Gabby
@gabliotecaria.bsky.social
🇵🇷 in 🇬🇧. She/her. Proud trade union organiser and former public library worker. Views here are my own, not my employer's.
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Gabby
@gabliotecaria.bsky.social
· Oct 27
Feeling sore about train drivers having decent pay?
Y'all know what to do, right?
#JoinAUnion and then tell all your coworkers to join. Stand up as a rep. Channel that anger! Get heard!
www.tuc.org.uk/joinunion
Y'all know what to do, right?
#JoinAUnion and then tell all your coworkers to join. Stand up as a rep. Channel that anger! Get heard!
www.tuc.org.uk/joinunion
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Check out the #Creatives4Sudan auction to raise £££ for Sudan Solidarity Collective through skills-sharing & gorgeous arts!
I'm offering 2 x 1/2 hr mentoring sessions on creative non-fiction – article, essay, book proposal! Let's develop your big idea! Bid now👇
app.galabid.com/creatives4su...
I'm offering 2 x 1/2 hr mentoring sessions on creative non-fiction – article, essay, book proposal! Let's develop your big idea! Bid now👇
app.galabid.com/creatives4su...
November 24, 2025 at 4:55 PM
Check out the #Creatives4Sudan auction to raise £££ for Sudan Solidarity Collective through skills-sharing & gorgeous arts!
I'm offering 2 x 1/2 hr mentoring sessions on creative non-fiction – article, essay, book proposal! Let's develop your big idea! Bid now👇
app.galabid.com/creatives4su...
I'm offering 2 x 1/2 hr mentoring sessions on creative non-fiction – article, essay, book proposal! Let's develop your big idea! Bid now👇
app.galabid.com/creatives4su...
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If you're asking yourself
Where's all the sketch comedy?
Where's the family comedies on radio?
Where's the new comedy shows over Christmas?
Where's the biographies of Ramesses II that spend a good 5% of their short airtime on a bovine beauty pageant?
The answer is: Here, my friend. Right here.
Where's all the sketch comedy?
Where's the family comedies on radio?
Where's the new comedy shows over Christmas?
Where's the biographies of Ramesses II that spend a good 5% of their short airtime on a bovine beauty pageant?
The answer is: Here, my friend. Right here.
Let's GOOOOO!
Factual sketch comedy, for families! Made by the team behind YDTM plus great comedy sketch writers & performers!
Out this Christmas on R4 (3eps) & Sounds (15eps)
It's Ya Gal's 1st production credit!
You're in for a good time, comedy fans!
www.bbc.co.uk/mediacentre/...
Factual sketch comedy, for families! Made by the team behind YDTM plus great comedy sketch writers & performers!
Out this Christmas on R4 (3eps) & Sounds (15eps)
It's Ya Gal's 1st production credit!
You're in for a good time, comedy fans!
www.bbc.co.uk/mediacentre/...
November 26, 2025 at 10:36 AM
If you're asking yourself
Where's all the sketch comedy?
Where's the family comedies on radio?
Where's the new comedy shows over Christmas?
Where's the biographies of Ramesses II that spend a good 5% of their short airtime on a bovine beauty pageant?
The answer is: Here, my friend. Right here.
Where's all the sketch comedy?
Where's the family comedies on radio?
Where's the new comedy shows over Christmas?
Where's the biographies of Ramesses II that spend a good 5% of their short airtime on a bovine beauty pageant?
The answer is: Here, my friend. Right here.
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IT'S WEDNESDAY!
It's #buyastrangerabook day.
The grooviest of all the days.
I'll give out TWO books.
FOR FREE.
If you'd like one, let me know.
Also, if you'd like to #BuyAStrangerABook too, let me know.
It's a thing! Look.
www.biggreenbookshop.com/stuff-you-mi...
UK only.
It's #buyastrangerabook day.
The grooviest of all the days.
I'll give out TWO books.
FOR FREE.
If you'd like one, let me know.
Also, if you'd like to #BuyAStrangerABook too, let me know.
It's a thing! Look.
www.biggreenbookshop.com/stuff-you-mi...
UK only.
Buy A Stranger A Book. #buyastrangerabook - Stuff you might like... - Big Green Bookshop. @biggreenbooks on Twitter. Cheese fan. My Mum says hi.
The Big Green Bookshop an independent online bookshop in selling awesome titles by awesome authors to awesome people
www.biggreenbookshop.com
November 26, 2025 at 12:19 PM
IT'S WEDNESDAY!
It's #buyastrangerabook day.
The grooviest of all the days.
I'll give out TWO books.
FOR FREE.
If you'd like one, let me know.
Also, if you'd like to #BuyAStrangerABook too, let me know.
It's a thing! Look.
www.biggreenbookshop.com/stuff-you-mi...
UK only.
It's #buyastrangerabook day.
The grooviest of all the days.
I'll give out TWO books.
FOR FREE.
If you'd like one, let me know.
Also, if you'd like to #BuyAStrangerABook too, let me know.
It's a thing! Look.
www.biggreenbookshop.com/stuff-you-mi...
UK only.
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For those wanting to address the topic of Jesus as a refugee in a gentle, accessible way, especially with younger children, may I signpost Refuge by Anne Booth and Sam Usher. There's a new 10th anniversary edition now out too!
November 26, 2025 at 8:18 AM
For those wanting to address the topic of Jesus as a refugee in a gentle, accessible way, especially with younger children, may I signpost Refuge by Anne Booth and Sam Usher. There's a new 10th anniversary edition now out too!
you’ve been kidnapped. the characters from the last tv show you watched are trying to rescue you. who’s coming to save you?
oh no. I'm dead. Again.
oh no. I'm dead. Again.
November 26, 2025 at 8:03 AM
you’ve been kidnapped. the characters from the last tv show you watched are trying to rescue you. who’s coming to save you?
oh no. I'm dead. Again.
oh no. I'm dead. Again.
£10k would be SO AMAZING! What are you waiting for?? Bid bid bid 🤗
Fellow train nerds! Book collectors! Fans of @monisharajesh.bsky.social! Any of the above! Bid on this signed edition of the brilliant Moonlight Express in the #Creatives4Sudan auction. Over £6k raised now, but let's shoot for £10k!
app.galabid.com/creatives4su...
(Art below by @raafaye on insta.)
app.galabid.com/creatives4su...
(Art below by @raafaye on insta.)
November 26, 2025 at 8:00 AM
£10k would be SO AMAZING! What are you waiting for?? Bid bid bid 🤗
We don't deserve cats 🥹💗
November 26, 2025 at 7:58 AM
We don't deserve cats 🥹💗
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I posted this fundraiser for our local shelter less than 24 hours ago and we're already 1/3 of the way to the goal! This has certainly given me a much-needed infusion of holiday cheer you guys, thank you! givebutter.com/n5l31M
Molly's Holiday Fundraiser 2025
Make Winter Merry and Bright in Honor of Fergus
givebutter.com
November 26, 2025 at 1:54 AM
I posted this fundraiser for our local shelter less than 24 hours ago and we're already 1/3 of the way to the goal! This has certainly given me a much-needed infusion of holiday cheer you guys, thank you! givebutter.com/n5l31M
I love these, and corollary to them are the cat ones at Lullingstone Roman Villa 😂🥰
A dog’s paw print on a Roman clay tile 🐾 🐕 😍
About 2,000 years-ago, a dog made its mark for ‘pawsterity’ when it wandered across the wet tile laid out to dry before firing.
From Richborough Roman fort
📷 by me
#TilesonTuesday
#Archaeology
About 2,000 years-ago, a dog made its mark for ‘pawsterity’ when it wandered across the wet tile laid out to dry before firing.
From Richborough Roman fort
📷 by me
#TilesonTuesday
#Archaeology
November 26, 2025 at 7:27 AM
I love these, and corollary to them are the cat ones at Lullingstone Roman Villa 😂🥰
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A dog’s paw print on a Roman clay tile 🐾 🐕 😍
About 2,000 years-ago, a dog made its mark for ‘pawsterity’ when it wandered across the wet tile laid out to dry before firing.
From Richborough Roman fort
📷 by me
#TilesonTuesday
#Archaeology
About 2,000 years-ago, a dog made its mark for ‘pawsterity’ when it wandered across the wet tile laid out to dry before firing.
From Richborough Roman fort
📷 by me
#TilesonTuesday
#Archaeology
November 25, 2025 at 2:54 PM
A dog’s paw print on a Roman clay tile 🐾 🐕 😍
About 2,000 years-ago, a dog made its mark for ‘pawsterity’ when it wandered across the wet tile laid out to dry before firing.
From Richborough Roman fort
📷 by me
#TilesonTuesday
#Archaeology
About 2,000 years-ago, a dog made its mark for ‘pawsterity’ when it wandered across the wet tile laid out to dry before firing.
From Richborough Roman fort
📷 by me
#TilesonTuesday
#Archaeology
I AM SO STOKED FOR THIS!!!!!
what a thing to come out of a migraine to 🤗🤗🤗
Two of my favourite funniest people ever, @scriblit.bsky.social and @athenakugblenu.bsky.social -- this is going to be SO FUN!!!
what a thing to come out of a migraine to 🤗🤗🤗
Two of my favourite funniest people ever, @scriblit.bsky.social and @athenakugblenu.bsky.social -- this is going to be SO FUN!!!
Let's GOOOOO!
Factual sketch comedy, for families! Made by the team behind YDTM plus great comedy sketch writers & performers!
Out this Christmas on R4 (3eps) & Sounds (15eps)
It's Ya Gal's 1st production credit!
You're in for a good time, comedy fans!
www.bbc.co.uk/mediacentre/...
Factual sketch comedy, for families! Made by the team behind YDTM plus great comedy sketch writers & performers!
Out this Christmas on R4 (3eps) & Sounds (15eps)
It's Ya Gal's 1st production credit!
You're in for a good time, comedy fans!
www.bbc.co.uk/mediacentre/...
November 26, 2025 at 7:22 AM
I AM SO STOKED FOR THIS!!!!!
what a thing to come out of a migraine to 🤗🤗🤗
Two of my favourite funniest people ever, @scriblit.bsky.social and @athenakugblenu.bsky.social -- this is going to be SO FUN!!!
what a thing to come out of a migraine to 🤗🤗🤗
Two of my favourite funniest people ever, @scriblit.bsky.social and @athenakugblenu.bsky.social -- this is going to be SO FUN!!!
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If any comedy industry blog/podcast people want some quotes about the triumphant return of Children's Comedy to Radio 4, or a new sketch comedy series going out over Christmas, I'm right here (actually I'm going swimming in a bit but besides that I'm right here)
Let's GOOOOO!
Factual sketch comedy, for families! Made by the team behind YDTM plus great comedy sketch writers & performers!
Out this Christmas on R4 (3eps) & Sounds (15eps)
It's Ya Gal's 1st production credit!
You're in for a good time, comedy fans!
www.bbc.co.uk/mediacentre/...
Factual sketch comedy, for families! Made by the team behind YDTM plus great comedy sketch writers & performers!
Out this Christmas on R4 (3eps) & Sounds (15eps)
It's Ya Gal's 1st production credit!
You're in for a good time, comedy fans!
www.bbc.co.uk/mediacentre/...
November 25, 2025 at 4:45 PM
If any comedy industry blog/podcast people want some quotes about the triumphant return of Children's Comedy to Radio 4, or a new sketch comedy series going out over Christmas, I'm right here (actually I'm going swimming in a bit but besides that I'm right here)
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Watching the numbers tick up is giving me life. Who can tip this over 6 large?
November 25, 2025 at 1:14 PM
Watching the numbers tick up is giving me life. Who can tip this over 6 large?
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I'm so excited to see we've raised over 5k so far on the #Creatives4Sudan auction. Can you help us get to £10k? I'm offering a personalised original Loki drawing, and I really will go all out to make it as funny as possible. app.galabid.com/creatives4su... #KidLitUK #KeepEyesOnSudan
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app.galabid.com
November 25, 2025 at 12:30 PM
I'm so excited to see we've raised over 5k so far on the #Creatives4Sudan auction. Can you help us get to £10k? I'm offering a personalised original Loki drawing, and I really will go all out to make it as funny as possible. app.galabid.com/creatives4su... #KidLitUK #KeepEyesOnSudan
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one of the coolest things about ChatGPT is how you can actually just never use it. you can fill your whole entire life with simply not once using it. it's incredible.
November 25, 2025 at 4:15 PM
one of the coolest things about ChatGPT is how you can actually just never use it. you can fill your whole entire life with simply not once using it. it's incredible.
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I see some book piracy discourse, and, to make a positive argument in favor of buying books, your marginal ability to influence what books get published and support the careers of writers you like is massive compared to most other forms of media.
November 24, 2025 at 5:54 PM
I see some book piracy discourse, and, to make a positive argument in favor of buying books, your marginal ability to influence what books get published and support the careers of writers you like is massive compared to most other forms of media.
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It's me, a librarian, standing by this signage waggling my eyebrows as people pass by 📚
Sometimes I think it’s going to be the librarians who will save us all.
November 26, 2025 at 2:20 AM
It's me, a librarian, standing by this signage waggling my eyebrows as people pass by 📚
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A good thing about the napkin holder is it lets you take out your preferred number of napkins so long as you want either 800 napkins or a 3cm shard of one napkin.
November 25, 2025 at 7:10 AM
A good thing about the napkin holder is it lets you take out your preferred number of napkins so long as you want either 800 napkins or a 3cm shard of one napkin.
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Happy St Katherine's Day to all scholars, librarians, and Katherines. May you win an argument against an annoying man today, in the true spirit of Katherine herself.
November 25, 2025 at 7:08 AM
Happy St Katherine's Day to all scholars, librarians, and Katherines. May you win an argument against an annoying man today, in the true spirit of Katherine herself.
Never fails.
November 25, 2025 at 7:12 AM
Never fails.
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Chancellor Rachel Reeves hints at welfare cuts.
Why do govts not cut corporate welfare?
Subsidies for auto, steel, oil, gas, biomass, internet, shipbuilding and others, without any equity stake.
Profiteering by energy, water, phone, house builders, care home, dental care companies.
Why do govts not cut corporate welfare?
Subsidies for auto, steel, oil, gas, biomass, internet, shipbuilding and others, without any equity stake.
Profiteering by energy, water, phone, house builders, care home, dental care companies.
Chancellor Rachel Reeves hints at more welfare cuts after previous rebellion - but authority on shaky ground
The government's earlier efforts to reform welfare and save £5bn ended in an inglorious failure.
news.sky.com
November 24, 2025 at 8:00 AM
Chancellor Rachel Reeves hints at welfare cuts.
Why do govts not cut corporate welfare?
Subsidies for auto, steel, oil, gas, biomass, internet, shipbuilding and others, without any equity stake.
Profiteering by energy, water, phone, house builders, care home, dental care companies.
Why do govts not cut corporate welfare?
Subsidies for auto, steel, oil, gas, biomass, internet, shipbuilding and others, without any equity stake.
Profiteering by energy, water, phone, house builders, care home, dental care companies.
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Wow... almost a thousand dollars in just the first few hours. Honestly I feel like a character in a corny holiday movie who lost her Christmas spirit so the town comes together to help her get it back. Except the "town" is bluesky. Thank you so much everyone. 🥹
I love Christmas and normally I'd be getting so excited right about now, but this year I'm a little down because it's our first holiday since we lost Fergus. I'm hoping I can spread some cheer and regain a little spirit myself by raising some funds for our local shelter! givebutter.com/n5l31M
Molly's Holiday Fundraiser 2025
Make Winter Merry and Bright in Honor of Fergus
givebutter.com
November 25, 2025 at 6:08 AM
Wow... almost a thousand dollars in just the first few hours. Honestly I feel like a character in a corny holiday movie who lost her Christmas spirit so the town comes together to help her get it back. Except the "town" is bluesky. Thank you so much everyone. 🥹
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you can't be doing discourse about sleepy time. debating honk shoo mimimi. you cannot. go outside
November 24, 2025 at 8:28 PM
you can't be doing discourse about sleepy time. debating honk shoo mimimi. you cannot. go outside