Christopher Wilde

The hip hop archive at UMass Boston is a model: a dynamic group of librarians, community members, and academics have worked together to develop a truly impressive protocol for collecting up hip hop related materials. Lots has been digitized--have a look!

openarchives.umb.edu/digital/coll...

Lost Recipes | Defector In 1991, Spin magazine took the Compton rap collective N.W.A out to eat for a profile at the Russian Tea Room in Manhattan. The white author presents gangsta rap as a cynical enterprise, no different ...

Really good read on digital preservation, archives, culture, race, and music. 📚📜

For the first time, we now know how many Black-owned bookstores exist in the U.S. The National Association of Black Bookstores has released the “first comprehensive national report” on the state of America’s Black-owned bookstores.

There has never been an official, comprehensive record of Black-owned bookstores across the United States — until now

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LA&M is excited to announce the Ron Ehemann Community Leather & Kink Archive Grant Program, helping local communities create capacity to preserve their history. Applications are due April 15th. Visit leatherarchives.info/community for details!

A 3x3 grid titled "Is it a library? Alignment chart". Horizontal axis categories: Contents purist: Must contain books Contents neutral: Must contain information Contents rebel: Can contain anything Vertical axis categories: Curation purist: Must be managed by a professional librarian Curation neutral: Must be curated by someone Curation rebel: Can be managed by nobody Examples represented on the grid: Curation purist, contents purist: New York Public Library is a library Curation purist, contents neutral: A newspaper archive is a library Curation purist, contents rebel: A school information commons is a library Curation neutral, contents purist: A home bookshelf is a library Curation neutral, contents neutral: A Spotify playlist is a library Curation neutral, contents rebel: A zoo is a library Curation rebel, contents purist: A street library is a library Curation rebel, contents neutral: A PC downloads folder is a library Curation rebel, contents rebel: A junk drawer is a library

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flyer with text reading "Save the date, Chicago Zine Fest, 10-10-2026. Back in the Winter Garden! More zinesters! More programming! New organizers orientation Wednesday March 18."

CZF will be back on Saturday October 10th!! We're thrilled to be returning to the Winter Garden in the Harold Washington Library Center, thanks to the generous partnership of @chipublib.bsky.social!

Trash! The Wildest Films You’ve Ever Seen season announced for BFI Southbank From John Waters to Russ Meyer, our celebration of trash cinema includes a new show with cult film icon Mink Stole and Peaches Christ, plus a new 35mm print of Ed Wood’s cult classic Plan 9 from Outer...

LONDON, I'm officially jealous you have access to this programming. "Trash! The Wildest Films You’ve Ever Seen" season announced for BFI Southbank and our Idol Worship show is the centerpiece happening. Tickets for BFI members on sale March 10 and General on March 12
www.bfi.org.uk/news/trash-w...

To be clear, Kansas Republicans rushed through a confusing and disastrous bill, created a panic, and wasted untold number of tax dollars all to target 300 out of the nearly 3 million people in the state.

Don't vote for Raja, my fellow Illinois people! (I'm going to vote for @julianastratton.bsky.social)

Cleaning out his mom's house, Boston man finds his ancestor's freedom papers Researchers in Boston are diving deep into his family tree to connect the missing links.

Such an amazing thing to have. Also amazing is how well it has survived.

It is also nice to see former interns out in the world doing cool things.🗃️

www.wcvb.com/article/bost...

I’m transgender, I live in Kansas, if you want to help rn donate to either the ACLU of Kansas or the ACE foundation in Wichita - the ACE foundation especially is the organization that will help people with money for groceries, rent, etc. More orgs also included in attached img

acefoundationict.org

i know the situation in kansas right now is dangerous and terrifying. that said, i'm hoping to speak to someone who's had their license invalidated. i will do absolutely everything to protect your anonymity and maintain your safety.

i can be reached securely via signal at marisakabas.04

the party that wants to require ID to vote abruptly invalidating a thousand people’s IDs overnight seems like a pretty giant flashing red light

I want people to know that I’ve heard that if there was slightly more pressure on the Kansas legislature it’s likely that a few legislators would have flipped to stop the veto override on the the Kansas drivers license bill. But national media largely ignored the story.

An official letter from the Kansas Division of Vehicles dated February 23, 2026, with a redacted recipient address. The letter notifies the recipient that due to the enactment of Senate Bill 244, all Kansas driver's licenses and IDs must reflect the holder's sex at birth. It states that the recipient's current credential will become invalid immediately upon the law's publication on February 26, 2026, with no grace period. The recipient is directed to surrender their current ID to receive a new one matching their sex assigned at birth. The document concludes with instructions on how to appeal the notice if received in error, along with contact information for the department.

Kansas is sending letters to trans people telling them that their licenses will be revoked as of tomorrow and that they risk arrest for driving on a suspended license.

This is pure cruelty.

www.erininthemorning.com/p/kansas-sen...

Feb 25, 2026, Instagram post from transarchives: “NYC Trans Archives. We are looking for: Photography & Art; Posters & Signs; Zines & Poetry; News articles & magazines. Info@transarchives.org. TransArchives.org/acquisitions.”

#NYC Trans Archives is a “new, independent, community-based archive dedicated to trans liberation and social justice.” Expanding their collections, they’re seeking: photos, art, posters, signs, #zines, news articles, magazines, and more. 🏳️‍⚧️ transarchives.org/acquisitions/ #activism #archives #LGBTQIA

The archivist preserving decaying floppy disks It's a race against time (and magnetic decay) to preserve decades of cultural history stored on obsolete hardware.

The archivist preserving decaying floppy disks 📜
www.popsci.com/technology/f...

Email to USA Hockey

Formal invitation to the hockey team sent,,, if any people with connections to the hockey team wanna have them email my team my bio. I’m for real. 👍🏾👍🏾👍🏾

I am so sad that our elder, 73 year old Delroy Lindo, who was born in the UK but had to leave because he couldn’t get work as an actor, whose parents were Windrushees, who performed incredibly but wasn’t nominated for a BAFTA, is apparently not owed the dignity and care of solidarity and sympathy

Minnesota’s flags will fly at half-staff in honor and remembrance of the Reverend Jesse Jackson.

He spent his life pushing America to live up to its highest ideals and his fight for civil rights, dignity, and fairness will inspire generations to come.

The hidden ICE blueprint that should horrify every American | Will Bunch An internal Department of Homeland Security document shows how ICE plans to cram thousands of detained human beings inside a Georgia warehouse.

What's more shocking than ICE's plan to cram as many 8,500 humans into massive, soul-crushing warehouses?

Seeing the actual DHS floor plan that echoes slavery ships and history's worst gulags with no rec space but a gun range for guards

My new column on the camps www.inquirer.com/opinion/ice-...

February 19, 2026 INSTRUCTIONS TO ALL PERSONS OF JAPANESE ANCESTRY As survivors and descendants of the mass removals, detention, deportation, and family separation targeting our community during WWII, we refuse to stand by idly while our friends and neighbors are violently disappeared, forcibly removed, mass incarcerated, and separated from family members. We decry the murders of community members and at least 37 people in ICE custody and enforcement in 2025. We reject false narratives that state violence is "unavoidable," a "justifiable military action," necessary for "national security"—the same arguments used as they forced our parents, grandparents, aunties, and uncles into U.S. concentration camps in 1942. On this Day of Remembrance, we call on Japanese Americans and all people who believe in "Never Again" to demand justice for those we have lost—on the streets and hidden away in ICE detention centers. To break this cycle of state violence. To rise up and resist, together. We bravely commit to being the allies our familes needed during WWII. STOP REPEATING HISTORY. #TsuruForSolidarity #FreeFamilies #FreeThemAll

84 years ago today, President Roosevelt signed Executive Order 9066, ordering the removal and incarceration of more than 120,000 Japanese Americans, about two-thirds of whom were US citizens. The Day of Remembrance this year comes as we see DHS buying land and warehouses for more camps now.

Emergency doctors planning to leave PeaceHealth 'disaster' PeaceHealth’s decision to replace Eugene Emergency Physicians at Sacred Heart Medical Center RiverBend has led 41 medical professionals — 32 doctors and 9 physician assistants — to not work under a ne...

Is there a national health reporter out there who can help amplify what’s happening in Eugene, Oregon?
We are the 2nd largest city in Oregon (180K+), home of the state’s flagship university, and we have NO HOSPITAL or EMERGENCY ROOM.

@muckrack.com

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circular badges in different sizes reading "straight white boys don't own punk" in pink/black/white colours

a wee reminder.. straight white boys don't own punk!

🎸https://penfightdistro.com/shop/straight-white-boys-dont-own-punk-25mm-badge/

“Watching the Ferns Uncurl”: Minnie Bruce Pratt and Lesbian-Feminist Community Building in North Carolina This article traces fourteen years of the life of lesbian-feminist poet-activist Minnie Bruce Pratt in the state of North Carolina from 1968 to 1972. This history of Pratt’s movement through North ...

My article about Minnie Bruce Pratt and North Carolina’s place in lesbian-feminist history is out! Read it here (limited gift link) www.tandfonline.com/eprint/K9Q4K...

Building the camps The warehouseification of detention and initial thoughts on stopping it.

When I got the contract to write a history of concentration camps in 2014, I hoped to keep the US from ending up here. That didn't work out! But now it's critical to understand how much is already in process and the enormity of what's coming. The sooner we act to stop it, the more people we'll save.

What If We Don’t Crash The ISS Back Down, And Turn It Into A Space Museum Instead? Between a fiery end and an uncharted future, we know what we would pick.

@drspacejunk.bsky.social on preserving the ISS www.iflscience.com/what-if-we-d...

For the Love of Zines Wasted Ink Zine Distro is launching a crowd-funding campaign For the Love of Zines . We need to raise $10,000 by February 28 to support the work of WIZD's 10th year, including the production of our...

Thank you so much to everyone who has donated to our fundraiser so far!

We're at $780, can you help us reach $1,000? We have to buy maintenance kits for the zine printers this week.

www.wizd-az.com/fortheloveof...

Trans Youth Suicides Skyrocketed In UK After Care Drawdown; Government Covers It Up A Freedom of Information request to the National Child Mortality Database reveals that 22 trans children under 18 died by suicide in England in 2021-22 alone.

We won't let this go. The UK cracked down on access to gender affirming care and trans youth suicides then the government covered it up. This also came amidst a massive push for anti trans policies more broadly among British political parties.

www.erininthemorning.com/p/trans-yout...