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Amanda Wyatt! Visconti
@literaturegeek.bsky.social
@ScholarsLab Director ✨💻📚🏳️‍🌈 (personal acct 🙃)
Just+joyful, critical+creative tech & culture

*DIY scholcom: letterpress+zine+blog+code
*Book-adjacent data+making
*Experimental/DH+library futures+community

3 !s in a hoodie
Dr! 🏳️‍⚧️ They/Them
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This is neat!
November 12, 2025 at 2:32 AM
I've been setting up a web store! I might be able to arrange something via Venmo beforehand too
November 12, 2025 at 2:19 AM
Also a huge amount of unopened foundry type we're just starting to distribute, but have to ID foundry for some of the type already cases before we can add more, so we don't accidentally mix slightly different things
November 12, 2025 at 12:14 AM
Our printshop has a surprisingly large collection of type (~15 fullsize Hamilton cabinets + 3 medium ones; & many boxes of European wood type not cataloged yet) & lots of stuff got moved into new places during the recent move, so this was a big project
November 12, 2025 at 12:13 AM
(I'm not comfortable taking money for the ones using Miles' art, but I'd be happy to see if Miles has a donation link or preferred donation place, if you'd like!)
November 11, 2025 at 11:38 PM
Yay! I was letting them dry longer, so will Slack early next week when I've brought them in
November 11, 2025 at 11:36 PM
Jess Walters' personal portfolio site is here: jesswaltersart.com They're a cofounder of the Charlottesville Zine Fest, & teach zines for async community-building (including for folks who can't be in the same physical space) & to doctors, med students, gov about disability justice
Jess Walters Art | Scholar, Advocate and Artist
jesswaltersart.com
November 11, 2025 at 10:48 PM
More about Jess Walters' work & event here—they're an artist, advocate, & Arts Research Fellow at UVA's Center for Health Humanities and Ethics. Highly recommend Jess as a speaker—this is the 2nd event they've taught w/us bc of how powerful their previous workshop on zines for disability justice was
Zines Now! Workshop: Zines for Change
Join us for an interactive workshop for Zines Now!, a year-long initiative showcasing the history of zines as an art form, highlighting future possibilities for the making and...
cal.lib.virginia.edu
November 11, 2025 at 10:48 PM
P.S. Happy to bring you a copy if there's ever anything you particularly like. Thank you for your much-appreciated support!
November 11, 2025 at 12:31 PM
So much good about those costumes (& their wearers)!
November 11, 2025 at 12:18 AM
I just saw they're becoming a different company ("Blue Press Ink") on January 1st—wonder if that's related? southern-ink.com/learn-more/
November 10, 2025 at 11:57 PM
Cool plan!
November 10, 2025 at 5:53 PM
Me too! Thanks for this read
November 10, 2025 at 9:38 AM
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And the type form.
November 9, 2025 at 3:49 PM