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artist 📸 + activist / have lupus, studying the spectacularization of hydroxychloroquine / just trying to have a nice time On The Internet™️ / she/they #DoMaskBlocShit 😷🦋🍐🏳️‍🌈

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itsbabs.bsky.social
lmfao you absolute weasels
“Following a comprehensive review, we determined the planned Flock Safety integration would require significantly more time and resources than anticipated,” Ring wrote in a blog post. “As a result, we have made the joint decision to cancel the planned integration.”
February 13, 2026 at 12:58 AM
itsbabs.bsky.social
no one can ever say i didn’t Try
Will Stancil @whstancil.bsky.social • 8h Okay I feel like I'm seeing an increasing number of businesses and events here in the Twin Cities require masks. Is it just me or is this a growing thing reply: babs @itsbabs.bsky.social do you take issue with businesses right to protect the cleanliness of their workers air? 3:44 PM • Feb 11, 2026 Will Stancil C @whstancil.bsky.social • 3h Just discovered yet another severe harm ICE is causing: huge cutbacks at our hospitals, because patients won't come in, because ICE hangs out inside the building or by the doors and abducts people. Crushing our medical system alongside our schools and our businesses. reply: babs @itsbabs.bsky.social i truly hope you can make the connection between what you've just posted and businesses trying to keep their shared air a little less pathogenic. to further underscore this point, it behooves us not to forget who is most impacted by some of those airborne pathogens... [images of four relevant articles]
February 12, 2026 at 7:57 AM
itsbabs.bsky.social
i truly hope you can make the connection between what you've just posted and businesses trying to keep their shared air a little less pathogenic. to further underscore this point, it behooves us not to forget who is most impacted by some of those airborne pathogens...
CIDRAP Study details higher COVID death risks in undocumented people Lisa Schnirring, July 28, 2025 Topics: COVID-12 Undocumented group had 55% increase in death rate For the study, the team examined death certificates for all California residents ages 25 and older who died from natural causes in the state between 2016 and 2023. The death certificates included birth country and whether decedents had a valid Social Security number, which allowed researchers to ascertain if people were documented or undocumented immigrants. They also included a range of other factors, including sex, age, race/ethnicity, educational attainment level, and occupation type. Then the group looked for differences in pandemic-era survival outcomes, modeling absolute and relative excess mortality from March 2000 through May 2023, based on prepandemic mortality and other seasonal variables. For potentially undocumented immigrants, researchers estimated a 55% increase in death rate above the prepandemic level, compared to 22% for immigrants who appeared to be documented and 12% for US-born citizens. The Guardian Texas Calls to shut down Texas ICE facility for children grow amid measles outbreak At least two cases confirmed at detention center for children and their parents in Texas Melody Schreiber Thu 5 Feb 2026 07.00 EST At least two cases of measles have been confirmed at a major immigration detention center for children and their parents in Texas as cases of the dangerous virus in South Carolina, Arizona, Utah and other US states continue growing and alarming experts. The American Prospect Tuberculosis Spawning in Crowded, Dirty ICE Detention Centers Doctors and medical researchers expect more outbreaks of infectious disease as the Trump administration crams thousands more people into miserable conditions. Whitney Curry Wimbish by Whitney Curry Wimbish August 18, 2025 Credit: Stephen Smith/AP Photo Consumption is flourishing in immigration detention centers across the country, yet another sign that America is grinding its way through a second Gilded Age. It’s better known now by its other name, tuberculosis, and it’s the most deadly infectious disease in the world, the World Health Organization says, responsible for killing 1.5 million... GuardianUS 'Petri dish for disease': attorney raises alarm of possible Covid outbreak at 'Alligator Alcatraz' A respiratory disease is running rampant through Florida immigration jail, according to attorney of a detained person Richard Luscombe in Miami Tue 12 Aug 2025 09.00 EDT He added: "Based on what multiple detainees have told me, in the last 72 to 100 hours, there is some respiratory disease which has made the majority, or I would even say vast majority of detainees, sick in some form. "There are people who are losing breath. There are people who are walking around coughing on one another. Their requests for masks from the guards are denied, and they only are allowed to shower once or maybe twice a week. "I said to Luis, 'pass the phone. Let me hear it from somebody else. I just want to make sure that people's stories are straight! And unfortunately they very much are." The development follows a claim by a woman, a state licensed corrections officer, who said she contracted Covid-19 after working at the camp in unsanitary conditions for about a week last month, and was subsequently fired. "We had to use the porta-johns. We didn't have hot water half the time. Our bathrooms were backed up," the woman told NBC6 News after being granted anonymity to discuss conditions there. "[The detainees] have no sunlight. There's no clock in there. They don't even know what time of the day it is. The bathrooms are backed up because so many people [are] using them."
February 12, 2026 at 1:17 AM
itsbabs.bsky.social
a thing i've been thinkin about for years now (vid from 01/22) are the experiences of folks diagnosed with conditions that use hydroxychloroquine for proven treatment post-2020, after these outrageous malinformation campagins—and thanks to sars2, that's a lot of people :(
www.tiktok.com/t/ZThuEQ2uc/
February 12, 2026 at 12:45 AM
itsbabs.bsky.social
this has come up in my life a few times this week so figured everyone may benefit from a reminder that the abbreviation z-i-o was popularized by david duke; you can surely make your point without vernacular coined by him and similarly hateful duke-types.

forward.com/news/377160/...
Anti-Semitism linked to “Zio” can be traced back to the late 1980s, according a 2006 Philologos column in Mosaic magazine, when a student at SUNY Binghamton scrawled “Zionazi racist” and “Kill Kikes” near the campus’ Jewish Student Union — on the 50th anniversary of Kristallnacht. “Zio,” however, didn’t become a common anti-Semitic slur until Duke made it famous over the past decade. A search of Duke’s radio archives reveals that “Zio” has been used 359 times in episode descriptions since January 2012, with 17 mentions in 2017. A search of “Zio” on Duke’s website yields 264 pages of results since 2002. Following the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting in December 2012, Duke posted that “lead bullets are not murderers.The real murders are not the bullets, but the Bullies of the Zio Media …. Guns did not create the horror in that little school in Sandy Hook, Connecticut. The Zio masters of the media did. They have devoured the real America. The masters of the media continue to take us down the path of human depravity.”
February 9, 2026 at 10:10 PM
itsbabs.bsky.social
indeed as @npr.org itself has reported via affiliate @kcrw.com !

www.kcrw.com/shows/kcrw-f...
February 9, 2026 at 8:33 PM
itsbabs.bsky.social
yea why not start an article about the benefits of mitigation by undermining it
npr 2026 Milan Cortina Olympics Olympic COVID restrictions are gone, but some athletes are still self-quarantining February 9, 20268:02 AM ET By Nathaniel Herz [image: American cross-country skier Jessie Diggins is among the athletes quarantining themselves away from spouses during the 2026 Milan Cortina Winter Olympics Kirsty Wigglesworth/AP] For most people, if not everyone, the pandemic days of masking are behind us.
February 9, 2026 at 7:09 PM
itsbabs.bsky.social
bringing @juliadoubleday.bsky.social’s excellent tweets in here:
Julia Marie @julia_doubleday • 9h What makes me sad seeing photos like this & of the NASA astronauts is, you must understand, these athletes didn't just spontaneously all decide to mask. They're being forced to mask bc richer ppl have a stake in their bodies & health. Their health has value. Yours doesn't. [image of US olympians wearing respirators] | Julia Marie @julia_doubleday •9h Like it's that simple. The impact of your infection- the post covid health issues, the insurance claims, the missed work, the lost income, potential disability, etc- those costs will be borne by you. But when costs will be borne by employer- mask on
February 7, 2026 at 4:18 AM
itsbabs.bsky.social
so many respirators on olympians faces; just because you’re not a professional athlete doesn’t mean that you n those around you don’t have something worth protecting too.
Australian Winter Olympic athletes (in blue and highlighter green) wearing respirator masks as they board their bus to the Opening Ceremony. a group of american athletes all masking in respirators at a press conference.
February 7, 2026 at 4:16 AM
itsbabs.bsky.social
what i (a 32yo photographer drivin LA → PDX → OR coast, n back again) wore last month, january 2026

haven’t shared one of these in a min, take a silly dancing break with me for a sec ✨
#whatiwore #personalstyle #fitcheck #maskip #covidcautiouscuties
February 5, 2026 at 11:51 PM
itsbabs.bsky.social
got my last roll of 2025 film back and would you believe it, she stuns on 35mm too.

#filmisnotdead #filmsky
35mm film color photo of a peahen standing on a damp wall. behind her is a rose garden and a yellow house with golden sunshine spilling over the top. 35mm film color photo of a peahen standing on a damp wall. behind her is a rose garden and a yellow house with golden sunshine spilling over the top.
February 4, 2026 at 10:22 PM
itsbabs.bsky.social
essential info now with alt-text
Epstein, possibly the most prolific sex trafficker in human history, spent the last decade of his life investing in technology that would help Russia, as he wrote in a 2013 email, "leapfrog the global community by reinventing the financial system of the 21st century." He was fascinated by websites like 4chan and technology like Bitcoin and was personally invested in the success of far-right politicians in the US and Europe. He believed he was months away from ushering in a new world order that would allow him to continue with his monstrous passion projects, like creating a super-race of children with his own DNA and building fascist nation states to manage overpopulation and climate collapse. And he wined and dined the world's most powerful men (none of whom seemed to have an issue with these ideas, inviting them to his island and his ranch, and made sure they were surrounded by an endless supply of young girls. And I'm just not sure what we're supposed to do with that knowledge.
February 3, 2026 at 1:08 AM
itsbabs.bsky.social
who could’ve ever imagined a member of the insurrectionist lead medical extremist group america’s frontline doctors would do this
joseph ladapo md, current florida surgon general richard urso md stella immanuel md standing in front of the supreme court in a screenshot from americas frontline doctors"white coat summit" live-streamed via breitbart july 27, 2020
February 1, 2026 at 7:43 PM
itsbabs.bsky.social
Human artists! use only one piece to convince people to follow you!

#photosky #filmsky #filmisnotdead
a 35mm photograph of an amtrak train traveling through the texas desert. The sun is setting, turning the sky oranges and pinks. The inside of the train is dark and shadowed with patrons eating and drinking. It feels like an edward hopper paining.
January 31, 2026 at 1:24 AM
itsbabs.bsky.social
it is not shameful to wear a respirator. frankly, it should be far more shameful to not take simple steps to prevent needless infection to community members. is keeping each other safe not the point?
January 30, 2026 at 5:23 PM
itsbabs.bsky.social
did i mention the perfect lunar halo i saw the other night along the oregon coast?

mentally i am here
(shot on iphone)
a lunar halo (a glowing ring of light around the Moon caused by moonlight refracting through hexagonal ice crystals in high-altitude cirrus clouds)
January 29, 2026 at 12:55 AM
itsbabs.bsky.social
don’t have it in me to alt text all of these but here’s two.
3. Individuals Civilians (3) Alex Pretti, C1 (female, pink gas mask & goggles), C2 (female, white coat & orange backpack) Agents (12) 4 deeply involved, 4 also helping at the dogpile, 4 nearby but not in the dogpile 1. rounded reddish brown hat, tan top, tan vest, gray pants, R thigh strap, black belt. The instigator 2. black hat and gaiter, black top with big hood (down), tan vest, tan pants, boots 3. dark hat, gray/brown top, tan pants, tan vest with brown lettering 4. black pointed hat / white logo, black gaiter, olive top, olive vest, dark jeans. The shooter 5. tall guy, similar to agent 3 but no hood. Tan gloves. Heavier, awkward, doesn't take part much 6. brown ballcap w/ red brim, sunglasses on top, olive gaiter, light jacket (open), jeans and no vest 7. light green hoodie with hood up, tan vest, jeans, large black L side bag 8. black hat, brown top with blue shirt hanging out, tan vest with yellow lettering: POLICE 9. tubby guy in all tan who walks through the scene from the R but doesn't participate 10. black top with hoodie up, jeans, olive vest with yellow lettering: POLICE 11. brown/gray top, tan vest, gray pants, black hat and gaiter 12. (earlier only) reddish hat, black top, dark gray pants, tan L side bag, tan bulky vest w/ black POLICE below are accompanying individual photos matching the above descriptors. Summary The shooting that killed Alex Pretti on 1/24/26 was murder. The incident unfolded over just 40sec, but Pretti had been in the vicinity for some time. He never held up an object other than his phone, & never approached any federal agent—but at least twice an agent approached him aggressively. The 1st time he managed to back away, the 2nd time the agent attacked him & prevented him from leaving. Pretti never showed aggression & barely resisted even when grabbed by agents. Ultimately 8 DHS agents were involved in beating Pretti, with several more watching, but just 2 agents were primarily responsible for his murder. 1 instigated the confrontation, & the other fired most or all of the shots. Only these 2 agents drew their guns & pointed them at Pretti. "Agent 1" began the confrontation by chasing after 2 female observers & repeatedly pushing them violently. He then approached Pretti, who was comforting one of the women, & began pepper-spraying & pushing him. He dragged Pretti into the street, where 2 other agents helped hold him down. After a few seconds the attack on Pretti abruptly escalated; likely this was when someone realized he had a (legal) handgun in his waistband. At this point Agent 1 began striking Pretti with a can of pepper spray while another agent dug into his pants for the gun. Pretti never reached for the gun or attempted to use it. "Agent 4" is the shooter. He watched while the gun was removed from Pretti's pants, & unholstered his own gun at the same time. He aimed only after Pretti had been disarmed, then shot an unarmed, restrained man from behind. He fired five shots from point blank range, either from behind or into a prone, dying man. He then backed up & fired at least three more shots from a distance into Pretti's prone body. Beyond the murder, the agents involved also showed astonishing lack of basic law enforcement skills. Agent 4 prepped for a shooting by transferring his pepper spray to his left hand, but while turning his back to his supposedly dangerous victim.. 5sec later, he attempted to draw his gun while standing so close to another agent he got his gun arm tangled up with him. As he leaned into to fire, he tried to steady himself by leaning his left hand on other agents, who were themselves moving to flee the situation. He shot at Pretti with both bystanders and other agents in his line of fire. He left the scene after the shooting without stopping to render aid. Other agents picked up items from the scene and removed them. One agent stepped over the dying Pretti's legs to leave; he did not stop to render aid.
January 25, 2026 at 4:56 PM
itsbabs.bsky.social
tonight’s inside / outside view
eleven tests done / four more to go
two metrix NAAT testers analyze covid tests on a counter top. a stunning sunset over the oregon coast
January 24, 2026 at 3:27 AM
itsbabs.bsky.social
felt like i was channeling some billy pilgrim energy last nite, bowling at an alley nigh untouched since the 90s (save for a few upgrades), with 00s-10s music, rockin respirators n makin 6-7 jokes with my pals because we are actually living in 2026

photos shot on paper camera, 35mm tk
#photosky
a low-res photo of a retro bowling alley, with multicolored lights adorning an archway indoors, and other clues—like a ceiling that’s seen better days—that mark its [beloved] lack of renovation. a low-res photo of a retro bowling alley, with mostly empty lanes with a galaxy design adorning the back wall. small tvs hang above each lane, keeping score on clearly dated software. two people are in the foreground, wearing knit clothing and respirators. a low-res photo of a retro bowling alley, with multicolored lights adorning an archway indoors, and other clues—like a ceiling that’s seen better days—that mark its [beloved] lack of renovation. a low-res photo of the food court at a retro bowling alley. there are multicolored lights adorning an archway with a neon sign over it, blown out. the walls extending from the archway are made of that 80s cubic frosted glass, and carpet is delightfully eclectic. someone in winter clothing an a respirator stands to the front left of the image.
January 21, 2026 at 9:24 PM
itsbabs.bsky.social
reeeeeeeelaaaateddddd
Prisonculture @prisonculture.bsky.social If people who are living in the midst of an invasion tell you that an action you are taking IS UNHELPFUL, the proper response is "thank you so much for letting me know. What would be helpful?" or You can just STFU and keep it moving. You don't have to have a public meltdown. It's OK. 12:07 PM • Jan 18, 2026 89 Some people can reply
January 19, 2026 at 3:46 PM
itsbabs.bsky.social
ok no place like big sur sure, but damn there’s no place like @benningtoncollege.bsky.social either, where i learned to make 35mm photos. here’s barn 100, where i listened to many a psych lecture, from my very first roll, fall of 2015:
a 35mm black and white photo of an empty classroom with stadium style seating at bennington college. we are sitting in the back, looking down past rows of wooden chairs towards the front of the room where the desk and blackboard are.
January 16, 2026 at 9:39 PM
itsbabs.bsky.social
no place like big sur
especially now that the one’s back open

nikon n90s, august 2023
a 35mm photo of a big sur beach, rocks extending past the shoreline, where only one solitary surfer stands in shadow.
January 16, 2026 at 9:30 PM
itsbabs.bsky.social
wowowow—a very kind inclusion! in honor of such a commendation, here are some of my favorite film photos that just turned ten years old, made in january 2016 somewhere in the texas desert on @amtrak.com’s sunset limited.
#filmisnotdead #filmsky #transitsky #trains
a 35mm photograph of an empty booth on an amtrak train traveling through the texas desert. there is a poster of the train—the sunset limited—on the wall, mirroring the setting. the sun is just starting to set, turning the sky light pink, while the inside of the train is warm. a 35mm photograph of an amtrak train traveling through the texas desert. we are looking fown the aisle towards the door, where a man is standing out of focus, with seats on either side. a 35mm photograph of an amtrak train at a stop in the high texas desert. it looks foggy and cold. a 35mm photograph of an amtrak train traveling through the texas desert. The sun is setting, turning the sky oranges and pinks. The inside of the train is dark and shadowed with patrons eating and drinking. It feels like an edward hopper paining.
January 16, 2026 at 9:21 PM
itsbabs.bsky.social
bringing this back around as infections surge—protecting yourself and others around you is a courageous act, even when it obscures one’s face. the act of obscuring the face is not inherently shameful, but using non-medical face coverings (ie gaiters) to evade consequences for disappearing people is.
January 15, 2026 at 9:24 PM
itsbabs.bsky.social
www.artsy.net/article/arts...
Wikipedia for Googly eyes: The name "googly eyes" may refer back to the early 20th century comic strip Barney Google and Snuffy Smith, in which Barney Google had characteristically exaggerated eyes that inspired a hit 1923 song "Barney Google (with the Goo-Goo-Googly Eyes)".[1] [image: Five Weepuls in various colors] They were prominently used in the Weepul promotional toys, invented in the...
January 14, 2026 at 7:14 PM