Liina Koivula
@liinak.bsky.social
You might know me from Olympia, Bellingham, Albuquerque, Vancouver, Spokane, Northampton, or the internet. I write fiction & use they/them.
Kaden goes out on a run, comes back up the stairs 30 seconds later “You got a package from Mark Arm.” 😍😍😍
February 1, 2025 at 6:19 PM
Kaden goes out on a run, comes back up the stairs 30 seconds later “You got a package from Mark Arm.” 😍😍😍
I’m recording all the books I read this year for the first time, here’s January.
February 1, 2025 at 2:07 PM
I’m recording all the books I read this year for the first time, here’s January.
I spent 20 minutes being very still (meditating?) in the wildlife blind and 11 minutes in, I saw two bobcats, one growling low to summon the other. They are not pictured here because by the time I got the phone out they’d slipped away.
January 31, 2025 at 10:50 PM
I spent 20 minutes being very still (meditating?) in the wildlife blind and 11 minutes in, I saw two bobcats, one growling low to summon the other. They are not pictured here because by the time I got the phone out they’d slipped away.
I picked up Sierra Nevada Pale Ale on a whim at the coop, haven’t had it in years. Malty, bitter, classic west coast beer.
January 31, 2025 at 10:44 PM
I picked up Sierra Nevada Pale Ale on a whim at the coop, haven’t had it in years. Malty, bitter, classic west coast beer.
Maybe this account is just NTS recommendations.
NTS Guide to: Japanese Underground Psychedelia 24th August 2024
Playing Shoegaze, Psychedelic Rock, Psychedelic Folk. In the late 1980s and early 1990s, Japan became the birthplace of a distinctive and intense form of psychedelic music, emerging from the undergrou...
www.nts.live
January 31, 2025 at 3:36 AM
Maybe this account is just NTS recommendations.
I recently learned that I like Calypso more than Kaden does. So weird when you think yr partner loves something equally and you find out you're wrong! But it's always a delight when Rum Punch is on.
Rum Punch w/ Danny Fitzgerald 30th January 2025
Danny Fitzgerald joins us for an hour of tropical oldies from the Caribbean, Latin America, West Africa, and beyond.
www.nts.live
January 30, 2025 at 2:11 PM
I recently learned that I like Calypso more than Kaden does. So weird when you think yr partner loves something equally and you find out you're wrong! But it's always a delight when Rum Punch is on.
Thanks for the inspiration, toothpaste.
January 28, 2025 at 8:55 PM
Thanks for the inspiration, toothpaste.
Enjoy a mixtape, read about how weird I am about dudes.
I'm a Stranger Here Myself
a fake radio show
open.substack.com
January 27, 2025 at 10:21 PM
Enjoy a mixtape, read about how weird I am about dudes.
Reposted by Liina Koivula
"Attack on Science": Trump's Exit from WHO Could Make Next Pandemic More Likely, More Deadly
Trump’s Exit from WHO Could Make Next Pandemic More Likely, More Deadly
In one of his first executive orders after taking office, President Trump ordered the United States to withdraw from the U.N.’s World Health Organization, putting numerous WHO programs at risk, including...
www.democracynow.org
January 23, 2025 at 3:30 PM
"Attack on Science": Trump's Exit from WHO Could Make Next Pandemic More Likely, More Deadly
I made you a mixtape. A year ago. & I’m making you another one this weekend!
Strange Parade
Late morning melancholy, don't leave the house until evening, walk around stunned, wandering and wondering. Dreaming of who you were when you were becoming who you are.
REJECTED BY NTS SUPPORTER RAD...
www.mixcloud.com
January 23, 2025 at 3:16 PM
I made you a mixtape. A year ago. & I’m making you another one this weekend!
I’m in the part of rewriting/revising a story where I can’t stand it, have no idea what it’s about, and want to throw it out.
January 22, 2025 at 6:50 PM
I’m in the part of rewriting/revising a story where I can’t stand it, have no idea what it’s about, and want to throw it out.
Super stoked to formally announce that my short story “Breeders” will be published in the June 2025 issue of Room Magazine, Canada’s oldest feminist literary magazine! In this piece, our hero breaks out of their sexual dry spell with a hetero couple. Shit gets weird!
January 22, 2025 at 1:55 AM
Super stoked to formally announce that my short story “Breeders” will be published in the June 2025 issue of Room Magazine, Canada’s oldest feminist literary magazine! In this piece, our hero breaks out of their sexual dry spell with a hetero couple. Shit gets weird!
This one is tons o fun, it’s actually really interesting music taken out of context!
Tim Koh: Kokonut Trip - Donkey Kong Country 16th January 2019
Playing Soundtrack. Tim dedicates an hour to composer David Wise's groundbreaking ambient & percussive Donkey Kong Country soundtrack, a much sampled video game classic.
www.nts.live
January 21, 2025 at 11:43 PM
This one is tons o fun, it’s actually really interesting music taken out of context!
I’m Substacking over on Substack. Here’s the story of my dad, and then myself, living our dreams that feel a little bit like punishment. Everything’s a Devil’s bargain?
Indulge in yr work
What does it feel like to get what you want?
liinak.substack.com
January 21, 2025 at 2:32 PM
I’m Substacking over on Substack. Here’s the story of my dad, and then myself, living our dreams that feel a little bit like punishment. Everything’s a Devil’s bargain?
I cannot believe I haven’t heard of this band before. This is my favorite kind of music.
Rich & Johnny's Inzane Michigan - Peoples Temple Special 9th January 2025
Playing Psychedelic Rock, Garage Rock. Join John Olson (aka Inzane Johnny, of Wolf Eyes) and music writer Rich Tupica as they mine deep into Michigan's wilderness of sounds. No private press rarity is...
www.nts.live
January 21, 2025 at 2:30 PM
I cannot believe I haven’t heard of this band before. This is my favorite kind of music.
Oh my god, this is the best news ever!!
Joe Biden Frees Leonard Peltier
The ailing Native American rights activist has been in prison for nearly 50 years after the U.S. government lied to put him there.
www.huffpost.com
January 20, 2025 at 6:47 PM
Oh my god, this is the best news ever!!
One of the most awesome documentaries I’ve ever seen. An unconventional narrative connecting art cars and trans lives 😍😍😍
Why Can’t I Be Me? Around You
Directed by Harrod Blank and Sjoerd Djik • 2019 • United States
When Albuquerque’s Rusty Tidenberg, auto mechanic and drag-racing aficionado, came out as transgender, she began a remarkable personal ...
www.criterionchannel.com
January 20, 2025 at 2:55 AM
One of the most awesome documentaries I’ve ever seen. An unconventional narrative connecting art cars and trans lives 😍😍😍
Scampy does not want me to make plans in my planner 🤷🏻
January 18, 2025 at 3:26 PM
Scampy does not want me to make plans in my planner 🤷🏻
If you’re ever looking for house music, check here first:
System Olympia - Night Tales 13th January 2025
Playing House. System Olympia joins us for an hour a month.
www.nts.live
January 18, 2025 at 3:32 AM
If you’re ever looking for house music, check here first:
Maybe I’ll be posting about food here. Tonight’s hippie dinner was roasted squash (I don’t remember it’s name lol), black eyed peas, and leftover brown rice with herbs OR leftover nutritional yeast pasta with collards (found in the freezer).
January 18, 2025 at 1:58 AM
Maybe I’ll be posting about food here. Tonight’s hippie dinner was roasted squash (I don’t remember it’s name lol), black eyed peas, and leftover brown rice with herbs OR leftover nutritional yeast pasta with collards (found in the freezer).
We live in faculty housing, which is just on the edge of student housing.
L: oh my god, someone is walking across the parking lot in a bikini and a trench coat and it’s 23°!!!
K: Maybe they’re from Winnipeg
L: oh my god, someone is walking across the parking lot in a bikini and a trench coat and it’s 23°!!!
K: Maybe they’re from Winnipeg
January 17, 2025 at 2:13 PM
We live in faculty housing, which is just on the edge of student housing.
L: oh my god, someone is walking across the parking lot in a bikini and a trench coat and it’s 23°!!!
K: Maybe they’re from Winnipeg
L: oh my god, someone is walking across the parking lot in a bikini and a trench coat and it’s 23°!!!
K: Maybe they’re from Winnipeg
Subscribe to my Substack, Lifeguard of Love! I'll be sharing personal stories, and posting previously published fiction and essays. All of my work celebrates queer relationships in subcultures of the North American west.
On the last 9 months
I had no intention of abandoning this project.
liinak.substack.com
January 16, 2025 at 8:11 PM
Subscribe to my Substack, Lifeguard of Love! I'll be sharing personal stories, and posting previously published fiction and essays. All of my work celebrates queer relationships in subcultures of the North American west.
A great, short piece on the paradox of creative work and the artist, with reference to Edward Gorey’s career.
On Not Being Found
In a new book, The Long Run: A Creative Inquiry, Stacey D’Erasmo asks half a dozen artists, “How do we keep doing this—making art?” I read it avidly, devouring D’Erasmo’s profiles of a painter, a comp...
open.substack.com
January 15, 2025 at 10:07 PM
A great, short piece on the paradox of creative work and the artist, with reference to Edward Gorey’s career.
Finalized my 2025 New Year’s resolution: only purchasing/accepting clothing that is green, brown, yellow, cream, or orange. Nothing in shades of red, pink, purple, blue, gray, or black.
January 15, 2025 at 3:52 PM
Finalized my 2025 New Year’s resolution: only purchasing/accepting clothing that is green, brown, yellow, cream, or orange. Nothing in shades of red, pink, purple, blue, gray, or black.
The joy of my life: a bowl of hot rice cereal cooked with apples and prunes, with oat milk, yogurt, a drizzle of olive oil and a sprinkle of cane sugar.
January 15, 2025 at 2:51 PM
The joy of my life: a bowl of hot rice cereal cooked with apples and prunes, with oat milk, yogurt, a drizzle of olive oil and a sprinkle of cane sugar.