Bilbo Yaga
@bilboyaga.bsky.social
Somewhere between a hobbit and a hag.
PhD, HCW, writer, organizer, displaced Appalachian. Loves books, nature, science, & all things nerdy, cozy, queer, or spooky. Loud about disability justice, evidence-based healthcare, & collective liberation. 😷
PhD, HCW, writer, organizer, displaced Appalachian. Loves books, nature, science, & all things nerdy, cozy, queer, or spooky. Loud about disability justice, evidence-based healthcare, & collective liberation. 😷
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Bilbo Yaga
@bilboyaga.bsky.social
· Nov 6
Ableism teaches us to abandon each other.
Racism will disable you.
Transphobia will disable you.
Long COVID will disable you.
Genocide will disable you.
Climate change will disable you.
Do not obey when told to abandon the vulnerable.
Resistance & communities must be rooted in disability justice.
Racism will disable you.
Transphobia will disable you.
Long COVID will disable you.
Genocide will disable you.
Climate change will disable you.
Do not obey when told to abandon the vulnerable.
Resistance & communities must be rooted in disability justice.
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You have to block them immediately. The full nuclear. They are only here to make folks angry, and that can’t happen if we lock them out.
✅ @icegov.bsky.social has been verified by @bsky.app.
January 16, 2026 at 11:59 PM
You have to block them immediately. The full nuclear. They are only here to make folks angry, and that can’t happen if we lock them out.
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A big reason so many millenials and Gen Z are going no-contact with MAGA parents is that the value system and worldview required to continue to support Trump and the modern GOP is just not compatible with healthy, loving relationships.
January 16, 2026 at 10:27 PM
A big reason so many millenials and Gen Z are going no-contact with MAGA parents is that the value system and worldview required to continue to support Trump and the modern GOP is just not compatible with healthy, loving relationships.
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"ICE is out of control and beyond reform. We must fundamentally change the way we approach immigration: it’s time to abolish ICE."
See, Dems? You can actually say it, and even draft legislation about it! It's possible to do!
See, Dems? You can actually say it, and even draft legislation about it! It's possible to do!
Michigan U.S. Rep. Shri Thanedar Introduces Bill to Abolish ICE
Detroit area Congressman Shri Thanedar has introduced legislation in Congress that would abolish U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement. The proposal, called the ‘Abolish ICE Act’, would dismantle t...
themetrodetroitnews.com
January 16, 2026 at 2:30 PM
"ICE is out of control and beyond reform. We must fundamentally change the way we approach immigration: it’s time to abolish ICE."
See, Dems? You can actually say it, and even draft legislation about it! It's possible to do!
See, Dems? You can actually say it, and even draft legislation about it! It's possible to do!
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Yes - you have the right to film ICE agents, as long as you don't interfere with their law enforcement activities.
Documenting ICE's actions can add a layer of accountability and shine a light on violent tactics, as well as help us advocate to abolish harmful policies.
Documenting ICE's actions can add a layer of accountability and shine a light on violent tactics, as well as help us advocate to abolish harmful policies.
Is it legal to record ICE agents making arrests in NY?
Learn what the law protects when recording ICE operations and how to safely document immigration encounters in public spaces.
www.democratandchronicle.com
January 16, 2026 at 8:41 PM
Yes - you have the right to film ICE agents, as long as you don't interfere with their law enforcement activities.
Documenting ICE's actions can add a layer of accountability and shine a light on violent tactics, as well as help us advocate to abolish harmful policies.
Documenting ICE's actions can add a layer of accountability and shine a light on violent tactics, as well as help us advocate to abolish harmful policies.
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pulling this reflection on white silence/fear over here, too:
January 15, 2026 at 4:41 PM
pulling this reflection on white silence/fear over here, too:
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We can’t comply our way out of fascism any more than we can ignore our way out of a pandemic.
ICE is a tool of fascism. So are unmitigated pandemics & the people who won’t wear an n95. So are anti-trans laws & those who want to delay trans liberation. So are genocides & those who ignore them.
ICE is a tool of fascism. So are unmitigated pandemics & the people who won’t wear an n95. So are anti-trans laws & those who want to delay trans liberation. So are genocides & those who ignore them.
January 11, 2026 at 5:28 PM
We can’t comply our way out of fascism any more than we can ignore our way out of a pandemic.
ICE is a tool of fascism. So are unmitigated pandemics & the people who won’t wear an n95. So are anti-trans laws & those who want to delay trans liberation. So are genocides & those who ignore them.
ICE is a tool of fascism. So are unmitigated pandemics & the people who won’t wear an n95. So are anti-trans laws & those who want to delay trans liberation. So are genocides & those who ignore them.
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Two simple* ways to stop being a cog in the fascist machine in 2026:
1. Leave substack. They fund Nazis. Don’t write, read, or subscribe. Use Ghost, Beehiiv, &c.
2. Wear an n95 in public to protect vulnerable groups & those with less ability or access to resources to recover. Give/get mutual aid:
1. Leave substack. They fund Nazis. Don’t write, read, or subscribe. Use Ghost, Beehiiv, &c.
2. Wear an n95 in public to protect vulnerable groups & those with less ability or access to resources to recover. Give/get mutual aid:
Worldwide Mask Bloc Directory – Find your local Mask Bloc
MaskBloc.org lists active Mask Blocs around the world. Free high-quality masks, COVID-19 tests and other equipment for your community. Mutual Aid & We Keep Us Safe.
maskbloc.org
January 5, 2026 at 6:44 PM
Two simple* ways to stop being a cog in the fascist machine in 2026:
1. Leave substack. They fund Nazis. Don’t write, read, or subscribe. Use Ghost, Beehiiv, &c.
2. Wear an n95 in public to protect vulnerable groups & those with less ability or access to resources to recover. Give/get mutual aid:
1. Leave substack. They fund Nazis. Don’t write, read, or subscribe. Use Ghost, Beehiiv, &c.
2. Wear an n95 in public to protect vulnerable groups & those with less ability or access to resources to recover. Give/get mutual aid:
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Anything less than abolishing ICE is unacceptable. I don't want to hear people talk about training these motherfuckers or throwing more money at them. The entire institution needs to be permanently disbanded. Do not let politicians sell you on anything less.
January 12, 2026 at 1:42 PM
Anything less than abolishing ICE is unacceptable. I don't want to hear people talk about training these motherfuckers or throwing more money at them. The entire institution needs to be permanently disbanded. Do not let politicians sell you on anything less.
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hey, quick question: what’s it gonna take
January 12, 2026 at 1:46 AM
hey, quick question: what’s it gonna take
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Every extra hour that ICE spends facing off with activists is an hour they can't spend kidnapping other people.
Every extra minute ICE has to spend contingency planning around activists and neighbors, every extra officer ICE has to put on a kidnap squad, is a drain on their efficiency.
Every extra minute ICE has to spend contingency planning around activists and neighbors, every extra officer ICE has to put on a kidnap squad, is a drain on their efficiency.
May 9, 2025 at 2:29 AM
Every extra hour that ICE spends facing off with activists is an hour they can't spend kidnapping other people.
Every extra minute ICE has to spend contingency planning around activists and neighbors, every extra officer ICE has to put on a kidnap squad, is a drain on their efficiency.
Every extra minute ICE has to spend contingency planning around activists and neighbors, every extra officer ICE has to put on a kidnap squad, is a drain on their efficiency.
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There’s a GoFundMe for Jonathan Ross’s legal expenses for murdering Renee Good.
This violates GoFundMe’s Terms of Service. Everyone must report it.
A thread on how to do that 🧵
This violates GoFundMe’s Terms of Service. Everyone must report it.
A thread on how to do that 🧵
January 11, 2026 at 7:53 AM
There’s a GoFundMe for Jonathan Ross’s legal expenses for murdering Renee Good.
This violates GoFundMe’s Terms of Service. Everyone must report it.
A thread on how to do that 🧵
This violates GoFundMe’s Terms of Service. Everyone must report it.
A thread on how to do that 🧵
We can’t comply our way out of fascism any more than we can ignore our way out of a pandemic.
ICE is a tool of fascism. So are unmitigated pandemics & the people who won’t wear an n95. So are anti-trans laws & those who want to delay trans liberation. So are genocides & those who ignore them.
ICE is a tool of fascism. So are unmitigated pandemics & the people who won’t wear an n95. So are anti-trans laws & those who want to delay trans liberation. So are genocides & those who ignore them.
January 11, 2026 at 5:28 PM
We can’t comply our way out of fascism any more than we can ignore our way out of a pandemic.
ICE is a tool of fascism. So are unmitigated pandemics & the people who won’t wear an n95. So are anti-trans laws & those who want to delay trans liberation. So are genocides & those who ignore them.
ICE is a tool of fascism. So are unmitigated pandemics & the people who won’t wear an n95. So are anti-trans laws & those who want to delay trans liberation. So are genocides & those who ignore them.
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This is a great ad displaying the importance of the right kind of mask. Cloth face coverings don’t protect you from shit.
The leading cause of death by far among ICE officers is COVID-19.
How dangerous is it really to work for ICE?
According to ICE’s own data, none of its officers have been killed by an immigrant in the agency’s history.
www.motherjones.com
January 11, 2026 at 12:33 AM
This is a great ad displaying the importance of the right kind of mask. Cloth face coverings don’t protect you from shit.
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Unmitigated illness is a tool used by fascists to eliminate the groups of people they hate & have deprived of resources, while making money off those who can afford to play the pay-to-win game of for-profit healthcare.
Wearing an n95 is an act of hope, solidarity, & resistance. Give/get mutual aid:
Wearing an n95 is an act of hope, solidarity, & resistance. Give/get mutual aid:
Worldwide Mask Bloc Directory – Find your local Mask Bloc
MaskBloc.org lists active Mask Blocs around the world. Free high-quality masks, COVID-19 tests and other equipment for your community. Mutual Aid & We Keep Us Safe.
maskbloc.org
December 24, 2025 at 2:35 PM
Unmitigated illness is a tool used by fascists to eliminate the groups of people they hate & have deprived of resources, while making money off those who can afford to play the pay-to-win game of for-profit healthcare.
Wearing an n95 is an act of hope, solidarity, & resistance. Give/get mutual aid:
Wearing an n95 is an act of hope, solidarity, & resistance. Give/get mutual aid:
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We can have a kinder, softer, more just world. It starts with refusing to keep participating in the current cruel, hard, unjust systems.
We must protest, boycott, demand, advocate, divest, abolish, disrupt.
But we must also learn, reflect, change, expand, create, sacrifice, share, reimagine, heal.
We must protest, boycott, demand, advocate, divest, abolish, disrupt.
But we must also learn, reflect, change, expand, create, sacrifice, share, reimagine, heal.
January 7, 2026 at 9:34 PM
We can have a kinder, softer, more just world. It starts with refusing to keep participating in the current cruel, hard, unjust systems.
We must protest, boycott, demand, advocate, divest, abolish, disrupt.
But we must also learn, reflect, change, expand, create, sacrifice, share, reimagine, heal.
We must protest, boycott, demand, advocate, divest, abolish, disrupt.
But we must also learn, reflect, change, expand, create, sacrifice, share, reimagine, heal.
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EVERYONE DO THIS SURVEY
MAKE DISCORD PANIC AND REGRET AND REVERSE COURSE
DROWN THEM IN YOUR HATRED FOR GENAI
MAKE DISCORD PANIC AND REGRET AND REVERSE COURSE
DROWN THEM IN YOUR HATRED FOR GENAI
January 10, 2026 at 6:35 AM
EVERYONE DO THIS SURVEY
MAKE DISCORD PANIC AND REGRET AND REVERSE COURSE
DROWN THEM IN YOUR HATRED FOR GENAI
MAKE DISCORD PANIC AND REGRET AND REVERSE COURSE
DROWN THEM IN YOUR HATRED FOR GENAI
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ESPECIALLY NOW in a world completely drowning in propaganda and misinformation and disinformation it is SO IMPORTANT to cite our sources and ask people to do so as well.
We HAVE to know where information comes from and we have to always be firm about asking.
We HAVE to know where information comes from and we have to always be firm about asking.
If I ask you to cite your sources and you get offended I’m just gonna go ahead and assume you don’t have any.
January 10, 2026 at 2:37 PM
ESPECIALLY NOW in a world completely drowning in propaganda and misinformation and disinformation it is SO IMPORTANT to cite our sources and ask people to do so as well.
We HAVE to know where information comes from and we have to always be firm about asking.
We HAVE to know where information comes from and we have to always be firm about asking.
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“Fuck ICE!” chants & a brass band performing “Which side are you on?” as hundreds march in Manhattan, NYC against ICE and in solidarity with Minneapolis.
January 9, 2026 at 12:06 AM
“Fuck ICE!” chants & a brass band performing “Which side are you on?” as hundreds march in Manhattan, NYC against ICE and in solidarity with Minneapolis.
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Use the impeachment of Noem as groundwork for abolishing ICE AND DHS. Do public education. Use media, etc...
January 8, 2026 at 12:30 AM
Use the impeachment of Noem as groundwork for abolishing ICE AND DHS. Do public education. Use media, etc...
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This is a vetted fundraiser for the family of Renee Good, the woman who was killed by ICE in Minneapolis.
www.gofundme.com/f/support-fo...
www.gofundme.com/f/support-fo...
Donate to Support for Renee Good’s wife and son, organized by Mattie Weiss
Please support the wife and son of Renee Good as they grapple with the devastating … Mattie Weiss needs your support for Support for Renee Good’s wife and son
www.gofundme.com
January 8, 2026 at 2:29 AM
This is a vetted fundraiser for the family of Renee Good, the woman who was killed by ICE in Minneapolis.
www.gofundme.com/f/support-fo...
www.gofundme.com/f/support-fo...
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ICE killed a member of our community today. ICE showed up at my kid’s daycare today. ICE is bragging about the number of families they’ve torn apart in a matter of days, and promising that their campaign of terror isn’t done.
January 7, 2026 at 10:51 PM
ICE killed a member of our community today. ICE showed up at my kid’s daycare today. ICE is bragging about the number of families they’ve torn apart in a matter of days, and promising that their campaign of terror isn’t done.
We can have a kinder, softer, more just world. It starts with refusing to keep participating in the current cruel, hard, unjust systems.
We must protest, boycott, demand, advocate, divest, abolish, disrupt.
But we must also learn, reflect, change, expand, create, sacrifice, share, reimagine, heal.
We must protest, boycott, demand, advocate, divest, abolish, disrupt.
But we must also learn, reflect, change, expand, create, sacrifice, share, reimagine, heal.
January 7, 2026 at 9:34 PM
We can have a kinder, softer, more just world. It starts with refusing to keep participating in the current cruel, hard, unjust systems.
We must protest, boycott, demand, advocate, divest, abolish, disrupt.
But we must also learn, reflect, change, expand, create, sacrifice, share, reimagine, heal.
We must protest, boycott, demand, advocate, divest, abolish, disrupt.
But we must also learn, reflect, change, expand, create, sacrifice, share, reimagine, heal.
Two simple* ways to stop being a cog in the fascist machine in 2026:
1. Leave substack. They fund Nazis. Don’t write, read, or subscribe. Use Ghost, Beehiiv, &c.
2. Wear an n95 in public to protect vulnerable groups & those with less ability or access to resources to recover. Give/get mutual aid:
1. Leave substack. They fund Nazis. Don’t write, read, or subscribe. Use Ghost, Beehiiv, &c.
2. Wear an n95 in public to protect vulnerable groups & those with less ability or access to resources to recover. Give/get mutual aid:
Worldwide Mask Bloc Directory – Find your local Mask Bloc
MaskBloc.org lists active Mask Blocs around the world. Free high-quality masks, COVID-19 tests and other equipment for your community. Mutual Aid & We Keep Us Safe.
maskbloc.org
January 5, 2026 at 6:44 PM
Two simple* ways to stop being a cog in the fascist machine in 2026:
1. Leave substack. They fund Nazis. Don’t write, read, or subscribe. Use Ghost, Beehiiv, &c.
2. Wear an n95 in public to protect vulnerable groups & those with less ability or access to resources to recover. Give/get mutual aid:
1. Leave substack. They fund Nazis. Don’t write, read, or subscribe. Use Ghost, Beehiiv, &c.
2. Wear an n95 in public to protect vulnerable groups & those with less ability or access to resources to recover. Give/get mutual aid:
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All meaningful forms of resistance boil down to radical love of self and others, even when it’s inconvenient, and stubborn belief that change is possible, even when systems loom large and powerful.
Don’t let the bastards convince you otherwise.
Don’t let the bastards convince you otherwise.
December 17, 2025 at 9:12 PM
All meaningful forms of resistance boil down to radical love of self and others, even when it’s inconvenient, and stubborn belief that change is possible, even when systems loom large and powerful.
Don’t let the bastards convince you otherwise.
Don’t let the bastards convince you otherwise.
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I will reiterate that if you are an independent journo/hobbyist I will happily set up your ghost install and host it for a few quid above cost price.
You set up your own stripe and mailgun accounts, and you get to keep ALL your revenue.
And post migration from wordpress/substack is pretty easy.
You set up your own stripe and mailgun accounts, and you get to keep ALL your revenue.
And post migration from wordpress/substack is pretty easy.
If there is one resolution I want for journalists this year: it is to get off S*bstack and use Ghost or any other indy publishing platform that does not fund literal nazis instead.
January 5, 2026 at 11:43 AM
I will reiterate that if you are an independent journo/hobbyist I will happily set up your ghost install and host it for a few quid above cost price.
You set up your own stripe and mailgun accounts, and you get to keep ALL your revenue.
And post migration from wordpress/substack is pretty easy.
You set up your own stripe and mailgun accounts, and you get to keep ALL your revenue.
And post migration from wordpress/substack is pretty easy.