I am fucking magical. Like air, I inhale my own worth and exhale ableist bullshit. Find affirmations, rituals, and prompts like these (and more!) in the Disabled Witchcraft Oracle Deck. Microcosm.pub/Kickstarter

❄️Have AC?: Keep windows closed, set AC to recirculate indoor air, run air cleaners. 🏠 No AC: Plan NOW to visit a cool space for a few hours today; open windows at night. 📍Cooling spaces: Multco.us/hot 💨On air quality: Multco.us/smoke

Help for When It's Hot

Information about cool spaces, cooling centers and other resources during the hot weather.

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This week's newsletter is up! Read about baseball, witchcraft, textiles, and more us20.campaign-archive.com?u=ed7ff5ed91...

We are almost halfway funded on this extremely rad deck! Pull a card when you don’t have the energy for more involved rituals, pair it with tarot or spellwork Whatever your ability, these cards will help you practice your craft and access your inner magick. Microcosm.pub/kickstarter

Microcosm Publishing@microcosm.bsky.social · 2w ago

If you’re chronically ill, disabled, or just a witch worn down by capitalism, this deck offers a soft place to land. Invite encouragement and enchantment into your life—even on bad spoon days—with these 80 cards of affirmations, reflection questions, and writing prompts. Microcosm.pub/kickstarter

Despite the ubiquitous use of em dashes, no AI went into the making of either of my books. 100% human nonsense in here.

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It’s my second book! Self-Care Won’t Save Us: How to Fight Burnout with Solidarity and Social Change is available now from Microcosm Publishing (and so is the new edition of my first book, Punk Rock Entrepreneur: Running a Business Without Losing Your Values) microcosmpublishing.com/catalog/book...

Daley Farr, is back on the pod this week with Joe and Elly to talk about marketing, why knowing your target audience is better than just getting into Target, and how the media landscape is changing. Microcosm.pub/newpodcast

The two genders.

If you’re chronically ill, disabled, or just a witch worn down by capitalism, this deck offers a soft place to land. Invite encouragement and enchantment into your life—even on bad spoon days—with these 80 cards of affirmations, reflection questions, and writing prompts. Microcosm.pub/kickstarter

This week's newsletter: Getting Back on That Bike, Disabled Witchcraft, Managing ADHD, and Other Things Ronald Reagan Would Hate Read it here: us20.campaign-archive.com?u=ed7ff5ed91...

Book banning is wildly unpopular, but the people who support it are rich, powerful, & too often can find support in government. So find your place, do the work and/or spend the money, & help make sure every kid has access to the books they need.

This is the last day of our fundraiser for @authorsabb.bsky.social You can participate in 2 ways! Send proof of a donation of $25 or more to josh@portersquarebooks.com & you'll get a FREE copy of How to Defend Books & Why by @dannycaine.com Donate at the link! Or...

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Thank you for donating to Authors Against Book Bans. Your donation directly supports the freedom to read by powering our work with our partner organizations, bringing the author muscle to the fight to...

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If you missed our incredible conversation last night on fighting book bans with @dannycaine.com @pronounced-ing.bsky.social @maris.bsky.social & @joshthelibromancer.bsky.social you can see it here. This was also a fundraiser for @authorsabb.bsky.social so more info about that in reply!

How to Defend Books Panel & Fundraiser for Authors Against Book Bans

Register now for How to Defend Books Panel & Fundraiser for Authors Against Book Bans on crowdcast, scheduled to go live on July 16, 2026, 07:00 PM EDT.

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We’ve got a fun one for you today, folks! @partlyrobot.com, aka Andrew Coltrin, aka author of “The ADHD FAQ” joins Joe, Elly, and Bernie on the pod this week to talk about his latest book, neurodivergence, and finding what works for you (diagnosed or not). Microcosm.pub/NewPodcast

In today’s mail, signed by author @dannycaine.com in appreciation of my donation to @authorsabb.bsky.social In thumbing through, I saw mentions of my pals @librarianjones.com and @cameronsamuels.bsky.social plus a terrific description of book banners: “unqualified fanatics.” Can’t wait to read!

If you're curious about the donation Martha mentions the info is here: How to Defend Books Panel & Fundraiser for Authors Against Book Bans

How to Defend Books Panel & Fundraiser for Authors Against Book Bans

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Martha Hickson@sassylibrarian.bsky.social · 3w ago

In today’s mail, signed by author @dannycaine.com in appreciation of my donation to @authorsabb.bsky.social In thumbing through, I saw mentions of my pals @librarianjones.com and @cameronsamuels.bsky.social plus a terrific description of book banners: “unqualified fanatics.” Can’t wait to read!

Just got cute booklet called "Lit Fix" by Casie Dodd @microcosm.bsky.social from Papercuts bookstore. For "authors looking for the perfect publisher, publishers hoping to better support authors, or a lovers of literature who wants to understand the industry and help your bookish community flourish"

Lit Fix: How to Support the Literary Ecosystem | Microcosm Publishing

For literary publishing to thrive, writers and small presses need to work together. Drawing on her knowledge and experience as a writer and a publisher—as...

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Video about why I'm crowdfunding a neurodivergent comix anthology at this unsettling moment in history. kickstarter.partlyrobot.com

Zines are powerful tools for spreading information, knowledge, and ideas across communities. We made a bundle of one of our zines included in the Prairieland files, along with a few we know the FBI would hate too (and each purchase donates to our books to prisoners program!) microcosm.pub/TXZines

$25 Pack: Zines That Might Get You Arrested in Texas | Microcosm Publishing

In 2025, 22 people were arrested following a demonstration at an ICE detention facility in Texas. Of particular concern for the prosecution were the zines and...

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This week on the pod, Jane Friedman of The Bottom Line is back to talk to Joe and Elly about trendspotting, marketing, rights, and other things that go into consideration when a publisher might want to bring a book back into print! Full episode at microcosm.pub/newpodcast

Weird way to kick off Zine Month, but we learned that "Learning Good Consent" was part of the "proof" of "terrorist nature" in the Prairieland Evidence. Because of course this administration sees knowledge of consent as a threat. microcosmpublishing.com/catalog/book...

It's Disability Pride Month! Here's a reading list all about celebrating the disabled community, fighting for our inclusion, and ending the stigma of being labeled disabled. microcosmpublishing.com/top-lists/363

Disability Pride! | Microcosm Publishing

Microcosm Publishing & Distribution is an independent book and zine publisher based in Portland, Oregon and Cleveland, Ohio focusing on gift, home, garden, DIY, empowerment, gender, punk, witchcraft, ...

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Now on Kickstarter: Embrace the cunning of your magickal, heretical, and radical forebears with The Practical Witch's Almanac 2027: Secrets & Survival, the next installment in this bestselling series. It’s potent protection magick for the modern era! Microcosm.pub/Kickstarter

got drenched yesterday walking 5 blocks to the Portland Indie Book & Art Fair Great event, awesome late June Portland downpour keeping it clean & green, but I was sopping wet even in my cape! Really dug @microcosm.bsky.social 's spread #witchsky #IndiePublishing

Found this @microcosm.bsky.social book at the @oaklibrary.bsky.social 81st Ave library and thought you know what, I bet Bluesky would LOVE it

For queer folks, choosing a name can be a sacred form of self-expression, but most of the naming resources out there are cishet-focused. Explore this tender A to Z collection of gender-neutral nature names and see if you find one that feels like You. microcosmpublishing.com/catalog/zine...

I always love getting to talk with @microcosm.bsky.social's Joe and Elly, but I always worry I'll say something publicly that should be left off the record, especially once I get on a roll and start dropping f-bombs! 😬 Kudos to the editor! www.youtube.com/watch?v=HmNA...

How do libraries affect book sales? w/Guy LeCharles Gonzalez| A People's Guide to Publishing Podcast

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This week on the pod, industry analyst and friend of the 'Cosm, Guy LeCharles Gonzalez (@loudpoet.com), joins Joe and Elly to talk about why publishers and libraries are pitted against each other, licensing, and how Baker and Taylor's closure factors in. Full episode on microcosm.pub/newpodcast

What kind of appliance do you resonate with? Spark a sense of whimsy at the dinner table, bust out this deck to liven up a party, draw a card as a creative prompt for your art, or get to know your date in ways they never saw coming. Never have a boring conversation again! Microcosm.pub/Ghost

We broke up with Amazon in 2018 and haven't regretted it once. We can't offer blowout deals on stuff you probably don't need, but we CAN say that you can take 10% off any order on our website from now until next Tuesday with coupon code ANTIPRIME. Want some recs? -> Microcosm.pub/Antiprime

Resist Amazon Reading List | Microcosm Publishing

Microcosm Publishing & Distribution is an independent book and zine publisher based in Portland, Oregon and Cleveland, Ohio focusing on gift, home, garden, DIY, empowerment, gender, punk, witchcraft, ...

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This week on the pod, J. Hunter Bennett, author of “More Punk than the Public Library” joins Joe and Elly to talk curating Little Free Libraries, writing the books YOU want to read, and why policing other folks’ tastes is anti-punk behavior. Microcosm.pub/newpodcast