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Barbara Gordon

@thebookwizard.bsky.social

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Not actually Batgirl. If this account were a book, it would be a spicy, queer manifesto with a side of sarcastic footnotes and a oatmilk Earl Grey latte with lavender syrup. 🖖🏻 #SussexSquad #KHive #Librarian

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Barbara Gordon @thebookwizard.bsky.social · Nov 21

Hi, new followers.

I’m queer.
I’m autistic.
I buy books for my libraries.
I’m bilingual.
I do art & sometimes music
I love Star Trek, Doctor Who & crime shows.
I’m a genealogy/history nut.
Sometimes I write things.

I’m also very opinionated.

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Barbara Gordon @thebookwizard.bsky.social · 1m

I don’t see people protesting Trump (or even Biden) over Gaza.

Just the Black lady.

That says a lot to me and none of it good

Barbara Gordon @thebookwizard.bsky.social · 3m

Das ist sehr schön!

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Amazing!

Barbara Gordon @thebookwizard.bsky.social · 49m

It’s great to know people can live with this in their 80s

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Barbara Gordon @thebookwizard.bsky.social · 10h

I didn’t know that it was ok to give someone a pass for having worked for Blackwater.

Only if you’re progressive, apparently.

And, yes, I’m REALLY annoyed at the double standards

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Barbara Gordon @thebookwizard.bsky.social · 10h

For me, it’s 21 days until 2 years sober! Congratulations!

Barbara Gordon @thebookwizard.bsky.social · 12h

I love your new name!!!

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Barbara Gordon @thebookwizard.bsky.social · 13h

I actually can confirm this from experience. I crossed the border and because I showed nervousness /wanted to observe the treatment of migrants, I got bullied, put through secondary screening, and lectured about how the media lies about Border Patrol.

thematthill.bsky.social @thematthill.bsky.social · 3d

Wow. Greg Bovino admits on camera that his agents can detain people if you look scared, change your demeanor, or grip a steering wheel too tight.

As his unmasked agents walk around with large guns to scare you, they may arrest you just for that — even if you're a U.S. citizen.

Barbara Gordon @thebookwizard.bsky.social · 14h

chancleta!!!

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Barbara Gordon @thebookwizard.bsky.social · 14h

maybe because he knows it won’t work 🤣

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Barbara Gordon @thebookwizard.bsky.social · 14h

Half assed kick 🤣

Barbara Gordon @thebookwizard.bsky.social · 15h

they’re ungovernable, gonzo

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Barbara Gordon @thebookwizard.bsky.social · 15h

My Swedish and German are mushing together. Åh nej! #polyglotproblems

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Barbara Gordon @thebookwizard.bsky.social · 15h

I have started doing cartoons of myself for precisely that reason

Barbara Gordon @thebookwizard.bsky.social · 15h

She looks so nice!

Barbara Gordon @thebookwizard.bsky.social · 15h

Such a sweet looking Gonzorb

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truthbytwoheart @truthbytwoheart.bsky.social · 15h

I’m living with multiple disabilities, & can’t work like I used to, and I can only wfh, this affects my quality of life & autonomy. I need to rely on community help to survive. As a disabled, demiACE, nonbinary person of Indigenous descent will you help, please? 🙏🏽

truthbytwoheart @truthbytwoheart.bsky.social · 17h

$1477 is needed for food, basics & work/accessibility tools/glasses. No real movement in 5 days, pls buy, tip & share this!! #QueerCrowdfund #BIPOCMA #HelpSky #ArtSky #ShopSmall #BuyArt

#TransCrowdfund
#Art mayasdivinedesignstoo.square.site
#WearableArt legaleriste.com/mayas.divine.designs

A mixed media painting on canvas, by me depicting a sunset on the beach.

A metal teardrop pair of earrings by me using rainbow color gemstone beads.

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Barbara Gordon @thebookwizard.bsky.social · 15h

Someone hasn’t changed THAT much 🤣

#PrinceHarry #SussexSquad

A toddler Prince Harry sticking out his tongue being held by a smiling Diana, circa early 80s

Beardless Prince Harry in the early 2000s sticking out his tongue at a smiling child

Prince Harry as a toddler, sticking out his tongue VERY widely. He’s being held by Diana on a balcony

Older Prince Harry, circa 2017, at a cricket club, sticking out his tongue holding a tennis ball

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Nikkolas Smith @4nikkolas.bsky.social · 19h

after millions of views and shares of my Portland Frog art. (thank you all🙏🏾) I got requests to highlight priests, and chickens, and Chicagoans, and T-Rexes, and more… all of us who refuse to bend the knee. so this is for US.
𝚂𝚝𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚃𝚊𝚕𝚕.
𝚆𝚎 𝚆𝚒𝚕𝚕 𝚆𝚒𝚗.

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Barbara Gordon @thebookwizard.bsky.social · 19h

A travesty!

Barbara Gordon @thebookwizard.bsky.social · 1d

Bwahahahahahahahaha I love it

Barbara Gordon @thebookwizard.bsky.social · 1d

May her memory be eternal. I’m so sorry 💔

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Barbara Gordon @thebookwizard.bsky.social · 1d

YES! This winner I can get behind!!!!

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skellyton bones jensen @heykellyjensen.bsky.social · 1d

How to be an informed, pro-library, anti-book ban voter in upcoming fall elections (if you have them) and well into the future.

Don't just celebrate banned books. Don't just read banned books. VOTE to support the democratic institutions creating access to them.

bookriot.com/library-elec...

Be an Informed Pro-Library, Pro-Literary Voter Now: Book Censorship News, October 10, 2025

Elections in several states will be coming up throughout the months of October and November. Here's how to be a pro-library voter.

bookriot.com

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Barbara Gordon @thebookwizard.bsky.social · 1d

I would totally dress up as a dinosaur with tiny, tiny arms

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