Bart Leib
@metafrantic.bsky.social
Father. Former publisher of Crossed Genres. FULL-time library Assistant! Queer/bi/pan (plus probably some other stuff - still figuring it out). He/Him. When I figure out what my life is for I’ll let you know. #ADHD #FuckFascism #FuckIce #PunchNazis
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Bart Leib
@metafrantic.bsky.social
· Nov 10
I made a starter pack of SFF small press publishers. I threw it together so I'm sure I missed tons, if there's some that should be included let me know! go.bsky.app/RVLLDFp
Ori and Cori say excuse you
November 28, 2025 at 3:13 AM
Ori and Cori say excuse you
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honestly, everyones cat photography on thanksgiving is lacking.
November 27, 2025 at 7:39 PM
honestly, everyones cat photography on thanksgiving is lacking.
When you see this, post an image from your gallery to describe your mental health.
November 27, 2025 at 1:51 PM
When you see this, post an image from your gallery to describe your mental health.
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The House will have been in session for fewer than 30 days between July 1-December 31 and just had a 53-day recess. He makes $223K/year plus benefits including 75% of all health expenses for his entire family. Affordable Care Act subsidies expire Dec 31st for everyone else’s healthcare coverage.
Speaker 'barely holding it together' and 'crushed by his workload': NYT
Speaker 'barely holding it together' and 'crushed by his workload': NYT
House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) made several revealing admissions about the stressful and chaotic nature of his job, according to a recent New York Times report.The Times' Annie Karni wrote in a Wednesday article that Johnson turned what was meant to be an easy interview with a friendly podcast h...
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November 27, 2025 at 3:34 AM
The House will have been in session for fewer than 30 days between July 1-December 31 and just had a 53-day recess. He makes $223K/year plus benefits including 75% of all health expenses for his entire family. Affordable Care Act subsidies expire Dec 31st for everyone else’s healthcare coverage.
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Republicans in Congress: you can stop it all anytime. Any. Time.
It’s important to know in advance that you will regret going along with it, but it’s also important to say to those who made the wrong decision that you can always stop going along with it, in fact it’s the best thing you could do
September 23, 2025 at 1:34 PM
Republicans in Congress: you can stop it all anytime. Any. Time.
This is honestly wonderful. 🥲
this is not our customer service number. it’s just my voicemail inbox.
you’re welcome to call. i hope you do.
216-361-6772.
you’re welcome to call. i hope you do.
216-361-6772.
November 26, 2025 at 8:56 PM
This is honestly wonderful. 🥲
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Similarly, sometimes it only takes one person making a request for their library to carry a book to get us to order it.
I once asked a bookseller at a large indie store how many people would have to buy a book for it to get the attention of the store buyer and cause an additional order and they said: Three.
I see some book piracy discourse, and, to make a positive argument in favor of buying books, your marginal ability to influence what books get published and support the careers of writers you like is massive compared to most other forms of media.
November 26, 2025 at 2:52 AM
Similarly, sometimes it only takes one person making a request for their library to carry a book to get us to order it.
PFW someone asks for your recipe and you’re like “It… it has ingredients in it…”
November 26, 2025 at 5:22 PM
PFW someone asks for your recipe and you’re like “It… it has ingredients in it…”
Goddamn, this thread!
Middle school sucked for me, as it did most people my age. 9/11 happened smack in the middle of it, we were in a disgustingly conservative suburb of a military town that kind of operated like a small town.
However. My 8th grade social studies teacher is probably the reason a bunch of us survived.
However. My 8th grade social studies teacher is probably the reason a bunch of us survived.
November 26, 2025 at 2:44 PM
Goddamn, this thread!
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By the way, note that the description of Biden as being "in obvious mental decline" was left in the speech, while the description of Trump as the "most openly corrupt president in American history" was removed:
Note that the BBC openly admits in an email to me that the removal of this claim about Trump's world-historical corruption was done "on legal advice."
Translation: Trump's threat of a lawsuit, no matter how bogus, has now been rewarded.
newrepublic.com/article/2036...
Translation: Trump's threat of a lawsuit, no matter how bogus, has now been rewarded.
newrepublic.com/article/2036...
November 26, 2025 at 2:03 PM
By the way, note that the description of Biden as being "in obvious mental decline" was left in the speech, while the description of Trump as the "most openly corrupt president in American history" was removed:
The day after Halloween my coworker picked up a BAG of these for me for, I kid you not, 69¢.
November 26, 2025 at 3:59 AM
The day after Halloween my coworker picked up a BAG of these for me for, I kid you not, 69¢.
Whatchamacallit is KING.
Okay time for some fresh discourse; these are the most underrated candy bars.
November 26, 2025 at 3:57 AM
Whatchamacallit is KING.
I mean… yes? Because… *gestures wildly at it* yes?!
I've said this before: a Michelle Yeoh + Ming-Na Wen sapphic John Wick/Equalizer type movie where they're retired spies or assassins or whatever, living a quiet life when something happens that causes them to have to go kill a BUNCH of dudes.
If you were a despotic president, what movie would you force Hollywood to make? I want to see Quentin's Star Trek movie or maybe Kill Bill Vol 3.
November 26, 2025 at 3:30 AM
I mean… yes? Because… *gestures wildly at it* yes?!
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If you don't get that the "yucky porn games" are the gateway to censor further media that YOU personally think is acceptable, you need to get your head out of your ass. They're trying to divide people into smaller groups so their collective power is also smaller. Kill the cop in your head.
Already seeing folks say, "Well, HORSES isn't YUCKY PORN like other games are, so..." which is super frustrating.
Now is NOT the time to be throwing the hentai games you happen not to like under the bus. Your rage should be directly at payment processors.
Join the fight
stop-paypros.neocities.org
Now is NOT the time to be throwing the hentai games you happen not to like under the bus. Your rage should be directly at payment processors.
Join the fight
stop-paypros.neocities.org
Stop payment processors from censoring games!
stop-paypros.neocities.org
November 25, 2025 at 10:42 PM
If you don't get that the "yucky porn games" are the gateway to censor further media that YOU personally think is acceptable, you need to get your head out of your ass. They're trying to divide people into smaller groups so their collective power is also smaller. Kill the cop in your head.
Similarly, sometimes it only takes one person making a request for their library to carry a book to get us to order it.
I once asked a bookseller at a large indie store how many people would have to buy a book for it to get the attention of the store buyer and cause an additional order and they said: Three.
I see some book piracy discourse, and, to make a positive argument in favor of buying books, your marginal ability to influence what books get published and support the careers of writers you like is massive compared to most other forms of media.
November 26, 2025 at 2:52 AM
Similarly, sometimes it only takes one person making a request for their library to carry a book to get us to order it.
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I once asked a bookseller at a large indie store how many people would have to buy a book for it to get the attention of the store buyer and cause an additional order and they said: Three.
I see some book piracy discourse, and, to make a positive argument in favor of buying books, your marginal ability to influence what books get published and support the careers of writers you like is massive compared to most other forms of media.
November 25, 2025 at 11:07 PM
I once asked a bookseller at a large indie store how many people would have to buy a book for it to get the attention of the store buyer and cause an additional order and they said: Three.
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Hey so just fyi, if you're abandoning trans rights you're abandoning all civil rights
At that point what the fuck is the point of the democracy you're willing to sacrifice trans people for
This actually isn't hard at all, quit making it pretend hard because you finally feel scared too
At that point what the fuck is the point of the democracy you're willing to sacrifice trans people for
This actually isn't hard at all, quit making it pretend hard because you finally feel scared too
August 24, 2025 at 2:43 AM
Hey so just fyi, if you're abandoning trans rights you're abandoning all civil rights
At that point what the fuck is the point of the democracy you're willing to sacrifice trans people for
This actually isn't hard at all, quit making it pretend hard because you finally feel scared too
At that point what the fuck is the point of the democracy you're willing to sacrifice trans people for
This actually isn't hard at all, quit making it pretend hard because you finally feel scared too
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Just saw two separate articles both published today (AP and LA Times) about how addictive marijuana is and you know what, fuck right off with that shit. MSM complicit in the attempt to ban it nationwide.
November 25, 2025 at 8:17 PM
Just saw two separate articles both published today (AP and LA Times) about how addictive marijuana is and you know what, fuck right off with that shit. MSM complicit in the attempt to ban it nationwide.
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Not me bursting into tears because the guy at the grocery store is buying 40 cans of Fancy Feast turkey and gravy for his feral cat rescue Thanksgiving dinner 🥹
November 25, 2025 at 6:53 PM
Not me bursting into tears because the guy at the grocery store is buying 40 cans of Fancy Feast turkey and gravy for his feral cat rescue Thanksgiving dinner 🥹
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If you ever wonder why people say "slippery as an eel" I can confirm that one time we had to hold an eel for a vet to do a blood draw and that eel ended up on the floor 47 times out of 48 attempts
November 25, 2025 at 4:44 PM
If you ever wonder why people say "slippery as an eel" I can confirm that one time we had to hold an eel for a vet to do a blood draw and that eel ended up on the floor 47 times out of 48 attempts
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“You know what sucks? Having customers. Surely we can put an end to that.”
Campbell’s Soup VP mocks ‘poor people’ who buy its food in secret recording
Campbell’s Soup VP mocks ‘poor people’ who buy its food in secret recording
Lawsuit alleges Campbell’s fired worker who reported a VP’s recorded rant belittling customers and making discriminatory remarks.
www.newsweek.com
November 25, 2025 at 2:00 PM
“You know what sucks? Having customers. Surely we can put an end to that.”
THE BALLAD OF BLACK TOM by @victorlavalle.bsky.social is chilling and disturbing [complimentary]. And LaValle’s turns of phrase are exceptional! (Also I didn’t know it was within that mythos before I started 😅)
Next for #NovellaNovember: THE POTENCY OF UNGOVERNABLE IMPULSES by @older.bsky.social!
Next for #NovellaNovember: THE POTENCY OF UNGOVERNABLE IMPULSES by @older.bsky.social!
FLYAWAY by Kathleen Jennings was remarkable. Despite its modern setting, it felt like a classic fairy tale of the original kind, in the best way, creepy and mythic.
My next #NovellaNovember audiobook is THE BALLAD OF BLACK TOM by @victorlavalle.bsky.social!
My next #NovellaNovember audiobook is THE BALLAD OF BLACK TOM by @victorlavalle.bsky.social!
THE TUSKS OF EXTINCTION by Ray Nayler was disturbing, intense, and brilliant. Highly recommended!
My next #NovellaNovember audiobook is FLYAWAY by Kathleen Jennings!
My next #NovellaNovember audiobook is FLYAWAY by Kathleen Jennings!
November 25, 2025 at 12:54 AM
THE BALLAD OF BLACK TOM by @victorlavalle.bsky.social is chilling and disturbing [complimentary]. And LaValle’s turns of phrase are exceptional! (Also I didn’t know it was within that mythos before I started 😅)
Next for #NovellaNovember: THE POTENCY OF UNGOVERNABLE IMPULSES by @older.bsky.social!
Next for #NovellaNovember: THE POTENCY OF UNGOVERNABLE IMPULSES by @older.bsky.social!