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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Would deeply appreciate any help towards paying off the credit card charge for my prescriptions. The total is $784, my monthly CPP-Disability is $867.
www.paypal.me/brainfrog95
#MutualAid
www.paypal.me/brainfrog95
#MutualAid
January 3, 2026 at 2:27 AM
Would deeply appreciate any help towards paying off the credit card charge for my prescriptions. The total is $784, my monthly CPP-Disability is $867.
www.paypal.me/brainfrog95
#MutualAid
www.paypal.me/brainfrog95
#MutualAid
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Sanction us. Bar entry with US passports. Upper middle class Americans are so used to being isolated from politics having any impact in their actual lives that canceling their European vacations en masse might actually stop this.
January 3, 2026 at 7:54 AM
Sanction us. Bar entry with US passports. Upper middle class Americans are so used to being isolated from politics having any impact in their actual lives that canceling their European vacations en masse might actually stop this.
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Those especially harmed by unmitigated illness include people who are BIPOC, trans, queer, disabled, immigrants, children, elderly, women, and/or poor.
Those who benefit from illness harming the aforementioned: fascists, colonizers, the ultra wealthy, bigots.
Refuse to be weaponized. Mask up.
Those who benefit from illness harming the aforementioned: fascists, colonizers, the ultra wealthy, bigots.
Refuse to be weaponized. Mask up.
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 2, 2026 at 5:51 PM
Those especially harmed by unmitigated illness include people who are BIPOC, trans, queer, disabled, immigrants, children, elderly, women, and/or poor.
Those who benefit from illness harming the aforementioned: fascists, colonizers, the ultra wealthy, bigots.
Refuse to be weaponized. Mask up.
Those who benefit from illness harming the aforementioned: fascists, colonizers, the ultra wealthy, bigots.
Refuse to be weaponized. Mask up.
Those especially harmed by unmitigated illness include people who are BIPOC, trans, queer, disabled, immigrants, children, elderly, women, and/or poor.
Those who benefit from illness harming the aforementioned: fascists, colonizers, the ultra wealthy, bigots.
Refuse to be weaponized. Mask up.
Those who benefit from illness harming the aforementioned: fascists, colonizers, the ultra wealthy, bigots.
Refuse to be weaponized. Mask up.
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 2, 2026 at 5:51 PM
Those especially harmed by unmitigated illness include people who are BIPOC, trans, queer, disabled, immigrants, children, elderly, women, and/or poor.
Those who benefit from illness harming the aforementioned: fascists, colonizers, the ultra wealthy, bigots.
Refuse to be weaponized. Mask up.
Those who benefit from illness harming the aforementioned: fascists, colonizers, the ultra wealthy, bigots.
Refuse to be weaponized. Mask up.
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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.
And good riddance.
2025 feels like being one of the passengers in this scene from Charlie and the Chocolate Factory.
December 31, 2025 at 9:18 PM
And good riddance.
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"If you're using public transportation, if you're in the room with a lot of other people, if you're in a healthcare setting, it's really smart to wear a mask especially higher-quality masks. I was taking the subway yesterday, and I was wearing an N95 mask."
www.npr.org/sections/sho...
www.npr.org/sections/sho...
Flu cases are surging and rates will likely get worse, new CDC data shows
Flu season is off to a rough start this year, according to new CDC data. The virus is spreading faster than in previous years and the surge is likely to get worse. Here's what you need to know.
www.npr.org
December 31, 2025 at 4:02 AM
"If you're using public transportation, if you're in the room with a lot of other people, if you're in a healthcare setting, it's really smart to wear a mask especially higher-quality masks. I was taking the subway yesterday, and I was wearing an N95 mask."
www.npr.org/sections/sho...
www.npr.org/sections/sho...
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Masking in public isn’t a “personal risk” decision. It’s a “risking people” decision.
An n95 isn’t like a seatbelt you can refuse if you think accident rates are low & you’d survive.
Rejecting public masking is like drunk driving on shared roads while hospital access is expensive & inequitable.
An n95 isn’t like a seatbelt you can refuse if you think accident rates are low & you’d survive.
Rejecting public masking is like drunk driving on shared roads while hospital access is expensive & inequitable.
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
October 26, 2025 at 2:52 PM
Masking in public isn’t a “personal risk” decision. It’s a “risking people” decision.
An n95 isn’t like a seatbelt you can refuse if you think accident rates are low & you’d survive.
Rejecting public masking is like drunk driving on shared roads while hospital access is expensive & inequitable.
An n95 isn’t like a seatbelt you can refuse if you think accident rates are low & you’d survive.
Rejecting public masking is like drunk driving on shared roads while hospital access is expensive & inequitable.
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Life is cruel.
Soup is cozy.
Please share your favorite soup recipes in the replies.
Please use alt text for any images so that your delicious recipe is accessible to everyone!
Soup is cozy.
Please share your favorite soup recipes in the replies.
Please use alt text for any images so that your delicious recipe is accessible to everyone!
January 7, 2025 at 10:59 PM
Life is cruel.
Soup is cozy.
Please share your favorite soup recipes in the replies.
Please use alt text for any images so that your delicious recipe is accessible to everyone!
Soup is cozy.
Please share your favorite soup recipes in the replies.
Please use alt text for any images so that your delicious recipe is accessible to everyone!
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Jon Stewart has some absolute fucking NERVE to be making fun of Long COVID survivors and people still masking on his piece of shit podcast when he’s seen UP CLOSE the government deny healthcare and resources for 9/11 survivors who breathed in toxic air and are suffering decades later.
What a psycho
What a psycho
December 27, 2025 at 1:29 PM
Jon Stewart has some absolute fucking NERVE to be making fun of Long COVID survivors and people still masking on his piece of shit podcast when he’s seen UP CLOSE the government deny healthcare and resources for 9/11 survivors who breathed in toxic air and are suffering decades later.
What a psycho
What a psycho
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Reminder: you don’t have to be good at something to enjoy it, you don’t have to get better at it, you don’t have to monetize it, and it doesn’t have to be useful.
December 1, 2024 at 8:27 PM
Reminder: you don’t have to be good at something to enjoy it, you don’t have to get better at it, you don’t have to monetize it, and it doesn’t have to be useful.
My Sunday reminders of good this week:
winter hikes with sparkling snow, cozy and cuddly holidays, making family recipes that date back generations, mouse tracks with tail drag paths in the snow, covid aware event dreaming, Sunday naps, buying so many disability justice books
More good will come.
winter hikes with sparkling snow, cozy and cuddly holidays, making family recipes that date back generations, mouse tracks with tail drag paths in the snow, covid aware event dreaming, Sunday naps, buying so many disability justice books
More good will come.
December 29, 2025 at 2:04 AM
My Sunday reminders of good this week:
winter hikes with sparkling snow, cozy and cuddly holidays, making family recipes that date back generations, mouse tracks with tail drag paths in the snow, covid aware event dreaming, Sunday naps, buying so many disability justice books
More good will come.
winter hikes with sparkling snow, cozy and cuddly holidays, making family recipes that date back generations, mouse tracks with tail drag paths in the snow, covid aware event dreaming, Sunday naps, buying so many disability justice books
More good will come.
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[screaming at the top of my lungs, once again] the fundamental technology of humanity is care
We didn't survive and thrive as a species because we had warriors or hunters - pretty much every omnivore can manage that.
We did so because we developed Grandmothers, and domesticated Dogs.
Community is what defines us as a species, and every "self-reliant" libertarian shitweasel be damned.
We did so because we developed Grandmothers, and domesticated Dogs.
Community is what defines us as a species, and every "self-reliant" libertarian shitweasel be damned.
"my least woke opinion is---"
That's enough. We've had enough people indulging in the "thrill of a little conservatism", as a treat. Of considering reactionary thought to be a salacious and taboo in a world descending into reactionary mania.
Give me your MOST woke opinions. We're bringing it back.
That's enough. We've had enough people indulging in the "thrill of a little conservatism", as a treat. Of considering reactionary thought to be a salacious and taboo in a world descending into reactionary mania.
Give me your MOST woke opinions. We're bringing it back.
December 28, 2025 at 7:02 AM
[screaming at the top of my lungs, once again] the fundamental technology of humanity is care
I feel a special kind of sorrow and anger about events and communities that claim to be about liberation—queer, trans, BIPOC, disabled, etc—and yet don’t require n95s, implement clean air practices, etc.
I dream of a world in which the guiding principle of “we keep each other safe” is true.
I dream of a world in which the guiding principle of “we keep each other safe” is true.
December 27, 2025 at 4:49 PM
I feel a special kind of sorrow and anger about events and communities that claim to be about liberation—queer, trans, BIPOC, disabled, etc—and yet don’t require n95s, implement clean air practices, etc.
I dream of a world in which the guiding principle of “we keep each other safe” is true.
I dream of a world in which the guiding principle of “we keep each other safe” is true.
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Not to be controversial but I think we should use tools and resources to make people's lives less miserable instead of more
December 27, 2025 at 12:17 AM
Not to be controversial but I think we should use tools and resources to make people's lives less miserable instead of more
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You can tell that LotR was written by an academic because Gandalf disappears for like 20 years doing research to answer a single question.
December 26, 2025 at 12:40 AM
You can tell that LotR was written by an academic because Gandalf disappears for like 20 years doing research to answer a single question.
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this is really reckless, unethical, and irresponsible behavior, especially as we approach the peak of flu season. it’s also not the first time he’s done this — he’s fully aware what he’s doing is not okay because we have already explained that to him. this guy shouldn’t be repping public health
If there is a tamiflu shortage this year I blame twitter's #1 catastrophist EFD for advising people to stockpile prescription antivirals.
December 26, 2025 at 2:13 PM
this is really reckless, unethical, and irresponsible behavior, especially as we approach the peak of flu season. it’s also not the first time he’s done this — he’s fully aware what he’s doing is not okay because we have already explained that to him. this guy shouldn’t be repping public health
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Either you understand that there is an organized campaign to push trans people out of public life with the explicit end goal of "morally mandating us out of existence" that is backed by some of the wealthiest individuals to have ever lived, or you're simply not equipped to grasp what's happening.
December 1, 2025 at 6:02 PM
Either you understand that there is an organized campaign to push trans people out of public life with the explicit end goal of "morally mandating us out of existence" that is backed by some of the wealthiest individuals to have ever lived, or you're simply not equipped to grasp what's happening.
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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:
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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also, adding alt text helps doubly take care of this for people who have terms muted.
since muted terms also apply to terms added to the alt text field.
since muted terms also apply to terms added to the alt text field.
Hey I am here to remind you that trigger warnings might be widely maligned in pop culture but they are up there with alt text on “things you should do on social media” particularly when the triggers are infanticide and rape
December 23, 2025 at 8:02 PM
also, adding alt text helps doubly take care of this for people who have terms muted.
since muted terms also apply to terms added to the alt text field.
since muted terms also apply to terms added to the alt text field.
My Sunday reminders of good this week:
fresh baked bread, waking up from a deep sleep in a warm embrace, resuming running after a week of off/on migraine bs, friends who are also nerds about n95s, curry on a cold and rainy day, buying disability justice books with work funds
More good will come.
fresh baked bread, waking up from a deep sleep in a warm embrace, resuming running after a week of off/on migraine bs, friends who are also nerds about n95s, curry on a cold and rainy day, buying disability justice books with work funds
More good will come.
December 22, 2025 at 1:09 AM
My Sunday reminders of good this week:
fresh baked bread, waking up from a deep sleep in a warm embrace, resuming running after a week of off/on migraine bs, friends who are also nerds about n95s, curry on a cold and rainy day, buying disability justice books with work funds
More good will come.
fresh baked bread, waking up from a deep sleep in a warm embrace, resuming running after a week of off/on migraine bs, friends who are also nerds about n95s, curry on a cold and rainy day, buying disability justice books with work funds
More good will come.
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When a disabled person expresses concerns over assisted dying legislation, please listen to them.
Don’t speak over them.
Don’t assume they want to deny you the right to die.
We’re fighting for our right to live.
We’re fighting fascism & eugenics.
Assisted Dying policies will always target us.
Don’t speak over them.
Don’t assume they want to deny you the right to die.
We’re fighting for our right to live.
We’re fighting fascism & eugenics.
Assisted Dying policies will always target us.
December 21, 2025 at 3:30 AM
When a disabled person expresses concerns over assisted dying legislation, please listen to them.
Don’t speak over them.
Don’t assume they want to deny you the right to die.
We’re fighting for our right to live.
We’re fighting fascism & eugenics.
Assisted Dying policies will always target us.
Don’t speak over them.
Don’t assume they want to deny you the right to die.
We’re fighting for our right to live.
We’re fighting fascism & eugenics.
Assisted Dying policies will always target us.
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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