Abby Phoenix (she/her)
@aphoenix.bsky.social
COO at @miren.dev, event planner, project manager: the voice saying, “sure, but how, and… why?”
Enthusiastic about LA, food, helping the vulnerable, puzzles, the power of women, and the Oxford comma.
Enthusiastic about LA, food, helping the vulnerable, puzzles, the power of women, and the Oxford comma.
One BIG plus with remote work is that — assuming you and your coworkers are adept with the mute button — you don’t have to listen to people sneeze and cough and sniffle in meetings any longer.
Also, the lack of germ-spreading. But sometimes the noise of sickness itself was almost as bad?! 🙉
Also, the lack of germ-spreading. But sometimes the noise of sickness itself was almost as bad?! 🙉
November 11, 2025 at 6:24 PM
One BIG plus with remote work is that — assuming you and your coworkers are adept with the mute button — you don’t have to listen to people sneeze and cough and sniffle in meetings any longer.
Also, the lack of germ-spreading. But sometimes the noise of sickness itself was almost as bad?! 🙉
Also, the lack of germ-spreading. But sometimes the noise of sickness itself was almost as bad?! 🙉
Elections matter. Your vote MATTERS.
A tidbit from yesterday: my parents’ city council ward election is currently* being decided by 7 votes. A person who makes real decisions that affect your daily life! 7!
*they’re now awaiting provisional ballots and depending where those land, maybe a recount.
A tidbit from yesterday: my parents’ city council ward election is currently* being decided by 7 votes. A person who makes real decisions that affect your daily life! 7!
*they’re now awaiting provisional ballots and depending where those land, maybe a recount.
NOT A DRILL:
TANMAY SHAH IS LEADING BY SEVEN VOTES. ALL PRECINCTS SUPPOSEDLY IN.
TANMAY SHAH IS LEADING BY SEVEN VOTES. ALL PRECINCTS SUPPOSEDLY IN.
November 5, 2025 at 2:51 PM
Elections matter. Your vote MATTERS.
A tidbit from yesterday: my parents’ city council ward election is currently* being decided by 7 votes. A person who makes real decisions that affect your daily life! 7!
*they’re now awaiting provisional ballots and depending where those land, maybe a recount.
A tidbit from yesterday: my parents’ city council ward election is currently* being decided by 7 votes. A person who makes real decisions that affect your daily life! 7!
*they’re now awaiting provisional ballots and depending where those land, maybe a recount.
As one of the handful of people who saw the recent Kiss of the Spiderwoman movie adaptation, I have to wonder if its marketing & release were deliberately mismanaged to bury it?
November 4, 2025 at 12:43 AM
As one of the handful of people who saw the recent Kiss of the Spiderwoman movie adaptation, I have to wonder if its marketing & release were deliberately mismanaged to bury it?
Freddy Freeman freeing us from the tyranny of more innings!
October 28, 2025 at 6:52 AM
Freddy Freeman freeing us from the tyranny of more innings!
Do the poor hot dog vendors have to just stoke their trays of bacon-wrapped treats out there for hours, waiting for the crowds to arrive when the game ends… eventually…? And all those parking attendants who are now working three hours over expectation?!?
October 28, 2025 at 6:16 AM
Do the poor hot dog vendors have to just stoke their trays of bacon-wrapped treats out there for hours, waiting for the crowds to arrive when the game ends… eventually…? And all those parking attendants who are now working three hours over expectation?!?
Lowest possible bar, but thank goodness I don’t have to disavow my USC degree today. www.latimes.com/california/s...
USC rejects Trump education compact aimed at shifting the university to the right
USC interim President Beong-Soo Kim said in a statement that he had sent a letter to the U.S. Department of Education turning down the Trump offer.
www.latimes.com
October 16, 2025 at 9:19 PM
Lowest possible bar, but thank goodness I don’t have to disavow my USC degree today. www.latimes.com/california/s...
Tonight, we revealed the *shocking news* to our teenager that when we were in high school, no one carried around their own water bottles.
“What about when you had PE?!?”
“Water fountains? But we also were probably just more dehydrated??”
“What about when you had PE?!?”
“Water fountains? But we also were probably just more dehydrated??”
October 11, 2025 at 2:12 AM
Tonight, we revealed the *shocking news* to our teenager that when we were in high school, no one carried around their own water bottles.
“What about when you had PE?!?”
“Water fountains? But we also were probably just more dehydrated??”
“What about when you had PE?!?”
“Water fountains? But we also were probably just more dehydrated??”
A parenting phenomenon I wasn’t prepared for: how to confront what you most dislike in yourself when it manifests in your child.
In my case, an intense tendency towards procrastination. I’ve worked out how to deal with this in myself after 40+ years but to have to go through it again with a kid? ☠️
In my case, an intense tendency towards procrastination. I’ve worked out how to deal with this in myself after 40+ years but to have to go through it again with a kid? ☠️
October 3, 2025 at 4:12 PM
A parenting phenomenon I wasn’t prepared for: how to confront what you most dislike in yourself when it manifests in your child.
In my case, an intense tendency towards procrastination. I’ve worked out how to deal with this in myself after 40+ years but to have to go through it again with a kid? ☠️
In my case, an intense tendency towards procrastination. I’ve worked out how to deal with this in myself after 40+ years but to have to go through it again with a kid? ☠️
Reposted by Abby Phoenix (she/her)
And we’re updated: isthefederalgovernmentrunning.com
I was 11 minutes late because I forgot it happened at 9pm here. Sorry to the one person who checked before I fixed it
I was 11 minutes late because I forgot it happened at 9pm here. Sorry to the one person who checked before I fixed it
Is The Federal Government Running?
isthefederalgovernmentrunning.com
October 1, 2025 at 4:24 AM
And we’re updated: isthefederalgovernmentrunning.com
I was 11 minutes late because I forgot it happened at 9pm here. Sorry to the one person who checked before I fixed it
I was 11 minutes late because I forgot it happened at 9pm here. Sorry to the one person who checked before I fixed it
Reposted by Abby Phoenix (she/her)
the president of the united states wants to use the american military to kill american citizens on american soil. that's the whole story!
September 30, 2025 at 2:43 PM
the president of the united states wants to use the american military to kill american citizens on american soil. that's the whole story!
The eternal outdoor concert question: does someone have a s’more-scented vape, or literally s’mores???? The aroma is making me crave toasted marshmallows…
September 26, 2025 at 3:49 AM
The eternal outdoor concert question: does someone have a s’more-scented vape, or literally s’mores???? The aroma is making me crave toasted marshmallows…
“Grown Ups” is Pulp’s most LCD Soundsystem-coded song and I am so hopeful they play it tonight. Very excited for the Aging Millennials Show that it’s sure to be!!
September 26, 2025 at 12:01 AM
“Grown Ups” is Pulp’s most LCD Soundsystem-coded song and I am so hopeful they play it tonight. Very excited for the Aging Millennials Show that it’s sure to be!!
“That girl looks like Megan,” remarks my 10yo.
“The killer robot?” I clarify.
“Yup!”
And somehow, that makes perfect sense to me, because my kids don’t know one human Meg(h)an who’s within two decades of their age.
“The killer robot?” I clarify.
“Yup!”
And somehow, that makes perfect sense to me, because my kids don’t know one human Meg(h)an who’s within two decades of their age.
September 23, 2025 at 1:14 AM
“That girl looks like Megan,” remarks my 10yo.
“The killer robot?” I clarify.
“Yup!”
And somehow, that makes perfect sense to me, because my kids don’t know one human Meg(h)an who’s within two decades of their age.
“The killer robot?” I clarify.
“Yup!”
And somehow, that makes perfect sense to me, because my kids don’t know one human Meg(h)an who’s within two decades of their age.
An easy way for me to suspect someone and I are *not* simpatico: they think most choices others make are 100% fueled by money.
I’m not saying that people don’t get paid to do things, but someone who thinks everyone acts for money only is just too sad & nihilistic for me to engage with meaningfully.
I’m not saying that people don’t get paid to do things, but someone who thinks everyone acts for money only is just too sad & nihilistic for me to engage with meaningfully.
I just saw someone say— with the tone of “everyone knows this to be a fact”— that authors are paid to write blurbs. Do people really believe this? Is everyone else secretly getting $ and I’m just out here professing my love for books for free?
September 21, 2025 at 2:10 AM
An easy way for me to suspect someone and I are *not* simpatico: they think most choices others make are 100% fueled by money.
I’m not saying that people don’t get paid to do things, but someone who thinks everyone acts for money only is just too sad & nihilistic for me to engage with meaningfully.
I’m not saying that people don’t get paid to do things, but someone who thinks everyone acts for money only is just too sad & nihilistic for me to engage with meaningfully.
Part of the last election’s heartbreak for me was my (childlike) hope of electing people whom I knew to be smarter than me, policy wonks who’d excitedly pore over legislation.
Every day now, I still mourn how those driving this country are SO DUMB. They’re awful, cruel, & JUST SO ASTOUNDINGLY DUMB.
Every day now, I still mourn how those driving this country are SO DUMB. They’re awful, cruel, & JUST SO ASTOUNDINGLY DUMB.
September 20, 2025 at 5:20 PM
Part of the last election’s heartbreak for me was my (childlike) hope of electing people whom I knew to be smarter than me, policy wonks who’d excitedly pore over legislation.
Every day now, I still mourn how those driving this country are SO DUMB. They’re awful, cruel, & JUST SO ASTOUNDINGLY DUMB.
Every day now, I still mourn how those driving this country are SO DUMB. They’re awful, cruel, & JUST SO ASTOUNDINGLY DUMB.
My mental health right now is so dependent on doing my little puzzles (almost all the NYT ones, plus a few extras) and coffee.
Humbling to recognize the dependency, but also: I’m so glad I have them both.
We need to clasp hard to our sanity and not let go; every tool is necessary.
Humbling to recognize the dependency, but also: I’m so glad I have them both.
We need to clasp hard to our sanity and not let go; every tool is necessary.
September 19, 2025 at 2:30 PM
My mental health right now is so dependent on doing my little puzzles (almost all the NYT ones, plus a few extras) and coffee.
Humbling to recognize the dependency, but also: I’m so glad I have them both.
We need to clasp hard to our sanity and not let go; every tool is necessary.
Humbling to recognize the dependency, but also: I’m so glad I have them both.
We need to clasp hard to our sanity and not let go; every tool is necessary.
Kicking off the day before the #TSITP finale with @evanphx.dev declaring, “I just can’t respect anyone who lets people call her Belly. BELLLLY?!?!” 🤣
September 16, 2025 at 3:04 PM
Kicking off the day before the #TSITP finale with @evanphx.dev declaring, “I just can’t respect anyone who lets people call her Belly. BELLLLY?!?!” 🤣
At this point, I can only assume USC Athletics is paying off the AP to specifically disrespect the football team to the level where it motivates them to play with the world’s biggest chip on their shoulders.
Let’s hope the maneuvering pays off! ✌🏽
Let’s hope the maneuvering pays off! ✌🏽
September 14, 2025 at 6:54 PM
At this point, I can only assume USC Athletics is paying off the AP to specifically disrespect the football team to the level where it motivates them to play with the world’s biggest chip on their shoulders.
Let’s hope the maneuvering pays off! ✌🏽
Let’s hope the maneuvering pays off! ✌🏽
Apparently USC football is all I post about now. Fine by me!!!
Maybe I’ll drop my TSITP thoughts soon too? 😆 If I feel like pushing it.
Maybe I’ll drop my TSITP thoughts soon too? 😆 If I feel like pushing it.
September 14, 2025 at 3:46 AM
Apparently USC football is all I post about now. Fine by me!!!
Maybe I’ll drop my TSITP thoughts soon too? 😆 If I feel like pushing it.
Maybe I’ll drop my TSITP thoughts soon too? 😆 If I feel like pushing it.
The second perfect weekend of the season (and it could have been the third if ND had played last week!): USC wins + UCLA loses + Notre Dame loses. ✌🏽✌🏽
a man with long hair and a beard is smiling with the words it just feel so good behind him
Alt: a man with long hair and a beard is smiling with the words “it just feel so good” behind him
media.tenor.com
September 14, 2025 at 3:43 AM
The second perfect weekend of the season (and it could have been the third if ND had played last week!): USC wins + UCLA loses + Notre Dame loses. ✌🏽✌🏽
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It's a Perfect (Opening) Weekend!
September 1, 2025 at 3:17 AM
It's a Perfect (Opening) Weekend!
Everything is so much, but: we spent our evening ordering in Thai (unsurprisingly great here in Australia) and showing our kids Star Wars for the first time.
I severely underestimated how fun it’d be to watch it with them — and good news, we have approximately 2,623 more movies and shows to go!
I severely underestimated how fun it’d be to watch it with them — and good news, we have approximately 2,623 more movies and shows to go!
June 23, 2025 at 12:59 PM
Everything is so much, but: we spent our evening ordering in Thai (unsurprisingly great here in Australia) and showing our kids Star Wars for the first time.
I severely underestimated how fun it’d be to watch it with them — and good news, we have approximately 2,623 more movies and shows to go!
I severely underestimated how fun it’d be to watch it with them — and good news, we have approximately 2,623 more movies and shows to go!
Just woke up in Australia from dread-filled half-dreams of what U.S. news awaited me, since most No Kings protests happened while we slept.
So relieved to hear of no big state violence. I’m now just delighting in the astounding number of beautiful protests. Breathing easier… thank you, protestors!
So relieved to hear of no big state violence. I’m now just delighting in the astounding number of beautiful protests. Breathing easier… thank you, protestors!
June 14, 2025 at 10:44 PM
Just woke up in Australia from dread-filled half-dreams of what U.S. news awaited me, since most No Kings protests happened while we slept.
So relieved to hear of no big state violence. I’m now just delighting in the astounding number of beautiful protests. Breathing easier… thank you, protestors!
So relieved to hear of no big state violence. I’m now just delighting in the astounding number of beautiful protests. Breathing easier… thank you, protestors!
We had a lot of choices in 2007 about where to move to, live, put down roots, raise a family.
In the 18 years since, I pick LA over and over again — it’s the only American city I would live in, and it’s not even close.
In the 18 years since, I pick LA over and over again — it’s the only American city I would live in, and it’s not even close.
Between the fires and these protests, I hope this year teaches everyone that most of the shit talking you hear about California and more specifically, LA, comes from racists and gentrifying transplants. Most people love living here and would do anything to protect it.
June 10, 2025 at 2:36 PM
We had a lot of choices in 2007 about where to move to, live, put down roots, raise a family.
In the 18 years since, I pick LA over and over again — it’s the only American city I would live in, and it’s not even close.
In the 18 years since, I pick LA over and over again — it’s the only American city I would live in, and it’s not even close.
Today, @evanphx.dev ran some slang by the kids, saying, “so does anyone say this?”
Our 10yo, after the full-body cringe of hearing her dad say it passed: “…WELL. NOT. ANYMORE.” 😅
Our 10yo, after the full-body cringe of hearing her dad say it passed: “…WELL. NOT. ANYMORE.” 😅
June 5, 2025 at 11:56 PM
Today, @evanphx.dev ran some slang by the kids, saying, “so does anyone say this?”
Our 10yo, after the full-body cringe of hearing her dad say it passed: “…WELL. NOT. ANYMORE.” 😅
Our 10yo, after the full-body cringe of hearing her dad say it passed: “…WELL. NOT. ANYMORE.” 😅