jenny (phire)
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I write code for a living and words for my sins. occasional blog posts at https://phirephoenix.com, weekly newsletter for organizing/activism in Toronto at @showuptoronto.ca.
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jenny (phire)
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I had a dream that my phone upgraded to iOS 26 without my permission overnight and I was struggling so much with the new interface and I was delighted to find out upon waking that it wasn’t true, merry shitscram to us all
December 25, 2025 at 6:15 PM
I had a dream that my phone upgraded to iOS 26 without my permission overnight and I was struggling so much with the new interface and I was delighted to find out upon waking that it wasn’t true, merry shitscram to us all
niche post: the gift shop at the textile museum in toronto (always worth a visit inherently) sells donated deadstock fabric for hella cheap
December 24, 2025 at 8:35 PM
niche post: the gift shop at the textile museum in toronto (always worth a visit inherently) sells donated deadstock fabric for hella cheap
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In 2023 I became obsessed with videos of dads in cargo shortswaiting in parking lots during Taylor Swift's Eras Tour. So when she came to town, I grabbed a camera and headed down to talk to them. I thought it'd be funny. It turned out to be something else entirely.
youtu.be/R9XN1iOungs?...
youtu.be/R9XN1iOungs?...
I Talked To 50 Dads at the Taylor Swift Eras Tour
YouTube video by DARK WEB | Paul Scheer & Rob Huebel
youtu.be
December 22, 2025 at 4:54 PM
In 2023 I became obsessed with videos of dads in cargo shortswaiting in parking lots during Taylor Swift's Eras Tour. So when she came to town, I grabbed a camera and headed down to talk to them. I thought it'd be funny. It turned out to be something else entirely.
youtu.be/R9XN1iOungs?...
youtu.be/R9XN1iOungs?...
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These declines are MASSIVE.
And the comparative silence in media coverage is absolutely DAMNING.
“Why are ppl always so afraid of crime?”
THIS is why. When crime goes up, media trips over itself to report it.
Falls to pre-war (!!) levels? Just CRICKETS.
And the comparative silence in media coverage is absolutely DAMNING.
“Why are ppl always so afraid of crime?”
THIS is why. When crime goes up, media trips over itself to report it.
Falls to pre-war (!!) levels? Just CRICKETS.
I count 10 cities in 2025 that are on track to have the fewest murders since at least 1970. Newark is on pace to have the fewest murders since 1956 (though only have data through Oct this year) and San Francisco is on pace to have the fewest murders since 1942.
December 23, 2025 at 10:03 PM
These declines are MASSIVE.
And the comparative silence in media coverage is absolutely DAMNING.
“Why are ppl always so afraid of crime?”
THIS is why. When crime goes up, media trips over itself to report it.
Falls to pre-war (!!) levels? Just CRICKETS.
And the comparative silence in media coverage is absolutely DAMNING.
“Why are ppl always so afraid of crime?”
THIS is why. When crime goes up, media trips over itself to report it.
Falls to pre-war (!!) levels? Just CRICKETS.
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Happy holidays! Probably my favorite stop-motion from the past few years. Really enjoyed creating this one.
December 23, 2025 at 5:08 PM
Happy holidays! Probably my favorite stop-motion from the past few years. Really enjoyed creating this one.
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Worth noting that the student admits that she just threw the thing together in 30 minutes without reading the paper she was supposed to be responding to.
December 23, 2025 at 1:06 PM
Worth noting that the student admits that she just threw the thing together in 30 minutes without reading the paper she was supposed to be responding to.
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wait wait wait before we go on raving about global news pls know that they would NEVER have pubbed it if they knew about the bari weiss takedown
December 23, 2025 at 4:03 PM
wait wait wait before we go on raving about global news pls know that they would NEVER have pubbed it if they knew about the bari weiss takedown
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if bari weiss had tried to do 9/11 there'd be three towers now
December 23, 2025 at 2:36 AM
if bari weiss had tried to do 9/11 there'd be three towers now
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"I had planned to send [the children] to boarding school, since their education at the moment seems to consist mostly of marching around Salzburg singing scales. I think it would have been particularly helpful for the eldest daughter, who seems intent on losing her virginity to the mailman."
The Sound of Music is on TV tonight, so we must point you, yet again, to this all-timer by Melinda Taub from our archives.
I Regret to Inform You That My Wedding to Captain Von Trapp Has Been Canceled
Dear friends, family, and Austrian nobility, Captain Von Trapp and I are very sorry to inform you that we no longer plan to wed. We offer our deepe...
buff.ly
December 23, 2025 at 3:04 AM
"I had planned to send [the children] to boarding school, since their education at the moment seems to consist mostly of marching around Salzburg singing scales. I think it would have been particularly helpful for the eldest daughter, who seems intent on losing her virginity to the mailman."
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It is so essential for People In Charge to remember that, when it really comes down to brass tacks, they actually don’t have a CMS login
December 23, 2025 at 1:40 AM
It is so essential for People In Charge to remember that, when it really comes down to brass tacks, they actually don’t have a CMS login
I’m at a flagship movie theatre in downtown toronto and there’s not even a dance dance revolution in the arcade??? what have we come to as a society
December 22, 2025 at 10:58 PM
I’m at a flagship movie theatre in downtown toronto and there’s not even a dance dance revolution in the arcade??? what have we come to as a society
spent a bunch of hours fiddling with my website yesterday, as is tradition for holiday breaks, and added an about page largely though not exclusively for this joke phirephoenix.com/about
December 22, 2025 at 6:39 PM
spent a bunch of hours fiddling with my website yesterday, as is tradition for holiday breaks, and added an about page largely though not exclusively for this joke phirephoenix.com/about
scalded my hand with an overly hot americano, thought once again about how dirty we did stella liebeck
December 21, 2025 at 10:01 PM
scalded my hand with an overly hot americano, thought once again about how dirty we did stella liebeck
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Thinking today about this sentence:
"Every $100 increase in median rent is associated with a 9 percent increase in the estimated homelessness rate, according to a 2020 report by the U.S. Government Accountability Office."
"Every $100 increase in median rent is associated with a 9 percent increase in the estimated homelessness rate, according to a 2020 report by the U.S. Government Accountability Office."
Inflation is making homelessness worse
Rising housing costs, combined with persistent inflation for basic necessities like gas and food, have left more Americans newly homeless and millions more fearing they’ll soon lose their homes.
www.washingtonpost.com
December 21, 2025 at 6:54 PM
Thinking today about this sentence:
"Every $100 increase in median rent is associated with a 9 percent increase in the estimated homelessness rate, according to a 2020 report by the U.S. Government Accountability Office."
"Every $100 increase in median rent is associated with a 9 percent increase in the estimated homelessness rate, according to a 2020 report by the U.S. Government Accountability Office."
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TRANS MARCH 2025 - MONTRÉAL
AGAINST THE CAQ, AGAINST AUTHORITARIANISM, AND AGAINST BILL 2
📍Place Norman-Bethune
📆 26 December 2025 - 11:30am (march leaves start location at 12:40pm sharp)
🥙 Hot food served :)
Join us in the streets, and come send a strong message to the government: ¡no pasarán!
AGAINST THE CAQ, AGAINST AUTHORITARIANISM, AND AGAINST BILL 2
📍Place Norman-Bethune
📆 26 December 2025 - 11:30am (march leaves start location at 12:40pm sharp)
🥙 Hot food served :)
Join us in the streets, and come send a strong message to the government: ¡no pasarán!
December 7, 2025 at 5:38 PM
TRANS MARCH 2025 - MONTRÉAL
AGAINST THE CAQ, AGAINST AUTHORITARIANISM, AND AGAINST BILL 2
📍Place Norman-Bethune
📆 26 December 2025 - 11:30am (march leaves start location at 12:40pm sharp)
🥙 Hot food served :)
Join us in the streets, and come send a strong message to the government: ¡no pasarán!
AGAINST THE CAQ, AGAINST AUTHORITARIANISM, AND AGAINST BILL 2
📍Place Norman-Bethune
📆 26 December 2025 - 11:30am (march leaves start location at 12:40pm sharp)
🥙 Hot food served :)
Join us in the streets, and come send a strong message to the government: ¡no pasarán!
this reminds me of how I wound up in business school in undergrad: I didn’t know what I wanted to do in life, adults advised “get a business degree you can do anything with it”, but no one could tell me what “anything” was exactly, just that it was true. I fell for it when I was 17 but I’m older now
This is my favorite version of the AI push — we don’t have any real ideas for how you should use it, but it’s not going anywhere, so you had better figure out a use for it and then start using it quick!
Uh, no. I don’t think I will.
Uh, no. I don’t think I will.
Figure out how to use it. Ostrich mode will help no one.
December 21, 2025 at 5:57 PM
this reminds me of how I wound up in business school in undergrad: I didn’t know what I wanted to do in life, adults advised “get a business degree you can do anything with it”, but no one could tell me what “anything” was exactly, just that it was true. I fell for it when I was 17 but I’m older now
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i really think there is legit political space for running on "we are going to dismantle ICE"
How it started vs. How it’s going NOW 👀
LA tow truck driver who towed ICE’s car found NOT GUILTY 🦸🏽♂️
LA tow truck driver who towed ICE’s car found NOT GUILTY 🦸🏽♂️
December 21, 2025 at 12:41 AM
i really think there is legit political space for running on "we are going to dismantle ICE"
do you like solarpunk or do you just want your own totoro grotto
December 21, 2025 at 2:21 AM
do you like solarpunk or do you just want your own totoro grotto
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Really amazing turnout in truly frigid weather. The first quote of the story is so moving.
Anti-ICE protesters crowd Lake Street as ‘Operation Metro Surge’ continues
For weeks, federal immigration agents have focused enforcement in the Twin Cities and around Minnesota.
www.startribune.com
December 21, 2025 at 2:03 AM
Really amazing turnout in truly frigid weather. The first quote of the story is so moving.
my friends have offered to bring me american bourbon when they come to visit and I have said no even though bourbon is my absolute favourite because I am god's strongest soldier and also because I am motivated predominantly by spite
Canada was their top customer! And thanks to President Deals, we stopped buying bourbon months ago. Billions and billions of dollars in sales, gone www.kentucky.com/news/busines...
Major Kentucky bourbon maker Jim Beam shuttering distillery for 2026
The move comes as Kentucky’s $9 billion bourbon industry is dealing with a glut of supply and slipping sales.
www.kentucky.com
December 21, 2025 at 1:58 AM
my friends have offered to bring me american bourbon when they come to visit and I have said no even though bourbon is my absolute favourite because I am god's strongest soldier and also because I am motivated predominantly by spite
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to add to the Jake Paul schadenfreude, Andrew Tate also lost a fight to some reality TV influencer. most analysis of the fight I've read described his opponent as deeply untalented but Andrew lost anyway. Tate's endurance was awful and he was gassed after the first round.
December 21, 2025 at 12:46 AM
to add to the Jake Paul schadenfreude, Andrew Tate also lost a fight to some reality TV influencer. most analysis of the fight I've read described his opponent as deeply untalented but Andrew lost anyway. Tate's endurance was awful and he was gassed after the first round.
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this is a Canadian petition to uphold charter rights for transgender and minority communities
if youre Canadian, please sign it. if youre not Canadian, please share it.
www.ourcommons.ca/petitions/en...
if youre Canadian, please sign it. if youre not Canadian, please share it.
www.ourcommons.ca/petitions/en...
December 20, 2025 at 3:20 AM
this is a Canadian petition to uphold charter rights for transgender and minority communities
if youre Canadian, please sign it. if youre not Canadian, please share it.
www.ourcommons.ca/petitions/en...
if youre Canadian, please sign it. if youre not Canadian, please share it.
www.ourcommons.ca/petitions/en...
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annual holiday reminder, female cardinals are brown so any time you see two red cardinals snuggling on a branch, they are boyfriends
December 18, 2025 at 12:05 AM
annual holiday reminder, female cardinals are brown so any time you see two red cardinals snuggling on a branch, they are boyfriends