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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Love this from Guillermo del Toro
January 5, 2026 at 2:16 AM
Love this from Guillermo del Toro
My Sunday reminders of good this week:
moon gazing, deliveries of n95s, inventive homemade cookies, snowy walks in the woods, access to audiobooks from the library, making art & not caring about quality, soup on cold days, rapid-response protests, falling asleep while cuddling
More good will come.
moon gazing, deliveries of n95s, inventive homemade cookies, snowy walks in the woods, access to audiobooks from the library, making art & not caring about quality, soup on cold days, rapid-response protests, falling asleep while cuddling
More good will come.
January 5, 2026 at 1:49 AM
My Sunday reminders of good this week:
moon gazing, deliveries of n95s, inventive homemade cookies, snowy walks in the woods, access to audiobooks from the library, making art & not caring about quality, soup on cold days, rapid-response protests, falling asleep while cuddling
More good will come.
moon gazing, deliveries of n95s, inventive homemade cookies, snowy walks in the woods, access to audiobooks from the library, making art & not caring about quality, soup on cold days, rapid-response protests, falling asleep while cuddling
More good will come.
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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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2025 was mostly garbage, but there were some good moments.
One of my favorites was when a family of beavers built a dam in just a few days, saving the Czech Republic 30 million Czech koruna (US$1.2 million) for a wetland restoration project the government had been planning for 7 years. 🦫 🌿
One of my favorites was when a family of beavers built a dam in just a few days, saving the Czech Republic 30 million Czech koruna (US$1.2 million) for a wetland restoration project the government had been planning for 7 years. 🦫 🌿
These eager beavers saved the Czech government $1.2 million
After plans stalled for a new dam in the Czech Republic, eight beavers saved the day seemingly overnight. “At this point, nothing that beavers do surprises me.”
www.nationalgeographic.com
January 4, 2026 at 7:04 PM
2025 was mostly garbage, but there were some good moments.
One of my favorites was when a family of beavers built a dam in just a few days, saving the Czech Republic 30 million Czech koruna (US$1.2 million) for a wetland restoration project the government had been planning for 7 years. 🦫 🌿
One of my favorites was when a family of beavers built a dam in just a few days, saving the Czech Republic 30 million Czech koruna (US$1.2 million) for a wetland restoration project the government had been planning for 7 years. 🦫 🌿
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Also always true
January 4, 2026 at 10:07 PM
Also always true
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A really sad follow-up to this story — Alexis Erlinmeyer, one of the trans federal intelligence workers who was fired, has died of a pulmonary embolism. She was 31. Her family is burying her under her deadname, so friends are fundraising for an accurate memorial: www.gofundme.com/f/in-memory-...
NEW—In late Feb, Chris Rufo published leaked chats between queer/trans employees at US intel agencies. Then Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard said she’d fire all involved.
I spoke to chat members who were fired, are on admin leave, and who kept their jobs about the new lavender scare:
I spoke to chat members who were fired, are on admin leave, and who kept their jobs about the new lavender scare:
Queer intel officers targeted by top secret chat leak get their chance to speak
Chris Rufo published the chats. Staffers say a new "lavender scare" is upon us.
www.thehandbasket.co
January 4, 2026 at 10:24 PM
A really sad follow-up to this story — Alexis Erlinmeyer, one of the trans federal intelligence workers who was fired, has died of a pulmonary embolism. She was 31. Her family is burying her under her deadname, so friends are fundraising for an accurate memorial: www.gofundme.com/f/in-memory-...
2025 was mostly garbage, but there were some good moments.
One of my favorites was when a family of beavers built a dam in just a few days, saving the Czech Republic 30 million Czech koruna (US$1.2 million) for a wetland restoration project the government had been planning for 7 years. 🦫 🌿
One of my favorites was when a family of beavers built a dam in just a few days, saving the Czech Republic 30 million Czech koruna (US$1.2 million) for a wetland restoration project the government had been planning for 7 years. 🦫 🌿
These eager beavers saved the Czech government $1.2 million
After plans stalled for a new dam in the Czech Republic, eight beavers saved the day seemingly overnight. “At this point, nothing that beavers do surprises me.”
www.nationalgeographic.com
January 4, 2026 at 7:04 PM
2025 was mostly garbage, but there were some good moments.
One of my favorites was when a family of beavers built a dam in just a few days, saving the Czech Republic 30 million Czech koruna (US$1.2 million) for a wetland restoration project the government had been planning for 7 years. 🦫 🌿
One of my favorites was when a family of beavers built a dam in just a few days, saving the Czech Republic 30 million Czech koruna (US$1.2 million) for a wetland restoration project the government had been planning for 7 years. 🦫 🌿
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The way people just make up rules and then can't imagine breaking those entirely made-up rules even when those rules don't serve them well
Rules are meant to be made and remade
Rules are meant to be made and remade
January 4, 2026 at 6:31 PM
The way people just make up rules and then can't imagine breaking those entirely made-up rules even when those rules don't serve them well
Rules are meant to be made and remade
Rules are meant to be made and remade
Hey, you know how these wealthy fascists don’t care who dies for their access to oil in Venezuela since they only care about short-term profit & not long-term outcomes for the human population or planet?
They feel the same way re COVID, flu, & healthcare in general.
A n95 in public is resistance.
They feel the same way re COVID, flu, & healthcare in general.
A n95 in public is resistance.
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 4, 2026 at 2:33 PM
Hey, you know how these wealthy fascists don’t care who dies for their access to oil in Venezuela since they only care about short-term profit & not long-term outcomes for the human population or planet?
They feel the same way re COVID, flu, & healthcare in general.
A n95 in public is resistance.
They feel the same way re COVID, flu, & healthcare in general.
A n95 in public is resistance.
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January 4, 2026 at 10:35 AM
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They same way they sleepwalked us into a forever plague and climate collapse. #COVID
This is billionaire-controlled media. They want to sleepwalk us into another forever war. We must break free.
The Washington Post editorial board comes out in favor of the Venezuela attack/operation to capture Maduro
January 3, 2026 at 7:52 PM
They same way they sleepwalked us into a forever plague and climate collapse. #COVID
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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.
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