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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 · 1h

#LibraryLand is STRESSED OUT, y’all.

B & T closing is gut wrenching for so many people

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Wajahat Ali @wajali.bsky.social · 6h

Pritzker is meeting the moment and if he stands up for the people, stands up against Trump's rein of terror, holds ICE accountable, he can elevate himself as a front runner for Dem leadership.

Now is the moment for leaders, not cowards.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 7h

Pritzker: "He wants to militarize major cities because he wants us to get used to the idea of troops on the streets. I believe he's gonna post people outside of polling places and if he needs to in order to control those elections, he'll assume control of the ballot boxes & count the votes himself"

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Barbara Gordon @thebookwizard.bsky.social · 1h

I’m definitely “oh hale no”

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Library Girl @jenniferlagarde.bsky.social · 3h

It’s me. Your favorite #bannedbooksweek curmudgeon. Just popping in to rain all over your caution tape.

#tlsky #tlskychat #librarians #skybrarians #edusky

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Barbara Gordon @thebookwizard.bsky.social · 3h

Omg what a war zone

Barbara Gordon @thebookwizard.bsky.social · 3h

Oh for God’s sake, is nothing ever good enough for you people?

Barbara Gordon @thebookwizard.bsky.social · 3h

As a librarian, thank you

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Rep. Jamie Raskin @raskin.house.gov · 3h

Democrats are fighting back against Trump and MAGA’s authoritarian book bans. Today, Senator Brian Schatz and I are introducing a resolution to protect the right to read at schools, libraries and universities across the country.

Raskin and Schatz Defend the American Freedom to Read and Call to End Nearly 23,000 MAGA Book Bans in the Nation’s Schools

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Barbara Gordon @thebookwizard.bsky.social · 3h

Eagleton

a man is singing a song with the words fluh-uuuuuuush with caaaaaaaaash

ALT: a man is singing a song with the words fluh-uuuuuuush with caaaaaaaaash

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Barbara Gordon @thebookwizard.bsky.social · 10h

Morning moon #bluesky. Taken with my iPhone

A full moon in a blue sky in the early morning, surrounded by fluffy small clouds

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Barbara Gordon @thebookwizard.bsky.social · 20h

Good boy, Gonzo!

Barbara Gordon @thebookwizard.bsky.social · 20h

That’s fair, i just tend to be suspicious of Blackwater especially

Barbara Gordon @thebookwizard.bsky.social · 21h

I get it. Sisters looking out for each other. My dad is 82 and he’s my only surviving parent, so I tend to ask for prayers when he’s not feeling good. Because around that age….well, you get fragile

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Barbara Gordon @thebookwizard.bsky.social · 21h

Yeah….i side eyed that when i saw it on his resume

Barbara Gordon @thebookwizard.bsky.social · 21h

Graham Platner worked for Blackwater. One big reason I don’t exactly trust progressive endorsed candidates without doing some vetting.

Not falling for Fetterman 2.0 again

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Barbara Gordon @thebookwizard.bsky.social · 22h

My design of a @gonzo.bsky.social type cat plotting

A digital art work in progress of an orange cat staring at a Studio Ghibli anime person sitting in front of a window. The cat looks innocent but is clearly Hatching Schemes.

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Barbara Gordon @thebookwizard.bsky.social · 22h

Sweet girl!

Barbara Gordon @thebookwizard.bsky.social · 23h

This is such a cute book!

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

#booksky #librarianrecommended

Book cover for MEET ME ON LOVE STREET by Farah Heron. The book title is on a banner hanging over a colorful street. There is a Brown girl and a Brown boy looking at one another with heart eyes.

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Black Aziz Anansi @blackazizanansi.blacksky.app · 1d

Urgent: Please share and give if you can. Donations have slowed and Nema's child is in need of medical treatment.

Razan 🇵🇸 @palrazan67.bsky.social · 4d

My friends 💔💔,
I am Nema, a mother of three young children

My youngest is suffering from several illnesses 😞

Our situation has become extremely difficult

I can no longer afford to buy even some food for my children 💔

🚨 I need urgently 500$

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