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Paul Higdon

@braincowboy.bsky.social
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Hi everyone. I'm Paul, an academic librarian in Ohio, USA. I'm a middle-aged, gay, cis-gendered male. (He/him). Always willing to trade recipes or pet pictures!

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ELTON CHIJIRI @eltonchijiri.bsky.social · 03/07/2025
The African stone sculptures. Available for Sale . " THINKING " DM me for Price and more details
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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 02/06/2025
This statement from Jonathan Joss's husband is heart breaking. No, headline writers, he wasn't "killed in an argument with a neighbor." He was *deliberately murdered* for being gay right after his dog was decapitated. Bet the murderer calls himself a "Christian." THIS is why Pride is important.
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KittyKatGirl😻🙏💞🐞 @mary1kathy.bsky.social · 29/05/2025
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KittyKatGirl😻🙏💞🐞 @mary1kathy.bsky.social · 29/05/2025
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Paul Higdon @braincowboy.bsky.social · 23/05/2025
It's here! #BakingAcrossAmerica
Photograph of a book titled Baking across America: a Vintage Recipe Road Trip.
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Jonathan Edward Durham @thisone0verhere.bsky.social · 18/05/2025
Bookish friends are great because you can be all "read this, it will absolutely crush your soul and tear your beating heart into a million little pieces and you will literally never recover from it" and they'll be like omg yaaaasssss
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Biggie @biggienotsmalls.bsky.social · 18/05/2025
And Fight we must......
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Calamity Caitlin @squeevening.bsky.social · 14/05/2025
Goddammit everyone here is so smart and interesting and creative and STILL every other post is some awful shit the fascists are doing or trying to do I want smart, kind leaders doing their best so *I* don't have to worry all the time I just want to make my silly little arts
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a man in a suit and tie is sitting at a desk
Alt: Colbert in a suit and tie is sitting at a desk saying GIVE IT TO ME
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Rob Reiner Fan @rob-reiner-fan.bsky.social · 07/04/2025
"Fear has a way of being contagious. But courage is also contagious." Kamala Harris
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Paul Higdon @braincowboy.bsky.social · 31/03/2025
Email addresses for DOGE stooges (including Elon's). FYI.
List of names and email addresses for DOGE employees.
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Paul Higdon @braincowboy.bsky.social · 30/03/2025
When state politics threatened the Fairhope Library, EveryLibrary helped the community show up. In just 5 days, they reached their fundraising goal of $40,000! www.everylibrary.org/fairhopefund... via @everylibrary.bsky.social
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When state politics threatened the Fairhope Library, FundLibraries.org helped the community show up.
They were able to reach their fundraising goal in just 48 hours on the fundlibraries.org platform!
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𝔻𝕖𝕖𝕡 𝕋𝕙𝕠𝕥 @thatsgoodweb.bsky.social · 27/03/2025
all my homies yearn for the death of ai
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Paul Higdon @braincowboy.bsky.social · 26/03/2025
www.wmur.com/article/nh-s...
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NH lawmakers back away from plan to eliminate state library after flood of emails
New Hampshire lawmakers are backing down from a plan to eliminate the state library.
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Kimmy Loves Purple 💜 @kimmyifuplease.bsky.social · 21/03/2025
The number one spot goes to…
Biggest asshole
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EveryLibrary @everylibrary.bsky.social · 16/03/2025
“We are extremely concerned that the wording of this [executive order] could result in cuts to the core functions of IMLS," -John Chrastka executive director of EveryLibrary www.wordsandmoney.com/trump-execut...
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Trump Executive Order Targets IMLS for Closure
In a March 14 Executive Order, President Donald Trump has targeted seven more federal agencies for permanent closure, including the Institute of Museum and Library Services. The order states that the...
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Scott Dworkin @dworkin.bsky.social · 13/03/2025
AOC slammed Mike Johnson, saying: “You run the government. If you have the votes, then go ahead. If you need Democrats, then you need to negotiate with Democrats. Those are your two options. Blaming someone else because your shoes are untied isn’t one.”
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Great News For Us, Awful News for Trump
Onward.
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Chuck Tingle @chucktingle.bsky.social · 10/03/2025
ai art is like being a runner and youre excited for a marathon and youre training and then someone comes up and says 'why not use this new 'car tech' it can drive you to the finish line and youll have run the marathon without that pesky running'. then theyre confused when you say no and run instead
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Chad Topaz Queer DEI Race Traitor @chadtopaz.bsky.social · 10/03/2025
Here is a letter I have *drafted* that I (as a person not at Columbia) would like to send to Columbia faculty. I'm posting it here before sending for two reasons: - In case you have suggestions - In case you want to borrow/use it yourself Plz consider leaving me thoughts below and also sharing.
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Letter to Columbia Faculty
10 March 2025 Dear Columbia Faculty, I'm writing to you as a concerned supporter of academic freedom and civil liberties regarding Columbia University's role in the recent unlawful detention of Mahmo...
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Paul Higdon @braincowboy.bsky.social · 11/03/2025
The parents of these students are fighting for our freedoms abroad, yet those same freedoms are being eroded in their children's schools at home. action.everylibrary.org/dodschools follow @everylibrary.bsky.social to support your right to read.
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PETITION: Support the Right to Read in DOD K-12 schools
The parents of these students are fighting for our freedoms abroad, yet those same freedoms are being eroded in their children's schools at home.
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𝕮𝖆𝖕𝖎𝖙𝖆𝖑𝖎𝖘𝖒 𝖎𝖘 𝖆 𝕯𝖊𝖆𝖙𝖍 𝕮𝖚𝖑𝖙 @mostwrechdcomodity.bsky.social · 01/02/2025
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Allison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 02/03/2025
Every world leader should be treating Trump as a malign foreign actor. Because he is.
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Adebayo Afolabi @debayoorr.bsky.social · 24/02/2025
If the system is rigged, then voting starts to feel meaningless. True democracy isn’t just about casting a ballot, it’s about having leaders who actually represent the people. If that’s been taken away, the real fight isn’t just about elections, it’s about taking back the system itself.
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Paul Higdon @braincowboy.bsky.social · 22/02/2025
I have played Dragon Age 2 a lot, but I don't usually walk around with Bethany in my party. I have on this playthrough, and I am wondering why no one ever told me that Bethany asks Isabela how sex with women is. Is Bethany a lesbian? #DragonAge #DA2
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💙 Caroline 💙 @sassysenior.bsky.social · 21/02/2025
The DICKtator wants a new plane.
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Paul Higdon @braincowboy.bsky.social · 18/02/2025
The National Archives safeguards our collective history, protects the public's right to know, and ensures transparency and accountability in government. action.everylibrary.org/nationalarch... follow @everylibrary.bsky.social to support libraries.
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PETITION: Tell Trump, Hands Off the National Archives!
The National Archives safeguards our collective history, protects the public's right to know, and ensures transparency and accountability in government.
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Tristan Snell @tristansnell.bsky.social · 17/02/2025
This cartoon by @mluckovich.bsky.social is getting banned on Twitter. Because of course it is.
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Calamity Caitlin @squeevening.bsky.social · 17/02/2025
There are a ton of us and only like ten billionaires. Have we tried government BY the people FOR the people? *screams*
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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 17/02/2025
History doesn’t repeat itself, but it often rhymes…
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Norm Eisen @normeisen.bsky.social · 18/02/2025
If you’re not confirmed by the Senate then you have no business meddling in the lives of MILLIONS of Americans We are suing DOGE for violating the constitution & illegally seizing power I’ll discuss tonight @ 8PM ET on @insidewithpsaki.msnbc.com 👇 statedemocracydefenders.org/fund/new-law...
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Pete Buttigieg @petebuttigieg.bsky.social · 17/02/2025
If you wanted to cut waste, fraud, and abuse, you would empower the inspectors general. If you wanted more waste, fraud, and abuse, you would fire them.
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God @thegodshow.com · 17/02/2025
When a judge stops the president from doing something illegal, that’s not a “threat to democracy,” that’s a check on the president’s power. That's the whole damn point.
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Chad Topaz Queer DEI Race Traitor @chadtopaz.bsky.social · 13/02/2025
I'm changing it from LGBTQ+ to LGBTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTQ+ just to make my fucking point.
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God @thegodshow.com · 11/02/2025
Law and Order Party Ends Law and Order
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Liz @lizleeships.bsky.social · 10/02/2025
My Destiel collection from 2020 is available for a limited time for digital download! Just in time for saint destieliversary season! www.etsy.com/listing/1872...
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DIGITAL DOWNLOAD Fall Destiel Fanbook - Etsy
This Digital Drawings & Illustrations item is sold by LizLeeIllustration. Ships from United States. Listed on Feb 10, 2025
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EveryLibrary @everylibrary.bsky.social · 10/02/2025
In New Mexico, some local efforts to remove books have prompted state lawmakers to try to protect librarians from that kind of pressure. www.kunm.org/local-news/2...
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New Mexico seeks to ban book bans, bucking national trend
While many states have considered or passed laws making it easier to remove books from libraries, others have bucked that trend. In New Mexico, some local efforts to remove books have prompted state l...
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John Scalzi @scalzi.com · 10/02/2025
There is a time and place for SPAM but perhaps it's not here and now www.youtube.com/shorts/bRaE9...
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SPAM Cookies
YouTube video by B. Dylan Hollis
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pete52.bsky.social @pete52.bsky.social · 10/02/2025
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Bianca Sommerland-They/them 🏳️‍🌈 🇨🇦 @bianca-sommerland.bsky.social · 09/02/2025
This was incredibly satisfying. We need a few of these in Canada. Maybe one on every street corner?
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Paul Higdon @braincowboy.bsky.social · 09/02/2025
For those of us who love libraries, it's no surprise that they make our lives better. But thanks to a groundbreaking new study from the New York Public Library (NYPL), we now have the data to prove it. buff.ly/3CGF6lU via @everylibrary.bsky.social
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Libraries Make Life Better—And Now We Have the Data to Prove It
Want a better quality of life? Use your library!
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Plant Powered A-ron🌱🌎💙🌊 @plantpowered1971.bsky.social · 03/02/2025
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Jon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 03/02/2025
WHERE THE FUCK IS DEMOCRATIC LEADERSHIP???
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Theprogressive ✊️ @treadres.bsky.social · 04/02/2025
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Randi Weingarten 🖇️📚✊🇺🇸 @rweingarten.bsky.social · 04/02/2025
USAID help with humanitarian aid but it also helps us beat back terrorism and cronyism. Billionaires like President Musk are recklessly harming our allies and causing chaos for American workers and their families. This is not what voters cast a ballot for. apnews.com/video/democr...
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Democratic lawmakers protest moves to shutdown USAID
Staffers of the U.S. Agency for International Development have been instructed to stay out of its Washington headquarters, and yellow police tape and officers have blocked the lobby.
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Adam Parkhomenko @adamparkhomenko.bsky.social · 03/02/2025
America has been taken hostage by a convicted criminal who is supposed to be sitting behind bars.
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Paul Higdon @braincowboy.bsky.social · 03/02/2025
Comic book version of Project 2025: stopproject2025comic.org
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Stop Project 2025 Comic
Trump's Project 2025 is a detailed plan to shut you up, and shut you out. Don’t let it do either. Read on, then vote.
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