use a sewing machine! I broke a needle in the process but the librarians were very kind and helped me understand how to use the machine better. I love my public library. Tell @librariesftp.bsky.social why you love yours: forms.gle/wVp2oAnP8pUU...

last day for this comrades, think of the children

kuzhali manickavel/குழலி மாணிக்கவேல்@kuzhalimanickavel.bsky.social · 3mo ago

Friendos, Barnes & Noble members can now get 25% off if you pre-order my novel here www.barnesandnoble.com/w/a-compendi... Discount code: PREORDER25 Support supernatural entities in government girls schools!

Last month, I worked on a mural showing universal birds at the Hogle Zoo! It was a really good time and my neighbour was a 47 year old southern white rhino named Princess :)

Last month two library workers reached out to Public Collectors to ask about making a booklet version of Fobazi Ettarh's essay "Vocational Awe and Librarianship: The Lies We Tell Ourselves" for a Celebration of Life event. We did, and it is now available for all: halfletterpress.com/vocational-a...

this is the cover for the indian edition of my novel and i love it so much. Illustration by Saurav a.k.a. Drawnk please pre-order at www.blaft.com/collections/...

Last month, I worked on a mural showing universal birds at the Hogle Zoo! It was a really good time and my neighbour was a 47 year old southern white rhino named Princess :)

I have a new 3 colour Demoiselle crane riso print in my store. It's 6.5" x 5.25" and was printed by the wonderful folks at Risogeist. These eurosiberian cranes are the weirdest, most beautiful birds that visit northern India in the winters: ko-fi.com/s/4930510267

Demoiselle Cranes: 3 colour riso print - kruttika's Ko-fi Shop

Print size: 6.5" x 5.25". A three colour riso print of Demoiselle cranes. I saw these Eurosiberian cranes for the first time in 2015. They migrate to ...

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I have a new 3 colour Demoiselle crane riso print in my store. It's 6.5" x 5.25" and was printed by the wonderful folks at Risogeist. These eurosiberian cranes are the weirdest, most beautiful birds that visit northern India in the winters: ko-fi.com/s/4930510267

Demoiselle Cranes: 3 colour riso print - kruttika's Ko-fi Shop

Print size: 6.5" x 5.25". A three colour riso print of Demoiselle cranes. I saw these Eurosiberian cranes for the first time in 2015. They migrate to ...

ko-fi.com

🎪 I have a new riso dust-jacket edition of 🤡 Alexander's Curse 🤡 Expertly printed in Sunflower and Riso Blue by J.T. Yost and Robyn Chapman at SVA Riso Lab. I have a few copies in my store if you're in the U.S. and interested in getting a copy: ko-fi.com/s/b1aa8e05f6 #comics

watching a second berger documentary this week and there really isn't enough discourse about how much he was into 🏍️🏍️motorbikes🏍️🏍️

I'm tabling at MoCCA arts fest in nyc this weekend. I'll have my new comic, "Albo!", a brand new (bird) riso print and some older comics as well!! 11am to 6pm at the Metropolitan Pavilion

omg. one of my fav writers has her debut novel out! pre-order her book here: angryrobotbooks.my.canva.site/compendium-o... already know it's going to be extremely clever and super funny :)

kuzhali manickavel/குழலி மாணிக்கவேல்@kuzhalimanickavel.bsky.social · 6mo ago

friends, please pre-order my first novel. if you do, you'll be supporting a woman of colour from a third world country, also known as the bumper bonanza of literary fashion. angryrobotbooks.my.canva.site/compendium-o...

saw a lot of red rocks this past week. #sketchbook

The Store is finally live. Comics, zines, prints, and stickers (and more on the way). Everything made by me richiepope.com/store special thanks to @nicole-ham.bsky.social for a majority of the product photo editing

Made this on the aardman stopmotion app whilst listening to Charanjit Singh's acid jazz

Found a sealed copy of this mind-blowing legendary TB-303-powered proto-acid house super-grail today: Charanjit Singh, Synthesizing: Ten Ragas To A Disco Beat (Bombay Connection, 2010 RE of 1982 HMV OG). I've heard MP3s, but never vinyl and it's outstanding. youtu.be/sB4RYBpwV0A?...