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bookbabe76.bsky.social

@bookbabe76.bsky.social
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Reader, crafter, and music lover that also happens to enable ILL library usage. Mom of two teens and two cats that is spending too much time watching birds.

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Ian Coldwater 🧊🚫 @lookitup.baby · 11/10/2026
Hi, I’m a sighted alt text user! Here are some reasons I use it: - Slow Internet on an airplane - I’m over 40, I have no idea who that celebrity is - Bluesky broke images again - My vision sucks and that text is too small to read otherwise - Conveys further context and authorial intent
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John Scalzi @scalzi.com · 10/09/2026
You know, when you find out that the art you like is made by people you've learned hold views you find wholly repugnant, I don't think you need to disavow ever having enjoyed the art. It's okay to acknowledge you liked or loved that art, but are now putting it aside. That was then, this is now.
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bookbabe76.bsky.social @bookbabe76.bsky.social · 16/06/2026
I have not been sharing pictures from my bird cameras lately, because I have not been filling them much due to the season. I still look- and today it looks like my grape vines might actually be a monster.
Reflection of a car parked in my neighbor’s driveway makes my grape vines look like they might be harboring something big.
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bookbabe76.bsky.social @bookbabe76.bsky.social · 13/06/2026
I just guaranteed that my area will get heavy rains tonight. I just watered my veggie garden. You are welcome.
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bookbabe76.bsky.social @bookbabe76.bsky.social · 29/05/2026
The kittens have arrived! #newkitties
Our two new kittens hanging outPlaying with our old cat condoJust chilling in the corner
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bookbabe76.bsky.social @bookbabe76.bsky.social · 16/05/2026
Dropped of my youngest for their junior prom. Wanted my car rather than dad’s Charger because she wanted to be dropped of in the Mystery Machine.
My baby going to prom in her self styled suit.
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bookbabe76.bsky.social @bookbabe76.bsky.social · 09/05/2026
Went to look at a litter of kittens. We get first dibs on two- so of course we chose the two fluffiest. Come June we will have two more fur babies.
Four male orange kittens from a litter. Their torture sister is not in the pictures because she was already chosen by another family One of our picks, a light orange boyThe full set of four boys. The light cream kitty and the one crouched by the litter box were our picks. Now to re-Kitty proof the house
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 31/03/2026
📚 “I stand by my decision. I will not change my mind.” RUTHERFORD COUNTY library director LUANNE JAMES 🦸‍♀️ was just fired for refusing to move kids books into the adult section simply because the board doesn’t like what they’re about. Full: www.wkrn.com/news/local-n...
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bookbabe76.bsky.social @bookbabe76.bsky.social · 24/03/2026
I am generally not a fan of live action adaptations. However, the One Piece adaptation on Netflix (seasons 1&2) have brought my teens and I so much joy. It is so well done.
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bookbabe76.bsky.social @bookbabe76.bsky.social · 07/03/2026
My neighborhood is currently occupied by a large mixed flock of birds. We have spotted two kinds or sparrows, house finches, grackles, starlings, mourning doves, cowbirds, red wing blackbirds, blue jays and cardinals. They are all hanging out together and moving in waves. Cool, but a bit scary.
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bookbabe76.bsky.social @bookbabe76.bsky.social · 05/02/2026
Watched the Muppets last night. It brought so much joy to my house. I am so glad it is back
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50501: The People’s Movement ❌👑 @50501movement.bsky.social · 30/10/2025
propublica.org
More Than 170 U.S. Citizens Have Been Held by Immigration Agents. They’ve Been Kicked, Dragged and Detained for Days.
The government does not track how often immigration agents grab citizens. So ProPublica did. Our tally — almost certainly incomplete — includes people who were held for days without a lawyer. And near...
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God @thegodshow.com · 20/10/2025
Thou shalt not support a man who bulldozes the White House to build himself a golden ballroom whilst the government is shut down because he doesn’t want the financial records tying him to Jeffrey Epstein to come out.
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 03/10/2025
Naked children torn from their mothers and tossed into vans. U.S. citizens detained for hours in zip ties. Doors kicked in and belongings stolen or destroyed. This is the reality of Trump’s deportation agenda. It was always about cruelty.
chicago.suntimes.com
Massive immigration raid on Chicago apartment building leaves residents reeling: 'I feel defeated'
The Department of Homeland Security said federal agents with Border Patrol, the FBI and the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives arrested 37 people in the raid.
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bookbabe76.bsky.social @bookbabe76.bsky.social · 03/10/2025
Some #birds for this Friday morning
Birds in motion looking for the best spot Tufted titmouse letting me get a profile shotBlue jay looking for more
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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 03/10/2025
They’re baaack. 🤣 Repairs and all…
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 01/10/2025
Raskin: "It's not lost on anyone that shutting the government down allows them not swear in our new colleague, Ms Grijalva from Arizona, who would be the 218th signature to discharge the Epstein files and to put a vote on that on the House floor."
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Laurie Voss @seldo.com · 29/09/2025
My personal timeline is full of autistic people trying to explain that there isn't more autism than before, it's just that we're better at detecting it, and there's nothing more autistic than hoping explaining something at length will help matters when nobody is really listening.
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Allison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 01/10/2025
Republicans control the shutdown. Top to bottom. For example, construction of Trump's ballroom will continue as "essential" during the shutdown. But the stuff that helps you will not. abcnews.go.com/Politics/liv...
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Government shutdown updates: 'I don't think it's going to be that long of a shutdown', Vance says
Vice President JD Vance, while speaking at a White House press briefing, said that he does not think the government shutdown will be long.
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ilovelibraries.bsky.social @ilovelibraries.bsky.social · 30/09/2025
Beloved librarian @mychal3ts.bsky.social will take the helm as host of the reboot of 'Reading Rainbow' when it returns this Saturday, October 4! 🤩🌈 Read more: bit.ly/3WelbAT
Photo of librarian Mychal Threets squatting and holding up the American Sign Language for "I Love You." Text on photo reads "Beloved librarian Mychal Threets to host  reboot of 'Reading Rainbow'" I Love Libraries and American Library Association logos.
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bookbabe76.bsky.social @bookbabe76.bsky.social · 25/09/2025
A damp Thursday morning selection of #birds and friend.
Grackle still looking for those peanuts Tufted titmouse seems to be sticking around Chipmunk 🐿️ getting a turn Cardinal is not digging the rain
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Allison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 24/09/2025
You can be mad at Jim Comey for what he did to HRC in 2016 and also decry any potential indictment as bullshit. You can do both.
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 24/09/2025
The richest man on earth owns X. The second richest man on earth is about to be a major owner of TikTok. The third richest man owns Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp. The fourth richest man owns The Washington Post. See the problem here?
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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 24/09/2025
I haven't had time to read up on the latest shooting, but I'm going to post my incredibly radical position that a shooting is bad no matter who did it and no matter who was shot. Stop trying to crack the code of a shooter's motives and focus on the one thing they all have in common -- the guns.
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bookbabe76.bsky.social @bookbabe76.bsky.social · 24/09/2025
I have been slacking with my daily #bird pictures. But, I am back and the rain is not slowing my visitors down.
Tufted titmouse saying good morning Cowbird and sparrows are not happy about sharing House sparrows hogging the front feederI think the grackle bows that I have peanuts I have not yet shared
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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 22/09/2025
DISNEY: "OK, we are putting Jimmy Kimmel back on the air. You can resubscribe now." ME: "I unsubscribed because you immorally bowed to fascism. I'm not going to resubscribe because you immorally bowed to finances."
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Alt US Coast Guard @altcoast.altgov.info · 23/09/2025
Obviously, there's no scientific link between Tylenol and autism. These political statements harm pregnant people and those with autism. RFKj's entire rhetoric around autism is anti-science and stigmatizing. It's not based in reality. Don't let their pseudoscience fool you.
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Phantasmagoria @jamielnathan.bsky.social · 23/09/2025
Reminder: You don’t need to report your activism on social media. Some accounts are being highly critical of what they see/don’t see happening. You don’t owe them anything. Focus on what you can do and let them yell into the void.
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God @thegodshow.com · 22/09/2025
THEY DON’T CARE: 1. That Tom Homan took $50,000 bags of cash 2. That their party is protecting all the Epstein pedophiles. 3. That no one is safe from gun violence anywhere. WHAT THEY DO CARE ABOUT: 1. Punishing innocent brown people for crimes they did not commit.
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Sheryl Weikal says Prosecute ICE @leftistlawyer.com · 19/09/2025
Folks, you can't report the United States to its manager. There's no superhero coming to save us. We don't need one giant act of heroism. We need millions of small acts of solidarity. Help one person in your community for nothing in return. Then, do it again. And again. That's the revolution.
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Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 19/09/2025
Walz: This is North Korea style stuff. And it's being done because this is a weak, thin skinned man who's failing as a president. All of the things he promised are not happening. It's a it's our most cherished freedom to point out very clearly, this is a terrible president
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Dana Goldberg @dgcomedy.bsky.social · 19/09/2025
I know we keep focusing on Colbert and Kimmel as we should, but we also need to remember there are hundreds of people who work for these shows who also just lost their jobs because of this bullshit, and most of them are probably not millionaires.
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 18/09/2025
CBS parent company Paramount canceled Colbert to win approval from Trump's FCC to merge with Skydance. Now ABC parent company Disney suspends Kimmel as it seeks DOJ approval to buy Fubo — and its affiliate Nexstar seeks FCC approval to buy Tegna. See how this works?
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Ana Marie Cox @anamariecox.com · 18/09/2025
Disney learned nothing from Andor.
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Just Jack @just-jack-1.bsky.social · 18/09/2025
The left was derided for promoting a cancel culture because they went after predators and those who abused their wealth and power. The right is canceling anyone who dares speak truth to power. Both sides are not remotely the same.
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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 17/09/2025
BREAKING: ABC has pulled Jimmy Kimmel Live! off the air indefinitely following comments he made in the wake of Charlie Kirk’s murder. Trump’s FCC chair earlier appeared on MAGA propagandist Benny Johnson’s show and threatened to revoke ABC’s broadcast license if they didn’t take action against him.
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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 13/09/2025
JESUS: "Feed, clothe, and provide shelter to the homeless." CHRISTIANS: "Nah, let's just KILL them instead. Glory!"
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Brian @brianwithaneye.bsky.social · 11/09/2025
Three HBCUs have had to lock down their campuses today. What about THIS political violence? Where's the condemnation from the right and from the media?
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Aaron Fritschner @fritschner.bsky.social · 11/09/2025
Loomer deleted the post on the left this morning
Laura Loomer savages Charlie Kirk on Twitter, calling him a "charlatan" who "stabs Trump in the back" on July 13, 2025Laura Loomer reacts to a post by Barack Obama expressing condolences to Charlie Kirk's family and condemning political violence with a message that "the rhetoric in the Democrat Party "is what motivated this attack"
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bookbabe76.bsky.social @bookbabe76.bsky.social · 11/09/2025
Thursday morning #birds and friend were already very busy at the feeders today.
Cardinal is not happy that the house sparrow wants to share. He had already chased off a cowbird Mourning dove and sparrows ate more civilThis crowd of usual suspects is not happy this morning either Chipmunk 🐿️ was not the intended visitor, but they are so cute. Better the bird seed than my veggie garden
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Geneawac @genwacc.bsky.social · 11/09/2025
The GOP doesn't care about kids. They take away their food, healthcare, vaccines, and education. They protect pedophiles and traffickers. Hundreds and hundreds of kids are killed by guns each year and they just shrug but lose their minds when a far right MAGA adult is murdered.
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Neugin @lostcitymagic.bsky.social · 11/09/2025
Unclench your jaw. Relax your brow. Go get a drink of water. See if you've taken your meds Eat something. Doesn't matter what you look like right now, i think you look amazing. Because you do. You're a wonderful person. And have this. 🫂🖤 you did great today. You made it through
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Jess Calarco @jessicacalarco.com · 10/09/2025
Can we claim to have a functional Constitution (or Congress) if a public university instructor who teaches that gender and sexuality are spectrums can be fired simply because a student says that "according to our president, there’s only two genders"? www.insidehighered.com/news/faculty...
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Texas A&M Professor and Administrators Out After Viral Video
Video circulated by Texas state representative shows student accusing English professor of teaching material related to gender identity and violating Trump’s executive orders. State officials pressure...
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bookbabe76.bsky.social @bookbabe76.bsky.social · 10/09/2025
It is busy on the #bird feeders this Wednesday morning
Blue jay pairCardinal and some sparrowsGrackles and sparrows Cowbirds and more sparrows
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bookbabe76.bsky.social @bookbabe76.bsky.social · 09/09/2025
Tuesday morning #birds
Black capped chickadee getting breakfast Northern Cardinal keeps an eye outMourning doves begrudgingly sharing
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bookbabe76.bsky.social @bookbabe76.bsky.social · 08/09/2025
Monday #birds are enjoying the humidity drop
Dude~ this blue jay is thickFamily breakfast Mourning doveYounger blue jay
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bookbabe76.bsky.social @bookbabe76.bsky.social · 07/09/2025
Sunday #birds are still a little damp, and a upset that I did not refill this morning while it was pouring
Blue jay taking a look White breasted nuthatch is back after a whileCardinal looking a bit worse for whereFamily brunch for birds
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SARS‑CoV‑2 (COVID-19) @covid19disease.bsky.social · 06/09/2025
Just spoke with my CDC sources. They said RFK Jr. has ordered officials to hide tuberculosis cases, even as three active TB cases were just reported in Maine. He’s also suppressing bird flu reports. Pandemics don’t start with viruses they start with secrecy. RFK Jr. must resign now!
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