A wordy type with tragically Canadian sensibilities and a penchant for cocktails, culture, and criminally undervalued women of the past. https://bsky.app/profile/mbartyzel.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/mbartyzel.bsky.social/post/3mras4ksrjs2hMy last thread of hope in humanity dissolved when I saw that readers classify Roy McKie and PD Eastman’s children’s book SNOW as “medium-paced.” Really slows you up when you have to read maybe a dozen words on a page. https://app.thestorygraph.com/books/7e98831a-e1c6-4dc2-aa78-335a82e6fc1022 Jul 2026 16:56 +0000at://did:plc:yuriej5fviltscacvk2o7zhd/app.bsky.feed.post/3mras4ksrjs2hhttps://bsky.app/profile/mbartyzel.bsky.social/post/3mqp4lifhsk2vMike Mills is getting a Criterion box set! It’s one Thumbsucker and a Butter 08 cd away from being perfect.15 Jul 2026 16:15 +0000at://did:plc:yuriej5fviltscacvk2o7zhd/app.bsky.feed.post/3mqp4lifhsk2vhttps://bsky.app/profile/mbartyzel.bsky.social/post/3mo5cow3hek2jIf everything is gonna get a remake, for the love of god, remake Ishtar with John C Reilly, George Clooney, and Juliette Binoche.13 Jun 2026 03:26 +0000at://did:plc:yuriej5fviltscacvk2o7zhd/app.bsky.feed.post/3mo5cow3hek2jhttps://bsky.app/profile/mbartyzel.bsky.social/post/3mnkmf3npk22p💔💔05 Jun 2026 16:59 +0000at://did:plc:yuriej5fviltscacvk2o7zhd/app.bsky.feed.post/3mnkmf3npk22phttps://bsky.app/profile/mbartyzel.bsky.social/post/3mkpumad5nc2hType “hell.” ‘Smart’ CrApple makes it “he’ll.” “Smart” CrApple underlines “he’ll” for being wrong and suggests “hell.” I accept correction, and as text is sending, ‘Smart’ CrApple again changes it to “he’ll.” I’m in he’ll.30 Apr 2026 14:54 +0000at://did:plc:yuriej5fviltscacvk2o7zhd/app.bsky.feed.post/3mkpumad5nc2hhttps://bsky.app/profile/mbartyzel.bsky.social/post/3mj3kvtx2vc2gOffer audiobooks so anyone can read how they want to. But it’s fucked up how many books on Libby are only available as an audiobook. Fifty-y-o books, new releases, makes zero difference. The last dozen I’ve tried to borrow had no text version.09 Apr 2026 19:42 +0000at://did:plc:yuriej5fviltscacvk2o7zhd/app.bsky.feed.post/3mj3kvtx2vc2ghttps://bsky.app/profile/mbartyzel.bsky.social/post/3mgptvxtlsk2aThe one piece of deep joy I’m currently finding in this mess of a world: 🙌🏻 There is finally a growing contingent pointing out the myriad ways Steve Brady is a toxic child of a man. 🙌🏻 I don’t know why the admiration held for so damn long while others (coughXanderHarriscough) finally fell.10 Mar 2026 17:01 +0000at://did:plc:yuriej5fviltscacvk2o7zhd/app.bsky.feed.post/3mgptvxtlsk2ahttps://bsky.app/profile/mbartyzel.bsky.social/post/3mdnx5ytgik2j💔 🇨🇦30 Jan 2026 18:38 +0000at://did:plc:yuriej5fviltscacvk2o7zhd/app.bsky.feed.post/3mdnx5ytgik2jhttps://bsky.app/profile/mbartyzel.bsky.social/post/3mcqu4x6xek2a“Esther rarely sits. It's all patch and mend and make-do, these days… custard must be set with golden syrup, not eggs-there are no eggs available... Only the supply of cabbage is unlimited.” Fay Weldon - on life in the UK during WW2 in ‘Female Friends’ [contains quote post or other embedded content]19 Jan 2026 04:57 +0000at://did:plc:yuriej5fviltscacvk2o7zhd/app.bsky.feed.post/3mcqu4x6xek2ahttps://bsky.app/profile/mbartyzel.bsky.social/post/3mayqnqzpg224TIL Gouda is not considered an acceptable Scrabble/WWF word, and that is absurd.27 Dec 2025 21:25 +0000at://did:plc:yuriej5fviltscacvk2o7zhd/app.bsky.feed.post/3mayqnqzpg224https://bsky.app/profile/mbartyzel.bsky.social/post/3ma7cbufpfc2iPeople are handing their brains over to ai, and my autocorrect can’t even figure out what “tge” is supposed to be.17 Dec 2025 18:32 +0000at://did:plc:yuriej5fviltscacvk2o7zhd/app.bsky.feed.post/3ma7cbufpfc2ihttps://bsky.app/profile/mbartyzel.bsky.social/post/3ma32jj56us2qDeath is the theme of the next Oscars, right? You can’t just have a few seconds of applause for Reiner, Lynch, Keaton, and Redford. They make up such a massive portion of the last 50 years of American film.16 Dec 2025 02:02 +0000at://did:plc:yuriej5fviltscacvk2o7zhd/app.bsky.feed.post/3ma32jj56us2qhttps://bsky.app/profile/mbartyzel.bsky.social/post/3m7wcryduvc2rThe famous-people Christmas movies are really, really bad this year.14 Dec 2025 04:47 +0000at://did:plc:yuriej5fviltscacvk2o7zhd/app.bsky.feed.post/3m7wcryduvc2rhttps://bsky.app/profile/mbartyzel.bsky.social/post/3m6nnmp6s622gJimmy Scott Jefferson Airplane David Bowie Fleetwood Mac Leonard Cohen [contains quote post or other embedded content]28 Nov 2025 00:41 +0000at://did:plc:yuriej5fviltscacvk2o7zhd/app.bsky.feed.post/3m6nnmp6s622ghttps://bsky.app/profile/mbartyzel.bsky.social/post/3m2aa5tmyzk2qSearching for digital restoration tips and seeing what people offer and accept as improvements are destroying my last threads of confidence in humanity. We are rapidly approaching a time when ppl will look back and wonder why everyone was so meme mean about that Jesus portrait restoration.02 Oct 2025 18:55 +0000at://did:plc:yuriej5fviltscacvk2o7zhd/app.bsky.feed.post/3m2aa5tmyzk2qhttps://bsky.app/profile/mbartyzel.bsky.social/post/3m25lxpiim22lWe all hear about doctors avoiding medical-related programming, and lawyers law programming, because the science and law is just wrong. But what about writers and editors? To avoid the many forms of bad copy and nonexistent editing, relief only comes from pure isolation.01 Oct 2025 17:48 +0000at://did:plc:yuriej5fviltscacvk2o7zhd/app.bsky.feed.post/3m25lxpiim22lhttps://bsky.app/profile/mbartyzel.bsky.social/post/3lxst2aa3ak2b💔🍁02 Sep 2025 00:05 +0000at://did:plc:yuriej5fviltscacvk2o7zhd/app.bsky.feed.post/3lxst2aa3ak2bhttps://bsky.app/profile/mbartyzel.bsky.social/post/3lv24tys3522aFires up Bluesky. Sighs. (Briefly thinks of shelfies.) Scrolls until she finds @rollwithheather.bsky.social’s Canadian art reposts. Cleanses with the beautiful Canadian art. Shuts down Bluesky and ignores it for a while. *repeat28 Jul 2025 17:34 +0000at://did:plc:yuriej5fviltscacvk2o7zhd/app.bsky.feed.post/3lv24tys3522ahttps://bsky.app/profile/mbartyzel.bsky.social/post/3lsetaa6xk22uNothing like having a husband who keeps you up at night fanboying over Hitler.24 Jun 2025 19:26 +0000at://did:plc:yuriej5fviltscacvk2o7zhd/app.bsky.feed.post/3lsetaa6xk22uhttps://bsky.app/profile/mbartyzel.bsky.social/post/3lpcg2y4uos26Today I decided to look up a couple things about nail care. Five minutes later: I have learned that my nail shape is “dreaded” and their length is on the precipice of making my finger look fat, unpleasant, and masculine. What a toxic space. My not fat finger says:🖕🏻16 May 2025 16:09 +0000at://did:plc:yuriej5fviltscacvk2o7zhd/app.bsky.feed.post/3lpcg2y4uos26https://bsky.app/profile/mbartyzel.bsky.social/post/3loqxhgvwsk26Fifteen years out of film writing and I still get pr blasts. Good thing I’ll never have a headstone or I’m sure someone would print them out and leave them on my grave instead of flowers.09 May 2025 17:32 +0000at://did:plc:yuriej5fviltscacvk2o7zhd/app.bsky.feed.post/3loqxhgvwsk26https://bsky.app/profile/mbartyzel.bsky.social/post/3lo5jrkuevs26RIP, Jill. 😔 https://mailchi.mp/girlieaction/jill-sobule-award-winning-singer-songwriter-and-human-rights-activist-passes-away-at-66?e=311334626702 May 2025 00:07 +0000at://did:plc:yuriej5fviltscacvk2o7zhd/app.bsky.feed.post/3lo5jrkuevs26https://bsky.app/profile/mbartyzel.bsky.social/post/3lnwkkvyozs2rThe guy behind Prime Minister Carney is very, very distracting.29 Apr 2025 05:32 +0000at://did:plc:yuriej5fviltscacvk2o7zhd/app.bsky.feed.post/3lnwkkvyozs2rhttps://bsky.app/profile/mbartyzel.bsky.social/post/3lmnen3sqd22u12 Apr 2025 20:27 +0000at://did:plc:yuriej5fviltscacvk2o7zhd/app.bsky.feed.post/3lmnen3sqd22uhttps://bsky.app/profile/mbartyzel.bsky.social/post/3lmebfjrz2k2vI did not know Tina Fey was making an extended remake when I posted this. Not exactly what I had in mind, but intrigued by the mix of new content and extremely loyal scene recreations. [contains quote post or other embedded content]09 Apr 2025 05:35 +0000at://did:plc:yuriej5fviltscacvk2o7zhd/app.bsky.feed.post/3lmebfjrz2k2v