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Barbara Byar

@barbarabyar.bsky.social

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Writer Debut Novel: IN THE DESERT 3-3-26 from @cowboyjamboree.bsky.social Collection: Some Days are Better than Ours (Reflex Fiction) Fiction Editor: Variant Lit https://substack.com/@barbarabyar?utm_source=user-menu Kerry via San Francisco

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Barbara Byar @barbarabyar.bsky.social · Jul 28

The face of an old woman who has her first novel being published in the spring

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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 11h

#WarRavagedPortland

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Barbara Byar @barbarabyar.bsky.social · 2h

gorgeous, David

Barbara Byar @barbarabyar.bsky.social · 2h

you need to move to eastern europe. they eat cheese and cold cuts and bread for breakfast. I was like, where's my eggs?

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Sara Nović @novicsara.bsky.social · 5h

I don't know how else to tell you this: generative AI, the dismantling of Dept of Ed, defunding science, MAHA, banned books. They're of a piece. They're trying to disenfranchise you of your brain. Keep thinking.

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Barbara Byar @barbarabyar.bsky.social · 3h

it holds up really well.

Barbara Byar @barbarabyar.bsky.social · 3h

If you love music and by some miracle, you have never listened to Byrne and Eno's My Life in the Bush of Ghosts, do yourself a favor and listen:

open.spotify.com/track/7Le6A7...

Help Me Somebody - 2006 Digital Remaster

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Malcolm V Tucker @tuckerslaw.bsky.social · 2d

That should be career ending.

Adam Bienkov @adambienkov.bsky.social · 2d

Keir Starmer’s spokesman asked about Israel detaining British citizens who were on the Gaza aid flotilla, while in international waters, replies that it is a “matter for the Israeli Government”

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Barbara Byar @barbarabyar.bsky.social · 3h

I'm partial to this cut
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Crosseyed and Painless (2005 Remaster)

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Barbara Byar @barbarabyar.bsky.social · 3h

cmere...

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Crosseyed and Painless (2005 Remaster)

YouTube video by Talking Heads - Topic

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Barbara Byar @barbarabyar.bsky.social · 4h

absolute muppets

Barbara Byar @barbarabyar.bsky.social · 12h

Both! Autocorrect

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Frank Vatel @frankvatel312.bsky.social · 23h

Farewell, D&O. 😔

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Barbara Byar @barbarabyar.bsky.social · 13h

Yikes. That sucks on nothing accounts

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David Niall Wilson @davidniallwilson.com · 1d

Another big Independent publisher closes its doors - apparently Down and Out Books is out of business. Here's a post I found (the only official looking thing)

Publisher Shutdown: Down & Out Books

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Barbara Byar @barbarabyar.bsky.social · 14h

What's the story?

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Barbara Byar @barbarabyar.bsky.social · 1d

DO SOMETHING OTHER THAN POST ON SOCIAL MEDIA.

Barbara Byar @barbarabyar.bsky.social · 1d

Madness

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Barbara Byar @barbarabyar.bsky.social · 1d

Literally nothing in this budget for working class Joes like me

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Barbara Byar @barbarabyar.bsky.social · 1d

One of the best times of my life, the start of an epic road trip

Barbara Byar @barbarabyar.bsky.social · 1d

However, I do think genres should be evenly distributed. Visual artists were hugely over represented in pilot

Barbara Byar @barbarabyar.bsky.social · 2d

Beam me up...

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Jennifer McMahon @jmcm.bsky.social · 2d

I did a wee video message to celebrate the first anniversary of the publication of Issue 1 of @frazzledlit.bsky.social!

Check it out at:

www.frazzledlit.com/p/we-are-one...

We are ONE YEAR OLD today!

An anniversary message from Jennifer, our joint EIC

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Barbara Byar @barbarabyar.bsky.social · 2d

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The time Michael Palin kissed me...

it was sweet so don't get your naughty hopes up

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Barbara Byar @barbarabyar.bsky.social · 2d

What have I missed? 😭