BabaYayas
@yayas.bsky.social
Drag Queef, cat whisperer, collector of teeth, plant licker, Harm Reductionist, silly little ghoul
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Not even that long ago.
The US military is KNOWN for stealing children. TODAY. We saw it when the troops were withdrawn from Afghanistan. We saw it during Hurricane Katrina. We see it in the prison system as white folks try to buy the children of pregnant incarcerated women.
It is ALL the same.
The US military is KNOWN for stealing children. TODAY. We saw it when the troops were withdrawn from Afghanistan. We saw it during Hurricane Katrina. We see it in the prison system as white folks try to buy the children of pregnant incarcerated women.
It is ALL the same.
January 30, 2026 at 2:59 PM
Not even that long ago.
The US military is KNOWN for stealing children. TODAY. We saw it when the troops were withdrawn from Afghanistan. We saw it during Hurricane Katrina. We see it in the prison system as white folks try to buy the children of pregnant incarcerated women.
It is ALL the same.
The US military is KNOWN for stealing children. TODAY. We saw it when the troops were withdrawn from Afghanistan. We saw it during Hurricane Katrina. We see it in the prison system as white folks try to buy the children of pregnant incarcerated women.
It is ALL the same.
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Oh, ok.
Ernesto Padron, a Border Patrol Agent from Brownsville, TX, was arrested in 2010 for possession of CSAM. A case backlog meant the statute of limitations expired before he could be tried. In 2020 Padron was hired at a Texas migrant shelter where he worked directly with unaccompanied migrant children
January 30, 2026 at 3:15 PM
Oh, ok.
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In a life threatening emergency (such as if some violent unauthorized maniac hijacked an armored truck), a can of Christy's PVC Red Hot Blue Glue applied to the bulletproof windshield will permanently etch the polycarbonate, making it impossible to see through (windshield wipers will make it worse).
This administration is cooked. Literally no one is scared of them.
January 25, 2026 at 8:05 PM
In a life threatening emergency (such as if some violent unauthorized maniac hijacked an armored truck), a can of Christy's PVC Red Hot Blue Glue applied to the bulletproof windshield will permanently etch the polycarbonate, making it impossible to see through (windshield wipers will make it worse).
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21-year-old activist injured by ICE:
I will be blind for life. I have fractures in my skull that they can't fix. They pulled a piece of plastic the size of a nickel out of my eye. I had shards of metal, glass, and plastic behind my eye and in my skull. They said it was a miracle I survived.
I will be blind for life. I have fractures in my skull that they can't fix. They pulled a piece of plastic the size of a nickel out of my eye. I had shards of metal, glass, and plastic behind my eye and in my skull. They said it was a miracle I survived.
January 15, 2026 at 7:24 PM
21-year-old activist injured by ICE:
I will be blind for life. I have fractures in my skull that they can't fix. They pulled a piece of plastic the size of a nickel out of my eye. I had shards of metal, glass, and plastic behind my eye and in my skull. They said it was a miracle I survived.
I will be blind for life. I have fractures in my skull that they can't fix. They pulled a piece of plastic the size of a nickel out of my eye. I had shards of metal, glass, and plastic behind my eye and in my skull. They said it was a miracle I survived.
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"[ELITE's 'Geospatial Lead Sourcing Tab'] lets ICE see people it may potentially want to detain on a map interface, based on various criteria such as 'Bios & IDs' ... An ICE officer can then select people one by one, or draw a shape on the map to see people in that selected area."
"[M]ass surveillance machine."
"Palantir is working on a tool for [ICE] that populates a map with potential deportation targets, brings up a dossier on each person, and provides a 'confidence score' on the person's current address."
#USA #Surveillance #Technology #Deportation #EthnicCleansing
"Palantir is working on a tool for [ICE] that populates a map with potential deportation targets, brings up a dossier on each person, and provides a 'confidence score' on the person's current address."
#USA #Surveillance #Technology #Deportation #EthnicCleansing
'ELITE': The Palantir App ICE Uses to Find Neighborhoods to Raid
Internal ICE material and testimony from an official obtained by 404 Media provides the clearest link yet between the technological infrastructure Palantir is building for ICE and the agency's activities on the ground.
www.404media.co
January 15, 2026 at 5:09 PM
"[ELITE's 'Geospatial Lead Sourcing Tab'] lets ICE see people it may potentially want to detain on a map interface, based on various criteria such as 'Bios & IDs' ... An ICE officer can then select people one by one, or draw a shape on the map to see people in that selected area."
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A new bout of rain is flooding Gaza, where so many are living in makeshift shelters of patchwork tents that do little to protect them from the rain and wind and cold.
Please help Alaa and her three small children. She hasn’t received help in 4 days.
Please help Alaa and her three small children. She hasn’t received help in 4 days.
January 13, 2026 at 7:09 AM
A new bout of rain is flooding Gaza, where so many are living in makeshift shelters of patchwork tents that do little to protect them from the rain and wind and cold.
Please help Alaa and her three small children. She hasn’t received help in 4 days.
Please help Alaa and her three small children. She hasn’t received help in 4 days.
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Reupping this thread from May 2025
Every extra hour that ICE spends facing off with activists is an hour they can't spend kidnapping other people.
Every extra minute ICE has to spend contingency planning around activists and neighbors, every extra officer ICE has to put on a kidnap squad, is a drain on their efficiency.
Every extra minute ICE has to spend contingency planning around activists and neighbors, every extra officer ICE has to put on a kidnap squad, is a drain on their efficiency.
January 12, 2026 at 1:36 AM
Reupping this thread from May 2025
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"And how we burned in the camps later, thinking: What would things have been like if every Security operative, when he went out at night to make an arrest, had been uncertain whether he would return alive and had to say good-bye to his family?"
— Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn
— Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn
January 11, 2026 at 5:32 AM
"And how we burned in the camps later, thinking: What would things have been like if every Security operative, when he went out at night to make an arrest, had been uncertain whether he would return alive and had to say good-bye to his family?"
— Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn
— Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn
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SCOOP: 404 Media has obtained material that explains how Tangles and Webloc, two surveillance systems ICE recently purchased, work.
One can track phones without a warrant and follow their owners home or to their employer.
One can track phones without a warrant and follow their owners home or to their employer.
Inside ICE’s Tool to Monitor Phones in Entire Neighborhoods
404 Media has obtained material that explains how Tangles and Webloc, two surveillance systems ICE recently purchased, work. Webloc can track phones without a warrant and follow their owners home or t...
www.404media.co
January 8, 2026 at 2:10 PM
SCOOP: 404 Media has obtained material that explains how Tangles and Webloc, two surveillance systems ICE recently purchased, work.
One can track phones without a warrant and follow their owners home or to their employer.
One can track phones without a warrant and follow their owners home or to their employer.
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Worried about the surveillance dystopia? There are ways to disguise yourself from facial recognition systems, and it doesn’t require owning clothes with a special design or high-tech gear. @evystadium.bsky.social has more.
Full guide by @samleecole.bsky.social here: www.404media.co/the-state-of...
Full guide by @samleecole.bsky.social here: www.404media.co/the-state-of...
January 6, 2026 at 4:38 PM
Worried about the surveillance dystopia? There are ways to disguise yourself from facial recognition systems, and it doesn’t require owning clothes with a special design or high-tech gear. @evystadium.bsky.social has more.
Full guide by @samleecole.bsky.social here: www.404media.co/the-state-of...
Full guide by @samleecole.bsky.social here: www.404media.co/the-state-of...
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I wrote much less this year than I've written in the past five, so there's not a whole lot to revisit. This piece, though, I still think is probably the best article I've ever written, even if it was a dumb professional move to write it [free to read] www.patreon.com/posts/empero...
The Emperor’s Luxury SUV Isn’t Good, But He’d Still Kill Us All To Keep It | Victoria Scott
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December 22, 2025 at 10:50 PM
I wrote much less this year than I've written in the past five, so there's not a whole lot to revisit. This piece, though, I still think is probably the best article I've ever written, even if it was a dumb professional move to write it [free to read] www.patreon.com/posts/empero...
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So the plan is Don Jr. and Eric Trump corner the market to become the biggest drug cartel in the Western hemisphere.
CIA controls production, the US military kills the competition with Hellfire missiles, CBP controls drug routes into and out of the US, and ICE raids the local distributors?
CIA controls production, the US military kills the competition with Hellfire missiles, CBP controls drug routes into and out of the US, and ICE raids the local distributors?
December 18, 2025 at 2:18 AM
So the plan is Don Jr. and Eric Trump corner the market to become the biggest drug cartel in the Western hemisphere.
CIA controls production, the US military kills the competition with Hellfire missiles, CBP controls drug routes into and out of the US, and ICE raids the local distributors?
CIA controls production, the US military kills the competition with Hellfire missiles, CBP controls drug routes into and out of the US, and ICE raids the local distributors?
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"Time and time again, concerns about abusive monopolist business practices are dismissed by policymakers who claim that correctional agencies take these matters into account when awarding exclusive ... contracts."
"[C]aptive market."
"The lawsuit [..] claims that Aramark is exploiting incarcerated people at Mount Olive Correctional Complex by denying them adequate meals — instead pushing them and their families to spend money on food items and care packages."
#WestVirginia #USA #Courts #Food #Incarceration
"The lawsuit [..] claims that Aramark is exploiting incarcerated people at Mount Olive Correctional Complex by denying them adequate meals — instead pushing them and their families to spend money on food items and care packages."
#WestVirginia #USA #Courts #Food #Incarceration
Starve and Charge: Aramark Cut Free Prison Meals to Boost Profits, New Suit Claims
A lawsuit claims the prison food company is cutting institutional meals to force incarcerated people to purchase costly food from the same vendor.
www.themarshallproject.org
December 8, 2025 at 6:38 AM
"Time and time again, concerns about abusive monopolist business practices are dismissed by policymakers who claim that correctional agencies take these matters into account when awarding exclusive ... contracts."
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"Why not just close prisons and reduce the population, instead of building resilient buildings where people continue to suffer? ... [D]ecarceration must be a centerpiece of addressing prisons' climate vulnerability."
Incarcerated Californians are bearing the brunt of the climate crisis — and the state’s water restrictions.
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buff.ly/p3MNKmQ
As California Limits Water Use, People in Prison Face Punishment for Showering
Incarcerated Californians are bearing the brunt of the climate crisis — and the state’s water restrictions.
truthout.org
December 6, 2025 at 7:37 PM
"Why not just close prisons and reduce the population, instead of building resilient buildings where people continue to suffer? ... [D]ecarceration must be a centerpiece of addressing prisons' climate vulnerability."
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We could have eliminated Hepatitis B infection in the US…
…instead we are going to let newborn babies risk 90% chance of chronic infection that cause liver failure and cancer so that a few incredibly stupid adults - who are all vaccinated btw - can force their selfish science denial on other people
…instead we are going to let newborn babies risk 90% chance of chronic infection that cause liver failure and cancer so that a few incredibly stupid adults - who are all vaccinated btw - can force their selfish science denial on other people
This is an excellent read. The more you know. #Science 🧪
“… we were advancing toward elimination of hepatitis B in the United States,” says Ward “I am deeply concerned that if the ACIP rescinds this policy, they’re going to contribute to the spread of hepatitis B rather than its elimination.”
“… we were advancing toward elimination of hepatitis B in the United States,” says Ward “I am deeply concerned that if the ACIP rescinds this policy, they’re going to contribute to the spread of hepatitis B rather than its elimination.”
Hepatitis B vaccine guidance set to be rolled back for US babies: what the science says
A panel of US vaccine advisers voted to rescind a recommendation that all newborns should receive a hepatitis B vaccine at birth.
www.nature.com
December 6, 2025 at 7:06 PM
We could have eliminated Hepatitis B infection in the US…
…instead we are going to let newborn babies risk 90% chance of chronic infection that cause liver failure and cancer so that a few incredibly stupid adults - who are all vaccinated btw - can force their selfish science denial on other people
…instead we are going to let newborn babies risk 90% chance of chronic infection that cause liver failure and cancer so that a few incredibly stupid adults - who are all vaccinated btw - can force their selfish science denial on other people
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"Don't follow illegal orders" would be more meaningful if Democrats had prosecuted literally any of the prominent war criminals of the last 30 years instead of, you know, fucking campaigning with them
November 30, 2025 at 3:21 AM
"Don't follow illegal orders" would be more meaningful if Democrats had prosecuted literally any of the prominent war criminals of the last 30 years instead of, you know, fucking campaigning with them
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‼️Leonard Peltier also sent us a WRITTEN STATEMENT in addition to the video that we watched at National Day of Mourning 2025. Here's what he wrote:
November 28, 2025 at 11:32 PM
‼️Leonard Peltier also sent us a WRITTEN STATEMENT in addition to the video that we watched at National Day of Mourning 2025. Here's what he wrote:
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Israel’s genocide has destroyed nearly 90% of Gaza’s economy, causing the worst economic collapse ever recorded. In 2024 alone, Israel caused Gaza’s GDP to decline by 83%, according to data reported by the UN Trade and Development agency. Now, Gaza’s economy stands at just 13% of its 2022 levels.
Gaza Economy at 13 Percent of Pre-Genocide Level, With Worst Collapse on Record
“Multidimensional poverty now engulfs all Gazans,” one UN official said.
truthout.org
November 25, 2025 at 9:42 PM
Israel’s genocide has destroyed nearly 90% of Gaza’s economy, causing the worst economic collapse ever recorded. In 2024 alone, Israel caused Gaza’s GDP to decline by 83%, according to data reported by the UN Trade and Development agency. Now, Gaza’s economy stands at just 13% of its 2022 levels.
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“Pallas is the director of the award-winning short film Clankers, which explores the rise of AI sex influencers and the blurring of consent.”
How is AI changing sex work?
Documentary filmmaker Naomi Pallas speaks to Dazed about her new film investigating the rise of AI-generated sex workers – and the troubling questions it raises about consent, exploitation and the fut...
www.dazeddigital.com
November 27, 2025 at 5:02 PM
“Pallas is the director of the award-winning short film Clankers, which explores the rise of AI sex influencers and the blurring of consent.”
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Today, after months of requests, I toured the Broadview ICE Processing Facility. I want to share what I saw.
The facility has no food vendor, no medical care, and detainees have to use toilets in the middle of shared cells. These are in no way suitable conditions to be holding anyone — period.
The facility has no food vendor, no medical care, and detainees have to use toilets in the middle of shared cells. These are in no way suitable conditions to be holding anyone — period.
November 25, 2025 at 12:57 AM
Today, after months of requests, I toured the Broadview ICE Processing Facility. I want to share what I saw.
The facility has no food vendor, no medical care, and detainees have to use toilets in the middle of shared cells. These are in no way suitable conditions to be holding anyone — period.
The facility has no food vendor, no medical care, and detainees have to use toilets in the middle of shared cells. These are in no way suitable conditions to be holding anyone — period.
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Influencers made millions pushing ‘wild’ births – now the Free Birth Society is linked to baby deaths around the world
Influencers made millions pushing ‘wild’ births – now the Free Birth Society is linked to baby deaths around the world
A year-long investigation reveals how mothers lost children after being radicalised by uplifting podcast tales of births without midwives or doctors
As Esau Lopez was asphyxiated for the first 17 minutes of his life on Earth, the atmosphere in the room remained serene, even ecstatic. Acoustic music crooned from a speaker in a modest two-bedroom apartment in a suburb of Pennsylvania. “You are a queen,” murmured one of three friends in the room.
Only Esau’s mother, Gabrielle Lopez, felt something was wrong. She was pushing hard, but her son would not be born. “Can you help [him] out?” she asked, as Esau crowned. “Baby is coming,” the friend replied. Four minutes later, Lopez asked again, “Can you grab [him]?” Another friend murmured, “Baby is safe.” Six minutes passed. Again, Lopez asked, “Can you grab [him]?” Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
November 22, 2025 at 7:17 AM
Influencers made millions pushing ‘wild’ births – now the Free Birth Society is linked to baby deaths around the world
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At Claire's getting my veil pierced
November 9, 2025 at 7:18 PM
At Claire's getting my veil pierced
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Here it is. Ludwig says the functional unemployment rate is between 24 and 25%.
There are many kinds of unemployment and underemployment.
www.pbs.org/newshour/sho...
There are many kinds of unemployment and underemployment.
www.pbs.org/newshour/sho...
With government jobs report delayed, what other data reveals about the economy
The labor market may not be cratering, but it does not look very strong. This week, a private report found 42,000 new jobs were created last month. Then, a separate report found more than 150,000 jobs...
www.pbs.org
November 8, 2025 at 4:19 AM
Here it is. Ludwig says the functional unemployment rate is between 24 and 25%.
There are many kinds of unemployment and underemployment.
www.pbs.org/newshour/sho...
There are many kinds of unemployment and underemployment.
www.pbs.org/newshour/sho...
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They literally ruin everything they touch
October 31, 2025 at 3:44 AM
They literally ruin everything they touch
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Some of the details may be disputed but this man’s cause of death was determined to be dehydration. It takes over a week without water for an adult to die of dehydration. One officer’s suggestion he needed medical attention was ignored. There’s no plausible situation where this wasn’t intentional.
Lamont Mealy, a mentally ill man, was locked in solitary confinement in a Maryland prison. Guards shut off water to his cell. A fellow prisoner says guards taunted him. He died of dehydration after 8 days. His family's lawsuit asserts officials covered it up.
How a Maryland prisoner died an ‘excruciating’ death from dehydration
Lamont Mealy died of dehydration in an isolation cell at Western Correctional Institution in 2023. A lawsuit claims state officials covered it up.
www.thebanner.com
October 24, 2025 at 5:06 AM
Some of the details may be disputed but this man’s cause of death was determined to be dehydration. It takes over a week without water for an adult to die of dehydration. One officer’s suggestion he needed medical attention was ignored. There’s no plausible situation where this wasn’t intentional.