Maggie Vail
@magicbeans.bsky.social
Label manager of Bikini Kill Records, bass player of Hurry Up. Honk if you like dogs.
PNW'er currently exiled in East Tennessee.
PNW'er currently exiled in East Tennessee.
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Maggie Vail
@magicbeans.bsky.social
· Nov 13
I believe deeply in the radical and transformative power of music.
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The “canceled people” database listing victims of cancel culture, which includes oft-repeated cases such as Bret Weinstein (Evergreen State College) and James Damore (Google), has a little over 200 entries across 18 years.
canceledpeople.org
canceledpeople.org
New: Reuters has tallied job losses, suspensions and investigations stemming from the reaction to Charlie Kirk's Sept. 10 assassination. Its findings: More than 600 Americans have been punished, and the figure is likely to be an under-count.
www.reuters.com/investigatio...
www.reuters.com/investigatio...
November 19, 2025 at 1:04 PM
The “canceled people” database listing victims of cancel culture, which includes oft-repeated cases such as Bret Weinstein (Evergreen State College) and James Damore (Google), has a little over 200 entries across 18 years.
canceledpeople.org
canceledpeople.org
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Solidarity is a verb:
Saturday saw us buyout 8, Sunday was 10 and we swarmed a local bakery. Over $4,000 from the community, to vendors, food to the community. Thursday is our next home buyout, Saturday our last tour, bonfire that night to celebrate, Sunday Burrito Brigade. #BikeChi persists. 🫶🏽✊🏽🙏🏽
November 19, 2025 at 2:43 PM
Solidarity is a verb:
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MUPPET KNIVES OUT
Am I a hypocrite for wanting this after giving a hard no to muppet knives out
Okay, I'm making my case for the only Muppet I want to see on Broadway right now...
November 19, 2025 at 5:30 AM
MUPPET KNIVES OUT
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great. just what I need, my tax software telling me to kill myself
TurboTax is about to be integrated into ChatGPT, where customers will be guided through tasks tied to their tax filings or financial profile by the AI chatbot.
TurboTax owner Intuit is also paying OpenAI more than $100 million a year to power AI agents.
TurboTax owner Intuit is also paying OpenAI more than $100 million a year to power AI agents.
November 19, 2025 at 3:34 AM
great. just what I need, my tax software telling me to kill myself
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Some day I hope someone makes an amazing documentary about how the people in each successive city rose up in their own way to drive back ICE and each one learned from the previous and by the time they rolled into Charlotte the meemaws were out for blood from minute one.
November 19, 2025 at 5:19 AM
Some day I hope someone makes an amazing documentary about how the people in each successive city rose up in their own way to drive back ICE and each one learned from the previous and by the time they rolled into Charlotte the meemaws were out for blood from minute one.
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sometimes an insult is simultaneously so targeted and so uncalled for that it just straight-up unmoors you from reality, like the brief liminal space you inhabit when you hit your head. I think this is that
November 19, 2025 at 12:05 AM
sometimes an insult is simultaneously so targeted and so uncalled for that it just straight-up unmoors you from reality, like the brief liminal space you inhabit when you hit your head. I think this is that
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They conditioned y'all to be like this with them Nextdoor accounts
NEW: a contractor is paying random people $300 to physically track immigrants for ICE. They're given addresses, vehicles, told to monitor the target. That information then goes back up to ICE. These are not licensed private investigators; members of the public
www.404media.co/contractor-p...
www.404media.co/contractor-p...
Contractor Paying Random People $300 to Physically Track Immigrants for ICE
“The more I listened to it, the more I’m like, something doesn’t sound right,” a person who was briefed on the pilot plans told 404 Media.
www.404media.co
November 19, 2025 at 4:02 AM
They conditioned y'all to be like this with them Nextdoor accounts
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this is because of those ICE bastards roaming charlotte, looking for innocents to kidnap :( only a few hours' drive away from me. please stay safe over there. ❤️😞
November 18, 2025 at 8:33 PM
this is because of those ICE bastards roaming charlotte, looking for innocents to kidnap :( only a few hours' drive away from me. please stay safe over there. ❤️😞
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it is almost as if accommodating and conceding to far right ideas legitimizes them and signals to voters that the far right is a legitimate choice for governance
The Danish Social Democrats are currently on course for their worst election result since at least the Second World War, despite their brand of far-right accommodationism being touted as a blueprint for other centre-left parties.
Oh
November 18, 2025 at 2:24 PM
it is almost as if accommodating and conceding to far right ideas legitimizes them and signals to voters that the far right is a legitimate choice for governance
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Escape room where the thing you are trying to escape is reading about Olivia Nuzzi
November 18, 2025 at 2:59 AM
Escape room where the thing you are trying to escape is reading about Olivia Nuzzi
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i think the synthesis so far of the LA/DC/Chicago experiences is:
1) vulnerable people should hide and wait it out to whatever extent they can
2) other people should help them do that, financially and otherwise
3) other people should also get loud
4) not violent though
1) vulnerable people should hide and wait it out to whatever extent they can
2) other people should help them do that, financially and otherwise
3) other people should also get loud
4) not violent though
Greg Bovino is leading a rebel cavalry terrorizing America—and it's important to recognize that it's in retreat. While the trauma and terror Bovino’s raiders instill is real and damaging, it’s remarkable to note how ineffective the force has turned out to be. www.doomsdayscenario.co/p/trump-bord...
Trump, Border Patrol Retreat in Failure from Chicago
Five important lessons of the first six months of Trump’s immigration raids — and why CBP’s Greg Bovino is the Nathan Bedford Forrest of the Trump era.
www.doomsdayscenario.co
November 17, 2025 at 5:50 PM
i think the synthesis so far of the LA/DC/Chicago experiences is:
1) vulnerable people should hide and wait it out to whatever extent they can
2) other people should help them do that, financially and otherwise
3) other people should also get loud
4) not violent though
1) vulnerable people should hide and wait it out to whatever extent they can
2) other people should help them do that, financially and otherwise
3) other people should also get loud
4) not violent though
I hate them so much
The Trump administration will require millions of low-income people to "reapply" for food stamps.
Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins made the announcement on Newsmax, but didn't provide more information on when or how people would need to reapply.
Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins made the announcement on Newsmax, but didn't provide more information on when or how people would need to reapply.
November 17, 2025 at 5:25 PM
I hate them so much
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Never forget that just a week ago, Ross Douthat and the NYTimes were asking if women ruined the workplace.
November 17, 2025 at 3:33 AM
Never forget that just a week ago, Ross Douthat and the NYTimes were asking if women ruined the workplace.
absolutely checks out.
November 17, 2025 at 3:30 AM
absolutely checks out.
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everyone who wants Democrats to focus on throwing immigrants and trans people under the bus needs to explain why this is not going to be the end result
November 16, 2025 at 9:24 PM
everyone who wants Democrats to focus on throwing immigrants and trans people under the bus needs to explain why this is not going to be the end result
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The only #wildlife rehab center in #SanFrancisco is in desperate need of funds thanks to required facility upgrades, and it may have to shut down if it doesn’t get the money. Please consider supporting our urban wildlife by donating (and sharing this info!): yuwr.org/donate/
"I have this determination to not let this die."
SF wildlife rescue that saves 850 animals a year faces collapse
"I have this determination to not let this die."
bit.ly
November 15, 2025 at 2:30 PM
The only #wildlife rehab center in #SanFrancisco is in desperate need of funds thanks to required facility upgrades, and it may have to shut down if it doesn’t get the money. Please consider supporting our urban wildlife by donating (and sharing this info!): yuwr.org/donate/
still riding high from this morning's breakfast: grits with smoked habanero cheese, fried green tomatoes, turkey sausage, and eggs.
November 16, 2025 at 6:41 PM
still riding high from this morning's breakfast: grits with smoked habanero cheese, fried green tomatoes, turkey sausage, and eggs.
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On this day in Horror History, NIGHT OF THE COMET was released in 1984.
November 16, 2025 at 4:12 PM
On this day in Horror History, NIGHT OF THE COMET was released in 1984.
my family gives me chickens. the first thing I said was "chicken chicken, bock bock" so I guess it's my fault really.
It is very funny that this Pope is just going to get jerseys from now on. Everyone decided that's what this Pope likes and that is it. It's like if your grandmother got you a puzzle for Christmas one year and you said you liked it so your entire extended family is like "oh that's the puzzle kid"
Spike Lee just blessed Pope Leo with a custom Knicks jersey during his visit to the Vatican, just one week after the Pope was gifted a custom Chicago Bulls one.
November 16, 2025 at 3:18 AM
my family gives me chickens. the first thing I said was "chicken chicken, bock bock" so I guess it's my fault really.
Tornado, cyclone and hurricane
Can batter the houses with the thunder and rain
Blizzards can blow; the waves hit the shore
But the people recover and come back for more
Somehow the people fight back, even if the future looks black
youtu.be/voktORjswvY?...
Can batter the houses with the thunder and rain
Blizzards can blow; the waves hit the shore
But the people recover and come back for more
Somehow the people fight back, even if the future looks black
youtu.be/voktORjswvY?...
The Kinks - Life Goes On (Official Audio)
YouTube video by The Kinks
youtu.be
November 16, 2025 at 2:12 AM
Tornado, cyclone and hurricane
Can batter the houses with the thunder and rain
Blizzards can blow; the waves hit the shore
But the people recover and come back for more
Somehow the people fight back, even if the future looks black
youtu.be/voktORjswvY?...
Can batter the houses with the thunder and rain
Blizzards can blow; the waves hit the shore
But the people recover and come back for more
Somehow the people fight back, even if the future looks black
youtu.be/voktORjswvY?...
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"We seethe over the betrayal by a supposedly democratic society that quickly averts its collective eyes and allows predators ... to get away with it and reinvent themselves right in front of our eyes as we’re punished if we speak out about our basic rights to survival and safety," Donna Ladd wrote.
The Epstein Saga Is Not a Game. It’s About Protecting Women.
Donna Ladd reflects on her own story amid the still-unfolding Jeffrey Epstein saga of rape, retribution and the protection of sexual predators.
www.mississippifreepress.org
November 15, 2025 at 9:30 PM
"We seethe over the betrayal by a supposedly democratic society that quickly averts its collective eyes and allows predators ... to get away with it and reinvent themselves right in front of our eyes as we’re punished if we speak out about our basic rights to survival and safety," Donna Ladd wrote.
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Alice Wong’s legacy is the political horizon she helped articulate. A horizon where disabled knowledge is central, and care is a shared commitment. She taught us to name grief & rage without collapsing under them, to celebrate disabled brilliance without ignoring the material conditions shaping life
November 15, 2025 at 4:16 PM
Alice Wong’s legacy is the political horizon she helped articulate. A horizon where disabled knowledge is central, and care is a shared commitment. She taught us to name grief & rage without collapsing under them, to celebrate disabled brilliance without ignoring the material conditions shaping life
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We've raised an entire generation of politicians who's take on things is "if it makes money, it's good". It's the end-game of the neoliberal era, where everything, literally everything, is evaluated based on ROI.
It's the "shareholder value" bullshit, but applied to society as a whole.
It's the "shareholder value" bullshit, but applied to society as a whole.
November 15, 2025 at 3:44 PM
We've raised an entire generation of politicians who's take on things is "if it makes money, it's good". It's the end-game of the neoliberal era, where everything, literally everything, is evaluated based on ROI.
It's the "shareholder value" bullshit, but applied to society as a whole.
It's the "shareholder value" bullshit, but applied to society as a whole.
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Just give the President some gold so he can keep hoarding it and displaying it in his golden lair where he spends most of his time sleeping, the President is Smaug, it’s fine, America wanted Smaug as President, it’s what they voted for
November 15, 2025 at 2:25 PM
Just give the President some gold so he can keep hoarding it and displaying it in his golden lair where he spends most of his time sleeping, the President is Smaug, it’s fine, America wanted Smaug as President, it’s what they voted for