Webberly Rattenkraft
@factrat.bsky.social
Erstwhile lab rat, current bon vivant. Insisting on persisting in this relentlessly roiling morass of madness. Love is real, Love is the Answer, Love is the fulfillment of the Law. We will fix our hearts or die.
Fun Fact: I love you all. Yes, even *you*.
Fun Fact: I love you all. Yes, even *you*.
That's right, I keep finding hidden reserves of Boost Energy even in this late Saturdaylian moment! May I specifically plug @haileypiperfights.bsky.social's NO GODS FOR DROWNING from @badhandbooks.bsky.social, fighting the Good Fight against the encroaching forces of Evil that surround us, eh?
#BlackFriday continues into #SmallBusinessSaturday at Bad Hand. Pre-order at the Bad Hand Online Shop and SAVE! Titles by @haileypiperfights.bsky.social @genni.bsky.social @toddkeisling.com @mmdaviesostrom.bsky.social @alexgrecian.bsky.social @aijiang.bsky.social & more!
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badhandbooks.com/preorders
November 30, 2025 at 4:33 AM
That's right, I keep finding hidden reserves of Boost Energy even in this late Saturdaylian moment! May I specifically plug @haileypiperfights.bsky.social's NO GODS FOR DROWNING from @badhandbooks.bsky.social, fighting the Good Fight against the encroaching forces of Evil that surround us, eh?
Fun Free Forever Follow-up Fact!
Thanks for the boost!! And also: we made the entire David Lynch free forever and ever after his passing - so anybody anywhere can always read that one :)
Issue 51: David Lynch Archives - Bright Wall/Dark Room
September 2017
www.brightwalldarkroom.com
November 30, 2025 at 2:23 AM
Fun Free Forever Follow-up Fact!
Fun Fact Follow-up: The woman in this image is quite obviously in mourning, and yet here comes Happy Harry Hard-On, macking on her while she directs the Platonic ideal form of the “Jim from THE OFFICE stares into the camera in a state of Disbelief” gaze. Did painters invent that? Dang!
#woah
#woah
"I Noticed That You Mentioned Silent Films So I Wanted to Come Over and Explain a Film I am Sure You Have Never Seen Called METROPOLIS" by Berthold Woltze
November 30, 2025 at 2:19 AM
Fun Fact Follow-up: The woman in this image is quite obviously in mourning, and yet here comes Happy Harry Hard-On, macking on her while she directs the Platonic ideal form of the “Jim from THE OFFICE stares into the camera in a state of Disbelief” gaze. Did painters invent that? Dang!
#woah
#woah
Fun Fact: I had no idea that “woman on her last fucking nerve with [a man’s|men’s] endless goddam horny bullshit” was an entire genre of fine art, so check out what I learned today!! #woah
"I Noticed That You Mentioned Silent Films So I Wanted to Come Over and Explain a Film I am Sure You Have Never Seen Called METROPOLIS" by Berthold Woltze
November 30, 2025 at 2:10 AM
Fun Fact: I had no idea that “woman on her last fucking nerve with [a man’s|men’s] endless goddam horny bullshit” was an entire genre of fine art, so check out what I learned today!! #woah
Speaking of old-timey movies and deep dives—as witnesses may confirm I was just doing, maybe? Ask them, you'll find out!—read this brilliant analysis of BIRTH OF A NATION as a KKK recruitment film that eclipsed much better and earlier cinematic works. Why? That's right... it was White Guys!
So, whenever I go on a big DW Griffith bashing, I typically get a few responses that miss the point.
First, "I DON'T BELIEVE IN CENSORSHIP, WHY ARE YOU TRYING TO BAN THE FILM!" which is a strawman argument. I never said I wanted it banned. I said that I want it out of the canon.
First, "I DON'T BELIEVE IN CENSORSHIP, WHY ARE YOU TRYING TO BAN THE FILM!" which is a strawman argument. I never said I wanted it banned. I said that I want it out of the canon.
November 30, 2025 at 1:37 AM
Speaking of old-timey movies and deep dives—as witnesses may confirm I was just doing, maybe? Ask them, you'll find out!—read this brilliant analysis of BIRTH OF A NATION as a KKK recruitment film that eclipsed much better and earlier cinematic works. Why? That's right... it was White Guys!
But wait, there's more! Check out these hoopy preservators of early cinema history, eh? New to me, but their catalog is a right feast for old-timey movie lovers! Plus there's a sale, with a cool code and everything, wow! And plus+, @elivalley.bsky.social follows ’em, that's all the reccy I need!
FLICKER ALLEY'S BLACK FRIDAY SALE IS LIVE!
Take 20% off Flicker Alley's Library and Flicker Fusion catalogs!
Simply use the code BLACKFRIDAY2025 upon checkout.
* MOD titles and standalone slipcovers excluded
* He Who Gets Slapped and Laurel & Hardy: Year Three excluded
Take 20% off Flicker Alley's Library and Flicker Fusion catalogs!
Simply use the code BLACKFRIDAY2025 upon checkout.
* MOD titles and standalone slipcovers excluded
* He Who Gets Slapped and Laurel & Hardy: Year Three excluded
November 30, 2025 at 1:21 AM
But wait, there's more! Check out these hoopy preservators of early cinema history, eh? New to me, but their catalog is a right feast for old-timey movie lovers! Plus there's a sale, with a cool code and everything, wow! And plus+, @elivalley.bsky.social follows ’em, that's all the reccy I need!
Yeah that's right, I had energy for one more boost, fun fact! If you can't afford Nick's THE SECOND SHOOTER for some reason, you can at least go out and get KALIVAS! at your local awesome indie bookstore, such as Petaluma's own @wordhorde-emporium.bsky.social, zum Beispiel. They're so dang'd good!
Surely @clashbooks.bsky.social counts as a small business here on Small Business Saturday. So, get to Kalivasing!
indiepubs.com/products/kal...
indiepubs.com/products/kal...
Kalivas! Or, Another Tempest
In this science-fiction revision of Shakespeare’s The Tempest, Kalivas lives in solitude on the Farallon Islands, until the Master and his daughter M colonize his lonely realm. Kalivas, the last free-...
indiepubs.com
November 30, 2025 at 12:46 AM
Yeah that's right, I had energy for one more boost, fun fact! If you can't afford Nick's THE SECOND SHOOTER for some reason, you can at least go out and get KALIVAS! at your local awesome indie bookstore, such as Petaluma's own @wordhorde-emporium.bsky.social, zum Beispiel. They're so dang'd good!
A delightfully fact-rich deep dive into men's fashion, which sorta incidentally demonstrates how Roger Stone is a rancid Nazi fuckstain who cares nothing for the Trump-sucking suckers who would buy a bucket of shit from him if it were Trump-branded, but mostly Yay! Fun Fashion Facts!
Yesterday, Roger Stone announced his partnership with a menswear company, where together they've released a collection of tailored clothing items.
Here is my review of those pieces. 🧵
Here is my review of those pieces. 🧵
November 30, 2025 at 12:16 AM
A delightfully fact-rich deep dive into men's fashion, which sorta incidentally demonstrates how Roger Stone is a rancid Nazi fuckstain who cares nothing for the Trump-sucking suckers who would buy a bucket of shit from him if it were Trump-branded, but mostly Yay! Fun Fashion Facts!
But wait! Turns out I have not yet done made an end to holiday boostin’! @bwdr.bsky.social is a nigh-unbelievably rich source of keen thought-filled writing about movies, and in fact, fun fact, the David Lynch (RIP; FYHOD) issue alone is worth the cost of a subscription, so like go do it why not?
Black Friday/Holiday Sale!
All first-time or returning subscribers can now purchase an annual subscription for $10 off their first year—which means just $19 for a full year of access to BW/DR and our entire 143 issue archive!
Also: you can gift it!
coupon code: HOLIDAY2025
All first-time or returning subscribers can now purchase an annual subscription for $10 off their first year—which means just $19 for a full year of access to BW/DR and our entire 143 issue archive!
Also: you can gift it!
coupon code: HOLIDAY2025
Subscribe - Bright Wall/Dark Room
Subscribe for $29 a year Subscribe now to receive immediate access to each new essay we publish, plus our entire 140+ issue archive. Bright Wall/Dark Room is 100% independent, runs no ads, and strongl...
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November 29, 2025 at 11:47 PM
But wait! Turns out I have not yet done made an end to holiday boostin’! @bwdr.bsky.social is a nigh-unbelievably rich source of keen thought-filled writing about movies, and in fact, fun fact, the David Lynch (RIP; FYHOD) issue alone is worth the cost of a subscription, so like go do it why not?
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What's this, fashionable queer t-shirts, and they're on SALE just in time for gift-getting? YES the rumors are true mattbaume.dashery.com
November 29, 2025 at 10:05 PM
What's this, fashionable queer t-shirts, and they're on SALE just in time for gift-getting? YES the rumors are true mattbaume.dashery.com
Wait, I've still got one more boost left in me! So very many wonderful books about so many wonderful creations from a most wonderful press indeed!
The annual Ho-Ho-Holiday Sale is underway at MZS.Press arts bookstore. we've chosen items for maximum gift-ability. We *automatically* upgrade USPS shipping one level (yes, you read that right!). All orders packed with obsessive care. And we put little extras in there, too! mzs.press/EVERYTHING-W...
November 29, 2025 at 9:51 PM
Wait, I've still got one more boost left in me! So very many wonderful books about so many wonderful creations from a most wonderful press indeed!
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My BLACKout FRIDAY [xenomorph edition] art sale is live! ONLY 12 AVAILABLE! Head to
www.codyschibiart.com
& adopt an alien today…😘
www.codyschibiart.com
& adopt an alien today…😘
November 28, 2025 at 5:33 PM
My BLACKout FRIDAY [xenomorph edition] art sale is live! ONLY 12 AVAILABLE! Head to
www.codyschibiart.com
& adopt an alien today…😘
www.codyschibiart.com
& adopt an alien today…😘
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Couldja tell I've been doing my ratty bestest to amplify positivity today? It's flensingly exhausting swimming upstream against the evil currents of All This, as y'all well ken, so as I take a sanity break, enjoy the fruits of someone else's positivity-thrusting efforts, and go buy books why not?
2 ongoing convos are dovetailing rn:
1. a holiday shopping $ blackout aimed at big business;
2. worry over small presses closing or paring down.
Let's talk direct action: YOU CAN DO BOTH😀
IT'S VITAL TO SUPPORT indie pubs that encourage risk & diversity. Here's a 🧵 of em you can support directly:
1. a holiday shopping $ blackout aimed at big business;
2. worry over small presses closing or paring down.
Let's talk direct action: YOU CAN DO BOTH😀
IT'S VITAL TO SUPPORT indie pubs that encourage risk & diversity. Here's a 🧵 of em you can support directly:
November 22, 2025 at 10:57 PM
Couldja tell I've been doing my ratty bestest to amplify positivity today? It's flensingly exhausting swimming upstream against the evil currents of All This, as y'all well ken, so as I take a sanity break, enjoy the fruits of someone else's positivity-thrusting efforts, and go buy books why not?
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Get 20% off anything and everything in our web store using the coupon code TWENTYPERCENT until Monday.
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From Beyond Press | From Beyond Press
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November 29, 2025 at 3:57 PM
Get 20% off anything and everything in our web store using the coupon code TWENTYPERCENT until Monday.
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Small Business Saturday seems like a good time to remind you that you can grab #ChoicesAnthology in many independent bookstores or ask them to order it if they're not already carrying it
And if you're in Toronto, there are some SIGNED copies at @littleghostsbooks.bsky.social
And if you're in Toronto, there are some SIGNED copies at @littleghostsbooks.bsky.social
Choices: An Anthology of Reproductive Horror is the collective scream of people of marginalized genders as our reproductive rights are threatened and stolen from us, featuring a mix of gruesome horror, deep tragedy, and cathartic revenge books2read.com/u/3JYo9Q 5/?
November 29, 2025 at 8:38 PM
Small Business Saturday seems like a good time to remind you that you can grab #ChoicesAnthology in many independent bookstores or ask them to order it if they're not already carrying it
And if you're in Toronto, there are some SIGNED copies at @littleghostsbooks.bsky.social
And if you're in Toronto, there are some SIGNED copies at @littleghostsbooks.bsky.social
Small Business Saturday Sequel! Jeeez, but this @beardedbetts.bsky.social doesn't half have good taste in small presses, eh? All kinds of great reads are happening out there in the dark corners of publishing if you know where to look, and now y'all know.
(Must needs add @shortwavebooks.bsky.social!)
(Must needs add @shortwavebooks.bsky.social!)
Also, there are a lot more out there. Check out
@malarkeybooks.bsky.social @clashbooks.bsky.social @cursedmorsels.bsky.social @weirdpunkbooks.bsky.social @castaignepub.bsky.social @ghostorchidpress.com @timberghostpress.bsky.social @littleghostsbooks.bsky.social @ghoulish.bsky.social today too!
@malarkeybooks.bsky.social @clashbooks.bsky.social @cursedmorsels.bsky.social @weirdpunkbooks.bsky.social @castaignepub.bsky.social @ghostorchidpress.com @timberghostpress.bsky.social @littleghostsbooks.bsky.social @ghoulish.bsky.social today too!
November 29, 2025 at 9:03 PM
Small Business Saturday Sequel! Jeeez, but this @beardedbetts.bsky.social doesn't half have good taste in small presses, eh? All kinds of great reads are happening out there in the dark corners of publishing if you know where to look, and now y'all know.
(Must needs add @shortwavebooks.bsky.social!)
(Must needs add @shortwavebooks.bsky.social!)
Small Business Saturday! Check this offer out, you can get the astonishing TRVE CVLT plus a bonus! Everyone loves a bonus, fun freebie fact! *A*N*D* you get a chance to check out @tenebrouspress.bsky.social, where you'll find all manner of freaky-great reads to eye-cram into your mind!
#Doilies
#Doilies
Feelin like doing a fun offer today for small business Saturday. If you buy Trve Cvlt from me (comment/DM: $20+shipping) or from the @tenebrouspress.bsky.social store, I'll send along a photo. If ya buy from me, I'll draw something in your book too. While supplies last 💀💜🤘
Doilies are metal btw.
Doilies are metal btw.
November 29, 2025 at 8:49 PM
Small Business Saturday! Check this offer out, you can get the astonishing TRVE CVLT plus a bonus! Everyone loves a bonus, fun freebie fact! *A*N*D* you get a chance to check out @tenebrouspress.bsky.social, where you'll find all manner of freaky-great reads to eye-cram into your mind!
#Doilies
#Doilies
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In short fiction from our new issue, friends and strangers are united in the common cause of killing Henry Kissinger.
The Assassination of Henry Kissinger | Jess Row
Two people. No witnesses. Neither of us tells anyone.
thebaffler.com
November 29, 2025 at 12:03 AM
In short fiction from our new issue, friends and strangers are united in the common cause of killing Henry Kissinger.
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Happy "Buy Nothing Week" to those who celebrate! 💪🏼
November 28, 2025 at 5:43 PM
Happy "Buy Nothing Week" to those who celebrate! 💪🏼
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November 20, 2025 at 9:52 PM
Fun Fact: One of my beloved factual brethren works for CHP’s ”Multidisciplinary Accident Investigation Team,” and I made the mistake of asking if he had any interesting stories. Cue thirty minutes of the most gruesome anecdotes ever heard by mortal ears. Holy shit! Just... sweet flippin’ criminies!!
November 29, 2025 at 12:18 AM
Fun Fact: One of my beloved factual brethren works for CHP’s ”Multidisciplinary Accident Investigation Team,” and I made the mistake of asking if he had any interesting stories. Cue thirty minutes of the most gruesome anecdotes ever heard by mortal ears. Holy shit! Just... sweet flippin’ criminies!!
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Abraham Lincoln, 1855.
www.abrahamlincolnonline.org/lincoln/spee...
www.abrahamlincolnonline.org/lincoln/spee...
![I am not a Know-Nothing. That is certain. How could I be? How can any one who abhors the oppression of negroes, be in favor or degrading classes of white people? Our progress in degeneracy appears to me to be pretty rapid. As a nation, we began by declaring that "all men are created equal." We now practically read it "all men are created equal, except negroes" When the Know-Nothings get control, it will read "all men are created equal, except negroes, and foreigners, and Catholics." When it comes to this I should prefer emigrating to some country where they make no pretence of loving liberty -- to Russia, for instance, where despotism can be taken pure, and without the base alloy of hypocracy [sic].](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:egd33s7iuqsmwlwab6mbtrqi/bafkreiaaicjid4jg3oongeah73ukqvwsqv4vwbp75q4f755nldtcfermhi@jpeg)
November 28, 2025 at 3:01 PM
Abraham Lincoln, 1855.
www.abrahamlincolnonline.org/lincoln/spee...
www.abrahamlincolnonline.org/lincoln/spee...
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The part that pisses me off the most is there will never be a reckoning for this, like many of the atrocities the US has committed in its relatively short history. None of these people will be held responsible. And years from now they will be on dancing with the stars without a care. Sickening.
November 28, 2025 at 7:26 PM
The part that pisses me off the most is there will never be a reckoning for this, like many of the atrocities the US has committed in its relatively short history. None of these people will be held responsible. And years from now they will be on dancing with the stars without a care. Sickening.
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cant think of a better example for how cooked american political culture is than a 3rd generation american who is the descendant of jewish refugees who escaped russian pogroms and nazi germany talking like this
Stephen Miller is now arguing that assimilation is fundamentally impossible and that certain cultures are not compatible with Western civilization
November 28, 2025 at 3:27 PM
cant think of a better example for how cooked american political culture is than a 3rd generation american who is the descendant of jewish refugees who escaped russian pogroms and nazi germany talking like this