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
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Trump corruption just made it harder to switch phones between wireless carriers, a huge gift to shitty, predatory telecoms that hate competition.
Enjoy the populism everyone!
Enjoy the populism everyone!
Verizon starts requiring 365 days of paid service before it will unlock phones
Verizon changed prepaid brands' policy a week after FCC waived unlocking rule.
arstechnica.com
January 21, 2026 at 11:31 AM
Trump corruption just made it harder to switch phones between wireless carriers, a huge gift to shitty, predatory telecoms that hate competition.
Enjoy the populism everyone!
Enjoy the populism everyone!
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hey all me and my partner are going through a lot, I've lost a lot of money from to get time off to take care of them and our place we need the help desperately, any amount counts please !
www.gofundme.com/f/support-an...
www.gofundme.com/f/support-an...
Donate to Support Angel and Temi Through Medical Crisis, organized by Roe Cox
I'm Roe and I'm raising money for my two friends Angel and Temi who are in debt … Roe Cox needs your support for Support Angel and Temi Through Medical Crisis
www.gofundme.com
January 20, 2026 at 3:41 AM
hey all me and my partner are going through a lot, I've lost a lot of money from to get time off to take care of them and our place we need the help desperately, any amount counts please !
www.gofundme.com/f/support-an...
www.gofundme.com/f/support-an...
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We’ve been speaking out against KOSA since it was introduced in 2022 by Marsha Blackburn, a bigot and outspoken advocate for censoring trans people off the internet in effort to “protect children from the transgender in this culture.” KOSA has ALWAYS been about censorship and suppression.
This bill has 67 senators supporting by Democrats like Bluementhal amd Schumer.
www.them.us/story/kosa-s...
www.them.us/story/kosa-s...
Lawmaker Says the “Kids Online Safety Act” Aims to Protect Kids from “The Transgender”
KOSA has bipartisan support but LGBTQ+ advocates say it would be harmful.
www.them.us
January 21, 2026 at 12:35 AM
We’ve been speaking out against KOSA since it was introduced in 2022 by Marsha Blackburn, a bigot and outspoken advocate for censoring trans people off the internet in effort to “protect children from the transgender in this culture.” KOSA has ALWAYS been about censorship and suppression.
Post a car picture you took
2017, Finland. No, I don’t own it. But a man can dream, can’t he?
2017, Finland. No, I don’t own it. But a man can dream, can’t he?
January 20, 2026 at 7:12 PM
Post a car picture you took
2017, Finland. No, I don’t own it. But a man can dream, can’t he?
2017, Finland. No, I don’t own it. But a man can dream, can’t he?
Thread for when the driver decides to kidnap the entire busload of people, JFC
I just woke up from a nap and somehow while I was asleep, everyone on the bus has figured out we are not going to the right place
January 20, 2026 at 1:45 PM
Thread for when the driver decides to kidnap the entire busload of people, JFC
"forced to wash the same spoon for the millionth time" GFDI I was not ready for this.
(If you aren't familiar with the spoon theory: cdn.totalcomputersusa.com/butyoudontlo...)
(If you aren't familiar with the spoon theory: cdn.totalcomputersusa.com/butyoudontlo...)
January 20, 2026 at 1:29 PM
"forced to wash the same spoon for the millionth time" GFDI I was not ready for this.
(If you aren't familiar with the spoon theory: cdn.totalcomputersusa.com/butyoudontlo...)
(If you aren't familiar with the spoon theory: cdn.totalcomputersusa.com/butyoudontlo...)
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A reminder that you can, and should, turn on the setting (in your settings, natch) that forces you to use ALT text on photos.
It's under Settings / Accessibility --
It's under Settings / Accessibility --
January 20, 2026 at 1:00 PM
A reminder that you can, and should, turn on the setting (in your settings, natch) that forces you to use ALT text on photos.
It's under Settings / Accessibility --
It's under Settings / Accessibility --
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“As a tribute to her father, who suffered all his life from illiteracy, she founded the Imagination Library … At last count, the number of books in kids’ hands around the world topped over 300 million. Nothing gave her father more pride, she said, than to hear children call her The Book Lady.”
Parton has used her fortune and fame “to build medical centers, offer relief when floods and fires ravaged Tennessee, and support scientific research that led to the Moderna COVID vaccine.“
Happy 80th birthday to humanitarian and musical genius Dolly Parton 🦋 www.salon.com/2026/01/19/a...
January 19, 2026 at 4:52 PM
“As a tribute to her father, who suffered all his life from illiteracy, she founded the Imagination Library … At last count, the number of books in kids’ hands around the world topped over 300 million. Nothing gave her father more pride, she said, than to hear children call her The Book Lady.”
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Get rid of your Ring cameras, folks.
January 19, 2026 at 3:56 PM
Get rid of your Ring cameras, folks.
Post a great jorts song from your playlist:
Smells Like Teen Jorts
Hit Me With Your Best Jorts
Sweet Baby Jorts
Cum On Feel the Jorts
Smells Like Teen Jorts
Hit Me With Your Best Jorts
Sweet Baby Jorts
Cum On Feel the Jorts
Post a great jorts song from you playlist:
The Jorts 'R' Good Enough
The Jorts 'R' Good Enough
Post a great jorts song from your playlist:
The Ballad of Tom Jorts
The Ballad of Tom Jorts
January 19, 2026 at 1:38 PM
Post a great jorts song from your playlist:
Smells Like Teen Jorts
Hit Me With Your Best Jorts
Sweet Baby Jorts
Cum On Feel the Jorts
Smells Like Teen Jorts
Hit Me With Your Best Jorts
Sweet Baby Jorts
Cum On Feel the Jorts
Post a great jorts song from you playlist:
I Jorts Can’t Get Enough
I Jorts Can’t Get Enough
Post a great jorts song from you playlist:
The Jorts 'R' Good Enough
The Jorts 'R' Good Enough
Post a great jorts song from your playlist:
The Ballad of Tom Jorts
The Ballad of Tom Jorts
January 19, 2026 at 12:28 PM
Post a great jorts song from you playlist:
I Jorts Can’t Get Enough
I Jorts Can’t Get Enough
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If you feel a driving need to defend ablelist language please go on and unfollow or block me too.
And let me know so i can block you and avoid you in public.
And let me know so i can block you and avoid you in public.
That thing where you ask people to reconsider ableist language.
January 19, 2026 at 12:04 PM
If you feel a driving need to defend ablelist language please go on and unfollow or block me too.
And let me know so i can block you and avoid you in public.
And let me know so i can block you and avoid you in public.
Happy birthday @djolder.bsky.social! Kinda funny that just yesterday I tried to lure you out with cake!
January 19, 2026 at 4:02 AM
Happy birthday @djolder.bsky.social! Kinda funny that just yesterday I tried to lure you out with cake!
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Me when them vibes ain't vibin'.
January 19, 2026 at 3:57 AM
Me when them vibes ain't vibin'.
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There's a call for a nation-wide work walkout on Tues the 20th from 2-3pm local time, and a call for a general strike on Fri the 23rd all day.
Not everyone is able to strike/walk out, but if you can, it's a great way to show support.
Not everyone is able to strike/walk out, but if you can, it's a great way to show support.
'Will ICE Ignite a Mass Strike in Minnesota?'
'Under siege, Minnesotans are leaning on organizations at work and in their neighborhoods to end the terror'
"Our actions now will determine what kind of country we will have for a generation"
labornotes.org/2026/01/will...
'Under siege, Minnesotans are leaning on organizations at work and in their neighborhoods to end the terror'
"Our actions now will determine what kind of country we will have for a generation"
labornotes.org/2026/01/will...
Will ICE Ignite a Mass Strike in Minnesota?
Minnesota appears to be in gear for a mass uprising. Unions, community organizations, faith leaders, and small businesses there are calling for a statewide day of “no work (except for emergency servic...
labornotes.org
January 19, 2026 at 12:40 AM
There's a call for a nation-wide work walkout on Tues the 20th from 2-3pm local time, and a call for a general strike on Fri the 23rd all day.
Not everyone is able to strike/walk out, but if you can, it's a great way to show support.
Not everyone is able to strike/walk out, but if you can, it's a great way to show support.
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Oh hey friends, if you’re a Verizon customer and they are trying to give you the $20 desire for the outage the other day, DO NOT TAKE IT. You don’t have to even call them. Get onto the web chat, type in “agent”, tell them the outage affected your work, and say you’ve been a customer for X years.
January 17, 2026 at 8:28 PM
Oh hey friends, if you’re a Verizon customer and they are trying to give you the $20 desire for the outage the other day, DO NOT TAKE IT. You don’t have to even call them. Get onto the web chat, type in “agent”, tell them the outage affected your work, and say you’ve been a customer for X years.
Yeah Ted Kennedy, of course.
This is who voted against establishing DHS
January 18, 2026 at 5:13 PM
Yeah Ted Kennedy, of course.
Also, let's be clear. Mark Zuckerberg's net worth was $85 billion in 2020. Today it's $212 billion. These losses don't affect him at all... as far as he's concerned, everything's going great. Those thousands of people who lost their jobs? Don't matter to Zuck at all.
The division has lost over $77 billion since its inception in 2020.
Meta Lays Off Thousands of VR Workers as Zuckerberg's Vision Fails
The company has laid off some 1,500 virtual reality developers as part of a broader shift toward AI wearable devices.
trib.al
January 18, 2026 at 5:08 PM
Also, let's be clear. Mark Zuckerberg's net worth was $85 billion in 2020. Today it's $212 billion. These losses don't affect him at all... as far as he's concerned, everything's going great. Those thousands of people who lost their jobs? Don't matter to Zuck at all.
He lost $77 billion and he's pivoting *to* AI. 🤦♂️
The division has lost over $77 billion since its inception in 2020.
Meta Lays Off Thousands of VR Workers as Zuckerberg's Vision Fails
The company has laid off some 1,500 virtual reality developers as part of a broader shift toward AI wearable devices.
trib.al
January 18, 2026 at 5:03 PM
He lost $77 billion and he's pivoting *to* AI. 🤦♂️
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Every time the Trump regime uses the words "funded protesters" and "outside agitators" news outlets need to cut to this photo from last week.
ICE has invaded these communities. Outside agitators don't show up in their fucking bathrobes.
ICE has invaded these communities. Outside agitators don't show up in their fucking bathrobes.
January 18, 2026 at 4:20 PM
Every time the Trump regime uses the words "funded protesters" and "outside agitators" news outlets need to cut to this photo from last week.
ICE has invaded these communities. Outside agitators don't show up in their fucking bathrobes.
ICE has invaded these communities. Outside agitators don't show up in their fucking bathrobes.
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The Trump admin is moving to quickly deport two men who witnessed, they say, ICE guards choke a fellow detainee to death.
The admin moved to deport men right after they spoke the Washington Post.
This is the death that the medical examiner has already ruled likely homicide.
wapo.st/4qR1T1U
The admin moved to deport men right after they spoke the Washington Post.
This is the death that the medical examiner has already ruled likely homicide.
wapo.st/4qR1T1U
DHS seeking to deport two men who said fellow ICE detainee was killed
The two men’s eyewitness accounts of the Jan. 3 death of Geraldo Lunas Campos at a Texas detention camp differ from the Department of Homeland Security’s account of the incident.
wapo.st
January 18, 2026 at 12:10 AM
The Trump admin is moving to quickly deport two men who witnessed, they say, ICE guards choke a fellow detainee to death.
The admin moved to deport men right after they spoke the Washington Post.
This is the death that the medical examiner has already ruled likely homicide.
wapo.st/4qR1T1U
The admin moved to deport men right after they spoke the Washington Post.
This is the death that the medical examiner has already ruled likely homicide.
wapo.st/4qR1T1U
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Doo dah
Doo dah
Doo dah
January 17, 2026 at 8:11 AM
Doo dah
Doo dah
Doo dah
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There have been confirmed reports from local organizers in Portland ME that ICE is knocking on doors claiming to be from MaineCare and “offering help“
January 18, 2026 at 12:22 AM
There have been confirmed reports from local organizers in Portland ME that ICE is knocking on doors claiming to be from MaineCare and “offering help“
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oh no, are publishers getting squeamish about buying queer books right now for some impossible-to-guess reason??
sounds like our books need to get even more queer, relentlessly queer, battle-axe queer, cackling queer
sounds like our books need to get even more queer, relentlessly queer, battle-axe queer, cackling queer
January 16, 2026 at 5:01 PM
oh no, are publishers getting squeamish about buying queer books right now for some impossible-to-guess reason??
sounds like our books need to get even more queer, relentlessly queer, battle-axe queer, cackling queer
sounds like our books need to get even more queer, relentlessly queer, battle-axe queer, cackling queer