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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we’re in an extraordinary time that calls for extraordinary action. wearing a respirator may not feel extraordinary, but when masks are stigmatized if not criminalized, it becomes so.
it’s a helluva lot harder to #Resist without your health—preserve what you & your community have. mask up.
it’s a helluva lot harder to #Resist without your health—preserve what you & your community have. mask up.
last night, someone on tiktok asked
me how wearing a mask is antifascist, so i answered: unfortunately, even passive, austere eugenics works faster if YOU participate.
so step up: stand out, mask up, and take care take care take care for yourself & others—before those who seek to harm stop you.
me how wearing a mask is antifascist, so i answered: unfortunately, even passive, austere eugenics works faster if YOU participate.
so step up: stand out, mask up, and take care take care take care for yourself & others—before those who seek to harm stop you.
October 14, 2025 at 7:16 PM
we’re in an extraordinary time that calls for extraordinary action. wearing a respirator may not feel extraordinary, but when masks are stigmatized if not criminalized, it becomes so.
it’s a helluva lot harder to #Resist without your health—preserve what you & your community have. mask up.
it’s a helluva lot harder to #Resist without your health—preserve what you & your community have. mask up.
My Sunday reminders of good this week:
the love of a labrador, foldable-but-charred pizza crust, sweet n95-clad dates, the first snow flurries of the year, making s’mores, queer sex, meandering around an art show and buying treasures, hot toddies by a campfire, a good 5k time
More good will come.
the love of a labrador, foldable-but-charred pizza crust, sweet n95-clad dates, the first snow flurries of the year, making s’mores, queer sex, meandering around an art show and buying treasures, hot toddies by a campfire, a good 5k time
More good will come.
November 24, 2025 at 2:01 AM
My Sunday reminders of good this week:
the love of a labrador, foldable-but-charred pizza crust, sweet n95-clad dates, the first snow flurries of the year, making s’mores, queer sex, meandering around an art show and buying treasures, hot toddies by a campfire, a good 5k time
More good will come.
the love of a labrador, foldable-but-charred pizza crust, sweet n95-clad dates, the first snow flurries of the year, making s’mores, queer sex, meandering around an art show and buying treasures, hot toddies by a campfire, a good 5k time
More good will come.
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Y'all!
Imani Perry and Tananarive Due discuss a titan of Afrofuturist fiction, Octavie E. Butler, and her masterwork,
"Lilith’s Brood: The Xenogenesis Trilogy". My favorite is "Dawn".
Mon, Nov 24 from 6- 7pm EST
Online, Free
Imani Perry and Tananarive Due discuss a titan of Afrofuturist fiction, Octavie E. Butler, and her masterwork,
"Lilith’s Brood: The Xenogenesis Trilogy". My favorite is "Dawn".
Mon, Nov 24 from 6- 7pm EST
Online, Free
Next Monday, 11/24, two celebrated writers and scholars explore the craft and influence of Octavia E. Butler. Join @imaniperry.bsky.social and @tananarivedue.bsky.social for an evening dedicated to the revered SFF author’s luminous imagination. RSVP for free: www.eventbrite.com/e/the-radica...
November 24, 2025 at 1:14 AM
Y'all!
Imani Perry and Tananarive Due discuss a titan of Afrofuturist fiction, Octavie E. Butler, and her masterwork,
"Lilith’s Brood: The Xenogenesis Trilogy". My favorite is "Dawn".
Mon, Nov 24 from 6- 7pm EST
Online, Free
Imani Perry and Tananarive Due discuss a titan of Afrofuturist fiction, Octavie E. Butler, and her masterwork,
"Lilith’s Brood: The Xenogenesis Trilogy". My favorite is "Dawn".
Mon, Nov 24 from 6- 7pm EST
Online, Free
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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.
November 6, 2024 at 2:47 PM
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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The only way to understand this is to realize that they are eugenicists.
To Survive the Next Pandemic, Walk More, the NIH Says
The agency is picking up Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s argument that a healthy immune system can keep even pandemic germs at bay.
www.theatlantic.com
November 19, 2025 at 6:04 PM
The only way to understand this is to realize that they are eugenicists.
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The incredible, indomitable, inspirational Alice Wong has left us.
I'm so grateful to have known her on social media, and so grateful for all the words she shared with us and all the actions she encouraged us into making.
May we live up to her example.
(so you don't have to go to Instagram)
I'm so grateful to have known her on social media, and so grateful for all the words she shared with us and all the actions she encouraged us into making.
May we live up to her example.
(so you don't have to go to Instagram)
November 15, 2025 at 6:13 AM
The incredible, indomitable, inspirational Alice Wong has left us.
I'm so grateful to have known her on social media, and so grateful for all the words she shared with us and all the actions she encouraged us into making.
May we live up to her example.
(so you don't have to go to Instagram)
I'm so grateful to have known her on social media, and so grateful for all the words she shared with us and all the actions she encouraged us into making.
May we live up to her example.
(so you don't have to go to Instagram)
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My gut hunch: Kendzoir was probably not banned by a human for any reason, but by an automated computer process by accident, and BlueSky doesn't want to admit this mistake nor to open up that automation for debate. It wants the power to let computers do this w/o expending $ for human review.
@bsky.app last week my DMs were cut off. Moderation said I could not be trusted.
Hours later, you said it was a mistake.
Then you cut off them off again—but said it was my fault, tho wouldn't explain (before turning them back on.)
Maybe @sarahkendzior.bsky.social's ban is a mistake, too?
Hours later, you said it was a mistake.
Then you cut off them off again—but said it was my fault, tho wouldn't explain (before turning them back on.)
Maybe @sarahkendzior.bsky.social's ban is a mistake, too?
November 12, 2025 at 9:56 AM
My gut hunch: Kendzoir was probably not banned by a human for any reason, but by an automated computer process by accident, and BlueSky doesn't want to admit this mistake nor to open up that automation for debate. It wants the power to let computers do this w/o expending $ for human review.
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Pretty disingenuous to ask, "Could it not be...?" Sure, it could. But in a time of relentlessly rising, violent govt crackdowns on civilian populations (waves from Chicago where they've teargassed elementary schools, pepper sprayed toddlers, broken ribs & killed people) this ban is a huge red flag.
November 11, 2025 at 7:49 PM
Pretty disingenuous to ask, "Could it not be...?" Sure, it could. But in a time of relentlessly rising, violent govt crackdowns on civilian populations (waves from Chicago where they've teargassed elementary schools, pepper sprayed toddlers, broken ribs & killed people) this ban is a huge red flag.
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Would you like to…
Oppose RFK & his eugenicist project?
Protect BIPOC, trans, immigrant, & disability communities?
Do radical community care?
Support worker’s rights?
Slow healthcare system collapse?
Avoid illness?
Be punk AF?
Wear an n95 in public to do all this & more. Give/get mutual aid:
Oppose RFK & his eugenicist project?
Protect BIPOC, trans, immigrant, & disability communities?
Do radical community care?
Support worker’s rights?
Slow healthcare system collapse?
Avoid illness?
Be punk AF?
Wear an n95 in public to do all this & more. 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
October 7, 2025 at 8:34 PM
Would you like to…
Oppose RFK & his eugenicist project?
Protect BIPOC, trans, immigrant, & disability communities?
Do radical community care?
Support worker’s rights?
Slow healthcare system collapse?
Avoid illness?
Be punk AF?
Wear an n95 in public to do all this & more. Give/get mutual aid:
Oppose RFK & his eugenicist project?
Protect BIPOC, trans, immigrant, & disability communities?
Do radical community care?
Support worker’s rights?
Slow healthcare system collapse?
Avoid illness?
Be punk AF?
Wear an n95 in public to do all this & more. Give/get mutual aid:
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It’s time to live another day as a radical extremist with unpopular opinions, like that all humans deserve food, healthcare, bodily autonomy, civil rights, a home, and clean air.
November 8, 2025 at 2:18 PM
It’s time to live another day as a radical extremist with unpopular opinions, like that all humans deserve food, healthcare, bodily autonomy, civil rights, a home, and clean air.
My Sunday reminders of good this week:
the satisfaction of completing to-do lists, cooking family recipes for friends, yoga that eases pain, baking homemade soft pretzels, paid time off, fireside chats with friends, wandering art galleries & quirky used bookstores, fog at dusk
More good will come.
the satisfaction of completing to-do lists, cooking family recipes for friends, yoga that eases pain, baking homemade soft pretzels, paid time off, fireside chats with friends, wandering art galleries & quirky used bookstores, fog at dusk
More good will come.
November 10, 2025 at 3:48 AM
My Sunday reminders of good this week:
the satisfaction of completing to-do lists, cooking family recipes for friends, yoga that eases pain, baking homemade soft pretzels, paid time off, fireside chats with friends, wandering art galleries & quirky used bookstores, fog at dusk
More good will come.
the satisfaction of completing to-do lists, cooking family recipes for friends, yoga that eases pain, baking homemade soft pretzels, paid time off, fireside chats with friends, wandering art galleries & quirky used bookstores, fog at dusk
More good will come.
I am following 666 people now, and the 666th was Guillermo del Toro.
November 9, 2025 at 3:00 PM
I am following 666 people now, and the 666th was Guillermo del Toro.
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I assume you look just like your pfp. Even if your pfp isn't a picture of a person
November 9, 2025 at 11:11 AM
I assume you look just like your pfp. Even if your pfp isn't a picture of a person
It’s time to live another day as a radical extremist with unpopular opinions, like that all humans deserve food, healthcare, bodily autonomy, civil rights, a home, and clean air.
November 8, 2025 at 2:18 PM
It’s time to live another day as a radical extremist with unpopular opinions, like that all humans deserve food, healthcare, bodily autonomy, civil rights, a home, and clean air.
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Hey folks, as news of Watson's demise spreads, please don't set aside his weighty legacy of misogyny and racism. He was truly among the worst of us. www.vox.com/2019/1/15/18...
DNA scientist James Watson has a remarkably long history of sexist, racist public comments
“People say it would be terrible if we made all girls pretty,” he said in 2003. “I think it would be great.”
www.vox.com
November 7, 2025 at 7:45 PM
Hey folks, as news of Watson's demise spreads, please don't set aside his weighty legacy of misogyny and racism. He was truly among the worst of us. www.vox.com/2019/1/15/18...
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As Ta-Nehisi Coates said last month:
“.. it’s either one of two things: either you’re cowards or you’re with him. And if you’re with him, you never believed in the things you were talking about to begin with.”
“.. it’s either one of two things: either you’re cowards or you’re with him. And if you’re with him, you never believed in the things you were talking about to begin with.”
Breaking News: Cornell University reached an agreement with the Trump administration that would restore hundreds of millions in funding to the university. It's expected to pay a $30 million fine to the government and to invest $30 million in agriculture and farming programs.
Cornell Reaches Deal with Trump Administration to Restore Research Funds
The Ivy League university had warned of layoffs after the Trump administration stripped it of funds this year. The cuts were among the deepest in higher education.
nyti.ms
November 7, 2025 at 5:30 PM
As Ta-Nehisi Coates said last month:
“.. it’s either one of two things: either you’re cowards or you’re with him. And if you’re with him, you never believed in the things you were talking about to begin with.”
“.. it’s either one of two things: either you’re cowards or you’re with him. And if you’re with him, you never believed in the things you were talking about to begin with.”
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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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Wondering why no one likes your posts anymore, even among your friends? It's because @jay.bsky.team and team have decided to hide a huge amount of content from all of our feeds by default.
Here's how to turn it off.
First go to the hamburger menu in the upper left corner
Here's how to turn it off.
First go to the hamburger menu in the upper left corner
November 6, 2025 at 6:23 PM
Wondering why no one likes your posts anymore, even among your friends? It's because @jay.bsky.team and team have decided to hide a huge amount of content from all of our feeds by default.
Here's how to turn it off.
First go to the hamburger menu in the upper left corner
Here's how to turn it off.
First go to the hamburger menu in the upper left corner
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Braver than all the troops in this world
Miss Universe Contestants Walk Out of Pageant Event After Organizer's Heated Exchange with Miss Mexico
Multiple Miss Universe contestants left the room after a heated exchanged between a pageant organizer and Miss Mexico Fátima Bosch. The confrontation was livestreamed on the pageant's official Faceboo...
people.com
November 7, 2025 at 1:48 PM
Braver than all the troops in this world
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I miss the FDA
Six people became ill and died after eating prepared pasta meals that were contaminated with listeria and sold at major grocery chains across the U.S., federal health officials said.
Six Dead in Listeria Outbreak Linked to Pasta
Prepared pasta sold at grocery chains across the country, including Albertsons and Trader Joe’s, were recalled after 27 people in 18 states became ill, federal health officials said.
nyti.ms
November 4, 2025 at 1:50 AM
I miss the FDA
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Job alert: the University of Illinois Library is hiring a Humanities Librarian to serve as liaison to African-American Studies and English Literatures. I’m sure someone here would be a great fit for this job—& we’ve got a pretty phenomenal community here
Please share!
Please share!
Humanities Librarian - (African American Studies and English Literature)
Duties & Responsibilities
illinois.csod.com
November 3, 2025 at 11:01 PM
Job alert: the University of Illinois Library is hiring a Humanities Librarian to serve as liaison to African-American Studies and English Literatures. I’m sure someone here would be a great fit for this job—& we’ve got a pretty phenomenal community here
Please share!
Please share!
I went for a run, did two loads of laundry, unloaded the dishwasher, and deep cleaned the kitchen including scrubbing the floor, and disinfected all surfaces including fridge interior. It’s only 10 AM.
That extra hour of sleep from DST makes a big difference. For now. The shine’s gonna wear off. 😭
That extra hour of sleep from DST makes a big difference. For now. The shine’s gonna wear off. 😭
November 3, 2025 at 3:31 PM
I went for a run, did two loads of laundry, unloaded the dishwasher, and deep cleaned the kitchen including scrubbing the floor, and disinfected all surfaces including fridge interior. It’s only 10 AM.
That extra hour of sleep from DST makes a big difference. For now. The shine’s gonna wear off. 😭
That extra hour of sleep from DST makes a big difference. For now. The shine’s gonna wear off. 😭
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I am sure others have said this already re: the SNAP nightmare, but I haven't seen it. It's called no-school-November — end of quarter, Veteran's Day, usually conferences, & Thanksgiving. So school as an emergency source of food is less so during this month. We have got to shore up the alternatives.
November 3, 2025 at 12:26 AM
I am sure others have said this already re: the SNAP nightmare, but I haven't seen it. It's called no-school-November — end of quarter, Veteran's Day, usually conferences, & Thanksgiving. So school as an emergency source of food is less so during this month. We have got to shore up the alternatives.