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
UPRIGHT WOMEN WANTED by @sarahgailey.bsky.social was fun! Yes, despite the dystopian future part! Great character and worldbuilding, adorable queer romance, and fuck yeah, the Resistance! ✊🏻
Next for #NovellaNovember, THE TUSKS OF EXTINCTION by Ray Nayler.
Next for #NovellaNovember, THE TUSKS OF EXTINCTION by Ray Nayler.
Just finished ANJI KILLS A KING by @bookreviewskill.bsky.social! Sometimes brutal and emotional, also made me LOL. Really excellent! My only complaint is it’s 14 months until the sequel!
Now properly starting #NovellaNovember with UPRIGHT WOMEN WANTED by @sarahgailey.bsky.social!
Now properly starting #NovellaNovember with UPRIGHT WOMEN WANTED by @sarahgailey.bsky.social!
November 12, 2025 at 8:03 PM
UPRIGHT WOMEN WANTED by @sarahgailey.bsky.social was fun! Yes, despite the dystopian future part! Great character and worldbuilding, adorable queer romance, and fuck yeah, the Resistance! ✊🏻
Next for #NovellaNovember, THE TUSKS OF EXTINCTION by Ray Nayler.
Next for #NovellaNovember, THE TUSKS OF EXTINCTION by Ray Nayler.
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Saw some guy say "Save your anger for 2026" and you know what FOH, do you think I'll run out?
November 10, 2025 at 1:55 PM
Saw some guy say "Save your anger for 2026" and you know what FOH, do you think I'll run out?
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Agreed with this post and this thread.
Real people have to be told WHY they have been suspended. Otherwise, in the real world of rising fascism in which we live, users will wonder if accounts are being banned due to bad-faith right-wing pressure.
Real people have to be told WHY they have been suspended. Otherwise, in the real world of rising fascism in which we live, users will wonder if accounts are being banned due to bad-faith right-wing pressure.
6. Until we have communal confidence that permanently suspended people actually received detailed and ideally actionable reports on what happened (appeal processes should exist), it's going to keep feeling bad.
November 12, 2025 at 1:51 AM
Agreed with this post and this thread.
Real people have to be told WHY they have been suspended. Otherwise, in the real world of rising fascism in which we live, users will wonder if accounts are being banned due to bad-faith right-wing pressure.
Real people have to be told WHY they have been suspended. Otherwise, in the real world of rising fascism in which we live, users will wonder if accounts are being banned due to bad-faith right-wing pressure.
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how did i go so long not knowing we were literally teaching people to read wrong. i knew something wasn't right but jesus christ www.apmreports.org/episode/2019...
How a flawed idea is teaching millions of kids to be poor readers
For decades, schools have taught children the strategies of struggling readers, using a theory about reading that cognitive scientists have repeatedly debunked. And many teachers and parents don't kno...
www.apmreports.org
November 11, 2025 at 6:18 PM
how did i go so long not knowing we were literally teaching people to read wrong. i knew something wasn't right but jesus christ www.apmreports.org/episode/2019...
This is who the democrats caved for. Multiple times.
“In one of the messages, Mr. Epstein flatly asserted that Mr. Trump “knew about the girls,” many of whom were later found by investigators to have been underage.”
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/12/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/12/u...
Epstein Alleged in Emails That Trump Knew of His Conduct
www.nytimes.com
November 12, 2025 at 1:56 PM
This is who the democrats caved for. Multiple times.
OMG it’s real 😂😂😂 F and M trains will swap routes between Manhattan and Queens www.mta.info/article/f-m-... when @dangerjoan.bsky.social told me about it I was sure it was a joke!
F and M trains will swap routes
F and M trains will swap routes between Manhattan and Queens starting in December 2025. We’re making this change to improve reliability. Here’s what you need to know about how your trip may change.
www.mta.info
November 12, 2025 at 3:44 AM
OMG it’s real 😂😂😂 F and M trains will swap routes between Manhattan and Queens www.mta.info/article/f-m-... when @dangerjoan.bsky.social told me about it I was sure it was a joke!
I had to cut the tags off my pillows because my cat kept LICKING THEM
November 11, 2025 at 7:24 PM
I had to cut the tags off my pillows because my cat kept LICKING THEM
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A reminder that this anti-trans panic is 100% bullshit and exactly none of our country’s problems are related to someone expressing their gender identity and everyone who isn’t a hate-filled weirdo knows it.
November 10, 2025 at 1:16 PM
A reminder that this anti-trans panic is 100% bullshit and exactly none of our country’s problems are related to someone expressing their gender identity and everyone who isn’t a hate-filled weirdo knows it.
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WIN: Yesterday, a MA federal judge extended her order blocking the Trump Admin from trying to take back full SNAP benefits from our residents.
I’m thankful the courts are moving quickly & calling out the Administration’s unacceptable delays in helping our most vulnerable put food on the table.
I’m thankful the courts are moving quickly & calling out the Administration’s unacceptable delays in helping our most vulnerable put food on the table.
November 11, 2025 at 6:01 PM
WIN: Yesterday, a MA federal judge extended her order blocking the Trump Admin from trying to take back full SNAP benefits from our residents.
I’m thankful the courts are moving quickly & calling out the Administration’s unacceptable delays in helping our most vulnerable put food on the table.
I’m thankful the courts are moving quickly & calling out the Administration’s unacceptable delays in helping our most vulnerable put food on the table.
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NEWS: The UK is no longer sharing intelligence with the US about suspected drug trafficking vessels in the Caribbean because it does not want to be complicit in US military strikes and believes the attacks are illegal, sources familiar with the matter told CNN. edition.cnn.com/2025/11/11/p...
Exclusive: UK suspends some intelligence sharing with US over boat strike concerns in major break | CNN Politics
The United Kingdom is no longer sharing intelligence with the US about suspected drug trafficking vessels in the Caribbean because it does not want to be complicit in US military strikes and believes ...
edition.cnn.com
November 11, 2025 at 3:06 PM
NEWS: The UK is no longer sharing intelligence with the US about suspected drug trafficking vessels in the Caribbean because it does not want to be complicit in US military strikes and believes the attacks are illegal, sources familiar with the matter told CNN. edition.cnn.com/2025/11/11/p...
Guess I’m never buying a Samsung again.
Samsung brings a generative AI-powered Bixby to its TVs
Samsung brings a generative AI-powered Bixby to its TVs
Bixby gets an AI upgrade.
buff.ly
November 11, 2025 at 1:17 PM
Guess I’m never buying a Samsung again.
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I received this email about Democrats caving to end the shutdown from one of the SNAP recipients I spoke to:
November 10, 2025 at 2:17 PM
I received this email about Democrats caving to end the shutdown from one of the SNAP recipients I spoke to:
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Go down being “responsible” or go down swinging and see which version of the narrative gets people stoked about you
November 11, 2025 at 1:08 AM
Go down being “responsible” or go down swinging and see which version of the narrative gets people stoked about you
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If you genuinely can’t make something happen, if you’re fucked either way, you might as well opt for the version of the story that casts you as the hero fighting a doomed but noble battle that inspires everyone who comes after
They simply don’t understand that this is the world they live in now
They simply don’t understand that this is the world they live in now
November 11, 2025 at 1:06 AM
If you genuinely can’t make something happen, if you’re fucked either way, you might as well opt for the version of the story that casts you as the hero fighting a doomed but noble battle that inspires everyone who comes after
They simply don’t understand that this is the world they live in now
They simply don’t understand that this is the world they live in now
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Dems had a great narrative going that portrayed them as principled fighters and the GOP as straight up evil finger-steepling villains, and they voluntarily fucked that up
It may not do them material electoral damage in the final calculus but it is such a revealing unforced error
It may not do them material electoral damage in the final calculus but it is such a revealing unforced error
November 11, 2025 at 1:04 AM
Dems had a great narrative going that portrayed them as principled fighters and the GOP as straight up evil finger-steepling villains, and they voluntarily fucked that up
It may not do them material electoral damage in the final calculus but it is such a revealing unforced error
It may not do them material electoral damage in the final calculus but it is such a revealing unforced error
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I think one of the things I’m most frustrated by are the people saying “well they were never going to win on the ACA subsidies anyway”
A) yeah very likely but bitch you don’t KNOW that
B) What is it going to take to get people to understand that everything is about narrative now
A) yeah very likely but bitch you don’t KNOW that
B) What is it going to take to get people to understand that everything is about narrative now
November 11, 2025 at 1:03 AM
I think one of the things I’m most frustrated by are the people saying “well they were never going to win on the ACA subsidies anyway”
A) yeah very likely but bitch you don’t KNOW that
B) What is it going to take to get people to understand that everything is about narrative now
A) yeah very likely but bitch you don’t KNOW that
B) What is it going to take to get people to understand that everything is about narrative now
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Democrats helped Republicans kill a ten billion dollar industry in order to cave on the shutdown.
of all the things about this deal that are pissing me off this might have pissed me off the most
November 10, 2025 at 9:22 PM
Democrats helped Republicans kill a ten billion dollar industry in order to cave on the shutdown.
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of all the things about this deal that are pissing me off this might have pissed me off the most
November 10, 2025 at 4:18 AM
of all the things about this deal that are pissing me off this might have pissed me off the most
@schumer.senate.gov has a pretty weak grasp of “all hands on deck”. Call for new senate leadership, @warren.senate.gov. Publicly. Schumer is either lying to the public about his role in the Cave Caucus, or he’s a completely ineffective “leader”. Either way, he needs to go.
This is an all hands on deck moment to save health care.
If you got a notice this month that your health insurance premium is going up by $500 or maybe even $1,000, send me your story: www.warren.senate.gov/health-care-...
If you got a notice this month that your health insurance premium is going up by $500 or maybe even $1,000, send me your story: www.warren.senate.gov/health-care-...
Is Your Health Care Premium Going Up? Share Your Story | U.S. Senator Elizabeth Warren of Massachusetts
The Official U.S. Senate website of Senator Elizabeth Warren of Massachusetts
www.warren.senate.gov
November 10, 2025 at 11:29 PM
@schumer.senate.gov has a pretty weak grasp of “all hands on deck”. Call for new senate leadership, @warren.senate.gov. Publicly. Schumer is either lying to the public about his role in the Cave Caucus, or he’s a completely ineffective “leader”. Either way, he needs to go.
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Anything short of calling for Schumer to be replaced is performative outrage designed to mollify you
November 10, 2025 at 9:50 PM
Anything short of calling for Schumer to be replaced is performative outrage designed to mollify you
This is SO ADORABLE
November 10, 2025 at 10:47 PM
This is SO ADORABLE
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this is literally never not accurate
November 10, 2025 at 6:32 PM
this is literally never not accurate
All my diabetics out there, try Carbe Diem. Low-carb pasta, wheat-based high in vital wheat gluten. It’s pricey (I usually wait for sales), but it actually tastes like pasta! carbediemfoods.com
November 10, 2025 at 9:10 PM
All my diabetics out there, try Carbe Diem. Low-carb pasta, wheat-based high in vital wheat gluten. It’s pricey (I usually wait for sales), but it actually tastes like pasta! carbediemfoods.com
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Emphasizing that it’s really worth calling your Dem senator if you have one and telling them they need new leadership right goddamn now, “Dems in disarray” narratives be damned
Enough of them might very well be ready to turn on him if pushed
Enough of them might very well be ready to turn on him if pushed
Mark Kelly notably declines to endorse Chuck Schumer as the leader of Senate Dems going forward
November 10, 2025 at 6:17 PM
Emphasizing that it’s really worth calling your Dem senator if you have one and telling them they need new leadership right goddamn now, “Dems in disarray” narratives be damned
Enough of them might very well be ready to turn on him if pushed
Enough of them might very well be ready to turn on him if pushed
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no money for politicians
November 10, 2025 at 3:52 PM
no money for politicians