In scientific archives the world over, ghosts of time and space lurk. Collected by long-dead naturalists, each specimen is a window into the moment of its creation – and the centuries of science that followed. In a dispatch from the entomological archives, A’liya Spinner tells us how the preservation of bee specimens allows us to embrace the temporal expanse… - The Long Now

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For the next entry in our Losses series, A'liya Spinner takes us into an NSF-funded project threatened by government cuts. - Contingent Magazine​

“This is my body, the vessel of my spirit, and I make its meaning.

Thank you.” - Anonymous comment

“Your heart is a campfire on the prehistoric plains, longing to be surrounded and tended by your chosen clan.” A’liya Spinner on the lessons of love and bravery she learned from her pet mice. - Catapult

A’liya Spinner shares his story of how things got better – from struggling with her identity, to finding the one thing that mattered most: queer community to lean on and learn from. - It Gets Better