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Bilbo Yaga @bilboyaga.bsky.social · 7h

My Sunday reminders of good this week:

spotting warblers during fall migration, garlic naan, learning new embroidery techniques, the love of a labrador, teaching a stranger about birding & the benefits of n95s, pomegranate season, running on cool autumn days, manga, omelettes

More good will come.

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Caitlin G. DeAngelis @caitlindeangelis.bsky.social · 9h

ICE kidnapped a 7th-grader with a pending asylum claim and spirited him out of state without notifying his parents, seemingly with the cooperation of the local police in Everett, MA.

www.bostonglobe.com/2025/10/12/m...

Everett 13-year-old arrested by ICE and sent to Virginia detention facility
By Marcela Rodrigues Globe Staff,Updated October 12, 2025, 44 minutes ago

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A 13-year-old boy was arrested by ICE in Everett and sent to a juvenile detention facility in Virginia.
A 13-year-old boy was arrested by ICE in Everett and sent to a juvenile detention facility in Virginia.
A 13-year-old boy was arrested by Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents in Everett after an interaction with members of the Everett Police Department and sent to a juvenile detention facility in Virginia, according to his mother and immigration lawyer Andrew Lattarulo.

The boy’s mother, Josiele Berto, was called to pick her son up from the Everett Police Department on Thursday, the day he was arrested. After waiting for about an hour and a half, she was told her son was taken by ICE, Berto told the Globe in a phone interview.

“My world collapsed,” Berto said in Portuguese.

From the police department, the boy was taken to ICE’s holding facility in Burlington on Thursday evening, where he spent a night before being transferred by car to the Northwestern Regional Juvenile Detention Center in Winchester, Va., on Friday morning, his mother said. The juvenile facility is more than 500 miles away from Everett.

The boy is a 7th-grader at Albert N. Parlin School in Everett, his mother said. The teen and his family, who are Brazilian nationals, have a pending asylum case and are authorized to work legally in the United States, Lattarulo said.

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Bilbo Yaga @bilboyaga.bsky.social · 13h

The single act you can take with the biggest antifascist impact is wearing an n95 in public.

Illness & disability most harm the communities that fascists target: trans, disability, BIPOC, immigrant, poor, &c.

COVID, measles, &c are bullets. Your maskless face is the gun.

Give/get mask mutual aid:

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Molly Knight @mollyknight.bsky.social · 13h

Whistling when ICE is about to kidnap someone for no reason is incredibly effective. They know what they are doing is wrong and will scatter in the wind when too many witnesses gather.

FORM A CROWD
STAY LOUD
PROTECT EACH OTHER
CODE I:
ICE NEARBY
BLOW QUICKLY IN A BROKEN RHYTHM:
PRE-PRE-PRE!
→ ALERTS THE COMMUNITY THAT ICE AGENTS ARE IN THE AREA.
ROGERS PARK WHISTLE PROTOCOLS
WHY A WHISTLE? ON THE STREETS
• A SIMPLE TOOL FOR FAST ALERTS.
• LOUD.
RECOGNIZABLE.
IMPOSSIBLE TO IGNORE.
• OUR VOICES ARE
STRONGER TOGETHER.
WHISTLES GUIDE
PEOPLE TO:
• FOLLOW ICE CARAVANS
• CATCH UP WITH THE CROWD
• ALERT NEIGHBORS
TO JOIN IN
NOISE = VISIBILITY.
CODE 2:
CODE RED
BLOW THREE LONG BLASTS:
PREEEE-PREEEE-PREEEE!
→ ICE IS DETAINING SOMEONE.
FORM A CROWD, STAY LOUD.
DON'T STAY SILENT. STAY NONVIOLENT.
WHY IT WORKS
• INSTANT ALERT
SYSTEM
• FASTER THAN SOCIAL MEDIA
• TURNS SILENCE INTO COMMUNITY
ACTION
ORIGINAL FLYER CREATED BY:
WHAT YOU CAN DO
• WEAR YOUR WHISTLE AROUND YOUR NECK
TEACH FAMILY
EIGHBORS TH
CODES
• USE IT WHEN ICE IS
SPOTTED
• PROTECT EACH OTHER, ALWAYS
TOGETHER, WE KEEP OUR COMMUNITY SAFE.
FORM A CROWD, STAY LOUD.
THIS FLYER DISTRIBUTED BY:
PROTECT RP
• @PROTECTRP_

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Bilbo Yaga @bilboyaga.bsky.social · 10h

Birds and birding are such gifts. This weekend I was especially delighted to see a Common Yellowthroat and a Brown Creeper and a Golden-Crowned Kinglet. Such adorable little guys! And much needed company in such dark times.

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Bilbo Yaga @bilboyaga.bsky.social · 10h

Ew

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Bilbo Yaga @bilboyaga.bsky.social · 10h

I haven’t heard this tale but would be totally unsurprised to learn Sedaris did something like this. He’s been a pos for a long time and gotten steadily worse.

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Bilbo Yaga @bilboyaga.bsky.social · 10h

This reminds me of how David Lynch said he wanted to keep working but couldn’t because COVID posed too great a risk & people stopped being willing to mask up to protect others.

Ableism is an insidious evil in society & healthcare. It convinces us to abandon each other for profit & convenience.

Kristen Immoor @kristenimmoor.bsky.social · 11h

Enjoyed the New Yorker interview with Tim Curry, a free-wheeling conversation in which there were several sensitive questions about his paralyzing stroke. But oh my goodness, why was there no follow-up at all to this staggering answer? www.newyorker.com/culture/the-...

Screenshot of text from the interview:

You’ve always been an incredibly physical performer: your strut during “Sweet Transvestite” in “Rocky Horror,” or the way you run around unfurling the mystery at the end of “Clue.” Do you still feel that in your body? Does that live somewhere in you still?

I think it does, but it’s angry. My mobility is angry to get out. But it’s not happened yet. I do a certain amount of physical therapy. I did a whole bunch of it at Cedars-Sinai, and I got very close, I think, to walking. That was tantalizing. For insurance reasons, I had to withdraw. And I have a visiting physical therapist now, but I can only really do exercises from my bed, which is pretty pathetic. It’s not going to get me walking, I don’t believe.

[I have underlined the sentence "For insurance reasons, I had to withdraw."]

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Bilbo Yaga @bilboyaga.bsky.social · 11h

“Dead mall vibe” is a great description of Meta apps and an increasing number of internet spaces.

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Bilbo Yaga @bilboyaga.bsky.social · 11h

With sip valves installed in k/n95s folks could even enjoy beverages without unmasking! I’ve only used for long-distance travel but I bet they’d enhance a karaoke party, too.

sipmask.com

SIPmask Airtight Drinking Valve

Safely drink in public spaces without removing your mask or compromising your health. The SIP Airtight Drinking Valve can be installed on any mask and custom fit to your mouth!

sipmask.com

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Bilbo Yaga @bilboyaga.bsky.social · 11h

If you mean k/n95 or p100 style respirators, you can look to see if there are any mask blocs near you! They’re mutual aid groups that provide free k/n95 respirators and can often give you a variety to try out to see what fits you well!

Covidactionmap.org for a worldwide map or the directory:

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

Bilbo Yaga @bilboyaga.bsky.social · 13h

The single act you can take with the biggest antifascist impact is wearing an n95 in public.

Illness & disability most harm the communities that fascists target: trans, disability, BIPOC, immigrant, poor, &c.

COVID, measles, &c are bullets. Your maskless face is the gun.

Give/get mask mutual aid:

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Nyx The Bat @nyxthebat.vtubers.social · 1d

"kill them with kindness" wrong. bat attack
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Kendra "Gloom is My Beat" Pierre-Louis @kendrawrites.com · 1d

Men would rather collapse a government than go to therapy

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Jessica Wildfire @jessicawildfire.bsky.social · 1d

Bari Weiss nurtured the anti-vaxx rhetoric that directly contributed to 6 million children developing Long Covid. Her rise to head of CBS News is deeply disturbing. The Free Press promotes the most toxic neoliberal, climate denying, MAGA adjacent trash you can find.

NPR @npr.org · 1d

Provocative columnist Bari Weiss publicly quit the New York Times in 2020, then cofounded The Free Press as an alternative to legacy media. Here's what to know as she takes the helm of CBS News.

Who is Bari Weiss? CBS News' new editor-in-chief is a vocal critic of legacy media

Provocative columnist Bari Weiss publicly quit the New York Times in 2020, then cofounded The Free Press as an alternative to legacy media. Here's what to know as she takes the helm of CBS News.

n.pr

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Bilbo Yaga @bilboyaga.bsky.social · 1d

This looks so homey and soothing! Thanks for sharing!

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Bilbo Yaga @bilboyaga.bsky.social · Jan 7

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!

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Bilbo Yaga @bilboyaga.bsky.social · 1d

Yet again I am adding a recipe to the soup thread and saying:

🥰 Come enjoy cozy soups!

👹 GIMME MORE RECIPES!!

plantbasedrdblog.com/2024/11/ging...

Ginger Miso Brothy Soup with Crispy Shredded Sesame Tofu - Plant Based RD

This Ginger Miso Brothy Soup uses a comforting and gut-friendly broth served with rice and crispy sesame tofu. Easy to make and satisfying! Why You'll Love This Ginger Miso Brothy Soup Simple ingredie...

plantbasedrdblog.com

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Abra, The Everwife 🏳️‍⚧️ 🇲🇽🌼👻 @pairofclaws.bsky.social · 1d

One thing that doesn't get talked about when discussing how difficult it is for trans people to secure employment is that once you DO find a job, even somewhere "progressive, affirming", your identity & their knowledge of how hard it would be for you to find something else will be used against you.

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Bilbo Yaga @bilboyaga.bsky.social · 1d

Well done!

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Bilbo Yaga @bilboyaga.bsky.social · 10d

Remember: climate change, police brutality, lack of healthcare, COVID, transphobia, burnout, sexism, mass shootings, poverty, racism, genocide, etc… they all cause disability.

Remember: anyone can become disabled at any time.

You must remember this because the fascists do. And they weaponize it.

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Anna Gifty @itsafronomics.bsky.social · 1d

lol gentle reminder that DEI is not illegal. Supporting marginalized groups is not illegal. Anyone reneging on support is making a CHOICE to do so.

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Preorder Read This When Things Fall Apart @mskellymhayes.bsky.social · 1d

I know not everyone is who they thought they would be under a fascist, authoritarian regime. That's okay. But it's time to do more than react and post about it. It's time to get organized—including mapping or creating lines of support and defense in your community.

Mapping Community Defense and Care in Our Neighborhoods

This worksheet can help us prepare for Trump's military interventions at the neighborhood level.

organizingmythoughts.org

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Preorder Read This When Things Fall Apart @mskellymhayes.bsky.social · 1d

They're talking about killing leftist activists. They're talking about murdering people organizing in defense of immigrant communities, doing mutual aid work, and protesting their violence. They are talking about murdering people like me and my friends. We must do more than acknowledge it's fascism.

Prem Thakker ツ @premthakker.bsky.social · 4d

My gosh. After the US bombed multiple boats in the middle of the ocean, murdering people on grounds that they were allegedly "carrying drugs," the US Attorney General says "Just like we did with cartels, we're going to take the same approach, President Trump, with Antifa."

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Bilbo Yaga @bilboyaga.bsky.social · 1d

Wearing an n95 is BY FAR the single most impactful act of resistance a person can do right now.

Your maskless face is the bullet in a fascist’s gun.

Mask up to resist eugenics by protecting vulnerable groups like kids, BIPOC, trans, disability and immigrant communities.

Give/get mask mutual aid:

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