M Bartyzel
@mbartyzel.bsky.social
A wordy type with tragically Canadian sensibilities and a penchant for cocktails, culture, and criminally undervalued women of the past.
The same size jeans, 1980s v. 2020s.
September 1, 2026 at 5:35 PM
The same size jeans, 1980s v. 2020s.
Are we in the period where every 90s alternative song not by Nirvana, Pumpkins, STP, or Pearl Jam is “forgotten”?
This GenX ass hasn’t forgotten Breeders, Dishwalla, Better Than Ezra, Garbage, Live, Cake, Blues Traveller, The Wallflowers, Counting Crows, Goo Goo Dolls, Veruca Salt, Elastica, James
This GenX ass hasn’t forgotten Breeders, Dishwalla, Better Than Ezra, Garbage, Live, Cake, Blues Traveller, The Wallflowers, Counting Crows, Goo Goo Dolls, Veruca Salt, Elastica, James
August 28, 2026 at 5:41 PM
Are we in the period where every 90s alternative song not by Nirvana, Pumpkins, STP, or Pearl Jam is “forgotten”?
This GenX ass hasn’t forgotten Breeders, Dishwalla, Better Than Ezra, Garbage, Live, Cake, Blues Traveller, The Wallflowers, Counting Crows, Goo Goo Dolls, Veruca Salt, Elastica, James
This GenX ass hasn’t forgotten Breeders, Dishwalla, Better Than Ezra, Garbage, Live, Cake, Blues Traveller, The Wallflowers, Counting Crows, Goo Goo Dolls, Veruca Salt, Elastica, James
Trigger: A beautiful conversation film & the last of Tracy Wright (fuck cancer). A Hard Core Logo companion retooled by McDonald & MacIvor. A love song to her, Canadian music & Toronto.
Also has a performance by Foxfire, a criminally undervalued aughts TO band that I still listen to all the time.
Also has a performance by Foxfire, a criminally undervalued aughts TO band that I still listen to all the time.
Also - please join me if you will in flooding Bluesky with Canadian culture.
Music, art, film, TV.
Let’s show the vibrancy of this place I’m proud to call home.
Music, art, film, TV.
Let’s show the vibrancy of this place I’m proud to call home.
August 27, 2026 at 8:30 PM
Trigger: A beautiful conversation film & the last of Tracy Wright (fuck cancer). A Hard Core Logo companion retooled by McDonald & MacIvor. A love song to her, Canadian music & Toronto.
Also has a performance by Foxfire, a criminally undervalued aughts TO band that I still listen to all the time.
Also has a performance by Foxfire, a criminally undervalued aughts TO band that I still listen to all the time.
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My favorite show that nobody else has ever heard of.
Twitch City: Season 1, Episode 1
YouTube video by Derp
youtu.be
August 26, 2026 at 1:32 AM
My favorite show that nobody else has ever heard of.
I was trying to search what month old Toronto directories were released. Google’s ai piped up w/ May & June.
When asked for the source, it responded:
“I apologize. I completely fabricated those claims about May and June, as well as the newspaper references, in my previous answers.”
When asked for the source, it responded:
“I apologize. I completely fabricated those claims about May and June, as well as the newspaper references, in my previous answers.”
August 7, 2026 at 6:28 PM
I was trying to search what month old Toronto directories were released. Google’s ai piped up w/ May & June.
When asked for the source, it responded:
“I apologize. I completely fabricated those claims about May and June, as well as the newspaper references, in my previous answers.”
When asked for the source, it responded:
“I apologize. I completely fabricated those claims about May and June, as well as the newspaper references, in my previous answers.”
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Woman on Diving Board
Alex Colville
1989
Alex Colville
1989
July 29, 2026 at 7:30 PM
Woman on Diving Board
Alex Colville
1989
Alex Colville
1989
My 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.
Really slows you up when you have to read maybe a dozen words on a page.
Snow by Roy McKie, P.D. Eastman
This classic Beginner Book edited by Dr. Seuss is a delightful ode to winter. Brrrrr! It snowed! ...
app.thestorygraph.com
July 22, 2026 at 4:56 PM
My 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.
Really slows you up when you have to read maybe a dozen words on a page.
Mike Mills is getting a Criterion box set! It’s one Thumbsucker and a Butter 08 cd away from being perfect.
July 15, 2026 at 4:15 PM
Mike Mills is getting a Criterion box set! It’s one Thumbsucker and a Butter 08 cd away from being perfect.
If everything is gonna get a remake, for the love of god, remake Ishtar with John C Reilly, George Clooney, and Juliette Binoche.
June 13, 2026 at 3:26 AM
If everything is gonna get a remake, for the love of god, remake Ishtar with John C Reilly, George Clooney, and Juliette Binoche.
Type “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.
‘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.
April 30, 2026 at 2:54 PM
Type “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.
‘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.
Offer 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.
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.
April 9, 2026 at 7:42 PM
Offer 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.
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.
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On this day in 1974, A.Y. Jackson died.
Born in 1882 in Montreal, he became one of Canada's most celebrated painters. A war artist during the First World War, he was a founding member of the Group of Seven. He was one of the first recipients of the Order of Canada.
Born in 1882 in Montreal, he became one of Canada's most celebrated painters. A war artist during the First World War, he was a founding member of the Group of Seven. He was one of the first recipients of the Order of Canada.
April 5, 2026 at 1:36 PM
On this day in 1974, A.Y. Jackson died.
Born in 1882 in Montreal, he became one of Canada's most celebrated painters. A war artist during the First World War, he was a founding member of the Group of Seven. He was one of the first recipients of the Order of Canada.
Born in 1882 in Montreal, he became one of Canada's most celebrated painters. A war artist during the First World War, he was a founding member of the Group of Seven. He was one of the first recipients of the Order of Canada.
The 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.
🙌🏻
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.
March 10, 2026 at 5:01 PM
The 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.
🙌🏻
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.
“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’
Fay Weldon - on life in the UK during WW2 in ‘Female Friends’
January 19, 2026 at 4:57 AM
“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’
Fay Weldon - on life in the UK during WW2 in ‘Female Friends’
TIL Gouda is not considered an acceptable Scrabble/WWF word, and that is absurd.
December 27, 2025 at 9:25 PM
TIL Gouda is not considered an acceptable Scrabble/WWF word, and that is absurd.
People are handing their brains over to ai, and my autocorrect can’t even figure out what “tge” is supposed to be.
December 17, 2025 at 6:32 PM
People are handing their brains over to ai, and my autocorrect can’t even figure out what “tge” is supposed to be.
Death 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.
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.
December 16, 2025 at 2:02 AM
Death 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.
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.
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This entire weekend
December 15, 2025 at 3:58 AM
This entire weekend
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Looking Toward Sunset from Living Room Window
Pegi Nicol MacLeod
1926
Pegi Nicol MacLeod
1926
December 13, 2025 at 8:30 PM
Looking Toward Sunset from Living Room Window
Pegi Nicol MacLeod
1926
Pegi Nicol MacLeod
1926
The famous-people Christmas movies are really, really bad this year.
December 14, 2025 at 4:47 AM
The famous-people Christmas movies are really, really bad this year.
Jimmy Scott
Jefferson Airplane
David Bowie
Fleetwood Mac
Leonard Cohen
Jefferson Airplane
David Bowie
Fleetwood Mac
Leonard Cohen
Matchbox 20
Cowboy Carter
Sugarland
Eras
Billy Joel at Madison Garden
Cowboy Carter
Sugarland
Eras
Billy Joel at Madison Garden
Introduce yourself with five concerts you’ve seen:
Weird Al (x10)
Vampire Weekend
Fleet Foxes
Spinal Tap
John Williams (with special guest Steven Spielberg)
Weird Al (x10)
Vampire Weekend
Fleet Foxes
Spinal Tap
John Williams (with special guest Steven Spielberg)
November 28, 2025 at 12:41 AM
Jimmy Scott
Jefferson Airplane
David Bowie
Fleetwood Mac
Leonard Cohen
Jefferson Airplane
David Bowie
Fleetwood Mac
Leonard Cohen