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What Would Baba Yaga Do?

@babayagaacolyte.bsky.social
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PhD scientist, former academic, educator, poet/writer. Politics, gender, science, birds. They/them

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What Would Baba Yaga Do? @babayagaacolyte.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Uggh Taika Waititi is making a movie of Klara and the Sun, my least favorite Ishuguro novel. I think that it is trash. I am embarrassed such a great writer wrote that thing. But... it's Taika Waititi. Famous for taking tragic depressing novels and making them into whimsical but melancholy comedies
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What Would Baba Yaga Do? @babayagaacolyte.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
That athlete who won the race while shitting herself shouldn't have to apologize and forfeit?? She should get a double trophy. She still ran that hard, through the discomfort and public humiliation?
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Durham County Department of Public Health (DCoDPH) @durhamhealthnc.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
As COVID-19 cases continue to increase, it's important to know accurate information about COVID-19 in order to protect yourself and others! Get the facts about common myths, and take steps to protect yourself and others.
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Chicago Piping Plovers @chicagopiping.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Reflections on Plover Appreciation Day When Rose and Monty chose Montrose Beach in 2019, it was the beginning of a seemingly improbable survival story... 1/7 📸: Tamima Itani (Monty and Rose and their 1st Montrose chick)
Two adult plovers and a chick
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Sarah Andersen @sarahseeandersen.bsky.social · 22/08/2026
The image is of a four panel comic.
Panel one shows an eldritch god, a skeletal possum like creature with large antlers, saying "I AM AS OLD AS THE FOREST ITSELF". 
Panel two shows a stick figure saying, "But you must have been a baby at some point?"
Panel three shows the eldritch god saying "Well. Yes."
Panel four shows a tiny eldritch baby sitting on a rock, his antlers just little twigs.
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What Would Baba Yaga Do? @babayagaacolyte.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
This whole thread 100%, especially the last post. Don't let up opposition on data centers, we've got them scared
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Birder K @birderk.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
HALF A BILLION BIRDS! And the night’s still young! #birds #fall #migration
BirdCast map showing 523.9 million birds in flight at 10:40pm EDT on September 5, 2026.
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Chicago Piping Plovers @chicagopiping.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
Can we reach 50% of our fundraising goal by Plover Appreciation Day (September 16)? Your charitable contribution supports the human and other resources needed for monitor management and education outreach. 2/2 chicagobirdalliance.app.neoncrm.com/forms/piping...
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2026 Chicago Piping Plover Fund
Thank you for your donation to support the Chicago Piping Plovers. Your donation allows us to support the presence, nesting and welfare of the endangered Great Lakes Piping Plovers in Chicago and Coo...
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What Would Baba Yaga Do? @babayagaacolyte.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
Ah, I was wondering about this. Read about CHE a while back and wondered why none of the 20+ heavy users I've known in my life ever got it, if the numbers are really that high. I should know at least 1 or 2, right?
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themboy insomniac @riotliturgist.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
it's so fun how trans people can keep saying over and over and over and OVER again how the catholic church's ban on trans healthcare is one of the most sweeping and draconian and every day liberals & leftist just ignore it to gush about whatever meaningless "progressive" gesture the pope made today
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Amanda Becker @amandabecker.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
The next 'No Kings' will be Oct. 17 and is a nationwide but community-specific mass mobilization to the voting booth. It was clear — to me, at least — this is what it was building to all along when everybody was writing "it doesn't matter if you march in the streets with a sign" think pieces. (1/2)
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Ghostly Bree @mostlybree.kitrocha.com · 28/08/2026
thanks to @lefttheprairie.bsky.social for pointing out that Mama Bree's statue got a cameo in the MPR piece! www.instagram.com/reels/Dcl5zJ...
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MPR News on Instagram: "Every year the Minnesota State Fair shows thousands of art pieces submitted by Minnesotans for judging and display. Throughout the disciplines, one theme was clear — Minnesotan...
227 likes, 4 comments - mprnews on August 28, 2026: "Every year the Minnesota State Fair shows thousands of art pieces submitted by Minnesotans for judging and display. Throughout the disciplines, one...
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Tim Hirschel-Burns @timhirschelburns.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
Live report from the Minnesota State Fair, located in the heart of American democracy, where there’s an ICE Out adaptation of Picasso’s Guernica made entirely from crops
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What Would Baba Yaga Do? @babayagaacolyte.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
How about some Good Food News. Like: I've been keeping tofu and fresh spinach on hand to put in my packaged instant ramen, really makes it fancy. (...The spinach I've been eating for months is from a Taylor Farms brand. Grown in the US so maybe it is OK? No signs of cyclospora so far!)
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What Would Baba Yaga Do? @babayagaacolyte.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
Some shill wrote an (unpaywalled!) piece for WaPo about how we should just stop eating lettuce anyway. It's 95% water! And has a big climate footprint. And just encourages you to eat bad things like blue cheese dressing.
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Niko Stratis @nikostratis.com · 26/08/2026
I've been trying to make sense of the sadness in me around Dolly's death, and so I wrote in my newsletter about my mom, and stories, and how time makes loss so much heavier. www.anxietyshark.ca/walking-in-t...
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Walking in the silence and Cicadas
We lost Dolly Parton today, although it will no longer be today when you read this.
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SEIU Local 925 @seiu925.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
We’re not in the habit of recognizing celebrity deaths here at 925. That said, Dolly Parton is a national treasure and some folks here joke that Dolly is our Locals patron saint. After all her song “9 to 5” is our anthem. Today we remember all the love and kindness Dolly brought the world.
Tribute-style portrait of a Dolly Parton performing in a ruffled light purple blouse, arm raised and singing into a microphone, overlaid with the lyric: "You're just a step on the bossman's ladder / But you've got dreams he'll never take away."
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Claire Willett @clairewillett.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
with alt text. this is so beautiful 💕
Dolly Partons IMAGINATION LIBRARY

Dear Imagination Library Graduate,

My, how time flies. It seems it was only yesterday when your family and friends read you your first story. You were just a baby. Now you're five years old and about to go to school. How exciting!
This may be your last book from my Imagination Library but you have to promise me you will keep on reading. If you go to your local public library you will find a great number of books just for kids your age. Every book is a treasure and every time you open one up you will meet new friends and take wonderful journeys to magical places.
I hope you have a great time in school. I bet your school will even have a library where you can check out books. You and all of your friends are very special. There is no limit to what you can do or how far you can go.

Just remember the lessons my family taught me - dream big dreams; learn everything you can learn; and care for all those who care for you. You do all of these things and you can be anyone you want to be.

You are terrific, and remember...
I Will Always Love You,
Dolly
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Evan Bernick, a finite mode with a smol hooman and a lorg floof @evanbernick.bsky.social · 23/08/2026
Not to be confused with the Confounding Antwren, which shouldn’t exist but does
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Deva Woodly @devawo.bsky.social · 23/08/2026
It’s important to be clear that the truth value of a subject does not become debatable just because somebody wants to debate. Ether. Wandering wombs. Devils in red heads, the cursed left handed. Flat earth. Phrenology. Humors. Race science. “Debate me bro!” It’s fine for the answer to be: no.
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Heather Paterson @heatherpaterson.co.uk · 23/08/2026
“Attacks on LGBTQ+ health are a threat to all”: A new Lancet Editorial. www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
Cover of The Lancet, 22 Aug issue. The quote reads, “...movements that seek to undermine LGBTQ+ people are those that seek to control all of us—our freedom of expression, our personal medical decisions, and our privacy.”
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What Would Baba Yaga Do? @babayagaacolyte.bsky.social · 23/08/2026
Food Gripes: why is all salmon jerky super sweet (teriyaki or maple flavored). Why can't I have savory salmon jerky
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What Would Baba Yaga Do? @babayagaacolyte.bsky.social · 22/08/2026
For all cis allies to read. Remember: if you already don't subscribe, you can still write them a letter saying you are a subscriber (lie) who is canceling or you were ABOUT to subscribe (could be true) but decided not to for these reasons. Helpful poster graphic for sharing in this article, too.
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What Would Baba Yaga Do? @babayagaacolyte.bsky.social · 15/08/2026
Going through old replies and wanted to re-post this again. We still need to be harassing elected officials this way. And we're doing some good work primary-ing out the ineffectual ones.
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RoseMarie @rosesbloom24.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
Two Black mayors took cities that the country loves to write off and made them measurably safer. That’s not a fluke. That’s a blueprint. Chicago and Baltimore just posted numbers that should be front-page news. They’re not. We need to talk about why. 🧵 www.theroot.com/opinion-blac...
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Micah @rincewind.run · 12/08/2026
that’s fucking right
Peggy Flanagan wearing a protect trans kids shirt
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What Would Baba Yaga Do? @babayagaacolyte.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
I want to send this to all Democrats in office right now.
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EducateUS @educateusaction.bsky.social · 05/08/2026
Learn more about how to have these powerful kinds of conversations – and the years of research behind them – in our Know Means Know event with Rebecca Kling on Trans Organizing and Narrative Strategies. Watch more here: buff.ly/ZqZEtZw
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Sami Schalk @drsamischalk.bsky.social · 24/07/2026
If you are not in Madison and would like to donate I will post a thread of things to support, first and foremost this GoFundMe for Corey Ruiz’s family. www.gofundme.com/f/justice-fo...
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Donate to Justice for Corey: Telling His Story, organized by Antonio Lopez
Our beloved Corey was murdered in the street by a Madison Police Department officer… Antonio Lopez needs your support for Justice for Corey: Telling His Story
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Sydney Bauer @sydney-bauer.com · 31/07/2026
"We are going to go through every single file" is the energy that democrats need in this moment at the bare minimum
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Erin Reed @erininthemorning.com · 29/07/2026
The Missouri AG threatened Daniel Boone Regional Library in Columbia with total defunding and investigations if they read books with LGBTQ+ themes to kids in a Pride story hour. They did so anyway. Our latest story from s. Baum of one library's defiance against an oppressive Republican regime.
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Missouri Library Defiantly Holds LGBTQ Story Hour Despite Funding and Legal State Threats
“This isn’t isolated to Missouri. It doesn’t end here if we don’t stop it here.”
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What Would Baba Yaga Do? @babayagaacolyte.bsky.social · 28/07/2026
This. I don't know how to explain to friends how it feels as a trans person when they're still buying Harry Potter stuff. (Especially the type of people who wouldn't dream of shopping at Hobby Lobby etc. Like, come on)
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Micah @rincewind.run · 28/07/2026
one of the most frustrating things about what Rowling has turned into is how hard it is to explain to offline people that she’s not just another author who has turned out to have shitty views - her entire life and fortune is dedicated to destroying trans people
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What Would Baba Yaga Do? @babayagaacolyte.bsky.social · 27/07/2026
This whole thread
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Karen Attiah @karenattiah.bsky.social · 27/07/2026
I was reluctant to weigh in on the racial discourse about Lupita Nyong'o as Helen of Troy. But finally I did. Here's why I don't think we *NEED* to have a Black Helen of Troy when Black/African cultures have so many other strong, beautiful heroines. open.substack.com/pub/karenatt...
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We Don't Need a Black Helen of Troy. We need more Black Mythology.
We wouldn't be aspiring for Black inclusion in the White imagination if we had more Black heroes and heroines.
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Qasim Rashid, Esq. @qasimrashid.com · 23/07/2026
This is a public execution. It is barbaric and indefensible. And it happened blocks away on the same street as in 2015 when a white cop shot and killed a Black man named Tony Robinson. 2/2
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Sami Schalk @drsamischalk.bsky.social · 22/07/2026
Police murdered a Black man in the street in Madison WI today. Shot point blank in the head while on the ground, tased, and surrounded by four cops. It looks like an execution. Multiple videos circulating online. Things are about to get very bad here.
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Prisonculture @prisonculture.bsky.social · 17/07/2026
"After enduring months of anti-ICE protests at its bank offices, Citizens Financial Group is parting ways with two for-profit prison operators that oversee detention facilities for the federal immigration enforcement agency." www.bostonglobe.com/2026/07/17/b...
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Citizens Bank parts ways with two prison operators amid ICE protests - The Boston Globe
Citizens said the end of its relationships with GEO Group and CoreCivic was driven by changing financial needs of the two clients, not by protests.
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What Would Baba Yaga Do? @babayagaacolyte.bsky.social · 13/07/2026
I feel like the press / politicians / etc are all sort of like "well, they *did* read anarchist literature, so..." and don't want to speak up in case they are next. Guess what, you are next. Get off your feet and protest now. First they came for... ? Or did you all forget?
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What Would Baba Yaga Do? @babayagaacolyte.bsky.social · 13/07/2026
Yay, MN! Maybe their health dept can uh, fill in for the CDC a little..
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Gene Tracy @genetracy.bsky.social · 12/07/2026
I know many of you have already posted your comments regarding the proposed OMB rule changes governing research grants. I've posted my comments to my blog, in case you find them of interest. #Science 🧪 gene-tracy.com/2026/07/12/m...
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My comments on the proposed OMB rule changes governing research grants
Image: Trofim Lysenko, founder of the pseudoscientific theory that became known as Lysenkoism, a rejection of the gene theory of inheritance in favor of something more agreeable to Marxist-Leninist…
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Stand Up for Science! @standupforscience.net · 12/07/2026
🚨 HEADS UP: If you haven't submitted a comment on the OMB proposal yet, there's still time - but it's running out! There are only 1 days left to push back against Russell Vought's attempt to give political appointees unprecedented control over federal research funding. Take Action: zurl.co/eoQwY
Graphic from Stand Up for Science urging action on a federal funding proposal. Large text reads: "1 Days Left" and "Help Us Stop Vought From Destroying American Science." A portrait of Russell Vought appears beside the U.S. Capitol. A banner along the bottom reads: "Submit a comment on the OMB proposal | Link in bio to take action." The Stand Up for Science logo appears in the top left.
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Ned Resnikoff @resnikoff.bsky.social · 12/07/2026
I had the privilege of working with Senator Dracula on my bill offering tax cuts to family-owned mortuaries. While we disagreed on much and his horrible embrace has left me unable to endure sunlight, I'll always remember his amusing little jokes about exsanguinating my staff.
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Lisa Tozzi @lisatozzi.bsky.social · 10/07/2026
“Of course Ian and I are going to work for free,” Rollins told me via Zoom. “No money was ever offered or asked for. I don’t want a dollar. I’ve got the bucks. Isn’t this what you spend money on? What would you rather do? Do fentanyl or work with a Cramps catalogue?”
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How two punk icons are giving the Cramps a second life
“If you lose culture," Henry Rollins explains, "the society dies.”
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Prisonculture @prisonculture.bsky.social · 10/07/2026
"so far in 2026 we've spent almost $23,000 sending books to people incarcerated in prisons across the country...We would like to raise $5,000 to help cover postage for the next few months, and we hope you give what you can." www.zeffy.com/en-US/donati...
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Donate to DC Books to Prisons
Founded in 1999, DC Books to Prisons provides free books to individual people in prison. We also support prison libraries and book clubs. Our work is done…
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What Would Baba Yaga Do? @babayagaacolyte.bsky.social · 10/07/2026
I couldn't follow verbal directions, but when I got lost I would pull over, look at my intersection, find those streets on the paper map, and route myself where I needed to go. If I fucked up, repeat. Sometimes I figured out which direction I was driving by where the sun was lol
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Emily L. Hauser (she/her) ❌👑 @emilylhauser.bsky.social · 08/07/2026
🧵"I recognized him, not from his appearance but from his voice crying for help as he lay on the street." DHS says Lorenzo Salgado Araujo "attempted to ram an officer who fired his weapon in self-defense." They said that about Renee Good. It was a lie. We have no reason to think it's not a lie now.
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A Mexican father was shot and killed by an ICE officer. His son is demanding an independent probe
Lorenzo Salgado Araujo worked for 35 years from sunrise to sunset to send all three of his American citizen sons to college. He had also been working toward securing legal status in the U.S. after neg...
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Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 08/07/2026
Read my latest:
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We didn’t need a rape accusation to know Graham Platner was unfit
Despite months of red flags, his allies insisted he was the vision of positive masculinity the party needed.
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Melissa Gira Grant @melissagiragrant.com · 06/07/2026
can't even say "let this be the end of the dirtbag left" because I don't really believe in the dirtbag left. it was just a way for some guys who wrote about Dem politics to describe some guys on some podcasts while ignoring the anarchists and socialists and feminists who made the left relevant again
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